Ben Keith
@BenCAKeith
International human rights Barrister, specialising in Extradition, INTERPOL, Immigration, Human Rights & International Law @5SAHLaw & https://t.co/NGjGrz1EvQ
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http://www.5sah.co.uk/barristers/ben-keith 06-10-2011 13:00:35
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AI summing it up well! Safeguard Defenders (保护卫士) new report
#ChasingFoxHunt : 'It's like a real-life spy thriller, minus the martinis'.
Read it here: safeguarddefenders.com/en/blog/new-re…
Ben Keith writes for @Just_security : a quarter century after the Ottawa Landmine Treaty, the world needs a UN Fund for Victims.
Continue reading the full article here: bit.ly/3PYeAIe
#humanrights #landmines #UN
A quarter century after the #OttawaTreaty banning anti-personnel #landmines , their use is expanding again, as in #Ukraine .
International #HumanRights lawyer Ben Keith outlines a proposal for a UN victims fund:
#MineAction
justsecurity.org/94362/landmine…
Comment in The Brief, the weekly legal affairs newsletter from The Times and The Sunday Times -- read Ben Keith from 5 St Andrew's Hill on concerns over the company that INTERPOL is keeping. thetimes.co.uk/article/syria-…
#Extradition requests & INTERPOL #RedNotices are preferred tools of transnational repression by authoritarian regimes. The recent Serbian extradition case of a Belarusian activist is alarming given Belarus' brutal crackdown on dissent. Full blog: rb.gy/yy1wht
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Ben Keith & Georgia Beatty successfully secure discharge in complex #extradition request from Nigeria
Instructed by Anoushka Warlow & Shaul Brazil, BCL Solicitors to represent 2 clients sought by the Government of Nigeria for alleged serious fraud
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#RedNotice
In today's interconnected world, the issuance of #RedNotice s by INTERPOL has become a crucial tool in combating transnational crime. However, while these notices serve the purpose of international law enforcement cooperation. Red Notice Monitor Ben Keith
Today, Jane Bradley from The New York Times covers a lesser-known but more effective tool of Interpol abuse: abuse of stolen and lost travel document database. In my professional experience, Turkey is a prolific abuser of SLTD. Ted R. Bromund Ben Keith Red Notice Monitor Nate Schenkkan