Christian Zurita

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Attacks on the Press | Brazil, Ecuador, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Somalia, Syria, Turkey, Vietnam

Attacks on the Press: CPJ Risk List

From conflict-ridden Syria to aspiring world leader Brazil, 10 nations on a downslope. By Karen Phillips

(Reuters/Enrique Marcarian)

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February 14, 2013 12:04 AM ET | | Also in Español, Português, Русский, العربية
Tags: Attacked, Baluchistan, Bashar al-Assad, Big Brother, Blogger, Censored, Christian Zurita, Defamation, Dmitry Medvedev, Exile, Hailemariam Desalegn, Harassed, Imprisoned, Impunity, Impunity Index, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Internet, Juan Carlos Calderón, Kazbek Gekkiyev, Killed, Kurdistan Workers Party, Legal Action, Mauri König, Meles Zenawi, Mogadishu, Nguyen Tan Dung, Rafael Correa, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Sattar Beheshti, Umar Cheema
Blog | Ecuador

Electoral law dulls reporting as Correa nears re-election

By John Otis/CPJ Andes Correspondent
Supporters of President Rafael Correa attend a political rally in Quito, Ecuador, on February 9. (Reuters/Guillermo Granja)

It's by far the dullest space in the newspaper: Every day in El Universo, Ecuador's leading daily, readers can find eight small photos and news blurbs summing up the activities of the eight presidential candidates. The articles are the same size and blocked together in a layout that resembles a tic-tac-toe game, minus the ninth square.

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February 12, 2013 10:51 AM ET | | Comments (1) | Also in Español
Tags: Christian Zurita, El Telégrafo, El Universo, Fundamedios, Gama TV, Hoy, Janet Hinostroza, Jorge Glas, José Hernández, Legal Action, Monica Almeida, Orlando Pérez, Patricio Barriga, Rafael Correa, TC, Teleamazonas, Threatened, Vistazo
Alerts | Ecuador

Ecuadoran journalists ordered to pay president $2 million

Ecuadoran journalists Christian Zurita (right) and Juan Carlos Calderón have been ordered to pay President Correa US$1 million each in damages for defamation. (AFP/Agencia Prensa Independiente)

New York, February 7, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the sentence handed to two Ecuadoran journalists yesterday after they were found guilty of defaming President Rafael Correa.

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February 7, 2012 4:53 PM ET | | Also in Español
Tags: Big Brother, Christian Zurita, Defamation, Fabricio Correa, Juan Carlos Calderón, Legal Action, Rafael Correa

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