{"id":1539,"date":"2024-08-28T04:30:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T04:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=1539"},"modified":"2024-08-28T04:30:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T04:30:07","slug":"binance-ceo-presses-for-political-intervention-to-free-exec-jailed-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/?p=1539","title":{"rendered":"Binance CEO Presses For Political Intervention To Free Exec Jailed In Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Crypto exchange Binance is urgently appealing to the US government and global organizations to exert political pressure on Nigeria <\/a>to secure the release of one of its top executives, Tigran Gambaryan, who has been \u201cunjustly detained\u201d for the past six months.<\/p>\n

Binance Denounces Unjust Detention\u00a0<\/h2>\n

According to a Tuesday statement <\/a>from Binance CEO Richard Teng, Gambaryan<\/a>, a US citizen, is experiencing severe physical and mental deterioration due to the Nigerian government\u2019s refusal to provide him with adequate medical care or access to legal counsel.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Despite a court order demanding the release of Gambaryan\u2019s medical records, the authorities have reportedly failed to comply with the requests. Teng said:<\/p>\n

Tigran\u2019s physical and mental conditions have deteriorated rapidly, and his situation is now more dire than ever. He is in severe pain and unable to walk due to a herniated disc. Despite his condition, the Nigerian government has denied him adequate medical care, including basic needs such as access to a wheelchair.<\/p>\n

The Binance executive\u2019s detention has been marred by what the company describes as \u201cbaseless allegations\u201d linking the cryptocurrency exchange<\/a> to Nigeria\u2019s economic woes, including the steep decline of the Naira currency.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Teng refuted these claims, stating that Binance\u2019s operations in Nigeria have been relatively small and that the Naira\u2019s plunge<\/a> is attributable to broader macroeconomic factors beyond the company\u2019s control:<\/p>\n

There is no need to imprison an innocent employee to answer for any allegations against Binance. We have settled issues in countries around the world, including the U.S., Thailand, and most recently in Brazil and India, in a reasonable, collaborative, and amicable manner with governments. All these were done without threat or harm inflicted on our employees.<\/p>\n

Pressure Mounts On Nigeria To Free Gambaryan<\/h2>\n

Binance is now calling on the US government to designate Gambaryan as one of its \u201cunlawfully detained\u201d citizens overseas. This status could mobilize significant political pressure<\/a> on Nigeria to release him on humanitarian grounds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The company is also urging citizens and organizations globally to advocate for Gambaryan\u2019s freedom and to condemn Nigeria\u2019s \u201cunjust detention practices.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, Teng has expressed its willingness to work with the Nigerian government in the future to support the development of the country\u2019s Web3 industry <\/a>and attract foreign investment. Still, only once the Gambaryan case has been resolved. The CEO concluded by stating:<\/p>\n

Key stakeholders in the government of Nigeria decided to unfairly and unlawfully detain Tigran, and they can just as easily make the fair decision to allow Tigran, a former U.S. federal agent, to go home. We appeal on humanitarian grounds to all decision-makers in Nigeria to allow Tigran safe passage home to his wife and two young children.<\/p>\n

At the time of writing, the exchange\u2019s native token, BNB, is trading at $552, registering a price correction of nearly 2% in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n

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Crypto exchange Binance is urgently appealing to the US government and global organizations to exert political pressure on Nigeria to secure the release of one of its top executives, Tigran Gambaryan, who has been \u201cunjustly detained\u201d for the past six months. Binance Denounces Unjust Detention\u00a0 According to a Tuesday statement from Binance CEO Richard Teng, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discovery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1539"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mycryptomania.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}