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International campaign grows to free Alex Saab
By Sara Flounders posted on July 7, 2021
Free Alex Saab demonstration, July 5, B, Mass. Speaking is Andira Alves, former Amazon worker with Party for Socialism and Liberation.
The continuing international Campaign to free Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab, abducted by the U.S. over a year ago and held in Cabo Verde, gained momentum this week.
The visit of Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva of Cabo Verde a small, isolated island nation off the West coast of Africa to the Cabo Verdean community in the Boston area brought out members of that community, along with Venezuelan solidarity activists, union members and antiwar activists from many organizations, to press for Saab’s release. July 5, the National Independence Day of Cabo Verde, is a highly unusual time for the prime minister to be out of the country.
The United Nations Human Rights Committee today accused Belarus of violating its international agreements by executing two persons while their cases were still under review by the committee.
The United Nations Human Rights Committee today accused Belarus of violating its international agreements by executing two persons while their cases were still under review by the committee.
The committee – an independent body supervising compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) – expressed “dismay” that the executions were the second such breach by Belarus in two years.
According to a press statement issued by the committee, Oleg Grishkovtsov and Andrei Burdyko had alleged that they were subjected to torture at the pre-trial investigation stage and did not receive a fair trial. Media reports indicated the two were found guilty of premeditated murder, armed assault, arson, kidnapping of a minor, theft and robbery.
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