IAC issues statement after UN Letter release is made public : Cape Verde, Criticised Heavily by the United Nations

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59% : Links to United Nations Letters:https://spcommreports.ohchr.org/TMResultsBase/DownLoadPublicCommunicationFile?gId=26527
44% : -- IAC wants the public to know that following last night's public release of a confidential UN communication; The United Nations has put Cape Verde on notice: the torture, arbitrary detention and violations inflicted on Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab must stop, and the government has been asked to explain itself.
44% : The United Nations, via the Special Procedure, called on the government of Cape Verde to account for "the factual grounds and legal basis for the arrest, detention and possible extradition of Ambassador Alex Saab Moran to the United States, including the exact nature of the charges against him and the facts supporting those charges; on the violation of judicial, consular and other fair trial guarantees; on the allegations of torture and ill-treatment of Ambassador Saab; on the violation of his right to physical integrity and the deterioration of his health attributable to the authorities; on the risk of torture in the event of extradition; and on the violation of the diplomatic immunity of Ambassador Alex Saab."
44% : United Nations personnel speaking on condition of anonymity commented that "In doing so, Cape Verde continues to isolate itself from the international community, in keeping with the usual retreat strategy used by most of rogue states and human rights abusers.
39% : Dr Jose Manuel Pinto Monteiro, Alex Saab's lead Cape Verde counsel said in reaction to the UN revelations, "It is up to the people of Cape Verde to hold this government accountable for the serious and persistent violations of human rights that have been vehemently denounced by ECOWAS and the United Nations.
35% : The United Nations expresses its "deep concern about the allegations of arbitrary arrest, detention and extradition proceedings against Ambassador Saab".
34% : The government of Cape Verde is severely criticized by the United Nations for the serious and ongoing violations against Ambassador Alex Saab, arrested and arbitrarily detained in Cape Verde since June 12, 2020, in the framework of an "arbitrary" extradition procedure, instrumentalized by the United States of America.

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