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

The International Action Centre issues the following statement on the recent judgement of the ECOWAS Court of Justice:

COURT RECONFIRMS ALEX SAAB DETENTION ILLEGAL

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…