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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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09MANILA2548 | PRESIDENT ENDS MARTIAL LAW IN MAGUINDANAO, CLAIMS [...] (C) President Arroyo on December 12 lifted martial law in Maguindanao province. The government announced the eight-day period of martial law had achieved its objectives after the government arrested suspects in the November 23 massacre and disarmed the Ampatuan clan's well-armed private army. [...] | 2009-12-14 07:18:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS MOPS KDEM KJUS KCRM ASEC RP |
09MANILA2613 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, MASSACRE, AND [...] (C) In a December 21 farewell call on Interior and Local Government Secretary Ronaldo Puno, the Ambassador stressed U.S. neutrality in upcoming Philippine elections, interest in accountability for the recent massacre in Maguindanao province, and appreciation for Philippine cooperation in law e [...] | 2009-12-23 02:54:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS KCRM EAID ASEC RP |
09MANILA435 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - SUPPORTING AMCIT JUDICIAL [...] (SBU) Post discussed reftel points with Director Leah Ruiz of the Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),urging the Philippine government to instruct its UN delegation to vote for Judge Painter in the United Nations Appeals [...] | 2009-02-27 08:23:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KJUS KUNR PGOV PREL RP UNGA KAWC |
09MASERU385 | U.S. CAN EXPECT LESOTHO'S NORMAL SUPPORT [...] Public Diplomacy, Economic, and Political Officer (PDEP) met with the Director of Europe and Americas at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Tuesday, October 26, to discuss reftels. Concerning ref A, we are advised that Lesotho "should be able to support our candidate." This is consistent with [...] | 2009-10-27 15:08:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL PHUM UNGA |
09MASERU45 | LESOTHO: MISSION "KNOWS THE WAY WE USUALLY VOTE" [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 11:47:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL PGOV UNGA LT |
09MASERU76 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE - PERSONNEL [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the two (2) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. Both nominees are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) Name: Tebello TS'EPHE Gender: Male Da [...] | 2009-03-31 14:37:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
09MASERU78 | LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW [...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the eight (8) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. All nominees are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) Name: `Malebohang Anna MOJAKHOMO Gend [...] | 2009-04-02 08:07:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
09MEXICO1 | GOM Views on Next Steps in Regional Precursor Control [...] (SBU) Summary: Nadia Levy-Popp, Director of Precursor Chemicals in PGR/SIEDO, recently shared with Emboffs a report that reviews the status of precursor controls in Central America (below). Levy-Popp stressed the importance of training to the development of new precursor regimes in Central Ame [...] | 2009-01-02 14:48:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL MX |
09MEXICO1197 | POTUS CODEL, ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE EXCHANGE [...] (U) Summary. Representatives from the Mexican Attorney General's (PGR) Office met with a group of U.S. Congressional members traveling with POTUS April 16 to discuss challenges in the GOM's efforts to combat organized crime. They stressed the importance of trust between the U.S. and Mexico [...] | 2009-04-29 16:36:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM SNAR KJUS MX |
09MEXICO1670 | MEXICO ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC ELECTION [...] Poloff conferred with Blanca Mendez Oblea, Deputy Director of Candidacies at the Foreign Secretariat (SRE),June 12 to convey USG preference for Ms. Lucretia F. Myers for election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (reftel). Post also sent a diplomatic note with the Curriculum Vit [...] | 2009-06-12 22:56:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA MX |
09MEXICO273 | UN'S UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Action Request: See para. 1, 6. 2. Summary. Mexico's NGO community energetically contributed to the UN's upcoming review of Mexico's human rights record through the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process. Over 100 Mexican human rights NGOs collaborated in the preparation and submissio [...] | 2009-01-30 21:17:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM MX |
09MEXICO283 | THE U.S.-MEXICAN RELATIONSHIP: MEETING CHALLENGES, [...] (C) Summary. Mexico's drug cartels are responsible for 60-80 percent of the cocaine and a significant percentage of other drugs entering the U.S., their activities corrupt Mexican institutions, foment insecurity throughout Mexico, and instigate rising violence on the U.S.-Mexico border. Disrup [...] | 2009-02-04 17:08:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM SNAR KJUS PINR MX |
09MEXICO428 | MEXICO ON SUDAN/POTENTIAL ARTICLE 16 REQUEST [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 18:57:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | CONS PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM MX |
09MEXICO530 | UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING AMCIT JUDICIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 23:23:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09MEXICO605 | SUPREME COURT FINALLY DELIVERS ITS REPORT ON SAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Almost three years after the May 2006 police crackdown on local protesters in San Salvador Atenco which produced widespread human rights allegations, Mexico's Supreme Court finally delivered the results of an investigation it undertook in late 2006. While the report refrains [...] | 2009-03-03 13:27:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS MX |
09MEXICO638 | MEXICO ON ICC ARREST WARRANT FOR SUDANESE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-04 15:31:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | CONS PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM MX |
09MONROVIA161 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING AMCIT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 13:56:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09MONROVIA162 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED (2ND REQUEST/FOLLOWUP): UN APPEALS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 13:56:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09MONROVIA487 | LIBERIAN PRESIDENT NAMED IN TRC REPORT FOR HER ASSOCIATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Reaction to the of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's final report of the Liberian civil crisis is mixed but steadily growing several days after its June 30 release. The GOL did not publically respond to the report's recommendation that President Sirleaf be banned from pu [...] | 2009-07-08 15:58:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL KDEM PINR EAID ASEC LI |
09MONROVIA532 | REACTION TO THE TRC REPORT -- A CALMER TONE [...] (C) Summary: Two weeks after the TRC report was released public opinion still does not appear to be fully informed of the content of the report. Debate centers around the most publicized aspects of the report, the banning of President Sirleaf from future public office and discussion of who was [...] | 2009-07-21 14:58:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL KDEM PINR EAID ASEC LI |
09MONROVIA549 | PRESIDENT RESPONDS TO TAYLOR,S ACCUSATIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Appeals for reconciliation in the wake of the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) report's release were amplified during events commemorating 162 years of independence. International visitors, including Equatorial Guinea President Teodoro Obiang and Economic Commu [...] | 2009-07-30 09:58:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PINR EG LI |
09MONROVIA550 | ECOWAS COMMISSION PRESIDENT ON TRUTH AND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission President Mohamed Ibn Chambas shared his concerns with Ambassador that if the GOL does not respond appropriately to the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission's (TRC) recommendations, the situation could degrade. [...] | 2009-07-30 16:36:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL KDEM PINR GV LI |
09MONROVIA602 | TRANSITION FROM TRC TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has kicked off the establishment of Liberia's Independent National Human Rights Commission (INHRC) by handing the Senate a list of commissioner nominees for approval. This newest human rights commission iteration is the latest attempt by successive [...] | 2009-08-20 14:10:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM LI |
09MONROVIA691 | FINAL, EDITED TRC REPORT TO BE RELEASED IN OCTOBER [...] (C) SUMMARY. Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Chairman Jerome Verdier confirmed to us on September 17 that the TRC's final, edited report's release date, expected on September 1, has been pushed to at least mid-October, when 200 copies of the report will be available for government o [...] | 2009-09-28 08:33:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS EAID LI |
09MONROVIA949 | PUBLISHER ARRESTED FOR SEDITION [...] (U) The Government of Liberia has brought charges of sedition and "criminal libel against the President" against the publisher and printer of the Liberian newspaper "The Plain Truth" after printing an article on December 9, from supposedly Guinean intelligence sources, that the Liberian governm [...] | 2009-12-22 17:44:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ASEC PREL KJUS GV LI |
09MONTEVIDEO23 | URUGUAY ESTABLISHES NEW COURTS TO TACKLE COMPLEX [...] SUMMARY. In an effort to ensure that complicated cases are properly understood and adjudicated, and to address the public's growing concern about organized crime and narcotics abuse and trafficking, the GOU has established two new courts to focus specifically on those areas. The Juzgados co [...] | 2009-01-15 19:48:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR SOCI PGOV KCRM KJUS UY |
09MONTEVIDEO313 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: URUGUAY REQUESTS MORE [...] On June 2, Charge delivered reftel demarche on the UN International Civil Service Commission Candidate, Lucretia Myers, to the MFA's Director of Multilateral Affairs, Nury Bauzan, and the MFA's Director of Political Affairs, Elbio Roselli. Charge requested Uruguayan support for the candidate. [...] | 2009-06-08 12:29:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA UY |
09MONTEVIDEO365 | COMPLETION OF JOINT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING APPROVAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-25 18:04:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PHUM PINR SNAR KJUS UY OAS |
09MONTEVIDEO606 | URUGUAY: UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION [...] (C) On October 26, poloff delivered reftel demarche to the Uruguayan MFA Multilateral Department's Officer for International Candidates, Amelia Tedesco. Ms. Tedesco accepted International Civil Service Commission candidate Myers' curriculum vitae. Although she could not confirm support from [...] | 2009-10-26 15:35:00 | Embassy Montevideo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA UY |
09MOSCOW1123 | THE KHODORKOVSKIY SHOW, UP CLOSE [...] (C) Summary: On April 28, we attended the Khodorkovskiy/Lebedev trial in Moscow's Khamovnikchesky Court, which began on March 31. Although on previous visits we had been restricted to a viewing room for journalists, on this occasion we gained entrance to the courtroom. The prisoners' approxi [...] | 2009-04-30 13:39:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS RS |
09MOSCOW1125 | RUSSIAN MFA SAYS RASUL KUDAEV'S HEALTH IS [...] (SBU) On April 23 Post received the following response from the Russian MFA pursuant to our January 23, 2009 demarche concerning the treatment of former Guantanamo detainee Rasul Kudaev, currently in pre-trial detention in Nalchik, the capital of the Republic of Kabardino-Balkaria (reftels). [...] | 2009-04-30 14:43:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR PTER KJUS RS |
09MOSCOW1362 | READING THE TEA LEAVES ON MEDVEDEV'S [...] (SBU) Summary: President Medvedev's May 16 proposal to change the way the head, deputy head and secretary of Russia's Constitutional Court are selected passed all three readings by the State Duma on May 20 and 22, received the approval of the Federation Council on May 27, and now appears hea [...] | 2009-05-27 13:44:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM PINR KJUS RS |
09MOSCOW1456 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 13:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA RS |
09MOSCOW154 | RUSSIAN MFA ON TREATMENT OF FORMER GUANTANAMO [...] (C) We met with Artem Kudoyarov, Deputy Director in the MFA's North America Department, to convey reftel concerns about reports that the GOR has denied critical medical care to Rasul Kudaev, a former detainee at the Guantanamo detention center currently in Russian custody. In addition to ref [...] | 2009-01-23 13:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDGR PTER KJUS RS |
09MOSCOW1619 | BUSINESS LEADER ON LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12, Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) met with Yanna Yakovleva, the head of Business Solidarity, a NGO dedicated to protecting Russian businesses from government extortion. Yakovleva expressed appreciation for a recent joint project with the Embassy that had changed the law o [...] | 2009-06-19 11:33:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KJUS SNAR RS |
09MOSCOW1688 | SAMADUROV EXPECTS GUILTY VERDICT IN "FORBIDDEN [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of former Sakharov Center Director Yuriy Samodurov and former curator of the New Tretyakov Gallery Andrey Yerofeyev has entered its third month of hearings at the Taganskiy district court in the criminal case brought against them for a 2006 modern art exhibit entitle [...] | 2009-06-29 11:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM PINR SOCI KJUS RS |
09MOSCOW2537 | AmbassadorQs Meeting with Chief Justice Lebedev [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KJUS PREL PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
09MOSCOW2560 | RELIABLE COMMERCIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION: AN ABSENT [...] (SBU) An unpredictable legal system, specifically as it relates to resolving business disputes, has undermined foreign (and domestic) investor confidence in Russia. Some investors have focused on international arbitration and private dispute resolution to resolve commercial disputes involving [...] | 2009-10-09 11:46:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EINV KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL RS |
09MOSCOW2690 | U.S. EXPLORES ENVIRONMENTAL CRIMES COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two conferences organized the week of October 2 in Vladivostok and Moscow highlighted both the importance of and challenges to increasing U.S.-Russian cooperation on environmental crimes. A 2007 prosecution of an Amcit for illegal hunting in Kamchatka failed in part because of [...] | 2009-10-30 12:27:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL CH RS |
09MOSCOW2738 | A POSSIBLE BREAKTHROUGH ON SCHNEERSON COLLECTION [...] (C) Summary: Russian MFA Special Culture Representative Mikhail Shvydkoy told us that the GOR might be willing to consider a compromise solution to the bilateral impasse over the Schneerson Collection. According to the compromise, the Library of Congress would write a letter requesting Schnee [...] | 2009-11-06 11:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI SCUL KIRF KJUS RS |
09MOSCOW2748 | ARRESTS IN MARKELOV MURDER BOOST GOR [...] (C) Summary: Authorities have arrested two suspects in the January 20 murder of human rights lawyer Stanislav Markelov and Novaya Gazeta journalist Anastasia Baburova. The suspects were allegedly members of an ultranationalist group known as Unified Brigade 88, who murdered Markelov as revenge [...] | 2009-11-06 15:24:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS RS |
09MOSCOW2749 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT OF FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER TO [...] (C) Summary. Director Mueller: Your engagement with Russia's top law enforcement and security service officials is a tangible sign that U.S.-Russian relations are improving markedly after hitting bottom in the summer of 2008. Recent visits by President Obama and Secretary Clinton have demonstrated [...] | 2009-11-09 05:18:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PINS PREL PTER SOCI RS |
09MOSCOW2778 | CRIME(FIGHTING) DOESN'T PAY FOR BLOGGING POLICEMAN [...] (C) Summary: Novorossisk police Major Aleksey Dymovskiy's November 5 and 10 online video postings, where he accused local police chiefs of illegal and immoral actions, has touched a raw nerve in Russia, where trust in police is already low. Police officials, human rights activists, and journ [...] | 2009-11-12 12:15:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOG KDEM KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL RS |
09MOSCOW470 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 11:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09MUSCAT151 | NOMINATION OF JUDGE MARK PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL: [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 06:30:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL MU |
09MUSCAT153 | OMAN TO SUPPORT JUDGE MARK PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 11:11:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL MU |
09NAIROBI1106 | Kenya and Piracy Prosecutions [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 05:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PHSA KCRM ASEC PREL KE |
09NAIROBI1167 | KENYA POLICE OVERVIEW: PART ONE [...] (C) Summary: This cable is the first in a three-part series on the police in Kenya. This cable provides an overview of police structure and leadership, and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the main police agencies. Part two will summarize our recent and planned engagement with and assi [...] | 2009-06-11 09:17:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC KCRM KE |
09NAIROBI1172 | KENYA POLICE OVERVIEW, PART TWO: U.S. ASSISTANCE [...] Summary: This cable is the second in a three-part series on the Kenyan police forces. This cable summarizes our recent and planned engagement with and assistance to Kenyan law enforcement agencies. Part three will discuss challenges facing those agencies, progress to date on police reform, and [...] | 2009-06-11 14:37:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM KJUS PGOV KE |
09NAIROBI1183 | KENYA POLICE OVERVIEW, PART THREE: THE WAY FORWARD [...] (U) Summary: This cable is the third in a three-part series on the police in Kenya. Part one provided an overview of police structure and leadership, and assessed the strengths and weaknesses of the main police agencies. Part two summarized our current assistance to Kenyan law enforcement agen [...] | 2009-06-12 10:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM KE |
09NAIROBI1527 | UPDATE ON KENYAN PIRACY PROSECUTIONS [...] Summary: There are currently 100 Somali piracy suspects being held in Kenya, including nine delivered by the Italian Navy on June 26. The manner of delivery and quality of evidence, as much as the number of transfers, has dampened Kenya's enthusiasm for piracy cases. A few cases were delivered [...] | 2009-07-16 07:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM EWWT MOPS SO EU IT |
09NAIROBI1652 | POLICE REFORM TASK FORCE FACES CHALLENGING MANDATE [...] Summary: The Police Reform Task Force (PRTF),chaired by retired Justice Philip Ransley, has been working since early June to develop a comprehesive set of recommendations on much-needed police reforms. The Task Force held public hearings in Nairobi on July 22 and 23, after first interviewing [...] | 2009-07-30 08:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KJUS PGOV PHUM KE |
09NAIROBI1658 | Coalition Government Still Punting on Special Tribunal [...] (C) Summary: On July 30 President Kibaki issued a statement which once again failed to take a forthright and credible position with respect to accountability for post-election violence. Although the statement does not preclude establishment of a Special Tribunal (and specifically indicates the [...] | 2009-07-31 10:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PHUM KE |
09NAIROBI1846 | CONSTITUTIONAL REVIEW CHAIR CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Ambassador recently met with Nzamba Kitonga, Chairman of the Committee of Experts on the Constitution, to discuss the current status of the constitutional review process. Acutely aware that his committee is working under intense political and public scrutiny, Kitonga is never [...] | 2009-09-02 14:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS KE |
09NAIROBI1886 | POLICE COMMISSIONER OUSTED, POTENTIAL OPENING FOR [...] (C) Summary: On September 8, the Office of the President announced the reassignment of former Police Commissioner Mohammed Hussein Ali and new appointments in a number of senior positions within the Kenya Police Service (KPS),effective immediately. We have long advocated for the removal of Al [...] | 2009-09-09 04:13:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | ASEC KJUS KCRM PGOV PTER KE |
09NAIROBI2016 | KENYA THREATENS END TO PIRACY PROSECUTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 12, the Kenya Attorney General (AG),Amos Wako, presented opening remarks at the Kenya prosecutors' convention in Mombasa, and touted the Department of Public Prosecutions' (DPP) progress under his leadership. He listed a dozen specialized units that had been forme [...] | 2009-09-24 14:29:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS PHSA KCOR PGOV KE IT |
09NAIROBI2252 | MINISTER MAPS OUT POLICE REFORM AGENDA [...] (C) Summary: Following the removal of former Police Commissioner Ali and a major reshuffle in the senior ranks of the Kenya Police Service (see ref A),Ambassador Ranneberger, accompanied by a mission team, called on Minister of State for Internal Security and Provincial Administration George [...] | 2009-10-29 11:43:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS KE |
09NAIROBI2369 | POLICE REFORM TASK FORCE PREVIEWS ITS [...] On November 11, three members of the Police Reform Task Force (PRTF) briefed members of the diplomatic corps on the Task Force's unanimous recommendations to the Government of Kenya. Carrying an estimated price tag of 81.4 billion Kenyan shillings (approximately $1.1 billion) over the next th [...] | 2009-11-18 11:42:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC KJUS PGOV PHUM KE |
09NAIROBI2401 | POLICE REFORM ADDITIONAL RESOURCES REQUEST [...] Summary: This cable is an action request. Please see para 5. Following high-level discussions with the leadership of Kenya's law enforcement agencies (see ref B) and our review of the Police Reform Task Force's recommendations (see ref A),post's inter-agency team on police reform has identifi [...] | 2009-11-25 04:14:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KJUS KCRM EAID PGOV KE |
09NAIROBI2514 | Draft Constitution Includes Powerful Prime Minister, [...] Summary: The Harmonized Draft Constitution proposes significant changes to executive powers, installs accountability mechanisms throughout government, ushers in a new house of parliament, reshapes the judiciary, and devolves power and some budgetary control to local governments. The document s [...] | 2009-12-10 13:58:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KISL KDEM PHUM KE |
09NAIROBI2531 | Constitutional Debate 2 - PNU seeks Strong Presidency, [...] (U) Summary. This cable is part two of a five part series on the contentious issues and political landscape surrounding the debate on Kenya's Harmonized Draft Constitution. Cable one provided a snapshot of the outstanding contentious issues in the draft constitution: executive authority, devo [...] | 2009-12-22 14:41:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS KE |
09NAIROBI2533 | Constitutional Debate 3: ODM Defending Current Draft [...] Summary: This cable is part three of a five part series on the contentious issues and political landscape surrounding the debate on Kenya's Harmonized Draft Constitution. Cable one provided a snapshot of the outstanding contentious issues in the draft constitution: executive authority, devolu [...] | 2009-12-22 14:47:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KE |
09NAIROBI2642 | Judges Protest Proposed Constitutional Changes, Call for [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12. 2. Summary: Kenyan judges, long unpopular with citizens due to their status as the public face of the country's backlogged and inefficient justice system, are finding few sympathizers with their concern that provisions in the draft constit [...] | 2009-12-21 11:54:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KE KJUS |
09NAIROBI2666 | Constitutional Debate 1: A Primer on the Contentious Issues [...] (U) Summary: This cable is part one of a five part series on the contentious issues and political landscape surrounding the debate on Kenya's Harmonized Draft Constitution. This cable provides a snapshot of the outstanding contentious issues in the draft constitution: executive authority, devo [...] | 2009-12-22 14:08:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KJUS PREL KE |
09NAIROBI354 | OVERCROWDING BIGGEST PROBLEM IN KENYAN PRISONS [...] Summary: In late January, poloff joined a delegation from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to visit three Nairobi-area prisons. UNODC is considering allocating some funding to assist the Kenya Prisons Service (KPS) in improving prison conditions. KPS officials seemed quite open in show [...] | 2009-02-25 06:48:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS KE |
09NAIROBI356 | OVERCROWDING BIGGEST PROBLEM IN KENYAN PRISONS [...] Summary: In late January, poloff joined a delegation from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) to visit three Nairobi-area prisons. UNODC is considering allocating some funding to assist the Kenya Prisons Service (KPS) in improving prison conditions. KPS officials seemed quite open in show [...] | 2009-02-25 08:07:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS KE |
09NAIROBI780 | CONTROVERSIAL JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS HIGHLIGHT NEED [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 2, seven new judicial appointments became official as judges were sworn in by Chief Justice Evans Gicheru. The seven appointments included the elevation of two judges from the High Court to the Court of Appeal, as well as the appointment of five judges to the High Court. [...] | 2009-04-21 08:19:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KE |
09NASSAU364 | BAHAMAS: U.S. NOMINATION FOR UN ICSC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 15:43:00 | Embassy Nassau | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS AORC APER PREL UNGA |
09NDJAMENA486 | CHAD: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE ON AMCIT NOMINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 14:15:00 | Embassy Ndjamena | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA CD |
09NEWDELHI2225 | INDIA SEEKS RECIPROCITY FOR SUPPORTING US [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 10:47:00 | Embassy New Delhi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA IN |
09NEWDELHI405 | INDIAN HOME MINISTER PLEDGES COUNTERTERRORISM COOPERATION TO FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (S/Noforn) Summary: In a March 3 meeting with FBI Director Robert Mueller, Indian Home Minister P. Chidambaram: -- thanked the FBI for assistance in the Mumbai terror attacks investigation and pledged to strengthen counterterrorism cooperation; -- expressed concern at the possibility of terrori [...] | 2009-03-04 13:12:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER KJUS PGOV KCRM PINR PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI412 | INDIAN NSA SHARES DESIRE FOR COOPERATION WITH DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (S) Summary. In a cordial March 3 meeting with FBI Director Robert Mueller, Indian National Security Advisor M.K. Narayanan: -- recognized the importance of the improved cooperation between the U.S. and India since November's terrorist attacks in Mumbai; -- identified Lashkar-e-Taiba as the number [...] | 2009-03-04 13:46:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER KJUS PGOV KCRM PINR PREL IN |
09NEWDELHI420 | FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER MEETS WITH DIRECTORS OF [...] (C) In a March 3 meeting, FBI Director Robert Mueller met with the Director of India's Intelligence Bureau (IB) Rajiv Mathu and National Investigation Agency (NIA) Director Radha Vinod Raju. Director Mueller thanked the government of India (GOI) for its cooperation and access in the investigat [...] | 2009-03-05 13:16:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER KJUS PGOV KCRM PINR POREL IN |
09NICOSIA153 | CYPRUS TIGHT-LIPPED ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 12:52:00 | Embassy Nicosia | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL CY |
09NICOSIA354 | CYPRUS NONCOMMITTAL ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-02 09:59:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL CY |
09NICOSIA683 | CYPRUS SUPPORTIVE BUT NONCOMMITTAL ON U.S. [...] (SBU) On October 30, Poloff delivered Ref A points and a detailed curriculum vitae of the U.S. candidate to the International Civil Service Commission to Penelope Erotokritou, Counselor in the MFA's Department of Multilateral Affairs and International Organizations. 2. (SBU) Erotokritou sai [...] | 2009-10-30 13:18:00 | Embassy Nicosia | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL CY |
09OSLO387 | NORWEGIANS HAVE NO POSITION YET ON ICSC CANDIDATE [...] (C) Poloff spoke with Assistant Director General Lars Henie of the MFA UN section regarding reftel demarche, and provided Henie with the included biographical information. Henie said that he had forwarded the information to the Norwegian UN mission in New York, and received a response that th [...] | 2009-06-10 14:19:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA NO |
09OSLO654 | NORWAY WILL SUPPORT MYERS FOR UN ICSC BOARD [...] (C) Poloff met October 28 with Per Selvaag, acting head of the the UN section at Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Selvaag had checked with Norway's UN delegation and they reported that Norway had promised to support one of the three other candidates, but supporting Ms. Myers candidacy for [...] | 2009-10-29 11:57:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA NO |
09OTTAWA194 | CANADIAN SUPPORT FOR MEXICAN POLICE AND JUDICIAL [...] (C) Summary: An inter-agency Canadian team will meet with counterparts in Mexico City on March 12 and 13 to see how Canada might better support President Calderon's efforts to reform the police, corrections, and judicial sectors. The mission, which National Security Advisor Marie-Lucie Morin [...] | 2009-03-11 20:15:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS KCOR SNAR MX CA |
09OTTAWA263 | CANADIAN CAPACITY ISSUES SHAPE MEXICAN SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a successful visit to Mexico (reftel),Canadian officials are now analyzing how best to help Mexico reform its police and corrections sectors. Canada will likely focus its assistance on revamping police recruit education, strengthening witness security programs, and buil [...] | 2009-04-02 17:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS KCOR SNAR MX CA |
09OTTAWA265 | CANADA-MEXICO SECURITY DIALOGUE SHARES BEST [...] (C) SUMMARY: Canada's and Mexico's bilateral security working group, established in February 2007, focuses on increasing cooperation and information exchange in the areas of migration, emergency management, marine security, and law enforcement. Public Safety Canada and Mexico's Center for Inv [...] | 2009-04-02 21:50:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS KCOR SNAR MX CA |
09PANAMA37 | PANAMA HOSTS QUADRILATERAL SECURITY TALKS WITH [...] (C) "We are trying to put in place information sharing and coordination mechanisms to expedite quick deportations, expulsions, and extradition of organized crime figures," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis told Ambassador on January 15 in laying out his vision for the quadrilateral Panama-Colombia- [...] | 2009-01-15 19:37:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR PM |
09PANAMA776 | ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: Attorney General Ana Matilde Gomez has reported both publicly and privately that she is receiving pressure from the GOP to prosecute former government officials, and she vows to resist the pressure and defend the independence of the AG's office. President Martinelli, frustrated b [...] | 2009-10-19 21:14:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PHUM PINR PM |
09PANAMA905 | Guidance Request: DEA Wiretap Program [...] (U) This is an action request, see para 8. 2. (S//NF) Since July 2009, Embassy Panama has grappled with President Martinelli's desire to involve the USG in his efforts to construct a wiretap program that would target his domestic political opponents. Refs A, B and C document the sequence of eve [...] | 2009-12-24 16:58:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SNAR PINR ASEC KJUS PM |
09PANAMA907 | Supreme Court Appointees: Panama in Mourning for Justice [...] (U) Summary: President Ricardo Martinelli and his cabinet's December 16 nomination of Alejandro Moncada Luna and Jose Abel Almengor as the two new Supreme Court justices sparked strong criticism from all major media outlets and from civil society organizations including the bar association and [...] | 2009-12-29 14:06:00 | Embassy Panama | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KJUS PINR PM SNAR |
09PARAMARIBO176 | PARAMARIBO DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (U) Post delivered demarche as a non-paper to Juliette Redman, Acting Head of the International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who had been unavailable for an appointment despite numerous Post's attempts since last week. Post's attempts to engage Redman via telephone have li [...] | 2009-06-10 17:45:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09PARIS1223 | FRANCE NOT READY TO COMMIT TO MYERS FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-08 15:14:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KUNR AORC APER KAWC KJUS UNGA FR |
09PARIS1349 | RWANDA: FRENCH JUDGE ENDS QUESTIONING OF ROSE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French judge investigating events concerning the 1994 Rwandan genocide has dismissed the first Rwandan official questioned in the case. Rose Kabuye was granted freedom of movement when the judge on September 25 lifted the international arrest warrant that was used to compel he [...] | 2009-10-01 14:43:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR KCRM KJUS RW FR |
09PARIS1731 | S/WCI RAPP'S CONSULTATIONS IN FRANCE (DECEMBER 14) [...] (C) SUBJECT: French officials on December 14 told S/WCI Ambassador Stephen J. Rapp that they would advise consideration of a French contribution to support the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) but cautioned that GOF budgetary resources were quite limited and that a contribution might n [...] | 2009-12-21 09:38:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KCRM PHUM YI RW SL FR |
09PARIS343 | SUDAN/DARFUR: FRANCE REBUFFED IN LOBBYING FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: A range of countries rebuffed a French attempt to lobby support for new humanitarian assistance programs in Sudan/Darfur following Khartoum's recent expulsion of NGOs, MFA Sudan deskoff Frederic Bouvier said on March 9. These included Libya, Russia, China, Ethiopia, Egypt, Ken [...] | 2009-03-10 16:00:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID KJUS SU FR |
09PARIS742 | SUDAN PRESIDENT AT UNGA -- WOULD USG ENFORCE ICC [...] (C) Romain Serman, AF-advisor at the French Presidency, asked us on June 5 how the USG would react if Sudan President Bashir tried to attend the UNGA in New York later this year. Serman wondered whether the U.S. would be compelled to take action, i.e. arrest Bashir pursuant to the ICC warrant [...] | 2009-06-05 14:02:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PHUM PREL UNGA SU FR |
09PHNOMPENH101 | DPM SOK AN IS FIRM BUT PATIENT ON THAI BORDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an initial courtesy call on Deputy Prime Minister Sok An February 12, the Ambassador emphasized the U.S. commitment to a re-invigorated and growing relationship with Cambodia and support for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal. Sok An outlined mixed developments in negotiations with the [...] | 2009-02-13 07:34:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ENRG KJUS KTIA EPET PINR SCUL TH CB |
09PHNOMPENH105 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL OPENS FIRST TRIAL OF S-21 [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-17 13:51:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PHUM PREL KTIA CB |
09PHNOMPENH143 | AMBASSADOR MARCIEL URGES CONTINUED DIALOGUE ON [...] (C) Summary: During a March 3 discussion with Deputy Prime Minister Sok An, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary and Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel praised the Cambodian government for working bilaterally with the Thais to find a long-term solution to the Preah Vihear area border disput [...] | 2009-03-04 10:26:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS KTIA SCUL TH CB |
