LEAHY VETTING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR IN BANGLADESH, 14-15

UNCLAS DHAKA 000859 SIPDIS DEPT FOR SCA/RA ATTN: JOSEPH BRENNIG E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM MASS MARR PREL KCRM BG SUBJECT: LEAHY VETTING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR IN BANGLADESH, 14-15 SEPTEMBER, 2009 ¶1. This is an action request. See para three. ¶2. The following candidates have been selected for participation in Human Rights Seminar in Bangladesh, which will begin on September 14, 2009. Post vetting was completed on September 01, 2009. Post requests that vetting be completed by September 10 to provide sufficient time for processing. Post requests the department conduct Leahy vetting for the following candidates: ¶1. Name: H Kallol Rank: Commander Unit: Bangabandhu Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 538 Date of Birth: 01 January 1965 Place of Birth: Faridpur, Bangladesh ¶2. Name: M Quasar Alam Rank: Commander Unit: IK/NPM Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 586 Date of Birth: 08 August 1964 Place of Birth: Comilla, Bangladesh ¶3. Name: M Jamil Ashraf Rank: Commander Unit: Bangabandhu/Comban Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 606 Date of Birth: 02 January 1966 Place of Birth: Dinajpur, Bangladesh ¶4. Name: M Manzur Hossain Rank: Commander Unit: IK/SWADS Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 721 Date of Birth: 11 August 1967 Place of Birth: Barisal, Bangladesh ¶5. Name: A S M Afzalul Haque Rank: Commander Unit: Durdarsha Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 789 Date of Birth: 01 July 1970 Place of Birth: Rajshahi, Bangladesh ¶6. Name: M Ziaul Hoque Rank: Commander Unit: IK/FIS Ctg Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 796 Date of Birth: 02 February 1971 Place of Birth: Dhaka, Bangladesh ¶7. Name: S M Mahmudur Rahman Rank: Lieutenant Commander Unit: IK/Div School/SWADS Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 861 Date of Birth: 11 June 1967 Place of Birth: Narail, Bangladesh ¶9. Name: M Zillur Rahim Khan Rank: Lieutenant Commander Unit: Shahjalal Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 1079 Date of Birth: 12 October 1974 Place of Birth: Pabna, Bangladesh ¶10. Name: Salahuddin Ahmed Rank: Lieutenant Commander Unit: Bangabandhu Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 966 Date of Birth: 04 March 1973 Place of Birth: Manikgonj, Bangladesh ¶11. Name: M A Islam Rank: Lieutenant Commander Unit: IK/Div School/SWADS Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 1140 Date of Birth: 21 September 1974 Place of Birth: Lakshmipur, Bangladesh ¶12. Name: A T M Shahin Parvez Rank: Lieutenant Commander Unit: Shaibal Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 1276 Date of Birth: 21 December 1978 Place of Birth: Bogra, Bangladesh ¶13. Name: M Mahbubur Rahman Rank: Lieutenant Commander Unit: IK/SWADS Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 1304 Date of Birth: 27 October 1977 Place of Birth: Patuakhali, Bangladesh ¶14. Name: M Sabbiur Rahman Rank: Lieutenant Commander Unit: Patenga Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 1358 Date of Birth: 15 October 1980 Place of Birth: Pirozpur, Bangladesh ¶15. Name: M R Islam Rank: Lieutenant Commander Unit: Karnaphuli Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 1362 Date of Birth: 01 June 1978 Place of Birth: Lakshmipur, Bangladesh ¶16. Name: M Ashikuzzaman Khandakar Rank: Lieutenant Unit: IK/NSD Ctg/SWADS Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 1546 Date of Birth: 01 December 1980 Place of Birth: Narshingdhi, Bangladesh ¶17. Name: M M Islam Rank: Lieutenant Unit: HM/CG Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 1549 Date of Birth: 01 September 1981 Place of Birth: B. Baria, Bangladesh ¶18. Name: M Fayjul Islam Mandal Rank: Lieutenant Unit: SM Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 1641 Date of Birth: 17 May 1981 Place of Birth: Gouripur, Bangladesh ¶19. Name: N Hasan Chowdhury Rank: Second Lieutenant Unit: Karnaphuli Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 1775 Date of Birth: 01 January 1984 Place of Birth: Dinajpur, Bangladesh ¶20. Name: Md Habibul Huq Rank: Major Unit: Armed Forces Division Unit Location: Dhaka Personal Number: 4632 Date of Birth: 15 April 1973 Place of Birth: Khulna, Bangladesh ¶21. Name: Mohammad Musharaf Hossain Rank: Major Unit: HQ 24 Inf Div Unit Location: Chittagong Personal Number: 5287 Date of Birth: 01 March 1974 Place of Birth: 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 David Arulanantham, unclass e-mail:arulananthamdp@state.gov. ¶5. COMMENT: Embassy has no information to indicate these individuals or any units they have served in have been involved in gross violations of human rights. Moriarty