Ola Bini: privacy defender, free software developer still in detention in Ecuado

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7 years ago

Ola Bini, privacy defender, cryptography expert, free software developer, is currently detained as political prisoner in El Inca prison, Ecuador. He was arrested on Thursday afternoon, 2019-04-11.

This is the result of an irregular detention process[1], dubious claims of evidence[2], and by violating his legal rights. Many, including David Kaye - UN Special Rapporteur[3], have concluded that there is no real basis for Ola's detention.

Ola's detention is a threat not only to Ola himself[4], but to research projects, such as OTRv4[5], PET Symposium contributions[6], DECODE EU-funded project[7], free software projects Coy.IM, and everything Ola has done[8], in the past: programming language 'loke', Seph, JesCov, JRuby, JtestR, etc..

    "The case against me is based on the books I've read and the technology I have."
    -- Ola Bini, statements from his imprisonment. ([9])

- Sign the solidarity letter (https://freeolabini.org/en/statement/) There has been quite some coverage by news sites. Groups and communities have posted their opinion. We want to show that individual people care as well!

- FreeOlaBini.org For updates and how to help.

- #FreeOlaBini Concerning Ola Bini's situation, but also broader, given that related events may be tagged as well.

    "I'm being held under the best circumstances and it's still despicable."
    -- Ola Bini, statements from his imprisonment. ([9])

[1] https://goatsing.wordpress.com/2019/04/13/press-release-on-the-detention-of-ola-bini-2/ [2] https://twitter.com/koolfy/status/1118834216589045760 [3] https://twitter.com/davidakaye/status/1117489081397547008 [4] https://twitter.com/MikaelSGB/status/1118221145013145600 [5] https://github.com/otrv4/otrv4 [6] https://petsymposium.org/2018/files/hotpets/7-bini.pdf [7] https://twitter.com/decodeproject [8] https://github.com/olabini [9] https://freeolabini.org/en/statement-from-ola/

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