09PHNOMPENH146 | SECOND ANNUAL U.S.-CAMBODIA BILATERAL DIALOGUE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) and U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel participated in a senior-level U.S.-Cambodia bilateral dialogue hosted by the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) March 3. The second annual bilateral dialo [...] | 2009-03-05 07:13:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PGOV KJUS PHUM PTER KWMN BM CB |
09PHNOMPENH168 | DONORS URGE RESUMED FUNDING, MORE NEGOTIATION ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Nearly on the eve of the opening of the first Khmer Rouge trial on March 30, ambassadors from seven major donor nations to the hybrid Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) reviewed March 17 a looming crisis in the funding of the court and a March 23 deadline for resolution by a joint UN-Ca [...] | 2009-03-17 10:15:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS EAID PGOV KTIA CB |
09PHNOMPENH194 | DPM SAR KHENG SAYS LY VOUCH LENG INVESTIGATION [...] (SBU) Summary: During a March 24 meeting with the Ambassador, Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng stated that he, the Ministry of Interior, and the police are not pleased with the recent appointment of former Appeals Court President Ly Vouch Leng to a legal counsel [...] | 2009-03-25 10:30:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH212 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL BRINGS DUCH TO JUSTICE [...] (SBU) Summary. The first substantive hearings of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal got off to a smooth start March 30 with the reading of charges against S-21 torture center director Eang Geuk Eav, known as Duch. The Ambassador and Emboff joined 500 spectators in the auditorium looking into the ultra [...] | 2009-04-01 10:45:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PHUM PREL KTIA CB |
09PHNOMPENH213 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL BRINGS DUCH TO JUSTICE [...] (SBU) Summary. The first substantive hearings of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal got off to a smooth start March 30 with the reading of charges against S-21 torture center director Eang Geuk Eav, known as Duch. The Ambassador and Emboff joined 500 spectators in the auditorium looking into the ultra [...] | 2009-04-01 10:54:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PHUM PREL KTIA CB |
09PHNOMPENH243 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: UN FORMALIZES OWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Council of Ministers Sok An continues to deliberate over a joint anti-corruption mechanism for the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) proposed by UN Assistant Secretary General Peter Taksoe-Jensen of the UN Office of Legal Affairs (UN/OLA),afte [...] | 2009-04-10 10:59:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM KTIA CB |
09PHNOMPENH264 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: DONORS CHART A MORE UNIFIED [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an Ambassador Level Meeting April 23, the major donors to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) gave provisional support to a U.S. proposal to issue a joint statement on stalled talks (Ref A) between the UN and the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) to e [...] | 2009-04-24 10:42:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KJUS EAID PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH273 | CAMBODIA PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN AND MP MU SOCHUA [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 27, opposition lawmaker Mu Sochua of the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) filed a lawsuit against Prime Minister Hun Sen for defamation of character. The Prime Minister immediately filed countersuit against Mu and co-conspirators, also for defamation, which is a civil infractio [...] | 2009-04-30 10:48:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH279 | DEFAMATION CASES MOVING FORWARD; MU SOCHUA STILL PREDICTING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the courts announced two sets of appearances on May 7 in the crossed cases for defamation by Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition parliamentarian Mu Sochua against each other, the Ambassador May 1 reached out to Mu Sochua to express concern for her wellbeing. DCM the same [...] | 2009-05-01 12:00:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH295 | MAY 7: PROSECUTORS WILL HEAR PLAINTIFF ARGUMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On the eve of deposition-taking in politically charged defamation cases involving Prime Minister Hun Sen and opposition parliamentarian Mu Sochua (refs),Charge May 6 called on Minister of Justice Ang Vong Vathana to urge restraint in how the Cambodian justice system handles t [...] | 2009-05-06 11:56:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH297 | DEFAMATION SUITS CONTINUE; GOVERNMENT ADHERES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government and Hun Sen's lawyer are taking a low-key approach to the case against opposition parliamentarian Mu Sochua. Deputy Prime Minister Sok An told Charge May 6 that the case against Mu would be carried out within Cambodia's legal framework and according to the rule of [...] | 2009-05-07 11:34:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH316 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL "FRIENDS GROUP" MEETS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In its first meeting in a year, the "Friends Group" of donors at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) focused May 6 on the substantive work of the court and the array of administrative challenges the court faces to meet external problems. The judicial pro [...] | 2009-05-14 14:07:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH333 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Sok An May 20 warmly welcomed Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson's proposal to mediate differences between Sok An and UN Office of Legal Affairs (UN/OLA) Assistant Secretary General Peter Taksoe-Jensen over an anti-corruption mechanism [...] | 2009-05-22 09:43:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH343 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: SOK AN ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a palpably relaxed meeting May 22 with Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson, Deputy Prime Minister Sok An reiterated his strong support for a proposed new anti-corruption mechanism at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (Ref A). Within minutes of reviewing desired [...] | 2009-05-28 15:29:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS EAID PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH368 | CASE AGAINST MU SOCHUA'S LAWYER COULD SET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the public political struggles over defamation have played out between Prime Minister (PM) Hun Sen and Sam Rainsy Party Parliamentarian Mu Sochua, the PM's high-profile lawyer has pursued an ethics complaint at the Cambodian Bar Association in a parallel course of action aga [...] | 2009-06-04 08:28:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH387 | COURT OFFICIALS QUESTION PRIME MINISTER, DISMISS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Prosecutors from the Phnom Penh Municipal Court dismissed the defamation complaint filed by Sam Rainsy Party Parliamentarian Mu Sochua against Prime Minister Hun Sen on June 10, after questioning the Prime Minister on June 8. END SUMMARY. 2. (SBU) Mu Sochua's lawyer, Kang [...] | 2009-06-10 09:39:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH394 | AMBASSADOR REAFFIRMS CONCERNS ABOUT CORRUPTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador June 11 called on Senior Minister and National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) Deputy Director Om Yentieng to restate her concern about corruption in Cambodia and to express regret for any misunderstanding about her intentions or the content of remarks at a May 30 [...] | 2009-06-12 10:33:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON EAID KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH395 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: A Day in the Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy is sending staff to observe the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Five judges (three national and two international) are presiding over th [...] | 2009-06-12 12:44:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH406 | CAMBODIA PREPARES PREAH VIHEAR PLAN FOR UNESCO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In advance of his participation in the 33rd session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Seville, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Council of Ministers Sok An asked to see the Ambassador June 16 to outline progress by the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) in develo [...] | 2009-06-17 10:53:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SCUL KTIA KJUS UNESCO EAID TH CB |
09PHNOMPENH410 | SOK AN ON FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND RULE OF LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 12 meeting to deliver a UN proposal on an anti-corruption mechanism at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Council of Ministers Sok An (Ref B),the Ambassador repeated earlier remarks on her duty to speak out against corruption on behalf [...] | 2009-06-19 10:15:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS PTER CB |
09PHNOMPENH411 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: A Day in the Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the ninth week of activities inside the cou [...] | 2009-06-22 00:56:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH412 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: A Day in the Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the ninth week of activities inside the cou [...] | 2009-06-22 00:56:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH413 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY SUSPENDS MU SOCHUA'S IMMUNITY; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Cambodian National Assembly voted on June 22 to suspend the parliamentary immunity of Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) MP Mu Sochua, clearing the way for her to be questioned and possibly prosecuted for defamation under the complaint by Prime Minister Hun Sen. Security guards blocked [...] | 2009-06-22 09:42:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH469 | WHIRLWIND DEFAMATION CASE DISMISSAL SHOWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A new defamation/incitement case filed July 8 against leading opposition party newspaper publisher Dam Sith was quickly negotiated into the withdrawal of the complaint when Dam Sith publicly apologized to Prime Minister Hun Sen. Parliamentarian and Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) leader [...] | 2009-07-09 12:17:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH472 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the eleventh week of activities inside the [...] | 2009-07-10 09:54:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH489 | WHAT IS HAPPENING TO THE HARD-EARNED POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The wider political space seen in Cambodia during the run-up to the 2008 National Assembly elections last July is undergoing an autocratic nip-and-tuck as the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP) exerts one of its periodic reining-in exercises in the name of greater social orde [...] | 2009-07-14 11:44:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH492 | MU SOCHUA TO DEFEND HERSELF AT DEFAMATION HEARING [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 14 meeting with the Ambassador, Mu Sochua discussed the impending defamation trial, her long term goals should her immunity be reinstated, and a potential U.S. Congressional hearing on human rights in Cambodia. Claiming that she does not want to put another lawyer at ris [...] | 2009-07-15 10:24:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH493 | CRITIC OF ANGKOR LIGHTING CONVICTED IN ABSTENTIA ON DISINFORMATION CHARGE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-15 10:54:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM CB |
09PHNOMPENH497 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the twelfth week of activities inside the [...] | 2009-07-17 10:12:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH513 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the thirteenth week of activities inside t [...] | 2009-07-24 09:46:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH514 | MU SOCHUA DEFENDS HERSELF; NO VERDICT UNTIL AUGUST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Mu Sochua appeared July 24 before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court to defend herself against the Prime Minister's defamation allegations. Over 100 observers packed the small court room, including the Ambassador and representatives of several Embassies, Cambodian human rights NG [...] | 2009-07-24 11:16:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KWMN CB |
09PHNOMPENH521 | US-FUNDED YOUTH DEMOCRACY FESTIVAL DRAWS THOUSANDS TO [...] SUMMARY: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Republican Institute (IRI) held an annual Youth Festival in Kampong Cham July 18 - 19 drawing thousands of participants. The festival, a combination of seminars, performances and information booths, [...] | 2009-07-27 09:30:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH539 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the fourteenth week of activities inside t [...] | 2009-08-03 01:58:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH549 | MU SOCHUA LIABLE FOR DEFAMATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Phnom Penh Municipal Court pronounced Mu Sochua liable for defaming Prime Minister Hun Sen on August 4, closing this chapter of the long-running drama. International observers attended the session to hear the verdict, though police denied entry to NGO representatives and jo [...] | 2009-08-04 13:13:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH564 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: SOK AN SIGNS AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Using modern-day electronic shuttle diplomacy along with the classic variety, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson persuaded Deputy Prime Minister Sok An to sign an agreement with the United Nations on an anti-corruption mechanism at the Extraordinary Chambe [...] | 2009-08-07 11:16:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH573 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 15th week of activities inside the cou [...] | 2009-08-11 00:43:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH576 | PUBLISHER HONG CHAKRA'S APPEAL FAILS; JAILED UNTIL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After an hour-long hearing, the Appeals Court reaffirmed the June 26 conviction for disinformation of Khmer Machas Srok publisher Hong Chakra, and ordered him to continue serving a 12-month jail sentence. While presiding judge Seng Sivutha asked fair questions, the accused's [...] | 2009-08-11 11:55:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH577 | SCENESETTER FOR SENATOR JIM WEBB VISIT TO PHNOM [...] (SBU) Senator Webb: We warmly welcome your August 18 visit to Cambodia. Your visit comes as the tempo quickens in the conduct of U.S.-Cambodian bilateral relations, which exemplifies a broader and growing USG interest in Cambodia. There have been positive developments in several key areas: p [...] | 2009-08-11 12:11:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS PREF CB |
09PHNOMPENH58 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: RESULTS OF PUBLIC PERCEPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A September 2008 survey of 1,000 adult Cambodians indicates that there is a general lack of knowledge about the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) among the Cambodian population, with 39 percent of surveyed respondents stating they had no knowledge of the KRT, and 46 percent stating t [...] | 2009-01-23 09:48:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS ABUD EAID PHUM PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH596 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 16th week of activities inside the cour [...] | 2009-08-17 09:04:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH602 | SENATOR WEBB MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER HUN SEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senator Jim Webb concluded a successful one-day visit to Cambodia August 18 on a positive note during a meeting with Prime Minister Hun Sen in which there was general agreement on new ways to approach Burma. Webb detailed his interest in the region and in stronger relations with [...] | 2009-08-19 11:23:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD EAID PTER MASS KJUS PHUM BM CB |
09PHNOMPENH626 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 17th week of activities inside the cour [...] | 2009-08-25 06:47:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH645 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge (KR) torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 18th week of activities inside the [...] | 2009-09-01 08:31:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH646 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge (KR) torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 18th week of activities inside the [...] | 2009-09-01 08:31:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH648 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: FIVE MORE FOR PROSECUTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Pre-Trial Chamber at the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) will announce this week that five more high-level Khmer Rouge cadres will be prosecuted, although a small number of the proposed charges against some of the accused may be set aside for lack of evidence. The decision on an [...] | 2009-09-01 10:44:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PHUM KTIA PINR PGOV CB |
09PHNOMPENH682 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge (KR) torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 19th week of activities inside the [...] | 2009-09-08 02:13:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH709 | CAMBODIAN GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES NEW CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officials announced the creation of a working group focusing on cooperation and consistency between the Ministry of Interior (MOI) and Ministry of Justice (MOJ) in the criminal justice process. The announcement by Prime Minister Hun Sen refl [...] | 2009-09-21 05:39:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH712 | Khmer Rouge Tribunal: The Trial of S-21 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy staff routinely observes the proceedings of the trial against the notorious Khmer Rouge (KR) torture center head, widely known as Duch, at the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) (Reftel). This report summarizes the 20th week of activities inside the [...] | 2009-09-22 08:45:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH716 | COURT ACQUITS SRP PARLIAMENTARIAN HO VANN OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a surprise verdict September 22, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court acquitted opposition Parliamentarian Ho Vann of defamation charges, but fined Cambodia Daily editor-in-chief Kevin Doyle and journalist Nou Vannarinn for violating the Press Law on publishing retractions. The p [...] | 2009-09-23 11:35:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH742 | MU SOCHUA ON SAFETY, RECONCILIATION, AND ROLE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an October 2 meeting with the Ambassador, opposition Sam Rainsy Party (SRP) parliamentarian Mu Sochua expressed confidence in her personal safety. Mu reiterated her desire to resolve her dispute with the Prime Minister and return to her duties in Kampot Province. END SUMMA [...] | 2009-10-07 07:07:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH745 | CAMBODIA'S SUMMER OF DEFAMATION SUITS WINDS DOWN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The summer of defamation lawsuits appears to be winding to a close in Cambodia. The Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) prevailed in most cases, though defamation actions were either dismissed or never initiated in two high-profile cases. While some appeals and smaller lawsuits [...] | 2009-10-07 10:46:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH746 | CAMBODIA'S LONG-AWAITED PENAL CODE UNDER REVIEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Assembly approved the general content of the 672-article Penal Code on October 1, paving the way for chapter-by-chapter debate which is expected to take two weeks. The Cambodian People's Party (CPP) majority denied opposition Sam Rainsy Party's (SRP) initial reques [...] | 2009-10-08 05:51:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH765 | FRIENDS OF THE ECCC DISCUSS STAFFING CHALLENGES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The "Friends of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)" met October 7 to discuss the judicial and administrative progress and challenges of the court. The judicial proceedings were reported to be running smoothly, with the substantive portion of the first tria [...] | 2009-10-16 08:17:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM CB |
09PHNOMPENH811 | EAP/MLS DEPUTY DIRECTOR PALMER SEES UP CLOSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: EAP/MLS Deputy Director Matthew Palmer visited Cambodia October 20-26 to take part in a Conference on the Lower Mekong Initiative (septel),meet key counterparts in the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC),address human rights issues, visit bilateral assistance program sites, a [...] | 2009-10-30 05:59:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM EAID CB |
09PHNOMPENH840 | UPDATE ON FREE SPEECH PROSECUTIONS IN CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Two new convictions - one on defamation and one on disinformation charges - have again increased attention on the free speech debate in Cambodia. Both cases involve disputes between private parties. Separately, Minister of Information Khieu Khanarith said November 9 that the f [...] | 2009-11-13 11:36:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH846 | CAMBODIA: 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As part of its anti-trafficking efforts since April 2009, the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) has implemented a broad training initiative to reach law enforcement, judicial, and other government officials. The RGC consolidated its policy structure under a single umbrella k [...] | 2009-11-16 10:13:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH847 | NATIONAL ASSEMBLY LIFTS SAM RAINSY'S IMMUNITY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Assembly voted November 16 to lift opposition party leader Sam Rainsy's immunity to pursue allegations that he destroyed state property and incited national/racial hatred against the Vietnamese during an October 25 incident on the Cambodia-Vietnam border. To respond [...] | 2009-11-16 11:14:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KTIA KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH873 | CAMBODIA MINISTRY OF JUSTICE CONDUCTS TRAINING ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 20, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) for the Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) hosted the presiding judges, chief prosecutors, and chief clerks from each of the nation's courts at a National Trafficking Prosecution and Data Collection Workshop in Phnom Penh. The pur [...] | 2009-11-25 09:01:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIP PHUM PREL KJUS KWN CB |
09PHNOMPENH920 | POLL SHOWS POWER OF HAVING A CONCRETE PARTY MESSAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On December 11, the International Republican Institute (IRI) presented the results of its August 2009 Cambodian Public Opinion survey. The USAID-funded survey found solid public confidence in the general direction of the country and the ruling Cambodian People's Party (CPP). Q [...] | 2009-12-15 10:03:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS SOCI CB |
09PHNOMPENH933 | CAMBODIAN COURT PROSECUTES BOYAJIAN BROKER FOR [...] (SBU) The Phnom Penh Municipal Court December 17 concluded the trial of Ho Nguy on charges of trafficking and conspiracy to traffick underage girls to have sex with foreign clients. 2. (SBU) Municipal-level anti-human trafficking police initially arrested the 26-year old Nguy in February [...] | 2009-12-18 07:26:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP KJUS CB |
09PHNOMPENH949 | AS NOOSE TIGHTENS, OUTSPOKEN SAM RAINSY TO SEND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The lawyer for opposition party leader Sam Rainsy said that Rainsy will not return from France to answer a summons from the Svay Rieng province investigating judge in connection with a case related to a Cambodia-Vietnam border demarcation incident on October 25. The summons sta [...] | 2009-12-18 09:12:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL CB |
09PHNOMPENH969 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA TO [...] (SBU) Embassy Phnom Penh warmly welcomes CODEL Faleomavaega's visit to Cambodia. Yours is the first Congressional visit since Senator Jim Webb's in mid-August, and you will find a Cambodia seeking to take full advantage of its first real period of stability in more than a generation. Althoug [...] | 2009-12-31 08:33:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS ECON MARR CB |
09PODGORICA56 | MONTENEGRO PUSHES MAJOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORMS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After months of deliberation, Montenegro's Justice Ministry has finalized the text of a revised Criminal Procedure Code. The GoM also has taken steps to establish its first-ever multi-agency investigative task force. The revised code will bring far-reaching changes to Montenegr [...] | 2009-03-02 14:57:00 | Embassy Podgorica | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCOR KCRM KJUS MW |
09PORTAUPRINCE221 | HAITI: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 14:45:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE500 | HAITI: APRIL 2009 NAS MONTHLY REPORT [...] The following summarizes Post's INL/NAS and counternarcotics activities in April 2009. 2. Merida Initiative: - On April 30, Ambassador Sanderson and Minister of Justice Exume signed the Letter of Agreement for 2,159,000 USD to fund four projects under Merida: a communications network for [...] | 2009-05-22 14:11:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PREL EAID KCRM KJUS HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE555 | HAITI WILL SUPPORT INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered ref A points on the candidacy of Lucretia Myers for re-election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) to Azad Belfort, Director of International Organization Affairs at the Haitian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, June 10. Belfort said that Haiti's delegat [...] | 2009-06-12 19:21:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA HA |
09PORTAUPRINCE903 | DEMARCHE UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION [...] (U) Post delivered the International Civil Service Commission Demarche to Azad Belfort, Director of International Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on October 23. Belfort indicated that Haiti was inclined to vote for the US candidate, Ms. Myers, but would not confirm. He noted that U [...] | 2009-10-27 15:15:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA HA AORC |
09PORTLOUIS109 | DEMARCHE: COUNTER-PIRACY COOPERATION WITH MAURITIUS [...] (SBU) On April 13, CDA met with Mauritian Foreign Minister (FM) Arvin Boolell to discuss ref A points regarding Mauritian willingness in the future to prosecute piracy suspects. In order to obtain a legal opinion of Mauritian laws on piracy, the FM said he would to send the technical points t [...] | 2009-04-13 11:32:00 | Embassy Port Louis | CONFIDENTIAL | EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL KJUS XW MP |
09PORTLOUIS356 | MAURITIUS TO SUPPORT MYERS' CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 09:03:00 | Embassy Port Louis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA MP |
09PORTOFSPAIN101 | Trinidad and Tobago February Political Round-Up [...] The following were notable February political developments: - T&T's murder rate above that of 2008 - Jamaat's TT$32 million debt - Freedom of religion versus right to education - Shortage of Catholic priests - Suffering foreign detainees - Integrity Commission resigns T&T's murder rate a [...] | 2009-03-06 15:01:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN98 | Trinidad and Tobago February Political Round-Up [...] The following were notable February political developments: - T&T's murder rate above that of 2008 - Jamaat's TT$32 million debt - Freedom of religion versus right to education - Shortage of Catholic priests - Suffering foreign detainees - Integrity Commission resigns T&T's murder rate a [...] | 2009-03-06 15:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS TD |
09PORTOFSPAIN99 | Trinidad and Tobago February Political Round-Up [...] The following were notable February political developments: - T&T's murder rate above that of 2008 - Jamaat's TT$32 million debt - Freedom of religion versus right to education - Shortage of Catholic priests - Suffering foreign detainees - Integrity Commission resigns T&T's murder rate a [...] | 2009-03-06 15:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS TD |
09PRAGUE111 | CZECH REPUBLIC WILLING TO SUPPORT USG CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 16:58:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AORG UNGA KJUS EZ |
09PRAGUE338 | PART 1: U.S.-EU COUNTER-TERRORIST FINANCING WORKSHOP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the first of two cables reporting on the U.S.-EU Terrorism Finance Workshop held in Prague on May 27-28. In response to U.S. diplomatic efforts, the Czech Presidency of the European Union (EU),in partnership with the upcoming Swedish Presidency, hosted the eighth in a [...] | 2009-06-17 11:53:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC EAID KTFN KWBG KPAL KJUS KCRM KNNP PREL |
09PRAGUE339 | PART 2: U.S.-EU COUNTER-TERRORIST FINANCING WORKSHOP [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. This is the second of two cables reporting on U.S.-EU Terrorism Finance Workshop held in Prague on May 27-28. In response to U.S. diplomatic efforts, the Czech Presidency of the European Union (EU),[...] | 2009-06-17 14:05:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC EAID KTFN KWBG KPAL KJUS KCRM KNNP PREL |
09PRAGUE348 | CORRECTED VERSION OF PRAGUE 338 -- PART 1: U.S.-EU [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable contains significant revisions to Prague 338 and should be regarded as replacing that cable. This is the first of two cables reporting on the U.S.-EU Terrorism Finance Workshop held in Prague on May 27-28. In response to U.S. diplomatic efforts, the Czech Presidenc [...] | 2009-06-23 13:40:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC EAID KTFN KWBG KPAL KJUS KCRM KNNP PREL |
09PRAGUE350 | PART 2: CORRECTED VERSION OF PRAGUE 339 - U.S.-EU [...] (U) This message contains an Action Request. Please see paragraph 7. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. This cable contains significant revisions to Prague 339 and should be regarded as replacing that cable. This is the second of two cables reporting on U.S.-EU Terrorism Finance Workshop held in Prague [...] | 2009-06-23 14:15:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN ETTC EAID KTFN KWBG KPAL KJUS KCRM KNNP PREL |
09PRAIA10 | CORRECTED COPY: THIRD CASE OF RELEASED MURDERER SHOCKS CAPE [...] (SBU) According to the local press, an individual convicted of triple murder in Holland and sentenced to 25 years in a Cape Verdean jail, is set to be released due to a judicial error. The prisoner, who is currently being held awaiting appeal, by law must be released if the Supreme Court of Ju [...] | 2009-01-22 17:22:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL KJUS PGOV CV |
09PRAIA12 | JUSTICE REFORM AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND [...] (U) SUMMARY. The obstacles between government and opposition forces that had been blocking reform in the justice sector appear to have been overcome. On January 09, 2009, Prime Minister Josi Maria Neves and Movement for Democracy (MpD) opposition leader Jorge Santos reached an agreement on t [...] | 2009-01-26 18:09:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL KJUS PGOV CV |
09PRAIA22 | CAPE VERDEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTS TWO JUSTICES, DISCUSSES NEW [...] (U) Summary. During the first parliamentary session of the year, ruling party PAICV and lead opposition party MpD reached agreements on a number of important issues, including choosing two Supreme Court of Justice (SCJ) justices. Parliament also approved the composition of a commission to con [...] | 2009-02-13 19:31:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL KJUS PGOV CV |
09PRAIA23 | INFIGHTING DISPLEASES PARTY LEADERSHIP [...] (U) Summary. Internal party disagreements are affecting all three Cape Verdean political parties. The African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde (PAICV) is divided over who will be presidential candidate in the 2011 elections, while factions are fighting over the party presidencies of b [...] | 2009-02-17 16:44:00 | Embassy Praia | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS PGOV CV |
09PRAIA25 | CAPE VERDE: LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING NEEDS [...] (U) Responses are keyed to questions contained reftel. 2. (C) Cape Verde's greatest law enforcement challenge is the broad territorial waters under its jurisdiction and its very limited capacity to exert rule of law over those waters. Sitting astride major smuggling routes from South Americ [...] | 2009-02-18 13:42:00 | Embassy Praia | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MASS MARR PREL KJUS CV |
09PRAIA39 | (C) HELPING CAPE VERDE MOVE FROM DATA TO INTELLIGENCE IN THE [...] (C) Summary: Post has engaged the GOCV in a sweeping dialogue on the future of GOCV interagency collaboration in interdicting drug smuggling, combating illegal fishing, and countering arms smuggling and related terrorist activities. At the heart of this dialogue is a two phase USG proposal to [...] | 2009-03-03 11:45:00 | Embassy Praia | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR MASS SNAR PREL ETRD KJUS CV |
09PRETORIA1613 | ZUMA HANDLING SOME ISSUES BETTER THAN OTHERS AFTER [...] (SBU) President Jacob Zuma, barely in office 90 days, has faced a multitude of challenges so far in his tenure. He so far has been confronted with making tricky Cabinet and diplomatic appointments, dealing with striking doctors and municipal workers, and settling protests across the country [...] | 2009-08-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA1614 | CAUTIOUS HOPES FOR ZUMA AMONG SOME SOUTH AFRICAN [...] (SBU) South African civil society groups are cautiously optimistic about President Jacob Zuma, believing his promises of openness and meaningful dialogue will improve their working environment. Under former President Thabo Mbeki, many groups felt isolated from leadership and shut out from me [...] | 2009-08-07 13:22:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF SA KJUS KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA176 | ANC YOUTH LEAGUE DOWNPLAYS CHALLENGES [...] (S) African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) leaders discussed their defense of President Kgalema Motlanthe against allegations of infidelity, the party's list process, and the prospects for the Congress of the People (COPE) in a lengthy discussion with Poloffs on January 26. ANCYL spok [...] | 2009-01-30 06:57:00 | Embassy Pretoria | SECRET | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA182 | UDM WELL-ORGANIZED, BUT LACKS SUPPORT NEEDED TO [...] (SBU) The United Democratic Movement (UDM) ran a well-organized, nationally televised manifesto launch in Johannesburg on January 24 that on the face of it suggests Bantu Holomisa's party is ready to make inroads in the upcoming election. The party drew roughly 5,000 supporters, almost all f [...] | 2009-01-30 11:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA21 | MONTHS SINCE PIETERMARITZBURG COURT DECISION TEST [...] (C) The months since Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge Chris Nicholson handed down his verdict declaring the state's case against African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma invalid have been among the toughest times in the ruling party's history. The split between rival ANC factions [...] | 2009-01-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA2481 | SOUTH AFRICA: NEW PROSECUTOR APPOINTMENT [...] (C) President Jacob Zuma has appointed Menzi Simelane as the country's new Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The selection raised criticism both because of Qmelane's involvement in political infighting at the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) and because of Zuma's continued push to a [...] | 2009-12-03 16:49:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KJUS SF |
09PRETORIA3 | ANTI-APARTHEID POLITICAL LEADER HELEN SUZMAN DIES [...] (U) Helen Suzman, the internationally renowned anti-apartheid political leader who befriended the imprisoned Nelson Mandela in the 1960s, died in Johannesburg on January  [...] | 2009-01-02 09:23:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA355 | SUPPORTERS, DETRACTORS VIEW SPRINGBOK SYMBOL OF [...] (SBU) Few symbols in South Africa are as recognizable, or as controversial, as the Springbok logo worn by the 2007 World Cup champion South African rugby team. Worn by the rugby team since 1906, many saw the logo as a symbol of strength during the years the national team was banned from play [...] | 2009-02-24 17:31:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA356 | NIEHAUS SCANDAL RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER ANC [...] (SBU) Carl Niehaus, former spokesperson for the African National Congress (ANC),resigned this week after newspapers reported that he grossly mismanaged his personal finances and abused his office and authority in recent years. His longstanding financial difficulties and his abrupt resignati [...] | 2009-02-24 18:16:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV SF |
