HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR APCSS COURSE, APRIL 11 -

UNCLAS DHAKA 000352 SIPDIS SIPDIS DEPT. FOR SCA/PB ATTN: BRENT CHRISTENSEN DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG DEPT FOR DRL ATTN: ROD MORGAN OR LEROY POTTS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR APCSS COURSE, APRIL 11 - MAY 10, 2007 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) Stability, Security, Transition and Reconstruction (SSTR) course to be held in Honolulu, Hawaii, from April 11 - May 10, 2007. Post vetting was completed on March 4, 2007. Post requests that vetting be completed by March 16, 2007, to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: Name: M. Rabiul Islam Sikder Rank: Group Captain Unit: Bangladesh Air Force Base Matiur Rahman Unit Location: Jessore, Bangladesh Personal Number: BD-7409 DOB: 10/05/1962 POB: Dhaka, Bangladesh Name: Mohammad Mahfzur Rahman Rank: N/A (civilian) Unit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Unit Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh Personal Number: N/A DOB: 07/20/1961 POB: Mymensingh, Bangladesh ¶3. Post requests that the Department of State authorize post to make the following statement to the relevant DOD units: "Embassy verifies that the Department of State possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the above named individual or unit." ¶4. Post Human Rights Officer is Luke Zahner, unclass e-mail:zahnerlv@state.gov. ¶5. COMMENT: Embassy has no information to indicate this individual or any unit he has served in has been involved in gross violations of human rights. PASI