WATCH: China’s Misuse of INTERPOL: Targeting Uyghurs Abroad

Ben Keith & Rhys Davies

On 1 February 2024, Red Notice Monitor organised a webinar to discuss China’s misuse of Interpol’s Red Notice system and how this is targeting Uyghurs.

Red Notice Monitor editor Ben Keith , barrister at 5 St Andrew’s Hill, chaired the event. An excellent panel provided valuable insights into China’s transnational repression of Uyghurs and how Interpol has been used in this campaign.

The panel included (in order of appearance in video below):

Rahima Mahmut, Executive Director of
Stop Uyghur Genocide
and UK Director of the
World Uyghur Congress
Laura Harth, Campaign director at
Safeguard Defenders
Alexis Thiry, legal advisor at
Mena Rights Group
and legal team of Idris Hasan.
Luke de Pulford, Co-founder and Executive Director of
Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China

Watch the panel in full below:

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About the Authors

Ben Keith Barrister

Ben Keith is a barrister at 5 St Andrew's Hill and co-founder of International Human Rights Advisors. He specialises in INTERPOL Red Notice challenges, extradition, asylum, and international human rights law. He has acted in cases before the European Court of Human Rights Grand Chamber, the UK Supreme Court, the African Commission, the Inter-American Commission, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, and the UN Committee Against Torture. He is ranked Star Individual in Chambers & Partners for extradition.

Rhys Davies Barrister

Rhys Davies is a barrister at Temple Garden Chambers and co-founder of IHR Advisors. He specialises in INTERPOL Red Notice challenges, extradition, international criminal law and human rights law. He co-authored the report Undue Influence: the UAE and Interpol with Sir David Calvert-Smith, and has provided expert commentary on Interpol to CBS 60 Minutes, Sky News and City AM. He represents clients in high-profile cases involving political persecution and transnational repression.