RAB AGREES TO DEPARTMENT PRINCIPLES FOR TRAINING

C O N F I D E N T I A L DHAKA 000658 SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: DECL: 06/18/2018 TAGS: PHUM PINR PINS PREL MASS BG SUBJECT: RAB AGREES TO DEPARTMENT PRINCIPLES FOR TRAINING REF: STATE 61983 Classified By: Amb. James F. Moriarty. Reasons 1.4 (b) and (d) ¶1. (C) Rapid Action Battalion Intelligence Director Lt. Col. Mohammad Abdul Majid informed Post on June 17 that the RAB agreed to the objectives of proposed USG human rights training as stated in Reftel. In a meeting with the RAB directors of training and intelligence on June 15, Post enumerated those objectives, explained that initial training would focus solely on human rights, and underlined that all candidates for training would require clearance under Leahy Amendment human rights vetting. Post also briefed the Ministry of Home Affairs, and Deputy Chief of Mission Pasi updated Home Secretary Mohammad Abdul Karim. ¶2. (U) Post welcomes the arrival of an interagency team to assess appropriate human rights training for the RAB at the earliest date possible. Moriarty