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by cobratbq 2611 days ago
Updates on his situation (more recent on top):

- 2019-04-18: Ola Bini's statement, from arbitrary detention, statement discussed in an article. [10]

- 2019-04-16: Ola's parents are able to visit him in prison, Ola has been getting threats in prison. [11]

- 2019-04-16: Press conference organized for parent and lawyer to give updates concerning Ola's situation.

- 2019-04-16: Ola's detention is full of irregularities, as concluded by his lawyers. [12]

- 2019-04-15: Ola's parents on their way now to Quito, address press in Quito.

- 2019-04-15: Charges against Ola Bini are known, judge orders preventitive detention, Ola's lawyers file appeal.

- 2019-04-14: many news sites, communities and research group find out about Ola's detention. Opinions and statements get published in support. (See FreeOlaBini.org)

- 2019-04-12: Ola has finally been able to speak with lawyers, after being detained for 17 hours.

- 2019-04-12: Friends, colleagues start discovering about his detainment. The statement issued by his employer. First news reports. [13]

- 2019-04-11, 15:20h local time: Ola Bini arrested at Quito airport in Ecuador. (Martin Fowler [14])

- 2019-04-11: First signs of trouble, already identified by Ola himself. [15]

- 2019-04-10: Ola announcing his flight to Japan, which was already known 2 weeks prior. This trip will later be explained as "Ola fleeing Ecuador" after Ola has been detained.

[10] https://twitter.com/freeolabini/status/1118911539707248640 https://apnews.com/fdd20f1e9ea04eb18e11374647b59dd8 [11] https://twitter.com/freeolabini/status/1118211351971811328 https://twitter.com/aosita/status/1118228547213103107 [12] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/04/free-ola-bini [13] https://autonomia.digital/cad/2019/04/12/ola-bini-arrest.htm... https://gizmodo.com/ecuador-arrests-digital-privacy-activist... [14] https://twitter.com/martinfowler/status/1116520916383621121 [15] https://twitter.com/olabini/status/1116341908371062794

Please take any (unintended) violation of the guidelines as my personal mistake. This is one of my first times posting at HN.