MEPs sent a letter to Ashton in order to draw her attention to the cases of misuse of Interpol
Barbara Lochbihler, Chair of the DROI Subcommittee of the EP and Elmar Brok, Chair of the AFET Committee of the EP sent a letter to Catherine Ashton in order to draw her attention to the cases of misuse of Interpol by non-democratic states in askingwho request the extradition of political oppositionists from EU member states. and to ask her to They included a request that she convey to the EU member states interested the information regardingabout the high risk of torture and ill-treatment shouldthat these people shall face should they be sent back to their home countries.
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