09PRETORIA451 | COPE STRUGGLING WITH DIVISIONS, PESSIMISM [...] (C) The Congress of the People (COPE) is struggling with divisions and pessimism throughout the organization, underscoring the difficulties the newly formed party faces as the national election approaches on April 22. Personal assistant to COPE President Mosiuoa Lekota, Tseliso Phomane, met [...] | 2009-03-09 14:46:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA47 | SUPREME COURT OF APPEAL CLEARS WAY TO RECHARGE ZUMA [...] Summary: South Africa's five-member Supreme Court of Appeal overturned on January 12 a September decision setting aside a corruption indictment against ANC President Jacob Zuma. Speaking for the court, Deputy Judge President Louis Harms upbraided the lower appeals court judge, Chris Nicolson [...] | 2009-01-12 18:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA476 | SHAIK PAROLE KEEPS SPOTLIGHT ON ZUMA'S PAST [...] (C) The government's decision to parole on medical grounds convicted fraudster, and former Jacob Zuma business associate, Schabir Shaik is keeping the spotlight on the ANC President's past in the run-up to the April 22 election. Shaik, convicted in 2005 of bribing Zuma, was released from pris [...] | 2009-03-12 07:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS SF KDEM |
09PRETORIA484 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING WILL IMPACT APRIL 22 [...] (U) The Constitutional Court ruled on March 12 that South African voters living and working abroad may vote in the national component of the April 22 election. This means that thousands of voters overseas, many of whom have left South Africa for good, will have a chance to vote and influence [...] | 2009-03-12 16:20:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS SF KDEM |
09PRETORIA66 | TO ANC WAR VETS ZUMA REMAINS "SPEAR OF THE NATION" [...] (C) Summary: Former fighters in Umkhonto we Sizwe, some of African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma,s strongest supporters, have high expectations for the ANC leader and are expecting him to address their interests. Umkhonto we Sizwe, translated to &Spear of the Nation8 and ofte [...] | 2009-01-13 14:33:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS SF |
09PRETORIA67 | ANC LOYALIST THRONG TO EAST LONDON FOR ELECTION [...] (C) Summary: African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma launched the party,s election manifesto in front of a packed stadium in East London on January 10. Zuma said the ANC intends to focus on job creation, education, health, rural development, crime, and corruption during the nex [...] | 2009-01-13 14:47:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
09PRETORIA68 | SUPREME COURT RULING ON ZUMA CASE SPARKS REACTIONS [...] (U) Summary: The South African Supreme Court's January 12 judgment allowing corruption charges against Jacob Zuma to move forward drew various reactions from across the political landscape. African National Congress (ANC) alliance parties expressed their continued support for ANC President Jac [...] | 2009-01-13 17:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KDEM PGOV AA SF |
09PRISTINA480 | KOSOVO: 2009 INCSR REPORT PART ONE [...] Following is Part One of Kosovo's 2009 INCSR report (narcotics and chemical control). 2. Begin report. I. Summary Though Kosovo is primarily a transit country for Afghan drugs destined for Europe, anecdotal evidence from the Kosovo Police (KP) suggests a growing domestic narcotics m [...] | 2009-11-03 15:05:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM KV |
09PRISTINA64 | NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR KOSOVO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Pristina's submission for the Ninth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. From 1999 to 2008, Kosovo was administered by the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) under the authority of UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1244. [...] | 2009-02-18 17:10:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KJUS EAID KDEM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC |
09PRISTINA65 | NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 17:11:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KJUS EAID KDEM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC |
09PRISTINA66 | NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-18 17:11:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KTIP KJUS EAID KDEM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC |
09QUITO160 | ECUADOR'S NEW VISION FOR RELATIONS WITH U.S. [...] (C) Summary: In a March 4 meeting, MFA U/S Orbe, speaking on instructions from FM Falconi, set the stage for Ecuador's vision for future relations with the U.S. He then called for a meeting between President Obama and President Correa to set a strategic agenda for future cooperation on the [...] | 2009-03-05 16:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR EINV PGOV ETRD KJUS EC IR |
09QUITO461 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on June 12. Puma said that the GOE has not yet made a decision who it would vote for in the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election. She did acknowledge, however, that the EU holds too [...] | 2009-06-16 18:48:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA EC |
09QUITO462 | ECUADOR DEMARCHE RESPONSE - U.S CANDIDATE FOR UN'S [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA Multilateral Affairs Director General Lourdes Puma on June 12. Puma said that the GOE has not yet made a decision who it would vote for in the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election. She did acknowledge, however, that the EU holds to [...] | 2009-06-16 18:48:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA EC |
09RABAT161 | ASSESSING THE NEED FOR INCREASED LAW [...] (SBU) The Mission has identified three key priorities for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) judicial sector and law enforcement support to Morocco: anti-corruption, counterterrorism (CT) and general technical support. These priorities reflect Government of Morocco (GOM) requ [...] | 2009-02-23 10:58:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID SNAR ASEC PTER SOCI KJUS KCRM MO |
09RABAT443 | MOROCCO: JUSTICE MINISTER SUMMARIZES JUDICIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Moroccan Ministry of Justice (MOJ) plans on upgrading and expanding the number of courts, increasing the number of judges, and raising the standards of training for judges and other legal professionals in Morocco. On May 20, Minister of Justice Abdelwahed Radi told Charge [...] | 2009-06-02 12:37:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CJAN EAID PGOV KJUS KCRM MO |
09RABAT545 | PRIORITY AREAS FOR INL SECURITY ASSISTANCE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Mission-wide meetings and encounters with the top Moroccan law enforcement and justice officials with INL and NEA/MAG confirm there is excellent prospect for expanded collaboration across the range of law and justice assistance programs. USG support for Moroccan judicial refo [...] | 2009-06-26 22:25:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PHUM EAID EXBS KJUS ASEC KCRM MO |
09RABAT719 | PHONE CALL JUSTICE: MEDDLING IN MOROCCO'S JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary: The Moroccan judicial system suffers from both a lack of independence and a lack of public confidence, and it remains an impediment to the country's development and reform efforts. Recognizing these problems, King Mohammed VI has called for a comprehensive reform of the judicial sys [...] | 2009-08-24 18:11:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CJAN EAID PGOV KJUS KCRM MO |
09RABAT870 | FOLLOW UP WITH MINISTRY OF JUSTICE ON MOROCCAN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 22:07:00 | Embassy Rabat | SECRET | PHUM PTER PREL KJUS MO |
09RABAT880 | MOROCCO SEEKS BROADER LEGAL COOPERATION WITH U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 14:08:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CJAN EAID PGOV KJUS KCRM MO |
09REYKJAVIK194 | ICELAND TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On October 29, Nina Jonsdottir from the International Affairs Department at the Icelandic Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) notified post that Iceland intends to support the U.S. candidate, Lucretia Myers, in the International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election that will take place [...] | 2009-10-29 17:10:00 | Embassy Reykjavik | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA IC |
09RIGA111 | LATVIA WILL SUPPORT JUDGE PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 15:19:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09RIGA159 | "ANTI-MAFIA" AMENDMENTS PASS PARLIAMENT [...] Summary: On March 12 Parliament unanimously passed a major overhaul of Latvian Criminal Procedure Code, the most significant and controversial revision being to the plea bargaining amendments. Now head Prosecutors have the right to drop charges against cooperating criminals, a power only the Pr [...] | 2009-03-19 12:15:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KCOR LG |
09RIGA174 | AUDITS REVEAL STAGGERING COST OVERRUNS IN [...] (C) Summary: Audits of several state-funded construction and renovation projects have uncovered staggering cost overruns. The State Audit Office has submitted these cases to the Prosecutor General to determine whether and, if so, where to initiate investigations. Meanwhile, other large-scal [...] | 2009-03-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR LG |
09RIGA186 | NEW ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU CHIEF: NORMUNDS VILNITIS [...] (C) Summary: Following an eight-month gap Normunds Vilnitis, businessman and former high-level law enforcement official, has been named new Anti-Corruption Bureau (KNAB) Chief. Despite criticism of his qualifications and selection process, Vilnitis has quickly taken the reigns of the KNAB, op [...] | 2009-04-02 12:59:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS LG |
09RIGA241 | LATVIAN PUBLIC CAN NOW INITIATE DISMISSAL OF [...] (U) Summary: On April 29 President Zatlers promulgated the constitutional amendments allowing the Latvian people to initiate dissolution of the Parliament (Saeima). A Latvian labor union initiated the drive for the amendments in October 2007, and passage of such a law was the last of Zatlers's [...] | 2009-05-05 12:24:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS LG |
09RIGA325 | ICSC CANDIDATE: LATVIA NON-COMMITAL [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche to Sarmite Danne, head of the Latvian MFA International Organizations Division. Danne said she had not thought this would be a contested election, and had no further substantive reply. ROGERS [...] | 2009-06-10 14:08:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA LG |
09RIGA73 | FORMER KNAB OFFICIALS SENTENCED: FINES AND JAIL [...] Summary: Two former Anti-Corruption Bureau (KNAB) officials were found guilty on February 2 of charges surrounding the theft of money taken from KNAB vaults. Janis Imsa and Indra Veipa were sentenced to 7 and 4 years respectively. The discovery of the theft in spring 2008 was the catalyst for [...] | 2009-02-04 15:06:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KJUS ASEC LG |
09RIYADH1106 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SAUDIS UNDECIDED ON ICSC [...] (U) Poloff discussed the candidacy of Ms. Lucretia Myers for election to the UN International Civil Service Commission per reftels with MFA UN Department Director General Ambassador Adnan Baghdadi on August 26. Baghdadi said he was not currently aware of the Saudi position with respect to Ms. [...] | 2009-08-26 14:59:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA SA |
09RIYADH1180 | SAUDI ARABIA: FOLLOW-UP TO UN ICSC DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) In response to our previous demarche requesting Saudi support for Ms. Lucretia Myers for election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (reftels),post received the following request via diplomatic note No. 97/25/107217, dated September 2. 2. (SBU) Begin text of request: [...] | 2009-09-12 11:10:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA SA |
09RIYADH82 | SAUDIS MAKE SECOND REQUEST FOR PRESIDENTIAL [...] (U) The Saudi Arabian Government has for the second time requested Presidential pardons for three Saudi nationals currently imprisoned in the U.S. via a diplomatic note received by the Embassy on January 11, 2009. An Embassy translation of this note follows. The original will be e-mailed to [...] | 2009-01-13 14:41:00 | Embassy Riyadh | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN KJUS OPDC PGOV PREL SA |
09ROME1185 | ITALY LIKELY TO SUPPORT AMCIT NOMINATION FOR UN [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on US nominee for UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) election to Counselor Gabriella Biondi, MFA UN desk officer, on October 26. Biondi stated that the GOI is familiar with the nominee, Lucretia Myers, and looks favorably on her nomination. [...] | 2009-10-27 12:18:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS AORC APER PREL IT UNGA |
09ROME223 | ITALY WILL SUPPORT MARK PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 11:53:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09SANAA1048 | ICSC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 13:06:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA YM |
09SANAA397 | UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-04 10:54:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09SANJOSE1174 | Extradition: SCHULTZ, Stephen Douglas [...] (U) The extradition of American citizen Stephen Douglas Schultz was completed on December 3, 2009 AT 12:55 p.m. when he was transported to the U.S.in the custody of U.S. marshals on AMERICAN AIRLINES, flight number 988, from San Jose to Miami, Florida. 2. (U) The prisoner served 357 days in [...] | 2009-12-21 16:13:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC KJUS SNAR PREL CJAN CS KCRM |
09SANJOSE124 | COSTA RICA: MFA STUDYING UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] (C) We delivered reftel on February 27 to the MFA's head of candidacies, Lilian Rodriguez. Rodriguez replied that the MFA was reviewing candidates at that moment for the Appeals Tribunal. She promised to pass Painter's bio and our demarche on to decision makers in the Foreign Policy section. [...] | 2009-02-27 20:34:00 | Embassy San Jose | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09SANJOSE151 | GOCR DIP NOTE: SUPPORTED U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] (SBU) On March 5, we received a diplomatic note dated March 2 stating that the GOCR had decided to vote for the U.S. candidate, Mark Painter, for the UN Appeals Tribunal, during elections that took place on March 2 in New York. We thanked the GOCR for its support. CIANCHETTE [...] | 2009-03-05 19:12:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA CS |
09SANJOSE481 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CRITICAL U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] (U) On June 5, we delivered reftel talking points to the MFA's Chief of Candidacies Lilian Rodriguez. Rodriguez thanked us for the information and said that she would discuss the matter with the head of the External Policy office. 2. (SBU) Rodriguez told us that given Ms. Myers was the only [...] | 2009-06-08 21:58:00 | Embassy San Jose | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS AORC APER PREL UNGA CS |
09SANSALVADOR1000 | EXTRADITION HIGHLIGHTS BILATERAL COORDINATION [...] (U) Summary: Salvadoran Julio Eduardo Villatoro Monteagudo was successfully extradited from the U.S. to El Salvador October 20 in an operation that displayed exceptional coordination among U.S. agencies and the GOES. DHS agents escorted Villatoro Monteagudo from Miami to San Salvador, where [...] | 2009-10-22 21:12:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS SNAR ES |
09SANSALVADOR1045 | MILITARY ANTI-CRIME PLAN A GAMBLE FOR FUNES [...] (C) Summary: On November 5, President Funes signed an emergency decree to deploy 3,500 soldiers into 28 urban areas to combat a growing wave of violent crime. Politicians, the military and the public strongly support the plan, but critics fear human rights violations and damage to the Salvado [...] | 2009-11-09 11:50:00 | Embassy San Salvador | SECRET//NOFORN | KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PINS PREL SOCI MOPS ES |
09SANSALVADOR1111 | Salvadoran Supreme Court Votes to Extradite Martinez [...] (SBU) After multiple tie votes over the course of two years, the Salvadoran Supreme Court voted 10-5 in an extraordinary session December 22 to find Jose Marvin Martinez extraditable to the U.S. on charges of statutory rape. Martinez has been in Salvadoran custody for over two years. He fled [...] | 2009-12-22 20:23:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ES |
09SANSALVADOR166 | EL SALVADOR REQUESTS EXTRADITION OF ROBERTO CARLOS [...] (SBU) The Embassy received a request on November 28, 2007 for the extradition of Roberto Carlos Silva Pereira, an alternate deputy to the Legislative Assembly, on charges of bribery and money laundering. Silva was the subject of deportation procedures in the United States at the time the requ [...] | 2009-02-24 20:11:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ES KCRM KJUS |
09SANSALVADOR191 | EL SALVADOR NONCOMMITTAL ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-03 19:27:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09SANSALVADOR390 | EL SALVADOR: TELECOMMUNICATIONS INTERCEPTS ONE [...] (C) Summary: El Salvador's outgoing Legislative Assembly approved unanimously April 29 the first reading of a constitutional amendment needed to allow interception of telecommunications, which are currently prohibited by the constitution. The incoming Assembly, which will be seated May 1, mu [...] | 2009-04-30 20:07:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS ES |
09SANSALVADOR486 | CONSTITUTIONAL PROHIBITION ON ELECTRONIC [...] (SBU) In a major step forward for law enforcement, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly unanimously approved May 27 the second reading of a constitutional amendment on electronic surveillance, paving the way for the Assembly to adopt implementing legislation. The previous Assembly, whose term [...] | 2009-05-29 18:34:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS ES |
09SANSALVADOR531 | GOES TO WAIT BEFORE DECIDING ON SUPPORT FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 21:34:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA ES |
09SANSALVADOR623 | ASSEMBLY FAILS TO ELECT SUPREME COURT JUSTICES [...] Summary: The Salvadoran Legislative Assembly failed to elect Supreme Court Justices by the June 30 deadline mandated by law. Every three years, the Legislative Assembly is required to elect (or re-elect) five of the 15 Supreme Court justices and some alternate justices. While the full impli [...] | 2009-07-02 17:27:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ES PGOV PREL KJUS |
09SANSALVADOR683 | ASSEMBLY ELECTS NEW SUPREME COURT [...] Summary: The Legislative Assembly unanimously elected five Supreme Court justices July 16. The Assembly failed to elect a new Attorney General or a new Public Defender; those elections are expected to be postponed until August. End Summary. 2. On July 16, the Legislative Assembly unani [...] | 2009-07-20 14:58:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS ES |
09SANSALVADOR705 | INFORMATION REQUEST REGARDING VILLATORO EXTRADITION [...] (U) Post received a copy of a letter from Jose Herbert Romero, the President of the Committee of People Affected by the OBC Stockbroker Firm, on July 9. OBC is an investment and brokerage firm located in El Salvador that has been accused of defrauding clients of USD 8.9 million. The letter, [...] | 2009-07-28 19:09:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS ES |
09SANSALVADOR712 | COMMUNITY ACTIVIST MURDERED: POLITICS OR RANDOM [...] Summary: Community activist Gustavo Marcelo Rivera Moreno disappeared on June 18; police discovered his body in a well June 30. The initial police investigation has led to the arrest of seven purported gang members. The police have made public statements that Rivera was likely murdered as a r [...] | 2009-07-30 15:05:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KJUS ES |
09SANSALVADOR733 | LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ELECTS TSE MAGISTRATES [...] Summary: The Legislative Assembly elected five Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) magistrates June 30. Eugenio Chicas of the (left-wing) Farabundo Marti Front for the National Liberation (FMLN) assumed the TSE presidency for a three-year term. Other magistrates are Walter Araujo, Julio Moreno [...] | 2009-07-31 21:51:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS ES |
09SANSALVADOR889 | EL SALVADOR'S NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL A COMPROMISE [...] (C) Summary: El Salvador's Legislative Assembly chose Romeo Benjamin Barahona Melendez as its new Attorney General (AG) September 18 following a long power lacuna in the office. The AG has significant influence on law enforcement and security policy in El Salvador. Barahona promises a rene [...] | 2009-09-22 17:05:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS SNAR SOCI ES |
09SANTIAGO177 | CHILE PREDICTS SUCCESS FOR UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 21:01:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09SANTODOMINGO1027 | UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-09 14:02:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA DR |
09SANTODOMINGO1164 | GODR INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT FOR PROSECUTORS IN PAYA [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court, in response to threats against judicial authorities by some of the 25 defendants accused of complicity in the 8/5/08 slaying of seven suspected narcotraffickers in Paya, Bani Province, transferred the trial from a provincial court to a tribunal in Santo Domingo [...] | 2009-10-02 17:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PGOV DR |
09SANTODOMINGO1333 | Rule of Law Round-Up December 2009 [...] (U) The latest key developments in the rule of law / law enforcement field include: -- Constitutional Reforms approved by Congress, set for promulgation on 01/26/10; -- The Central Electoral Board's procurement practices are questioned; -- Government agencies and politi [...] | 2009-12-17 18:38:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM ECON EAID DR |
09SANTODOMINGO1345 | GANGLAND-STYLE EXECUTION OF RETIRED POLICE LT. COLONEL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-30 20:50:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL DR SNAR KJUS KCRM |
09SANTODOMINGO1596 | GODR Commits to Anti-Corruption Initiative with [...] (U) Summary: On December 17, Embassy Officers joined representatives of several international development organizations in a meeting with President Fernandez to discuss how the GODR might begin to tackle effectively the issue of corruption - as well as citizens' perception of corruption. The i [...] | 2009-12-21 22:45:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PREL KCRM KCOR EAID DR PHUM |
09SANTODOMINGO308 | RULE OF LAW ROUND-UP MARCH 2009 [...] (U) Following an Independence Day (Feb 27) speech in which President Fernandez called for fighting "without fear" against corruption and narco-trafficking, the head of the National Police, Guillermo Guzman Fermin recommended to the President that some 700 other officers be sacked. In the last [...] | 2009-03-12 17:15:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS ECON SNAR DR |
09SANTODOMINGO315 | CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM - JUDICIARY IN PLAY, [...] (C) Summary: Although the President's 2/27 Independence Day speech ran for two hours, regarding constitutional reforms he noted merely that the government's proposed changes will "strengthen" the judiciary. It is far from clear that that will be the case, given the analysis of FINJUS, a majo [...] | 2009-03-16 12:09:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR PREL DR |
09SANTODOMINGO434 | MONEY LAUNDERING IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC [...] (C) Summary: Years after appropriate legislation to combat money laundering was put in place, and with the support of various Embassy agencies, the GODR has begun mounting criminal cases involving financial misconduct. However, the prosecution of money laundering, per se, remains infrequent d [...] | 2009-04-08 12:15:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PGOV KCOR SNAR KJUS DR |
09SANTODOMINGO51 | DR DEBATE OVER CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM OF JUDICIARY [...] (U) Summary: President Fernandez's proposed constitutional reforms continue to generate public comment, especially those reforms that touch on the judiciary. On "Judiciary Day" (07 Jan),Supreme Court President Subero Isa gave a speech underscoring the need for political leaders to respect jud [...] | 2009-01-16 18:27:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL DR |
09SANTODOMINGO962 | CONTINUED STRAINS BETWEEN DOMINICANS AND HAITIANS [...] SUMMARY: The 8/8 murder of a Dominican, allegedly by a Haitian, sparked a new wave of unrest directed against Haitian residents of Tamboril and Moca, resulting in the burning of 33 homes occupied by Haitians, demands for the repatriation of Haitian illegal immigrants, the flight of Haitian r [...] | 2009-08-25 18:15:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREF ECON KCRM KJUS DR |
09SARAJEVO101 | BOSNIA: ARREST OF ASSISTANT SECURITY MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: On January 16 Croatian police arrested Bosnian State Level Assistant Minister of Security Vjekoslav Vukovic in Rijeka, pending further investigation into his alleged role in procuring weapons and explosives for an aborted murder attempt. At this point, it is still unclear as to [...] | 2009-01-26 15:33:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KJUS KCRM BK |
09SARAJEVO102 | BOSNIA - STATE COURT MUST RELEASE CONVICTED WAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Just as Bosnia is gaining momentum with regard to war crimes prosecution, State Court officials have raised the alarm about the release from custody of convicted war criminals pending appeals. A provision in the BiH Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) prescribes that after a first [...] | 2009-01-26 17:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS KCRM BK |
09SARAJEVO122 | BOSNIA: INL-FUNDED PROGRAMS MAKING STRONG [...] (U) U.S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT)-implemented rule of law projects, funded with INL-managed SEED funds, make important contributions to several high pri [...] | 2009-01-30 16:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO123 | BOSNIA: INL-FUNDED PROGRAMS MAKING STRONG [...] (U) U.S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT)-implemented rule of law projects, funded with INL-managed SEED funds, make important contributions to several high pri [...] | 2009-01-30 16:28:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO1253 | WAR CRIMES AMBASSADOR RAPP'S OCTOBER 13-15 VISIT [...] (C) Summary: S/WCI Ambassador Stephen Rapp traveled to Sarajevo October 13-15 to discuss extension of the mandate of international judges and prosecutors past December, implementation of the National War Crimes Strategy, and Bosnia's efforts to pursue regional cooperation agreements. Most of A [...] | 2009-11-04 16:59:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | PREL PGOV KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO1312 | BOSNIA - PEACE IMPLEMENTATION COUNCIL HOLDS OFF ON [...] (C) Summary: At the October 18-19 session of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) in Sarajevo, member state representatives expressed concern over continued attempts by the Republika Srpska (RS) to obstruct the work of the Office of the High Representative (OHR). PIC members also cited lack [...] | 2009-11-24 18:36:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS EU BK |
09SARAJEVO1370 | BOSNIA: DEPARTING STATE PROSECUTOR WAR CRIMES [...] (U) At a farewell lunch December 9, David Schwendiman (outgoing head of the State Prosecutor's Special Department for War Crimes, SDWC) reflected on his achievements, while lamenting the tremendous difficulties facing the department. His comments underscore the challenges facing the State Pr [...] | 2009-12-14 17:08:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO1387 | BOSNIA: HIGHREP EXTENDS MANDATE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) HighRep Valentin Inzko, supported by the Steering Board Ambassadors of the Peace Implmentation Council (PIC),on December 14 used his Bonn Powers to extend for three years the mandate of international judges and prosecutors working on war crimes cases at the State Court and the State Pro [...] | 2009-12-18 17:04:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO1434 | BOSNIA: RS PARLIAMENT SETS STAGE FOR POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) At a December 28 special session called to discuss High Representative Inzko's extension of the mandate of international judges and prosecutors working on war crimes issues, the Republika Srpska National Assembly voted to reject Inzko's "illegal" imposition. The RSNA went on to set the [...] | 2009-12-31 10:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS PINR BK |
09SARAJEVO206 | BOSNIA - SIA FILES CRIMINAL REPORT AGAINST DODIK [...] (C) The press reported on February 19 that the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) filed a criminal report with the State Prosecutor's Office that implicates Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik and several associates in corruption associated with RS government procu [...] | 2009-02-19 17:21:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PIN PHUM KDEM KJUS CRM BK |
09SARAJEVO212 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP USES BONN POWERS TO CLOSE WAR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 20, High Representative Lajcak used his Bonn Powers to impose amendments to state and Federation legislation, which were designed to close legal loopholes that impacted both governments' ability to effectively manage war crimes case. In the case of the state, the High [...] | 2009-02-20 17:22:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS KCRM BK |
09SARAJEVO217 | BOSNIA- REDUCED BUDGETS WILL HAMPER STATE COURT [...] SUMMARY: (U) Officials at the State Court and the State Prosecutor's Office are now coming to terms with the BiH Parliament's decision to significantly reduce the budgets of both institutions. During a February 12 meeting with donors, State Court representatives said that the reduced budget [...] | 2009-02-23 10:23:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO234 | BOSNIA: INL-FUNDED PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS AND RULE OF [...] (U) Summary: Significant USG investments in information technology systems for law enforcement and judicial institutions in BiH have enabled standardized and efficient case management and the real time exchange of sensitive data to assist police and border officials to interdict smugglers, org [...] | 2009-02-26 07:43:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO248 | BOSNIA - EXPECTED TO SUPPORT AMCIT JUDICIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 15:25:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09SARAJEVO297 | BOSNIA: COUNCIL OF MINISTERS APPOINTS HEADS TO [...] (U) After a long delay the Council of Minister February 26 made several appointments to leading positions for three new state-level police support agencies created as part of two April 2008 reform laws. Although the Ministry of Security had held interviews for the positions of Director and Dep [...] | 2009-03-10 15:17:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | REL PGOV PINR KDEM KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO348 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE MARCH 25-26 PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) will meet in Sarajevo on March 25-26. Despite Bosnia's problems, including continued nationalist rhetoric and challenges to the Dayton constitutional order, the PIC is expected to be non-eventful. Hopes among PIC members, particularly Russia [...] | 2009-03-19 16:33:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO381 | BOSNIA - PIC URGES POLITICAL LEADERS TO COMPROMISE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The March 25-26 Peace Implementation Council (PIC) in Sarajevo welcomed the Bosnian parliament's adoption of a constitutional amendment on Brcko (reported septel),but stressed that progress on the remainder of the PIC 5-plus-2 agenda was insufficient to justify a decision to close [...] | 2009-03-27 07:44:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS EU BK |
09SARAJEVO388 | BOSNIA - SIPA ACTION AGAINST ID FRAUD ANGERS DODIK [...] (U) The State Investigative and Protective Agency (SIPA),acting on the order of the State Prosecutor's Office, on March 24 arrested three officials in Bijeljina in eastern Republika Srpska (RS) in connection with the fraudulent issuance of Citizenship Identity Protection System (CIPS) identi [...] | 2009-03-27 16:13:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KCRM KJUS KAWC BK |
09SARAJEVO403 | BOSNIA - COURT REJECTS EFFORT TO GUT STATE COURT'S [...] (U) During its March 28 session, the BiH Constitutional Court rejected a case brought by BiH House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Milorad Zivkovic and twelve other deputies from Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik's party, the Alliance of Social Democrats (SNSD),that had c [...] | 2009-03-31 16:05:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO406 | BOSNIA: INL-MANAGED SEED-FUNDED PROJECTS ADVANCE [...] The U.S. Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and the Overseas Prosecutorial Development Assistance and Training (OPDAT) rule of law program, funded by INL-managed SEED funds, continue to play a critical role in advancing our rule of [...] | 2009-04-01 13:37:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO487 | BOSNIA - DODIK INVESTIGATION TO START NEXT WEEK; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Prosecutor's Office (SPO) expects to open a formal investigation into Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik on Tuesday, April 21. Dodik is one of nine individuals, including three sitting RS ministers, alleged to have committed a variety of criminal offens [...] | 2009-04-17 14:49:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO489 | BOSNIA - DODIK INVESTIGATION TO START NEXT WEEK; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Prosecutor's Office (SPO) expects to open a formal investigation into Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik on Tuesday, April 21. Dodik is one of nine individuals, including three sitting RS ministers, alleged to have committed a variety of criminal offens [...] | 2009-04-17 14:51:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO500 | WHAT TO DO ABOUT A PROBLEM CALLED BOSNIA [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Our objectives here are to: 1) maintain Bosnia as a single state; 2) mute the country's potentially explosive ethnic divisions by embedding it in Euro-Atlantic institutions; and, 3) ensure that the state is strong enough to meet its NATO and EU obligations. Unfortunately, Bosni [...] | 2009-04-20 15:02:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO501 | BOSNIA: INDICTMENT FILED AGAINST FEDERATION PRIME [...] (SBU) Over the weekend, the Bosnian media confirmed that on April 14 the Sarajevo Cantonal State Prosecutor filed an indictment against Federation Prime Minister Nedzad Brankovic (Party of Democratic Action--SDA) and former Federation Prime Minister Edhem Bicakcic (SDA Federation PM from 1998 [...] | 2009-04-20 15:43:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM KDEM BK |
09SARAJEVO513 | BOSNIA - DODIK MAKES NICE AND ISSUES WARNINGS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over lunch on the 17th floor terrace of the Republika Srpska (RS) Government building on April 16, RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik and the Ambassador discussed a range of issues, including outstanding elements of OHR's 5 2 agenda, the state-level investigation of the PM over, amo [...] | 2009-04-22 14:53:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM PHUM KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO515 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP INZKO DISCUSSES EXTENDING THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: High Representative Inzko met with Quint Ambassadors on April 20 to discuss extending the presence of the international secondees working at the State Court and the State Prosecutor's Office past the legislatively-mandated December 2009 deadline. Inzko expressed strong support for [...] | 2009-04-22 15:53:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO516 | BOSNIA -- DISCIPLINARY COMMITTEE CLEARS SIPA [...] (C) On April 22 a Disciplinary Committee of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) cleared Assistant Director Dragan Lukac (Croat) of any wrongdoing when he submitted a criminal report against several Republika Srpska Government (RSG) officials, including RS Prime Minister Milora [...] | 2009-04-23 13:02:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO530 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP USES BONN POWERS TO RESTORE [...] (U) High Representative Valentin Inzko used his "Bonn powers" on Friday, April 24 to return the travel documents of 13 Republika Srpska (RS) police officers whose documents were seized in July 2007 because they were suspected of involvement in the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. According to Andrej [...] | 2009-04-27 14:23:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KCRM KJUS KMRS PGOV PHUM PREL BK |
