Lagos, 24 November 2021 ALEX SAAB’S WIN IN AFRICAN HUMAN RIGHTS CASE WILL BE A CAUSE OF SERIOUS CONCERN FOR UNITED STATES THE OUTCOME CONFIRMS UNITED STATES DOES NOT WANT INDEPENDENT AFRICAN INSTITUTIONS Femi Falana Statement 24.11.2021 Femi Falana Statement 24.11.2021 POR (español) On 11 August, 2021, my colleague Dr Jose Manuel Pinto Monteiro and…
On June 12, 2020, the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was seized by order of U.S. officials, during a refueling stop on a flight from Venezuela to Iran. He was imprisoned on Cabo Verde, a small island nation off the western coast of Africa, for trying to buy humanitarian supplies in legal international trade but…
by James Patrick Jordan originally published in the Orinoco Tribune The Solidarity Center’s activities in Venezuela and Colombia skyrocketed last year. Funding from the mis-named National Endowment for Democracy (NED) soared to almost 60% over the previous year’s awards. The 2020 funding, alone, represents over 40% of the total for similar grants for the last…
US Illegally Extradites Venezuelan Diplomat from Cabo Verde to the US By the Free Alex Saab Committee October 18, 2021—The Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab was renditioned, kidnapped to the US on October 16 without waiting for a final extradition decision. The action was taken in secret, without notifying his defense team and without relevant documentation.…
Action Alert via The Nicaragua Network: STOP FURTHER SANCTIONS AGAINST NICARAGUA This is an urgent moment! Please take action to stop the RENACER Act which has passed the full U.S. Senate and the House Foreign Affairs Committee. But the bill is still being considered by another committee in the House – Financial Services. The best…
Webinar hosted by Massachusetts Peace Action on August 10 Alex Saab is a Venezuelan diplomat who was arrested on June 12, 2020, on the orders of the US government, while his plane was on a refueling stop in Cape Verde. He was forcibly removed from the plane, imprisoned, and held under torturous conditions. A year…
Please act to help stop new sanctions on Nicaragua. The RENACER Act is quickly moving through Congress. The RENACER Act will impose a new set of sanctions on Nicaragua (illegal coercive measures). *See talking points below for background information on the RENACER Act. CALL and EMAIL — these are two ways you can help stop the…
We have come to Nicaragua this week to see for ourselves the lived reality of the Nicaraguan people. We are here from the United States, Brazil, Canada, and Mexico. From July 18 to July 25 our delegation, organized by the Nicaragua Network, had the opportunity to visit Managua,Granada, Estelí and Masaya. We have seen the…
Your group or organization can still sign on to this solidarity letter against US intervention in Nicaragua! We also have an Individual Sign-on letter now. Add your voice! Individual Sign-On Letter Sign-on your Organization! As elections approach in Nicaragua, we call on the United States to stop interfering “How would it be if the United…
The Current Popular Struggles against US Intervention: Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba, Colombia, Nicaragua, Peru and Chile We are faced with possible US intervention in Haiti after the murder of the president, a possible coup over the election results in Peru, new US backed protests in Cuba, the positive election results in Chile, the continued bloody repressions…
