Criminalization of Human Rights Defenders Continues in Ecuador: Paramo de Quimsacocha (Wetlands Of Quimsacocha)

The organizations signing this statement consider that the criminalization faced by defenders of the Quimsacocha wetlands is emblematic of the situation faced by human rights defenders in Ecuador in the context of the implementation of extractive and other development projects. Although the sentence was reduced to eight days of imprisonment, the more than two years of criminal processes against them have strongly limited and delegitimized their actions in defense of human rights.