09SARAJEVO563 | BOSNIA - INL-MANAGED SEED-FUNDED PROJECTS UPDATE: [...] (U) Summry: Extensive technical assistance in drafting gverning legislation and rules of procedures along with significant USG investment in equipment and taining facilitated the creation and rapid develoment of the new state-level Foreigners Affairs Service from an idea on paper to an effecti [...] | 2009-05-05 12:21:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO566 | BOSNIA - DODIK'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST "TRANSFERRED [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 23, the Republika Srpska National Assembly (RSNA) began a debate on the "effects of the transfer of constitutional competencies from the RS to the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina." The debate, which will continue on May 14, is part of a long campaign dating back [...] | 2009-05-05 14:21:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KJUS PHUM EU BK |
09SARAJEVO574 | BOSNIA - INCREASED INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: As a follow-up to their lunch with High Representative Valentin Inzko (Reftel),the Quint Ambassadors met on May 5 with State Justice Minister Barisa Colak to urge him to prepare legislative amendments needed to extend the presence of international judges and prosecutors past Dec [...] | 2009-05-07 16:02:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO594 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Mr. Vice President: welcome to Bosnia. Your visit here is being taken as a sign that "the U.S. is back" and ready to resume our traditional leadership role here. Bosniaks especially welcome the news, Croats as well, but Serbs are leery, believing new U.S. energy will be devoted t [...] | 2009-05-12 15:50:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR ECON KJUS KCRM PINR BK |
09SARAJEVO679 | BOSNIA: COM REJECTS LEGISLATIVE AMENDMENTS [...] (U) During its June 4 session, the Council of Ministers in a 2-7 vote rejected a proposal to extend the presence of international judges and prosecutors working at the State Court and the State Prosecutor's Office past December 2009. The defeat of the initiative dealt a severe blow to the Sta [...] | 2009-06-05 13:55:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO687 | BOSNIA - HIREP INZKO USES BONN POWERS TO REMOVE [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 8 OHR High Representative Valentine Inzko used the Bonn powers for the first time in his tenure in order to remove two police officials engaged in illegal activities, including reported illegal wiretapping against OHR officials. Inzko ordered the removal of Herzegovina [...] | 2009-06-10 13:31:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO689 | BOSNIA: SUPPORT FOR REGIONAL COOPERATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Long considered a black hole in the region, Bosnia now appears to be taking some steps towards signing regional cooperation agreements in an effort to bring to justice criminals, particularly war criminals, who are dual citizens and out of reach of the law due to existing bans [...] | 2009-06-10 14:33:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO732 | BOSNIA: S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S JUNE 14-16 [...] (C) SUMMARY: S/WCI Ambassador Clint Williamson visited Sarajevo June 14-16 to discuss regional cooperation and extending past December the mandate of international judges and prosecutors working at the State Court and the State Prosecutor's Office. He met with State Justice Minister Barisa [...] | 2009-06-22 13:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO747 | BOSNIA: FORMER FOREIGN FIGHTERS ARRESTED; BUT CAN [...] (S/NF) Summary: Administrative delays and barriers to evidence sharing may contribute to the release from the Foreigners Affairs Service (FAS) Immigration Center of several former foreign fighters, who have been deemed threats to BiH national security. Currently the center holds eight persons [...] | 2009-06-24 13:41:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KISL SCUL INR KJUS KCRM BK |
09SARAJEVO77 | BOSNIA: COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ADOPTS LONG AWAITED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council of Ministers (CoM) on December 29 adopted a National War Crimes Strategy that establishes the framework for the prosecution of war crimes committed during the 1992-1995 war. The initiative marks a milestone in Bosnia's efforts to prosecute war crimes and promote na [...] | 2009-01-16 17:27:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS KCRM BK |
09SARAJEVO838 | BOSNIA - CONVICTED TERRORIST BEKTASEVIC [...] (C) Mirsad Bektasevic, a dual Bosnian-Swedish citizen who was convicted in a Bosnian court on charges of terrorism in 2007 (Reftel),successfully petitioned the Bosnian court to serve out the remainder of his prison sentence in Sweden, and was transferred from Bosnia to Sweden on June 10, 2009. [...] | 2009-07-10 13:00:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PTER BK |
09SARAJEVO841 | BOSNIA - INL-FUNDED PROGRAM UPDATE: FOCUS ON [...] (U) Summary: INL-provided SEED funded training conducted by the Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Assistance Training Program (OPDAT) and the International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) continue to play a critical role in our rule of law agenda here in Bosn [...] | 2009-07-10 15:09:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO87 | BOSNIA - STATE PROSECUTOR MOVES CLOSER TO OPENING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Prosecutor's Office is close to completing its review of the Republika Srpska (RS) government documents provided to it as part of its preliminary investigation into alleged corruption associated with RS Government Building contracts. Based on their preliminary conclusio [...] | 2009-01-21 16:05:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS BK |
09SARAJEVO894 | BOSNIA: PARLIAMENT VOTES TO DISMISS SDA SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: On July 22, the BiH House of Representatives, acting on a request from the Party of Democratic Action (SDA) Presidency, voted to dismiss SDA Minister of Security Tarik Sadovic. This vote ends two months of speculation about Sadovic's removal and a public fight between SDA Presiden [...] | 2009-07-24 13:56:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KJUS KCRM BK |
09SARAJEVO922 | BOSNIA - EXTENDING THE PRESENCE OF INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY. We are reaching a critical point in our and the international community's efforts to extend the presence of the international judges and prosecutors working at the State Court and the State Prosecutor's Office. The Coun [...] | 2009-07-29 14:34:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ASEC BK |
09SARAJEVO946 | BOSNIA - HIGH-PROFILE PRISONER DISAPPEARS [...] (C) Bosnia is abuzz about the disappearance of Karray Kemal bin Ali who failed to return to a high security prison in Zenica after being granted leave to visit his family. Bin Ali (AKA Abu Hamza though not the "Abu Hamza" cited in our terrorism report) is a Tunisian national with possible li [...] | 2009-08-03 10:04:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KCRM KJUS AEMR APCS BK |
09SARAJEVO954 | BOSNIA: FY09 INL-MANAGED SEED-FUNDED LAW [...] (U) The U.S. Government's core strategic objective in Bosnia-Herzegovina (BiH) is to lock the country into a self-sustaining path towards Euro-Atlantic integration. A BiH inside NATO and the EU is the best guarantee that the country's future will be stable, democratic and prosperous. Strong l [...] | 2009-08-04 14:35:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC SNAR KCRM KJUS SOCI BK |
09SARAJEVO955 | BOSNIA: FY09 INL-MANAGED SEED-FUNDED LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-04 14:39:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC SNAR KCRM KJUS SOCI BK |
09SARAJEVO971 | BOSNIA - INL-FUNDED PROGRAM UPDATE: ENGAGING IN [...] (U) Summary: The International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) and the Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Assistance Training Program (OPDAT) engage Bosnian interlocutors in discussions about needed reforms in law enforcement and the judiciary to advance our [...] | 2009-08-10 12:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
09SECTIO01OF03BRUSSELS1363 | SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER SEMINAR ON UN TARGETED [...] (C//NF) Summary: In preparation for the Belgian-hosted UN Targeted Sanctions Seminar of Like-Minded Countries, post provides the following information on Belgian attitudes toward reform of 1267 sanctions and other counterterrorism (CT) issues. This is in part based on Treasury Assistant Secr [...] | 2009-10-09 15:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER KTFN ETTC PGOV EFIN PREL PINR KJUS PHUM |
09SEOUL1712 | NO ROK DECISION YET ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 08:40:00 | Embassy Seoul | UNCLASSIFIED | KS KN AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09SEOUL1988 | AMBASSADOR RAISES HAGUE CONVENTION ON CHILD [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 16, Ambassador Stephens and Consul General Cynthia Sharpe met with Minister of Justice Lee Gwi-nam to press for Korea to accede to the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Parental Child Abduction and to continue to fight human trafficking in Korea an [...] | 2009-12-22 07:22:00 | Embassy Seoul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI PHUM KOCI CASC KTIP KJUS KS |
09SHANGHAI151 | (C) SHANGHAI LAWYER SUING FOR ECONOMIC STIMULUS [...] (C) Summary. Shanghai-based lawyer Yan Yiming on March 20 described his requests for increased government transparency on the RMB 4 trillion stimulus package announced last fall. Yan is pushing the Central Government to allow National People's Congress (NPC) delegates more time to deliberate [...] | 2009-04-03 04:09:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | CH EFIN KJUS PGOV PINR ECON |
09SHANGHAI154 | EAST CHINA VIEWS ON THE OPEN GOVERNMENT INFORMATION ACT [...] (SBU) As the implementation of the Central Government's Open Government Information (OGI) Regulation approaches its first anniversary on May 1, officials in East China are handling a deluge of public requests for information, as well as subsequent administrative litigation lawsuits against gove [...] | 2009-04-07 01:00:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI KJUS CH |
09SHANGHAI174 | (C) SHANGHAI LAWYER BEATEN SEVERELY BY "MYSTERIOUS PERSONS" [...] (C) Summary: Yan Yiming, the nationally known lawyer who used the new Open Government Information Regulation to challenge the transparency of the Central Government's economic stimulus package earlier this year, was hospitalized in Shanghai after being severely beaten by "mysterious persons" o [...] | 2009-04-16 08:42:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EFIN ECON PINR KJUS CH |
09SHANGHAI90 | ECONOMIC ISSUES DOMINATE JIANGSU COURT, PROCURATORATE [...] (SBU) Supporting government efforts to maintain economic growth figures prominently among the tasks facing the Jiangsu Provincial High Court and Procuratorate. Contract disputes make up the largest portion of new cases before the Jiangsu High Court, according to the court's president. Neverth [...] | 2009-02-23 02:37:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN KJUS KPAO SENV SOCI CH |
09SKOPJE418 | MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-26 13:42:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL AORC KPER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA |
09SKOPJE515 | MACEDONIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 13:21:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09SKOPJE87 | MACEDONIA: DEMARCHE ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 15:54:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09SOFIA214 | BULGARIA: REVISED 2008 INL END USE REPORT [...] The following is Embassy Sofia's revised 2008 End Use Monitoring Report, keyed to items listed in Reftel B. A. Inventory Management End Use Monitoring Report Coordinator: Joslyn Mack-Wilson, Political Officer, 359 2 937 5276, mack-wilsonjg@tstate.gov. B. Inventory System: Post mainta [...] | 2009-05-11 09:36:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN KCRM KJUS BU |
09SOFIA283 | BULGARIA WILL CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR THE UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 14:36:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09SOFIA632 | BULGARIA WILL VOTE FOR AMCIT AT UNGA ICSC ELECTION [...] (C) Per reftel instructions, we delivered demarche talking points to Anna Ruski, State Expert at UN and Global Affairs Directorate on October 27. Ruski commented that Bulgaria was in the process of reaching agreements with two of the candidate countries, in order to ensure mutual support for c [...] | 2009-11-05 14:52:00 | Embassy Sofia | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09SOFIA66 | BULGARIA: 2008 INL END USE REPORT [...] PC model Pentium II (2) with 17-inch HP monitor (1) and 17-inch Sony monitor model HMD-A220 (1) 2. HP Copier/scanner/fax/printer (1) Computer Equipment at the NFI ----------------------------- The equipment was donated to the Institute in 2000 and is in use beyond is anticipated usef [...] | 2009-02-13 14:17:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN KCRM KJUS BU |
09SOFIA665 | BULGARIA: NEW EDUCATION MINISTER APPOINTED [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Boiko Borissov appointed Sergey Ignatov as Minister of Education, Youth and Science on November 17 after the previous minister, Yordanka Fandakova, was elected mayor of Sofia. Contacts tell us he learned of his appointment minutes prior to the Prime Minister's announceme [...] | 2009-11-23 12:30:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN ECON KIPR KJUS BU |
09SOFIA91 | BULGARIA TO SUPPORT AMCIT CANDIDATE TO UN APPEALS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 17:05:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS PREL UNGA |
09STATE105413 | IRAQ: ADDRESSING AMERICAN VICTIMS' CLAIMS [...] (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph eight. 2. (C) Summary: On July 16 -17, 2009 PM Maliki,s top legal and political advisers and representatives from State Justice, DOD and Treasury reached preliminary agreement on a draft state-to-state claims settlement text for resolvin [...] | 2009-10-09 12:12:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PREL PHUM KJUS PGOV PINS IZ |
09STATE111706 | APPROVAL FOR RULE OF LAW STABILIZATION PROGRAM [...] (U) Washington has reviewed the US Government Rule of Law Strategy for Afghanistan and the revised Rule of Law Stabilization (RLS) Program, and agrees with Ambassador Eikenberry's message (REFTEL) highlighting the need to move forward with a program that begins to address one of Afghanistan's [...] | 2009-10-29 16:01:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KJUS PGOV PHUM AF |
09STATE11293 | POSSIBLE FTO DESIGNATION FOR ASA'IB ALG AL HAQ [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 8 and 9. SUMMARY 2. (S/NF) The Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT) is examining the possibility of recommending that the Secretary designate two Iraq-based organizations, Asa'ib Ahl Al-Haq (AAH) and Kata'ib Hizballah (KH),as [...] | 2009-02-06 22:35:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS |
09STATE11819 | KEEPING SULTAN HASHEM IN U.S. CUSTODY [...] (U) This cable provides guidance in response to the Action Request in reftel. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy sought Department guidance (reftel) on any grounds, consistent with U.S. legal obligations, to delay or withhold transfer of physical custody of Sultan Hashem to the GOI after Janua [...] | 2009-02-09 20:40:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | IZ KJUS PGOV PHUM PINS |
09STATE124688 | SCSL FUNDRAISING [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 2. 2. (SBU) ACTION REQUEST: Department requests that USUN send letters of appeal for voluntary contributions to support financially the Special Court for Sierra Leone to the following Diplomatic Missions to the United Nations: Spain, France, Swi [...] | 2009-12-05 01:00:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KAWC UN SL NL |
09STATE127191 | FOR RELEASE: Dip Note on Access to Colombian Extraditees [...] (SBU) Washington requests Embassy Bogota deliver the below diplomatic note, at para 3, to an appropriate level of the Foreign Ministry. Please encourage the MFA to share the diplomatic note with relevant parts of the GOC and other governmental branches, sub-divisions and levels, as well as ind [...] | 2009-12-11 19:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KJUS SNAR CO |
09STATE127628 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (BELGRADE 1412) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the Session 74 at the ILEA Training Academy in Budapest, Hungary from January 11, 2009 to March 4, 2009. 2. (U) The Department of State has vetted the individuals [...] | 2009-12-14 17:31:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS PHUM SNAR SR |
09STATE129513 | IRAQI CHIEF JUSTICE MEDHAT VISITS U.S., SEEKS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Since 2003, Iraqi Chief Justice Medhat Al- Mahmoud has been working closely with the U.S. Mission to Iraq to strengthen the Iraqi judiciary and the culture of the rule of law in Iraq. With the aim of expanding his understanding of judicial best practices, earlier this fall Chie [...] | 2009-12-18 18:53:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KCRM KDEM KJUS PGOV SNAR |
09STATE17748 | INVITATION TO IRAQI DELEGATION TO ADDRESS U.S. [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. (S) Embassy Baghdad delivered a demarche (reftel State 8721) on February 3 to the Government of Iraq (GOI) which urged action on the part of the GOI to address outstanding claims against it, including particularly claims of A [...] | 2009-02-25 23:00:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | IZ KJUS PGOV PHUM PINS |
09STATE26710 | (U) KUDOS FOR BIO REPORTING ON MOTLANTHE'S NEW [...] (C/NF) WASHINGTON ANALYSTS WOULD LIKE TO THANK POST FOR ITS BIO REPORTING ON NEW SOUTH AFRICAN CABINET MEMBERS (08 PRETORIA 2477). THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF POLICYMAKER INTEREST, IN PARTICULAR, IN THE SUBJECTS OF PARAGRAPHS 2, 4, AND 8 OF THIS DOCUMENT, AND THIS INFORMATION WILL HELP ANALYST [...] | 2009-03-19 21:38:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINR KDEM KJUS PGOV SF |
09STATE29154 | GUIDANCE TO USUN ON KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: The UN's Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) and the Cambodian government have significantly different interpretations of the February 23 Joint Statement outlining the structure of an anti-corruption mechanism in the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT). UN/OLA has solicited U. [...] | 2009-03-26 15:35:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KJUS KTIA PGOV PREL UN CB |
09STATE34659 | DEMARCHE: COUNTER-PIRACY COOPERATION [...] This is an action request. Please see paragraphs 2 and 3. ---------- OBJECTIVES ---------- 2. Department requests Post expand discussion with the Government of Mauritius (GOM) on deepening cooperation with the United States to counter piracy in the Gulf of Aden and off the coast of Somal [...] | 2009-04-08 23:23:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | EWWT MOPS PHSA PREL KJUS XW MP |
09STATE38656 | GOI INTENTIONS AND PLANS TO NEGOTIATE A [...] (U) This is an action cable for Embassy Baghdad requesting delivery by hand of the letter included below to Dr. Fadel Jawad Khadum, Legal Adviser to the Prime Minister. Embassy Baghdad is asked to confirm delivery of the letter, report on Dr. Fadel's response and follow-up to confirm specific [...] | 2009-04-18 13:44:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN IZ KJUS OVIP PGOV PHUM PINS PREL |
09STATE5482 | INAUGURAL U.S.-IRAQ HIGHER COORDINATING COMMITTEE [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 13, Secretary Rice chaired the inaugural Higher Coordinating Committee meeting, officially launching the implementation process called for in the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) between the United States and Iraq. The Secretary affirmed the U.S. commitment to the [...] | 2009-01-21 20:49:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS KJUS IZ |
09STATE61202 | CONTINUING URGENT NEED FOR AMERICAN VICTIMS [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph nine. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court's recent decision upholding the restoration of Iraq's immunity in cases brought by American victims of the Saddam Hussein regime reinforces the need to move forward on government-to-government [...] | 2009-06-12 23:00:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KJUS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL EFIN |
09STATE90222 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (PODGORICA 189) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to participate in a five-day course, to be held August 24-28, 2009 at the Muriqan/Sukobine Joint Border Crossing Point between Montenegro and Albania. 2. (U) The Department o [...] | 2009-08-28 21:08:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PHUM PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS MW |
09STATE93360 | SCSL PROSECUTOR NOMINATION [...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) In a letter dated August 14, 2009, UN Assistant Secretary-General Peter Taksoe-Jensen requested nominations of candidates to fill the vacancy of the Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone caused by the resignation of the curr [...] | 2009-09-09 02:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KAWC UN SL NL |
09STATE94917 | JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR DEA SPONSORED [...] (SBU) In response to reftels Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of info [...] | 2009-09-11 22:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL SNAR JO CY |
09STOCKHOLM139 | DEMARCHE DELIVERD: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 16:03:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS AORC APER PREL UNGA SW |
09STOCKHOLM408 | Swedes Propose Seminar to Break HLCG Redress Roadblock [...] (SBU) Summary. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) Mary Ellen Callahan met with her counterparts at the Swedish Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to discuss how to make progress on the final issue relating to the High Level Contact Group's agreement on the principles for [...] | 2009-07-08 05:55:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS EUN PGOV PREL KCRM SW |
09STOCKHOLM488 | SWEDEN HOSTS INFORMAL EU JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS [...] Summary: On July 15-17, Sweden hosted an informal EU Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) ministerial outside of Stockholm. The ministerial devoted its discussions to the future "Stockholm Program", a five year program on continued cooperation within the JHA area. The Ministers met in different se [...] | 2009-08-04 13:45:00 | Embassy Stockholm | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PREF PREL EUN SW |
09TAIPEI1043 | BROAD PUBLIC, OPPOSITION SUPPORT FOR U.S.-TAIWAN [...] (SBU) Summary. Officials, academics and other AIT contacts associated with the ruling KMT party, as well as Taiwan's opposition, voice support for an extradition agreement with the United States. Media and public opinion polling also suggests that pursuing an agreement will be relatively non- [...] | 2009-08-28 04:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRIM TW |
09TAIPEI1109 | LIFE SENTENCES FOR FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN, FIRST [...] (SBU) Summary. The Taipei District Court on September 11 convicted former President Chen Shui-bian and his wife Wu Shu-jen on multiple corruption charges including embezzlement, money laundering, and bribery. The presiding judge handed down life sentences for both and $16 million in fines. [...] | 2009-09-11 10:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL TW CH |
09TAIPEI1141 | TAINAN COURT ACQUITS KEY DPP PLAYER [...] (SBU) Summary. Tainan Mayor Hsu Tian-tsai, the opposition politician most vocal in demanding a fair trial for former President Chen Shui-bian, was himself recently acquitted of corruption charges. The Tainan District Court last month ruled in favor of Hsu in a corruption case related to a local [...] | 2009-09-21 02:25:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL TW CH |
09TAIPEI1153 | FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN'S TRIAL A BAROMETER OF [...] (SBU) Summary: The trial of former President Chen Shui-bian (reftels) demonstrated that no one is above the law in Taiwan, even as it also revealed shortcomings in Taiwan's relatively young judicial system, according to the U.S.-Asia Law Institute's Jerome Cohen. Although Taiwan's judicial sy [...] | 2009-09-23 05:15:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL PHUM CH TW |
09TAIPEI1185 | JUSTICE MINISTER LAYS OUT THREE PRIORITIES FOR [...] (C) Summary: In her introductory meeting with Director Stanton on September 30, Minister of Justice Wang Ching-feng laid out three priorities on which she hoped Taiwan and the U.S. could strengthen cooperation. She urged progress toward a U.S.-Taiwan extradition agreement, an issue she said en [...] | 2009-10-01 07:40:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM PHUM TW CH |
09TAIPEI1190 | FORMER VP ANNETTE LU CALLS FOR CAUTIOUS TIES WITH [...] (C) Summary: During an October 1 introductory meeting with the Director, former Vice President Annette Lu said Taiwan should engage China but do so cautiously and on clear terms. She added that any important agreements President Ma Ying-jeou reached with Beijing should be subject to legisla [...] | 2009-10-02 08:08:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS KCRM TW CH |
09TAIPEI1258 | OPPOSITION POLITICIANS ENDORSE U.S. EXTRADITION [...] (C) Summary: The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) wholeheartedly supported an extradition agreement with the United States, senior figures from Taiwan's major opposition party told Director Stanton during an October 21 dinner meeting. The politicians also expressed concern that President M [...] | 2009-10-23 08:58:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM KJUS CH TW |
09TAIPEI1324 | NEXT STEPS FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS ON TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: Engaging Taiwan labor authorities remains a key goal for local U.S. counter-trafficking efforts. Recent high-profile anti-trafficking events, including G/TIP Ambassador Luis CdeBaca's October 23 DVC on labor trafficking, AIT Deputy Director's October 26 speech calling for increas [...] | 2009-11-09 08:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KCRM PGOV PREL TW CH |
09TAIPEI1422 | AIT DIRECTOR AND INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSS LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: In a December 3 introductory meeting with the Director, Interior Minister Jiang Yi-huah reaffirmed Taiwan's commitment to continued close cooperation with the United States on border security and anti-human trafficking issues. Jiang also said he hoped for progress on entering the [...] | 2009-12-03 09:18:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL TW CH |
09TAIPEI276 | VFM HSIA ON CROSS-STRAIT TIES, FTA, VWP, [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan appreciates U.S. support, including Secretary Clinton's comments concerning its defense needs, Vice Foreign Minister Hsia told the Director during a March 11 meeting. Hsia expressed optimism about the prospects for obtaining WHA observer status, but admitted that he was not [...] | 2009-03-12 10:27:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PREL KJUS WHO TW CH |
09TAIPEI570 | TAIWAN HOPES CROSS-STRAIT LEGAL COOPERATION [...] (C) Summary: The Cross-Strait Joint Crime-Fighting and Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement (cross-Strait MLAA) signed in Nanjing on April 26 (See ref B for text of agreement),is intended to expand and regularize the judicial cooperation already enjoyed on a case-by-case basis under the 1990 Kinm [...] | 2009-05-12 09:51:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRIM KJUS PGOV CH TW |
09TAIPEI610 | TAIWAN RATIFIES TWO UN HUMAN RIGHTS COVENANTS [...] (C) Summary: President Ma Ying-jeou on May 14 signed the instruments of ratification for the U.N. International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Local human rights advocates hailed the passage as a [...] | 2009-05-20 08:56:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KCRM TW CH |
09TAIPEI623 | TAIWAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM: RELIABLE BUT ROOM FOR [...] (C) Summary: Taiwan's judicial system is fundamentally reliable and independent, say legal scholars, practitioners, and officials, but there is room for reform - as evidenced by the controversy surrounding the prosecutions of former president Chen Shui-bian and other Democratic Progressive Par [...] | 2009-05-22 10:46:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRIM PREL TW CH |
09TAIPEI651 | TAIWAN INTEREST IN EXTRADITION PACT REFLECTS [...] (C) Summary: During his May 27 Los Angeles transit, Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou reiterated that signing an extradition agreement is a top priority for Taiwan's relations with the United States. Already, popular dissatisfaction with U.S. inability to return Taiwan fugitives is putting at risk [...] | 2009-06-03 09:59:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM KJUS PGOV CVIS KFRD TW CH |
09TAIPEI847 | COURT SLAPS FORMER PRESIDENT CHEN WITH TWO MORE [...] (C) Summary. The Taipei District Court ruled on July 13 to extend former President Chen Shui-bian's detention period by two additional months. This marks the third time that the Court has extended Chen's detention. Chen, who was previously scheduled to be released on July 25, now is slated [...] | 2009-07-14 08:55:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV TW PREL KJUS |
09TAIPEI964 | RECOMMENDATION FOR FOREIGN POLICY REFUSAL OF VISA [...] (C) Summary. AIT recommends that the visa application for Chen You-hao (among the ten "Most Wanted" criminal fugitives in Taiwan) be denied on the basis of foreign policy considerations. Visa issuance would seriously undermine U.S. law enforcement cooperation with Taiwan and, further, could a [...] | 2009-08-11 09:22:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS KFRD KJUS PREL TW CH |
09TASHKENT1037 | Uzbekistan Pledges Support for U.S. ICSC Candidate [...] (SBU) On June 19, Bakhrom Babayev of the UN and International Organizations Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Poloff that Uzbekistan will support U.S. candidate Lucretia Myers for the UN International Civil Service Commission. He indicated that MFA had sent a diplomatic not [...] | 2009-06-22 06:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA PREL PGOV UZ |
09TASHKENT1423 | Uzbekistan: Tashkent Tidbits August 5, 2009 [...] (C) On July 29, Center for Strategic and International Studies representatives Andy Kuchins and Tom Sanderson met with us to give us a read-out of their meetings with various Government of Uzbekistan officials. Across the board, GOU officials appeared very enthusiastic about improving relation [...] | 2009-08-05 11:30:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC MOPS ECON PBTS PINR KJUS UZ |
09TASHKENT1958 | UZBEKISTAN: DRAFT 2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) SUMMARY: Uzbekistan is a geographically strategic crossroads between South Asia and Europe. It is primarily a transit country for opiates originating in Afghanistan, with an estimated 95 tons of Afghan opiates passing through Central Asia each year. Well-established trade routes fac [...] | 2009-11-03 14:23:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL UZ |
09TASHKENT228 | Passage of Request For Uzbek Support to Judge Painter [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 12:35:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA UZ |
09TBILISI1972 | GEORGIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 13:41:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA GG |
09TBILISI375 | GEORGIA: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING AMCIT [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-25 10:33:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09TEGUCIGALPA100 | CHILEAN PRESIDENT BACHELET VISITS HONDURAS [...] (U) Amid substantial fanfare, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet made a mostly-commercial visit to Honduras designed to expand ties and cooperation between the two countries. She was accompanied by Chilean businesspeople, members of the Chilean Parliament, cultural figures, FM Alejandro Foxley [...] | 2009-02-17 14:27:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EFIN EAID KCRM KJUS PGOV HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA101 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NEWLY ELECTED CHIEF [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on newly-elected Supreme Court Chief Justice Jorge Rivera Aviles on February 11. Rivera discussed his priority goals of reducing case backlogs and increasing the efficiency of oral case procedures. The Ambassador and Rivera agreed that organized crime and drug t [...] | 2009-02-17 14:32:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOVE KCRM EFIN EAID EINV HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA1090 | Merida 2.0 in Honduras [...] The following is Mission Honduras' input for the revised Merida Initiative strategy. ------------------------------------ I. Security Environment - Assessment ------------------------------------ 2. Citizen security has become an increasing problem for Honduras over the past decade, a [...] | 2009-10-29 15:03:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL PGOV PHUM EAID MASS MARR KJUS HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA1114 | TFHO1 Gangs Wage War While Police Distracted By Street [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since a June 18 prison escape by leaders of a Honduras transnational gang, a street war has killed at least 42 people, including four police and nine civilian women and children, most in broad daylight. The 18th Street and Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gangs are exploiting the curr [...] | 2009-11-06 17:25:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR SMIG PINS PINR SOCI PGOV CVIS HO KCRM KJUS |
09TEGUCIGALPA1269 | HONDURAS: November 2009 INL Monthly Report [...] Summary. With the Ambassador's approval, Regional Corrections Advisor has resumed working-level contact with Honduran prisons officials and is advising the architect/project manager of the maximum security building project. Post followed up on the interim report of an at-risk youth program gra [...] | 2009-12-08 23:42:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA1317 | HONDURAS: 2009 COUNTRY REPORT ON TERRORISM [...] On June 28, President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya was removed from office in a coup d'etat. The de facto government that took power was not recognized by the U.S. or any other country, and Honduras was suspended from the Organization of American States. Honduras's resulting international isolati [...] | 2009-12-21 23:03:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC KCRM KJUS EFIN SNAR PREL HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA1329 | HONDURAS: December 2009 INL Monthly Report [...] Summary: Regional Corrections Advisor visited the correctional training facility in Xalapa, Mexico and attended the Third International Graduating Class in New Mexico Correction Department's Training Academy located in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Frontier Police captured six members of a dangerous [...] | 2009-12-29 14:49:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA176 | Mission Honduras Merida Priorities for FY 2009-10 [...] Summary: As Merida budgets are laid out for FY 2009 and FY 2010, Post seeks a shift away from a focus on expensive, high-tech equipment toward support that host governments with limited resources, such as the GOH, can sustain beyond the Merida mandate, rather than burdening them with recurring [...] | 2009-03-16 14:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR PGOV KJUS EAID MOPS MARR HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA2 | ZELAYA EXECUTIVE DECREE FOR 1980S HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya announced the formation of a National Program of Reparations on December 10, the 60th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights. The program will compensate victims and the family members of victims who were the victims of human rights violations in the p [...] | 2009-01-06 12:36:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM KJUS SOCI PGOV HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA214 | NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL WANTS RESULTS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a courtesy call on newly-installed Attorney General Luis Rubi and Assistant Attorney General Roy Urtecho, Rubi stressed to the Ambassador and Country Team members that the fight against drug trafficking, money laundering and organized crime was his biggest challenge and prio [...] | 2009-03-27 19:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS SNAR SOCI PGOV HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA215 | (C) PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT PLEDGES TO WORK [...] (C) Summary: President of the Supreme Court Jorge Alberto Rivera Aviles expressed his concern to the Ambassador that President Manual "Mel" Zelaya's attempts to push for a poll for a constituent assembly (reftel) could be an attempt to remain in power beyond his mandate. Rivera said he would [...] | 2009-03-27 19:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS SOCI HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA249 | Drug confiscations in Honduras for 2009 already exceed 2008 [...] (SBU) Summary: During the first quarter of 2009 USG-supported joint Honduran antinarcotics forces have confiscated more drugs and vehicles than in all of calendar year 2008. Many of the cases have garnered broad press attention, and have sparked increased discussion of the trafficking issue in [...] | 2009-04-06 11:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS EAID MOPS MARR HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA250 | HONDURAS: March 2009 INL Monthly Report [...] The following summarizes Post's INL-supported activities in March 2009. 2. Donations: Four hard drives and cartridges were donated to the Polygraph Unit to increase their memory capacity to store polygraph sessions. Two air conditioners were donated to the San Pedro Sula Prison, one for t [...] | 2009-04-06 11:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA263 | HONDUTEL BRIBERY CHARGES ELICIT CONSPIRACY THEORY [...] (C) Summary: President Manuel Zelaya has dispatched a high-level legal team to Miami to explore filing a libel suit against former State Department official Otto Reich for alleging that a Justice Department Foreign Corrupt Practices investigation into bribery at Honduran state telecom company [...] | 2009-04-13 22:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS ECPS PGOV HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA273 | ZELAYA SOFTENS RHETORIC ON HONDUTEL SCANDAL [...] (C) President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya's rhetoric on the Hondutel scandal, following the indictment of Latin Node, Inc. in Miami, has cooled from his initial claims that the U.S. prosecution of Latin Node, Inc. was part of a CIA conspiracy to get him (reftel). The Ambassador talked with President [...] | 2009-04-17 17:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS ECPS PGOV HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA29 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT SUPPORTS SUPREME COURT [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador paid a courtesy call on the Nominating Committee for the next Supreme Court on January 13 - the day that they completed the public hearings of the nominees. The Committee explained the process they were pursuing (ref A). The Committee noted that all excluded nomine [...] | 2009-01-15 17:14:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV EFIN HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA327 | HONDURAS: April 2009 INL Monthly Report [...] The following summarizes Post's INL-supported activities in April 2009. ------------------------- 2. Trafficking in Persons ------------------------- - POL NAS staff and the Military Information Support Team (MIST) met with Strategic Planning and Coordination Director from the Ministry [...] | 2009-05-07 17:57:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA33 | HONDURAN JUSTICE: A NEW SUPREME COURT, ATTORNEY [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador, accompanied by Poloff, met with Attorney General Leonidis Rosa Bautista and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Vilma Morales on January 12. The main topics discussed were the nominating process for the new magistrates of the Supreme Court of Justice (CSJ as it is know [...] | 2009-01-16 17:44:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PGOV SNAR HO PHUM KJUS SOCI |
