Alex Saab

IAC statement Aug 6th press conference Alex Saab’s case had violations of international norms, errors, and challenges to legal rationality

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Saturday, August 7, 2021
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However, what is even more rhetorically compelling is that the United States has notified the UN that it will not apply the UNCTOCs extradition provision.

Key Points: 
  • However, what is even more rhetorically compelling is that the United States has notified the UN that it will not apply the UNCTOCs extradition provision.
  • Mr Femi Falana SAN, Alex Saabs lead ECOWAS Counsel, addressed the following points at the start of the press conference:
    The case of the arbitrary detention in Cape Verde of Alex Saab is far from an ordinary case of detention or human rights violations.
  • This case is emblematic of a series of flagrant and systematic violations of international norms and has been, from the beginning, punctuated by errors, violations, and challenges to all legal rationality.
  • According to IAC, this case is emblematic of the failure of the rule of law, but above all it is an indelible stain on the international reputation of Cape Verde.

FALANA & FALANA Issues the Following Statement: Detention of a Wrong Person Nullifies Detention

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Thursday, July 29, 2021
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The detainee, Adegbenro Noah challenged his detention under the State Security (Detention of Persons) Decree No 2 of 1984 at the Lagos State High Court.

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  • The detainee, Adegbenro Noah challenged his detention under the State Security (Detention of Persons) Decree No 2 of 1984 at the Lagos State High Court.
  • In justifying the detention of the Applicant the military regime filed a detention order in the name of "Adegbenro Nuah".
  • The Attorney-General has admitted that the warrant of arrest is not in the name of Alex Saab but in the name of another person.
  • The Constitutional Court cannot afford to be used by the Attorney-General to justify the illegality of the arrest and detention of Alex Saab.

Falana & Falana Issues the Following Statement: Alex Saab Challenges Indictment in U.S. Court

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Wednesday, July 7, 2021
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Mr. Saab was unlawfully detained, at the request of U.S. law enforcement authorities, in Cabo Verde, where his aircraft had stopped to refuel.

Key Points: 
  • Mr. Saab was unlawfully detained, at the request of U.S. law enforcement authorities, in Cabo Verde, where his aircraft had stopped to refuel.
  • He was, in fact, traveling from Venezuela to Iran on a diplomatic mission, seeking humanitarian assistance in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Accordingly, at the instruction of his own government, he has vigorously opposed his extradition to the United States.
  • Accordingly, Mr. Saab has appealed the District Judges ruling to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

The International Action Centre issues the following statement on: CAPE VERDE TAKES ON THE UNITED NATIONS

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Wednesday, June 30, 2021
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This decision ordering interim measures is the first urgent step resulting from the registration of a complaint filed by Alex Saab before United Nations Human Rights Committee.

Key Points: 
  • This decision ordering interim measures is the first urgent step resulting from the registration of a complaint filed by Alex Saab before United Nations Human Rights Committee.
  • In an interview on June 29, 2021, the Cape Verdean Prosecutor General, Mr Jose Luis Landim, makes a frontal attack on the United Nations, claiming that the UN Human Rights Committee does not have the competence to impose the suspension of the extradition of Alex Saab from Cape Verde to the United States of America.
  • Second, such a position is a frontal attack on the United Nations and the human rights that are at the heart of the values that the Organization defends.
  • It sends a clear message to the world that Cape Verde can exercise its sovereignty to violate human rights while ignoring the norms of international human rights law to which it has subscribed and ignoring international decisions.

The International Action Centre: ECOWAS Court Dismissed Cape Verde’s Motion to Set Aside Judgment for Release of Alex Saab

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Thursday, June 24, 2021
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On 15 April, the Government of Cape Verde filed two motions praying the ECOWAS Court to set aside the Judgment.

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  • On 15 April, the Government of Cape Verde filed two motions praying the ECOWAS Court to set aside the Judgment.
  • Ambassador Saabs family would like to express its gratitude to the Honourable ECOWAS Court for its steadfast application of law and asks that the Republic of Cape Verde abide by its international obligations and immediately release Alex Saab and end the vindictive extradition process against him.
  • The Defence Team now calls upon the competent authorities of Cape Verde to comply with the ECOWAS Courts decision, immediately release Alex Saab and end the politically motivated extradition.
  • Dr Jose Manuel Pinto Monteiro, Alex Saabs lead Cape Verde attorney, commented, Cape Verde is known as a nation which respects its international obligations and the rule of law.