Hong Kong Watch Patrons in UK and Canada demand transparency from INTERPOL ahead of its General Assembly in Hong Kong

A coalition of Hong Kong Watch Patrons in the UK and Canada have written to their respective governments – Dame Angela Eagle, UK Minister of State for Security, and the Honorable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Public Safety Canada – urging them to use the INTERPOL General Assembly in Hong Kong this November to demand transparency from INTERPOL and coordinate with allied nations.

Both letters highlight troubling trends in the misuse of Red Notices, including a 26 percent rise in Red Notices in 2025 and evidence that dissidents are targeted by China-issued requests, in contravention of Article 3 of  INTERPOL’s Constitution, which bars politically motivated notices.

Both letters also point to Britain’s recent conviction of two men for spying on UK-based Hong Kong pro-democracy activists from within the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) in London. These activists had already been subject to HK$1 million (£100,000) bounties, with INTERPOL offering no assurance it has not received Red Notice requests against them since their imposition in 2023.

The Canadian letter adds a local concern: the RCMP’s undisclosed policing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China’s Ministry of Public Security, and the presence of HKETOs in Toronto and Vancouver.

Both letters call on their governments to:

  1. Press INTERPOL to publish data on rejected Red Notices by requesting state;

  2. Push for a clear, auditable process for screening politically motivated requests;

  3. Secure public assurance that Red Notices will not target recognised victims of transnational repression;

  4. Coordinate this ask with Five Eyes and G7 partners ahead of the General Assembly.

You can access the letter and full list of signatories for the letter to the UK Government here. 

You can access the letter and full list of signatories for the letter to the Government of Canada here. 

國際刑警年會11月香港舉行 英、加香港監察贊助人去信政府要求透明度

英國與加拿大香港監察贊助人分別聯署去信各自政府——英國保安事務國務大臣葉安琪（Angela Eagle）與加拿大公共安全部長Gary Anandasangaree，促請利用今年11月在香港舉行的國際刑警組織（INTERPOL）週年大會，要求國際刑警提高透明度，並與盟國協調行動。

兩封信均強調濫用「紅色通緝令」（Red Notice）的趨勢令人不安，指出2025年發出的「紅色通緝令」數量上升26%，另有證據顯示，中國發出的請求針對異見人士，違反《國際刑警組織章程》第3條禁止出於政治動機發出通緝令的規定。

兩封信亦指出英國法庭最近裁定兩名男子間諜罪名成立，兩人經香港駐倫敦經濟貿易辦事處監視居英香港社運人士。這些社運人士早前被懸紅100萬港元（10萬英鎊）通緝，而國際刑警未有保證自2023年通緝令發出後，沒收過針對他們的「紅色通緝令」請求。

加拿大版聯署信額外提出當地憂慮：加拿大皇家騎警與中國公安部簽訂的執法合作諒解備忘錄內容未經披露，並補充指出加拿大設有香港駐多倫多經貿辦及其溫哥華聯絡辦事處。

兩封信均呼籲各自政府：

  1. 要求國際刑警公布按請求國分類的被拒絕「紅色通緝令」數據；

  2. 推動設立清晰、可審核的程序，用以篩選出於政治動機的請求；

  3. 向公眾保證「紅色通緝令」不會針對公認的跨國鎮壓受害者；

  4. 在年會舉行前與五眼聯盟和七國集團夥伴國家協調有關要求。

致英國政府的聯署信及聯署人名單可在此處查看。

致加拿大政府的聯署信及聯署人名單可在此處查看。

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