Uzbekistan: Leahy Vetting Request for GOU MVD Forensic

UNCLAS TASHKENT 000148 SENSITIVE SIPDIS E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PHUM PREL SNAR UZ SUBJECT: Uzbekistan: Leahy Vetting Request for GOU MVD Forensic Department ¶1. This is an action request. Please see paragraph three. ¶2. Post is inviting representatives of the Uzbekistan Forensic laboratories to attend the American Academy of Forensic Sciences meeting that will be held in Seattle, Washington, from Feb 22-27, ¶2010. ¶3. Action request: Post requests the Department to conduct a human rights review and Leahy vetting for the Main Forensic Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and send response before February 5, 2010. Unit: The Main Forensic Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Location: Tashkent, Uzbekistan Unit Commander: Colonel Gennadiy F. Nikishin; DPOB: 28-Nov-1945; Kuybishev City, Russia Agency: Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) ¶4. Post has no credible information of gross violations of human rights of officers of this unit. ¶5. Embassy Tashkent point of contact is INL office; telephone: 998-71-120-5450, fax: 998-71-120-5400, All inquires can be sent to INL Tashkent Dmitriy Dogovorov, office telephone: 998-71-140-2355, fax: 998-71-120-5400, unclassified email: DogovorovD@state.gov NORLAND NORLAND