Govt slams UN report on October protests

For the government, “the alleged excessive use of force by riot forces” is an “assessment that Ecuador finds unjustified.”

The government justified the repression of protesters who took to the streets in October for ten days to reject the economic measures announced by President Lenin Moreno.

The text, issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ecuador, questions the report presented by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) confirming the unnecessary and disproportionate use of repression by the security forces.

“The statement (of the OHCHR) puts excessive emphasis on the supposed repression of the public force while describing the great damage caused by the protesters to people and public and private goods, or the virulence of the disturbances, which caused terrible effects,” Foreign Minister Jose Valencia said.

For the government, “the alleged excessive use of force by riot forces” is an “assessment that Ecuador finds unjustified.”

According to the report of the international organization, during the days of popular mobilizations in October, nine people were killed, 1,507 injured, including 435 security agents, and 1,382 were detained.

Source: teleSUR.