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A Chinese official’s application to join Interpol’s regulator has raised alarm bells as activists fear Beijing could use the anti-crime organization to silence critics. they are abroad.
This comes as people around the world have launched a campaign against Hu Binchen, the deputy director general of the Ministry of Public Security of China, running for the Interpol Executive Committee at the organization’s General Assembly. at the end of this month.
“It has now become clear that China uses these international organizations to advance its domestic agenda. When Meng Hongwei, China’s representative at Interpol, has served as President since 2016. As of 2018, the Red Notice has been selectively serving the repatriation of Chinese nationals wanted by the Chinese government for engaging in political and religious activities or having opposing views with the Party. Communist”, according to Tibet Press.
The Red Notice system is an important part of the Chinese government’s repatriation strategy. Not only did it freeze all the international bank accounts of the victims, the report added, but it also increased travel restrictions for designated individuals.
On Monday, 50 lawmakers, from 20 countries, who are members of the Parliamentary Alliance of China (IPAC) wrote a joint letter to their governments, alarmed at China’s moves to gaining influence over the global security agency, IPAC said in a statement. in Monday.
The letter refers to recent attempts by the Chinese government to use Interpol’s Red Notice system against Uighur activists living in exile and argues that Hu Binchen’s election will allowing Beijing to give Beijing the ‘green light’ to continue using Interpol as a “vehicle for the Chinese government’s suppression of policies.”
The moves were accompanied by a separate letter from 40 activists to Interpol member countries warning that Hu Binchen’s election would have “severe consequences for the safety and well-being of the nation’s safety and well-being.” Chinese, Hong Kong, Taiwanese and Chinese human rights activists living outside China as well as Tibetans and Uyghur diasporas.”
Hu Binchen’s candidacy coincides with the release of a new report on the Chinese government’s efforts to conceal the extent of its ‘long-term overseas policy’.
The report, released by human rights advocacy group Safeguard Defenders, reveals for the first time how the Chinese government has refrained from making Interpol requests public, putting thousands of activists and dissidents at risk. was arrested, detained and extradited to China. The report also examines the role of Hu Binchen’s Office of International Cooperation in tracking down alleged ‘faulters’ abroad through legal and illegal means.
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