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Interpol launches appeal to find femicide suspects
LYON, Nov 25, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Global police cooperation organisation
Interpol on Monday launched an international appeal to find eight men
suspected of murdering or committing violence against women.
Interpol said in the appeal, which coincided with the International Day
for the Elimination of Violence against Women, that it was calling for the
public’s help in finding the suspects.
It said the appeal is a “stark reminder of how women and girls universally
experience violence and abuse across the world.”
In 2017, some 87,000 women and girls were murdered worldwide, according to
a 2018 report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
Of the eight, six are wanted for murder, one for grievous bodily injury
resulting in death and one for sexual violence.
Two of the men are wanted by Russia and the others by Denmark, Norway,
Ukraine, Brazil, Cyprus and the United States.
“Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread and
persistent human rights violations,” said Interpol Secretary General Juergen
Stock.
“Interpol’s appeal is a reminder that bringing fugitives to justice is a
fundamental part of international law enforcement cooperation,” he said.
The organisation said all eight are the targets of Interpol Red Notices, a
request to law enforcement worldwide to locate and provisionally arrest a
person wanted by either a country or an international tribunal.
BSS/AFP/SSS/1629 hrs