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Exiled Hongkongers Seek Help From an Unlikely Place—Interpol

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Exiled Hongkongers Seek Help From an Unlikely Place—Interpol
The Interpol logo during the 89th Interpol General Assembly in Istanbul on Nov. 23, 2021. The delegates elected Ahmed Nasser Al-Raisi of the United Arab Emirates as the organization’s new president on Nov. 25, 2021. Ozan Kose/AFP via Getty Images
Peter Dahlin
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Several high-profile Hongkongers—all former lawmakers and pro-democracy leaders—are now living in exile and seeking help from an unlikely place: Interpol.

Peter Dahlin
Peter Dahlin
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Peter Dahlin is the founder of the NGO Safeguard Defenders and the co-founder of the Beijing-based Chinese NGO China Action (2007–2016). He is the author of “Trial By Media,” and contributor to “The People’s Republic of the Disappeared.” He lived in Beijing from 2007, until detained and placed in a secret jail in 2016, subsequently deported and banned. Prior to living in China, he worked for the Swedish government with gender equality issues, and now lives in Madrid, Spain.
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