FAIR TRIALS INTERNATIONAL EXPRESSES DELIGHT AT INTERPOL DENIAL OF ROLE IN HAMZA KASHGARI ARREST

Interpol has today confirmed that it has not been involved in the case involving a Saudi blogger arrested in Malaysia and deported to Saudi Arabia.

Fair Trials International’s Chief Executive, Jago Russell, said:

“We are delighted that today Interpol has publicly denied any involvement in the arrest of Hamza Kashgari, despite Malaysian sources making statements to the contrary last week. As Fair Trials International pointed out, this would have been contrary to Interpol’s own constitution, which prohibits any involvement in cases of a political or religious nature.”

For more information please contact Fair Trials International on +44 (0)20 7822 2370 or +44 (0)7950 849 851
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Notes to Editors

1. Fair Trials International is a human rights charity that provides assistance to people arrested in a country other than their own and campaigns for reform to fight the underlying causes of injustice in cross-border cases.

2. On February 10, AFP quoted a Malaysian Police spokesman, who said that they acted “following a request made to us by Interpol after the Saudi authorities applied for it”.