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Ahmed Jaffer Muhammad, a Bahraini critic of the government who fled to Serbia after government authorities tortured and ill-treated him, was extradited in January 2022 after Bahraini authorities issued a Red Notice through Interpol. Bahraini courts had sentenced him to life in prison following unfair, in absentia trials. In permitting the extradition, Serbia violated the principle of nonrefoulement, as Muhammed had previously been tortured and ill-treated while detained in Bahrain and risked

Interpol, the international police organization founded in 1923 to promote cooperation among law enforcement agencies, has transformed into a formidable crime fighting force in recent years. Recent controversies over the misuse of its alert system by autocratic regimes, however, have cast a shadow over its reputation as an indispensable tool for global law enforcement cooperation.…

Russia, China and other countries are accused of using Interpol’s alert system to target dissidents

The vote that catapulted Kim Jong Yang of South Korea over Russia’s Alexander Prokopchuk to be the next president of Interpol, at 101-61, was closer than it should have been. As the head of Russia’s National Central Bureau (NCB) since June 2011, and thus in charge of all Russian liaison with Interpol, Prokopchuk is personally responsible for Russia’s abuse of Interpol to harass dissidents, exiles, and politically inconvenient businessmen. The contest between Kim and Prokopchuk should have been no contest at all.

From an organization that, for much of its lifetime, has operated in the dark, such movement is a welcome development. But it must do a lot more.