• wikileaks ico  Home
  • privacy policy Privacy

Search   through 251'286 wikileaks cables

browse by topics
| advanced search
Select office:
Select classification:
Tags: ALL or ANY
B   R   O   W   S   E
By embassy:
Abidjan Abu Dhabi Abuja Accra Adana Addis Ababa Alexandria Algiers American Institute Taiwan, Taipei Amman Amsterdam Ankara Antananarivo Apia Ashgabat Asmara Astana Asuncion Athens Auckland Baghdad Baku Bamako Bandar Seri Begawan Bangkok Bangui Banjul Barcelona Beijing Beirut Belfast Belgrade Belmopan Berlin Bern Bishkek Bogota Brasilia Bratislava Brazzaville Bridgetown Brussels Bucharest Budapest Buenos Aires Bujumbura Cairo Calgary Canberra Cape Town Caracas Casablanca Chengdu Chennai Chiang Mai Chisinau Ciudad Juarez Colombo Conakry Copenhagen Cotonou Curacao Dakar Damascus Dar Es Salaam Department of State Dhahran Dhaka Dili DIR FSINFATC Djibouti Doha Dubai Dublin Durban Dushanbe Dusseldorf Embasy Bonn Florence Frankfurt Freetown Fukuoka Gaborone Georgetown Grenada Guadalajara Guangzhou Guatemala Guayaquil Halifax Hamburg Hamilton Hanoi Harare Helsinki Hermosillo Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong Hyderabad Iran RPO Dubai Islamabad Istanbul Izmir Jakarta Jeddah Jerusalem Johannesburg Kabul Kaduna Kampala Karachi Kathmandu Khartoum Kigali Kingston Kinshasa Kolkata Kolonia Koror Krakow Kuala Lumpur Kuwait Kyiv La Paz Lagos Lahore Leipzig Libreville Lilongwe Lima Lisbon Ljubljana Lome London Luanda Lusaka Luxembourg Madrid Majuro Malabo Managua Manama Manila Maputo Marseille Maseru Matamoros Mbabane Melbourne Merida Mexico Milan Minsk Mission Geneva Mission UNESCO Mission USNATO Mission USOSCE Mogadishu Monrovia Monterrey Montevideo Montreal Moscow Mumbai Munich Muscat Nagoya Naha Nairobi Naples Nassau Ndjamena New Delhi Niamey Nicosia Nogales Nouakchott Nuevo Laredo Osaka Kobe Oslo Ottawa Ouagadougou Panama Paramaribo Paris Perth Peshawar Phnom Penh Podgorica Ponta Delgada Port Au Prince Port Louis Port Moresby Port Of Spain Prague Praia Pretoria Pristina Quebec Quito Rabat Rangoon Recife REO Basrah REO Hillah REO Kirkuk REO Mosul Reykjavik Riga Rio De Janeiro Riyadh Rome San Jose San Salvador Sanaa Santiago Santo Domingo Sao Paulo Sapporo Sarajevo Secretary of State Seoul Shanghai Shenyang Singapore Skopje Sofia St Petersburg Stockholm Strasbourg Surabaya Suva Sydney Tallinn Tashkent Tbilisi Tegucigalpa Tehran Tel Aviv The Hague Thessaloniki Tijuana Tirana Tokyo Toronto Tripoli Tunis Ulaanbaatar UN Rome UNVIE US Delegation FEST TWO US Delegation, Secretary US Interests Section Havana US Mission CD Geneva US Mission Geneva US Office Almaty US OFFICE FSC CHARLESTON USEU Brussels USMISSION USTR GENEVA USUN New York Valletta Vancouver Vatican Vienna Vientiane Vilnius Vladivostok Warsaw Wellington Windhoek Yaounde Yekaterinburg Yerevan Zagreb
By classification:
CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN
SECRET
SECRET//NOFORN
UNCLASSIFIED
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY


By year:
2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 1985 1979 1978 1975 1973 1972 1966

More on tag:
ABLD BUILDING AND GROUNDS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The acquisition, management, and operation of U.S.-owned or-leased facilities and sites both domestic and foreign. (Replaces RCHB file categories: BG, ES)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acquisition
* AIEP
* Allotment
* Antenna
* Antiques
* Appraisals
* Architecture
* Asbestos
* Audit
* Bid Results
* Breathing Device
* Building
* Building Design
* Building Management
* Carpet
* Chancellery
* Construction Management
* Construction Security
* Consulate
* Contract Amendment Contract Award Contract Renewal Contract Termination Contractor
* Core Area
* DCR
* Deed
* Descent Device
* Electrical System
* Elevator
* Embassy
* EMR
* Energy Conservation
* EURMAC
* Fire Alarm
* Fire Detection System
* Fire Prevention
* Fire Safety
* Furnishings
* Generator
* Geotechnical
* Gift
* Hazardous Material
* Housing
* HVAC
* Improvement
* Inventory
* Lease
* Legation
* Maintenance
* Mechanical System
* NOB
* Parking
* PCC
* Post Opening
* Property Exchange
* Property Sales
* Public Access Control
* Real Property
* Reciprocity
* REMS
* Renovation
* Safety & Health Designee
* Safety Program
* Security Enhancement
* Seismology
* SHEMC
* Shielded Enclosure
* Site
* Space Management
* Survey
* WASHMAC
* Water Analysis
[close]

More on tag:
AEMR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND EVACUATION
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Measures and actions implemented to protect U.S. personnel, citizens, property and information; especially related to crisis situations. (Replaces RCHB file category: EP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Citizen Protection
* Contingency Plan EAP
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Property
* Protection
* Records Destruction
* Rescue
* Safehaven
[close]

More on tag:
AFIN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The fiscal operations of the Department, Foreign Service posts, and other Federal agencies. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, FMGT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Allowance
* Annuity Check
* Antideficiency
* Appropriation
* Audit
* Authentication Bank
* Account Bonding
* CAPPS
* Cash
* Cash Management
* Cashier
* Central Claim
* Commercial Claim
* Compensation
* Debt Collection
* Deficit
* Disallowances
* Disbursement
* Employee Claim
* ESF
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Management System
* Fiscal
* Fiscal Irregularities
* Foreign Currency
* FSCADP
* Fund Allotment
* Funding
* GBL
* General Ledger
* GTR
* Home Leave
* ICASS
* Leave
* Liquidation
* Local Currency
* Nonreceipt
* Over Obligation
* Pay Advance
* Pay Record
* Payment
* Payroll
* Payroll Deduction
* PCS
* Per Diem
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Post MGT
* Premium Pay
* Prompt Payment
* Reimbursement
* Relocation
* Reprogramming
* Retirement
* Security Enhancement
* Taxes
* TDY
* Time & Attendance
* Transportation Request
* Travel Advance
* Travelers Checks
* Treasury Check
* Vendor
* Vouchers
* Vulnerability Assessment
* Wages
* Working Capital Fund
[close]

More on tag:
AMGT MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
[close]

Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The management and organization of the Department and posts abroad and other U.S. agencies. (Replaces RCHB file category: ORG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Audit
* Authorities
* Background Information
* Bureau Organization
* Commissary
* Congressional Report
* Delegation of Authority
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Employee Association
* FCS
* FTE
* Geneva Group
* GORI
* Information System
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* Internal Control
* JAO
* Management Initiative
* Management Issues
* Mission Closure
* Mission Opening
* Occupational Safety
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Office Procedures
* Organization
* Overseas Post
* PCS
* Post Closing
* Post MGT
* Post Opening
* Post Operating Plan
* Reciprocity
* Recreation
* Reorganization
* Scheduling
* Staffing
* Support Services
* Survey
* Task Force
* Workload
[close]

More on tag:
AORC INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES
[close]

Effective from January 1983

The structure and management of international or regional organizations and conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL and Organization Name)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Administration
* Application
* Budget
* Candidate
* Chairman
* Charter
* Congressional Reports
* Constitution
* Donor
* Election Results
* Financial Contribution
* Geneva Group
* Host Government
* Information System
* Infrastructure
* Inspection Report
* Inspection Team
* International Organization
* International Organization Official
* Meeting Agenda
* Meeting Delegation
* Meeting Observer
* Meeting Venue
* Membership
* NGO
* Nomination
* Nonparticipation
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Participation
* PERMREP
* Referendum
* Reform
* Regional Organization
* Regional Organization Official Reorganization
* Resignation from Office Seating
* Secession Secretary General Specialized Agency
* Sponsorship
* Staffing
* Vacancy Announcement
* Veto
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
* Voting
* Wages
[close]

More on tag:
APER PERSONNEL
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration and support of the Department's Civil and Foreign

Service personnel. (Replaces RCHB file category: PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Affirmative
* Action
* Ambassador
* Appeal
* Award
* Backpay
* Benefit Plan
* Bilateral Work Agreements
* Blood Donor
* Boarding School Career Development Career Mobility
* CFC
* Civil Service
* Civil Service Reform Act
* Class Action Suit
* CLO Program
* Community Liaison Office
* Coordinators
* Compensation
* Complaint
* Complement
* Consultation
* Continuing Education
* Contract Employee
* Conversion
* CSR
* Death
* Demotion
* Dependent
* Dependent Education
* Dependent Employment
* Discipline
* Divorce
* Emergency
* Evacuation
* Employee Association
* Employee Benefit
* Employee Relations
* Employee Service
* Employee Status
* Employee Training
* Employment
* Equal Employment Opportunity
* Family Life
* Family Separation
* Family Support Services
* Fellowship
* FERS
* Foreign Born Spouses
* Foreign Service
* Foreign Service Act
* FSPS
* FTE
* Functional Training
* Grade Retention
* Grievance
* Health
* Injury
* Insurance
* International School
* Interns
* Interview
* Job Title
* Leave
* Library
* Merit Pay
* Merit Promotion
* Military Furlough
* Military Reserve
* Nomination
* Nonsensitive Critical Position
* Open Assignments
* Orientation
* Overcomplement
* Pay Record
* Performance Evaluation
* Personal Property
* Personal Travel
* Personnel
* Personnel Action
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Assignment
* Personnel Classification
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Promotion
* Personnel Reassignment
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Photographer
* PIT
* Position Classification
* Position Description
* Premium Pay
* Presidential Executive Exchange Program
* Private School
* Probation
* Promotion Panel
* PSC
* Public School
* Recall
* Recruitment
* Reentry
* Relocation
* Remains Disposition
* Reprogramming
* Retired Annuitant
* Retirement
* RIF
* Sabbatical
* Savings Bond
* School Admissions
* SEF
* Selection Board
* Selection Out
* Senior Foreign Service
* SES
* Severance Pay
* Sexual Harassment
* Skill Codes
* Spouse
* Staffing
* Staffing Pattern
* Survey
* Tandem Couple
* TDY
* Tenure Board
* Termination
* Time & Attendance
* Upward Mobility
* U.S. Family Member
* Vacancy Announcement
* Wages
* Work Requirements
* Workload
* Workmen Compensation
* Workweek
* Youth Programs
[close]

More on tag:
ASEC SECURITY
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The development, coordination, or administration of security policies and programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SY)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIASA
* Airport Access Procedures
* Antifraud
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Armored Vehicle
* Assault
* Bugging
* Building
* Contract Guard Program
* Counterintelligence
* Debriefing
* Debugging
* Demolition
* Detection Equipment
* Dismantling
* Electronic Security Device
* Emergency Response Team
* Explosives
* Fraud
* Host Country Guards
* Host Country Police
* Identification Systems
* Information Security
* Local Guard Program
* Maps
* Mission Takeover
* Monitoring
* MSG
* Name Check
* NSU
* Personnel Protection
* Physical Security
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Property Protection
* Protective Security
* Public Access Control
* Regional Security
* Riot Control
* RSO
* Scheduled Reporting
* Security Assessment
* Security Clearance
* Security Crisis
* Security Enhancement
* Security Survey
* Security Violation
* Special Support Program
* Suitability
* Technical Security
* Telephone
* Tempest
* Terrorism
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Unit Security Procedures
* Warning System
[close]

More on tag:
BEXP TRADE EXPANSION AND PROMOTION
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to promote trade and other commercial activities, including specific proposals and inquiries to establish trade relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Best Prospect
* Bid
* Business Firm
* Businessmen
* CMP
* Commercial Action
* Commercial Association
* Consultation
* Cooperatives
* Country Commercial
* Exhibit
* Exposition
* Foreign Agent
* Foreign Market
* Target Industry
* Targeting
* Trade Fair
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Visit
* WITS
[close]

More on tag:
BTIO TRADE AND INVESTMENT
[close]

OPPORTUNITIES

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational reporting on opportunities for U.S. businesses. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, TP)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agribusiness
* Bid
* Business Firm
* FGT
* Foreign Markets
* GPC Implementation
* Joint Venture
* Patent
* PTO
[close]

More on tag:
CASC ASSISTANCE TO CITIZENS
[close]

Effective from May 1977 (Revised January 1983)

Consular services provided by the United States to citizens of the United States or any other country. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CON, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Adoption
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Alien
* AMCIT
* Arrest Assault
* Attorney List
* Authorities
* Automation
* Child Custody
* Children Compensation
* Complaint
* Consular Assistance
* Consular Package
* Cult
* Custody
* Death Report
* Deportation
* Detention
* Direct Relay
* Drivers License
* Emergency Evacuation
* Estate
* Family
* FIMED
* Fraud Identification
* Lawyer
* Legal
* Medical Care
* Missing Person
* Murder Offenses
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Property
* Property Protection
* Release
* Remains Disposition
* Repatriation
* Seamen
* Ship Detention
* Ship Registry
* Spouse
* Third Country Representation
* Travel Advisory
* Trial
* Trust Account
* Trust Account Refund
* Welfare & Whereabouts
[close]

More on tag:
CJAN JUDICIAL ASSISTANCE AND NOTARIAL SERVICES
[close]

Effective from May 1983

Matters pertaining to Notarial Services and International Judicial Assistance, including the service of judicial and extra-judicial documents and obtaining evidence. (Replaces RCHB file categories: LEG, PS)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Affidavit
* Attorney List
* Authentication
* Automation
* Deed
* Deposition
* Documentation
* Evidence
* Extradition
* Fraud
* FSIA
* Judicial Assistance
* Letters Rogatory
* Notarial
* Oath
* Official Travel
* Prisoner Transfer
* Process Serving
* Subpoena
* Testimony
* Tort Claim
* Witness
[close]

More on tag:
CMGT CONSULAR ADMINSTRATION AND MANAGEMENT
[close]

Effective from August 1983

The administrative and operational management of Consular Affairs activities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: ACC, BUD, CON, FMGT,ORG, PER)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antifraud
* Automation
* CAS
* Consular Agent
* Consular Agreement
* Consular Conference
* Consular Equipment
* Consular Package
* Consular Service
* Consular Supplies
* Consular Treaty
* CSS
* ECR
* Fee
* Fraud
* ICARS
* IVACS
* Legislation
* MRP
* NIVCAPS
* Office Procedures
* Personnel
* PFM
* PIT
* Publication
* Space Management
* Supplies
* Support Services
* TDIS
* Third Country Representation
* Word Processor
[close]

More on tag:
CVIS VISAS
[close]

Effective from May 1973 (Revised January 1993)

