Irony taints Ecuador’s free speech image

Name: Irony taints Ecuador’s free speech image
Uploaded: 2013-06-26T11:39:30Z
Duration: 2 min 30 s
Description: As whisteblowers look up to Quito for protection, journalists there say media has few freedoms.

As whisteblowers look up to Quito for protection, journalists there say media has few freedoms.

Ecudorian journalists battle the country''s restrictive press freedoms while the government grants asylum to whistleblowers.

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Many expect US whistleblower Edward Snowden’s next destination to be Ecuador where he has already applied for asylum.

The government there in Quito is expected to grant him his wish.

But some people believe it is ironic that a country with little press freedom is willing to protect him.

Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo reports from Quito.

Source: Al Jazeera