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title: "Ecuador Orders Deportation of Swedish Developer Ola Bini Over a Secret Security Report"
description: "The free-software developer, whose conviction followed an overturned acquittal, is barred from the country for 10 years"
author: "rews desk"
published: 2026-10-02T13:34:01Z
modified: 2026-10-02T21:36:16Z
url: https://rews.cc/a/ecuador-orders-deportation-of-swedish-developer-ola-bini-ove-8b2715
language: en
tags: ["security", "law", "sweden", "ecuador", "human-rights", "world"]
publisher: "Rews (https://rews.cc)"
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# Ecuador Orders Deportation of Swedish Developer Ola Bini Over a Secret Security Report

*The free-software developer, whose conviction followed an overturned acquittal, is barred from the country for 10 years*

By rews desk · October 2, 2026 · https://rews.cc/a/ecuador-orders-deportation-of-swedish-developer-ola-bini-ove-8b2715

## In brief

- Ecuadorean authorities detained Ola Bini in Quito on Thursday and ordered his immediate deportation
- The order rests on a secret report alleging acts against state security that his lawyers could not read
- Human rights groups were denied entry to his deportation hearing, the EFF said
- Bini, arrested in 2019, was acquitted in 2023 before an appeals court convicted him on appeal
- He is barred from returning to Ecuador for 10 years and is being held at Quito’s airport

Ecuadorean authorities detained Ola Bini, a Swedish software developer and security expert, in Quito on Thursday and ordered his immediate deportation, barring him from returning to the country for 10 years, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said.

According to account released by his lawyer, Mr. Bini was intercepted by a car carrying four people who identified themselves as immigration agents. He was taken to an immigration office without a formal order from a competent authority, the foundation said, and told his visa had been revoked, though officials showed no supporting document.

Ecuadorean authorities told Mr. Bini he posed a threat or risk to public security and the structure of the state and had to leave the country, the foundation said. The basis for the deportation is a secret report that allegedly asserts he committed acts against Ecuador’s security; his defense lawyers were not allowed to see its contents. They filed a habeas corpus petition to protect his freedom and block the deportation, without success.

The deportation hearing began at 5 p.m. Quito time, the foundation said. Human rights organizations that sought to attend were denied entry. The hearing was suspended and later reconvened, and officials ordered his immediate deportation. Mr. Bini was moved to Quito’s airport, where he is required to remain until he boards a flight to Sweden.

The deportation order is the latest turn in a case that digital rights groups have followed since Mr. Bini’s arrest in 2019. A lower court unanimously acquitted him in 2023, but an appeals court overturned the verdict after prosecutors appealed and convicted him of attempted unauthorized access to a telecommunications system — without actual evidence to support the accusation, according to the foundation, which has joined an observation mission that has published reports on the case.

The criminal case has since expired under the statute of limitations, and a court had formally lifted all precautionary measures against him. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco-based digital rights organization, said the deportation proceedings followed the same pattern it has documented through the prosecution, which it described as fraught with rights violations.

“Ecuadorean authorities must explain the accusations against the security expert,” the foundation said, adding that it would “remain vigilant and ensure that at least this time his rights are respected.”