Environmentalists and other social advocates are campaigning in Ecuador for the reopening of a green group that was shut down this month by the government of Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Amazon Watch and other allies of the organization, called Pachamama Foundation, have signed a letter of solidarity with Pachamama, and on Dec. 10, International Human Rights Day, they called on the Correa government to reverse course. Pachamama, for its part, has said it will push to have the matter heard by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights if the Ecuadorian judicial system does not void the executive action. Ecuador’s Environment Ministry accused Pachamama of failing to comply with a government decree issued in June that requires all social-advocacy... [Log in to read more]