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