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An academic and a football fan who were held in the United Arab Emirates claim Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi oversaw physical abuse

The 89th annual meeting of the Interpol General Assembly (GA) will be held November 23–25, 2021, in Istanbul, Turkey. Interpol, an international organization of police and law enforcement organizations, faces criticism for failing to live up to its constitutional requirement that it focus exclusively on ordinary crime and avoid becoming an instrument of political oppression for autocratic regimes.

Operation Lionfish, led by Interpol, resulted in 287 arrests

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 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 Credit: Twitter 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 r...