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While the fate of the Interpol presidency is currently being decided in Istanbul, Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi, who appears to be the big favorite, is also pursued by a questionable reputation which has been the subject of several complaints.
His name is Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi. And it is the big favorite to occupy the seat of the presidency ofInterpol In Lyon. However, this influential general, chief of the police Emirates United Arabs arouses the controversy because he is accused of orchestrating, or at least covering up, acts of torture in the prisons of his country. “It is not because we have good relations with the United Arab Emirates that we should be silent about this candidacy“, believes Hubert Julien-Laferriere, deputy of the Rhône who co-signed, with 54 parliamentarians, a letter expressing his opposition to the candidacy of the general Al-Raisi. This, which was sent to the President of the Republic last June, has not received a response.
“I was subjected to long periods of isolation. I was so distressed that they were stuffing me with medicine. I was like a puppet in their eyes“Matthew recalls. Hedges, a British accused of espionage who was detained for six months in Emirati prisons. He has also lodged a complaint against many officials of the country including the potential future president ofInterpol. The 184 states members ofInterpol will elect their new leader on November 25.