Ecuador’s highest court has upheld a $40 million libel verdict against the three owners and an employee of El Universo, one of the country’s largest daily newspapers.

President Rafael Correa sued the newspaper over some of its criticism of him. The court also upheld the three-year prison sentences against the men.

Human rights and free expression groups across the world have condemned the decision.

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