British call for arrest of Interpol chief in Glasgow

Two British men are calling on Scotland to arrest an Emirati official they say was responsible for torturing them in Dubai.

Matthew Hedges and Ali Issa Ahmad have filed formal criminal complaints against Major General Ahmed Naser al-Raisi, who is the current president of Interpol.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) official is scheduled to attend the world police’s annual meeting in Glasgow on Monday, where he hopes to secure a second term as its head.

British barrister Rodney Dixon KC believes that police in Scotland – under the same principles of universal jurisdiction that allowed Augusto Pinochet, the former Chilean president, to be detained in London in 1998 – should investigate him.

Dixon said: “Universal jurisdiction is an important tool for