Operational, procedural, and administrative functions of visa operations. (Replaces RCHB file category: V)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AA 1 Adoption
* Advisory Opinion AIDS
* Alien
* Alien Previously Deported
* Alien Smuggler
* Allocation
* Application
* Appointment
* Arrival Notice
* Athlete Automation
* Bearer Insert
* BUSVIS
* Centralized Visa Processing
* Chargeability
* CHINEX
* CLASS
* Clearance
* CONGRINT
* Consular Package
* Crew List
* Crewman
* Crime
* Data
* Defector
* Denial
* Departure Notice
* Dependent
* Deportation
* Derivatives
* Diversity Immigrant
* DNC
* Documentation
* DV 1DVACS
* Employment Based Preference
* Employment Creation
* Entertainer
* Entitlement
* Exchange Visitor
* Exclusion
* Extraordinary Ability
* Family Preference
* Fiance
* Fiancee
* Files
* Foreign Policy Exclusion
* Forms
* Fraud
* Health Related Grounds
* ICARS
* Immediate Relative
* Immigrant
* Intercompany Transferee
* International Child Abduction
* Interview
* Issuance
* IVACS
* Labor Certification
* LB 1
* Legislation
* Medical Examination
* Moral Turpitude
* MRV
* Name Check
* Narcotics Traffic
* News Media Representative
* NIV
* NIVCAPS
* Nonimmigrant
* Numerical Control
* NVC
* Operations
* Other Worker
* Out of District Applicant
* Parole
* Permanent Resident
* Polygamist
* Portsmouth Consular Center
* Priority Date
* Private Bill
* Procedures
* Public Charge
* Reciprocity
* Refugee
* Refusal
* Religious Worker
* Renewal
* Revocation
* SAO
* Skilled Worker
* SPLEX
* Student
* Supplies Temporary Worker
* Terrorist
* 30 60 Rule
* TIVPC
* Totalitarian Party Membership
* Transfer
* Transit
* Travel Agents
* Treaty Investor
* Treaty Trader
* TTYREP
* Validity Visa
* Visa Clearance
* Visa Photograph
* Visitor for Business
* VLOB
* Waiver
* Waiver of Ineligibility
* Walk Ins
* Workload
[close]

More on tag:
EAGR AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Cultivating the soil and forest, raising livestock, and producing crops. (Replaces RCHB file category: AGR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Production
* Agricultural Program
* Agricultural Worker
* Agriculture
* Animal Disease
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Corn
* Cotton
* Crop Destruction
* Crops
* Dairy Products
* Desalinization
* Disease Control
* Drought
* Erosion
* Famine
* Farm Equipment
* Farming
* Fertilizer
* Food Shortages
* Forestry
* Fruit
* Fungicide
* Grain
* Harvest
* Herbicide
* Husbandry
* Insect
* Irrigation
* Jute
* Land Conservation
* Land Management
* Land Reform
* Livestock
* Natural Fiber
* Nuts
* Oilseeds
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Plant Disease
* Poultry
* Preservation
* Quarantine
* Rainfall
* Rice
* Rubber
* Seeds
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soybean
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Timber
* Tobacco
* Tropical Forest
* Vegetable
* Water Analysis
* Weather
* Wheat
[close]

More on tag:
EAID FOREIGN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign economic and technical assistance provided by governments, international organizations, institutions, or private individuals. (Replaces RCHB file category: AID)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Agreement
* Agricultural Development
* Agricultural Program Airlift
* Bank
* Congressional Presentation
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Credit
* Debt
* Development Loan
* Development Program
* Disaster Relief
* Donor
* Economic Adviser
* Economic Assistance
* Economic Development
* Economic Support Fund
* Farm Equipment
* Financial Contribution
* Food
* Foreign Assistance Agreement
* Funding
* Grant
* Industrial Development
* Industrialized Nation
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* LLDC
* Loan
* Medical Care
* Medical Equipment
* North South Dialogue
* Paris Club
* PL 480
* PL 480 Title I
* PL 480 Title II
* PL 480 Title III
* Relief Effort
* Self Help
* Technical Assistance
* Water Analysis
[close]

More on tag:
EAIR CIVIL AVIATION
[close]

Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Commercial and private aircraft and air operations, domestic as well as international. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AV, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Access
* Air Cargo
* Air Fare
* Air Safety
* Air Traffic
* Air Transportation
* Aircraft
* Aircraft Accident
* Aircraft Detention
* Aircraft Registry
* Airline
* Airport
* Airport Fee
* Airport Security
* Airspace
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Aviation Agreement
* Cargo Handling
* Charter Flight
* CIVAIR
* Commercial Aircraft
* Emergency Landing
* Flight Clearance
* Flight Manual
* Hazardous Cargo
* Helicopter
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Landing Rights
* Maintenance
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Manifest
* Pilot Training
* Private Aircraft
* Refueling
* Rescue
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
[close]

More on tag:
ECON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The status of a nation's economy. (Replaces RCHB file category: E)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agricultural Development
* Antiinflationary Program
* Black Market
* Capital Investment
* Cost of Living
* Depression
* Economic Agreement
* Economic Assessment
* Economic Conditions
* Economic Crisis
* Economic Development
* Economic Forecast
* Economic Growth
* Economic Indicators
* Economic Program
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Reform
* Economic Report
* Economic Stability
* Economic Trend
* EEC 1992
* Employment
* Financial Profits
* GDP
* GNP
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Reform
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* National Debt
* NIEO
* Price Index
* Recession
* Stock Market
* Tax Law
* Unemployment
[close]

More on tag:
ECPS COMMUNICATIONS AND POSTAL SYSTEMS
[close]

Effective from March 1983

The efforts of governments, the private sector, or international organizations to manage, regulate, develop, apply, or monitor the methods and means of telecommunication, international communication policy, and the informational aspects of communication. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INF, MP, PO, PPB, PR, RAD, SP, TEL, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Broadcasting
* Cable TV
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* Fiber Optics
* Frequency Allocation
* Frequency Interference
* Frequency Spectrum
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Frequency
* lnformatics Information Access
* Information Center
* Information Flow
* Information Media
* Jamming
* Light Communication
* Networking
* NWICO
* Orbit
* Postal System
* Prior Consent
* Radio
* Satellite
* Telecommunication
* Telecommunication Agreement
* Telegraph
* Telephone
* Television
* Transborder Data Flow
* Transmitters
* Undersea Cable
[close]

More on tag:
EFIN FINANCIAL AND MONETARY AFFAIRS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Domestic and international financial affairs of governments and private institutions. (Replaces RCHB file category: FN)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accounting
* Audit
* Bank
* Bank Account
* Bankruptcy
* Blocked Assets
* BOP
* Budget
* Buffer Stock
* Capital Flow
* CFF
* Commodities Exchange
* Credit
* Currency Shortage
* Debt
* Debt Equity Swap
* Debt Relief
* Debt Repayment
* Debt Repudiation
* Debt Rescheduling
* Deficit
* Devaluation
* Donor
* Drawing Rights
* Economic Growth
* Economic Recovery
* Economic Trend
* EFF
* EMS
* Exchange Rate
* Financial Agreement
* Financial Contribution
* Financial Control
* Financial Crisis
* Financial Market
* Financial Profits
* Financial Program
* Financial Reform
* Financial Reserve
* Financial Stability
* Foreign Currency
* Foreign Currency Control
* Foreign Currency Exchange
* Foreign Market
* Gold
* Grant
* IMF Standbys
* Income Tax
* Inflation
* Interest Rate
* Loan Default
* Local Currency
* London Club
* National Income
* Overpayment
* Paris Club
* Payment
* Revaluation
* Sales Tax
* SDR
* Securities
* Securities Exchange
* Stock Shares
* Tax Haven
* Tax Law
* Taxation Treaties
* Treasury
[close]

More on tag:
EFIS COMMERCIAL FISHING AND FISH PROCESSING
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The breeding and catching of fish and other marine life for commercial purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aquaculture
* Catch
* Quota Cod
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive Economic
* Zone Fish
* Fisheries
* Aid Fishery
* Fishing Agreement
* Fishing Concession
* Fishing Dispute
* Fishing Ground
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Fishing Vessel
* Fishing Vessel
* Detention Halibut
* Herring Joint
* Venture
* Quota Salmon
* Shellfish
* Shrimp
* TEDS
* Tuna
* Whaling Industry
[close]

More on tag:
EIND INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The commercial production of goods and services, including the processing of raw materials into manufactured goods. (Replaces RCHB file category: TEL, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerospace Industry
* Alloy
* Aluminum
* Antitrust
* Automotive Industry
* Bankruptcy
* Business Firm
* Capital Investment
* Chemical Industry
* Clothing Industry
* Commercial Association
* Communications Industry
* Complaint
* Construction Industry
* Consumer Goods
* Cooperatives
* Copyright Agreement
* Copyright Claim
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Dairy Industry
* Data Processing Industry
* Defense Industry
* Development Program
* Drug Industry
* Dyeing Industry
* Economic Growth
* Electronic Industry
* Espionage
* Factory
* Fertilizer Industry
* Finishing Industry
* Fishing Industry
* Food Contamination
* Food Industry
* Foreign Agent
* Fraud
* Garment Industry
* Garment Production
* Garment Workers
* Industrial Accident
* Industrial Development
* Industrial Growth
* Industrial Production
* Industrial Reform
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insurance
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber Industry
* Machine Tool Industry
* Manmade Fiber
* Manufactured Product
* Merger
* Metal Industry
* Monopoly
* Nationalization
* Paper Industry
* Parastatal
* Patent
* Petroleum Industry
* Piracy
* Plastic Industry
* Power Looms
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Processing
* Product Safety
* Product Standards
* Product Testing
* Production
* Production Control
* Public Sector
* Railroad Industry
* Ramie
* Raw Materials
* Recall
* Registration
* Rubber Industry
* Sabotage
* Salvage
* Service Industry
* Shipbuilding Industry
* Silk
* Spinning Machinery
* Steel Industry
* Stockpile
* Subsidiary
* Subsidy
* Textile Industry
* Textile Production
* Tobacco Industry
* Tourism
* Trademark
* Vegetable Fiber
* Weaving Industry
* Wood Products Industry
* Wool
* Yarns
[close]

More on tag:
EINT ECONOMIC AND COMMERCIAL INTERNET
[close]

Effective from October 1997

Economic and commercial programs, policies, and issues relating to the Internet.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Agreement
* Censorship
* Competition
* Connectivity
* Content
* Copyright
* Data
* Democracy
* Economic Conditions
* Domain Names
* Electronic Commerce
* Encryption
* Free Flow of Information
* Information Availability
* Interconnectivity
* Internet
* Meeting
* Monopoly
* Piracy
* Policy
* Pornography
* Privacy
* Private Sector
* Reporting
* Trademark
[close]

More on tag:
EINV FOREIGN INVESTMENTS
[close]

Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

Foreign investments made by governments or private enterprises for commercial gain. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FN, INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bank
* Bid
* BIT
* Business Firm
* Business Loss
* Business Merger
* Capital Flow
* Capital Investment
* Compensation
* Credit
* Credit Guarantee
* Disinvestment
* Economic Growth
* Foreign Investment
* Fraud
* Garment Investment
* Insurance Risk
* Investment Climate
* Investment Control
* Investment Disputes
* Investment Guarantee
* Investment Incentive
* Investment Law
* Investment Opportunity
* Joint Venture
* Loan
* Multinational Corporation
* Nationalization
* Parastatal
* Private Investment
* Private Sector
* Privatization
* Public Sector
* Subsidiary
* Textile Investment
[close]

More on tag:
ELAB LABOR SECTOR AFFAIRS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised May 1995)

The labor sector, labor actors, and national labor policies and their effect on domestic and international systems and relations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LAB)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arbitration
* Benefits
* Bonded Labor
* Child Labor
* Collective Bargaining
* Compulsory Labor
* Dock Workers
* Employee Ownership
* Employee Rights
* Employer Organization
* Employment
* Equal Pay for Equal Work
* Forced Labor
* Foreign Worker
* GSP (Worker Rights)
* Illegal Worker
* International Labor Secretariat
* Job Creation
* Job Discrimination
* Job Security
* Job Training
* Labor Agreement
* Labor Code
* Labor Competition
* Labor Confederation
* Labor Cooperative
* Labor Costs
* Labor Courts
* Labor Disputes
* Labor Federation
* Labor Law
* Labor Leader
* Labor Market
* Labor Migration
* Labor Movement
* Labor Organization
* Labor Relations
* Labor Rights
* Labor Sector
* Labor Settlement
* Labor Standards
* Labor Union
* Layoffs
* Lockout
* Manpower
* Mediation
* NAFTA Labor Cooperation
* Occupational Health
* Occupational Safety
* Pension
* Prison Labor
* Privatization
* Right of Association
* Right to Organize Slave Labor
* Social Clause (WTO)
* Social Net
* Social Security
* Strike
* Trade
* Union
* Underemployment
* Unemployment
* Unemployment Insurance
* Vocational Training
* Wages
* Work Force
* Work Permit
* Worker Rights Workers
* Working Conditions
[close]

More on tag:
ELTN LAND TRANSPORTATION
[close]

Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of land transportation. (Replaces RCHB file categories: IT, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism Measures
* Automobile
* Bridge
* Bus
* Cargo Handling
* Detention
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Highway
* Highway Access
* Hijacking
* Insurance
* Land Transportation
* Maintenance
* Overland Cargo
* Public Transportation
* Railroad
* Railroad Accident
* Railway Access
* Rescue
* Schedule
* Traffic Accident
* Traffic Safety
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
* Truck
* Tunnel
[close]

More on tag:
EMIN MINERALS AND METALS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The exploration, discovery, and extraction of minerals and metals. (Replaces RCHB file category: INCO)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bauxite
* Bid
* Chromite
* Coal
* Cobalt
* Copper
* Drilling
* Excavation
* Exclusive Economic Zone
* Exploration
* Factory
* Gems
* Gold
* Iron
* Magnesium
* Manganese
* Metal
* Mine
* Mineral
* Mineral Reserve
* Mining
* Mining Accident
* Mining Concession
* Nickel
* Offshore Mining
* Ore
* Quarry
* Silver
* Tin
* Tungsten
* Uranium
* Uranium Enrichment
* Zinc

[close]

More on tag:
ENRG ENERGY AND POWER
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private commercial activities in acquiring and providing energy services from all types of sources. For petroleum and natural gas, see EPET. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, FSE)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Coal
* Dam
* Decontamination
* Electric Energy
* Electric Power Plant
* Energy Conservation
* Energy Consumption
* Energy Reserve
* Energy Shortage
* Factory
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Fuel Shortage
* Generator
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Hydroelectric Power Plant
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing
* Nuclear Power Plant
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Power Line
* Public Utility
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Reexport
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* Stockpile
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Thermal Power Plant
* Transformer
* Uranium Enrichment
* Wind Energy
[close]

More on tag:
EPET PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
[close]

Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Government and private sector activities in the exploration and extraction of petroleum and natural gas. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FSE, PET)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Bid
* Drilling
* Exploitation
* Exploration
* LPG
* Natural Gas
* Natural Gas Pipeline
* Natural Gas Production
* Natural Gas Reserve
* Offshore Drilling
* Offshore Drilling Platform
* Offshore Oil
* Oil Field
* Petroleum
* Petroleum Concession
* Petroleum Pipeline
* Petroleum Production
* Petroleum Reserve
* Petroleum Shortage
* Refinery
[close]

