Billy Navarrete, head of the Committee for the Defense of Human Rights (CDH), and other groups condemn Ecuadorian Defense Minister Gian Carlo Loffredo's call for "sanctions" against Judge Tanya Loor, who ruled on the forced disappearance of four minors in a military operation in Guayaquil. "We find the statements made by the Minister of Defense during yesterday's national broadcast deeply concerning, since he once again insisted on attacking the whistleblowers," says Navarrete during a press conference. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES