WEBINAR TOMORROW – Alex Saab’s Lawyer: ‘How the US Starves Venezuelans’ (#SanctionsKill)

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Alex Saab’s lawyer, Femi Falana, has agreed to participate in a webinar about this important case related to US “sanctions”.
Caracas, May 16 (OrinocoTribune.com)â Alex Saab has been illegally held by Cape Verdean authorities in prison, and most recently in a unique form of house arrest. Saab was apprehended because of his attempts to bypass illegal US and European “sanctions” against the Venezuelan people.
Saab, a special diplomatic envoy of Venezuela at the time of his irregular detention, and currently ambassador of Venezuela to the African Union, was instrumental in procuring international supplies (fuel, medicines and food) for the Venezuelan people, bypassing the criminal US and European economic blockade.
Cape Verde’s detention of Saab without consideration for his status of diplomatic immunity was a violation of all international diplomatic provisions, and raised suspicion about Cape Verde’s respect of international law. Saab’s illegal detention was carried out without a proper Interpol red notice. In addition, Cape Verde did not respect the ECOWAS ruling against his detention, and against the irregular extradition process to the US.
Alex Saab’s lawyer
Femi Falana, a former president of the West Africa Bar Association (WABA), has been at the forefront of defending journalists and other human rights advocates across Africa for over two decades. He has defended and secured victories for dozens of journalists and activists in Nigerian courtrooms and at the ECOWAS Court.Â
In 2008 and 2010, he secured landmark victories at the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice against the government of The Gambia for Gambian journalists Musah Saidykhan and Chief Ebrima Manneh. Saidykhan was a victim of severe torture while Manneh suffered enforced disappearance.Â
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Femi Falana is currently serving as lawyer for the journalist and founder of the online publication Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, who is being held by the Nigerian authorities. Earlier this year, he secured the release of the editor and publisher of Weekly Source, Jones Abiri, who had been detained by Nigeriaâs State Security Service (SSS) since 2016.Â
In recognition of his exceptional qualities in, and dedication to, human rights law and criminal law, Femi Falana was recipient of the International Bar Associationâs Bernard Simons Memorial Award in 2008. He has been a keynote speaker at conferences of the ECOWAS Community Court and many other international legal convenings.
Additional Speakers
⢠Geraldo Almeida, from Cabo Verde, is also one of Saabâs lawyers and a law professor.
⢠John Philpot, from Montreal, is an international human rights lawyer involved with the Meng Wanzhou case.
â˘Sara Flounders, International Action Center, New York, on illegal US sanctions.
⢠Stansfield Smith, Chicago ALBA, on the background to the case.
Sponsors:
⢠Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of New York
⢠International Action Center
⢠Chicago ALBA Solidarity
⢠Alliance for Global Justice
⢠Frente Hugo Chåvez para la Defensa de los Pueblos, Vancouver
⢠Task Force on the Americas
⢠CODEPINK
⢠Orinoco Tribune
Featured image: Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab webinar poster courtesy of Task Force for the Americas.
Orinoco Tribune special by JesĂşs RodrĂguez-Espinoza
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Ăl abogado de Alex Saab, Femi Falana, aceptĂł participar en un seminario web sobre este importante caso relacionado con las sanciones estadounidenses.
Caracas, 16 de mayo (OrinocoTribune.com) â Alex Saab ha sido detenido ilegalmente por las autoridades caboverdianas y mĂĄs recientemente en un extraĂąo arresto domiciliario debido a su capacidad para eludir las sanciones ilegales estadounidenses y europeas contra el pueblo venezolano.
Saab, un enviado diplomĂĄtico especial de Venezuela en el momento de su detenciĂłn irregular y actualmente embajador de Venezuela en la UniĂłn Africana, jugĂł un papel decisivo en la obtenciĂłn de suministros internacionales (combustible, medicinas y alimentos) para que el pueblo venezolano evitara las sanciones ilegales de Estados Unidos y Europa.
Su detenciĂłn a pesar de su inmunidad diplomĂĄtica viola todas las disposiciones diplomĂĄticas internacionales y tambiĂŠn generĂł sospechas sobre el respeto de Cabo Verde al derecho internacional debido al hecho de que su detenciĂłn ilegal se realizĂł sin un cĂłdigo rojo de Interpol adecuado y luego por no respetar la decisiĂłn de la CEDEAO contra su detenciĂłn. y proceso irregular de extradiciĂłn a Estados Unidos.
Ăl abogado de Alex Saab, Femi Falana, ex presidente de la AsociaciĂłn de Abogados de Ăfrica Occidental (WABA), ha estado a la vanguardia en la defensa de periodistas y otros defensores de los derechos humanos en Ăfrica durante mĂĄs de dos dĂŠcadas. Ha defendido y conseguido victorias para decenas de periodistas y activistas en los tribunales nigerianos y en la Corte de la CEDEAO.
En 2008 y 2010, obtuvo victorias histĂłricas en el Tribunal de Justicia de la Comunidad de la CEDEAO contra el gobierno de Gambia para los periodistas gambianos, Musah Saidykhan y el jefe Ebrima Manneh, respectivamente. Saidykhan fue vĂctima de graves torturas, mientras que Manneh sufriĂł desapariciĂłn forzada.
El Sr. Falana se desempeĂąa actualmente como abogado del periodista y fundador de la publicaciĂłn en lĂnea Sahara Reporters, Omoyele Sowore, quien estĂĄ detenido por las autoridades nigerianas. A principios de este aĂąo, consiguiĂł la liberaciĂłn del editor del periĂłdico The Source, Jones Abiri, que habĂa sido detenido por el Servicio de Seguridad del Estado de Nigeria desde 2016.
En reconocimiento a sus cualidades excepcionales y su dedicaciĂłn al derecho de los derechos humanos y al derecho penal, el Sr. Falana recibiĂł el Premio en Memoria de Bernard Simons de la AsociaciĂłn Internacional de Abogados en 2008. Ha sido orador principal en conferencias del Tribunal Comunitario de la CEDEAO y muchas otras convocatorias legales internacionales.
Voceros adicionales:
⢠Geraldo Almeida, from Cabo Verde, is also one of Saabâs lawyers and a law professor.
⢠John Philpot, from Montreal, is an international human rights lawyer involved with the Meng Wanzhou case.
â˘Sara Flounders, International Action Center, New York, on illegal US sanctions.
⢠Stansfield Smith, Chicago ALBA, on the background to the case.
Patrocinadores:
⢠Alliance for Global Justice
⢠Alberto Lovera Bolivarian Circle of New York
⢠Chicago ALBA Solidarity
⢠Frente Hugo Chåvez para la Defensa de los Pueblos, Vancouver
⢠Task Force on the Americas
⢠Orinoco Tribune
⢠Council on Hemispheric Affairs, COHA
⢠International Action Center
⢠CodePink