More on tag:
ETRD FOREIGN TRADE
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Exchange of goods between nations. (Replaces RCHB file category: FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alcoholic Beverage
* Aluminum
* Animal Hides
* Antidumping
* Antitrust
* Apparel Trade
* Arms
* Arms Traffic
* Barter
* BOP
* Boycott
* Buffer Stock
* Chemical
* Clothing
* Cocoa
* Coffee
* Commercial Aircraft
* Commodity
* Commodity Market
* Communications Equipment
* Computer
* Construction Equipment
* Cooperatives
* Corruption
* Cotton
* Countertrade
* Countervailing Duty
* Cross Border Trade
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Clearance
* Customs Court
* Customs Fine
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Official
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Dairy Products
* Debt
* Development Program
* Dispute Settlement
* Diversion
* Duty Free Entry
* East West Trade
* Economic Cooperation
* EEC 1992
* EEP
* Electronic Equipment
* Exhibit
* Export
* Fair Trade
* Farm Equipment
* FCN
* Fertilizer
* Fish
* Food
* Food Contamination
* Food Inspection
* Footwear
* Foreign Market
* Free Trade Zone
* Garment Exports
* Garment Imports
* Government Procurement
* GSP
* Harmonized System
* Helicopter
* Import
* Industrialized Nation
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Intervention
* Laboratory Equipment
* LDC
* Leather
* License
* Linen
* Litigation
* Lumber
* Machine Tool
* Manmade Fiber
* Market Access
* Meat
* Meat Inspection
* Medical Equipment
* Merger
* Metal
* MFN
* MIC
* Monopoly
* Multifiber Arrangement
* NAFTA
* Natural Fiber
* Newly Industrialized Countries
* Nonalcoholic Beverage
* Nontariff Barriers
* North South Dialogue
* Oils
* Oilseeds
* Perishable Commodities
* Petroleum Products
* Pharmaceuticals
* Plastics
* Poultry
* Private Sector
* Product Standards
* Public Sector
* Quota
* Railroad Equipment
* Ramie
* Reexport
* Rice
* Rubber
* Sanction
* Shellfish
* Silk
* Smuggling
* Soybean
* Steel
* Stockpile
* Subsidy
* Sugar
* Synthetic Fiber
* Synthetic Rubber
* Tariff
* Tariff Barriers
* Tariff Relief
* Television
* Textile Exports
* Textile Imports
* Textiles
* Tin
* Tobacco
* Trade Agreement
* Trade Balance
* Trade Complaint
* Trade Control
* Trade Concession
* Trade Discrimination
* Trade Dumping
* Trade Fair
* Trade Law
* Trade Liberalization
* Trade Opportunity
* Trade Promotion
* Trade Protectionism
* Trade Relations
* Trade Visit
* Tuna
* VAT
* Vegetable
* Vegetable Fiber
* Vegetable Oil
* Wheat
* Wine
* Wood Products
* Wool
* Yarns
[close]

More on tag:
ETTC TRADE AND TECHNOLOGY CONTROLS
[close]

Effective from April 1984

Government efforts to control the transfer of goods (i.e., equipment),services, or technologies. This includes foreign policy trade controls, strategic (National Security) trade controls, munitions controls, general West to East technology transfer issues, and efforts to circumvent U.S. or COCOM controls. (Replaces RCHB file categories: FT, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Arms Traffic
* Blocked Assets
* Boycott
* COCOM Case
* COCOM List Review
* Computer
* Data Bases
* Data Processing Equipment
* Digital Switching
* Diversion
* EAA
* East West Trade
* Economic Warfare
* Electronic Equipment
* Embargo
* End Use Check
* End User
* Enforcement
* Espionage
* Exception List
* EXCON
* Export
* Export Control
* GSOIA
* GSOMIA
* High Technology Equipment
* IEEPA
* Illegal Trade
* Import Control
* ITAR
* Laboratory Equipment
* License
* Manufacturing Agreement
* Military Applications
* Military Critical Technologies
* Military Equipment
* Military Services
* Munitions Control
* NDPC
* Nonmarket Economy
* Origin Certificate
* Reexport
* Research & Development
* Sanction
* Security Survey
* Semiconductors
* SNEC
* Software
* Stockpile
* Strategic Material
* Strategic Trade Control
* Superconductor
* TCDC
* Technical Assistance Agreement
* Technology Acquisition Efforts
* Technology Gap
* Technology Transfer
* Transaction Check
* Turnkey Plant
[close]

More on tag:
EWWT WATERBORNE TRANSPORTATION
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Movement of commercial and private vessels over high seas and inland waterways. (Replaces RCHB file categories: OS, TR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Antiterrorism
* Measures Canal
* Cargo Handling
* Coast Guard
* Containerization
* Dock Workers
* Fee
* Hazardous Cargo
* Insurance
* Load Line
* Maintenance
* Marine Cargo
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Maritime Flag
* Maritime Law
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Navigational Aid
* Passenger Ship
* Patrol Boat
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Port Congestion
* Private Ship
* Refueling
* Registration
* Rescue
* River
* Route
* Salvage
* Schedule Ship Accident
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Detention
* Ship Harassment
* Ship Movement
* Ship Registry
* Shipyard
* SOLAS
* Strait
* Tonnage Measurement
* Transportation Development
* Transportation Industry
[close]

More on tag:
KACT: Strategic Arms Control (ACS) Treaties
[close]

Effective from August 2000 (Revised August 2004)

Use for all documents relating to specific, interrelated strategic (nuclear) arms control treaties and their implementation:

* ABM (i.e., anti-ballistic missile) treaty and its implementation body the SCC (Standing Consultative Commission);
* INF (i.e., Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty and its implementation body, the SVC (Special Verification Commission);
* START (i.e., Strategic Reductions Treaty) and its implementation body, the JCIC (Joint Compliance and Inspection Commission); and the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (SORT) or the Moscow Treaty and its implementing body, the BIC (Bilateral Implementation Commission).

Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NP/EX)
[close]

More on tag:
KAWC: Atrocities and War Crimes
[close]

Effective from July 2001

Use for all documents relating to atrocities, massacres, and war crimes, including allegations, reports, investigations, and prosecutions of genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the laws or customs for war. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau, Info: S/WCI)
[close]

More on tag:
KCFE: Conventional Armed Forces in Europe
[close]

Effective from August 1989

Use on all documents between U.S. Vienna and the Department pertaining to CFE negotiations; documents pertaining to conventional forces in Europe including both Eastern and Western forces, their structure, posture, changes, etc.; documents pertaining to allied and Warsaw Pact conventional arms control positions, plans and related internal political situations, documents referring to the High Level Task Force (HLTF) or its subgroups; and all documents discussing congressional delegation visits to Europe that will address conventional arms control issues. (Action: EUR/RPM)
[close]

More on tag:
KCIP: Critical Infrastructure Protection
[close]

Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents reporting on critical infrastructure protection (CIP) issues, which are defined as vulnerabilities and threats, both physical and cyber, to systems and assets (particularly interconnected information systems and networks) so vital to a nation that their incapacity or destruction would have a debilitating impact on national security, national economic security, and/or national public health and safety. Use for reporting of CIP issues both as they affect host country and as they impact the United States. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

[close]

More on tag:
KCOM: Chief of Mission
[close]

Effective from March 2004

Use for all documents addressed for action to the chief of a U.S. mission in a foreign location (e.g., ambassadors, chargés d’affaires, consuls general, or principal officers). Use KCOM in conjunction with generic PASS instructions to chiefs of mission in Department telegrams. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
[close]

More on tag:
KCOR: Corruption and Anti-Corruption
[close]

Effective from August 2001

Use for all documents relating to corruption and anti-corruption, dishonesty, and unethical behavior among public officials representing local, provincial, and national governments. This would include linkages with justice, economic, social and political entities. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)

[close]

More on tag:
KCRM: Criminal Activity
[close]

Effective from April 1994 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to criminal organizations and activities, the threat they pose to U.S. interests and/or friendly governments, and host country and U.S. Government programs to combat them. This includes international criminal organizations; money laundering and other financial crimes; illicit trafficking including alien smuggling and gun running; international stolen property theft and fencing rings; international frauds and commercial crimes; UN crime meetings and anti-crime programs; and interaction with international and regional organizations on these issues. U.S. assistance covers training of host country judicial and law enforcement agencies. Use this K TAGS with the Subject TAGS SOCI. Distinguish the use of this TAGS from AID-funded administration of justice programs in Latin America (KJUS),anti-narcotics issues and programs (SNAR),and anti-terrorism issues and programs (PTER). (Action: INL/ENT)
[close]

More on tag:
KDEM: Democratization
[close]

Effective from May 1991

Use on all documents dealing with democratization in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. Encouraging democratization constitutes an essential component of U.S. policy. The U.S. Government is devoting significant resources to monitor and promote regional trends away from autocratic rule and toward political pluralism. Programs designed to encourage democratization are diverse, and often are cross-discipline in nature, requiring the involvement of several U.S. Government agencies. Also use the appropriate Subject and Geo-Political TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
[close]

More on tag:
KDRG: Detainee Repatriation from Guantanamo Bay
[close]

Effective from December 2007

Use for all documents addressing issues connected to the repatriation and transfer of detainees in U.S. Government custody at the military detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to their countries of origin or to third countries. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/WCI)
[close]

More on tag:
KFRD: Fraud Prevention Programs
[close]

Effective from August 1986

Use on all reporting that refers to efforts and activities pertaining to the prevention of fraud and deceptive practices in the issuance of visas, passports, the issuance of Federal benefits to U.S. citizens and others, and to active measures developed by the Department to oversee their legality and for reporting upon the results of antifraud and prevention measures in consular matters. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: CA/FPP)
[close]

More on tag:
KGHG: Global Climate Change
[close]

Effective from May 2007

Use for all documents addressing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and global climate change (also referred to as global warming). This includes, but is not limited to, the economic, energy, environmental, geographic, health, scientific, social, and political linkages of global climate change. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: OES/EGC)
[close]

More on tag:
KGIC: Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
[close]

Effective from September 2006

Use for all documents relating to the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism. The Global Initiative works toward the prevention, detection, and response to acts of nuclear terrorism. Also use appropriate Subject Tags. (Action: ISM/WMDT)
[close]

More on tag:
KHIV: Emerging Infectious Diseases and HIV/AIDS Program
[close]

Effective from June 2000

Use for all documents relating to actual and prospective activities by the U.S. Government, alone or in conjunction with or through other entities, to combat HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Also use Appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: S/GAC)
[close]

More on tag:
KHLS: Homeland Security
[close]

Effective from August 2006

Use for all documents relating to all aspects of homeland security issues, including acts of terrorism directed at the U.S. homeland, its citizens, or interests; planning and support for such acts of terrorism; capabilities of terrorist groups; activities of institutions, groups, or individuals that support such terrorism; acts of terrorism that transcend national boundaries due to the support network or nationality of the perpetrator, victim, or facility or conventional, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) terrorism; terrorist travel; actions of the host government, institutions, or individuals related to support for or opposition to U.S. Government homeland security or counter-terrorism initiatives; actions of the host government or multilateral organizations related to the establishment of host country or regional security, bureaucratic, physical, or cyber infrastructure; homeland security implications and effects of border protection, immigration, and customs policies; transportation (e.g., seaports, civil air) security; host government travel document control and standards; emergency, preparedness, and response; biodefense, science and technology development related to the above areas; reactions of host government, media, etc., to homeland security-related programs and activities in the United States, or of the U.S. Government. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: S/CT, CA, OES, A/OEM)

[close]

More on tag:
KIPR: Intellectual Property Rights
[close]

Effective from December 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to intellectual property rights which include patents, trademarks, copyrights, semiconductor designs (mask works),industrial designs, trade secrets, appellations of origin and other forms of protection to reward and encourage innovation and creativity. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/TPP/MTA/IPC)
[close]

More on tag:
KIRF: International Religious Freedom
[close]

Effective from January 1999

Use on all documents relating to all issues of religious freedom and persecution, including civil unrest where religion is a precipitating factor; changes to or enforcement of laws affecting freedom of religion; religious aspects of movements, parties or persons seeking governmental change; governmental repression of religious minorities, movements or leaders; religion playing a role in reconciling conflicts; and changes in religious demographics that may produce societal changes. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: DRL/IRF)
[close]

More on tag:
KISL: Islamic Issues
[close]

Effective from November 1988 (Revised April 2000)

Use on documents treating government involvement in recognition of or approaches to Islam; political and economic activities undertaken by private Islamic organizations or prominent individuals; and fundamentalism. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS.

(Action: NEA/PPR, AF/RA, EAP/RA)
[close]

More on tag:
KJUS: Administration of Justice
[close]

Effective from May 1986 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the administration of justice in host countries, particularly as it relates to U.S. objectives of promoting democracy and just economic and social development. This includes judicial reforms, political reporting on personalities and institutions involved in the administration of justice, judicial infrastructure development, criminal investigation capabilities, penal systems, legal training, and assistance and exchange programs in this field. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: WHA/PPC)
[close]

More on tag:
KMCA: Millennium Challenge Account
[close]

Effective from August 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of the Millennium Challenge Account, a U.S. new foreign assistance account, or the Millennium Challenge Corporation, the independent government corporation recently established to manage and oversee this assistance. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: MCC/IT)
[close]

More on tag:
KMDR: Media Reaction Reporting
[close]

Effective From October 1999

Use on all documents dealing with setting post ―Watching Briefs and on all post reporting concerning editorial content and media reaction. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: INR/R)
[close]

More on tag:
KNNP: Nuclear Non-Proliferation
[close]

Effective from April 1984

Use on all documents on U.S. policy for preventing the spread of nuclear weapons to other countries, the transfer of nuclear material, equipment of technology, agreements for cooperation on the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, matters concerning multilateral discussions on the uses of nuclear energy including the activities of the International Atomic Energy Agency, and activities in other countries related to the acquisition of nuclear explosives. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
[close]

More on tag:
KOLY: Olympic Games Reporting
[close]

Effective from February 1984

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. Note: KOLY will be used in the above prescribed manner for all subsequent winter and summer Olympic games. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
[close]

More on tag:
KPAL: Palestinian Affairs
[close]

Effective from August 1983 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents relating to issues, reports, or activities concerned with the Palestinian people, as a group or in part, or the area known as Palestine. Also use appropriate Subject, Country, and Organization TAGS. (Action: NEA/PA)
[close]

More on tag:
KPAO: Public Affairs Office
[close]

Effective from May 2000

Use on all documents intended for Public Affairs sections abroad, and should be used by field Public Affairs sections abroad on all documents coming into the Department which relate to Public Diplomacy Programs. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: ECA/EX/PR)
[close]

More on tag:
KPIN: Political Internationals
[close]

Effective from November 1984

Use on all documents relating to the activities and policies of the four major Political Internationals: Socialist International, Christian Democratic International, Liberal International, and the International Democratic Union. This includes reporting on the attitudes of member parties towards the Internationals, the interaction between member parties of the Internationals, and the activities of the Internationals themselves. In addition, this TAGS should be used on all documents relating to the policies of the German (FRG) political foundations: Friederich Ebert, Konrad Adenauer, Hanns Seidel, and Friederich Naumann. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: P)
[close]

More on tag:
KPKO: United Nations Peacekeeping Operations
[close]

Effective from August 1996

Use on all documents relating to existing or potential United Nations peacekeeping activities, including proposals for and negotiations with other countries on peacekeeping activities, military support, sanctions monitoring, elections and humanitarian activities, as well as interaction with international and regional organizations on peacekeeping. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
[close]

More on tag:
KPWR: Power Support Program
[close]

Effective from March 1993

Use on all documents dealing with the Department’s electrical power support requirements. The program provides consolidated funding for generators, central uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, and PCB transformer abatement projects. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OBO/PE/DE)
[close]

More on tag:
KRAD: Radioactive Contamination of the Environment
[close]

