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Human Rights crusader and legal luminary, Mr. Femi Falana, and other prominent lawyers have written a joint letter to the President of Cape Verde, Jorge Carlos Fonseca, seeking the immediate release of a Venezuelan special envoy, Alex Saab, currently being detained in the country.
The letter dated January 7 and addressed to Fonseca, was jointly signed by Falana, Jose M.P. Monteiro, Rutsel S. J Martha, and Baltasar R. Garzon, who are all Saab’s legal counsels.
The lawyers in the letter, obtained by our correspondent on Saturday, described the continued detention of Saab by the Cape Verdean authorities as illegal.
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Human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), says he has received instructions from
Sahara Reporters Publisher, Omoyele Sowore, to sue the Nigeria Police Force and its officers for torture.
The senior advocate said this in a message sent to our correspondent on Saturday.
Falana said his client was badly beaten and subjected to dehumanising conditions in contravention of the Anti-Torture Act.
“Since Mr. Sowore’s fundamental right to dignity has been recklessly violated by the police we have his instructions to press for charges against all the officers who subjected him to physical and mental torture in contravention of the letter and spirit of the provisions of the Anti-Torture Act of 2017,” Falana said.