Paris, May 11 (UNI/Sputnik) A judicial inquiry has been opened in Paris into accusations of “complicity in torture” against Interpol President Ahmed Nasser Raisi of the United Arab Emirates, French media said on Wednesday.
Sources close to the probe told the BFMTV channel that French counterterrorist prosecutors instructed an examining magistrate to look into claims of two British nationals who say they were tortured while in UAE custody in 2018 and 2019.
UAE inspector general Raisi was elected to the largely ceremonial job at the Paris-based international police agency last November. Accusations against him were filed in late March, while he was in France. The Paris judge will now decide whether to press charges against the Emirati official.
Raisi’s accusers Matthew Hedges and Ali Issa Ahmad said they would present evidence of torture on Wednesday. Hedges claims he was tortured into confession and imprisoned on spying charges during an academic trip to the Gulf nation, while Ahmad says he was arrested and beaten for wearing a Qatari T-shirt at an Asian Cup.
France opens judicial inquiry on torture accusations against Interpol chief
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