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Alex Saab’s lawyers cautiously welcome the court’s decision to enable him to relocate to Praia, the capital of Cape Verde

Ihesiulo Grace 3 September 2021 0

DEFENSE TEAM QUESTIONS WHY IT HAS TAKEN SO LONG AND MOTIVES OF TIMING The Defense Team of Alex Saab notes that on 1 September the Barlavento Court of Appeal (TRB) granted a request made by Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab that the site of his detention be moved to Praia from the Island of Sal. Dr

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The case of the arbitrary detention of Alex Saab emblematic of the negation of the rule of law: Constitutional hope

Ihesiulo Grace 24 August 2021 0

In a few moments the Constitutional Court will render its decision on the basis of the appeal lodged by the Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab invoking no less than 12 unconstitutional irregularities in the processing of the extradition case that concerns him. This is a serious and solemn moment, with multiple and complex diplomatic, political, international […]

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Legal team for Alex Saab condemns the illegal listening operation

Ihesiulo Grace 11 August 2021 0

“The Supreme Court of Cape Verde has declared that Alex Saab is free. It has now said on several occasions that because he is under house arrest then he is not ‘in prison,” said Dr Jose Manuel Pinto Monteiro in Praia today. Dr Monteiro went on to say. “My colleagues, along with many rational-thinking Cape […]

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Alex Saab files criminal complaint against José Landim, Natalino Correia and Judiciary Police inspectors

Ihesiulo Grace 11 August 2021 0

In the ongoing fight between Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab and Cape Verde & the United States, yesterday a report by AllAfrica InfoWire (Washington, DC) noted that the defence team of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab who has been imprisoned for over a year in Sal awaiting the outcome of an extradition process to the United States, […]

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Statement from defence team of Alex Saab

Ihesiulo Grace 25 July 2021 0

THE TRUTH IS SELF-EVIDENT SO LONG AS YOU WANT TO FIND IT, ECOWAS COURT RECOGNISED THE FAILNGS WHICH PROSECUTOR GENERAL OVERLOOKED Yesterday in an interview which continued his recent theme of treating the truth as a plaything, Cape Verde Prosecutor General José Landim flailed unconvincingly to explain why he had failed to spot the important […]

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Defense team of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab questions cape verde’s decision on united nations human rights committee’s decision

Ihesiulo Grace 21 July 2021 0

In its decision of June 29, 2021 delivered via email to the defense on 20 July, 2021 the Constitutional Court of Cape Verde considered that “there is no international normative basis that would impose on the State of Cape Verde a duty to comply with a request for provisional measures made by the Human Rights […]