Roger Sahota y Ben Keith, redactores del Monitor de difusiones rojas, presentan recursos legales a Interpol en nombre de Luke de Pulford y Bill Browder

El 2 de enero de 2024, el juicio de Jimmy Lai dio un giro inesperado cuando los fiscales de Hong Kong acusaron públicamente a dos ciudadanos británicos de alto perfil, Luke De Pulford, fundador del Alianza Interparlamentaria sobre China y Bill Browder, que encabeza la Campaña mundial Magnitsky of colluding with the accused in Mr Lai’s trial. In a highly politically charged case Mr Lai, the founder of Apple Daily, is accused under sweeping national security laws recently introduced by China of publishing seditious articles and conspiring with foreign forces to compromise national security. [1]

Red Notice Monitor can now confirm that lawyers acting for both men (who also serve as editors of this blog) have now filed a request to the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF) asking Interpol not to act on any diffusions, alerts or Red Notices issued by the Hong Kong authorities against them.

Interpol’s constitution prohibits the organisation from any form of political activity. The letter of representations points out the accusations against de Pulford and Browder are widely viewed as politically motivated, especially given their timing during Lai’s ongoing trial. It refers to various statements from the UK Government, EU authorities, the US State Department, US Congress, and numerous human rights organizations criticising the political and arbitrary nature of Jimmy Lai’s trial.

Interpol has been asked to publicly confirm that no data about de Pulford and Browder is stored or processed and to proactively block any related requests, including those from Hong Kong and Russian authorities who might misuse Interpol’s communication channels. Notably, Russian authorities have repeatedly attempted to misuse Interpol’s communication channels against Browder.

No se ha recibido ninguna respuesta de Interpol desde que se enviaron las cartas a la CCF el 11 de enero de 2024.

Redactores de RNM Ben Keith un abogado del 5 de St Andrew's Hill representa a Bill Browder y a Roger Sahota socio de Berkeley Square Solicitors en Londres, representa a Luke de Pulford.

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[1] https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/18/jimmy-lai-trial-hong-kong-updates-media-democracy-advocate