Interpol helps political and religious persecution

Hamza Kashgari

Interpol should immediately review its policies and stop facilitating religious and political persecution. 


The most recent abuse of Interpol's network is the case of Hamza Kashgari. Saudi-Arabia called for Kashgari's arrest after he tweeted about Mohamed, one of his tweets reads: "On your birthday, I will say that I have loved the rebel in you, that you've always been a source of inspiration to me, and that I do not like the halos of divinity around you. I shall not pray for you."  (more tweets, see below.)

Last Thursday Kashgari was arrested in Malaysia. The Malaysian government stated it will probably extradite Kashgari to Saudi-Arabia. Kashgari is facing heavy penalty, even death sentence, in Saudi-Arabia. 

It is a show that Interpol's network is abused to facilitate the global persecution of people on political and religious grounds. See The Guardian for more.


It is also scandalous that  Facebook allows for a page titled  “The Saudi People Demand the Execution of Hamza Kashgari”, while ta  "Free Hamza Kashgari" has yet to be made.

                                                                                                    

Here are Kashgari's tweets (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamza_Kashgari)

On your birthday, I will say that I have loved the rebel in you, that you've always been a source of inspiration to me, and that I do not like the halos of divinity around you. I shall not pray for you. 

On your birthday, I find you wherever I turn. I will say that I have loved aspects of you, hated others, and could not understand many more. 

On your birthday, I shall not bow to you. I shall not kiss your hand. Rather, I shall shake it as equals do, and smile at you as you smile at me. I shall speak to you as a friend, no more.

                                                                                                                  —Hamza Kashgari on Twitter