Middle East Focus: More on the Kashghari Case: Who Owns Interpol and Malaysia? ……….

Arabia Deserta

More on the Kashghari Case: Who Owns Interpol and Malaysia? ……….

Rattlesnake Ridge

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“Interpol has been accused of abusing its powers after Saudi Arabia used the organisation's red notice system to get a journalist arrested in Malaysia for insulting the Prophet Muhammad. Police in Kuala Lumpur said Hamza Kashgari, 23, was detained at the airport "following a request made to us by Interpol" the international police cooperation agency, on behalf of the Saudi authorities. Kashgari, a newspaper columnist, fled Saudi Arabia after posting a tweet on the prophet's birthday that sparked more than 30,000 responses and several death threats……….”

I posted about Hamza Kashgari (a couple of times). Here.

Saudi Arabia apparently can get Interpol to do its bidding and arrest dissidents at foreign airports. That is indeed bad news for Saudi dissidents who think they can seek asylum in places like Malaysia (a country that is deeply intolerant and quasi-Wahhabi). And this guy is not even a dissident: he is a loyal son of the Wahhabi system.
It can get the West to do its bidding on the Syrian regime at the United Nations Security Council. If that doesn’t work, it can get the West to do its bidding at the United Nations General Assembly. It has even ordered the Western powers to turn a blind eye to the year-long uprising and repression in Bahrain. It has even forced Washington to ship weapons of repression to the Manama regime even as it condemns the repression in Syria. All for a price, no doubt.
Still, not bad for a repressive xenophobic bigoted medieval kingdom ruled by an absolute dynasty of several thousand rapacious princes. All in the name of freedom and democracy: not bad for the most repressive regime in the world after North Korea, n’est-ce pas?
Cheers
mhg

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