Effective from May 1997 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with radioactive contamination of the environment from whatever source—military or civilian use, transportation, storage, or disposal of nuclear material Appropriate Subject Terms to use with this TAGS would include nuclear contamination, radiation, radioactive material and International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) emergency notification. In connection with accidental or deliberate contamination, appropriate Terms to use with this TAGS include radioactive material transfer, radioactive waste disposal, radioactive waste management, industrial/medical radiography, medical isotope, and transfer of fissile material. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES/OA)

[close]

More on tag:
KSCA: Science Counselors and Attachés
[close]

Effective from February 1983

Use on all documents drafted by or sent to Science Counselors and Science Attachés. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: OES). Note: KSCA replaces the Organization SCSA.
[close]

More on tag:
KSPR: Strategic, Performance and Resource Planning
[close]

Effective from October 1997

Use on all documents dealing with the strategic planning process for all foreign affairs agencies or agencies with operations and programs abroad as well as the Department’s own strategic planning activities. This includes all resource allocation processes when associated with the Mission Performance Plan (MPP),namely: budget formulation, the Financial Plan (FINPLAN),and the field budget plan. Technical and operational messages that are purely budget-focused should only use ABUD. Use KSPR on messages regarding personnel planning in connection with the annual MPP exercises, and subjects relating to the Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA) of 1993. Operational personnel requests (e.g., new positions, classification actions, conversions of positions from FSN to PIT, etc.) should still only use APER. Suggested terms to use with KSPR are program planning, Mission Performance Plan (MPP),Resource Allocations and Budget Integration Tool (RABIT) and Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: M/P)
[close]

More on tag:
KSUM: Summit Meetings
[close]

Effective from January 1983 (Revised November 1987)

Use on all documents concerning Summit Meetings. This includes substantive and administrative arrangements for meetings, records of meetings and reports on actions by participants as a result of meetings, including preparatory meetings. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: Appropriate Bureau)
[close]

More on tag:
KTFN: Terrorism Finance Traffic
[close]

Effective from July 2004

Use for documents relating to all aspects of terrorism financing; sanctions; designations of individuals under Executive Orders (E.O.) dealing with terrorism finance such as E.O. 13224; related UN resolutions; denial of funds to terrorists; and other related aspects of terrorism financing. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: EEB/ESC)
[close]

More on tag:
KTIA: Treaties and International Agreements
[close]

Effective from June 1984

Use on all documents concerning treaties, including conventions, protocols, or other International Agreements, such as exchange of notes, exchange of letters and memoranda of understanding, as well as requirements of the Case Act (11 FAM 724; 1 U.S.C. 112B). Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: L/T)
[close]

More on tag:
KTIP: Trafficking in Persons
[close]

Effective from September 2008

Use for all cables related to the topics of trafficking in persons, human trafficking, slavery, involuntary servitude, forced labor, labor migration, illegal migration, commercial sexual exploitation, prostitution, sex tourism, forced marriage, child labor, debt bondage, peonage, and child soldiering. Also use appropriate Subject and Country TAGS. (Action: G/TIP)
[close]

More on tag:
KUNR: UN Reform
[close]

Effective from November 1995

Use on all documents dealing with all efforts to reform and restructure the United Nations. Some of the reforms are: the UN budget and/or ceiling, security council expansion, managerial improvements, and strengthening the role of the UN. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: IO)
[close]

More on tag:
KWBG: West Bank and Gaza
[close]

Effective from December 1993 (Revised April 2000)

Use on all documents dealing with the implementation of the Israeli-PLO Declaration of Principles, including Palestinian interim self-rule, economic development and development assistance to the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Also, use for Israeli-PLO negotiations on implementing the agreement and political developments in the West Bank and Gaza including elections for a Palestinian Council. Also use the appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: NEA/IPA)
[close]

More on tag:
KWMN: Women Issues
[close]

Effective from June 1995

Use on all documents relating to the Fourth World Conference on Women and any future World Conferences on Women. Also use this TAGS on issues concerning women’s human rights, women’s political participation, women-in-development, and any discussions of women in the United Nations or any other international organizations. Also use appropriate Subject TAGS. (Action: G/CS, IO, and DRL)
[close]

More on tag:
MARR MILITARY AND DEFENSE ARRANGEMENTS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts to establish and maintain collective security or other international military cooperation. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Alliance
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* CFE
* Collective Security
* DECA
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Ground Forces
* Home Porting
* Host Government
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Lease
* Military Advisor
* Military Agreement
* Military Base
* Military Cooperation
* Military Exercise
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Visit
* Minesweeping
* Monitoring
* National Security
* Naval Forces
* Overflight Clearance
* Peace Plan
* Peacekeeping Forces
* Refueling
* Security Assessment
* Ship Clearance
* Ship Movement
* SOFA
* Tracking Station
* Troop Contribution
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Truce Observer
* Weapons Deployment
[close]

More on tag:
MASS MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The Govemment to Govemment transfer, sale, or loan of military equipment, advisers, or services. (Replaces RCHB file categories DEF, FT)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Airlift
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Bomber Aircraft
* CAT
* Congressional Presentation
* Credit
* Debt
* Debt Repayment
* Diversion
* Donor
* Economic Support Fund
* Fighter Aircraft
* FMS
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* IMET
* Loan
* Maintenance
* MAP
* Military Adviser
* Military Agreement
* Military Aircraft
* Military Assistance
* Military Procurement
* Military Training
* Military Vehicle
* Missile
* Reexport
* Salvage
* Spare Parts
* Surplus Weapons Disposal
* Technical Assistance
* Technology Transfer
[close]

More on tag:
MCAP MILITARY CAPABILITIES
[close]

Effective from March 1973 to June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The nonnuclear offensive and defensive ability of the military establishment of a nation or international organization. (Replaces RCHB file category: DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Air Defense
* Air Forces
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Artillery
* AWACS
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Bomber Aircraft
* Burden sharing
* Cargo Aircraft
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon
* Control Civil Defense
* Coast Guard
* Conscription
* Contingency Plan
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon
* Control Court Martial
* Defense Industry
* Demobilization
* Fighter Aircraft
* Ground Forces
* Guidance System
* Helicopter
* Infrastructure
* Intelligence Assessment
* Landing Rights
* Logistics
* Military Aircraft
* Military Balance
* Military Budget
* Military Buildup
* Military Capability
* Military Communication
* Military Equipment
* Military Exercise
* Military Leader
* Military Personnel
* Military Plan
* Military Reserve
* Missile
* Mobilization
* National Guard
* Naval Forces
* Naval Ship
* Ordnance
* Radar
* RDF
* Security Assessment
* Strategic Plan
* Submarine
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
* Warning System
* Weapons Deployment
[close]

More on tag:
MNUC MILITARY NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS
[close]

Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The development and use of nuclear technology for military purposes. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Artillery
* Counterforce
* Decontamination
* Delivery Vehicle
* Fissionable Material
* Guidance System
* INF
* LRTNF
* Military Capability
* Missile
* Missile Site
* Monitoring
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Powered Ship
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Winter
* Plutonium
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Radioactive Waste Management
* Spent Fuel
* Strategic Plan
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Warhead
[close]

More on tag:
MOPS MILITARY OPERATIONS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Declared or undeclared war involving two or more nations. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advanced Weaponry
* Aggression
* Air Alert
* Air Forces
* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Artillery
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Biological Warfare
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* Blockade
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Ceasefire
* Chemical Warfare
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* Combat
* Concentration Camp
* CONTRA
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* DMZ
* Emergency Evacuation
* Escalation
* Explosives
* Ground Forces
* Guerrilla
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intervention
* Invasion
* KIA
* Landing Rights
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* MIA
* Military Balance
* Military Buildup
* Military Plan
* Minesweeping
* Naval Forces
* No Fly Zone
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Occupied Area
* Peace Plan
* POW
* Repatriation
* Reprisal
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Ship Movement
* Surrender
* Threat
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Level
* Troop Reduction
* Troop Withdrawal
* War
[close]

More on tag:
ODIP U.S. DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION
[close]

Effective from January 1983

Official representational and ceremonial activities of U.S. diplomats and U.S. Government officials; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by U.S. officials. (Replaces RCHB file categories: PER, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Agrement
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Anniversary
* Assault
* Attache
* Ceremonial Representation
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* Personnel Conduct
* Real Property
* Social Reception
* Tax Exemption
[close]

More on tag:
OEXC EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL
[close]

EXCHANGE OPERATIONS

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

The administration and operation of educational and cultural exchange programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: EDX)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Community
* Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Exchange Program
* Designation Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* FLEX Program
* Foreign Leader Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange Grant
* Humphrey Program
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Nomination
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* Scientist
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* U.S. Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Youth Exchanges
[close]

More on tag:
OFDP FOREIGN DIPLOMATS AND FOREIGN MISSIONS
[close]

Effective from January 1983

Administrative, representational, and ceremonial matters related to non-U.S. diplomatic personnel and foreign missions; includes all aspects of privileges and immunities. Use for ceremonial activities hosted by non-U.S. diplomats. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Ambassador
* Ambassador Designate
* Assault
* Attache
* Building Design
* Ceremonial Representation
* Consul
* Consulate
* Credentials Presentation
* Diplomat
* Diplomatic Consular List
* Diplomatic Privileges
* Drivers License
* Embassy
* Envoy
* Funeral
* Gift
* Guest List
* Honorary Consul
* Invitation
* NOB
* Office Closure
* Office Establishment
* Personnel Appointment
* Personnel Conduct
* Personnel Resignation
* Personnel Separation
* Post Closing
* Post Opening
* Real Property
* Recall
* Social Reception
* Staffing
* Tax Exemption
* Third Country Counterparts
[close]

More on tag:
OIIP INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION PROGRAMS
[close]

Effective from October 1999

Administrative and operational aspects of international information programs, products, and services that increase international support for U.S. policies and understanding of U.S. society.

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Advance Documents Service
* Article Alert
* Book Donations
* Book Fairs
* Book Reprints
* Book Translations
* Books and Documents List
* Computer
* Cooperative Agreements
* Copyright
* Design Services
* DVC
* Electronic Journal
* Grant
* Graphic Design
* I-Bucks
* IRC
* IRO
* Listserv
* Paper Shows
* PDQ
* Photo Coverage
* Photo Rights
* Photo Requests
* Public Diplomacy
* Publication
* Reference Requests
* Speaker
* Technology Partnerships
* Teleconference
* Translation Requests
* Washington File
* Websites
[close]

More on tag:
OPDC DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE
[close]

Effective from January 1983

Correspondence and ceremonial messages between prominent leaders and principal officers. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acknowledgment
* Anniversary
* Appreciation Message
* Commemorative Message
* Condolence Message
* Congratulatory Message
* Invitation
[close]

More on tag:
OPRC PUBLIC RELATIONS AND CORRESPONDENCE
[close]

Effective from January 1983

Correspondence to and from the public commenting on U.S. policy and foreign incidents, requesting information and speaking engagements, and any other public relations activities. This TAGS includes routine constituent's correspondence such as employment opportunities, requests for photographs, autographs, etc. Also includes press summaries and press conferences, public opinion polls, and the administrative arrangements for press conferences. (Replaces RCHB file category: PR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accreditation
* Authentication
* Autograph
* Constituents Mail
* Employment
* Interview
* Invitation
* Journalist
* Photo Request
* Photograph
* Poll
* Press Relations
* Public Diplomacy
* Public Information Publication
* Speaker
* Translation
[close]

More on tag:
OREP U.S. CONGRESSIONAL TRAVEL
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Administrative and operational aspects of travel by Congressmen, congressional staffers, and delegations. (Replaces RCHB file category: LEG)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* CODEL
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protective Security
* Staffdel
* Support Services
* Travel Advisory
[close]

More on tag:
OSCI SCIENCE GRANTS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administration of grants and disbursal of funds of U.S. Government sponsored research programs. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Foreign Currency
* Grant
* Science Grant
* Scientific Exchange
* Scientist
[close]

More on tag:
OTRA TRAVEL
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Routine and operational aspects of travel and visits by other than prominent individuals and Congressmen. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL, TP, TRV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Businessmen
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Dependent
* Itinerary
* Journalist
* Official Travel
* Scientific Visit
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
* Travel Locator Messages
* Travel Orders
* Travel Report
[close]

More on tag:
OVIP VISITS AND TRAVEL OF PROMINENT INDIVIDUALS AND LEADERS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The administrative and operational aspects of visits or travel of U.S. and foreign leaders and prominent individuals. Use for assistant secretary level and above or foreign equivalent. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Accommodation
* Arrival Notice
* Arrival Speech
* Departure Notice
* Departure Speech
* Envoy
* Hotel
* Itinerary
* Passenger Manifest
* Protection Technical Services
* Protective Security
* Secretarys Detail
* Support Services
* Trade Visit
* Travel Advisory
[close]

More on tag:
PARM ARMS CONTROLS AND DISARMAMENT
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Efforts by governments to control the acquisition, development, and production of nuclear, biological, chemical, and other advanced weaponry. Also includes the control of efforts by countries to develop nuclear capabilities. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, FT, POL, STR)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* ABM Treaty
* Advance Notification
* Advanced Weaponry
* Aerial Inspection
* Antinuclear
* Arms
* Arms Buildup
* Arms Control
* Arms Control Agreement
* Arms Control Impact Statement
* Arms Talks
* Arms Traffic
* Associated Measures
* Biological Warfare Convention
* Biological Weapon
* Biological Weapon Control
* CDE
* Chemical Weapon
* Chemical Weapon Control
* CNEA
* Compliance
* Confidence Building Measures
* Constraints
* Consultation
* Conventional Weapon
* Conventional Weapon Control
* Conventional Weapon Freeze
* Cooperative Measures
* Counterforce
* Counting Rule
* CST
* CTB
* Deterrence
* Disarmament
* Diversion
* East West Relations
* Electronic Weapons Systems
* Emerging Technologies
* ENMOD
* Entry Exit Points
* Fissionable Material
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hotline
* Implementation
* INF
* IOZP
* Laser Fusion
* Launchers
* Limited Test Ban Treaty
* LRTNF
* Military Budget Reduction
* Military Expenditures
* Missile
* Monitoring
* Moratorium
* Napalm
* National Guidelines Area
* No First Use
* Nonproliferation
* Nonuse of Force
* NPT
* NRR
* NTEM
* NTM
* Nuclear Agreements
* Nuclear Capability
* Nuclear Enrichment Process
* Nuclear Equipment
* Nuclear Free Zone
* Nuclear Material
* Nuclear Proliferation
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Technical Assistance
* Nuclear Technology
* Nuclear Weapon
* Nuclear Weapon Control
* Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
* Nuclear Weapon Freeze
* Particle Beam
* Peace Movement
* Plutonium
* Political Concession
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* SCC
* SDI
* Simulations
* SNEC
* Spent Fuel
* START
* Stockpile
* Strategic Policy
* Technology Transfer
* Telemetry
* Tlatelolco Treaty
* Troop Level
* TTBT
* Unconventional Weapon
* Verification
* Warhead
* Weapon Destruction
* Weapon Systems Deactivation
* Weapons Deployment
[close]

More on tag:
PBTS NATIONAL BOUNDARIES, TERRITORIES, AND SOVEREIGNTY
[close]

