The call comes after the murder of indigenous community member Efrain Fueres, who was shot dead during a demonstration in the northern province of Imbabura, the epicenter of the protests.

The Commission on Constitutional Guarantees, Human Rights, Collective Rights, and Interculturality will meet this Monday afternoon, according to the legislative agenda.

After seven days of a national strike convened by the indigenous movement against the end of the diesel subsidy, the Alliance of Human Rights Organizations reports 109 human rights violations, 48 injuries, 100 arrests, and one death.

The leading violations include the right to protest and resistance, personal integrity, freedom of speech, and personal liberty.

While the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE) denounces repression and excessive use of force by the police, the Executive asserted that criminal organizations infiltrated the protests and attacked the Armed Forces.

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