Segun el Informe del Departamento de Estado de los EE.UU. sobre derechos humanos para 2015 en Ecuador, "Los principales abusos de los derechos humanos son la falta de independencia en el sector judicial" y "las restricciones de las libertades de expresion, prensa, asamblea y asociacion" (ademas de la corrupcion). Precisa el informe que los jueces decidieron casos "en base de la influencia de los medios o de presiones politicas o economicas en casos donde el gobierno expreso interes." Agrega que, de acuerdo con los abogados de derechos humanos, "el gobierno tambien ordeno a los jueces denegar...

According to the US Department of State's report on Human Rights Practices for 2015 in Ecuador: "The main human rights abuses were lack of independence in the judicial sector; and] restrictions on freedom of speech, press, assembly, and association" (in addition to corruption). The report specifies that judges "reached decisions based on media influence or political and economic pressures in cases where the government expressed interest." It adds that, according to human rights lawyers, "the government also ordered judges to deny all 'protection action' legal motions that argued that the...