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 Refugees who are included in the list of Interpol can be arrested when crossing the border.<ref name="fairtrials.org" /> In the year 2008, the office of the [[UN High Commissioner for Refugees|United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees]] pointed to the problem of arrests of refugees on the request of INTERPOL<ref>{{cite web|title="Terrorism as a Global Phenomenon", UNHCR presentation to the Joint Seminar of the Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum (SCIFA) and Committee on Article 36 (CATS)|url=https://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendocPDF.pdf?docid=478e03702|author=United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees|date=18 January 2008|publisher=UNHCR|access-date=24 February 2016|archive-date=19 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919203341/https://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/home/opendocPDF.pdf?docid=478e03702|url-status=live}}</ref> in connection with politically motivated charges.
-In 2021, Turkey,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-11 |title=Weaponizing the Police: Authoritarian Abuse of Interpol |url=https://hir.harvard.edu/weaponizing-the-police-authoritarian-abuse-of-interpol/ |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=Harvard International Review |archive-date=7 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907061145/https://hir.harvard.edu/weaponizing-the-police-authoritarian-abuse-of-interpol/ |url-status=live }}</ref> China, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Russia, and Venezuela were accused of abusing Interpol by using it to target political opponents.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/oct/17/has-interpol-become-the-long-arm-of-oppressive-regimes|title=Has Interpol become the long arm of oppressive regimes?|last=Jacobs|first=Josh|date=17 October 2021|work=The Guardian|access-date=21 October 2021|archive-date=28 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128231432/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/oct/17/has-interpol-become-the-long-arm-of-oppressive-regimes|url-status=live}}</ref> China used Interpol against the [[Uyghurs]], where the government issued a Red Notice against activists and other members of the ethnic minority group living abroad.<ref name=Hill-01-08-2021>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/opinion/international/565482-as-china-targets-uyghurs-worldwide-democracies-must-prevent-interpol|title=As China targets Uyghurs worldwide, democracies must prevent Interpol abuse|access-date=1 August 2021|website=The Hill|date=August 2021|archive-date=2 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102225119/https://thehill.com/opinion/international/565482-as-china-targets-uyghurs-worldwide-democracies-must-prevent-interpol|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 1997, 1,546 cases from 28 countries of detention and deportation of the Uyghurs were recorded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oxussociety.org/viz/transnational-repression/|title=Incidents of Transnational Repression|accessdate=28 June 2021|website=The Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs|archive-date=2 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102225119/https://oxussociety.org/viz/transnational-repression/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the case of Turkey, Interpol had to turn down 800 requests,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Willsher |first=Kim |date=2021-11-25 |title=Turkey accused of using Interpol summit to crack down on critics |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/25/turkey-accused-of-using-interpol-summit-to-crack-down-on-critics |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en |archive-date=26 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826161326/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/25/turkey-accused-of-using-interpol-summit-to-crack-down-on-critics |url-status=live }}</ref> including one for [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] basketball player [[Enes Kanter Freedom]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meacham |first=Sam |date=2022-04-11 |title=Weaponizing the Police: Authoritarian Abuse of Interpol |url=https://hir.harvard.edu/weaponizing-the-police-authoritarian-abuse-of-interpol/ |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=[[Harvard International Review]] |archive-date=7 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907061145/https://hir.harvard.edu/weaponizing-the-police-authoritarian-abuse-of-interpol/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The UAE was also accused as one of the countries attempting to buy influence in Interpol. Using the Interpol Foundation for a Safer World, the Arab nation gave donations of $54 million. The amount was estimated as equal to the statutory contributions together made by the rest 194 members.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2017/UAE-pledges-EUR-50-million-to-support-seven-key-INTERPOL-projects|title=UAE pledges EUR 50 million to support seven key INTERPOL projects|accessdate=27 March 2017|website=Interpol|archive-date=2 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102225119/https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2017/UAE-pledges-EUR-50-million-to-support-seven-key-INTERPOL-projects|url-status=live}}</ref> It was asserted that the Emirates' growing influence over Interpol gave it the opportunity to host the General Assembly in 2018 and in 2020 (that was postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]).<ref name=Hill-01-08-2021 />
