Major General Dr. Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi, Inspector General of the Ministry of Interior and President of the International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), presided over the 90th session of the organization’s General Assembly meetings held in New Delhi, India. This is the first time that Major General Al Raisi chairs the General Assembly in a row
Elected last November to the presidency of Interpol, Emirati General Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi is the target in Europe of several judicial complaints for "torture". Already under a first investigation in France, where the international police agency is based, he has since the end of March been the subject of a judicial investigation for "complicity in torture", under the principle of universal jurisdiction. But the path from investigation to arrest is strewn with diplomatic pitfalls.
Election of Ahmed Nasser al-Raisi as ceremonial head of global police agency comes despite concern voiced by rights groups and European Parliament members
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