After more than a year of detention, the defence team of Venezuelan diplomat Alex Nain Saab Moran, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the African Union and Special Envoy to the Islamic Republic of Iran who has been imprisoned for over a year in Sal awaiting the outcome of an extradition process to the United States has filed formal complaints against the Republic's Attorney General, José Landim, at the Cape Verdean Public Prosecutor’s Office, Regional Prosecutor, Natalino Correia and Judiciary Police inspectors Domingos de Pina and Maurício Monteiro, for crimes allegedly committed against their client, allafrica.com has reported.
As reported by allafrica.com, the document that has already been lodged with the Attorney
General's Office, the accusations against the four defendants relate, in general
terms, to an extensive violation and disrespect for the diplomat's rights, and
from them, it results, according to the lawyers, that such rights “were not
respected, nor were the guarantees of a fair and equitable process respected”.
The defence team further stated in the document that, the circumstances set out in the complaints are
quite "deep and insidious" and relate to the "outright and reprehensible
violation of a set of principles by those who, in fact, had the duty to be their
main custodian", hence the lawyers' request that "criminal proceedings be
instituted against those involved".
They are accused of several crimes allegedly
committed against Alex Saab, namely “common assault (...), torture and cruel,
degrading or inhuman treatment (...), theft of personal property, abuse of power
(...) , an attack against foreign authorities (…), passive corruption (…) and
kidnapping”. All these crimes are typified in the Cape Verdean Penal Code,
according to Alex Saab's defence team, which requires the Venezuelan diplomat to
be admitted as a civil party to the proceedings and for him to be heard in
respect of the accusations made.
Alex Saab's defence team, which demands a
“detailed investigation” of all charges, and “that all investigative procedures
that can unearth and establish the material truth of the facts” are carried out,
also, give notice that it is the plaintiff's intention to “lodge claims for
damages civil against those involved”.
Source: allafrica.com
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