U.S. sanctions

The Supreme Court of Cape Verde denies the habeas corpus applications regarding Ambassador Saab

Four delegates to Cabo Verde from the International Alex Saab Committee to the Denial of the Habeas Corpus Motion they Filed in the Cabo Verde Supreme Court. By Bishop Filipe Teixeira, Pericles Tavares, Roger Harris, Sara Flounders The Supreme Court of Cape Verde considers that a detention in the form of house arrest is not…

Breaking: The United Nations Human Rights Committee orders Cape Verde to comply with interim measures regarding Alex Saab

On June 8th the UN Human Rights Committee had called for suspension of Alex Saab’s extradition, now it orders it to comply. Join the campaign to demand the immediate release of Alex Saab by signing the online petition.  What are the legal and political consequences? Cabo Verde and the human rights UN obligations Cabo Verde…

The case of Alex Saab – US abduction of Venezuelan diplomat, a global challenge

By Sara Flounders and Roger D. Harris With the possible extradition of a Venezuelan diplomat to the US on bogus charges, an emergency human rights delegation organized by the International Campaign to Free Alex Saab was quickly dispatched to Cabo Verde, where he is imprisoned. This island archipelago nation off the west coast of Africa…

US Trying to Extradite Venezuelan Diplomat for the ‘Crime’ of Securing Food for the Hungry: The Case of Alex Saab v. The Empire

By Roger Harris The case of Alex Saab raises dangerous precedents in terms of extraterritorial judicial abuse, violation of diplomatic status, and even the use of torture to extract false confessions. This is according to Montréal-based international human rights lawyer John Philpot. He spoke on May 19 at a webinar sponsored by the Alliance for…