Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
06PARIS7364
2006-11-14 10:21:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Paris
Cable title:
FRANCE/SUDAN SANCTIONS: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
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C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 007364
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
( C O R R E C T E D C O P Y - CLASSIFICATION CHANGE ON PARAGRAPH 2)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/07/2016
TAGS: PREL PHUM PINR PTER PINS CD SU FR
SUBJECT: FRANCE/SUDAN SANCTIONS: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
ON KHALIL IBRAHIM
REF: A. STATE 6471 B. PARIS 6244 C. PARIS 3129
Classified By: Political Minister Counselor Josiah B. Rosenblatt. Reas
ons 1.4b,d
C O N F I D E N T I A L PARIS 007364
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
( C O R R E C T E D C O P Y - CLASSIFICATION CHANGE ON PARAGRAPH 2)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/07/2016
TAGS: PREL PHUM PINR PTER PINS CD SU FR
SUBJECT: FRANCE/SUDAN SANCTIONS: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
ON KHALIL IBRAHIM
REF: A. STATE 6471 B. PARIS 6244 C. PARIS 3129
Classified By: Political Minister Counselor Josiah B. Rosenblatt. Reas
ons 1.4b,d
1. (C) MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal provided the
following biographical information to Africa Watcher on
Khalil Ibrahim, the leader of the Justice and Equality
Movement (JEM) (Ref A). Le Gal confirmed on November 7 that
Ibrahim remains in France, where he has been unable to renew
his travel permit as a refugee who has been certified by the
French government. Ibrahim can depart France at any time,
but his re-entry to French and European Union (Schengen
Agreement) territory would not be guaranteed if he sought to
return. Le Gal said that the MFA has fielded a battery of
complaints that France should facilitate the renewal of
Ibrahim's refugee permit, which Le Gal personally blocked on
grounds that Ibrahim has impeded the Darfur peace process
under the terms of UNSCR 1593 (2005),paragraph 3 (C) (Refs
B,C). Senegal, Eritrea, Norway and EU Special Representative
for Sudan Pekka Haavisto have all appealed on Ibrahim's
behalf, according to Le Gal.
2. (U) Biographical Information and Identifiers for Khalil
Ibrahim.
-- Full name: Khalil Ibrahim Mohamed Achar Foudail Taha.
-- DOB: 15 June 1958 in El Fasher, Sudan.
-- Name of Father: Mohammed Ibrahim.
-- Name of Mother: Idriss Aiba.
-- Married on 2 February 1986 to Yosuf ZINAT (born 1959) with
whom he fathered seven children.
-- Carte de Sejour for France: No. 4203016171, issued at the
Loire Prefecture on 20 February 2004 and valid through 19
February 2014.
-- Refugee Card No. 0179427, issued by OFPRA (Office Francais
de Protection des Refugies et Apatrides / French Office for
the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons).
3. (C) Le Gal called attention to the fact that Ibrahim also
travels on passports issued by Eritrea, in addition to the
Laissez-Passer he had acquired as a certified refugee.
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm
STAPLETON
SIPDIS
SIPDIS
( C O R R E C T E D C O P Y - CLASSIFICATION CHANGE ON PARAGRAPH 2)
E.O. 12958: DECL: 11/07/2016
TAGS: PREL PHUM PINR PTER PINS CD SU FR
SUBJECT: FRANCE/SUDAN SANCTIONS: BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
ON KHALIL IBRAHIM
REF: A. STATE 6471 B. PARIS 6244 C. PARIS 3129
Classified By: Political Minister Counselor Josiah B. Rosenblatt. Reas
ons 1.4b,d
1. (C) MFA AF DAS-Equivalent Helene Le Gal provided the
following biographical information to Africa Watcher on
Khalil Ibrahim, the leader of the Justice and Equality
Movement (JEM) (Ref A). Le Gal confirmed on November 7 that
Ibrahim remains in France, where he has been unable to renew
his travel permit as a refugee who has been certified by the
French government. Ibrahim can depart France at any time,
but his re-entry to French and European Union (Schengen
Agreement) territory would not be guaranteed if he sought to
return. Le Gal said that the MFA has fielded a battery of
complaints that France should facilitate the renewal of
Ibrahim's refugee permit, which Le Gal personally blocked on
grounds that Ibrahim has impeded the Darfur peace process
under the terms of UNSCR 1593 (2005),paragraph 3 (C) (Refs
B,C). Senegal, Eritrea, Norway and EU Special Representative
for Sudan Pekka Haavisto have all appealed on Ibrahim's
behalf, according to Le Gal.
2. (U) Biographical Information and Identifiers for Khalil
Ibrahim.
-- Full name: Khalil Ibrahim Mohamed Achar Foudail Taha.
-- DOB: 15 June 1958 in El Fasher, Sudan.
-- Name of Father: Mohammed Ibrahim.
-- Name of Mother: Idriss Aiba.
-- Married on 2 February 1986 to Yosuf ZINAT (born 1959) with
whom he fathered seven children.
-- Carte de Sejour for France: No. 4203016171, issued at the
Loire Prefecture on 20 February 2004 and valid through 19
February 2014.
-- Refugee Card No. 0179427, issued by OFPRA (Office Francais
de Protection des Refugies et Apatrides / French Office for
the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons).
3. (C) Le Gal called attention to the fact that Ibrahim also
travels on passports issued by Eritrea, in addition to the
Laissez-Passer he had acquired as a certified refugee.
Please visit Paris' Classified Website at:
http://www.state.sgov.gov/p/eur/paris/index.c fm
STAPLETON