Guadalupe Llori is an Ecuadorean politician, indigenous leader, and former prisoner of conscience. In 2007, President Correa blamed Llori for inciting a strike and accompanying protests. In December of 2007, Llori was arrested in her home by an army commando team backed by tanks and helicopters. Llori remained incarcerated in Quito on trumped-up charges of terrorism and sabotage and endured months of harsh beatings and forced labor. In September of 2008, after relentless campaigning from the Human Rights Foundation, Llori was released.

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At the 2010 Oslo Freedom Forum, Llori shared the story of how she was imprisoned in Ecuador simply for disagreeing with the government. Llori had enthusiastically supported Rafael Correa in his campaign for president, as he promised to fight against social inequality and corruption. But since his election in 2006, she has observed him transform Ecuador into an autocratic state. Today, she says, there is no separation of powers and no rule of law in her country. In November of 2007, Llori held the position of governor in the Ecuadorean province of Orellana. Citizens of her province protested against the central government for failing to complete local development projects. The government brutally cracked down on these protests and Llori spoke out in the national media against the crackdown. For expressing these opinions, she was arrested days later in a massive 700-man armed military operation. Her rights to due process were violated repeatedly for 11 months as she was imprisoned without any evidence against her. She was finally freed because of the work of international human rights groups such as the Human Rights Foundation. Llori has since been reelected as the governor of Orellana. In her presentation, she urges the world to show more solidarity with prisoners of conscience across the globe, reminding us that tyrants can imprison our bodies, but never our thoughts.