[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
FREEDOM:
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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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