Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06JAKARTA3347
2006-03-16 01:47:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Jakarta
Cable title:  

UNHCR CONFIDENT CUBAN CITIZEN TREATED FAIRLY

Tags:  PHUM PGOV PREF KJUS CU ID 
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PP RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHHM
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ZNY CCCCC ZZH
P 160147Z MAR 06
FM AMEMBASSY JAKARTA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1109
INFO RUEHZS/ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS PRIORITY
RUEHBY/AMEMBASSY CANBERRA PRIORITY 9206
RUEHDT/AMEMBASSY DILI PRIORITY 0737
RUEHWL/AMEMBASSY WELLINGTON PRIORITY 0703
RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY PRIORITY 0046
RUEHUB/USINT HAVANA PRIORITY 0011
RUEHGV/USMISSION GENEVA PRIORITY 7332
RHHMUNA/USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI PRIORITY
RUCNDT/USMISSION USUN NEW YORK PRIORITY 0417
C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 003347 

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SECSTATE FOR EAP/IET, PRM AND DRL

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/16/2016
TAGS: PHUM PGOV PREF KJUS CU ID
SUBJECT: UNHCR CONFIDENT CUBAN CITIZEN TREATED FAIRLY

REF: JAKARTA 02314

Classified By: LISSA MCATEE, REASON 1.4 (B) AND (D).

C O N F I D E N T I A L JAKARTA 003347

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SIPDIS

SECSTATE FOR EAP/IET, PRM AND DRL

E.O. 12958: DECL: 03/16/2016
TAGS: PHUM PGOV PREF KJUS CU ID
SUBJECT: UNHCR CONFIDENT CUBAN CITIZEN TREATED FAIRLY

REF: JAKARTA 02314

Classified By: LISSA MCATEE, REASON 1.4 (B) AND (D).


1. (C) UNHCR/Jakarta told us on March 13 that it remains
confident that Ramon Ballesteros Escobar, a Cuban doctor who
fled from his assignment in East Timor, will be treated
fairly (reftel). Shinji Kubo, head of Protective Services at
UNCHR in Jakarta said that no one, including the Indonesian
government, has pressured UNCHR regarding Escobar. Indra,
director of Enforcement at the Indonesian Immigration
Department, assured UNHCR that the GOI would not act without
the high commission's recommendation. Kubo explained that
the Indonesian government does not want to politicize the
case and is therefore "putting it on us (UNHCR)" to handle
the matter.


2. (SBU) Escobar remains in immigration detention in Kupang,
West Timor. UNHCR is reviewing his case, and verifying
information with UNHCR in Washington D.C. and Geneva before
they issue a recommendation. In the meantime, UNHCR is
trying to keep the case quiet because they say there are
approximately one hundred Cuban doctors in East Timor that
may look to UNHCR's decision in the Escobar case as a signal
to follow suit. We will continue to follow developments.
PASCOE