Ben Keith on Red Notices, Hong Kong and INTERPOL

We recently spoke with Leila Seiitbek — founder of Freedom for Eurasia and herself a target of state persecution — to talk through one of the most underreported abuses of international legal architecture: the weaponisation of Interpol’s Red Notice system by authoritarian states.

Ben Keith spoke on BBC Radio 5 Live on 13 March 2026 about the risks facing foreign nationals prosecuted under cybercrime laws in Dubai.

Ben Keith comments on reports of British nationals leaving Dubai amid growing concerns about legal risks and regional security tensions in The Mirror on 14 March 2026.

Court of Appeal judgment in Safi v SSHD [2026] EWCA Civ 149: Ben Keith represented the Home Secretary in a significant deportation appeal addressing Articles 2 and 3 ECHR, expert evidence, and the limits of appellate intervention in tribunal fact-finding.

Special panel event on 5th March 2026 in London, hosted by Temple Garden Chambers in partnership with the Commission for International Justice and Accountability.

On 14 January 2026, Red Notice Monitor Editor Rhys Davies publishes a piece in Solicitors Journal on how authoritarian states exploit Interpol Red Notices as a tool of transnational repression, and the remedies available to those who find themselves targeted.

Rhys Davies publishes Op-Ed in Spanish Abogados.com.ar on 5 December 2025.