PANAMA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE APPEALS FOR

UNCLAS PANAMA 08558 E.O.12356: DECL:OADR TAGS: PHUM PINR PGOV PREF PREL PM SUBJECT: PANAMA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE APPEALS FOR RELEASE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS ¶1. IN FACE OF WHAT IT DESCRIBED AS "THE RULE OF INJUSTICE AND VIOLENCE" IN PANAMA, THE PANAMANIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE (CPDH) HAS ISSUED AN URGENT INTERNATIONAL CALL ASKING THE NATIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS OF THE WORLD TO BRING PRESSURE ON THE NORIEGA REGIME, PARTICULARLY TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF CIVILIAN AND MILITARY POLITICAL PRISONERS. ¶2. THE PETITION IS ACCOMPANIED BY A LONG LIST OF POLITICAL PRISONERS, COMPILED BY THE CPDH, ALONG WITH NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF REGIME OFFICIALS TO WHOM APPEALS FOR RELEASE SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. ¶3. FOR DEPARTMENT'S:INFORMATION, REGIME OFFICIALS -- AS LISTED BY THE CPDH -- ARE: GENERAL MANUEL A. NORIEGA COMMANDER, PANAMANIAN DEFENSE FORCES APARTADO 3434, PANAMA 1 TELEPHONE: 28-5166 FAX: 28-4072 TELEX: 3145, 2748, 2736 FFDD PG LIC. FRANCISCO RODRIGUEZ, PROVISIONAL PRESIDENT VALIJA PRESIDENCIAL, PANAMA 1 TELEPHONE: 62-8702, 27-4052, 27-4062 FAX: 69-5580 TELEX 2270 PRESIPA PG LIC. MARISOL REYES DE VASQUEZ PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT OF JUSTICE APARTADO 1720, PANAMA 1 TELEPHONE: 28-7150 LIC. CARLOS VILLALAZ ATTORNEY GENERAL APARTADO 1080, PANAMA 1 TELEPHONE: 27-1114, 27-1051, 25-0250 DR. RENATO PEREIRA MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT AND JUSTICE APARTADO 3473, PANAMA 1 TELEPHONE: 62-2993, 62-1702 FAX: 62-7490 TELEX: 2746 MINGO PG LIC. LEONARDO KAM MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS PANAMA 4 TELEPHONE: 27-0013, 27-3170, 27-4025 FAX: 27-4725 TELEX: 2771 XPAM PG ¶4. EMBASSY IS FAXING THE CPDH LIST OF CURRENT CIVILIAN AND MILITARY POLITICAL PRISONERS TO ARA/PAN. BUSHNELL