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One of the Kremlin's most prominent critics has urged the Canadian government to take the measures that are required to suspend Russia from the international police organization Interpol.
Bill these days Browder – who led the global movement Magnitsky Act to punish Russian officials responsible for the death of the accountant Sergei Magnitsky in a Moscow prison in 2009 – took part in a vocal campaign to prevent the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs officer Inside, Alexander Prokopchuk, to become the next president of Interpol, fearing the government would manipulate the work to punish critics of the Kremlin.
The Interpol General Assembly has finally elected South Korean President Kim Jong-yang as a new leader. He takes the job after his predecessor, Meng Hongwei from China, was arrested and charged with corruption by the Chinese anti-corruption authorities in September.
Browder, Head of the Hermitage Capital Management Investment Fund, devoted a large part of his life to denouncing corruption inside the Kremlin and avenging himself Magnitskyis death. He managed to push Canada to adopt its own version of Magnitsky Act to target the assets of corrupt officials guilty of gross violations of human rights.
Browder, an American now living in the UK, said today by teleconference to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security that he had been the victim of several "red advisories" – requests for a "clean bill". Interpol to nations to locate and arrest someone waiting for extradition.
He added that he thought that if he was extradited back to Russia, he would probably be tortured and killed.
"Just one country"
"We have Russia, serial, which abuses Interpol … The moral of this story is that if a country wants to abuse Interpol, it can continue to abuse Interpol and it does not matter the number of times he does it, "he told the committee.
In an interview with CBC Radio The House he went further, calling on Canadian politicians to demand the suspension of Russia.
"There is a rule in the Interpol constitution that allows Interpol to suspend countries that abuse the system, which has never been used before," he said.
"And what I say to the Canadian Parliament and the Canadian government is that Canada should now lead Russia's suspension of the Interpol system, in the same way that Russia was suspended from the Olympics after being surprise to cheat.
"All it takes is that a country take the lead here."
Browder said that hundreds of people around the world, including human rights advocates and lawyers, have been designated as targets of Interpol by Russia but do not have its resources.
"[Interpol] is intended for law enforcement, not to chase political enemies. This should not be a branch of dictatorship, "he told host Chris Hall in an interview on Saturday.
Browder, alongside Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov – another prominent critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin – and Marcus Kolga, a senior member of Macdonald-Laurier The Center for the Promotion of Canada's Interests Abroad of the Institute was supposed to answer questions from members of the committee. The meeting was cut short when MPs were recalled to the House of Commons for a vote on a back-to-work legislation.
Police vs police
Chief Superintendent Scott Doran of RCMPthe intelligence and international police branch of Canada told the committee bornDo not always follow red notices and treat them more like alerts from abroad.
"From a Canadian point of view, it's not used as a political tool," he said. Doran. "From a Canadian perspective, I am confident that we are faithful to the spirit of Interpol and its constitution in our engagements with other central and national offices."
On this photo provided by the South Korean National Police, Kim Jong Yang, from South Korea, will speak at the 87th Interpol General Assembly in Dubai, UAE, on Wednesday. November 21, 2018. Kim was elected president of Interpol on Wednesday. (National Police Agency of South Korea / The Associated Press)
Although a suspension process for one of Interpol's 194 member countries is in progress, Doran stated that Canada would never do this lightly.
"I think we may need to look at a difference between the police community and the political community, some countries may have political problems, but the reality is that sometimes we have an obligation to interact with them. police, no matter, "he said.
Canada has not approved any candidate before the Interpol presidential vote earlier this week, but Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale m said RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki, Canada's representative at the meetings, "worked diligently" to defend Canada's interests at Interpol.
Earlier this week, RCMP Deputy Commissioner Gilles Michaud was elected to represent the Americas on the Executive Committee.
