Listen 0:00 / 0:00 − 1.0x + Default Ready A court in Egypt has asked Interpol to issue Red Notices to four Egyptian journalists working in Turkiye and hand them over to Egyptian authorities. Interpol’s Red Notice system allows member states to request that worldwide law enforcement locate and arrest a person, but whilst criminals have been caught using this system, autocratic regimes have used Red Notices to target dissidents living abroad. In February this year several human rights groups called on Interpol to reform after Bahraini dissident Ahmed Jaafar Mohammed Ali was extradited from Serbia to Bahrain after he was arrested based on a request made through the Red Notice system. Reports said he was beaten on arriving in … Continue reading Egypt asks Interpol to issue Red Notices to 4 Egyptian journalists in Turkiye