HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR NEAR EAST/SOUTH ASIA

UNCLAS DHAKA 000726 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 NEAR EAST/SOUTH ASIA CENTER EXECUTIVE SEMINAR, MAY 30, 2007 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidate has been selected for participation in the Near East/South Asia Center for Strategic Studies Executive Seminar starting on May 30, 2007. Post vetting was completed on May 1, 2007. Post requests that vetting be completed by May 15, 2007, to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidate: Name: Abu Mohammad Shafayet Hossain Rank: Lt. Colonel Personnel Number: BA-3225 DOB: 01/01/66 POB: Chittagong Unit: 7 Horse ¶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. BUTENIS