09TEGUCIGALPA353 | Mission Integrated Strategy to Fight Crime and Illicit [...] Summary and Background: The Mosquitia is a huge swath of territory accounting for nearly 20 percent of Honduras' land mass on the eastern border with Nicaragua. The area is swampy, undeveloped, difficult to access and virtually uninhabited (only 60,000 people),which over the centuries has mad [...] | 2009-05-15 00:11:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR PREL SOCI KCRM KJUS EAID MOPS MARR HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA461 | HONDURAS: May2009 INL Monthly Report [...] The following summarizes Post's INL-supported activities in May 2009. ----------------------------- Police/Prosecutor Training ----------------------------- 2. Post sent seven police officers and three customs agents from the Honduran Internal Revenue Office (DEI) to the ILEA course: Bo [...] | 2009-06-15 18:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA50 | HONDURAS: GOH-Embassy Task Force Launched To Oversee Merida [...] Summary: The Ambassador hosted the inaugural meeting of the Bilateral Merida Task Force at his residence on January 21. The meeting was an opportunity for the U.S. and Honduran inter-agency teams to meet, identify their roles and discuss both the context of the Merida effort and set common goa [...] | 2009-01-23 10:45:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PHUM KJUS EAID MOPS HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA516 | GUIDANCE REQUEST: DEALING WITH MICHLETTI REGIME IN [...] (C) Summary: Per reftels, President of the Congress Roberto Micheletti was sworn in yesterday at 14:15 local as President of Honduras. By 17:00, the Embassy had already been invited to the Congress to a celebration of the new Administration. The Embassy refused the invitation and immediately [...] | 2009-06-30 01:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS EFIN SNAR ECON EAID MARR PBTS |
09TEGUCIGALPA527 | Honduran Coup Timeline [...] Summary: The following is the Embassy's timeline of political and legal events leading up to the June 28, 2009 coup. We believe that the military and the Congress conspired in the coup. There were also decisions that impacted on Zelaya's legal situation. Nevertheless, while there is evidence [...] | 2009-07-02 20:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KJUS EAID PHUM MARR HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA54 | HONDURAS MERIDA LOA SIGNING IS BIG EVENT [...] Summary: Honduran Minister of Security COL Jorge Rodas Gamero and Ambassador Llorens signed the first Merida Letter of Agreement in the region on January 9 amidst more fanfare than previous LOAs have ever received. President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya participated in the event and made certain to shi [...] | 2009-01-23 20:56:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PHUM KJUS EAID MOPS HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA578 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICES THINK COUP WAS ILLEGAL [...] (C) Summary: A source on the Supreme Court staff said many justices think the removal of President Zelaya was unlawful. However, they rationalize it as necessary to avoid a bloodbath. The justices are uneasy with any suggestion that Zelaya receive amnesty. The source said a proposal being [...] | 2009-07-11 01:42:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | SECRET | PGOV KDEM KJUS HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA64 | HONDURAS CATCHES PLANE LADEN WITH COCAINE IN [...] (C) Summary. Honduran armed forces and law enforcement personnel captured a Venezuelan-registered airplane bearing over 1500 kilograms of suspected cocaine and two go-fast boats in a USG supported joint Honduran operation in the early hours of January 28. The operation demonstrated the abili [...] | 2009-01-29 20:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR MOPS PREL KJUS HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA645 | TFHO1: OPEN AND SHUT: THE CASE OF THE HONDURAN COUP [...] (C) Summary: Post has attempted to clarify some of the legal and constitutional issues surrounding the June 28 forced removal of President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya. The Embassy perspective is that there is no doubt that the military, Supreme Court and National Congress conspired on June 28 in wha [...] | 2009-07-24 00:23:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA67 | AFTERMATH OF THE ELECTION OF THE HONDURAN SUPREME [...] (C) Summary: The election of Honduras' Supreme Court was both an historic and galvanizing event for the country, with public pressure leading to the selection of the most independent court in Honduran history. Private threats by President Manual "Mel" Zelaya and his advisors were withstood b [...] | 2009-02-02 22:48:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA731 | TFH01: Drug Trafficking Activity Before and After the [...] (SBU) Summary: After a series of successful seizure operations in the first half of 2009, the political crisis in Honduras, triggered by the ouster of President Jose Manuel Zelaya on June 28, is already showing its effects by degrading the ability of the Honduran National Police to engage in co [...] | 2009-08-11 19:13:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS EAID MOPS MARR HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA87 | HONDURAN CONGRESS SELECTS NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary. The Honduran Congress elected Luis Alberto Rubi Avila and Roy David Urtecho Lopez as new Attorney General and deputy, respectively, on February 8 from candidates selected by a constitutionally-mandated proposing board. Following tradition, the two candidates each come from one o [...] | 2009-02-10 14:01:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KJUS HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA891 | TFH01: JUSTICE FOR MY ENEMIES: DE FACTO GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Since the June 28 forced removal of President Zelaya, the Public Ministry and the de facto regime have waged a concerted effort to discredit and intimidate Zelaya cabinet members and coup opponents through investigations of a string of alleged criminal activities. Formal investi [...] | 2009-09-04 20:33:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS PHUM HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA939 | TFH01: SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SAYS CONGRESS RATHER [...] (C) Summary. Supreme Court magistrate David Calix Vallecillo, who claims he was outside Honduras during the period shortly before and after the June 28 coup, told Poloffs that the Supreme Court has not issued any binding judicial decisions regarding the country's political crisis. Calix said [...] | 2009-09-18 22:51:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS HO |
09TEGUCIGALPA950 | PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES DRAFTED GUARANTEES FOR [...] (C) Summary. Presidential candidates Elvin Santos of the Liberal Party, Porfirio "Pepe" Lobo of the National Party, Felicito Avila of the Christian Democratic Party (DC),and Bernard Martinez of the Social Democratic Innovation and Unity Party (PINU),along with former Presidents Ricardo Madu [...] | 2009-09-22 23:41:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PHUM HO |
09TELAVIV1336 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CRITICAL UN ELECTION: U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-19 12:02:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09THEHAGUE138 | NETHERLANDS/UN: UNDECIDED ON APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 12:10:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA NL |
09THEHAGUE339 | NETHERLANDS/UN: UNDECIDED ON MYERS CANDIDACY FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 09:26:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA NL |
09THEHAGUE39 | NETHERLANDS: HR VETTING CENTCOM SOVEREIGN [...] The following individual has been selected to attend a CENTCOM Sovereign Challenge Training Conference 16-19 March 2009. Consistent with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, there is no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by this individual. NAME - Colonel Hans Van der [...] | 2009-01-16 15:32:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR KJUS ASEC NL |
09THEHAGUE636 | NETHERLANDS: URGENT REQUEST FOR SUPPORT IN EU'S [...] (U) URGENT ACTION REQUEST: This is a joint message from AmEmbassy The Hague and USEU. The Dutch are approaching an October 27 deadline and request USG assistance if possible. Please see paragraphs 7-9. END ACTION REQUEST. 2. (S//NF) SUMMARY: On the margins of the October 15-16 Belgiu [...] | 2009-10-23 13:11:00 | Embassy The Hague | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS EUN NL |
09THEHAGUE651 | NETHERLANDS: SUPPORTING MYERS FOR UN ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 13:23:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA NL |
09TIRANA112 | LIST OF INDICTED IN GERDEC SCANDAL GROWS TO 37 [...] (C) Prosecution has provided Post with the list of those it has indicted or is in the process of indicting in relation to the Gerdec tragedy (ref). Since some of the individuals on the list have not been notified yet, prosecution has asked we keep this list confidential. ARRESTED IN MARCH 2 [...] | 2009-02-18 15:53:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM KJUS PGOV PARM ASEC |
09TIRANA114 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT EFFECTIVELY KILLS LUSTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 16 decision by the Constitutional Court to suspend the Lustration Law pending a full review by the Court and then to refer it to the Venice Commission for review effectively kills the Law and ensures that it will almost certainly never be implemented as drafted and p [...] | 2009-02-19 12:22:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KDEM PREL PGOV AL |
09TIRANA12 | Resurrecting the Communist Bogeyman [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Berisha announced on January 7 a draft bill for the establishment of an anti-communism institute that would study the crimes of communism and educate the younger generation about the evils of that system. He also announced the erection of a massive obelisk in honor of the [...] | 2009-01-09 11:01:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS AL |
09TIRANA151 | RULING PARTY SHOWS SACKED MINISTER NO MERCY [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Berisha on March 4 fired Minister of Culture, Youth, Sports and Tourism Ylli Pango less than one hour after a TV program broadcast video from a hidden camera showing Pango requesting sexual favors from a job applicant at Pango's Ministry. Pango's sacking marked a quick a [...] | 2009-03-06 12:50:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KDEM PREL PGOV AL |
09TIRANA18 | PRESIDENT TOPI LEANING AGAINST VETO OF LUSTRATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a January 12 meeting with Charge d'Affaires, President Topi signaled clearly that he will not veto the Lustration Law. Instead, he told Charge that he will almost certainly sit on the bill until the twenty-day review period expires on January 14, thereby passively allowin [...] | 2009-01-13 12:45:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM AL |
09TIRANA197 | GERDEC TRIAL DATE SET; BERISHA AND MEDIU FORM [...] (C) Summary. On March 25, the Albanian Supreme Court announced that the trial against former Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu will begin May 4. The day before, Mediu filed his own charges against Prosecutor General Ina Rama and lead investigator in the Gerdec case Sokol Stojani. Prime Minister [...] | 2009-04-01 13:36:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PARM KCOR KJUS KDEM AL |
09TIRANA244 | NEW REVELATIONS IN GERDEC SCANDAL AND DISMISSAL OF [...] (C) Summary. A string of revelations and decisions this past week have put the Prosecutor General Ina Rama on the defensive and have incited PM Berisha to step up his public rhetoric against Rama. First, media has brought attention to the fact that 15 of the 28 accused in the Gerdec scandal ar [...] | 2009-04-17 12:34:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR KJUS AL |
09TIRANA275 | SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS JONES' BILATERAL MEETINGS [...] (U) Note. This scenesetter deals with your bilateral meetings with Albanian officials while in Tirana and does not discuss your meetings with third-country foreign ministers or with the Adriatic Charter conference, which we understand will be handled by other posts and by EUR/SCE. End Note. [...] | 2009-05-05 05:21:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ECON MARR AL |
09TIRANA295 | GERDEC LEAKS CAUSE POLITICAL CIRCUS [...] (SBU) Summary. On May 11, the Supreme Court finally began hearing the Gerdec case against 27 defendants including former Defense Minister Fatmir Mediu and former Chief of Defense General Luan Hoxha. The court turned down the prosecution's request to remove three judges due to conflict of inter [...] | 2009-05-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR KJUS PREL PGOV MASS AL |
09TIRANA333 | DEMARCHE ON CRITICAL UN ELECTION: U.S. CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 15:34:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA |
09TIRANA35 | THE OUTLINES OF PM BERISHA'S ELECTION STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: With six months to go until the parliamentary elections, the rough outlines of Prime Minister Berisha's electoral strategy are becoming clearer. Berisha's election strategy seems, at least for now, to be focused on three pillars - anti-communism; vast government spending; and sh [...] | 2009-01-16 16:22:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM KCOR KJUS AL |
09TIRANA50 | Embassy Tirana Weekly Report [...] (U) An unusually high number of eyes were fixated on TV screens on Tuesday across Albania, expressing both emotion and anticipation as citizens from all walks of life tuned in to watch the inauguration of President Obama. Local stations all aired the ceremony live, and local bars and clubs wer [...] | 2009-01-26 06:23:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS AL |
09TIRANA698 | ALBANIA SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 15:02:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA |
09TIRANA717 | AMBASSADOR'S COMMENTS SPARK RUSH TO IMMUNITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 23 speech at a Tirana conference on the subject of integrity, Ambassador Withers voiced strong support for Prime Minister Berisha's September vow "to demolish the wall of immunity," a reference by Berisha to his long-standing pledge to revoke the broad immunity [...] | 2009-11-05 16:22:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KDEM PREL PGOV PHUM AL |
09TIRANA724 | MORE STRIFE IN ISLAMIC COMMUNITY [...] (C) Summary: The latest shakeup in the Albanian Islamic Community (AIC) has resulted in the removal of the AIC's deputy, in a decision that is widely-viewed as illegal and personal. The dismissal appears connected to the former deputy's criticism of the AIC Chairman, but some GOA officials a [...] | 2009-11-09 14:41:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM KCOR KIRF AL |
09TIRANA81 | FORMERPRESIDENTS PESSIMISTIC ON THE FUTURE UNDER [...] (C) Summary: uri(ng a February 3 lunch with Ambassador, formerPPresidents Alfred Moisiu and Rexhep Mehdani delivee d a very pessimistic view of Albania's politica future. Both warned strongly that Albania is headed in the wrong direction and declared that PM e risha will do "anything" to sta [...] | 2009-02-05 12:01:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS KDDEM AL |
09TIRANA87 | LUSTRATION LAW: DON'T COUNT ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite the growing number of NGOs, political parties and associations that have filed challenges to the Lustration Law with the Constitutional Court, Post is increasingly seeing strong anecdotal evidence that the Court will not overturn the Law - in part a result of repeated sta [...] | 2009-02-06 13:44:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KDEM PREL PGOV AL |
09TIRANA9 | PRESIDENT TOPI: IT'S LONELY AT THE TOP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although generally regarded as the most respected political figure in the country, President Topi occupies a precarious and lonely position as President of the Republic. Elected by the Parliament in 2007, Topi sees himself as a defender of the constitution and independent democr [...] | 2009-01-09 07:37:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PHUM AL |
09TIRANA96 | INDICTMENTS ISSUED IN GERDEC SCANDAL [...] (C) Summary. On February 11 the Prosecutor General issued at least eleven indictments in connection with the Gerdec tragedy, including against Former Defense Minister Mediu and Former Chief of Defense Luan Hoxha. The accused are charged with abuse of office and will not be detained pending th [...] | 2009-02-11 16:14:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PARM KCOR KCRM KJUS ASEC AL |
09TOKYO2412 | JAPAN: NEW ADMINISTRATION TO SPUR CHANGE IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC) Chairman Takeshima suggests that the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is more friendly to the JFTC and antitrust policy than the outgoing Liberal Democratic Party, but how such influence may manifest itself is not yet fully apparent. As an indep [...] | 2009-10-20 04:54:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON ETRD KJUS JA |
09TOKYO2564 | MOMENTUM GATHERS BEHIND JAPAN'S ABOLITION OF FAIR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Japan Business Federation's (Keidanren) recent advocacy in support of abolishing the Japan Fair Trade Commission's (JFTC) internal appeals process adds to momentum gathering behind antitrust policy reform under the new government of Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama. This call u [...] | 2009-11-06 08:46:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECIN ECON ETRD KJUS JA |
09TRIPOLI197 | LIBYA: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-03 10:10:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09TRIPOLI896 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION - [...] (SBU) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche to Mehdi al-Mjribi, Director of the International Organizations office at Libya's Ministry-equivalent of Foreign Affairs, on November 5. Mjribi said that his office had reviewed Ms. Myers' experience and qualifications and had no problem supporting [...] | 2009-11-09 07:48:00 | Embassy Tripoli | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA LY |
09TUNIS755 | TUNISIAN JUSTICE MINISTER WANTS INCREASED [...] (C) Tunisian Justice Minister Bechir Tekkari expressed interest in strengthening bilateral cooperation on judicial and law enforcement issues during the Ambassador's October 5 introductory call. A cordial tone prevailed in the meeting, even when it covered the contentious matter of assurances [...] | 2009-10-09 16:15:00 | Embassy Tunis | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS TS |
09TUNIS795 | DEMARCHE ON U.S. ICSC CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-28 10:57:00 | Embassy Tunis | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TS |
09USEUBRUSSELS1140 | THE MANY SIDES OF DATA PRIVACY: MANAGING RISING TENSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: European privacy and data protection concerns continue to jeopardize our commercial, law enforcement, intelligence and foreign policy objectives. Data privacy is an area of growing complexity and touches ever more U.S. interests, from the visa waiver program to e-commerce. We [...] | 2009-08-17 12:06:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT BEXP KJUS KTFN TINT PREL ETTC EUN |
09USEUBRUSSELS1283 | MEP ANGST OVER U.S.-EU TFTP/SWIFT DATA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 16, minority European Parliament (EP) parties (Greens and Communists) vehemently denounced U.S.-EU negotiations on an interim agreement to continue the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) once SWIFT, the Belgium-based global financial messaging company, relocat [...] | 2009-09-23 12:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN ETTC PREL EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS PINR KPAO |
09USEUBRUSSELS733 | EU RULE OF LAW MISSION IN IRAQ TO INCREASE [...] (C) Summary and Action Request: USEU political officers were briefed May 27 by Stephen White, who heads the EU's Rule of Law mission for Iraq (EU JUSTLEX). White described the training undertaken in Europe since 2005 and the decision to undertake several pilot training programs in Iraq as a [...] | 2009-05-27 15:43:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EUN IZ KJUS MARR MOPS PINS PREL |
09USUNNEWYORK1022 | INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On Thursday, October 29, President Owada of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) addressed the Security Council. (The President of the ICJ has addressed the Council annually since 2000.) Owada provided an overview of the work of the Court over the past year. All members [...] | 2009-11-12 20:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS UNSC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK1084 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI [...] Mission clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen J. Rapp, Deputy to the Ambassador-at-Large, Diane Orentlicher, Special Advisor Todd Anderson, and Special Assistant Heather Samuelson to attend the ICTY and ICTR President's and Prosecutor's briefings to the UN [...] | 2009-12-02 17:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KJUS UNSC AF |
09USUNNEWYORK110 | REPORTING TO SECURITY COUNCIL AFTER SPECIAL [...] (C) Summary: French and UK Mission legal officers, together with Legoff, met with Under Secretary-General Patricia O,Brien, Assistant Secretary-General Peter Taksoe-Jensen and other staff of the U.N. Office of Legal Affairs (OLA) on February 4 to discuss whether the Secretary-General will con [...] | 2009-02-10 16:24:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER UNSC PREL SY LE |
09USUNNEWYORK1106 | MEETING OF USUN LEGAL ADVISER WITH ICTR PRESIDENT [...] (U) SUMMMARY: On Friday, December 4, USUN Legal Adviser Mary McLeod (filling in for Ambassador DiCarlo) met with International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) President Byron. Byron addressed three issues: witness protection, ICTR fugitive Felicien Kabuga, and the deadline for 11bis [...] | 2009-12-08 22:53:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS UNSC XA RW |
09USUNNEWYORK112 | SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT PROSECUTOR UPDATES [...] (U) Summary. The Prosecutor for the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Stephen Rapp, provided the Management Committee with an update on the Charles Taylor case and other matters on February 4. End summary. 2. (U) On January 30, the Prosecution concluded the presentation of its evidence in th [...] | 2009-02-10 16:26:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS PGOV PREL SL NL |
09USUNNEWYORK1143 | UN SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION ON EXTENSION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-21 22:18:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS UNSC ICTY ICTR |
09USUNNEWYORK14 | SCSL JUDGE NOMINATION LETTER DELIVERED TO UN [...] Per reftel, on January 9, USUN delivered a letter from Ambassador Khalilzad to Under Secretary for Legal Affairs Patricia O'Brien nominating Justice Shireen Fisher for the vacant position on the Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone. USUN will keep the Department apprised as [...] | 2009-01-09 21:41:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS UN SL NL |
09USUNNEWYORK323 | MEETING WITH UN OFFICE OF LEGAL AFFAIRS ON KHMER [...] (SBU) On March 26, Legoffs met with U.N. Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Peter Taksoe-Jensen and U.N. Senior Officer Huw Llewellyn and delivered the points contained in Reftel. 2. (C) Taksoe-Jensen reported on the status of the negotiations on the anti-corruption mechanism fo [...] | 2009-03-27 18:23:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL PHUM CB |
09USUNNEWYORK44 | MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR [...] (U) Summary. The Management Committee of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) met on January 22 to discuss the transition from the United Nations International Independent Investigation Commission (IIIC) to the STL and to discuss other issues. End Summary. Preparations for the Transition [...] | 2009-01-23 23:06:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS UN LE |
09USUNNEWYORK519 | AMBASSADOR DICARLO MEETS WITH INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) (Begin summary) Ambassador Rosemary DiCarlo met on Monday, May 18 with International Criminal Court (ICC) President Sang-Hyun Song. They discussed African countries' views of the ICC in light of the indictment of Sudan President Bashir as well as President Song's strong interest in e [...] | 2009-05-19 21:11:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KAWC PREL SU XA XW |
09USUNNEWYORK552 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI [...] Mission clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Clint Williamson, Foreign Affairs Officer Brendan Doherty, and Foreign Service Officer Todd Anderson from June 4 - 5 with Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs, Peter Taksoe-Jensen and Croatian Prime Minister I [...] | 2009-06-02 19:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS OTRA UNSC XA AF EU |
09USUNNEWYORK699 | SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE PRESIDENT WINTER [...] (U) Summary. The President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Justice Renate Winter, and the Prosecutor of the Special Court, Stephen Rapp, briefed the Security Council on the latest developments at the Court on July 16. Members of the Security Council thanked them for their efforts, pra [...] | 2009-07-17 22:09:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS SC SL |
09USUNNEWYORK711 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETS WITH LIECHTENSTEIN PERMANENT [...] (U) Summary: Amb. Rice met with Liechtenstein Amb. Wenaweser on July 7 on ICC issues. They discussed the USG review of the ICC, possible future USG engagement with the ICC, the 2010 review conference, the recent AU decision not to comply with the arrest warrant for President Bashir of Sudan [...] | 2009-07-21 23:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS KAWC UNSC SU |
09USUNNEWYORK725 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI [...] Mission clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Clint Williamson and Foreign Affairs Officer, Shaun Coughlin on July 27 to hold meetings with UN officials regarding the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) and Sri Lankan issues. 2. POC is Le [...] | 2009-07-24 23:30:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL OTRA KJUS EAP UN |
09USUNNEWYORK726 | INSCRIPTION OF ADDITION ITEM IN AGENDA OF [...] (U) This is an action message. See para 3. 2. (U) The General Committee met today on a proposal by Tanzania to add an additional item in the agenda of the sixty-third session entitled &The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction.8 This represents a compromise [...] | 2009-07-28 00:55:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS KAWC UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK737 | SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE: SECURITY COUNCIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-31 00:36:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS SC SL |
09USUNNEWYORK758 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI [...] (SBU) Mission clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and Foreign Affairs Officer Shaun Coughlin on August 11 and 12. The purpose is to hold meetings with OLA Deputy Peter Taksoe-Jensen as well as NGOs including Open Society Justice Initiative an [...] | 2009-08-10 21:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KJUS EAP UN |
09USUNNEWYORK8 | ELECTIONS FOR NEW UN APPEALS AND DISPUTE TRIBUNALS [...] This is an action request. See paragraph 6. 2. Summary: On December 24, the General Assembly adopted a resolution (A/RES/63/253) establishing a new administration of justice system for the United Nations, adopting statutes that govern a new UN Dispute Tribunal (UNDT) and a new UN Appeals T [...] | 2009-01-06 17:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09USUNNEWYORK862 | USUN REITERATES REQUEST TO JOIN UK EFFORT TO [...] (SBU) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (SBU) On July 31 of this year, USUN recommended that the Department support the United Kingdom's effort to shift the establishment of the Special Court for Sierra Leone's residual mechanism to the UN Security Council and to [...] | 2009-09-29 23:29:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS UN SL |
09USUNNEWYORK95 | DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF US CANDIDATE TO SPECIAL [...] (U) On February 4, Deputy Permanent Representative Alejandro Wolff spoke to U.N. Under Secretary General Patricia O'Brien in support of the candidacy of Justice Shireen Fisher for the judicial vacancy in the Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, drawing from the points in Ref [...] | 2009-02-04 22:40:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KAWC KJUS NL PREL SL |
09USUNNEWYORK972 | UNGA: CONTINUED CALLS FOR RETURN OF ZELAYA AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: In plenary session on October 28, the UN General Assembly (UNGA) met to discuss the political situation in Central America. The plenary focused on the CICIG (the International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala),adopting a resolution, with U.S. co-sponsorship, commending [...] | 2009-11-01 18:17:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV UNGA KCRM KJUS KDEM GT HO |
09USUNNEWYORK981 | AMBASSADOR RICE MEETING WITH ICC PRESIDENT SONG [...] (SBU) (Begin summary) U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice met with the President of the International Criminal Court (ICC),Sang-Hyun Song on Thursday, October 29. Song hoped that the United States would participate in the ICC Review Process in Kampala in May of 2010, and raised concer [...] | 2009-11-03 00:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA KJUS |
09VATICAN47 | (C) VATICAN WILL APPEAL TO IRAN TO RELEASE SABERI [...] (C) Charge d'Affaires delivered reftel demarche to Monsignor Franco Coppola, Holy See director for the Middle East, on March 31. Coppola, who had not previously heard of the case, listened attentively. He asked several questions about the USG interest in the case, including whether the USG m [...] | 2009-03-31 14:26:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC KJUS PREL PHUM KIRF IR VT |
09VIENNA1421 | AUSTRIA SUPPORTS U.S. ICSC CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 14:26:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA AU |
09VIENNA241 | AUSTRIA INCLINED TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 16:18:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09VIENNA693 | AUSTRIA NONCOMITTAL ON CANDIDACY FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 10:10:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA AU |
09VIENTIANE263 | LAOS:WILL CONSIDER SUPPORTING U.S. CANDIDATE FOR [...] Per reftel request, on June 3 econoff met with the MFA's UN Division Director Viengsavanh Sipraseuth. Ms. Viengsavanh indicated that she would be in touch with the Lao UN mission to discuss the election and that the Government of Laos was interested in supporting its friends and partners. Al [...] | 2009-06-02 10:43:00 | Embassy Vientiane | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA LA |
09VILNIUS442 | LITHUANIA LIKELY TO SUPPORT AMCIT CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-08-21 07:13:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL LH |
09WARSAW1039 | PM TUSK RESHUFFLES CABINET IN WAKE OF CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an effort to "ensure public trust" in his government and in the ruling Civic Platform (PO),PM Tusk announced October 7 the resignations of Deputy PM / Interior Minister Grzegorz Schetyna, Justice Minister Andrzej Czuma, and Deputy Economy Minister Adam Szejnfeld. Tusk said he [...] | 2009-10-07 16:25:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KJUS PL |
09WARSAW1065 | PM TUSK PLACES SAFE BETS IN VACANT CABINET POSTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Tusk's appointees to replace cabinet ministers dismissed in the wake of Poland's "Gambling-gate" scandal (ref A) reflect a preference for continuity, stability, and expertise over big names or Civic Platform (PO) party insiders. On October 14, Tusk tapped Malopolska Governor [...] | 2009-10-19 06:55:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KJUS KCRM PTER PL |
09WARSAW1113 | GAMBLING SCANDAL SHOWS LIMITS OF GOP'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The recent "Gamble-gate" scandal reminded Poles that the Tusk Government has failed to make good on anti-corruption pledges, including a vow to create a "shield" against abuse of privatization and public tenders. Nor has the government passed promised laws to curb undue business [...] | 2009-11-03 09:56:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM PHUM PL |
09WARSAW1121 | POLAND: UNGA ICSC ELECTION DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-04 16:06:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PL |
09WARSAW210 | POLAND WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN APPEALS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-25 15:07:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09WARSAW261 | SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY NAPOLITANO'S MARCH 15 [...] (C) SUMMARY. Deputy Prime Minister/Interior Minister Minister Grzegorz Schetyna is interested in expanding cooperation with the new Obama administration. Your meeting with Schetyna is an opportunity to extend already strong U.S.-Polish security cooperation to other spheres, including countert [...] | 2009-03-11 10:23:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KJUS KCRM PL |
09WARSAW579 | POLAND SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-08 12:53:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PL |
09WARSAW710 | POLISH JUDICIARY BRACES FOR NEEDED REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary. Amid growing criticism of Poland's judicial system, Justice Minister Czuma has focused on the inefficiency of the EU's most expensive court system, on a per capita basis. Czuma has also sought to take on the perceived lack of integrity among Polish prosecutors and judges -- tho [...] | 2009-07-09 11:58:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PREL PINR PHUM KCRM PL |
09WARSAW76 | PM TUSK'S NEW SHERIFF - JUSTICE MINISTER ANDRZEJ [...] (C) SUMMARY: Unlike his bookish predecessor, Poland's new Justice Minister, Andrzej Czuma -- one of the fathers of Poland's early anti-Communist movements and a former U.S. resident (1986-2005) -- is expected to take on the Polish judiciary,s daunting challenges in a more visible, determined a [...] | 2009-01-23 15:41:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL PINR PL |
