They condemn the violation of the rights of prisoners in Ecuador

According to that organization, relatives of inmates in the Cotopaxi Provincial Prison obtained a list of names of prisoners who lost their lives in state custody in that prison, without knowing the reasons yet, they said.

Through their social network

Likewise, they rejected the violation of the rights of persons deprived of liberty, the restriction of access to food, health and family relations, and condemned physical torture or death at the hands of state officials.

Ecuadorian human rights lawyer Paulina Reyes was released on Tuesday after an arrest that social organizations described as illegal because it occurred after alleged prisoner mistreatment was reported.

On social media, the Coalition Against Prisons indicated that the human rights activist was arrested by military personnel, after being accused of violating the rights of prisoners in Cotopaxi prison.

The letter, which was widely circulated on digital platforms, questioned the arrest, which “shows how it aims to create a system of violations, torture and abuse in prisons and outside them.”

After the red-handed hearing, Reyes was released, even though they wanted to try her on charges of disrespect for authority.

On January 9, President Daniel Noboa decreed an internal armed conflict as a measure to facilitate operations against organized crime and since then control of the prisons has been in the hands of the armed forces.

According to experts and activists, prisons have been transferred from the hands of criminal gang leaders to military control, with no guarantees of rights.

m/nta