A group of Ecuadorian environmental activists travelling to the UN Climate Change conference in neighbouring Peru were stopped and harassed at least six times by police who eventually seized their bus, members of the group have told the Guardian.
The activists claim that they have been obstructed because the Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa wants to avoid potentially embarrassing protests at the climate conference over his plan to drill for oil in Yasuni, an Amazon reserve and one of the most biodiverse places on earth.
“We believe our presence in the summit would not benefit Correa, because we will question and denounce what he’s doing with Yasuni,” said Mateo Martínez, a member of the Yasunidos campaign group, who was on the bus.
The bus, carrying 17 activists, was first stopped by the police at about 2am on Tuesday morning while travelling from the Ecuadorian capital Quito to Guayaquil. The stops continued throughout... See More
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