09WARSAW78 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON SEJM SPEAKER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a January 22 meeting, Sejm (lower house of parliament) Speaker Bronislaw Komorowski asked about the possible timing of an Administration decision on Missile Defense and expressed confidence that the U.S.-Polish relationship would continue to flourish. Komorowski expressed regr [...] | 2009-01-23 16:23:00 | Embassy Warsaw | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PL |
09WARSAW950 | SCENESETTER FOR JUSTICE SCALIA'S SEPTEMBER 23-25 [...] (SBU) Mr. Justice, Mission Poland warmly welcomes your September 23-25 visit to Warsaw. Your trip comes on the heels of ceremonies in Gdansk marking the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II -- one of many important commemorations this year, including the 20th anniversary of 1989 e [...] | 2009-09-15 14:27:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PL |
09WELLINGTON129 | NEW ZEALAND UNDECIDED ON CRITICAL UN ELECTION [...] Per reftel, Poloff delivered demarche to Mr. Tom Kennedy, Policy Officer, United Nation and Human Rights and Commonwealth Division (UNHC) in New Zealand's Ministry of Foreign Affaris and Trade (MFAT). Biographic information on Ms. Myers and background information were also delivered. 2. [...] | 2009-06-07 22:14:00 | Embassy Wellington | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09YAOUNDE396 | ENGAGEMENT IN CAMEROON: PULLING TEETH, CHASING TAILS [...] (C) Summary: Cameroon's governance problems--and the challenges they create for USG assistance--are illustrated in the painstaking process required to send Cameroonian officials on an all-expenses training program in the US. Cameroonian President Biya told the Ambassador he wanted the train [...] | 2009-05-04 08:57:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PREL PGOV EAID KCRM KJUS CM |
09YEREVAN145 | PRESIDENT INVITES EU ENVOY BACK FOR SENSITIVE TALKS [...] (C) Peter Semneby, the EU's Special Representative to the South Caucasus, provided the Ambassador a read-out of his conversations with President Sargsian and opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian. Semneby is trying to facilitate a dialogue between the president and the opposition that could [...] | 2009-02-27 11:54:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM AJ AM |
09YEREVAN2 | CARC DIRECTOR HEARS PESSIMISM ON DEMOCRACY, [...] (C) During his December 7-10 visit to Yerevan, EUR-CARC Director Baxter Hunt met with civil society leaders, members of parliament, heads of various think tanks, business leaders, senior officials, and representatives of the political opposition to discuss a wide range of domestic and foreign [...] | 2009-01-05 10:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM EAID ELAB ECON KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN202 | AMBASSADOR AIRS CONCERNS ON YEREVAN ELECTIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met March 16 with Garegin Azarian, Chairman of Armenia's Central Electoral Commission (CEC),to voice concerns about the upcoming Yerevan municipal elections. The Ambassador said that the questionable integrity of voter lists and the rumored removal of political p [...] | 2009-03-23 09:14:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN239 | AUTHORITIES DROP SOME CHARGES AGAINST LEADING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Revised Criminal Code articles -- redrafted at the behest of PACE co-rapporteurs -- went into effect March 24. At the April 1 session of the "Trial of Seven," prosecutors withdrew the Article 300 charge of "usurpation of state power" while leaving in place slightly-reduced charges [...] | 2009-04-02 15:13:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS COE AM |
09YEREVAN27 | ARMENIAN JUDGE SEEKS LEGAL PRECEDENT TO REMOVE [...] (C) The judge who heads the criminal division of Armenia's Cassation Court sought the Embassy Regional Legal Adviser (RLA) office's help January 15 in obtaining Armenian translations of European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) case law pertaining to cases in which defendants have waived or forf [...] | 2009-01-16 15:28:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS COE AM |
09YEREVAN291 | USG TRAINING HELPS GOAM COMBAT MONEY-LAUNDERING [...] (SBU) Armenian prosecution of financial crime has taken a big step forward, as witnessed by successful conviction of four defendants in three money laundering cases in 2009. The defendants received sentences of up to six years' incarceration, a high sentence by Armenian standards. Previous ef [...] | 2009-05-04 12:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN305 | MAYOR ASSURES AMBASSADOR OF CLEAN YEREVAN ELECTION [...] (C) During the Ambassador's courtesy call on Yerevan's newly-appointed mayor and mayoral candidate, Gagik Beglarian maintained he would run a clean election campaign and that the May 31 Yerevan municipal election would be free and fair. Beglarian said he has no reason to resort to dirty trick [...] | 2009-05-11 08:41:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN329 | ONE OUT, SIX TO GO: AUTHORITIES RELEASE A "TRIAL [...] (SBU) On May 13 Shant Harutyunian, one of the prominent "Trial of Seven" political detainees before that case was broken up on April 1, 2009, was released from prison where he had been detained since his arrest on April 10, 2008. The court dropped the charges after finding that Harutyunian was [...] | 2009-05-15 14:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN331 | ARMENIAN POLICE CHIEF DEFENDS POLICE ACTIONS [...] (C) On May 8 Armenia's Chief of Police, Major General Alik Sargsian, assured the Ambassador that the police would do all they can to ensure that the upcoming Yerevan municipal election is free and fair. Sargsian vowed the police would exercise impartiality and restraint in the face of provoca [...] | 2009-05-15 15:33:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ASEC KJUS KCRM SNAR CASC AM |
09YEREVAN334 | "OPPOSITION" DASHNAKS CONFIDENT ABOUT MAYORAL [...] (C) The leadership of the Armenian Revolutionary Federation - Dashnaktsutiun (Dashnaks) told the Ambassador that they are confident of their chances in the upcoming May 31 municipal election that will determine Yerevan's next mayor. They said that in spite of having recently exited the ruling [...] | 2009-05-18 09:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN338 | YEREVAN'S MAYORAL RACE: VIOLENCE AND POTENTIAL FRAUD [...] (SBU) Yerevan's milestone municipal election, which will determine the city's first-ever elected mayor, is at the midpoint. Campaigning began on May 2. Six parties and one party bloc are contesting the proportional representation-based election. Violence has marred the start of the campaign, [...] | 2009-05-18 11:55:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN341 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT WEIGHS IN ON YEREVAN ELECTION [...] (SBU) On May 8, Armenia's Constitutional Court agreed with the arguments of the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC) in its appeal that voters without actual registration in a locality should not be included on voter lists during local elections. This decision flies in the face of alleg [...] | 2009-05-19 13:44:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN346 | LTP ASSAILS SARGSIAN ON RECENT FOREIGN POLICY [...] (SBU) In his first major campaign rally for the Yerevan mayoral election, ex-President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) sidestepped discussion of local issues and instead assailed President Sargsian on recent foreign policy developments. LTP called President Sargsian's rapprochement initiative with [...] | 2009-05-20 15:40:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN363 | MEDIA WATCHDOG NOTES IMPROVED ELECTION COVERAGE [...] (SBU) From April 16 to May 15, the Yerevan Press Club (YPC) monitored TV coverage of the mayoral election campaign, and found that Armenia's leading seven TV stations were more objective and neutral than they were in the run-up to the 2008 presidential election. In spite of the more neutral co [...] | 2009-05-27 14:38:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS KPAO AM |
09YEREVAN364 | CEC HEAD ACCREDITS EMBASSY FOR YEREVAN ELECTION [...] (C) During his May 21 meeting with the Ambassador, Garegin Azarian, Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC),granted the Embassy the nine accreditations we had requested. Azarian defended the measures that the CEC has put in place for a free and fair election, but admitted "there is [...] | 2009-05-29 04:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN369 | WHAT TO EXPECT IN MILESTONE YEREVAN ELECTION [...] (C) In the first elections to Yerevan's new municipal council and mayor on Sunday May 31, voters are generally apathetic, but the country's main political forces are aware of the stakes of the vote and preparing for a hard-fought election. In an election of firsts, this is shaping up as a ten [...] | 2009-05-29 14:14:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN370 | RAFFI HOVANNISIAN PESSIMISTIC ON YEREVAN ELECTION [...] (C) Armenia's first foreign minister and current leader of the opposition Heritage Party, Raffi Hovannisian, told the Ambassador that the ruling Republican Party of Armenia was resorting to fraud to win the Yerevan election. He predicted the Armenian National Congress led by ex-President Levon [...] | 2009-05-29 14:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN372 | WIDESPREAD FRAUD OBSERVED/REPORTED IN YEREVAN [...] (C) Systematic fraud, both confirmed and reported, marred the first election of Yerevan's mayor and its new city council on May 31. Ballot-stuffing, bussed-in voters, intimidation and violence against precinct members, political party proxies, media, and observers figured prominently. With 52 [...] | 2009-06-01 16:54:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN382 | LTP REFUSES SEATS ON CITY COUNCIL; PRESIDENT HAILS ELECTION [...] (SBU) At the peaceful yet heavily policed post-election June 1 rally held by the Armenian National Congress (ANC),Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) denounced Yerevan's May 31 mayoral election as the "ugliest election in Armenia's history." He announced that the ANC would not occupy the projected 13 [...] | 2009-06-04 11:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN388 | YEREVAN'S TROUBLED POST-ELECTION WEEK [...] (SBU) Allegations of fraud, denials that they had an impact on the outcome, arrests, and political maneuvering all marked the fracas that followed Yerevan's May 31 mayoral election through Friday, June 5. NGOs and opposition parties cried foul, citing massive irregularities during the vote an [...] | 2009-06-08 14:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN390 | ARMENIAN NGOS DECRY ELECTION FRAUD [...] (SBU) The independent "It's Your Choice" (IYC) NGO, which claimed to have deployed observers in each of Yerevan's 439 polling places, cited ballot stuffing, multiple and illegal voting, voter intimidation, presence of unauthorized personnel, and other procedural violations in its preliminary r [...] | 2009-06-08 14:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN395 | CEC ANNOUNCES FINAL RESULTS FOR YEREVAN ELECTION [...] (SBU) During a June 7 extraordinary session, the Central Election Commission (CEC) announced the final results of Yerevan's May 31 mayoral election, confirming the preliminary results that it had released on June 1. The CEC found that the recounts it conducted after Election Day did not reveal [...] | 2009-06-10 13:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN398 | PRESIDENT DISBANDS MARCH 1 FACT-FINDING GROUP [...] (SBU) Without explaining his decision, President Sargsian on June 8 disbanded the bipartisan fact-finding group of experts he had established last October to examine the violence surrounding Armenia's disputed 2008 presidential election. The decision came on the heels of a June 3 statement by [...] | 2009-06-11 05:31:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN422 | EUR A/S GORDON'S MEETING WITH OPPOSITION LEADER [...] (C) Meeting with EUR A/S Philip Gordon on June 9, former Armenian Foreign Minister and current leader of the opposition Raffi Hovannisian characterized the results of the recent elections for Yerevan Mayor and City Council as a "failed post-Soviet" election that shows the challenge Armenia fa [...] | 2009-06-18 05:30:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM AJ AM |
09YEREVAN424 | ARMENIAN CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS GLOOMY ON [...] (C) Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs Dr. Philip Gordon met with four of Armenia's civil society leaders to learn their views on the current state of human rights and democratization in Armenia. The leaders offered a gloomy assessment, recounting their experiences with Yer [...] | 2009-06-18 05:33:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN429 | CURIOUS STATISTICS FROM YEREVAN'S MAYORAL ELECTION [...] (SBU) Analysis of the results of the May 31 Mayoral Election in Yerevan displays a curious pattern: voter turnout was highest in the Territorial Electoral Commissions (TECs) most ridden with allegations of fraud. This is most apparent in the results of TECs 7 and 8, which comprise the troubled [...] | 2009-06-18 14:20:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN431 | TWO GOVERNMENT LOYALISTS JAILED FOR ELECTORAL FRAUD [...] (SBU) On June 16, two pro-government loyalists were sentenced to three years in prison for electoral fraud during Yerevan's May 31 municipal election. Both of the men were found guilty of ballot-stuffing at a voting precinct in Yerevan's Malatia-Sebastia district, the site of widespread fraud [...] | 2009-06-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN434 | SARGSIAN SETS OCTOBER AS DEADLINE FOR TURKEY [...] (C) In their first meeting, President Sargsian told A/S Gordon that October 2009 was his deadline for the GOT to respond concretely to his rapprochement initiative. On resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) conflict, Sargsian stated Armenia was ready to move forward, but Azerbaijan's leadership [...] | 2009-06-19 13:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PBTS PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TU AJ AM |
09YEREVAN440 | TEXT OF AMNESTY DECLARED BY ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENT [...] Enclosed is post's unofficial translation of the text of the proposed amnesty that Armenia's President Serzh Sargsian sent to Hovik Abrahamian, the Speaker of Armenia's National Assembly (parliament),requesting parliament to consider an amnesty that would affect some but not all of the approxi [...] | 2009-06-22 14:20:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN441 | AMNESTY DECLARED, BUT NOT ALL MARCH 1 DETAINEES [...] (C) On June 19, sixteen months to the day following Armenia's disputed 2008 presidential election, Armenia's parliament declared a wide-ranging amnesty that will result in the release of approximately 32 of the roughly 48 oppositionists still in jail for their election-related activities suppo [...] | 2009-06-22 22:19:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN451 | ELECTION FRAUD WHISTLEBLOWER STILL IN JAIL [...] (SBU) While the recent amnesty resulted in the quick "catch-and-release" of three government loyalists convicted for vote-rigging during Yerevan's May 31 municipal election, a human rights activist who blew the whistle on electoral fraud remains in jail. After having filed an election-related [...] | 2009-06-25 21:16:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN463 | UPDATE ON AMNESTY DEVELOPMENTS IN ARMENIA [...] (SBU) According to official sources, 215 prisoners had been amnestied and released as of June 29. Four of them were the individuals convicted for pro-ruling-party election fraud during Yerevan's May 31 municipal election. According to the opposition Armenian National Congress (ANC),28 of its [...] | 2009-06-29 19:01:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN47 | ARMENIA'S HEAD OF POLICE TALKS REFORM [...] (C) In a December 30 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, Maj Gen Alik Sargsian, Chief of the Republic of Armenia Police, expressed a strong wish for reform within the police system and an interest in further cooperation with the USG. His ideas for reform, however, centered mainly on i [...] | 2009-01-23 12:31:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN474 | SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG VISIT [...] (S/NF) You are coming to Armenia at a pivotal moment. Delighted by the visit of the rare high-level USG visitor, President Sargsian will use the opportunity to appeal for U.S. acknowledgement and support for his foreign policy risk-taking. On Turkey-Armenia, Sargsian has stayed the course, bu [...] | 2009-07-08 13:39:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PBTS PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS TU AJ IR |
09YEREVAN523 | CRIMINAL CASES OVER TEARGAS USE LATE BUT WELCOME [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Armenia's Prosecutor General (PG) has launched criminal proceedings against four police officers accused of improperly using teargas against opposition protesters in the March 1-2, 2008 crackdown on post-election demonstrations that left ten persons dead. Though a welcome devel [...] | 2009-07-29 05:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN59 | IMPLAUSIBLE TRIAL OF FORMER DEPUTY [...] (C) At the latest court hearing in the trial of Armenia's former Deputy Prosecutor-General, a senior police officer acknowledged that the high-ranking law enforcement official did not put up any resistance during his arrest. The admission contradicts the charge leveled against Gagik Jhangiria [...] | 2009-02-02 13:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN597 | AN OPPORTUNITY FOR ARMENIA'S DISJOINTED OPPOSITION? [...] (C) Growing public skepticism and unease with President Sargsian's handling of Turkey-Armenia negotiations and talks on Nagorno-Karabakh have created an opportunity for Armenia's opposition forces to rally around their common opposition to the President on these issues. The three main oppositi [...] | 2009-08-31 11:40:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | AM EAID KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL |
09YEREVAN673 | PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSION RELEASES CONTROVERSIAL [...] (SBU) On September 16, after more than a 15-month-long inquiry that the political opposition boycotted, the Ad hoc Parliamentary Commission on the March 1, 2008 events released its long-awaited report into the violence that followed Armenia's disputed 2008 presidential election. The 138-page r [...] | 2009-09-28 14:12:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM AM |
09YEREVAN68 | DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF SHOT TO DEATH [...] (U) Colonel Gevorg Mherian, a deputy chief of the national police (often still called a deputy minister of internal affairs, though Armenia officially no longer uses that terminology),was shot to death at the entrance of his apartment building on the evening of February 3. Local news reports [...] | 2009-02-04 13:55:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KCRM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN696 | ARMENIA'S PARLIAMENT STRIPS SEATS OF OPPOSITION MPS [...] (SBU) On September 17, Hovik Abrahamian, Speaker of Armenia's National Assembly (parliament),stripped the parliamentary seats of opposition MPs Hakob Hakobian, Miasnik Malkhasian, and Sasun Mikaelian, invoking a clause in Armenia's constitution that MPs shall automatically lose their seats if [...] | 2009-10-01 14:23:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN771 | ADVANCING HR/ROL AGENDA WITH THE PROSECUTOR GENERAL [...] (C) The Ambassador met with Prosecutor General (PG) Aghvan Hovsepian on October 28 in an attempt to advance Post's human rights and rule of law agenda. The specific goals of the meeting were to acknowledge the PG's recent intervention in the release of two civil society activists--that Post ha [...] | 2009-11-02 10:59:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS KTIP TU AM |
09YEREVAN831 | JUSTICE MINISTER ACKNOWLEDGES CONCERNS ON NGO LAW, [...] (C) On November 23 the Ambassador met with Armenia's Justice Minister Gevorg Danielian to discuss U.S. concerns on the draft NGO law and renew U.S. calls for the release of the remaining political detainees. Danielian told the Ambassador that the GOAM is addressing Washington's concerns on the [...] | 2009-12-04 08:53:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN845 | USDOJ AND ARMENIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL [...] (SBU) Officials of the U.S. Department of Justice / Office of International Affairs (OIA) and Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) met with high-level GOAM officials to recognize the extensive informal cooperation in criminal matters between the U.S. and [...] | 2009-12-09 07:32:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN859 | AMBASSADOR ENGAGES EDUCATION MINISTER ON [...] (C) On December 9 the Ambassador met with Minister of Education Armen Ashotian and raised the case of the environmental youth activist Mariam Sukhudian who, after blowing the whistle on abuses in a state-run boarding school for special needs children, found herself charged with reporting a fal [...] | 2009-12-11 14:46:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM |
09YEREVAN95 | DEPUTY PM OUTLINES BEEFED UP ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] (C) Deputy Prime Minister Gevorgian evinced detailed knowledge of Armenia's TIP situation in a private lunch with the Ambassador, and outlined a very encouraging program of intensified work on the issue. The government has re-launched criminal cases to investigate the notorious Zakharyants [...] | 2009-02-13 14:13:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS KTIP AM |
09ZAGREB114 | CROATIA TO SUPPORT MARK PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS [...] (C) On February 27, Poloff presented reftel demarche regarding our candidate for the UN Appeals court to Vesna Vukovic, head of the MFA's UN office. In a follow-up conversation with Poloff on Monday March 2, she indicated that Croatia will support Judge Mark Painter in the March 2 vote. BRAD [...] | 2009-03-02 15:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KAWC KJUS UNGA HR |
09ZAGREB583 | SDP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOSIPOVIC DISCUSSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: SDP presidential candidate Ivo Josipovic outlined his campaign goals and his stance on various judicial reform issues of interest to the U.S. He said a major theme of his election campaign would be fighting corruption, but took a moderate line on privatization reforms. He claim [...] | 2009-09-25 14:53:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KJUS HR |
10AITTAIPEI163 | CLEANING HOUSE IN THE JUSTICE MINISTRY [...] (SBU) Summary: President Ma's nomination of an official known for his integrity, impartiality and modesty, to be Taiwan's top prosecutor will strengthen judicial independence after the previous Prosecutor-General was impeached over his handling of the corruption investigation of former Presiden [...] | 2010-02-11 03:13:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KJUS PREL TW |
10AMMAN311 | JORDAN: HONOR CRIME TRIBUNAL SENTENCES PERPETRATOR [...] On January 28, Jordan's honor crime tribunal sentenced a 19-year-old man to ten years in prison for murdering his 20-year-old sister in April 2009. The court originally handed down a full 15-year murder sentence but immediately reduced the sentence to ten years when the victim's father dropp [...] | 2010-02-03 13:47:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KJUS JO |
10ASHGABAT43 | TURKMENISTAN: UK-PROMOTED REVISIONS ON JUVENILE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The UK has been working with the Turkmenistan government on a penal reform project. One element of the project was a 2008 trip by Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Director Shirin Akhmedova to the UK. Another part has [...] | 2010-01-09 12:17:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS TX |
10ASUNCION3 | SUPREME COURT ANNULS DECISION, ENDS CRISIS [...] (U) The Supreme Court ended a constitutional crisis January 5 by annulling the December 31 decision (reftel A) of its Constitutional Chamber to reinstate two judges impeached by Congress in 2003. The Court also suspended the three substitute Constitutional Chamber judges for "exceeding t [...] | 2010-01-06 20:16:00 | Embassy Asuncion | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PA |
10BAGHDAD104 | ALLEGATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES IN MILITARY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past six months, the Ministry of Human Rights (MOHR),the MOD's Human Rights Directorate, and Parliament have conducted inspections, revealing serious allegations of human rights violations at a military facility (Camp Honor in the International Zone) closely linked to the [...] | 2010-01-14 14:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM IZ |
10BAGHDAD111 | AFTER TWO YEARS OF RELATIVE CALM, DEADLY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Early evening bomb attacks rocked the old city of Najaf on January 14, the first major blasts in the city for more than two years. Sources within the provincial government and media initially reported at least two dead and 73 wounded. PRT Team Leader has been in contact with th [...] | 2010-01-16 11:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KCRM KISL KJUS IZ |
10BAGHDAD124 | ANBAR FACTIONS RESOLVE LEADERSHIP DISPUTE IN WAKE [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY. In the wake of the December 30 terrorist attack on the Anbar Provincial Government Center, which resulted in the severe wounding of Governor Qassim abd Muhammad Hammadi al-Fahadawi, there was some initial governmental confusion and a v [...] | 2010-01-19 13:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ |
10BAGHDAD137 | ABOUT BOMBS IN BAGHDAD [...] (U) This is a PRT Baghdad Message. 2. (C) Summary and Comment: Four major bombings have shaken Baghdad since the US operational military withdrawal from Iraq,s cities June 30. Despite the dramatic improvement in overall security in the province since the middle of 2008, these attacks acce [...] | 2010-01-20 03:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KCRM KJUS IZ |
10BAGHDAD141 | AL-MUTLAQ DISQUALIFICATION IS SALT IN THE WOUND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Diyala provincial leaders have expressed concern that disqualification of Sunni MP Saleh Mutlaq and other party candidates due to de-Baathification procedures could adversely effect Diyala's security situation and create more fertile grounds for insurgents to co-opt members of th [...] | 2010-01-20 12:34:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KISL KJUS |
10BAGHDAD178 | PRT ANBAR: PROMINENT ANBARIS SPEAK OUT AGAINST [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In meetings on January 14 and 16 that PRTOffs and representatives of U.S. forces held with prominent Anbari imams and sheikhs, the Anbaris expressed anger at reports that the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) had agreed to [...] | 2010-01-24 15:05:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ |
10BAGHDAD20 | PUBLIC OUTRAGE OVER BLACKWATER DECISION GENERATING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Public outrage has erupted within Iraq over the decision of U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina to dismiss the charges brought against Blackwater employees for their role in the deaths of 17 Iraqis on September 16, 2007. GOI spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh condemned the decision on Januar [...] | 2010-01-04 16:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ASEC IZ |
10BAGHDAD259 | PRT ANBAR: ANBAR HOLDS SUCCESSFUL ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 27, about 30 Iraqi bankers and businessmen attended a conference organized by PRT Anbar on using electronic funds transfer (EFT) through banks for payments. Representatives from the USF-I Al Asad Regional Contracting Center described how participants could open an EFT ac [...] | 2010-02-01 15:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ |
10BAGHDAD272 | UNAMI TRIES TO ENERGIZE KIRKUK PROPERTY DISPUTE [...] (U) This is a PRT Kirkuk Cable 2. (C) SUMMARY: The dispute over property claims in Kirkuk is a major obstacle to ethnic and political reconciliation. There are nearly 42,000 pending claims for property confiscated during the Saddam era, which are complicated by post-2003 cancellations of a [...] | 2010-02-02 13:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM IZ |
10BAGHDAD289 | PRT ANBAR: ABU RISHA DISCUSSES POLITICAL [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY. On January 19, PRT Team Leader and incoming U.S. Division-Central (USD-C) deputy commanding general for Anbar met with paramount Anbar Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, the Mutammar Sahawat al-Iraq (MSI) Party S [...] | 2010-02-04 11:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ |
10BAGHDAD291 | PRT KARBALA: VOTERS IN DOUR MOOD AS UNOFFICIAL [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Karbala reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Karbala province has been allotted ten seats in the next Council of Representatives (CoR). Local PRT employees and Karbala business and community leaders expect that Dawa will win four to five seat [...] | 2010-02-04 14:54:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ |
10BAGHDAD299 | PRT KIRKUK: NEWEST MEMBERS OF KIRKUK'S BAR [...] This is a Kirkuk Provincial Reconstruction Team message. 2. (SBU) Summary: On January, 21 and 23, 2010, the Kirkuk Jurist Union (KJU) hosted a successful two-day workshop on practical skills for the legal practice in Iraq. The two-day event also included a tour of Kirkuk's primary detentio [...] | 2010-02-05 01:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KCRM IZ |
10BAGHDAD30 | GOI LEADERS REQUEST USG APPEAL OF BLACKWATER [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-05 16:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC IZ KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL |
10BAGHDAD309 | PRT ANBAR: PROVINCIAL ELECTION PREPARATIONS [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY. On 25 January, the Anbar Governorate Elections Officer (GEO) briefed the military, police and civilian leadership of Anbar on the Independent High Electoral Commission's (IHEC's) election-day plan. Additionally, Iraqi police army lead [...] | 2010-02-06 15:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ |
10BAGHDAD322 | INL Baghdad January Highlights [...] (SBU) Summary: INL Baghdad continues to see progress on its Judicial and Law Enforcement Assistance (JALEA) programs and police training transition efforts. The Police Transition Team (PTT) completed an initial, detailed assessment of basing and staffing options. JALEA's Iraq HJC Court Admini [...] | 2010-02-07 15:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV IZ |
10BAGHDAD3386 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: GOI INTERFERENCE IN PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah Ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following a two month standoff with the GOI central Government, the Salah Ad Din (SaD) Provincial Council (PC) is poised to forcibly remove the former Provincial Governor (PGOV) of SAD--which it voted from office on October 27 [...] | 2010-01-01 10:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KJUS IZ |
10BAGHDAD3387 | CORRECTED COPY: PRT SALAH AD DIN: GOI INTERFERENCE [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah Ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following a two month standoff with the GOI central Government, the Salah Ad Din (SaD) Provincial Council (PC) is poised to forcibly remove the former Provincial Governor (PGOV) of SAD--which it voted from office on October 27 [...] | 2010-01-01 13:02:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KJUS IZ |
10BAGHDAD344 | PRT NAJAF: CLEAR PROGRESS ON ANTI-CORRUPTION, BUT [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Najaf reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY. Anti-Corruption Coordinator (ACCO),Embassy rule of law (ROL) officer, and USF-I officer visited Najaf to engage local officials in assessing corruption in Najaf and government's efforts to improve. C [...] | 2010-02-09 15:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ |
10BAGHDAD35 | IRAQI CRIMINAL EVIDENCE WORKSHOP PROMOTES USE OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 24, 2009, the Iraqi Higher Judicial Council (HJC) hosted a successful one-day workshop on using medical and scientific evidence within Iraqi law to more effectively investigate crimes while maintaining the rights and liberties of Iraqi citizens. Prime Minister Nouri [...] | 2010-01-06 15:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM IZ |
10BAGHDAD36 | VICE PRESIDENT ABD AL-MAHDI'S JANUARY 12-14 VISIT [...] (C) Vice President Adel Abd al-Mahdi travels to Washington to show us that he has what it takes to be Prime Minister, according to his close aides. We assess that he is a strong candidate for Prime Minister in the next government, having positioned himself as a good compromise for Shi'a partie [...] | 2010-01-06 17:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON PHUM OVIP KJUS SA IR IZ |
10BAGHDAD367 | With Help from the FBI, Iraqi Ministry of Interior Holds [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 24, 2010, the Ministry of Interior's National Information and Investigation Agency (NIIA) held its first Citizens' Academy in Baghdad for approximately twenty-five Iraqis, including private citizens, religious leaders, and government officials. Modeled after the succe [...] | 2010-02-11 15:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PGOV IZ PTER |
10BAGHDAD381 | UPDATE #3: BARZANI EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR RELEASE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. Approximately 90 minutes before the February 11 deadline set by the Kurds to withdraw from the Ninewa Combined Check Points (CCPs) and block the roads north of Mosul to the Kurdistan Region, KRG President Barzani was persuaded to extend the deadline to February 13 to allow time [...] | 2010-02-14 09:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS PBTS IZ |
10BAGHDAD382 | PRT ANBAR: DESPITE EFFORTS, VOTER PARTICIPATION [...] (U) This is an Anbar Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) reporting message. 2. (SBU) Summary. Anbari government leaders, tribal sheikhs and religious leaders are encouraging Anbaris to vote in the March 7 national elections. Yet PRT-gathered anecdotal evidence and polling data suggests s [...] | 2010-02-14 14:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KCOR KDEM |
10BAGHDAD391 | With Help from the FBI, Iraqi Ministry of Interior Holds [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 24, 2010, the Ministry of Interior's National Information and Investigation Agency (NIIA) held its first Citizens' Academy in Baghdad for approximately twenty-five Iraqis, including private citizens, religious leaders, and government officials. Modeled after the succe [...] | 2010-02-15 09:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PGOV PTER IZ |
10BAGHDAD413 | UPDATE #4: NINEWA PROVINCIAL GOV FILES PETITION [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Ninewa Provincial Governor (PGOV) Nujaifi filed a petition requesting a change of venue from Tal Kayf back to Mosul for the 9 detainees (reftels A, B, C),citing concern for his personal safety to appear in Tal Kayf for the investigative hearing. In doing so, the anticipated [...] | 2010-02-16 14:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS IZ |
10BAGHDAD416 | ATF Promotes Standards in Iraqi Post-Blast [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent series of high-profile Vehicle Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (VBIED) in Baghdad has highlighted the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior's urgent need for an incident command system that helps ensure the safe and necessary collection of evidence and facilitates follow [...] | 2010-02-17 04:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS IZ KCRM PTER |
10BAGHDAD42 | INL Assistant Secretary Johnson's Baghdad Visit Lays [...] (SBU) Summary and Comment: State Department Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) Assistant Secretary Johnson utilized his December 11-15 Baghdad trip to advance the transition of the police development program from the U.S. military to the State Department. Johnson prev [...] | 2010-01-07 13:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV IZ |
10BAGHDAD463 | PRT ANBAR: ANBARIS PERCEIVE IRANIAN INFLUENCE, [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (C/NF) SUMMARY: Iranian attempts to exert influence in Anbar Province face a significant obstacle: Anbar is 96% Sunni and Anbaris view Iran as Iraq's mortal enemy. Most of PRT's interlocutors believe that Iran has been meddling in Iraq not only t [...] | 2010-02-21 16:03:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ IR |
10BAGHDAD497 | UPDATE #7: NINEWA SCORE REMAINS 3 TO 8 - SEEKING A [...] (C) SUMMARY. As of late afternoon February 23, the three Wanna detainees in Mosul have been formally charged under Chapter 2 Paragraph 222, which pertains to offenses against the state, in regards to gathering with intent to commit crimes. The three could remain in jail pending apprehensive [...] | 2010-02-24 11:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KDEM PHUM PTBS KJUS IZ |
10BAGHDAD534 | PRT ANBAR: TENSION BETWEEN ANBAR POLICE AND [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Tension between the Iraqi Police and the judiciary was on display at the weekly Anbar Operations Command meeting covering security issues. Similar feelings were present at PRToffs meeting with Provincial Chief Judge Mohammed Al-Kubaisi. END S [...] | 2010-02-28 15:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS IZ |
