NEA TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR WATCH LIST

C O N F I D E N T I A L MANAMA 000075 SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 01/18/2016 TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG BA GR EG KHUM HUMRIT SUBJECT: NEA TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR WATCH LIST COUNTRIES DELIVERED TO GOB OFFICIALS REF: STATE 2172 Classified By: DCM Susan L. Ziadeh for reasons 1.4(b) and (d). (C) Poloff delivered the Bahrain segment of the TIP interim assessment for Special Watch List countries January 18 to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. He tasked his assistants with ascertaining the current status of those items outlined in the report. Shaikh Abdul Aziz also said that on January 22 and 23 the King's wife Shaikha Sabika Bint Ibrahim Al Khalifa will attend an anti-trafficking conference in Greece organized by the Suzanne Mubarak Women's International Peace Movement. Shaikha Sabika is a member of the board of directors . MONROE