+In 2021, Turkey,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-04-11 |title=Weaponizing the Police: Authoritarian Abuse of Interpol |url=https://hir.harvard.edu/weaponizing-the-police-authoritarian-abuse-of-interpol/ |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=Harvard International Review |archive-date=7 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907061145/https://hir.harvard.edu/weaponizing-the-police-authoritarian-abuse-of-interpol/ |url-status=live }}</ref> China, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Russia, and Venezuela were accused of abusing Interpol by using it to target political opponents.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/oct/17/has-interpol-become-the-long-arm-of-oppressive-regimes|title=Has Interpol become the long arm of oppressive regimes?|last=Jacobs|first=Josh|date=17 October 2021|work=The Guardian|access-date=21 October 2021|archive-date=28 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128231432/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/oct/17/has-interpol-become-the-long-arm-of-oppressive-regimes|url-status=live}}</ref> China used Interpol against the [[Uyghurs]], where the government issued a Red Notice against activists and other members of the ethnic minority group living abroad.<ref name=Hill-01-08-2021>{{cite web|url=https://thehill.com/opinion/international/565482-as-china-targets-uyghurs-worldwide-democracies-must-prevent-interpol|title=As China targets Uyghurs worldwide, democracies must prevent Interpol abuse|access-date=1 August 2021|website=The Hill|date=August 2021|archive-date=2 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102225119/https://thehill.com/opinion/international/565482-as-china-targets-uyghurs-worldwide-democracies-must-prevent-interpol|url-status=live}}</ref> Since 1997, 1,546 cases from 28 countries of detention and deportation of the Uyghurs were recorded.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oxussociety.org/viz/transnational-repression/|title=Incidents of Transnational Repression|accessdate=28 June 2021|website=The Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs|archive-date=2 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102225119/https://oxussociety.org/viz/transnational-repression/|url-status=live}}</ref> In the case of Turkey, Interpol had to turn down 800 requests,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Willsher |first=Kim |date=2021-11-25 |title=Turkey accused of using Interpol summit to crack down on critics |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/25/turkey-accused-of-using-interpol-summit-to-crack-down-on-critics |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=26 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220826161326/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/nov/25/turkey-accused-of-using-interpol-summit-to-crack-down-on-critics |url-status=live }}</ref> including one for [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] basketball player [[Enes Kanter Freedom]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meacham |first=Sam |date=2022-04-11 |title=Weaponizing the Police: Authoritarian Abuse of Interpol |url=https://hir.harvard.edu/weaponizing-the-police-authoritarian-abuse-of-interpol/ |access-date=2022-09-07 |website=[[Harvard International Review]] |archive-date=7 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907061145/https://hir.harvard.edu/weaponizing-the-police-authoritarian-abuse-of-interpol/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The UAE was also accused as one of the countries attempting to buy influence in Interpol. Using the Interpol Foundation for a Safer World, the Arab nation gave donations of $54 million. The amount was estimated as equal to the statutory contributions together made by the rest 194 members.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2017/UAE-pledges-EUR-50-million-to-support-seven-key-INTERPOL-projects|title=UAE pledges EUR 50 million to support seven key INTERPOL projects|accessdate=27 March 2017|website=Interpol|archive-date=2 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102225119/https://www.interpol.int/en/News-and-Events/News/2017/UAE-pledges-EUR-50-million-to-support-seven-key-INTERPOL-projects|url-status=live}}</ref> It was asserted that the Emirates' growing influence over Interpol gave it the opportunity to host the General Assembly in 2018 and in 2020 (that was postponed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]]).<ref name=Hill-01-08-2021 />
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