The case of Interpol

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respected, whatever their nationality, wherever they are accused.
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Charles
“the
Serpent”
Sobhraj
Carlos the
Jackall
Petr Silaev
Petr Silaev
“The door opened and a squad
of anti-terrorist police rushed
in and called my name”
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www.fairtrials.org/case/petrsilaev
“Regimes like the Russian one
will have no shame in
exploiting the INTERPOL
network ... We need to develop
better controls of the system,
to prevent situations like mine”
“The next day they drove me
to Madrid, where I spent some
nice hours on the bottom of a
police car”
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Benny Wenda
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Vicdan Ozerdem
Turkish activist recognised
as a refugee in Germany,
Vicdan was arrested at a
border point in Croatia as
a result of Red Notices
issued at the request of
Turkey. Detained pending
extradition proceedings,
with severe effects on her
mental and physical
health.
Ales Mikhalevich
Arrested in Poland and the
United States, despite
INTERPOL refusing a Red
Notice request. Fair Trials has
asked the CCF to explain what
happened to the information
about Ales which was sent to
INTERPOL. One year on, a
response is still awaited.
Patricia Poleo
“It is like walking out of
prison after years of
captivity.” Patricia, an awardwinning journalist living as a
refugee in the United States,
reacts to the news that
INTERPOL had deleted alerts
against her and her husband,
Nixon Moreno, targeted by
Venezuela under Hugo
Chavez.
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“At the end of 2013 there were 32,770 valid red notices and 70,159
valid diffusions on Interpol’s system; by contrast, in 2012 there were
just 49 official complaints about them (though more may have gone
unrecorded).”
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CCF Annual Budget (20102012)
Total Operating Income
(2012)
Our vision is a world where every person’s right to a fair trial is
respected, whatever their nationality, wherever they are accused.