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Foreign Affairs Committee urges Nigeria to release detained U.S. citizen Tigran Gambarian

House Committee on Foreign Affairs · September 24, 2024
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Summary

The committee unanimously moved H.Res.1348 urging the Nigerian government to release U.S. citizen Tigran Gambarian, citing deteriorating health and appealing for consular access and wrongfully detained designation under the Levinson Act.

The House Foreign Affairs Committee favorably reported a bipartisan resolution urging the government of Nigeria to release and provide consular access to Tigran Gambarian, a U.S. citizen and Binance employee who has been detained in Nigeria since February.

In remarks introducing H.Res.1348, the sponsor said Gambarian was detained after traveling to Nigeria for…

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