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A comment on Ola Bini, Swedish Software Developer with Ties to Assange, Arrested in Ecuador. Parent comment

Re:Ola Bini, Swedish Software Developer with Ties to Assange... by toyg on Saturday April 13, 2019 @07:24PM (#19656438)
No need to go into conspiracy theories: a lot of places are simply deficient when it comes to respecting the rule of law every day. This is particularly true in South America, where de-facto dictatorships are still common.

This is simply the new Ecuadorian strongman doing a favour to his NorthAmerican friends. It changes nothing in how the Ecuadorean justice system works (or doesn't work).

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Re:Ola Bini, Swedish Software Developer with Ties to Assange... by cheez on Saturday April 13, 2019 @11:58PM (#19657529)
Which places do you think are less deficient when it comes to respecting the rule of law?
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Re:Ola Bini, Swedish Software Developer with Ties to Assange... by toyg on Monday April 15, 2019 @03:48AM (#19663800)
A good rule of thumb is the Corruption Perception Index: https://www.transparency.org/research/cpi/overview

Ecuador is n. 114.

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Re:Ola Bini, Swedish Software Developer with Ties to Assange... by gcb0 on Sunday April 14, 2019 @10:49AM (#19659702)
JFK wasn't killed in a south american or african nation. You should dismount that high horse.
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Re:Ola Bini, Swedish Software Developer with Ties to Assange... by toyg on Monday April 15, 2019 @03:51AM (#19663814)
1) I’m not from or in the US

2) political assassination can happen in any country, preventing it is very hard

3) all countries have problems but some have bigger problems than others: https://www.transparency.org/research/cpi/overview

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Re:Ola Bini, Swedish Software Developer with Ties to Assange... by gcb0 on Monday April 15, 2019 @10:33AM (#19665582)
I don't worry much about preventing because you're right, it's close to impossible. more about the lack of investigation. jfk was emblematic because his brother, also a top politician, later was also liked in the same fashion, also with full media coverage and impunity for the responsible parties.
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