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The International Action Centre issues the following statement on the recent judgement of the\u00a0<\/strong>ECOWAS Court of Justice<\/strong>:<\/strong><\/p>\n

COURT RECONFIRMS ALEX SAAB DETENTION ILLEGAL<\/strong><\/p>\n

NEW YORK, June 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In its judgment delivered on 15 March 2021, the ECOWAS Court of Justice declared illegal the arrest and detention of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Nain Saab Moran, ordered his release from further custody, quashed the extradition proceedings against him to the United States and awarded him $200,000 reparation for the violations of his human rights by Cape Verde.<\/p>\n

On 15 April, the Government of Cape Verde filed two motions praying the ECOWAS Court to set aside the Judgment. Both motions were vigorously opposed by the defence team of Alex Saab and in today\u2019s decision, which followed a hearing on 31 May, the ECOWAS Court confirmed:<\/p>\n

(i) There was no miscalculation of Time Zones when considering when the Interpol Red Notice was received by the Republic of Cape Verde and it had no bearing on the illegality of the arrest and subsequent detention, and
\n(ii) It is competent in terms of jurisdiction to rule on the matter.<\/p>\n

The Defence Team notes that today\u2019s decisions represent the end of the ECOWAS Court Process, and the Republic of Cape Verde has no more excuses to try and justify its non-compliance with the binding decisions of the ECOWAS Court.<\/p>\n

Ambassador Saab\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

Alex Saab\u2019s Lead ECOWAS Counsel, Femi Falana SAN, said,\u00a0\u201cI am delighted that in dismissing Cape Verde\u2019s applications, the Honourable Court has underlined that its decision of 15 March in terms of the illegality of Ambassador Saab\u2019s detention must be respected by Cape Verde. The Defence Team now calls upon the competent authorities of Cape Verde to comply with the ECOWAS Court\u2019s decision, immediately release Alex Saab and end the politically motivated extradition.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Dr Jose Manuel Pinto Monteiro, Alex Saab\u2019s lead Cape Verde attorney, commented,\u00a0\u201cCape Verde is known as a nation which respects its international obligations and the rule of law. I join my colleague Mr Falana in calling upon the Cape Verde authorities to bring an immediate end to the illegal detention of Ambassador Saab, release him and permit him to travel freely to Venezuela.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

MEDIA Contact:
\nSara Flounders
\nInternational Action Center
\nhttps:\/\/www.iacenter.org<\/a>
\nE-mail:\u00a0
iacenter@iacenter.org<\/a>
\nTel:\u00a0
+1 212-633-6646<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The International Action Centre issues the following statement on the recent judgement of the\u00a0ECOWAS Court of Justice: COURT RECONFIRMS ALEX SAAB DETENTION ILLEGAL NEW YORK, June 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) \u2014 In its judgment delivered on 15 March 2021, the ECOWAS Court of Justice declared illegal the arrest and detention of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Nain [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nThe International Action Centre:\u00a0ECOWAS Court Dismissed Cape Verde\u2019s Motion to Set Aside Judgment for Release of Alex Saab - Myanmar News Gazette<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/myanmarnewsgazette.com\/the-international-action-centre-ecowas-court-dismissed-cape-verdes-motion-to-set-aside-judgment-for-release-of-alex-saab\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The International Action Centre:\u00a0ECOWAS Court Dismissed Cape Verde\u2019s Motion to Set Aside Judgment for Release of Alex Saab - 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