Effective from January 1983

A territory over which dominion is exercised. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Air Alert
* Airspace
* Annexation
* Arbitration
* Archipelago
* Border Control
* Border Crossing
* Border Dispute
* Border Incident
* Boundary
* Boundary Claim
* Boundary Determination
* Canal
* Cession
* Coast Guard
* Continental Shelf
* Court Decision
* Dependency
* Dispute Settlement
* Island
* Island Claim
* Land Settlement
* Landlocked Country
* Maritime Boundary
* Mediation
* Occupied Area
* Overflight
* Piracy
* Port
* Port Access
* Province
* River
* Seabed
* Ship Detention
* Sovereignty
* Strait
* Survey
* Territorial Claim
* Territorial Reversion
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Unification
* Territorial Waters
* Trust Territory
* Water Boundary Agreement
* Water Boundary Claim
* West Bank
[close]

More on tag:
PGOV INTERNAL GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised June 1983)

The form, structure, and organization of local, provincial, and national governments. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Absentee Ballot
* Administration of Justice
* Alliance
* Antigovernment
* Arbitration
* Berlin Access
* Berlin Wall
* Cabinet
* Cabinet Meeting
* Campaign
* Candidacy Support
* Candidate
* Charter
* Church State Relations
* Coalition Government
* Colonialism
* Communism
* Confederation
* Constitution
* Constitutional Law
* Corruption
* Court
* Court Decision
* Death
* Democracy
* Dictatorship
* Election
* Election Forecast
* Election Irregularities
* Election Law
* Election Observer
* Election Reform
* Election Results
* Extremist
* Federation
* First Lady
* Glasnost
* Government Agency
* Government Budget
* Government Media Relations
* Government Official
* Government Reform
* Governor
* Impeachment
* Inauguration
* Influence
* Infrastructure
* Interim Government
* Judicial Reform
* Judiciary
* Junta
* King
* Legislation
* Legislator
* Legislature
* Martial Law
* Mayor
* Minister
* Minority
* Municipal
* Nationalism
* Opposition
* Opposition Party
* Party Faction
* Party Leader
* Party Line
* Party Meeting
* Party Stability
* Party Strength
* Party Unity
* Patronage
* Perestroyka
* Political Adviser
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Crisis
* Political Leader
* Political Military Relations
* Political Party
* Political Trend
* Poll
* President
* Prime Minister
* Progovernment
* Province
* Queen
* Reconciliation
* Referendum
* Reorganization
* Resignation from Office
* Reunification
* Royal Family
* Ruling Party
* Self Government
* Socialism
* Special Interest Group
* State of the Union Message
* Succession
* Tenure of Office
* Totalitarian
* Trial
* Trust
* Territory
* Veto
* Vice President
* Voting
* Voting Rights
[close]

More on tag:
PHSA HIGH SEAS AFFAIRS
[close]

Effective from January 1983

Activities on the high seas, outside a country's national jurisdiction. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Continental Shelf
* Dispute Settlement
* Exclusive
* Economic Zone
* Fishing Limit
* Fishing Rights
* Freedom of Navigation
* Hazardous Cargo
* Innocent Passage
* International Waters
* LOS
* Marine Mammal
* Marine Safety
* Marine Transportation
* Maritime Agreement
* Merchant Ship
* Minesweeping
* Natural Resources
* Ocean Dumping
* Piracy
* Seabed
* Seabed Mining
* Ship Accident
* Ship Detention
* Ship Movement
* Strait
* Territorial Sea Limit
* Territorial Waters
* Transit Passage
[close]

More on tag:
PHUM HUMAN RIGHTS
[close]

Effective from January 1985

The violation of rights attributable to human beings. (Replaces RCHB file categories: POL, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abuse
* Amnesty
* Antisemitic
* Apartheid
* Asylum
* Asylum Request
* Capital Punishment
* Childrens Rights
* Civil Rights
* Concentration Camp
* Court Decision
* Death Squad
* Deportation
* Detainee
* Detection Equipment
* Detention Development Rights
* Discrimination
* Economic Rights
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Ethnic Group
* EVD
* Execution
* Exile
* Family
* Forced Labor
* Harassment
* Human Rights
* Humane
* Imprisonment
* Indigenous Peoples
* Individual Rights
* Internal Exile
* Internee
* Mass Migration
* Massacre
* Minority
* Minority Rights
* Missing Person
* Mistreatment
* Murder
* Persecution
* Police Equipment
* Political Disappearance
* Political Prisoner
* Political Repression
* Political Rights
* Poverty
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Welfare
* Proselytize
* Psychiatric Abuse
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Returnees
* Rights of Peoples
* Security Forces
* Sponsorship
* Torture
* Walk In Procedures
* Women
* Womens Rights
[close]

More on tag:
PINR INTELLIGENCE
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The gathering and reporting of intelligence information, including biographic and background data. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INT, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aerial Reconnaissance
* Biographic Information
* Contacts
* Counterintelligence
* Covert Operations
* Disinformation
* Espionage
* Film
* Humint Collection Plan
* Information Security
* Intelligence Assessment
* Intelligence Collection
* Intelligence Services
* Maps
* Monitoring
* Olive Harvest
* PLPPR
* Remote Sensing
* Satellite
* Ship Movement
* Surveillance Aircraft
* Tracking Station
[close]

More on tag:
PINS NATIONAL SECURITY
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

A regime's stability, control, or efforts to maintain itself in power, as well as activities and efforts to disrupt or overthrow the established regime by other than normal political activity. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Amnesty
* Armed Forces
* Arms
* Assassination
* Assault
* Atrocity
* Censorship
* Church State Relations
* Civil War
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Contingency Plan
* CONTRA
* Counterinsurgency
* Coup
* Court Decision
* Court Martial
* Death Squad
* Defector
* Demobilization
* Detention
* Dissident
* Emigration
* Emigration Control
* Escalation
* Ethnic Group
* Execution
* Exile
* Exiled Government
* Exit Permit
* Expulsion
* Extremist
* General Strike
* Guerrilla
* Harassment
* Hostility
* Hunger Strike
* Impeachment
* Infiltration
* Insurgency
* Intelligence Assessment
* Internal Control
* Intervention
* Land Reform
* Law Enforcement
* Liberation Front
* Martial Law
* Massacre
* Mercenary
* Minority
* Missing Person
* National Security
* Occupied Area
* Persona Non Grata
* Plot
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Political Assessment
* Political Crisis
* Political Military Relations
* Political Prisoner
* Political Settlement
* Political Stability
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Release
* Propaganda
* Property Protection
* Religious Group
* Repression
* Reprisal
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Sabotage
* Seizure
* Surrender
* Threat
* Travel Document
* Travel Restriction
* Treason
* Troop Deployment
* Troop Withdrawal
* Violence
[close]

More on tag:
PREF REFUGEES
[close]

Effective from January 1985 (Revised March 1995)

People who move across borders because of danger to life or fear of persecution. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Admissions
* Allocation
* Asylum Policy
* Early Warning
* Emergency Response
* ESLCO
* Family Reunification
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Internally Displaced Persons
* Letter of Introduction
* ODP
* Prevention
* Refugee Camp
* Refugee Protection
* Refugee Relief
* Refugee Resettlement
* Refugee Settlement
* Refugee Status
* Repatriation
* Safe Country of Origin and Transit
* Safe Haven
* Sponsorship
* Temporary Protection
* VOLAG
* Volunteers
[close]

More on tag:
PREL EXTERNAL POLITICAL RELATIONS
[close]

Effective from January 1983

The political relations between countries, international or regional organizations both bilateral and multilateral, that assess intentions, objectives, plans, or possible courses of interaction. (Replaces RCHB file category: CSM, POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alliance
* Ambassador
* Amity
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antisoviet
* Bilateral Cooperation
* CBI
* Cold War
* Commitment
* Condemnation
* Consular Service
* Demarche
* Detente
* Deterrence
* Diplomatic Protest
* East West Relations
* Embassy Closing
* Embassy Opening
* Expulsion
* Extradition Treaty
* Foreign Commitment
* Foreign Relations
* Front Line States
* Government Reaction
* Hegemony
* Industrialized Nation
* Influence
* International Organization
* Intervention
* LDC
* Lobbying
* NAM
* National Security
* Neutrality
* No Fly Zone
* Nonaggression
* Nonaligned Nations
* Nonparticipation
* North South Dialogue
* Open Skies Treaty
* Opposition
* Participation
* Peace
* Peace Plan
* Persona Non Grata
* Political Concession
* Political Cooperation
* Political Initiative
* Political Settlement
* Political Trend
* Prisoner Exchange
* Prisoner Transfer
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Relations
* Reciprocity
* Recognition
* Reconciliation
* Regional Organization
* Relations Establishment
* Relations Interruption
* Reprisal
* Sanction
* Secession
* Signatory
* Sister City
* Third Country Representation
* Third World
* Threat
* War Claims
* West Bank
[close]

More on tag:
PROP PROPAGANDA AND PSYCHOLOGICAL OPERATIONS
[close]

Effective from June 1974 (Revised January 1983)

The spreading of ideology, information, or rumor for the purpose of supporting or defaming nations, institutions, causes, peoples, or persons. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CSM, CUL, INF, MP, POL, PPB, RAD, TV)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Active Measures
* Antiamerican
* Anticommunism
* Antinuclear
* Antisoviet
* Brain Drain
* Brainwashing
* Broadcasting
* Campaign
* Censorship
* Clandestine Broadcast
* Disinformation
* Frequency Interference
* Harassment
* Influence
* Jamming
* Lobbying
* Proamerican
* Procommunism
* Propaganda
* Prosoviet
* Prowest
* Public Disclosure
* Public Information
* Public Relations
* Publication
* Repression
* Slander
[close]

More on tag:
PTER TERRORISTS AND TERRORISM
[close]

Effective from March 1981 (Revised January 1983)

All aspects of terrorism which transcend national boundaries due to the nationality of the perpetrator, victim, place, or the incident. (Replaces RCHB file category: POL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acts of Terrorists
* Antiterrorism Measures
* Antiterrorist Forces
* Assassination
* Assault
* Bomb Threat
* Bombing
* Casualty
* Hijacking
* Hostage
* Hostility
* Infiltration
* Kidnapping
* Kidnapping Threat
* Mission Takeover
* Piracy
* Plot
* Proterrorism
* Rescue
* Sabotage
* Small Arms
* Surrender
* Terrorism
* Terrorist Activities
* Threat
* Threat Assessment
* Violence
[close]

More on tag:
SCUL CULTURAL AFFAIRS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised April 2000)

Any part or totality of a nation's behavior patterns, arts, beliefs, institutions, or sociology. (Replaces RCHB file categories: CUL, EDU, MP, PPB, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* American Studies
* Anthropology
* Archaeology
* Artifact
* Artist
* Athlete
* Business for Russia Program
* Citizen Exchanges
* College and University Affiliation Program
* Commemorative Celebration
* Community Connections
* Creative Arts Exchanges
* Cultural Exchange
* Cultural Heritage
* Cultural Presentation
* Cultural Property
* Cultural Specialists (Aculspecs)
* Education
* Educational Exchange
* EFL Fellows
* ETF Fellows
* Ethnic Group
* Excavation
* Exchange Program Designation
* Exhibit
* Festival Fund
* Film Programs
* Fine Arts
* FLEX Program
* Fulbright Alumni Association
* Fulbright American Studies Institutes
* Fulbright Commissions
* Fulbright Junior Staff Development Program (JSD)
* Fulbright Scholar Program
* Fulbright Scholar in Residence Program
* Fulbright Student Program
* Fulbright Teachers Exchange
* History
* Holiday
* Humphrey Program
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* International Visitor Program
* J Visa Program
* J William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board
* Jazz Ambassadors
* Language
* Library
* Magazine
* Memorial
* Missionary
* Museum
* National Flag
* Newspaper
* Olympics
* Performing Arts Calendar
* Piracy
* Place of Worship
* Pope
* Publication
* Religion
* Religious Group
* Religious Leader
* Ron Brown Fellowship Program
* School
* Social Custom
* Social Reform
* Sports
* Student
* Student Advising
* Study of the US
* Teacher
* The Film Service
* University
* US Artists Abroad
* Voluntary Visitor Program
* Women
* Youth
* Youth Exchanges
[close]

More on tag:
SENV ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The preservation, deterioration, and conservation of natural and animal resources, the air, water, land, and space environments. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AGR, CUL, E, HLTH, INCO, OS, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Acid Rain
* Air Pollution
* Animal Conservation
* Animal Hides
* Atmosphere
* Biodiversity
* CITES
* Crop
* Destruction
* Dam
* Desertification
* Drought
* Earthquake
* Ecology
* Endangered Species
* Environment
* Erosion
* Exploitation
* Famine
* Fire
* Fish
* Flood
* Flora
* Forestry
* Fungicide
* Habitat
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Herbicide
* Industrial Waste Disposal
* Insect
* Land Conservation
* Marine
* Mammal
* Migratory Animals
* Monsoon
* National Park
* Natural Disaster
* Natural Resources
* Noise Pollution
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Winter
* Ocean Dumping
* Oil Spill
* Ozone
* Pest Control
* Pesticide
* Pollution Control
* Preservation
* Rainfall
* Seabed
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sludge
* Snowfall
* Soil
* Soil Pollution
* Species Protection
* Storm
* Tidal Wave
* Transboundary Pollution
* Tropical Forest
* Volcanic Eruption
* Waste
* Waste Disposal
* Water
* Water Analysis
* Water Conservation
* Water Pollution
* Water Supply System
* Weather
* Whales
* Wildlife
* Yellow Rain
* Zoo
[close]

More on tag:
SMIG MIGRATION
[close]

Effective from March 1995

The legal or illegal movement of people across borders, border control, and the treatment of aliens by receiving states. (Replaces RCHB file category: REF)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Alien Interdiction
* Border Control
* Cross Border Migration
* Economic Migration
* Emigration
* Environmental Migration
* Family Reunification
* Illegal Migration
* Immigration
* Labor Migration
* Migration
* Migration and Development Policy
* Nationality and Citizenship
* Readmission Agreements
* Remittances
[close]

More on tag:
SNAR NARCOTICS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 2008)

The illegal production, distribution, and use of narcotic drugs. (Replaces RCHB file categories: INCO, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Aircraft Registry
* Cocaine
* Crop Destruction
* Crop Substitution
* Crops
* Customs Agreement
* Customs Inspection
* Customs Regulation
* Customs Seizure
* Demand Reduction
* Detection
* Equipment
* Eradication
* Exhibit
* Foreigners
* Hashish
* Herbicide
* Heroin
* Illicit
* Immigration
* Interdiction
* Law Enforcement
* Legal
* Marijuana
* Money Laundering
* Morphine
* Narcotics
* Narcotics Abuse
* Narcotics Control
* Narcotics Detection
* Narcotics Seizure
* Narcotics Traffic
* Opium
* Patrol Boat
* Psychotropic Drugs
* Seizure
* Ship Registry
* Smuggling
[close]

More on tag:
SOCI SOCIAL CONDITIONS
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The conditions and factors that affect the social welfare of a community. (Replaces RCHB file category: HLTH, SOC)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Abortion
* Administration of Justice
* Adoption
* AIDS
* Birth Rate
* Black Market
* Census
* Child
* Custody
* Children
* Civil Disobedience
* Community Relations
* Concentration Camp
* Consumer Protection
* Crime
* Crime Control
* Cult
* Demography
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Divorce
* Educational Reform
* Elderly
* Epidemic
* Family
* Family Planning
* Food
* Fugitive
* Genocide
* Glasnost
* Health
* Housing
* Housing Shortage
* Humanitarian Assistance
* Hunger Strike
* Illegal Alien
* Immigrant
* Immigration Control
* Infant
* Infrastructure
* Inoculation
* Insurance
* Law Enforcement
* Life Expectancy
* Marriage
* Medical Care
* Medical Facility
* Mental Health
* Minority
* Modernization
* Mortality Rate
* Murder
* Penal System
* Police Force
* Police Investigation
* Population
* Population Growth
* Pornography
* Prison
* Prisoner
* Prisoner Release
* Prisoner Transfer
* Prisoner Welfare
* Prostitution
* Public Safety
* Public Transportation
* Public Welfare
* Quarantine
* Recall
* Reform
* Rehabilitation
* Riot
* Riot Control
* Rural Area
* Sanitation
* Sewage
* Sewage System
* Sex Ratio
* Sexual Crime
* Sexual Harassment
* Social Development
* Social Reform
* Social Security
* Social Service
* Social Trend
* Special Interest Group
* Standard of Living
* Sterilization
* Theft
* Urban Area
* Violence
* Volunteers
* Water Supply System
[close]

