I don’t know how to explain this. I’m not looking for sympathy or special consideration in any way. The simple truth is I’m lying in bed trying to sleep but I can’t stop crying from the frustration, sadness and hopelessness this situation causes.
I’m just extremely tired of all this. Not knowing when or if it will ever end, the continuous attacks, lies and absurd allegations. The attempts to intimidate and harass me and my friends. Some days it’s too much.
And of course the worst part is knowing that I have it _easy_. That this kind of behavior is normal from so many of the so called “democratic” governments of the world. That thousands or even millions are subjected to this illegal behavior from “rights-based” governments.
Our world is a disgrace, and if you don’t see that, you are complicit.
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There has been a lot of abuse, violations, harassment and downright illegal things happening in my case. But not all of it has been directed at me. Many people around me have also been subjected to this. In this thread I want to document some of these incidents. 1/
Just to be clear, these are just a few of these kinds of incidents - there are more than I could detail here - in fact, it's been so much that I don't even remember most of them. But let's jump in to them. 2/
One of the strongest examples of this kind of harassment relates to a perito named Fabián Hurtado. A perito is an expert in some field, who has a certification from the judicial system in Ecuador to work as an expert in legal cases. 3/
Hi all - so, after some rest and trying to find my equilibrium again, it's time to recount what happened this week. As I've mentioned, it was painful and frustrating, and the pre-trial is still not even concluded. This will be a long thread with lots of craziness. 1/
First, let's remember what the purpose of the pre-trial in Ecuador serves. The parties first present reasons why the process was illegal (so called "nullities"), then the prosecution and parties presents their accusation and supporting evidence. 2/
Then we discuss counter points to the acccusation, moving on to exclusion of prosecution evidence and finally presenting evidence for the defense. At this point the prosecutor or accusor can discuss exclusion of evidence. 3/
In a few hours the pretrial against me will resume. The only legal path would be for the judge to declare the process null and void because of all violations from the beginning (which the habeas corpus tribunal confirmed). However, we are not hopeful that this will happen.
More likely is that the judge will call to trial, even though this should be completely illegal, and another violation. If that happens, we will go through and discuss all evidence that will be used in the trial. Obviously we will try to exclude everything, since ...
... it was obtained in an utterly illegal way. We don’t know if the judge will allow external observers or representative from the Swedish government to attend. It seems she wants to keep this hearing as closed as possible. She has already denied the remote transmission of it.
Just finished my book writing for the day. I had a period of about 4 months when I couldn't get any writing done - I finally broke through it by deciding to just write a little, but every single day. So I write one screen-ful every day now - about 2 pages.
In this way, I've managed to keep writing since I broke through the block in June. I have currently finished 13 chapters, I'm writing on one, and I have 4 four chapters left to write. But the majority of the content is definitely ready, in first draft form.
I would like to clarify one thing - this book is not about what has happened to me. It is a book that talks about security and privacy, the mindset and the tools behind it, and also programming from a security perspective. It is not an auto-biography.
It's been almost 1.5 years since I was first arrested, and it's been a while since I gave an update about my legal situation here in Ecuador, so I thought I'd summarize what has happened up until now, and what the current status is. 1/
On April 11th, 2019, I was illegally detained and later arrested at Quito airport. I was on my way to Japan for a martial arts training camp that had been planned since several months. 2/
During this detention I was held without access to my lawyer for 8 hours, and then arrested. During all this time I was held in areas that are not sanctioned or legal for detention. 3/