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.
Ola Bini released from prison
After 70 days in preventive detention without formal charges, Ola Bini’s request for habeas corpus was granted and shortly after he was released from prison
Vijay Prashad: My friend is in a prison in Ecuador
Vijay Prashad writes about the plight of his friend Ola BIni who has been unjustly imprisoned in Ecuador since April 2019
Around the World in 8 Minutes: Episode 28
In this episode, Peoples Dispatch takes a look into the issue of political prisoners in Colombia, Pakistan and Ecuador and report on the release of Jesús Santrich and the arrests of Ali Wazir and Ola Bini.
Ola Bini denied bail through video conference
The Ecuadorian legal system continues to violate Bini’s most fundamental human rights in what is a clear case of political persecution
Why Ecuador?
Political prisoner Ola Bini, who was arrested on April 11 in Quito, Ecuador and put into preventative detention, writes from prison about why he chose to move to Ecuador
Around the World in 8 Minutes: Episode 21
In this episode, we look into the police attack on workers in South Africa’s Durban city, the case of privacy activist Ola Bini and the resistance movement of potato farmers in India.
Ola Bini’s appeal against detention dismissed
By a margin of 2-1, a court rejected Ola Bini’s appeal despite the flimsiness of the prosecution’s arguments
“Privacy is absolutely necessary for humans to be free”
Free software developer and privacy activist Ola Bini, who is in prison in Ecuador, reflects on the responsibilities of privilege, his commitment to privacy and the risks poses by the rise of surveillance
Noam Chomsky, Arundhati Roy and others ask Swedish PM to step up support for Ola Bini
The letter by activists, intellectuals and software developers calls on the Swedish government to intercede on the behalf of Ola Bini to ensure the release of the privacy activist
The case against me will collapse into nothing: Ola Bini
In a note given to his parents who visited him at El Inca prison, Ecuador, software developer and activist Ola Bini said there was no substance to his case. He also condemned the war on knowledge being waged by the leaders of the world
