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 .

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