[act-ma] 8/10 Final ruling is expected THIS week on the extradition of Alex Saab. Take action now!

Charlie Welch cwelch at tecschange.org
Sun Aug 8 20:16:28 PDT 2021


      *Free Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab*

*Tuesday, August 10, 7:00 pm EDT (more info below)*


PLEASE HELP TO PREVENT THE EXTRADITION AND DEMAND ALEX SAAB’S 
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*Final ruling is expected THIS week on the extradition of Alex Saab.*


  Join the international campaign to #FreeAlexSaab and take action!

Photo by Roger D. Harris of Task Force on the Americas: Cape Verde 
Constitutional Court taken during a June 2021 emergency human rights 
delegation organized by the International Campaign to Free Alex 
Saab. The court is expected to rule on August 13 on an appeal to reject 
the extradition of Alex Saab.


  Cabo Verde Court to Rule on Extradition of Venezuelan Diplomat Alex
  Saab to the US

/August, 7th, 2021/

The Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab has been imprisoned in Cabo Verde 
since June 12, 2020, for trying to buy humanitarian supplies in legal 
international trade but in violation of illegalUS sanctions. *He is 
facing extradition to the US*. The case raises *dangerous precedents* in 
terms of extraterritorial judicial abuse by the US in enforcing its 
*unilateral coercive measures on Venezuela* and 38 other countries, 
comprising a third of humanity.

The government of Cabo Verde, *operating under US orders*, has ignored 
previous legal findings to release the diplomat from the regional 
Economic Community of West Africa regional court and from the United 
Nations Human Rights Committee. In addition, the INTERPOL Red Alert, 
which was the basis of his arrest, has been proven to be issued after he 
was arrested, in the name of someone else, and was subsequently 
canceled. Even if the Red Alert had been executed correctly, Mr. Saab 
would have been *exempt due to his diplomatic immunity*.

The Cabo Verde Constitutional Court is *expected to rule on August 13* 
on an appeal to reject the extradition. This comes after the Cabo Verde 
Supreme Court had denied Mr. Saab’s appeal last March.

If this final appeal in Cabo Verde courts fails, his legal team will 
continue the fight in the 11^th Circuit Court of Appeals in Florida to 
quash the indictment based on the defendant’s diplomatic status. As a 
special envoy of the Venezuelan government, *Mr. Saab enjoys absolute 
diplomatic immunity based on the Vienna Convention and affirmed by US 
law. *


  *PLEASE HELP TO PREVENT THE EXTRADITION AND DEMAND ALEX SAAB’S FREEDOM:*

--Three ways to join the international committee--


    1. Register for the webinar hosted Massachusetts Peace Action


      *Free Venezuelan Diplomat Alex Saab*

*Tuesday, August 10, 4 pm PDT / 7:00 pm EDT*

Webinar Registration! 
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    2. Are you in NY or MA? Events in support of Mr. Saab are planned at
    Pastor Luis Barrios Church and Saint Martin De Porres Catholic
    Church of the Americas.

This coming Sunday at 12 noon, Pastor Luis Barrios will be celebrating a 
religious political service for the freedom of our brother and friend 
Alex Saab, who is unjustly detained by the Cape Verdean authorities in 
Africa. The only crime committed by Alex Saab was to buy food and 
medicine (in the middle of a pandemic) and to evade the illegal 
sanctions that the United States has imposed on the Venezuelan people. 
These sanctions prevent the Venezuelan government from being able to buy 
medicines, food, medical equipment, and basic necessities in the 
international market.

*Join us this coming Sunday to learn more about Alex Saab's case and 
demand his immediate release.* August 8, 2021 at 12 noon at Holyrood 
Episcopal Church a Protestant Episcopal Church located at 715 West 179th 
Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood in upper Manhattan, New 
York City.

Solidarity Prayer Service for the freedom of Venezuelan Embassador Alex 
Saab led by Bishop Philippe Teixeira OFSJC

Saint Martin De Porres Catholic Church of the Americas
156 Grove Street
Brockton, MA 02302

Sunday Mass at 11:00 am


    3. Take action in your city! Banner drop, light projection, group
    photo or video saying "Free Alex Saab!"

In all your postings, please tag the follow or send via whatsapp to 718 
510 5523.

@Alliance4GlobalJustice on Facebook; and @FreedomAlexSaab and 
@All4GlobalJust on Twitter

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