Ola Bini Ordered to Leave Ecuador Under Obscure Accusations
In a new blow to Ola Bini’s legal guarantees, Ecuadorean authorities retained the free software developer and security expert yesterday in Quito and ordered his immediate deportation from the country. He is barred from returning to Ecuador for 10 years. According to information released by his lawyer, Bini was intercepted by a car with four people who identified themselves as immigration agents.…
Ecuadorian authorities have detained and ordered Ola Bini, a free software developer and security expert, to leave the country under vague allegations of a threat to public security. Bini was intercepted by four individuals posing as immigration agents and taken to an office without a formal order, where they revoked his visa without providing evidence.
His defense filed a habeas corpus petition to protect his freedom, but Ecuadorian authorities claim Bini poses a risk and must be deported for 10 years. Human rights groups were barred from attending the deportation hearing, which suspended after three hours due to a lack of interpreter for Bini, who is Swedish. The deportation proceedings come after Bini's previous acquittal in 2023 was overturned on appeal, leading to his new conviction based on a secret report alleging security offenses without any supporting evidence.
This marks another tragic chapter in the unjust persecution of Bini by Ecuadorean authorities, who have previously subjected him to false allegations and criminal prosecution.
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