Daily Round-Up | Pentagon finds ‘no wrongdoing’ in Syria airstrikes & other stories
Pentagon report on airstrikes in Syria that killed in Syria, US eases sanctions against Venezuela, Ola Bini’s trial resumes, and Libya’s PM retreats from Tripoli
Ola Bini’s trial resumes. What has happened so far?
The trial against Ola Bini, Swedish software developer and digital rights activist, resumed on May 16. His trial only began in January this year after years of delays
Trial of Ola Bini resumes in Ecuador
The final leg of the trial against Swedish software developer Ola Bini started in a criminal court in Quito on Monday, resuming proceedings from an earlier three-day session in January. The ongoing trial comes after multiple delays and documented due process violations since Bini’s arrest in 2019
Case against Ola Bini has consequences for all of Latin America, says report
Bini, digital rights activist and friend of Julian Assange may be sentenced to up to 5 years in prison by an Ecuadorian court
Israeli forces raze Salhiya family home, violence continues in Negev and other stories
Today we look at the demolition of a Palestinian family’s home in Sheikh Jarrah, a strike by hundreds of social workers in Georgia, and more
After recurrent delays, trial of software developer and activist Ola Bini set to begin
According to the defense team representing Ola Bini in Ecuador, the pre-trial process alone was littered with over 65 due process violations, prompting rights groups both within and outside Ecuador demanding charges be dropped against him
Protests spread amid severe shortages and soaring prices in Lebanon and other stories
Today we look at the crisis in Lebanon as the state cuts subsidies, the trial ordered against digital rights activist Ola Bini in Ecuador, and more
Ecuadorian judge refuses to annul case against Ola Bini
The judge held that the case against Ola Bini is without prejudice or irregularities, despite the defense providing over 120 documented instances of irregularities in due process
Ola Bini’s pre-trial hearings suspended for two weeks
The hearings are set to resume on December 16, but without any observers. Ola Bini, a digital privacy rights activist and software developer, was arrested in April 2019
Ola Bini on privacy, digital rights, and his fight for justice
Privacy rights’ activist and software developer Ola Bini talks about the Ecuadorian government’s case against him, the many human rights violations he has faced, and his struggle for justice. He also talks about the importance of digital human rights and privacy.
Presiding judge in Ola Bini case recused after allegations of prejudice
Ola Bini’s defense team argued that the judge acted in a prejudiced manner let and allowed the prosecution to violate the course of the trial
Ola Bini: My fight for justice will continue
Ola Bini joined Peoples Dispatch for an interview to talk about the case being made against him by the Ecuadorian government, and the 70 days he spent in prison without any charges or evidence being presented against him.
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