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Interpol accused after columnist arrested over Mohammed tweet
Police in Kuala Lumpur said Hamza Kashgari, 23, was detained at the airport "following a request made to us by Interpol" on behalf of Saudi authorities. Kashgari fled Saudi Arabia after posting a tweet on Mohammed's birthday that caused more than 30,000 responses and several death threats. The posting, later deleted, read: "I have loved things about you and I have hated things about you and there is a lot I don't understand about you ... I will not pray for you." More than 13,000 people joined a Facebook page called "The Saudi People Demand the Execution of Hamza Kashgari". Saudi clerics that he be charged with apostasy, an offense punishable by death. Reports suggest that Malaysia intends to return him to his native country. Interpol, which has 190 member countries, has a series of colored notice systems that police forces around the world use to forward requests for help. Contacted at its headquarters in Lyon, France, the organisation has not yet commented on the Kashgari case. In response to past criticisms of the red notice system, it has said, "There are safeguards in place. The subject of a red notice can challenge it through an independent body, the commission for the control of Interpol's files." Posted by: ryuge 2012-02-11 |
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