Live Webinar: The Interpol Playbook: How Authoritarian Regimes Hunt Dissidents Abroad

Authoritarian regimes have a playbook for silencing dissidents abroad. Interpol’s Red Notice system is one of their most powerful tools – and it’s being abused on a vast scale across Russia, Central Asia, and beyond.

To find out how it works — and what can be done – join Ben Keith, Rhys Davies and Leila Seiitbek on LinkedIn Live for a conversation on transnational repression and the future of Interpol.

Date: 24 March 2026
Time: 4PM GMT

🔗 Register here: https://lnkd.in/eFPbVc4i

Speakers include:

Leila Seiitbek, Chairwoman & Founder, Freedom for Eurasia – an exiled human rights lawyer from Kyrgyzstan who was herself the target of state persecution before being granted asylum in Austria. Her organisation is one of the foremost voices documenting how Central Asian regimes weaponise international legal mechanisms against dissidents and exiles.

Ben Keith, Barrister, 5 St Andrew’s Hill & Co-Founder, International Human Rights Advisors – Ranked as a Star Individual in Chambers & Partners and Band 1 in Legal 500 in extradition, and one of the world’s most experienced Red Notice removal practitioners.

Rhys Davies (Moderator), Barrister, Temple Garden Chambers & Co-Founder, International Human Rights Advisors – International Pro Bono Barrister of the Year, speaker at the Harvard International Law Journal Symposium, and co-author of “Undue Influence: The UAE and Interpol.”

The discussion will draw on our published analysis in the Kyiv Independent and extend it to the broader post-Soviet and Central Asian picture – examining how the same playbook operates across multiple regimes, what the consequences are for those targeted, and what structural reform of Interpol is needed to stop it.