More on tag:
TBIO BIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL SCIENCE
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

The anatomy, physiology, chemistry, and psychology that affect living organisms and the mechanisms of their expression. (Replaces RCHB file categories: HLTH, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* AIDS
* Animals
* Biology
* Biotechnology
* Chemistry
* Disease
* Disease Control
* Eradication
* Food
* Genetic Engineering
* Hormones
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Medical Science
* Nuclear Contamination
* Parapsychology
* Pest Control
* Pharmaceuticals
* Quarantine
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* STRIDE Technology
* Technology
* Transfer
* Vaccine
* Zoology
[close]

More on tag:
TPHY PHYSICAL SCIENCES
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development in any of the physical sciences. (Replaces RCHB file category: SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Atmosphere
* Chemistry
* Geodesy
* Geology
* Hydrology
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Maps
* Materials Science
* Meteorology
* Metrology
* Microwave
* Minerology
* Ocean Drilling
* Oceanography
* Physics
* Research & Development
* Research Vessel
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Scientific Visit
* Seismology
* STRIDE
* Survey
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Volcanology
* Weather
* Weather Station
[close]

More on tag:
TRGY ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
[close]

Effective from July 1980 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development of energy sources. (Replaces RCHB file categories: AE, DEF, FSE, PET, SCI)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Electric Energy
* Energy Conservation
* Exploration
* Fissionable Material
* Fuel
* Geothermal Energy
* Hazardous Waste Disposal
* Hydroelectric Energy
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Laboratory Equipment
* Magnetic
* Nuclear Accident
* Nuclear Contamination
* Nuclear Energy
* Nuclear Reactor
* Nuclear Safeguard
* Nuclear Test
* Petroleum
* PUNE
* Radiation
* Radioactive Material
* Radioactive Material Transfer
* Radioactive Waste Disposal
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Solar Energy
* Spent Fuel
* SSC
* STRIDE
* Synthetic Fuel
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Thermal Energy
* Transmitters
* Wind Energy
[close]

More on tag:
TSPA SPACE ACTIVITIES
[close]

Effective from March 1973 (Revised January 1983)

Research and development leading to and resulting in the exploration and utilization of outer space. (Replaces RCHB file categories: DEF, SP, TEL)

Specific Subject Terms often used with this TAGS:

