A SYRIAN REFUGEE TRAPPED BY A POLITICALLY MOTIVATED RED NOTICE

A Syrian Refugee Trapped by a Politically Motivated Red Notice

A Syrian Refugee Trapped by a Politically Motivated Red Notice

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A Syrian Refugee Trapped by a Politically Motivated Red Notice

In the early hours of December 28, 2024, Mohamad Alkayali, a Syrian refugee who has lived legally in Turkiye since 2014, was arrested by Turkish authorities based on an INTERPOL Red Notice issued by Saudi Arabia in January 2016.

Today, Alkayali faces imminent deportation to Saudi Arabia, a country he has not set foot in for over 12 years—a deportation that could put his life and freedom at grave risk.

The notice, allegedly tied to an offense that lacks critical details such as time, place, or any evidence, raises significant concerns over the weaponization of INTERPOL’s system to silence political dissenters.

Alkayali’s case is not unique. It is yet another example of how authoritarian regimes exploit INTERPOL to pursue opponents, dissidents, and refugees.

Full article written by Willy Fautre:

Willy Fautré, former chargé de mission at the Cabinet of the Belgian Ministry of Education and at the Belgian Parliament. He is the director of Human Rights Without Frontiers (HRWF), an NGO based in Brussels that he founded in December 1988. His organization defends human rights in general with a special focus on ethnic and religious minorities, freedom of expression, women’s rights and LGBT people. HRWF is independent from any political movement eu news today and any religion. Fautré has carried out fact-finding missions on human rights in more than 25 countries, including in perilous regions such as in Iraq, in Sandinist Nicaragua or in Maoist held territories of Nepal. He is a lecturer in universities in the field of human rights. He has published many articles in university journals about relations between state and religions. He is a member of the Press Club in Brussels. He is a human rights advocate at the UN, the European Parliament and the OSCE. If you are interested in us following up your case, get in touch.

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