Ecuador: @LaPosta_Ecu ’s investigation about open source developer Ola Bini’s case unveils key political interests and implications entangled in his criminal prosecution.
According to the investigation, the Swedish-born developer’s detention in Quito’s airport in 2019 as a “Russian hacker” was a government response to the leak of the “INA papers,” a corruption scandal involving former President Lenin Moreno. 2/6
Four different sources confirmed attending a meeting where high-ranking government officials were informed, before his detention and prosecution, that Ola Bini was not the leak’s suspect they were looking for. 3/6
In EFF’s 2019 field trip to Ecuador, we highlighted how intertwined Bini’s investigation and prosecution was to the political effects of its outcome, presenting itself as a political case, not a criminal one. 4/6 eff.org/deeplinks/2019…
And @EspaciadoraBar have recently published a critical report of Ola Bini’s case (in Spanish). 5/6 labarraespaciadora.com/featured/ola-b…
#FreeOlaBini. 6/6
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