Ola Bini Faces Ecuadorian Prosecutors Seeking to Overturn Acquittal of Cybercrime Charge
By Karen Gullo Ola Bini, the software developer acquitted last year of cybercrime charges in a unanimous verdict in Ecuador, was back in court last…
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Drug Lords are Destroying Ecuador
Op-Ed by Emily Thompson The infiltration of Mexican drug cartels into local criminal gangs in Ecuador is causing severe harm to the country. It has…
US Signs Deal That Will Allow Military Deployments to Ecuador
By Dave DeCamp The Biden administration has quietly struck a deal with Ecuador to deploy troops to the country and patrol the waters off its…
The Aftermath of Ola Bini’s Unanimous Acquittal by Ecuadorian Court
By Veridiana Alimonti On January 31, the Swedish free-software developer and computer-security expert Ola Bini was declared innocent in a unanimous verdict by a three-judge…
After Years of Delays and Alarmingly Flimsy Evidence, Security Expert Ola Bini’s Trial Set for This Week
By Jason Kelley For over two years EFF has been following the case of Swedish computer security expert Ola Bini, who was arrested in April,…
Economic Hitmen and Neoliberalism — The Truth About What’s Happening in Ecuador
By Dylan Charles The South American nation of Ecuador has been in the throes of a bloody populist revolution for nearly two weeks now. On…
Roger Waters, NGOs And Many Others Condemn Revoking Of Amazonian Lawyer Steven Donziger’s Law License
By Aaron Kesel On September 17th, a formal bar licensing hearing in New York was held for Steven Donziger, a lawyer who fought to clean…
Ecuador’s President Moves Government Operations From Capital to Escape Protests
By Jessica Corbett Ecuadorian President Lenín Moreno announced late Monday that he had temporarily moved government operations out of the capital of Quito following days…
Conflicted Judge Abets Chevron Retaliation Against Heroic Lawyer Steven Donziger
By Aaron Kesel For over a decade, New York lawyer and activist Steven Donziger, of Donziger and Associates, has been fighting Chevron after the oil…
Ecuador Just Gave the Pentagon Permission to Use The Galapagos Islands as an Airstrip
By Eoin Higgins The Galapagos Islands archipelago in Ecuador is one of the most biodiverse regions in the entire world, home to a number of…
Conflicted Judge Protects Chevron Abuse of Amazon Villagers’ Attorney Donziger
Ecuador Has Been Hit by 40 Million Cyber Attacks Since Assange’s Arrest
By Elias Marat The government of Ecuador claims that the country has come under a broad and concerted cyber attack, with approximately 40 million attempts…
The Ecuadorean Authorities Have No Reason to Detain Free Software Developer Ola Bini
By Danny O’Brien Hours after the ejection of Julian Assange from the London Ecuadorean embassy last week, police officers in Ecuador detained the Swedish citizen…
Multiple Government Websites Taken Down After Arrest Of Julian Assange
By John Vibes Following this week’s arrest of WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange in London, the hacktivist group Anonymous released a video calling for his captors…