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Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa: Stop Crackdown on Civil Society

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa: Stop Crackdown on Civil Society

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Pachamama A.
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Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa

Text in English (See below for Spanish translation):

On the morning of Wednesday, December 4th plain-clothes officers in Quito, Ecuador summarily closed the office of Fundación Pachamama, our sister nonprofit that for over 16 years has worked in defense of the human rights of Amazonian indigenous peoples and the rights of nature.

The government repression is a direct response to indigenous protests last week against Ecuador's plans to open some 2.6 million hectares of rainforest to new oil drilling. The dissolution is a retaliatory act that seeks to repress Fundación Pachamama’s legitimate right to disagree with the government’s policies, such as the decision to turn over Amazonian indigenous people’s land to oil companies, in direct violation of their constitutional rights.

Stand with Fundación Pachamama as they defend the rights of indigenous peoples and their very existence.

For more information, please visit this page: http://www.pachamama.org/advocacy/defend-the-amazon

Text in Spanish:

En la mañana del miércoles 4 de diciembre, oficiales uniformados en Quito, Ecuador, cerraron de manera sumaria la oficina de la Fundación Pachamama en Ecuador, nuestra organización hermana sin ánimo de lucro que durante más de 16 años ha trabajado en defensa de los derechos humanos de los pueblos indígenas del Amazonas y los derechos de la naturaleza.

La represión del gobierno es una respuesta directa a las protestas indígenas la semana pasada contra los planes de Ecuador de abrir aproximadamente 2.6 millones de hectáreas de selva húmeda tropical a la perforación petrolera. La disolución de la organización esun acto de retaliación que busca reprimir el derecho legítimo de la Fundación Pachamama de estar en desacuerdo con las políticas del gobierno, tales como la decisión de entregar las tierras de los pueblos indígenas amazónicos a las compañías petroleras, en una violación directa de sus derechos constitucionales.

Apoya a la Fundación Pachamama en su defensa de los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y su existencia misma.

Para más información, visita esta página: http://www.pachamama.org/advocacy/defend-the-amazon

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