"Organizations and unions of journalists in Ecuador on Saturday [Nov. 21] expressed their concern over the recent court ruling against journalist Juan Sarmiento that ordered his imprisonment, after the governor of the province of Napo, Jorge Espíndola, sued him for criticizing his management.
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The concern was given because Espíndola sued Sarmiento after [the journalist] criticized the official's management, which unleashed a series of reactions from the residents of that province.
And yesterday, the Court of Justice of Napo ratified the sentence of the Criminal Judicial Unit and Tena Contraventions of ten days in prison, the payment of 25 percent of a unified basic remuneration (RBU, for its acronym in Spanish) against the journalist, in addition to an apology to the Governor."
