A 12 hour police protest in Ecuador resulted in injury to media members and censorship of both TV and radio stations.  Members of police force took to the streets on September 30 in response to bonus cuts.  The government declared a state of emergency and ordered television and radio stations to broadcast only state news broadcasts. The state of emergency has been extended until Friday, 7 October, but according a spokesman at the Ecuador Embassy in London today, television and radio stations have resumed normal broadcasting.

Police also threatened and injured reporters, photographers, and cameramen who were covering the protest.  The protest culminated in a military retrieval of President Rafael Correa, who was being held by protesters in a hospital.  Some  have called the protest an attempted coup, but other sources claim such terminology is unwarranted.