The US Government ordered Venezuelan diplomat detained, held in
isolation, and denied needed medical care in Cabo Verde!
Join us in the struggle to free Alex Saab
We join in calling for the immediate release of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab.
Alex Saab is held in complete isolation in Cabo Verde and is in a life-threatening crisis. He is battling cancer. This has been untreated for the year he has been held.
Medical care has been refused! A visit from a London oncologist was refused. Alex Saab must be immediately released on humanitarian grounds.
Alex Saab is a lawfully appointed diplomat to the African Union. Arresting and holding a diplomat for any reason is a violation of international law and an insult to the African Union.
Alex Saab was kidnapped, held and tortured under orders from the Trump administration.
We call on President Biden to drop the demand for Alex Saab’s extradition to the U.S. This is clearly a violation of international law.
We call on the Prime Minister and the President of Cabo Verde to release Saab immediately to Venezuela to receive medical treatment.
Background:
- World police: Washington seeks to imprison foreign businesspeople for violating illegal US sanctions (Grayzone Project)
- US Extradition of Alex Saab is Illegal & Unfounded: Lawyers & Legal Experts (International Delegation Proposed) (Orinoco Tribune)
- US Trying to Extradite Venezuelan Diplomat for the ‘Crime’ of Securing Food for the Hungry: The Case of Alex Saab v. The Empire – (Counterpunch), (Venezuela Analysis)
- (español) Policía mundial: Washington busca encarcelar a empresarios extranjeros por incumplir sanciones ilegales – (Grayzone Project)
Additional articles:
- ‘Extradition Request For Detained Venezuelan Politically Motivated’- Defence team – Elendu Report
- ‘It’s Political Motivated’ – Defence Team Reacts To Extradition Request For Alex Saab – Amiloaded News
- Defence Counsels Berate Alleged Planned Extradition Of Venezuelan Diplomat, Saab – City Mirror News
- Defence team insists extradition request for Alex Saab by US govt. is political – Platform Times (May 22, 2021)
- West Africa: Ecowas Court Orders Cape Verde to Release Venezuelan Diplomat Saab – All Africa (March 17, 2021)
- Alex Saab Case Sets Dangerous Precedents In Terms Of Extraterritorial Judicial Abuses- Legal Practitioner – City Mirror News (May 24, 2021)
- How Venezuela’s resistance to United States’ interference contributed to Alex Saab’s arrest – Platform Times (May 24, 2021)
- REPORT: Alex Saab Illegal Detention Setting Bad Precedent In Humanitarian Mission – Platform Times (May 24, 2021)
- (español) ¡VENCEREMOS! Comenzó campaña de recaudación de firmas por la libertad de Alex Saab (+FIRMA AQUÍ) (Lechuginos, 29 mayo, 2021)
Alex in his own words:
Africa Day: Freedom can never be taken for granted, by Ambassador Alex Saab (May 25, 2021)
Documents (link to folder)
- Enviado Especial – Foreign Relations letter, Arreaza (espanol)
- Representante Permanente Alterno de Venezuela ante la Unión Africana part 1 (español)
- Representante Permanente Alterno de Venezuela ante la Unión Africana part 2 (espanol)
- Maduro letter to Iran Lider Supremo part 1 (espanol)
- Maduro letter to Iran Lider Supremo part 2 (espanol)
- Procura humanitaria de insumos de gran necesidad – Arreaza
- Letter to Moussa Faki Mahat – African Union Commission (English)
- DOCUMENTO_INTRODUZIDO_NO_SUPREMO_TRIBUNAL_2
- PEDIDO_FINAL_DE_HABEAS_CORPUS_POR_ANTONIO_ALT_TAVARES_WO_EN
