• Press Release

Chinese Government Security Official Named New Head of Interpol

November 10, 2016

In response to the appointment of China's Vice Minister of Public Security, Meng Hongwei, to head global police agency Interpol, Nicholas Bequelin, East Asia Director at Amnesty International commented: 

"The appointment of Meng Hongwei is alarming given China's long-standing practice of trying to use Interpol to arrest dissidents and refugees abroad. It seems at odds with Interpol's mandate to work in the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. 

"There now needs to be close scrutiny of the kind of notices that Interpol issues at the request of the Chinese government."