http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/397c4e58d6e04c60 https://verfassungsblog.de/repression-through-interpol/ Repression Through Interpol - How Belarus Turns Police Cooperation Into A Tool Of Transnational Repression And Creates Constitutional Challenges For Europe Keith, Ben Jahnel, Jacqueline eng 2026-01-09 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 Belarus EU Interpol Police Cooperation Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 Belarus weaponizes Interpol Red Notices to hunt exiled activists across Europe, as seen in filmmaker Andrei Hnyot's year-long detention on fabricated tax charges. This creates a procedural paradox for the EU: mutual-trust systems like Schengen must filter politicized data to uphold ECHR Article 3 and Charter Article 19 non-refoulement duties. Can Europe's constitutional safeguards withstand this authoritarian assault on cooperative policing?