Interpol too susceptible to abuse, report finds
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Washington: Interpol is too susceptible to abuse by âdespotic regimesâ and its next president should not come from the United Arab Emirates because of its âsystematic breaches of human rights,â according to a new report.
UAE Major General Nasser Ahmed al-Raisi is running for president of Interpol.
In a scathing assessment of the undue influence of the UAE on the international policing organisation, the paper points to large financial donations and a âmisuseâ of the red notice system by a country where torture and repression is âa stock in tradeâ.
File photo of the entrance hall of Interpol’s headquarters in Lyon. Photograph: Laurent Cipriani/AP
An Emirati general linked to human rights abuses is unsuited to head Interpol and his possible appointment may be seen as a “reward” for donations to the agency, according to a report by the UK’s former director of public prosecutions.
The process of electing a president of Interpol, which is due to happen later this year, is “shrouded in secrecy and opaque”, Sir David Calvert-Smith wrote.
“Not only would an Emirati president of Interpol serve to validate and endorse the [United Arab Emirates’] record on human rights and criminal justice but, in addition, Maj Gen [Ahmed Naser] Al-Raisi is unsuitable for the role,” he wrote. “He sits at the very top of the Emirati criminal justice system. He has overseen an increased crackdown on dissent, continued torture, and abuses in its criminal justice system.”
Interpol too susceptible to abuse and UAE security chief unsuitable for presidency, report finds
The new paper points to large financial donations by a country where torture and repression is a stock in trade
7 April 2021 • 6:30am
Major General Nasser Ahmed Al-Raisi has been accused of presiding over the torture of British citizens Matthew Hedges and Ali Ahmad
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Interpol is too susceptible to abuse by “despotic regimes” and its next president should not come from the United Arab Emirates because of its “systematic breaches of human rights,” according to a new report.
In a scathing assessment of the “undue influence” of the UAE on the international policing organisation, the paper points to large financial donations and a “misuse” of the Red Notice system by a country where “torture and repression is “a stock in trade.”
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UAE official not suited to be Interpol chief, says former UK prosecutor
Major General Ahmed Naser al-Raisi has been linked to human rights abuses, including the torture of two British citizens
A coalition of human rights groups warned last year that Raisi’s appointment would damage Interpol’s reputation (AFP) By Published date: 7 April 2021 16:40 UTC | Last update: 25 sec ago
The United Arab Emirate s security chief is ill-suited to run Interpol, according to a report by the former director of public prosecutions of England and Wales, who said that the Emirati official had overseen torture and abuses.
In the report, which was written with assistance from the UK-based International Human Rights Advisors, David Calvert-Smith said that Ahmed Naser al-Raisi s nomination could be interpreted as a “reward” for donations to the agency.