I recently had the pleasure of speaking with fellow practitioners Yuriy Nemets of Nemets Law and Ben Keith of 5 Saint Andrew’s Hill in a segment of the Nemets Law-hosted webinar series, “Open Conversations about INTERPOL Abuse.” The recorded conversation includes examples of Red Notice abuse in multiple countries, such as Ecuador, India, Mozambique, Paraguay
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INTERPOL Red Notices- Traveling as a Red Notice subject
When an individual is wanted by any member country of INTERPOL, international travel always poses a risk of detention.
Red Notice and the Dual Criminality Requirement-INTERPOL attorney Michelle Estlund
By Michelle Estlund on
The main purpose of an INTERPOL Red Notice is for INTERPOL’s member countries to help each other find and extradite fugitives and bring them to justice.
So why do we sometimes see a wanted person living openly in another country, without being extradited to the country where she is wanted by the authorities?
A…
INTERPOL’s CCF: the Annual Report (Post 3 of 3)
By Michelle Estlund on
Today’s post is the final in our series on the most recent Annual Report of the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF). The focus of this post will be on the critical factor of admissibility.
Admissibility as the first step to the CCF’s examination of a case
Before an applicant’s request for access, …
INTERPOL Red Notice removal for Chinese dissident Chuan Liang Li
Updated Full Press Release for Chuang Liang Li (1)
ESTLUND LAW OBTAINS THE DELETION OF RED NOTICE ON BEHALF OF CHINESE DISSIDENT CHUAN LIANG LI
Miami, Florida, U.S.A.- Chuan Liang Li, former Vice Mayor of Jixi City in China, is now free of the Red Notice that the People’s Republic of China had issued in…
INTERPOL Red Notice: Egypt’s Red Notices and the Muslim Brotherhood- Part 3 of 3
Egypt’s Red Notice requests for Muslim Brotherhood members- a continuation of Egypt’s past INTERPOL abuses?
As discussed in the first two posts in this series, here and here, members of the banned group the Muslim Brotherhood are being targeted by Egypt’s government using INTERPOL’s Red Notice system. The current government tactics appear to be…
INTERPOL’s statement on its response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
By Michelle Estlund on
In the last post, RNLJ addressed the growing call for meaningful international responses to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. INTERPOL is among the organizations to which the world is looking for leadership on this issue, particularly given its status as a law enforcement support entity. Since that post, INTERPOL has issued a statement on its…
INTERPOL Abuse- British investigative journalist Clare Rewcastle Brown and NGOs vs. Malaysia’s NCB
Update: On 06 Oct. 2021, RNLJ received confirmation from INTERPOL that “no Red Notice request for Ms. Rewcastle Brown has been received by the INTERPOL General Secretariat headquarters, nor has any wanted person diffusion been sent via INTERPOL’s channels,” and that Fair Trials has been advised of this information. INTERPOL’s recognition of this case as…
Belgium, India, and U.S.- INTERPOL Red Notices and Cross-border co-counseling
Red Notice removal requests are often strengthened by collaborative efforts between the attorney who is preparing the removal request and the attorney who represents or represented the client in the country where the notice was issued.
The case of a recent client highlights the benefit of international collaboration between attorneys when a client is facing…
China’s Xinjian region and Uyghur oppression through INTERPOL Red Notice abuse
In the last post, we focused on China’s abuse of INTERPOL’s Red Notice system and targeting of Uyghur activist Yidiresi Aisha. INTERPOL has reportedly blocked the Red Notice while it reviews Aisha’s case, but should we expect this case to change China’s behavior? Probably not.
It is extremely unlikely that the international attention and criticism…