The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee has passed a bill calling on the Nigerian government to immediately release Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan, whose health continues to deteriorate in prison.
Gambaryan, a former U.S. Internal Revenue Service agent and Binance’s head of financial crimes compliance, and Nadeem Anjarwalla, another Binance executive. detention After Binance arrived in Nigeria in February amid accusations that it made illegal trading profits there. Criminal charges were filed against them on February 28. Later Anjarwalla escape He was detained on March 22.
Gambarian’s family said his health was deteriorating rapidly. They said he had a herniated disc and pneumonia and “Most people are lying in bed.”
H.Res. 1348, introduction The bill, authored by Republican Reps. Rich McCormick and French Hill in July, passed by voice vote during a hearing Tuesday. The resolution calls on the Nigerian government to release Gambarian and provide him with “unlimited medical care,” and calls on the U.S. State Department to “mobilize all available assets and means to secure his release” and to ensure that Gambarian is “wrongfully” detained. That’s enough,” McCormick said. hearing On Tuesday.
“Tigran is suffering, not to mention his wife and two young children waiting at home,” McCormick said. “This is no way for an American citizen to be treated in the custody of a foreign government, especially one that is supposed to be our ally and partner in this region.”
Rep. Gregory Meeks, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the U.S. government had communicated with the Nigerian government to release Gambarian and was disappointed Nigeria had not responded.
“I know the Department of State is fully engaged in Mr. Gambarian’s case and is evaluating the facts in accordance with procedures,” Meeks said in support of the resolution. “But no matter how the process unfolds, we must continue to put pressure on the Nigerian government.”
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