Saab Oral Argument Focuses on Legitimacy of Maduro Government

TODAY’S EPISODE: Saab Oral Argument Focuses on Legitimacy of
Maduro Government 


GUEST: Author, labor attorney and human rights activist Dan
Kovalik of Council on Hemispheric Affairs





BACKGROUND:


On December 20, in the U.S. District Court of Southern Florida,
Judge Robert N. Scola heard oral arguments on Alex Saab’s motion
to dismiss the case against him. The factual issue for the Court
to decide was “whether Mr. Saab was a special envoy from
Venezuela to Iran traveling on a mission when he was detained in
Cape Verde and extradited to the U.S. and, therefore, entitled to
diplomatic immunity.” Dan was present for the hearing and
will discuss, in detail, the hearing results. WTF has been
following The Case of Alex Saab since his detainment on Cape
Verde 12 June 2020. Today is our third update.





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ADDITIONAL LINKS:


Judge Scola Decision Denying Alex Saab’s Right to
Diplomatic Immunity


Statement by the Venezuela Government on the US Ruling
Against Alex Saab


Saab Oral Argument Focuses on Legitimacy of Maduro Government,
Daniel Kovalik


Saab Hearing Proves He Deserves Diplomatic Immunity, Exposes
Prosecution’s Duplicity, Daniel Kovalik


Alex Saab: A Kidnapped Diplomat. Film Screening
followed by Q & A (WTF Episode 2)


Alex Saab, Sanctions and the Extra-Judicial Reach of the U.S (WTF
Episode 1)





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