A tussle for control of Interpol pits good cops against bad
Autocratic regimes seek to use the agency’s “red notices” to snare exiled dissidents
ALI AHMAD, a British security guard, was arrested while on holiday in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2019. He had attended a football match, and was wearing a Qatari team shirt. He had no idea that the UAE was in the midst of a blazing diplomatic row with Qatar. He was arrested, beaten, electrocuted, stabbed and deprived of sleep, he says. He was eventually released, but still suffers flashbacks.
This article appeared in the International section of the print edition under the headline “Interpolitics”
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