* Astronaut
* Astronomy
* Communications Satellite
* Direct Broadcasting Satellite
* ELV
* Exploration
* Geostationary Satellite Orbit
* High Technology Equipment
* Intellectual Property
* Intellectual Property Rights
* Landing Rights
* Navigational Aid
* Orbit
* Outer Space
* Outer Space Commercialization
* Peaceful Use of Outer Space
* Reentry
* Research & Development
* S & T Agreement
* S & T Cooperation
* S & T Development
* Salvage
* Satellite
* Scientific Cooperation
* Space Agreement
* Space Fragment
* Space Law
* Space Liability
* Space Program
* Space Station
* Spacecraft
* Spacecraft Recovery
* Spaceflight
* STRIDE
* Technology
* Technology Transfer
* Telecommunication
* Tracking Station
* UFO
[close]
By tags:
AA AADP AALC ABER ABLD [+] ABLDG ABLG ABMC ABT ABUD AC ACABQ ACAO ACCOUNT ACDA ACEC ACKM ACOA ACOTA ACS ACTION ADANA ADB ADCO ADCP ADEL ADEP ADIP ADM ADMIRAL ADPM ADRC AE AEC AECL AEGR AEIR AEM AEMED AEMR [+] AER AESC AF AFARI AFDB AFDIN AFFAIRS AFGHANISTAN AFIN [+] AFL AFLU AFOR AFR AFSA AFSI AFSN AFU AFZAL AG AGAO AGENDA AGENGA AGIT AGMT AGOA AGR AGS AGUIRRE AI AIAG AID AIDAC AIDS AIEA AIHRC AIN AINF AINFCY AINR AINT AISG AIT AJ AK AL AL-1 ALAB ALBE ALEXANDER ALI ALJAZEERA ALL ALNEA ALOW ALOWAR AM AMAT AMB AMCHAMS AMCT AME AMED AMEDI AMEMR AMER AMERICAS AMEX AMG AMGE AMGMT AMGT [+] AMIA AMLB AMPR AMT AMTC AMTG AN ANARCHISTS ANC AND ANET ANTITERRORISM AO AOCR AODE AOIC AOMS AOPR AORC [+] AORD AOREC AORG AORL AOWC AP APCS APDC APEC APECO APER [+] APR APRC APRM AQ AR ARAB ARABBL ARABL ARABLEAGUE ARAS ARC ARCH ARENA AREP ARF ARG ARM ARMITAGE ARMS AROC ARR ARRMZY ARSO AS ASA ASAC ASC ASCC ASCE ASCEC ASCH ASE ASEAN ASEC [+] ASECARP ASECE ASECM ASECSI ASECVE ASED ASEDC ASEG ASEK ASES ASEX ASFC ASIC ASIG ASIR ASJA ASO ASOC ASPA ASR ASSEMBLY ASSK ASUP AT ATFN ATPDEA ATRA ATRD ATRN AU AU-1 AUC AUNR AUSGR AUSTRALIAGROUP AV AVERY AVIAN AVIANFLU AVIATION AW AX AY AZ AZE B. BA BAGHDAD BAIO BAKOYANNIS BALKANS BAPOL BARACK BASHAR BATA BB BBG BBSR BC BCW BCXP BD BE BEAN BEN BERARDUCCI BESP BEXB BEXP [+] BEXPC BEXPPLM BEXT BF BFIF BFIN BFIO BG BGD BGMT BH BHUM BI BIC BIH BILAT BIMSTEC BINR BIO BIOS BIOTECH BIOTECHNOLOGY BIT BITO BK BL BLR BLUE BLUNT BM BMENA BMGT BMOT BN BNUC BO BOIKO BOL BOND BOQ BORDER BOSNIA BOU BOUCHAIB KAKA BOUTERSE BP BPIS BPTS BR BRIAN BRPA BRUSSELS BS BSSR BT BTA BTC BTIO [+] BTIU BTRA BTT BU BUD BULGARIA BURMA BUSH BV BW BWC BX BXEP BY BZ CA CAC CACM CACS CAFTA CAIO CAJC CAMBODIA CAN CAPC CARC CARE CARIB CARICOM CARSON CAS CASA CASC [+] CASCC CASCR CASE CASTILLO CAVO CB CBC CBD CBE CBG CBIS CBM CBSA CBTH CBW CCSR CCY CD CDB CDC CDCC CDCE CDG CDI CE CEA CEC CEDAW CEN CENTCOM CENTRIC CEUDA CF CFE CFED CFG CFIS CFSP CG CGEN CGOPRC CH CHAD CHALLENGE CHAO CHELIDZE CHENEY CHERTOFF CHG CHIEF CHN CHR CHRISTIAN CHRISTOF CHRISTOPHER CI CIA CIAT CIC CICTE CIDA CIO CIP CIS CITEL CITES CITIBANK CITT CIVAIR CIVS CJ CJAN [+] CJUS CK CKGR CKOR CL CLEARANCE CLINTON CLMT CLO CLOK CM CMAE CMFT CMGT [+] CMP CMT CN CNAR CNARC CNC CNO CO CODEL COE COL COLIN COLLECTIVE COLOMBO COM COMESA COMMERCE CON CONAWAY CONDOLEEZZA CONDOLEEZZA RICE CONEAZ CONG CONGO CONGRINT CONS CONSULAR CONTROL CONTROLS CORRUPTION COSI COUNTER COUNTER TERRORISM COUNTERTERRORISM COUNTRY COUNTRYCLEARANCE CP CPA CPAS CPC CPCTC CPPT CPUOS CQ CR CRIM CRIME CRIMES CRM CROATIA CROS CRS CRUZ CS CSCE CSEP CSIS CSW CT CTBT CTER CTERR CTM CTR CTRYCLR CU CUCO CUIS CUL CV CVIA CVIC CVIS [+] CVISU CVPR CVR CW CWC CWCM CWG CX CY CYP CYPRUSARMS CZ DA DAC DAFR DAN DANFUNG DANIEL DAO DARFR DARFUR DAVID DAVID LEE HOWES DAVID WELCH DAVID WILLIAM RAY DB DC DCDG DCG DCHA DCI DCM DCOM DCRM DE DEA DEAX DEFENSE DEFENSEREFORM DELTAVIOLENCE DEM DEMARCHE DEMOCRATIC DENNIS DEOC DEPT DEPT FOR DS COMMAND CENTER DESI DHA DHLAKAMA DHLS DHRF DHS DHSX DIEZ DIPLOMACY DISENGAGEMENT DJ DK DKEM DMIN DMINE DO DOC DOD DOE DOJ DOMC DOMESTIC DOMESTICPOLITICS DONALD RUMSFELD DOT DPAO DPKO DPM DPOL DPRK DR DRC DRIP DRL DS DSR DSS DTFN DTRA DTRO DU DVC DY EAC EAD EADI EADM EAG EAGER EAGR [+] EAI EAIC EAID [+] EAIDB EAIDCIN EAIDEGZ EAIDMG EAIDNI EAIF EAIG EAIO EAIR [+] EAIS EAIT EAOD EAP EAPC EAR EARI EASS EATO EAUD EAVI EB EBEXP EBRD EBUD EC ECA ECCP ECCT ECE ECIN ECIP ECLAC ECN ECOIN ECOM ECON [+] ECONCS ECONEGE ECONOMIC ECONOMICS ECONOMY ECONOMY AND FINANCE ECOR ECOS ECOSOC ECOWAS ECPC ECPN ECPO ECPS [+] ECPSN ECRM ECTRD ECUN ED EDA EDEV EDRC EDU EDUC EE EEB EEC EENG EENV EEOC EET EETC EFI EFIC EFIM EFIN [+] EFIS [+] EFLU EFN EFND EFNI EFQ EFTA EG EGAD EGAR EGEN EGHG EGOV EGOVSY EH EI EIAD EIAID EIAR EIB EICN EID EIDE EIDN EIFN EIN EIND [+] EINDIR EINF EING EINN EINO EINR EINT [+] EINV [+] EINZ EIPR EIQ EISL EISNLN EITC EITI EIVN EK EL ELA ELAB [+] ELAD ELAINE ELAM ELAN ELAP ELB ELBA ELBR ELEC ELECTIONS ELF ELIN ELN ELND ELNT ELTD ELTM ELTN [+] ELTRN EMAIL EMED EMI EMIN [+] EMN EMS EMW EN END ENDURING ENEG ENER ENERG ENERGY ENFR ENG ENGR ENGRD ENGRG ENGY ENIV ENLT ENNP ENR ENRC ENRG [+] ENRL ENTG ENV ENVI ENVIRONMENT ENVR ENVT EON EOXC EP EPA EPAT EPCS EPE EPEC EPECO EPET [+] EPIN EPIT EPPD EPRT EPSC EPTE EPTED EPWR EQ EQRD ER ERA ERD EREL ERGR ERICKSON ERIN ERTD ES ESA ESCAP ESCI ESDP ESENV ESF ESLCO ESOC ESOCI ESPS ESS ESSO ESTH ESTN ESTRADA ET ETA ETAD ETC ETCC ETD ETDR ETEL ETER ETEX ETFN ETIC ETIO ETLN ETMIN ETR ETRA ETRAD ETRB ETRC ETRD [+] ETRDECD ETRG ETRK ETRN ETRO ETRP ETT ETTC [+] ETTD ETTF ETTN ETTR ETTRD ETTW ETZ EU EUC EUCOM EUE EUEAID EUFOR EUM EUMEM EUN EUR EUREM EURM EURN EV EVENTS EVN EWRG EWT EWTR EWWT [+] EX EXBS EXEC EXIM EXO EXPORT EXTERNAL EZ FA FAA FAC FAGR FAO FARC FARM FAS FATAH FBI FCC FCS FCSC FCSCEG FCUL FDA FDIC FEDULOV FEMA FERNANDO FGM FI FIN FINANCE FINE FINR FINREF FINV FIR FISO FJ FK FKFLO FKLU FLU FM FMC FMGT FMLN FMS FO FOI FOOKS FOR FORCE FORCES FOREIGN FORWHA FP FPC FR FRA FRANCIS FRANCISCO RODENAS RUIZ FRB FREDOM FREEDOM FRELIMO FRIED FRN FRU FSC FSI FT FTA FTAA FWS GA GAERC GAMES GAO GARCIA GASPAR GATT GAZA GAZPROM GB GBSLE GC GCC GCCC GE GEF GEORGE GERARD GESKE GF GG GH GI GIPNC GIWI GJ GKGIC GL GLOBAL GM GN GO GOG GOI GON GOVPOI GPGOV GPI GPOI GPOV GR GRQ GS GT GTIP GTMO GTREFTEL GU GUAM GUANTANAMO GUIDANCE GUILLERMO GUTIERREZ GV GWI GY GZ GZIS HA HARRIET HARRY HAWZ HCOPIL HDP HE HEAVEN HEBRON HELGERSON HERCEGOVINA HG HHS HI HIGHLIGHTS HIJAZI HILARY HILLARY HILLEN HIPC HIV HIZ HK HKSX HL HLSX HN HNCHR HO HOA HOSTAGES HPKO HR HRC HRCS HRICTY HRIGHTS HRKSTC HSI HSTC HSWG HT HTCG HTSC HU HUD HUM HUMAN HUMANITARIAN HUMANR HUMANRIGHTS HUMOR HUMRIT HUNRC HURI HURRICANE HYDE HYLAND HYMPSK HZ IA IACHR IACI IACO IACW IADB IAEA IAES IAHRC IAIE IAII IASA IATTC IAZ IBB IBD IBET IBPCA IBRB IBRD IC ICAC ICAO ICC ICCAT ICCROM ICES ICJ ICRC ICRS ICSCA ICTR ICTY ID IDA IDB IDLI IDLO IDP IDR IE IEA IEAB IEF IF IFAD IFC IFIN IFM IFO IFR IFRC IG IGAD IGF IHO IICA IINS IIP IK IL ILAB ILC ILEA ILO IMC IMET IMF IMMIGRATION IMO IMSO IMTS IN INAUGURATION INCB IND INDO INF INFLUENZA INL INMARSAT INNP INPFC INR INRA INRB INRD INRO INRPAZ INS INSC INT INTEL INTELLECTUAL INTELSAT INTERNAL INTERPOL INV INVI IO IOC IOM IP IPET IPGRI IPK IPPC IPR IPROP IQ IQNV IR IRAN IRAQ IRAQI IRAQI FREEDOM IRC IRCE IRDB IRE IRL IRLE IRM IRMO IRNB IRPE IRS IS ISA ISAAC ISAF ISCA ISCON ISLAMISTS ISLE ISN ISNV ISO ISPA ISPL ISRAEL ISRAEL RELATIONS ISRAELI ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISSUES ISTC IT ITA ITALIAN ITALY ITECIP ITEIND ITELTN ITER ITF ITIA ITRA ITRD ITU IUCN IV IVIANNA IWC IWI IX IZ IZAORC JA JAM JAMES JAPAN JAT JAWAD JCIC JE JEFFERY JEFFREY JHR JI JIMENEZ JIMENEZ CHILDREN JK JKUS JM JN JO JOHNNIE JOSE NEY MILA ESPINOSA JOSE RAMOS HORTA JOSEPH BIDEN JP JS JSRP JUAN JUS JY KA KACP KACT [+] KACW KADM KAID KALM KALR KANSOU KAPO KARIM WADE KATRINA KAUST KAWC [+] KAWK KAWL KAWS KAWX KAYLA KBCT KBDS KBEM KBIO KBNC KBTC KBTR KBTS KBWG KCCP KCEM KCERS KCFC KCFE [+] KCGC KCHG KCIP [+] KCIS KCM KCMA KCMR KCOG KCOM [+] KCOR [+] KCPS KCRCM KCRI KCRIM KCRM [+] KCRN KCRO KCROM KCROR KCRP KCRS KCRT KCSA KCSI KCSY KCUL KCUM KCVM KCWI KDCM KDDEM KDDG KDE KDEM [+] KDEN KDET KDEV KDGOV KDGR KDHS KDM KDMR KDP KDRG [+] KDRL KDTB KDUM KE KEAI KEBG KECF KEDEM KEDM KEDU KEIM KEM KEMPI KEMR KEMS KEN KENV KERF KERG KESO KESP KESS KEVIN KFAM KFCE KFE KFEM KFGM KFIN KFIU KFLD KFLO KFLU KFOR KFPC KFRD [+] KFRP KFSC KFTFN KFTN KG KGCC KGCN KGHA KGHG [+] KGIC [+] KGICKS KGIT KGIV KGKG KGLB KGOR KGOV KH KHDP KHGH KHIB KHIV [+] KHJUS KHLS [+] KHMN KHOURY KHPD KHSA KHSL KHUM KI KIBL KICA KICC KICCPUR KICR KICT KID KIDE KIF KIFR KIIC KIIP KIL KILS KIMMITT KIMT KIND KINF KINL KINP KINR KINT KIPR [+] KIPT KIRC KIRF [+] KIRL KIRP KIS KISC KISK KISL [+] KISM KISR KITA KIVP KIVR KJAN KJRE KJU KJUS [+] KJUST KJWC KK KKIV KKNP KKOR KKPO KLAB KLAP KLBO KLEG KLFLO KLFU KLHS KLIG KLIP KLPM KLSO KLTN KM KMAC KMAR KMCA [+] KMCC KMCR KMDR [+] KMEPI KMFO KMGT KMIG KMNP KMOC KMPF KMPI KMPIO KMPL KMPP KMPT KMRD KMRS KMSG KMVP KMWN KN KNAO KNAP KNAR KNDP KNEI KNEP KNET KNMP KNN KNNA KNNB KNNC KNNF KNNO KNNP [+] KNNR KNOP KNP KNPP KNPPIS KNPR KNPT KNRG KNRV KNSD KNUC KNUP KO KOC KOCI KOCM KOEM KOGL KOLY [+] KOM KOMC KOMCCO KOMCSG KOMH KOMO KOMS KOR KOSOVO KOUYATE KPA KPAD KPAI KPAK KPAL [+] KPALAOIS KPAM KPAO [+] KPAS KPBT KPDD KPEM KPEO KPER KPET KPIN [+] KPIR KPKO [+] KPKP KPLS KPMI KPMO KPO KPOA KPOKO KPOL KPOP KPOV KPOW KPPAO KPPD KPRD KPRM KPRO KPROG KPRP KPRV KPSC KPTD KPTS KPWG KPWR [+] KQ KQM KQRDQ KR KRAD [+] KRAL KRCIM KRCM KRCS KRD KRDP KREC KREF KREL KRF KRFD KRFR KRG KRGY KRIC KRIF KRIM KRKO KRM KRMS KRV KRVC KS KSA KSAC KSAF KSCA [+] KSCI KSCS KSCT KSEAO KSEC KSEI KSEO KSEP KSI KSIA KSKN KSLG KSMT KSOC KSOCI KSPA KSPR [+] KSRE KSTC KSTCC KSTCPL KSTH KSTS KSTT KSUM [+] KSUP KT KTAO KTBD KTBT KTCRE KTDB KTDD KTDM KTER KTEX KTFIN KTFM KTFN [+] KTFR KTFS KTIA [+] KTIP [+] KTLA KTNBT KTNF KTPN KTRD KTRF KTSC KTSD KTTB KTTC KTTP KU KUAE KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR [+] KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG [+] KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN [+] KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR [+] MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS [+] MATT MB MBM MC MCA MCAP [+] MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCONNELL MCCP MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC [+] MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS [+] MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC OASCC OASS OAU OBAMA OBS OBSP OCBD OCEA OCED OCHA OCII OCRA OCS OCSE ODAG ODC ODIP [+] ODPC OECD OECS OECV OES OESC OEXC [+] OEXP OF OFDA OFDC OFDP [+] OFDPQIS OFFICIALS OFPD OFSO OGAC OGIV OHCHR OHI OHIP OI OIC OICCO OIE OIF OIG OIIP [+] OIL OIM OLY OLYAIR OLYMPICS OM OMB OMIG OMS ON ONA OPAD OPBAT OPC OPCD OPCR OPCW OPDAT OPDC [+] OPDP OPEC OPET OPIC OPID OPOC OPPC OPRC [+] OPREC OPREP OPS OPSC OPVIP ORA ORC ORCA ORECD ORED OREG OREP [+] ORGANIZED ORP ORTA ORUE OSAC OSCE OSCI [+] OSD OSEC OSHA OSIC OSTA OSTRA OTA OTAR OTP OTR OTRA [+] OTRABL OTRAO OTRAZ OTRC OTRD OUALI OVIP [+] OVP OXEC OXEM OZ PA PAARM PAC PACE PAGE PAGR PAHO PAIGH PAK PAL PALESTINIAN PAMQ PAN PANAM PAO PAR PARALYMPIC PARCA PAREL PARK PARLIAMENT PARM [+] PARMS PARN PARP PARR PARTIES PARTM PARTY PAS PASS PATTY PAUM PB PBGT PBIO PBK PBOV PBPTS PBS PBT PBTS [+] PCI PCON PCOR PCRM PCUL PD PDA PDD PDEM PDIP PDOV PDRG PE PEACE PEACEKEEPINGFORCES PEDRO PEL PELOSI PEMEX PENA PENV PEPFAR PEPR PER PEREZ PERL PERM PERSONS PET PETER PETERS PETR PETRAEUS PETROL PF PFIN PFLP PFOR PFOV PG PGGOC PGIC PGIV PGKV PGO PGOC PGOF PGOG PGON PGOR PGOT PGOV [+] PGOVE PGOVQL PGPV PGREL PGREV PGV PH PHALANAGE PHARM PHAS PHEM PHIM PHM PHSA [+] PHU PHUH PHUM [+] PHUMHUPPS PHUN PHUS PHYTRP PI PIA PICES PIF PIN PINB PIND PINER PINF PING PINL PINO PINR [+] PINS [+] PINT PINV PIR PIRF PIRN PJUS PK PKAO PKBL PKFK PKISL PKK PKMN PKNP PKO PKPA PKPAL PKPO PKPRP PKST PL PLAB PLAN PLEC PLN PLO PLUM PM PMAR PMAT PMDL PMIG PMIL PMIN PMR PMUC PN PNAT PNET PNG PNIR PNNL PNR PNRG PNS PNUC PNUK PNUM PO PODC POG POGV POINS POL POLG POLI POLICY POLINT POLITICAL POLITICS POLM POLMIL POLS POLUN POREL PORG POSTS POTUS POUS POV POWELL PP PPA PPAO PPD PPEF PPEL PPKO PPOL PQL PQM PRC PRE PREC PRED PREF [+] PREG PREJ PREK PREL [+] PRELEVU PRELM PRELPLS PRELTBIOBA PREM PREO PREP PRER PRES PRESIDENT PRESL PREV PREZ PRF PRFE PRFL PRGO PRGOV PRIL PRL PRLE PRM PRO PROB PROCESS PROG PROL PROLIFERATION PROP [+] PROPERTY PROTECTION PROTESTS PROV PROVE PRT PRTER PRWL PS PSA PSCE PSEC PSEPC PSHA PSI PSNR PSO PSOC PSOCI PSOE PT PTBS PTE PTEL PTEP PTER [+] PTGOV PTIA PTR PTRD PU PUAS PUBLIC PUNE PUNR PUOS PV PVIP PVOV PVPR PVTS PWBG PWMN PY QA QADRI QEL QI QIZ QM QT QU QUAN QUOC RA RAED RAID RAS RATIFICATION RBI RCA RCMP RE REA REACTION REALTIONS RECIN REF REFORM REFPAN REFUGEE REFUGEES REGION REGIONAL REID REIN REINEMEYER REL RELAM RELATIONS RELFREE RELIGIOUS REMON RENAMO RENE PREVAL REO REPORT REUBEN RF RFE RFIN RFREEDOM RGOV RGY RHUM RI RICE RICHARD RIGHTS RIGHTSPOLMIL RIMC RIVERA RL RLA RM RMA RO ROK ROME ROSS ROW ROY RP RPEL RPTS RQ RR RRB RREL RS RSO RSOX RSP RSZ RTT RU RUEHZO RV RW RWANDA SA SAAD SAARC SACU SADC SAFE SAIR SAIS SAMA SAN SANC SANR SAO SARB SARGSIAN SARS SASC SASEC SB SBA SC SCA SCCC SCE SCENESETTER SCHUL SCI SCIENCE SCNV SCOI SCOL SCOM SCPR SCRM SCRS SCRSERD SCUL [+] SCVL SD SE SEC SECDEF SECI SECRET SECRETARY SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV [+] SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG [+] SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR [+] SNUC SO SOC SOCI [+] SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STET STP STR SU SUCCESSION SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO [+] TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN TNDG TNGD TO TOPEC TORRIJOS TOURISM TP TPHY [+] TPKO TPP TPSA TPSL TR TRAD TRADE TRAFFICKING TRBIO TRBY TRD TREAS TREASURY TREATY TREL TRG TRGV TRGY [+] TRIO TRSY TRT TRV TRY TRYG TRYS TS TSA TSLP TSPA [+] TSPL TSRL TSRY TSY TT TTFN TU TURKEY TV TVBIO TW TWRO TX TY TZ TZBY UA UAE UAID UAM UB UDEM UE UEU UG UGA UK UKR UKRAINE UM UMIK UN UNA UNAF UNAIDS UNAMA UNAMSIL UNAORC UNAUS UNBRO UNC UNCC UNCDF UNCDN UNCHC UNCHR UNCHS UNCITRAL UNCND UNCOPUOS UNCRED UNCRIME UNCSD UNCSW UNCTAD UNDC UNDEF UNDOF UNDP UNECE UNEF UNEP UNESCO UNFA UNFC UNFCYP UNFF UNFICYP UNFIYCP UNFPA UNGA UNGAPL UNGO UNHCR UNHRC UNICEF UNIDCP UNIDO UNIDROIT UNIFEM UNIFIL UNION UNKIK UNM UNMEE UNMIC UNMIK UNMIKI UNMIKV UNMIL UNMIN UNMOVIC UNO UNODC UNOMIG UNOPS UNP UNPAR UNPUOS UNRCCA UNRCR UNREST UNRWA UNSC UNSCAPU UNSCD UNSCE UNSCER UNSCR UNSCS UNSD UNSE UNTAC UNTERR UNTZ UNUS UNVIE UNYI UP UPU UPUO UR US USAID USAU USCC USCG USDA USDELFESTTWO USEU USG USGS USMS USNC USOAS USOP USPS USPTO USSC USTA USTDA USTR USTRD USTRIT USTRPS USTRUWR USUN UUNR UV UX UY UZ VA VANG VAT VC VE VELS VEN VENZ VETTING VI VINICIO VIP VIS VISIT VM VN VO VOA VT VTEG VTFR VTIS VTPREL VTTBIO VTWCAR VXY VY VZ WA WAEMU WAKI WAR WB WBEG WBG WCAR WCI WCL WCO WE WEBG WEBZ WEET WEF WEOG WET WEU WFA WFP WFPAORC WFPO WGC WGG WHA WHITMER WHO WHTI WI WILCOX WIPO WIR WJRO WM WMD WMDT WMN WMO WOMEN WPO WRTO WS WSIS WTO WTRD WTRO WTRQ WW WWARD WWBG WWT WZ XA XAAF XB XC XD XE XF XFNEA XG XH XI XJ XK XL XLUM XM XO XP XQ XR XS XT XTAG XU XV XW XX XXX XY XZ YE YEH YI YL YM YMCS YS YU YURIY ZA ZANU ZB ZC ZCTU ZEALAND ZF ZFR ZH ZI ZIM ZJ ZK ZKGM ZL ZM ZN ZO ZP ZR ZS ZT ZU ZW ZXA


