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Ace Swedish coder held by Ecuador was defender of Assange

By Associated Press
Published April 14, 2019 12:32am ET
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Ace Swedish coder held by Ecuador was defender of Assange
This Friday, April 12, 2019 handout photo provided by the State Attorney General's Office, shows police entering the apartment building where Swedish programmer Ola Bini was residing in Quito, Ecuador. The 36-year-old Swedish programmer was arrested Thursday in an alleged plot to blackmail the country’s president over his abandonment of Julian Assange. | (State Attorney General's Office via AP)

CARACAS, Venezuela — An ace Swedish programmer who was an early, ardent supporter of WikiLeaks has been arrested in Ecuador in an alleged plot to blackmail the country’s president over his abandonment of Julian Assange.

But friends of Ola Bini say the soft-spoken encryption expert is being unfairly targeted for his activism on behalf of digital privacy.

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