10BAGHDAD59 | CSI IRAQ: FORENSIC SCIENCE REGAINING FOOTHOLD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Forty years ago Iraq was a leading center in the Middle East for scientific and medical evidence and the rule of law. Many senior Iraqi Police Officers involved in the forensics program have worked in the forensic field for over 20 years, and the GOI is, with US, UK, and Austra [...] | 2010-01-10 08:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PHUM IZ KCRM |
10BAGHDAD63 | FALLOUT OVER BLACKWATER CONTINUES, ALBEIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The public upset over the decision of U.S. District Judge Ricardo Urbina to dismiss the charges against former Blackwater employees for their role in the shooting deaths of 17 Iraqis in September 2007 has quieted, but there continue to be repercussions. The Embassy and CODEL McCai [...] | 2010-01-11 11:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL ASEC IZ |
10BAGHDAD71 | PM ADVISOR CITES IMPACT OF BLACKWATER DECISION ON [...] (C) Summary: PM Advisor Sadiq Rikabi told Pol M/C January 10 that the Blackwater decision would greatly complicate efforts to settle the Saddam-era civil claims of American citizens, and telegraphed that the GOI intended to use the decision as a lever in its bargaining on the level of compen [...] | 2010-01-11 18:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC KJUS PREF IZ |
10BAGHDAD83 | DETERIORATING CONDITIONS AT THE ANBAR DETENTION [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During a series of December visits to the Hurricane Point Judicial Complex in Ramadi, PRTOffs discovered unsafe and unsanitary conditions at the recently occupied detention facility. The principal cause of these condition [...] | 2010-01-13 08:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PHUM PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM |
10BAGHDAD94 | ATTACKS STRIKE LOCAL ANBAR COUNTERRORISM UNIT [...] (U) This is a Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Anbar (Ramadi) reporting cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On January 7, a series of coordinated IED attacks targeted key members of the Counterterrorism Unit (CTU),Iraqi Police (IP),and judicial system in the central Anbar province cit [...] | 2010-01-13 15:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ |
10BAKU65 | AZERBAIJAN: THREE AZERBAIJANI PROSECUTORS TRAINED AT USDOJ [...] SUMMARY: In April 2009, three Azeri prosecutors went with the DOJ OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor on an INL funded study-tour to the DOJ National Advocacy Center (NAC) Columbia, South Carolina. Under the RLA's supervision, they took an intensive two-week trial advocacy course. Each of these thre [...] | 2010-02-02 07:29:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SNAR KJUS OTRA KCRM KCOR AJ |
10BEIRUT114 | JUSTICE MINISTER NAJJAR ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, [...] (C) Summary: Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar informed the Ambassador on February 3 that he had forwarded a draft trafficking in persons law to the cabinet for approval, a step needed before it goes to a parliamentary vote. He did not expect the draft to face political opposition. His ministr [...] | 2010-02-04 15:53:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KTIP KJUS PHUM KWMN PREF EAID SY |
10BEIRUT16 | MINDEF MURR CONTINUES PRESSING FOR SOF SUPPORT [...] (S) Summary: Defense Minister Elias al-Murr announced to the Ambassador a plan to restructure the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) with an emphasis on special operations forces (SOF). Murr asked the Ambassador for help in convincing Prime Minister Saad Hariri not to spend a large portion of a prom [...] | 2010-01-06 15:20:00 | Embassy Beirut | SECRET | MARR MASS MCAP KJUS PREL PTER KPAL LE |
10BEIRUT47 | PRIME MINISTER HARIRI MEETS WITH CODEL MCCAIN [...] (C) Summary: Increased U.S. military assistance to Lebanon is a priority, Prime Minister Saad Hariri told CODEL McCain on January 9. Though wary of Syrian intentions after his recent trip to Damascus, Hariri said he would work to build on positive practical steps to improve the bilateral rela [...] | 2010-01-15 13:04:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC MASS MCAP KJUS PBTS LE SY IR |
10BEIRUT50 | PRESIDENT SLEIMAN, SPEAKER BERRI AND WALID [...] (C) Summary: An urgent need for progress on regional peace was the common priority for President Michel Sleiman, Speaker Nabih Berri, and Druze leader Walid Jumblatt during their meetings with visiting CODEL McCain on January 8 and 9. Sleiman sought reassurances that U.S. military assistance [...] | 2010-01-19 07:21:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UNSC MASS KPAL KJUS ECPS SY IR LE |
10BEIRUT67 | SPECIAL TRIBUNAL BEIRUT OFFICE REPORTS CONTINUING [...] (C) SUMMARY: The work of the Beirut investigative team of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) is progressing smoothly, according to Valerio Aquila, head of the STL's Office of the Prosecutor in Beirut. The recent high-profile resignations of senior STL staff in The Hague were expected and [...] | 2010-01-21 16:31:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KJUS SY LE |
10BERLIN205 | GERMAN AFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR MINUSTAH [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-23 12:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO |
10BOGOTA121 | COLOMBIA REACTS PRUDENTLY BUT FIRMLY TO ALLEGED VENEZUELAN [...] (C/NF) Minister of Defense Silva told the Ambassador that an alleged January 27 Venezuelan overflight of Colombian airspace was a deliberate provocation and that he expected more such incidents. According to the GOC, a Venezuelan military helicopter crossed into the Colombian department of Arau [...] | 2010-02-01 22:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS ETRD OAS CO VE |
10BOGOTA143 | GOC CONFLICTED OVER RISING URBAN HOMICIDES [...] (C) Homicides in Colombia appear to be on the rise after several years of steady decline. The GOC's leading authorities on crime statistics reported sharply contrasting 2009 homicide rates, with police numbers indicating a 2% downtick and the national forensic examiner's data registering a 15% [...] | 2010-02-03 18:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER CO KCRM ASEC SNAR |
10BOGOTA145 | Third Uribe Term Increasingly Likely [...] (C) President Uribe took another step toward a third term with his January 20 decision to adhere to restrictions designed to level the playing field between an incumbent president and his/her competitors. As expected, the Inspector General recommended January 12 that the Constitutional Court a [...] | 2010-02-03 21:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL KJUS PINR PHUM CO |
10BOGOTA149 | Judge's Reportedly Critical Report Kicks Off Debate on [...] (SBU) Constitutional Court Judge Humberto Sierra presented his legal analysis on the constitutionality of the presidential reelection referendum to the other eight members of the Court on February 3 in a closed session. Although the report is supposed to be confidential for five years, even be [...] | 2010-02-04 17:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV KDEM PREL KJUS PINR PHUM CO |
10BOGOTA151 | CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS OF NN BODIES, BUT NO MASS GRAVE [...] (C) Spanish and American press published stories January 28 and 29 announcing the discovery of a mass grave in the township of Macarena, Meta which reportedly contained 2,000 unidentified victims of forced disappearance by the Colombian military since 2005. We have not discovered any informat [...] | 2010-02-04 18:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO |
10BOGOTA201 | DEPUTY SECRETARY STEINBERG'S JANUARY 12, 2010 MEETING WITH [...] (U) January 12, 2010; 10:00 AM; Monteria, Colombia. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Deputy Secretary Steinberg Ambassador William Brownfield DAS Christopher McMullen, WHA DCM Brian Nichols USAID Mission Director Ken Yamashita Political Counselor Mark Wells (notetaker) NAS Director Dan Foote [...] | 2010-02-09 19:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL OVIP EAID KJUS PGOV PTER SNAR ETRD SENV CO VE |
10BOGOTA225 | COLOMBIA'S CONTRIBUTION TO UN PEACEKEEPING MISSION IN HAITI [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Emboffs spoke on February 11 with officials at the Colombian Ministry of Defense (MOD) and Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). These Government of Colombia (GOC) officials confirmed that there are currently 26 Colombian police officers in Haiti as part of MINUSTAH. The Colomb [...] | 2010-02-11 21:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO HA CO |
10BOGOTA233 | 2005 MASSACRE TRIAL DELAYED AGAIN, DEFENDANTS WILL NOT BE [...] (SBU) On February 4, Poloff attended the trial in Medellin of 10 former members of the Colombian Army's 17th Brigade for the 2005 massacre of eight members of the San Jose de Apartado Peace Community. During the trial, a military witness implicated former Army Commander General Mario Montoya. [...] | 2010-02-12 15:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO |
10BOGOTA235 | THAW WITH ECUADOR EVIDENT AT HAITI SUMMIT [...] (SBU) The Government of Colombia (GOC) continued its leadership in the Haiti relief effort at a February 9 UNASUR (Union of South American Countries) meeting in Quito, Ecuador. At the summit, President Uribe expressed his support for the summit's reconstruction initiatives, including reducing [...] | 2010-02-12 17:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ETRD OAS CO EC EAID HA |
10BOGOTA245 | Santos Eager to Assume Uribe's Mantle, but Uribe Still [...] (C) The reelection referendum rollercoaster rolls on. Constitutional Court Judge Humberto Sierra's draft decision declaring the referendum unconstitutional initially led many observes to predict the referendum would not be held. This perception was fueled by President Uribe's meetings with pot [...] | 2010-02-12 21:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL KJUS PINR PHUM CO |
10BOGOTA25 | SOACHA DEFENDANTS RELEASED FROM PRE-TRIAL DETENTION, [...] On January 7, the presiding judge released 17 defendants from pre-trial detention in a criminal case arising out of alleged "false positive" killings -- military murders presented as killed in combat [Reftel]. Under Colombian law, defendants may only be held in pre-trial detention for 90 days. [...] | 2010-01-08 19:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
10BOGOTA293 | SHARP DECLINE IN INTERNAL DISPLACEMENTS, CHALLENGES REMAIN [...] (C) The Colombian Government (GOC) and local NGO Consultancy for Human Rights and Displacement (CODHES) both reported new internal displacements declined, 47% and 24% respectively, in 2009. The GOC attributed the decline to consolidated state presence, reduced violence from the conflict, and b [...] | 2010-02-17 22:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV PTER KJUS MOPS CO |
10BOGOTA307 | JUSTICE IN CRISIS: SUPREME COURT ORDER TO REPLACE [...] (C) A Supreme Court ruling on February 4 touched off mass firings at the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) when the Court gave Acting Prosecutor General Guillermo Mendoza 15 days to comply with the results of a November 2007 written exam, which was sponsored by the EU and intended to profe [...] | 2010-02-19 17:15:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS CO |
10BOGOTA309 | SECOND EXTRADITION DENIAL ON GROUNDS OF JUSTICE AND PEACE [...] (SBU) The Supreme Court denied the extradition request for former United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) leader Edwar Cobos Tellez (alias "Diego Vecino") on the grounds that it would compromise the Justice and Peace Law (JPL) and leave victims without recourse to truth and reparations re [...] | 2010-02-19 17:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL PTER SNAR CO |
10BOGOTA315 | WITNESSES KILLED, INVESTIGATORS QUESTIONED IN FALSE POSITIVE [...] (S/NF) Two military witnesses in "false positive" -- military murders fraudulently presented as combat kills -- cases have been killed and another was attacked. Ministry of Defense (MOD) Legal Advisor and Suarez Commission member Monica Cifuentes (strictly protect) told us Armed Forces Inspect [...] | 2010-02-19 22:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO |
10BOGOTA323 | SOME DEVELOPMENTS IN WIRETAPPING SCANDAL, BUT MOST [...] (SBU) Vice Prosecutor General Fernando Pareja told Poloff on February 10 that the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) continues to progress with four concurrent cases involving former Administrative Department of Security (DAS) employees implicated in illegal wiretapping and intelligence gat [...] | 2010-02-22 21:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PTER CO |
10BOGOTA327 | ADMINISTRATIVE CHARGES LODGED AGAINST PALACE AIDE, DAS [...] (U) In a follow-up to developments concerning the illegal wiretapping scandal reported in Reftel A, on February 22 Inspector General (Procurador) Alejandro Ordonez announced disciplinary charges against several Colombian government officials. Among the notables, Inspector General Alejandro Ord [...] | 2010-02-23 23:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
10BOGOTA333 | Specter of "Parapolitics" Hangs Over March Congressional [...] (C) The "parapolitica" scandal severely damaged the 2006-10 Colombian Congress' legitimacy and ability to stand as an independent and productive branch of government (90 members were implicated for collaboration with paramilitaries). The Supreme Court is investigating these cases and has recen [...] | 2010-02-24 16:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PTER KJUS KCRM CO |
10BOGOTA35 | URIBE DENOUNCES SOACHA DEFENDANTS' RELEASE, SOLDIERS [...] Seven additional Soacha "false positive" -- military murders presented as combat kills -- defendants were ordered released on January 12 because they had been held in pre-trial detention longer than the legal limit. Defense Minister Gabriel Silva Lujan announced on January 10 that the 17 Soach [...] | 2010-01-13 21:15:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO |
10BOGOTA357 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COLOMBIA UNABLE TO SUPPLY SMALL ARMS TO [...] (SBU) EmbOff delivered reftel demarche to Colombian Defense Ministry (MOD) officials on February 25. The officials responded that export of arms from Colombia is difficult if not impossible due to complex legal regulations. The officials also indicated that the MOD does not currently have exc [...] | 2010-02-26 20:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO |
10BOGOTA359 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COLOMBIA UNABLE TO SUPPLY SMALL ARMS TO [...] (SBU) EmbOff delivered reftel demarche to Colombian Defense Ministry (MOD) officials on February 25. The officials responded that export of arms from Colombia is difficult if not impossible due to complex legal regulations. The officials also indicated that the MOD does not currently have exc [...] | 2010-02-26 22:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO |
10BOGOTA361 | COURT RULES URIBE THIRD TERM REFERENDUM UNCONSTITUTIONAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Colombia's Constitutional Court ruled February 26 that the constitutional amendment process to allow President Alvaro Uribe to run for an unprecedented (and controversial) third term could not legally go forward. The Court -- reportedly by a 7-2 vote -- specifically cited flawe [...] | 2010-02-26 23:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS CO |
10BOGOTA380 | EXTRADITION: LUIS EDUARDO MANJARRES-PUMAREJO - EXTRADITION [...] The Embassy received official notification from the GOC on January 29, 2010, that the extradition of Colombian national LUIS EDUARDO MANJARRES-PUMAREJO has been approved on the count in para. 2 pursuant to Resolution No. 349, dated December 11, 2009. The individual did not enter an appeal. [...] | 2010-02-02 14:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PREL CJAN CO KCRM KJUS |
10BOGOTA61 | DECEMBER HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (U) Reports of false positive killings -- military murders presented as combat kills -- declined by 96 percent in 2009 according to the GOC. A court convicted a Lieutenant and a Sergeant for the 2006 false positive murders of two individuals. The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) c [...] | 2010-01-22 19:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO |
10BOGOTA73 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS WITH INDIGENOUS NGO [...] (SBU) The Ambassador met on January 15 with Luis Evelis Andrade, Director of the National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC). Andrade described human rights and political issues faced by the Colombian indigenous community and welcomed increased engagement with the USG to confront those [...] | 2010-01-22 22:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO |
10BRASILIA184 | SCENESETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 23-26 VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (SBU) I want to warmly welcome you to Brazil for your visit to Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia, and to attend the 8th Meeting of Justice Ministers of the Americas (REMJA). The Government of Brazil (GOB) is enthusiastic that you have decided to attend the REMJA, and you will be eagerly received [...] | 2010-02-19 22:10:00 | Embassy Brasilia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KJUS KCRM JUS OAS BR |
10BRATISLAVA70 | SLOVAKIA DOES NOT INTEND TO CONTRIBUTE TO MINUSTAH [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-18 15:08:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS |
10BRUSSELS120 | EU PARLIAMENT POISED TO VETO U.S.-EU CT TFTP AGREEMENT; PNR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The European Parliament is increasingly likely to veto the U.S.-EU Terrorist Financing Tracking Program (TFTP, also known as SWIFT) next week. There are two aspects to this action. First, members of the European Parliament do not feel that they know enough about the operational [...] | 2010-02-01 06:15:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN PGOV PREL PINR ETTC EAIR EFIN KCRM KJUS |
10BRUSSELS197 | EU REVISES ZIMBABWE SANCTIONS [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. The EU formally agreed on February 15 to extend its sanctions against Zimbabwe by twelve months. Changes include the de-listing of six individuals and nine entities; the EU otherwise rolled over all existing program measures. Preambulatory paragraphs within the Council Deci [...] | 2010-02-19 13:37:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN BEXP KJUS EWWT EAIR PTER EFIN EUN |
10BRUSSELS219 | U.S. - EU SANCTIONS INFORMAL [...] (C//NF) SUMMARY. On February 3, an interagency delegation held an off-the-record roundtable discussion on sanctions issues with Spain (current EU Presidency) and the EU institutions. Topics included legal challenges to sanctions regimes, innovations to UN and EU counterterrorism programs, d [...] | 2010-02-25 08:42:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | BEXP BM EAIR EFIN ETTC EUN EWWT KJUS KN KNNP |
10BRUSSELS35 | EU REVISES CT, DPRK, GUINEA SANCTIONS [...] (C) On December 22 the EU Council formally revised EU counterterrorism (both UN/Al-Qaeda & Taliban and autonomous regimes),North Korea, and Guinea sanctions programs. The December revisions reflect an EU willingness to move beyond UN common denominators in the sanctions domain. Procedural [...] | 2010-01-14 05:45:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN BEXP KJUS EWWT EAIR PTER UNSC EFIN |
10BUENOSAIRES107 | Argentina Fires Financial Action Task Force Representative [...] (C) Summary: The GOA fired its Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Coordinator over the weekend, reportedly in response to Ecuadorian criticism of Argentina's vote to blacklist Ecuador at the recent Abu Dhabi Plenary. Argentina is under the gun itself in an ongoing peer assessment that seems l [...] | 2010-02-24 19:27:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR EC AR |
10BUENOSAIRES79 | Argentine Financial Intelligence Unit Further Compromised [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-05 14:34:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | SECRET//NOFORN | EFIN ECON KTFN KCRM KJUS PTER SNAR PREL PGOV AR |
10CAIRO179 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (SBU) Director Mueller, I warmly welcome you to Cairo. Your visit provides the opportunity to review and reinforce our strong law enforcement cooperation with the State Security Investigative Service (SSIS),which is under the auspices of Minister of Interior Habib Al Adly (we have reques [...] | 2010-02-09 14:42:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KJUS EG |
10CHENGDU12 | HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST HUANG QI: ATTORNEY PROVIDES MORE [...] (C) Summary. The attorney of imprisoned Chinese dissident Huang Qi told Consul General January 8 that there were significant irregularities in Huang's court case, including fabricated evidence and procedural inconsistencies. Huang's appeal documents are expected to be reviewed by judges in F [...] | 2010-01-15 04:45:00 | Consulate Chengdu | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS CH |
10CHENGDU23 | CHENGDU IPR JUDGE ON FOREIGN COMPANY CHALLENGES, LOCAL COURT [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information - not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Effective intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement is a continuing challenge for judges and attorneys in Southwest China, according to a sitting judge on Chengdu's IP [...] | 2010-01-28 12:56:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EIND ETRD EINV PGOV KIPR KJUS CH |
10CHENGDU26 | CHONGQING LEGAL SCHOLARS, LAWYER ON GANG CRACKDOWN AND [...] (U) This cable contains sensitive but unclassified information. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: The organized crime problem in Chongqing is an inevitable outcome of unprecedented economic development, several legal contacts recently told us. However, Chongqing's tradi [...] | 2010-01-29 08:23:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KJUS CH |
10DAKAR228 | Possible Senegalese Additions to MINUSTAH [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 13:16:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN MARR MCAP PGOV PREL SOCI SNAR HA XL KJUS |
10DARESSALAAM149 | RWANDAN HIGH COMMISSIONER ON RAILS, EAC, ICTR [...] SUMMARY: In an introductory meeting February 10, newly arrived Rwandan High Commissioner Fatuma Ndangiza told Ambassador Lenhardt of Rwanda's priority of linking to the port of Dar es Salaam by rail. She described progress and challenges of East African Community (EAC) integration and lamente [...] | 2010-02-18 06:17:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID PGOV ICTR KAWC KJUS TZ RW |
10GUATEMALA134 | Embassy Guatemala Strongly Supports Continuation of the [...] (SBU) Summary: NAS' Aviation Support Program is a critical element in the USG's fight against narcotrafficking and organized crime in Guatemala. It has been extremely successful in supporting law enforcement operations and eradication missions throughout Guatemala. The USG's ability [...] | 2010-01-19 14:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS GT |
10GUATEMALA236 | Embassy Guatemala: January 2010 Merida Report [...] (U) In response to ref A, Post submits the information below detailing Embassy Guatemala's Merida activities for January 2010. Issues for Washington 2. (U) Post conducted a review of Merida funding to date and found that some FY 2008 funds are still stalled in the procureme [...] | 2010-02-04 22:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID GT |
10GUATEMALA300 | Guatemalan Response for Force Generation Issues to Reinforce [...] In response to reftel, post received the following information from the Guatemalan Chief of the National Defense Staff General Juan Jose Ruiz Morales. Responses are keyed to reftel questions. a. Firmness: What is the status of each country's offer? The Government of Guatemal [...] | 2010-02-17 00:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO |
10GUATEMALA32 | Embassy Guatemala: December 2009 Merida Report [...] (U) In response to ref A, Post submits the information below detailing Embassy Guatemala's Merida activities for December 2009. Issues for Washington 2. (U) Allocation of Merida funding continues to be inconsistent and slow. Post requests Washington's continued ass [...] | 2010-01-06 15:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID GT |
10JAKARTA136 | INDONESIAN FIU FEARS FATF SANCTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 21, Embassy RLA met with representatives of the Indonesian Financial Intelligence Unit (PPATK) to discuss concerns about a recent FATF review of the GOI anti-money laundering/counter terrorist financing (AML/CFT) regime. The PPATK interlocutors expressed concern that t [...] | 2010-02-01 06:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN EFIN SNAR PHUM ASEC |
10JAKARTA140 | INDONESIA REQUESTS SUPPORT IN ADVANCE OF FATF [...] (C) In a meeting January 29, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director General for Multilateral Affairs Ambassador Rezlan Jenie told the DCM that Indonesia fully understands the need to improve its anti-money laundering/countering terrorist financing (AML/CFT) efforts. MFA staff reported that the [...] | 2010-02-02 05:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KTFN KCRM KJUS PTER EFIN SNAR PHUM |
10JAKARTA173 | SUCCESS STORIES: INDONESIA STEPS UP ITS EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government is improving its operational effectiveness in combating trafficking in persons. Although much remains to be done, a recent TIP conference (see septel) in Surabaya highlighted several success stories. Police are successfully adapting their tactics to pursu [...] | 2010-02-09 10:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN EFIN SNAR PHUM ASEC |
10JAKARTA189 | FORMER GRAFT BUSTER FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER [...] This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) A South Jakarta court found former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Chief Antasari Azhar guilty of planning the murder of businessman Nasrudin Zulkarnaen on February 11, sentencing him to 18 years in priso [...] | 2010-02-12 08:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS KMCA KCOR MCC ID |
10JAKARTA199 | NGOs PRAISE COOPERATION BUT WANT MORE PROSECUTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In conjunction with a DOJ TIP conference (see septels) Embassy DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) met on February 2 with two anti-trafficking non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Surabaya, East Java, to discuss the ability of local law enforcement to address trafficking [...] | 2010-02-16 05:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN EFIN SNAR PHUM ASEC |
10JAKARTA66 | EMBATTLED CORRUPTION BUSTERS SCORE VICTORY WITH [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) scored a major victory with the arrest of corruption suspect Anggodo Widjojo. The arrest not only fulfills the public's sense of justice, but d [...] | 2010-01-15 10:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS KMCA KCOR MCC ID |
10KABUL221 | UNDERSTANDING THE AFGHAN SUPREME COURT [...] Summary: The Afghan Supreme Court is the highest court in the land, but rarely functions as a constitutional interpreter and in fact such a role is challenged by some experts. It mainly serves as an appellate court which exercises the fact-finding jurisdiction of a primary court. President [...] | 2010-01-23 17:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM KDEM KJUS PGOV |
10KABUL26 | AFGHAN HIGH OFFICE OF OVERSIGHT (HOO) SEEKS U.S. GUIDANCE [...] (SBU) In his second week as the new Deputy Director General for Policy and Oversight for the HOO, Qaseem Ludin met with Ambassador Wayne, the USAID Rule of Law Advisor and the US Embassy Rule of Law Coordinator on January 3, 2010 to discuss the HOO's current anti-corruption activities. Ludin d [...] | 2010-01-04 13:06:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KJUS EAID AF |
10KABUL348 | Afghanistan's Anti-Corruption Unit Obtains First Conviction [...] (SBU) The Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) of the Afghan Attorney General's Office on January 25 obtained its first conviction since its establishment in April 2009. This marks a milestone for a country internationally criticized for its lax attitude toward endemic corruption and inadequate efforts [...] | 2010-01-27 16:29:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KJUS AF |
10KABUL472 | Post London Conference Dinner with Dr. Ghani - Discussing [...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Wayne hosted a dinner with Dr. Ashraf Ghani, who led GIRoA in drafting its final Anti-Corruption Concept Paper presented at the London Conference. The attendees discussed the way forward for Afghanistan following the London Conference. Dr. Ghani responded to specific [...] | 2010-02-07 15:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR EAID AF |
10KABUL509 | DEPARTING WOMEN'S AFFAIRS MINISTER GHAZANFAR SUGGESTS [...] SUMMARY: Departing Women's Affairs Minister Hussan Ban Ghazanfar told Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs Ambassador E. Anthony Wayne on January 5 that her successor's priorities as Minister should include: building inter-ministerial coordination on women's issues (inc [...] | 2010-02-10 06:25:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KWMN AF |
10KABUL571 | NEW CIV-MIL EFFORT TO INFLUENCE BEHAVIOR OF CRIMINAL AND [...] (C//REL ISAF) Summary: The first Nexus-Corruption Leadership Board, co-chaired by Coordinating Director for Development and Economic Affairs, Ambassador Wayne, and ISAF J2 (Intel),Major General Flynn, met on February 4 to consider possible courses of action ("COAs") that U.S. military and Embassy [...] | 2010-02-15 10:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR PREL EAID AF |
10KABUL702 | GHANI SAYS STABILITY OBTAINED WITH BALLOTS, NOT BOMBS [...] Summary: Ambassador Eikenberry met with former Finance Minister and presidential candidate Ashraf Ghani on February 23, 2010 to discuss his views on the military operation in Marjah, the plans for the Peace Jirga and the Kabul Conference, and other issues. Ghani expressed skepticism that the c [...] | 2010-02-27 14:05:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR PREL EAID AF |
10KIGALI22 | DEMOBILIZATION OFFICIAL EXPLORES NTAGANDA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Jean Sayinzoga, Chairman of Rwanda's Demobilization and Reintegration Commission (RDRC) told visiting EU Great Lakes Special Envoy Roeland van de Geer and Deputy to the U.S. Special Advisor for the Great Lakes (and former Ambassador to Burundi) James Yellin on December 14 that if [...] | 2010-01-11 16:39:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV PHUM KAWC KJUS PINS KPKO |
10KIGALI24 | NSS OFFICIAL WARNS AGAINST NTAGANDA ARREST, CALLS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Joseph Nzabamwita, head of the National Security Service (NSS)'s Department of External Intelligence and Security, on December 14, pressed visiting EU Great Lakes Special Envoy Roeland van de Geer and Deputy to the U.S. Special Advisor for the Great Lakes James Yellin for Western [...] | 2010-01-11 16:55:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR PGOV PHUM KAWC KJUS PINS KPKO |
10KIGALI34 | HIGH-LEVEL FRENCH, DUTCH AND GERMAN DELEGATIONS [...] (C) Summary: Over the last five days, senior officials from France, the Netherlands and Germany conducted multi-day visits to Rwanda. French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner used his visit to cement diplomatic relations that France and Rwanda officially restored in late 2009. He also prepare [...] | 2010-01-13 16:40:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS RW |
10KIGALI75 | POLICE ARREST PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFUL INGABIRE'S AIDE [...] (SBU) Police on February 6 arrested Joseph Ntawangundi, an aide to would-be presidential candidate Victoire Ingabire, on charges that a gacaca court in 2007 tried and convicted him in absentia for genocide-related crimes. Ingabire's camp shortly afterward released a press statement, claiming [...] | 2010-02-09 08:25:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PHUM PINS RW |
10KINSHASA22 | MIMINCO INVESTMENT DISPUTE STILL SIMMERS [...] (SBU) Summary: MIMINCO local representative Joseph Kabwika reported to Econoff on January 6 that no progress has been made on either GDRC payment of a USD 13 million ICSID settlement to MIMINCO or the expropriation of MIMINCO from its headquarters building in Kinshasa. He requested immediate [...] | 2010-01-08 15:22:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN EINV KJUS KTFN CG |
10KUALALUMPUR106 | EMPHASIS ON ANWAR CASE SHIFTS FROM COURTROOM TO [...] (SBU) The emphasis of Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial shifted from the courtroom to international reaction, as a host of Malaysian government officials and politicians denounced a February 11 statement by Australian MP's condemning the trial while issuing frank messages to stay out of this interna [...] | 2010-02-19 09:13:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS MY |
10KUALALUMPUR107 | POWER STRUGGLES IN PERAK: RULING COALITION WORKING HARD TO REGAIN VOTERS' SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Poloff and Pol Specialist visited the politically turbulent state of Perak from February 1-3. Perak is one of five states won by the opposition People's Alliance (PR) coalition in the March 2008 general elections, but through political defections in February 2009 it subsequently reverte [...] | 2010-02-19 09:49:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS MY |
10KUALALUMPUR92 | COURT DECISION ON STATE POWER PLAY ENDS LEGAL BATTLE, BUT SETS WORRISOME PRECEDENT [...] (SBU) Malaysia's Federal Court, the highest level in Malaysia's judicial system, announced on February 9 that the Sultan of Perak had the legal authority to appoint a new Chief Minister in his state, as he did in February 2009, after concluding that the ruling National Front (BN) coalition com [...] | 2010-02-12 03:53:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS MY |
10KUALALUMPUR95 | FIRST WEEK OF ANWAR'S TRIAL -- VICTIM TESTIMONY [...] (SBU) Summary: The first week of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's sodomy trial, which began February 3, featured graphic testimony by former Anwar aide and alleged victim Saiful Bukhari, extensive press coverage in both the government-influenced media and blogosphere, and motions by the defen [...] | 2010-02-12 09:06:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS MY |
10LAPAZ294 | Bolivia CN Update January 2010 [...] SUMMARY: * Interdiction: Seizures in all categories except solid precursors and cocaine HCl labs declined compared to January 2008. (paras 2-7). * Eradication: The GOB did not undertake eradication operations during the month. (para 8). * [...] | 2010-02-12 22:09:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR BL KJUS PHUM |
10LAPAZ49 | BOLIVIA COMMITS 200 ADDITIONAL MINUSTAH PEACEKEEPERS [...] (SBU) Per reftel request, Embassy La Paz Military Group officer spoke with Bolivian Defense Ministry representatives and confirmed that the GOB plans to replace its current UN Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) presence of 205 peacekeepers with a fresh contingent within two weeks. 2 [...] | 2010-02-17 20:37:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM SNAR SOCI MCAP MARR ASEC EFIN KJUS |
10LAPAZ51 | DEFENSE MINISTRY, MILITARY FACE OFF OVER ARCHIVES OF [...] (C) Summary: After a nine-month standoff, Bolivian military leadership on February 17 again refused to allow a civilian investigator access to archives said to contain information regarding approximately 150 persons "disappeared" during Bolivia's military dictatorship period. Minister of Defen [...] | 2010-02-18 21:23:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM PINR KJUS BL |
10LAPAZ90 | Bolivia CN Update December 09 [...] SUMMARY: * Interdiction: Seizures of cocaine HCl and coca leaf declined significantly in 2009 compared to the previous year. Seizures of solid and liquid precursor chemicals, and cocaine recycling and HCl labs rose dramatically. (paras 2-6). * Era [...] | 2010-01-20 13:47:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR BL KJUS PHUM |
10LIMA171 | PERU: FORCE GENERATION ISSUES TO REINFORCE UNPKO MISSION IN [...] (SBU) This telegram responds to action request in paragraph 7 of Ref A. The information was provided by senior MINDEF officials and military officers. We understand that the GOP has already transmitted the information below to UNDPKO. A. Firmness: What is the status of each country's of [...] | 2010-02-16 13:13:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO HA |
10LIMA215 | PRESIDENT ENDS DISCORD OVER SECURITY FORCES' COMPENSATION [...] (C) Summary: Compensation for GOP security forces has always been sensitive issue, given their key role in maintaining public security in a country where potential conflicts abound and state presence is lacking. After several weeks of bitter political wrangling within his administration and [...] | 2010-02-26 15:30:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EFIN SOCI MCAP PE |
10LISBON68 | EU MISSION IN GUINEA-BISSAU: MANDATE RENEWAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Since 2008, an EU mission in Guinea-Bissau (GB) has been playing an important role in reform of the military and the security and justice sectors. Despite initial challenges due to political instability and resistance from the GB military, the low-budget advisory mission has ma [...] | 2010-02-22 13:54:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PREL PGOV MARR KDEM KJUS PU PO |
10LUXEMBOURG51 | LUXEMBOURG RESPONSE: UN NEEDS FRANCOPHONE POLICE UNITS, [...] (SBU) Per Ref B Luxembourg is considering participating in additional relief operations as part of a future EU contingent. GOL does not intend to participate directly as part of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH). 2. (U) POC this message is Political and Economic Chief, Mic [...] | 2010-02-25 16:26:00 | Embassy Luxembourg | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV SOCI MCAP MARR EUN SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO |
