In 2019, Ola Bini, a Swedish programmer and privacy advocate, was arrested in Ecuador for being a Russian hacker.
Find Ola on X:
https://x.com/olabini. Or visit his website
https://olabini.se/blog/. Or check out his non-profit
https://autonomia.digital/.
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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/six-years-dangerous-misconceptions-targeting-ola-bini-and-digital-rights-ecuador
https://peoplesdispatch.org/2019/04/12/ola-bini-detained-in-ecuador-for-90-days/
https://globalvoices.org/2022/10/21/ola-bini-the-cyberactivist-who-causes-panic-in-ecuador/
https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2019/09/ecuador-allanamiento-violento-pone-en-riesgo-juicio-justo-ola-bini-2/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ola_Bini