Tag Archives | The United States v. Alex Saab

United States: End detention of Venezuelan Special Envoy, UN experts say

Originally published: United Nations on September 27, 2023 by United Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner (OHCHR) (more by United Nations) | (Posted Oct 05, 2023)

Saab was appointed as a Special Envoy by the Government of Venezuela in April 2018 to undertake official missions in Iran to secure humanitarian deliveries to Venezuela, including of food and medicine.
Saab hearing proves he deserves diplomatic immunity, exposes prosecution’s duplicity

Originally published: COHA (Council on Hemispheric Affairs) on December 16, 2022 by Daniel Kovalik (more by COHA (Council on Hemispheric Affairs)) | (Posted Dec 20, 2022)

On December 12 to 13, 2022, an evidentiary hearing in the case of The United States v. Alex Saab was heard before Judge Robert Scola in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.