10MADRID154 | SPAIN DETAILS ITS STRATEGY TO COMBAT THE RUSSIAN MAFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: National Court Prosecutor Jose "Pepe" Grinda Gonzalez on January 14 gave a detailed, frank assessment of the activities and reach of organized crime (OC) in both Eurasia and Spain and Spain's strategy for how best to combat it in court. As he did so, he evaluated the levels [...] | 2010-02-08 11:00:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | KJUS KHLS PGOV PREL PTER SP PINS KCOR PINR |
10MADRID6 | SPAIN: MOVING PAST CORRUPTION SCANDALS, POPULAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. The center-right Popular Party (PP),the largest opposition party in the Spanish Congress, enters 2010 with a series of polls indicating that - by an increasingly large margin - it would oust the incumbent Socialists (PSOE) in a hypothetical vote, although the next [...] | 2010-01-07 13:13:00 | Embassy Madrid | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SP KCOR KCRM KJUS |
10MADRID76 | INAUGURAL U.S.-SPAIN COUNTER-TERRORISM AND ORGANIZED CRIME EXPERTS MEETING [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-25 14:33:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KHLS KJUS PGOV PINR PINS PREL PTER SP |
10MADRID78 | SPAIN: PROSECUTOR DISAVOWS AL-QAIDA TIES TO [...] (S//NF) Contrary to self-incriminating court testimony by the government's star witness in the recently concluded trial regarding the plot to attack the Barcelona metro system, National Court Prosecutor Vicente Gonzalez Mota on January 13 privately confirmed to POLOFF that there were no Al-Qaid [...] | 2010-01-25 15:30:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP KCRM PINR |
10MADRID79 | SPAIN: FIVE CONVICTED FOR SENDING MUJAHEDEEN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Court on January 13 convicted five of nine defendants in the joint prosecution against the radical Islamists detained in January 2006 in the simultaneously executed Operations Chacal (See Ref A for more details) and Camaleon, which took down cells in Barcelona and Mad [...] | 2010-01-25 15:35:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP KCRM |
10MADRID81 | SPAIN: PROBLEMS USING USG-PROVIDED EVIDENCE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: National Court Prosecutor Dolores "Lola" Delgado on January 13 vented to US DOJ officials on problems she is encountering in trying to introduce evidence provided by the USG - primarily from the US intelligence community - in her prosecution of radical Islamist terrorists. She d [...] | 2010-01-25 16:58:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP KCRM PINR |
10MANILA155 | MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE: LEAD SUSPECT'S TRIAL UNDERWAY [...] (C) The murder trial is underway for a powerful former Mayor suspected of leading a gruesome November 23 massacre in Maguindanao province that left 57 people dead. Two other members of his prominent family remain detained on charges of rebellion, although we understand one could be released so [...] | 2010-01-26 08:51:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KCRM RP |
10MANILA170 | PHILIPPINE ELECTION: ESTRADA IN FOR NOW, VILLAR [...] (C) Though the presidential campaign officially starts Feb. 9, electioneering is in full swing, with the main candidates running ads, debating, and working to undercut opponents. In a constitutionally questionable decision, a Commission on Elections (COMELEC) sub-panel ruled that former Presi [...] | 2010-01-27 08:19:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS RP |
10MANILA333 | ELECTION STUMBLING BLOCKS RAISE QUESTIONS [...] (C) Election controversies are an established tradition in the Philippines, and the 2010 national poll looks certain to feature its fair share. The country is embarking on an unprecedented effort to automate the vote nationwide, and Filipinos still face considerable hurdles in implementing th [...] | 2010-02-19 03:48:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS EAID ASEC RP |
10MANILA93 | PHILIPPINES 2009 POLITICAL WRAP-UP AND LOOK-AHEAD [...] (C) While several tumultuous events -- a political massacre in Mindanao, massive flooding in Luzon -- created an end-of-year sense of crisis in the Philippines, overall political and security stability improved perceptibly over the course of 2009. The year witnessed no significant military or [...] | 2010-01-19 05:46:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PARM PHUM PTER MOPS EAID ASEC KJUS |
10MONROVIA254 | WEST AFRICA COAST INITIATIVE MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE IN [...] (U) SUMMARY: The UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) sponsored a round of meetings February 17-19 designed to assist participant countries (Guinea-Bissau, Cote d'Ivoire, Liberia and Sierra Leone) with the implementation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Regional Action [...] | 2010-02-26 08:27:00 | Embassy Monrovia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KJUS PREL SL LI |
10MUMBAI42 | ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION GROWING IN INDIA [...] (SBU) Summary. With the majority of civil litigation cases taking over a decade to resolve through the Indian courts, businesses in Mumbai increasingly pursue alternative means for resolving contractual difference quickly and cheaply. The business community has devised Alternative Dispute Re [...] | 2010-02-05 08:40:00 | Consulate Mumbai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV BTIO ECON EINV KDEM KIDE KJUS ETRD IN |
10NAIROBI11 | Kenya: Inadequate Witness Protection Poses Painful Dilemma [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 17. 2. (S) Summary: In recent months, post has noted an increased level of intimidation against witnesses to Kenya's late 2007-early 2008 post-election violence. This trend is consistent with security threats against other human ri [...] | 2010-01-05 11:40:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC KCRM KJUS UG KE |
10NAIROBI79 | Arrest of Islamic Cleric Sparks Violent Protests [...] (C) Summary: The arrest of radical Islamist cleric Adullah el-Faisal in Kenya on December 31, 2009 sparked a violent protest in which some demonstrators waved al Shabaab flags. As the GOK has attempted and failed to deport Faisal over the past two weeks interfaith tensions have escalated, and [...] | 2010-01-22 10:52:00 | Embassy Nairobi | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS JM SO KE |
10OSLO71 | Ambassador's Introductory Meeting with Justice and Police [...] (SBU) Summary: On February 12, the Ambassador met with GON Minister of Justice and the Police Knut Storberget. Storberget discussed his Ministry's key issues, Qcluding Norway's acceptance of Cuban migrants via the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR),domestic violence, immi [...] | 2010-02-18 12:45:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER AF CU NO KCRM KIPR KJUS PREL PREF KTIP |
10OTTAWA93 | Canada Willing To Consider Training, Equipping Formed Police [...] (C/NF) In a discussion with Deputy Pol/C on February 25, Michael Kaduck, Director of Peace Operations and Fragile States at the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT),dismissed the idea of contributing a Canadian formed police unit (FPU) for Haiti. He noted that Canada [...] | 2010-02-26 23:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV SOCI MCAP ASEC MARR KJUS KPKO EFIN HA CA |
10PANAMA29 | Martinelli Ratchets Up Pressure on Attorney General [...] No summary [...] | 2010-01-26 21:33:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PINR PM |
10PANAMA43 | Martinelli's Wish is Supreme Court's Command: Attorney [...] (C) Panama's Supreme Court has voted 5-4 to temporarily suspend Attorney General Ana Matilde Gomez pending trial on a charge of abuse of authority. Removing Gomez became feasible only after President Martinelli appointed two new justices to the court last month who were widely viewed as persona [...] | 2010-02-01 23:11:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PM KJUS |
10PANAMA7 | Supreme Court Turnover Consolidates Presidential Power [...] (C) On January 4 the Supreme Court elected longtime member Anibal Salas as president and chose recent appointee and former drug prosecutor Jose Almengor as president of the court's criminal chamber. Salas won six votes for president, including those of Alberto Cigarruista and Winston Spadafora [...] | 2010-01-19 19:01:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KDEM PINR PM |
10PHNOMPENH127 | COURT ACQUITS RFA JOURNALIST OF DISINFORMATION [...] (SBU) The Takeo Provincial Court on February 19 acquitted Radio Free Asia (RFA) reporter Sok Serey of disinformation. The case stemmed from a dispute within a Cham Muslim community in Takeo (Ref A),where a community leader alleged that the local imam misappropriated funds belonging to the co [...] | 2010-02-19 08:47:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
10PHNOMPENH133 | THREE CAMBODIANS CONVICTED FOR LABOR TRAFFICKING; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has convicted three Cambodians on human trafficking and assault charges stemming from the purchase and forced labor of an 11-year old girl in their custody. The primary offender in was sentenced to 20 years in prison for receiving and systematic [...] | 2010-02-23 00:14:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KJUS SOCI CB |
10PHNOMPENH135 | THREE CAMBODIANS CONVICTED FOR LABOR TRAFFICKING; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Phnom Penh Municipal Court has convicted three Cambodians on human trafficking and assault charges stemming from the purchase and forced labor of an 11-year old girl in their custody. The primary offender in was sentenced to 20 years in prison for receiving and systematic [...] | 2010-02-23 00:14:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KJUS SOCI CB |
10PHNOMPENH16 | PROVINCIAL COURT SETS SAM RAINSY TRIAL DATE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Svay Rieng Provincial Court announced on January 8 that it will try opposition party leader Sam Rainsy on January 27. Rainsy, currently in France, did not appear on December 28 as summoned to answer questions before the court on charges of public destruction of property an [...] | 2010-01-12 03:36:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KTIA KJUS CB |
10PHNOMPENH26 | FRIENDS OF THE ECCC DISCUSS BUDGET AND JUDICIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a three-hour meeting January 11 which was both active and at times exceedingly technical, the "Friends of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)" discussed the budget request for 2010-2011 as well as the preliminary budget estimates for 2012-2015. The F [...] | 2010-01-14 09:10:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM CB |
10PHNOMPENH31 | CODEL FALEOMAVAEGA DISCUSSES DEBT, TRADE AND [...] (C) Summary: Following a day in Siem Reap and after attending festivities to mark the 31st anniversary of the January 7 Khmer Rouge "victory" commemoration, Congressman Eni Faleomavaega met with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen and later with Deputy Prime Ministers Hor Namhong and Keat Chhon [...] | 2010-01-19 09:15:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ETRD PHUM SCUL KJUS KDEM EAID CH CB |
10PHNOMPENH71 | CAMBODIAN AUTHORITIES BREAK UP TRAFFICKING RING; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An official from the Anti-Human Trafficking and Juvenile Protection (AHTJP) Police Unit confirmed the arrest of two Cambodians involved in a virginity sale and child trafficking business in Phnom Penh and Kandal Province. The two traffickers, and an American perpetrator arre [...] | 2010-01-28 01:33:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KTIP KJUS CB |
10PHNOMPENH75 | RAINSY CONVICTED AND SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition party leader Sam Rainsy was convicted in absentia January 27 on charges of destroying public property and inciting national discrimination for his role in removing temporary markers delineating the Cambodia-Vietnam border; he was sentenced to two years in prison and a [...] | 2010-01-29 10:10:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KTIA KJUS CB |
10PORTAUPRINCE132 | Haitian National Police - Status Report and Action Request [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Three weeks after the devastating January 12 earthquake, and despite the loss of its headquarters building, commissariats, personnel, and equipment, the Haitian National Police (HNP) remains the most visible government institution in Haiti, and continues to provide a reassu [...] | 2010-02-06 21:57:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN PGOV SNAR SOCI KJUS XL HA |
10PORTAUPRINCE152 | MINUSTAH Police Contingent Update and Action Request [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NAS is working to rebuild contact with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) following the loss of much of the organization's civilian, military, and police leadership in the January 12 earthquake. Coordination will remain a challenge as personnel ar [...] | 2010-02-09 21:29:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN PGOV SNAR SOCI KJUS XL HA |
10PORTAUPRINCE158 | Haiti: UK and Canadian Donor Plans for Corrections Sector [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: NAS met on February 11 with officials from the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) and Canada's Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force (START),to discuss corrections sector development plans in the wake of the January 12 earthquake in Hait [...] | 2010-02-13 20:03:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV SNAR SOCI KPKO KJUS UN XL HA |
10PORTAUPRINCE68 | Haiti Post-Quake INL/NAS Assistance for MINUSTAH, HNP and [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: NAS Port-au-Prince, in conjunction with DEA, FBI, and other USG agencies, has stepped up advisory, logistical, and material support to GOH security institutions since the January 12 earthquake. [...] | 2010-01-20 23:02:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EFIN PGOV SNAR SOCI KPKO KJUS XL HA |
10PORTOFSPAIN36 | CANADA MAY FUND BRITISH JUDICIAL REFORM EFFORT IN TT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Canada may fund a British initiative to embed an expert in judicial reform within the GOTT as early as the first half of 2010. Under the program developed from a 2007 assessment visit, an official with the British Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) would address several broad areas [...] | 2010-01-20 17:00:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CJAN KJUS PGOV TD XL |
10PRETORIA225 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SOUTH AFRICA'S PERFORMANCE [...] (C) Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Collins Chabane hosted Ambassador Gips on January 26 at the Union Buildings. Chabane, who sets goals and tracks progress for the entire government, has overcome initial resistance from some government officials and is b [...] | 2010-02-02 16:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SF CVIS EAID KJUS |
10PRISTINA77 | TENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT FOR KOSOVO [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-12 15:14:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ELAB KCRM KDEM KFRD KJUS KMCA KTIP KV KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
10QUITO103 | Ecuador Rejects FATF Decision to Place it on High-Risk List [...] (C) The Ecuadorian government has reacted vehemently against the February 18 Financial Action Task Force (FATF) statement that Ecuador has not committed sufficiently to addressing strategic deficiencies in its anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism finance regime. President Correa and sen [...] | 2010-02-25 23:07:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM KTFN PTER SNAR EC |
10QUITO95 | Ecuador Response - Reinforcing MINUSTAH [...] (C) PolCouns raised Ecuador's role in MINUSTAH with MFA Multilateral Affairs Under Secretary Arturo Cabrera on February 11. Cabrera said that Ecuador was planning to increase its financial and personnel support of MINUSTAH. He told us that he personally would like to see the Ecuadorian person [...] | 2010-02-22 15:58:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI MCAP MARR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO EC HA |
10RABAT120 | AMBASSADOR EXPLORES MOROCCO'S JUDICIAL REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: In his first meeting with the Ambassador, newly appointed Minister of Justice Mohamed Naciri welcomed U.S. offers of assistance with Morocco's planned judicial reform and emphasized his intention to bring meaningful change to a system he described as "dysfunctional." Referring [...] | 2010-02-12 11:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KJUS KCRM CJAN EAID MO |
10RABAT68 | AMBASSADOR, INTERIOR MINISTER DISCUSS COOPERATION [...] (U) Summary: Meeting for the first time on January 20, the Ambassador and newly appointed Moroccan Minister of Interior Taieb Cherkaoui (reftel) discussed a broad range of issues. Cherkaoui called relations with the United States "excellent," and he expressed gratitude for the long, rich pa [...] | 2010-02-02 10:39:00 | Embassy Rabat | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR KJUS MO |
10RIYADH148 | RIYADH HIGH COURT OVERTURNS AL-JOUF FORCED DIVORCE [...] (S) SUMMARY: On January 30, English-language dailies Saudi Gazette and Arab News reported that the newly-established High Court in Riyadh -- a "supreme court" of review which is one of the first fruits of King Abdullah's judicial reform efforts -- had overturned the highly contentious forced d [...] | 2010-02-01 13:51:00 | Embassy Riyadh | SECRET | KDEM KISL KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SA |
10RIYADH152 | MOJ REPORTS SOME PROGRESS ON LEGAL REFORMS; STILL [...] (S) SUMMARY: Ambassador Smith, engaged in a frank and wide-ranging discussion with Minister of Justice Dr. Mohammed Al-Issa on January 27. Dr. Al-Issa spoke candidly about the challenges he faced in implementing King Abdullah's reform agenda, citing several examples of recent progress such a [...] | 2010-02-02 13:41:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KISL KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SA |
10SANSALVADOR55 | First-Ever Extradition of a Salvadoran National [...] (SBU) On January 29, the GOES extradited convicted rapist Jose Marvin Martinez to the U.S. aboard an FBI jet, marking the first time the GOES has surrendered one of its citizens to the U.S. under the 1911 bilateral extradition treaty. This landmark achievement, the product of two years of enga [...] | 2010-01-29 21:58:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS JUS ES |
10SANSALVADOR83 | Wiretap Law Passes, Implementation Needs USG Funding [...] (C) Summary: On February 18, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly unanimously passed a landmark wiretap bill, providing GOES authorities an important tool to combat the growing crime problem in the country. The Assembly had considered versions of electronic surveillance legislation for more tha [...] | 2010-02-19 19:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL ES |
10SANTODOMINGO206 | President Fernandez and Opposition Leader Vargas on the New [...] The Dominican Republic formally promulgated a new Constitution, composed of 277 Articles and 19 Transitional Articles, on 1/26/10. President Leonel Fernandez, after praising his mentor, former President Juan Bosch, Bosch's Constitution of 1963 and the 1965 "April Revolution" that sought its [...] | 2010-02-01 21:20:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS PHUM KCOR DR |
10SANTODOMINGO208 | President Fernandez and Opposition Leader Vargas on the New [...] The Dominican Republic formally promulgated a new Constitution, composed of 277 Articles and 19 Transitional Articles, on 1/26/10. President Leonel Fernandez, after praising his mentor, former President Juan Bosch, Bosch's Constitution of 1963 and the 1965 "April Revolution" that sought its [...] | 2010-02-03 01:30:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS PHUM KCOR DR |
10SANTODOMINGO286 | DAS Reynoso's Meetings on Justice, Transparency and Human [...] (SBU) WHA DAS Julissa Reynoso held separate meetings during her 5-9 February 2010 visit to the Dominican Republic related to justice, the rule of law and transparency, with Supreme Court Chief Justice Jorge Subero Isa, Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena, and leading NGOs dedicated to prom [...] | 2010-02-22 20:49:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR PHUM DR |
10SANTODOMINGO5 | Emboffs Visit DR-Haiti Border Region [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Polchief and Poloff traveled to the border town of Dajabon (located in the northwestern part of the Dominican Republic) with representatives from NGO Catholic Relief Services (CRS) from 11/30-12/01/2009. Poloffs met with labor lawyers from the Solidaridad Fronteriza NGO wh [...] | 2010-01-06 17:31:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM ECON EAID DR |
10SANTODOMINGO9 | Constitutional Reform Process - The Judiciary Altered [...] (U) The GODR's constitutional reform process, ongoing now for more than a year (reftel A) reveals much about the relative powers of various actors including the President, political parties, the judiciary, civil society, the Catholic Church and Dominicans in general. The independence and po [...] | 2010-01-08 21:13:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KDEM PHUM DR |
10SAOPAULO102 | SAO PAULO LEGAL TIMBER PROGRAM TAKES OFF [...] No summary [...] | 2010-02-10 12:54:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON ETRD KCRM KJUS BR |
10SAOPAULO32 | SAO PAULO ENVIRONMENTAL POLICE MAKING INROADS AGAINST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Creative, pro-active mechanisms and partnerships are enabling the Sao Paulo Environmental Police (SPEP) to combat illegal logging activities. Over 8,000 tons of illegally cut wood, most from outside the state, has been apprehended by the SPEP within the last 2 years. While SPEP [...] | 2010-01-19 19:04:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SENV ECON ETRD KCRM BR KJUS |
10SARAJEVO182 | INL-FUNDED PROGRAM UPDATE: FOCUS ON OPDAT [...] (U) Summary. The work being done by INL-funded Overseas Prosecutorial Development and Assistance Program (OPDAT) remains crucial to our rule of law agenda in Bosnia. In addition to its training programs, OPDAT is providing technical assistance to the State Prosecutor's Special Department fo [...] | 2010-02-25 08:22:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
10SARAJEVO21 | BOSNIA: UNCLEAR IF ECHR DECISION WILL BRING QUICK [...] (SBU) On December 22, 2009, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in favor of two complainants from the Jewish and Roma communities that certain provisions of the BiH constitution were unjustifiably discriminatory and thus, violated BiH's obligations under the ECHR and related proto [...] | 2010-01-08 09:28:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KDEM EUN BK |
10STATE1076 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (PODGORICA 232) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for GCMC Senior Executive Seminar to be held January 20-28, 2010 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Seminar on Transatlantic Civil Security (STACS) to be held February 2-24, 2010 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, [...] | 2010-01-06 18:18:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL SNAR MW |
10STATE1102 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (PODGORICA 232) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for GCMC Senior Executive Seminar to be held January 20-28, 2010 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, Seminar on Transatlantic Civil Security (STACS) to be held February 2-24, 2010 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, [...] | 2010-01-06 18:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL SNAR MW |
10STATE12464 | ADDRESSING RESOURCE REQUESTS FROM THE UN [...] (SBU) This is an action request for USUN New York to share the information in paragraphs four through six with the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations (DPKO). In addition to sharing the U.S. Government responses to DPKO requests for assistance, USUN is asked to confirm with DPKO that t [...] | 2010-02-10 00:59:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV HA SOCI MCAP MARR SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO |
10STATE14116 | JORDAN LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE FOR DOJ/ OPDAT [...] (SBU) In response to ref Leahy vetting request, the Department has reviewed its files and finds it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights at this time by the Jordanian officials listed below. Please note that if at any time the Embassy becomes aware of informat [...] | 2010-02-17 18:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ASEC KCRM KJUS |
10STATE14231 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (PODGORICA 17) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the GCMC Program in Advanced Security Studies to be held March 26- June 18, 2010 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the [...] | 2010-02-17 21:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL SNAR MW |
10STATE14232 | LEAHY VETTING RESPONSE (PODGORICA 21) [...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in reftel requesting human rights vetting for the candidates nominated to attend the GCMC Combat Terrorism Language Program/Program on Terrorism and Security Studies to be held February 23-March 24/June 25 - July 30, 2010 in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, [...] | 2010-02-17 21:04:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL SNAR MW |
10STATE15565 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN SPECIAL [...] (U) This is an Action Request: see para 3. 2. (SBU) Department appreciates USUN's ongoing engagement with UN/OLA and the Steering Committee for the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia aka the Khmer Rouge Tribunal (ECCC). Department notes that UN/OLA has requested donor input r [...] | 2010-02-20 01:27:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID KJUS KTIA CB |
10STATE16131 | RESPONSE TO FREETOWN 60 - LEAHY VETTING REQUEST [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the individuals listed below who will be participating in the "FBI National Academy Associates Middle East/Africa Chapter Retraining Conference" from March [...] | 2010-02-22 22:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PHUM SL |
10STATE7439 | TFHA01: INL RESPONSE TO NAS NEEDS FOR HNP, [...] In response to reftel request concerning issues to be addressed by INL in support of Embassy Port au Prince. The Department has taken steps to assist with the following: 2. INL is preparing the procurement, delivery, and construction of a temporary camp for the US contingent to be located [...] | 2010-01-25 20:56:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR ASEC EFIN KJUS KPKO PGOV SOCI HA XL |
10STATE7783 | USUN MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR S/WCI [...] (SBU) Mission clearance is requested for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp and Foreign Service Officer Todd Anderson from February 1-5. The purpose is to hold meetings with United Nations Security Council Delegations and to partpicpate in the Residual Mechanism Expert Gro [...] | 2010-01-26 19:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS AF UN |
10STATE8495 | USUN MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR S/WCI [...] (SBU) Mission clearance is requested for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen J. Rapp on January 29, 2010. The purpose is to hold a meeting with OLA Deputy Peter Taksoe-Jensen. 2. (SBU) No other Mission assistance is requested at this time. 3. (SBU) Department appreciates Po [...] | 2010-01-27 22:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KJUS AF UN |
10STATE8853 | MISSION CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR ANNE JOYCE L/EUR [...] (SBU) Mission clearance is requested for Anne Joyce from the Office of the Legal Advisor to participate in the Residual Mechanism Expert Group Meetings hosted by the Permanent Mission of Canada to the United Nations on February 4 and 5, 2010. Mission POC is USUN/Legal: Mary McLeod 2. (SBU) No [...] | 2010-01-28 17:53:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS AF UN |
10TEGUCIGALPA106 | POLITICAL AMNESTY DECREE APPROVED [...] (U) Summary: The National Congress on January 26 passed a decree granting amnesty to those who committed the political crimes of treason, crimes against the form of government, terrorism, and sedition between January 1, 2008 and January 27, 2010. It also provides amnesty for the following com [...] | 2010-02-01 22:47:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KJUS KCOR HO |
10TEGUCIGALPA120 | CRIMINAL COURT DISMISSES CHARGES AGAINST MILITARY [...] (U) Summary: According to press reports, the President of the Honduran Supreme Court, Jorge Rivera, acting as a criminal court judge, dismissed the charges of abuse of authority and illegal expatriation lodged against the Honduran Armed Forces Joint Chiefs of Staff on January 6. The press rep [...] | 2010-02-04 23:24:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KJUS MARR PREL HO |
10TEGUCIGALPA16 | CHARGES FILED AGAINST MILITARY FOR FLYING ZELAYA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Public Ministry filed charges before the Supreme Court on January 6 against the Armed Forces Chief of Staff and the Joint Staff for abuse of authority on June 28 for the way they executed an arrest warrant issued against President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya by forcing him onto a pl [...] | 2010-01-08 22:42:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR KJUS KDEM HO |
10TEGUCIGALPA160 | ALLEGATIONS OF CORRUPTION SURROUND DAM MANAGEMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: A last minute concession granted to a Honduran-Italian consortium by the Micheletti regime has erupted into a scandal. Critics allege that the deal was approved by outgoing Congressional leadership without a vote and hastily signed into law by the outgoing administration. The deal wa [...] | 2010-02-20 00:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ECIN EINV ENRG KJUS PGOV HO |
10TEGUCIGALPA161 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO SAN PEDRO SULA [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador visited San Pedro Sula, Honduras' commercial capital, February 4-6. This was the Ambassador's first high-profile series of public events since the June 28 coup d'tat. He met with the mayor, the maquila association, the Chamber of Commerce, and the editors of E [...] | 2010-02-22 22:54:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD ELAB SCUL EAID KJUS HO |
10TEGUCIGALPA166 | HONDURAN APPEALS COURT RATIFIES DISMISSAL OF [...] (U) A special appeals court tribunal comprised of three members of the Honduran Supreme Court ratified the dismissal of charges against the military Armed Forces Chief of Staff and Joint Staff of illegal expatriation and abuse of power in connection with the June 28 coup d'etat, in a February 1 [...] | 2010-02-24 01:17:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV MARR KJUS KDEM HO |
10TEGUCIGALPA26 | POLITICAL AMNESTY DECREE INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary: A draft decree providing political amnesty to all actors in Honduras' political crisis was introduced in the Congress on January 11. The bill comprises actions between January 1, 2008 and December 21, 2009 and covers treason, crimes against the country's form of government, ter [...] | 2010-01-12 18:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KDEM HO |
10TEGUCIGALPA35 | CONGRESS SHELVES AMNESTY DECREE AND PULLS HONDURAS [...] (SBU) Summary: With less than two weeks remaining before its term ends on January 21, the Congress on January 12 did not, as expected, take up for discussion a draft decree providing political amnesty to all actors in Honduras' political crisis. The likely motivation was the opposition to the [...] | 2010-01-13 23:41:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KDEM HO |
10TEGUCIGALPA41 | MODERNIZATION OF HONDURAN PRISONS CONTINUES POST-COUP [...] (U) Summary: Under the de facto regime which came to power following the June 28, 2009 coup d'etat, implementation of the Ministry of Security's pre-coup prisons reform plan, while delayed, has continued. GOH-funded construction of an administrative segregation annex nicknamed "The Maquila" at [...] | 2010-01-15 14:00:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO |
10TEGUCIGALPA46 | HONDURAS: Administrative Segregation Update [...] The following is an update of the remodeling of the Maquila into an Administrative Segregation Unit as of November 28, 2009. The Maquila project is part of Minister of Security Jorge Rodas's overall prisons reform plan, devised in 2008-2009 (Reftel). ----------------- Complete Project: - [...] | 2010-01-15 21:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID PREL HO |
10THEHAGUE17 | HR VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE CONFERENCE - [...] The following individual has been selected to attend the 5th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference 8-11 March 2010. Consistent with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, there is no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by this individual. NAME - Colonel Arie Ooms DOB - 01 O [...] | 2010-01-14 10:13:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR KJUS ASEC NL |
10THEHAGUE8 | HR VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE CONFERENCE - [...] The following individual has been selected to attend the 5th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference 8-11 March 2009. Consistent with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, there is no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by this individual. NAME - Air Commodore Antonie Debok [...] | 2010-01-08 09:27:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR KJUS ASEC NL |
10TIRANA65 | PRESIDENT TOPI: PRESSURE ON INDEPENDENT [...] (C) During a January 27 meeting with Ambassador Withers, President Topi expressed deep concern over mounting GOA pressure on independent institutions, including Office of the Prosecutor General, the intelligence service, the media, and the courts. Topi said the opposition boycott of Parliament [...] | 2010-01-29 10:45:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS PINR KJUS AL |
10USUNNEWYORK103 | PREPARING FOR THE 12 - 16 APRIL MEETING ON THE [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 6 below. 2. (C) Summary. Negotiations on the CCIT will resume April 12 through 16 in New York. Discussions within the UN General Assembly's Sixth (Legal) Committee on the CCIT last October resulted in no movement towards consensus on a [...] | 2010-02-24 21:09:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER UN KJUS |
10USUNNEWYORK52 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI [...] Mission clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp and Foreign Service Officer Todd Anderson to participate in meetings on February 1-2 with Security Council experts from the Informal Working Group on International Tribunals concerning the USG proposal to p [...] | 2010-01-29 13:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV OTRA KJUS PHUM UN |
10YEREVAN19 | ARMENIA MISSES ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY TO IMPROVE [...] (C) In the January 10 by-election, Embassy observers noted widespread intimidation, low-scale violence, and cases where individuals outside the electoral commissions directed the vote process. Although we did not directly observe ballot stuffing, Embassy personnel were present at a polling stat [...] | 2010-01-13 07:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM |
10YEREVAN30 | ARMENIA CORRECTS IMBALANCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM [...] (SBU) On January 14, Armenia's Constitutional (Supreme) Court struck down as unconstitutional a controversial criminal code statute that allowed defense attorneys, victims, or witnesses -- but not prosecutors -- to be charged with contempt of court for acting contemptuously to a judge. The sta [...] | 2010-01-21 06:54:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM |
10YEREVAN33 | OPPOSITION LEADER HANDED 7 YEAR SENTENCE [...] (SBU) On January 19, a Yerevan court controversially convicted and sentenced to seven years' jail time Nikol Pashinian, one of the most prominent opposition leaders who challenged the results of the disputed 2008 presidential election. Pashinian, who went into hiding in March 2008 after the au [...] | 2010-01-22 10:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
10YEREVAN60 | UPDATES IN YOUTH ACTIVIST WHISTLEBLOWER CASE [...] (SBU) In an apparent reversal in a controversial whistleblower case (reftels),the prosecutor general's office on January 11 launched a criminal investigation against a former instructor at a special needs school for allegedly sexually abusing his students. Previous investigations into the sexu [...] | 2010-02-05 10:15:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS SOCI AM |
94CARACAS2731 | REACTIONS TO RELEASE OF FEB [...] (U) SUMMARY: POLITICAL REACTION TO THE RELEASE OF THE PRINCIPAL LEADER OF THE FEBRUARY 1992 MILITARY COUP, LTC HUGO CHAVEZ, HAS RANGED FROM "GOOD FOR DEMOCRACY" TO WARNINGS THAT IT SENDS SIGNALS TO THE ARMED FORCES THAT IT CAN ACT WITH IMPUNITY. FOR HIS PART, CHAVEZ HAS EMBRACED THE PUBLIC [...] | 1994-04-06 17:04:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR PINS KJUS VE |
94LIMA11661 | AYACUCHO EMERGES FROM ITS SENDERO PAST [...] (U) SUMMARY: ON NOVEMBER 30-DECEMBER 1, AMBASSADOR AND MRS. ADAMS, ACCOMPANIED BY AID OFFICERS AND POLOFF TRAVELED TO AYACUCHO FOR THE OPENING OF AN AID-FUNDED DETAINEE REGISTRY CENTER. US-TEAM ALSO VISITED AN ORPHANAGE AND AMBASSADOR MET WITH THE LOCAL UNIVERSITY RECTOR AND UNIVERSITY STU [...] | 1994-12-19 14:14:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM KJUS PE |