France probing Interpol president for alleged torture
French anti-terror prosecutors have opened a preliminary inquiry into torture and acts of barbarism allegedly committed by Emirati General Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi who in November last year became president of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), judicial sources said on Thursday. The probe follows a legal complaint by a non-governmental organization that accused al-Raisi of being responsible for the torture of an opposition figure in his role as senior official at the Emirati Ministry of the Interior. The Gulf Centre for Human Rights — holding al-Raisi responsible for inh...
Source: taipeitimes.com
