REQUEST FOR PAROLE FOR ISRAILOV, SJARPUDI ELFIROVITSJ

UNCLAS OSLO 000435 SENSITIVE SIPDIS FOR CA/VO/F/P (GARY CORSE); EUR/NB (H. MARTIN MCDOWELL) E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREF CVIS SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR PAROLE FOR ISRAILOV, SJARPUDI ELFIROVITSJ REF: 09 OSLO 412 ¶1. (SBU) Name: Israilov, Sjarpudi Elfirovitsj ¶2. (SBU) DPOB: 17 January 1956, Engels, Kazakhstan ¶3. (SBU) Justification of Special Public Benefit Parole request: The full justification for parole is classified and contained in reftel, 09 Oslo 412. There is a USG interest in Mr. Israilov's temporarily entering the United States while his case is proceeding at the European Court for Human Rights in Strasbourg, France. His family will remain in Norway where he and they have refugee status. ¶4. (SBU) Proposed parolee's address abroad: parolee's family will continue to reside at Myrane 9, Stryn, 6783 Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. ¶5. (SBU) CLASS namecheck was made, and no hits were returned for this applicant. ¶6. (SBU) Financial support for Mr. Israilov's stay in the US has been gathered by the Chechnya Advocacy Network and several other US and Europe-based human rights organizations. The Chechnya Advocacy Network has significant experience working with temporary visitors to the United States from the North Caucasus. ¶7. (U) DRL/AE (Susan M. Corke) has concurred in this request. ¶8. (SBU) Applicant plans to travel as soon as possible to the US and enter through New York. ¶9. (SBU) There will be no accompanying family members. ¶10. (U) CLASS namechecks on accompanying family members: not applicable. ¶11. (SBU) Applicant is not the subject of a previous parole recommendation or interagency discussion. Reftel is post's only reporting on this issue. There has been email correspondence within the State Department between post, DRL and EUR concerning this individual. ¶12. (U) Chief of Mission Certification: I, Kevin M. Johnson, Charge d'Affaires a.i., U.S. Embassy Oslo, U.S. Department of State, attest to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Visa Services and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that: (1) The justification and information pertinent to the parole request are accurate and complete, insofar as information is available to this post. (2) Namechecks have been completed in the CLASS database on the person named in the request and, as appropriate, information obtained from foreign law enforcement agencies. (3) All database findings on the person named above, including copies of computer screens and other related materials have been identified and forwarded to the appropriate DHS office. (4) The following is a complete list of all Department offices and U.S. Government agencies known or thought to have an interest in this request: Department of Democracy, Rights and Labor (DRL),Susan M. Corke, 202-261-8017. DRL, Wendy Silverman, 202-261-8019. JOHNSON