Brussels, 16/01/2014 (Agence Europe) - As free-trade negotiations resume with the EU, the International Federation for Human Rights, FIDH, denounces the widespread crackdown on civil society organisations in Ecuador.
“Freedom of expression and freedom of assembly are essential conditions for trade and investment”, the FIDH points out in an open letter to EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht. Talks between the EU and Ecuador resumed this week in Brussels with a view to the Andean...