Get the how-to to understand how to read a cable


Pages 1 2 3 4 5
1'000 rows / 4'714 results
IdentifierSubjectDateOfficeClassificationTags
07KINSHASA85FARDC 1ST BRIGADE AGAIN FACES MILITARY JUSTICE FOR
[...] (U) Summary: Soldiers from the Congolese army's First Integrated Brigade have earned another military court date, this time on charges of looting and rape in Bunia, Ituri District January 11 and 12 after mutinying. 34 of more than 200 defendants appeared before a military judge in Bunia Janu [...]
2007-01-25 12:11:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KJUS CG
07KUALALUMPUR1155ANWAR'S AIDE DETAINED UNDER OFFICIAL SECRETS ACT
[...] (SBU) Malaysian police on July 13 arrested Nathanial Tan, an aide to Anwar Ibrahim and an activist within the opposition People's Justice Party (KeADILan or PKR),and on July 14 remanded Tan for four days under the Official Secrets Act (OSA). According to initial reports, the charges relate [...]
2007-07-16 10:34:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1446VIDEO OF JUDGE FIXING ROCKS MALAYSIA'S JUDICIARY
[...] (C) Former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim rocked Malaysia's legal establishment on September 19 when he held a press conference to release an eight minute videotaped conversation purportedly showing a phone conversation between a famously corrupt Malaysian attorney and the current Chief J [...]
2007-09-21 09:15:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1458MALAYSIA'S LAWYERS TAKE TO THE STREETS OVER
[...] (C) With limited government response to the September 19 allegations of corruption and judge fixing (ref A),the Malaysian Bar Council announced its intent to march on the Prime Minister's office and demand the establishment of a royal commission of inquiry. Malaysia's law minister quickly de [...]
2007-09-26 12:10:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1497MALAYSIA'S INTERNAL SECURITY ACT (ISA) DETAINEES,
[...] (SBU) Malaysia held eighty-seven persons under Internal Security Act (ISA) detention in the Kamunting prison as of September, according to a normally reliable source. Fifty-four of those held are terrorist suspects. The Malaysian government commonly releases a number of ISA detainees each ye [...]
2007-10-05 08:52:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV PINR KISL KJUS ASEC MY
07KUALALUMPUR1557POLICE IN EAST MALAYSIA DISCUSS TRAFFICKING IN
[...] (SBU) Poloff met with police leaders in East Malaysia during the first week of October to discuss trafficking in persons (TIP) issues in their region. To date, police have prosecuted or detained local syndicates and "gangsters" involved in trafficking under various legal options not specific [...]
2007-10-23 09:53:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ID MY
07KUALALUMPUR1594BAR COUNCIL, PRIME MINISTER FACE OFF DURING LAW
[...] (C) The Malaysian Bar Council's October 29-31 law conference drew national attention as respected Sultan of Perak Azlan Shah and Bar Council President Ambiga Sreenevasan, in the wake of recent judicial scandals, delivered speeches critical of the government, calling for reforms to strengthen [...]
2007-11-05 12:11:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1624CHALLENGES TO MALAYSIA'S STATUS QUO: WINDS OF
[...] (C) Subtle as well as more abrupt challenges to Malaysia's political status quo have emerged over the past few months, further signifying that times have changed since Mahathir's era of tight control. The Sultans quietly reasserted a claim to a measure of constitutional authority, which they [...]
2007-11-16 12:15:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1640ALLEGED SEX TRAFFICKING ON LABUAN ISLAND
[...] (C) Poloff visited Labuan in October in light of reports of some Filipinas trafficking into brothels on the island. We found that prostitution takes place under cover of legitimate business fronts and most Filipinas employed there have temporary work visas as "guest relations officers." Labua [...]
2007-11-21 11:25:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL PGOV KJUS KWMN SMIG MY
07KUALALUMPUR1658POLICE RESPOND POSITIVELY DURING CONSULTATIONS ON
[...] (SBU) Poloff, Legatt, and an ICITAP trainer from Jakarta met for a full day session on November 15 with senior police leaders from the Royal Malaysian Police (RMP) to discuss law enforcement efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP) under Malaysia's new anti-trafficking law. The police w [...]
2007-11-29 07:58:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PINS SMIG KWMN KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1693MALAYSIAN IMMIGRATION REQUESTS TRAINING VISIT TO U.S. PORTS
[...] (SBU) This is an action request for ICE Singapore to organize a study visit to the U.S. for Malaysian Immigration officers, with a focus on inspection, detention, removal, and deportation of illegal immigrants; as well as trafficking in persons victim identification and protection. Malaysian [...]
2007-12-11 08:43:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM PREF CVIS KCRM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1694EMBASSY RAISES CONCERNS OVER FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY,
[...] (C) Summary: Embassy raised concerns over freedom of assembly with two senior Malaysian officials on December 6 and December 11, respectively, in light of the continued arrests of opposition and civil society organizers of rallies critical of the government. An advisor to the Prime Minister [...]
2007-12-11 09:33:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1721AMBASSADOR RAISES ISA CONCERNS WITH LAW MINISTER
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador met on December 14 with de facto Law Minister Nazri Aziz and raised U.S. concerns over Malaysia's use of the Internal Security Act (ISA) in light of the December 13 detention of five ethnic Indian activists. Minister Nazri vigorously defended use of ISA as necessar [...]
2007-12-14 11:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR1732JUDICIAL REFORM ELUSIVE, DESPITE ROYAL COMMISSION
[...] (C) Following months of inconclusive investigations into a major judge-fixing scandal (ref A),Malaysia's King confirmed on December 12 the government's appointment of a royal commission of inquiry. The King tasked the royal commission to investigate the origin and veracity of the now infamous [...]
2007-12-21 00:30:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MY
07KUALALUMPUR902PROSECUTING TERRORISTS IN MALAYSIA: LOOKING BEYOND
[...] (S) Assisting Malaysia to develop the capacity to successfully investigate and prosecute terrorists would support key U.S. law enforcement and political objectives in this strategic Muslim-majority country. Malaysia has used an intelligence approach and the Internal Security Act (ISA),inclu [...]
2007-05-22 02:02:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPTER PREL PGOV PINR KISL KJUS ASEC MY
07KUWAIT1120KUWAIT WAR CRIMES CASE IN HOLDING PATTERN AT IRAQ
[...] (SBU) Summary: Robert Monk of the United States Regime Crimes Liaison Office at the Iraq High Tribunal (IHT) told GOK officials on July 10 and 11 that the Kuwait war crimes case before the IHT would likely not be the next case heard by the tribunal despite being the case most ready to go to t [...]
2007-07-16 06:47:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KJUS KAWC IZ KU
07KUWAIT1736DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-17 10:01:00Embassy KuwaitUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KU KJUS KPRP PHUM PTER
07LIBREVILLE480GABON: ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL APPROVAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 13:51:00Embassy LibrevilleSECRETPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR GB
07LILONGWE792MALAWI: U.S. TRAINING SCORES A SUCCESS FOR PROSECUTORS;
[...] (U) Summary. A recent criminal case stands out as an example of the Malawi Prosecutor's Office's stated willingness to apply lessons learned from MCC/DOJ OPDAT assistance and utilize progressive western methods of prosecution. A DOJ OPDAT trained prosecutor scored a first ever in Malawian jur [...]
2007-10-23 07:21:00Embassy LilongweUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV EAID KMCA KJUS KCRM KPAO MI
07LIMA1152CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM: MORE SMOKE THEN FIRE
[...] (SBU) Summary: During the 2006 Presidential election, candidates Alan Garcia and Ollanta Humala pledged to ditch the "illegal," Alberto Fujimori-inspired constitution of 1993 and return Peru to the labor-friendly, socialist model of 1979. As president, Garcia has shown no desire to tamper w [...]
2007-04-02 17:36:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM PINR KJUS PE
07LIMA2369FUJIMORI EXTRADITION DENIED BY CHILEAN JUDGE
[...] (C) Summary: Chilean judge Orlando Alvarez has denied Peru's request to extradite ex-President Alberto Fujimori on charges of human rights abuses and corruption. The GOP has the right to appeal the decision to the Chilean Supreme Court, and Fujimori will remain under house arrest. Fujimori's suppo [...]
2007-07-11 21:35:00Embassy LimaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KJUS PE CI
07LIMA798SUPREME COURT PRESIDENT MOVES ON JUSTICE CORRUPTION
[...] (SBU) Summary: In one of several early moves to clean up the judiciary, the Office of Control of Magistrates (OCMA) in early February suspended Lima Superior Court President Angel Romero. The action was a promising first step in fulfilling the promise Supreme Court President Francisco Tavara m [...]
2007-03-19 12:08:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINS KJUS PE
07LISBON2605EU JHA INFORMAL MINISTERIAL
[...] Summary. EU Justice and Home Affairs ministers met informally in Lisbon October 1-2. An embassy officer attended to follow discussion of such topics as the elimination of land and sea travel barriers in December, the establishment of a counternarcotics analysis and operations center, the sub [...]
2007-10-11 13:48:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS MOPS PO PREL PTER EUN
07MADRID2033SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL
[...] (S) DCM delivered ref A demarche October 25 to Spanish Secretary of State for Security Antonio Camacho. Camacho was SIPDIS quick to say the red notices were fully justified and that Spain had supported Argentina in the INTERPOL Executive Committee earlier this year. He said Argentina could [...]
2007-10-25 15:36:00Embassy MadridSECRET//NOFORNASEC KJUS PGOV PREL PTER IR SP
07MADRID215SPAIN/COUSO CASE: JUDGE THREATENS TO OBSTRUCT US-SPAIN JUDICICIAL COOPERATION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-02-08 18:12:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL MARR CJAN KJUS SP
07MADRID2294SPAIN SYMPATHETIC TO U.S. IN ARGENTINE FRACTURE
[...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission spoke December 20 to Spanish Director General of Foreign Policy for Latin America Javier Sandomingo and presented points in ref A. The DCM expressed concern over the limitations placed on the U.S. Embassy in Buenos Aires (ref B),saying the restrictions served neith [...]
2007-12-21 15:36:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN ASEC KJUS SP VE AR
07MADRID457AMIA CASE: SPAIN WILL SUPPORT ARGENTINE POSITION
[...] (C) Per reftel instructions, the Ambassador contacted Argentine Ambassador Carlos Betinni on March 8 to advise him that the USG planned to approach the Spanish Government to express support for the Argentine position on the AMIA case at Interpol. On March 9, the DCM, accompanied by Legat and [...]
2007-03-09 16:50:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL KJUS SP
07MANAGUA1327TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IMPROVES ABILITY OF NEWLY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After several years of planning, a vetted unit has been created in Nicaragua to investigate high-profile financial, corruption-related, narcotics and transnational crimes. The unit has been initially funded by illicitly acquired assets of corrupt former Nicaraguan officials t [...]
2007-05-23 23:12:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV OPIC KCOR PGOV SNAR KCRIM KJUS NU
07MANAGUA1392POST REQUESTS EXTENSION OF RLA PROGRAM
[...] This is an action request. See para 3. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador requests serious consideration by State INL and DOJ-OIA of a continuation of the highly effective Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) position at Embassy Managua. Over the past three years, the RLA program has allowed this po [...]
2007-06-01 14:53:00Embassy ManaguaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV KCOR KCRIM SNAR KJUS NU
07MANAMA476COURT CASE AGAINST ACTIVISTS DROPPED, BUT CLASHES
[...] (C) In a dramatic development, King Hamad May 18 announced that he had ordered the public prosecution to drop its legal case against political activists Hassan Mushaima, Abdul Hadi Al Khawaja, and Shaker Abdul Hussein. The defendants had been charged with promoting change to the political sy [...]
2007-05-24 14:11:00Embassy ManamaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ASEC BA POL
07MANILA3577PHILIPPINES TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S POSITION AT
[...] (S) Maria Aguinaldo, Director of the Social Development Issues Division for the Office of United Nations and International Organizations of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA),informed poloff October 31 that the Philippine government would send a delegation of five to seven representativ [...]
2007-10-31 09:14:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPREL IR PTER ASEC PGOV KJUS RP
07MANILA3947ABU SAYYAF CONVICTIONS UNDERSCORE DETERMINATION TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Philippine judge handed out multiple life sentences this month to 14 Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) members convicted of kidnapping 20 persons, including U.S. citizens Gracia and Martin Burnham and Guillermo Sobero, from a resort in May 2001. The decision underscored the government's [...]
2007-12-17 09:10:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALKJUS MOPS PINS PTER RP
07MASERU203HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE -
[...] Post submits the following information on the three candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA),Customs Divsion and the Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture. a) Name: Khetsi MAPOTA Gen [...]
2007-04-03 13:35:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU217HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE -
[...] Post submits the following information on the three candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA),Customs Divsion and the Ministry of Tourism, Environment and Culture. a) Name: Khetsi MAPOTA Gen [...]
2007-04-10 06:22:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU219LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - WILDLIFE INVESTIGATION
[...] Post submits the following three candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in ref B course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) Customs Division and from the Ministry of Tourism, Environment, and Culture. a) Name: Khetsi MAPOTA Gender: Male Da [...]
2007-04-10 13:21:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU261LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE NOMINEES -
[...] Post respectfully submits the following information to the Department for Human Rights vetting on the two candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Revenue Authority (Customs Division) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (Department of [...]
2007-05-07 14:59:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU288LESOTHO CANDIDATES FOR ILEA GABORONE - TRAIN THE TRAINER ON
[...] Post submits the following information on the two candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in the "Train the Trainer on Fraudulent Documents" course (reftel C). The candidates are from the Lesotho Revenue Authority (Customs Division) and the Ministry of Home Affairs (Department of Imm [...]
2007-05-21 15:20:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU302LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE NOMINEES -
[...] Post respectfully submits the following information to the Department for Human Rights vetting on the three candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offenses (DCEO) and the Lesotho Mounted Police Serv [...]
2007-05-24 12:01:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU329LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAND BORDER
[...] Post submits the following information the two candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offenses (DCEO) and the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) Name: Refiloe RAMOHOLI Gender: Male [...]
2007-06-06 12:28:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU383LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE NOMINEES -
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on two candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. Both candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) Name: Tsietsi N. JANKI Gender: Male Date of birth: [...]
2007-07-02 19:25:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU409LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - SMALL ARMS TRAFFICKING:
[...] Post submits the following information on the two candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. Both candidates serve in the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) Name: Tsietsi N. JANKI Gender: Male Date of birth: January 14, 1969 Passport no.: RA644651 [...]
2007-07-12 09:51:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR PHUM LT
07MASERU530LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA NOMINEES - LEED 25;
[...] Post submits the following personal information to the Department for human rights vetting on the seven (7) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course (October 8-November 16, 2007). All candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). A) LAST [...]
2007-09-20 14:40:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU550LESOTHO: ILEA NOMINEES - LAW ENFORCEMENT EXECUTIVE
[...] Post submits the following information on the seven (7) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. All candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). A) LAST NAME: MOKHELE OTHER NAMES: MASECHABA MOSELANTJA RANK: [...]
2007-10-01 12:35:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU590LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET NOMINEE LT. NTLELE
[...] Post submits the following personal information to the Department for human rights vetting on a candidate from Lesotho nominated to participate in an IMET-funded military training program at Fort Huachuca, AZ, commencing on November 26. This candidate is a member of the Lesotho Defense Force [...]
2007-10-31 05:32:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID KCRM KJUS LT
07MASERU611LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET STUDENT
[...] Post submits the following personal information to the Department for human rights vetting on the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) candidate who will pariticipate in the International Military Education Training (IMET) program on HIV/AIDS Strategic Planning and Policy Development Conference commenc [...]
2007-11-23 06:22:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM KJUS LT
07MASERU621LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET STUDENT
[...] Post submits the following personal information to the Department for human rights vetting on the Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) candidate who will attend the Captains Career Adjutant General's course which is a component of the International Military Education Training (IMET) program. Training [...]
2007-12-06 05:57:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC KCRM KJUS LT
07MASERU637LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA NOMINEES - FINANCIAL
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the two (2) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. Both candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) LAST NAME: MOKULI OTHER NAMES: TS [...]
2007-12-17 05:56:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MASERU91NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - PERSONNEL AND FACILITY SECURITY
[...] Post submits the following information on the four candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in REFTEL course. All candidates serve with the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) Name: Tlala PHATELA Gender: Male Date of birth: 15 November, 1964 Passport no. [...]
2007-02-26 15:10:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
07MEXICO1041SCENESETTER FOR AGRICULTURE SECRETARY JOHANNS
[...] (SBU) Summary: We welcome your visit to Mexico City as an outstanding opportunity to demonstrate our continued interest in working with the new Mexican government on tackling the sensitive issues surrounding the bilateral agricultural relationship, which will be key to making progress on oth [...]
2007-03-01 16:44:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAGR BEXP ETRD ECON KJUS PREL MX
07MEXICO346SCENESETTER FOR COMMERCE SECRETARY GUITERREZ'S
[...] (SBU) Summary: We welcome your visit to Mexico City as an unparalleled opportunity to set the stage and coordinate with the new Mexican government on concrete measures we can take together to move the relationship forward in many important economic areas, including improving competitiveness [...]
2007-01-23 23:05:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYBEXP ETRD ECON KJUS PREL MX
07MEXICO3899DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN CONVENTION AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-24 15:42:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS PTER SNAR PG
07MEXICO571SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY KAREN HUGHES TRIP
[...] Summary: Welcome to Mexico. Your visit comes at an important time, with the Calderon administration in only its third month in office. Notwithstanding the polarized political climate in Mexico, President Felipe Calderon is off to a strong start, demonstrating leadership at home and abroad [...]
2007-02-07 21:14:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KJUS MX
07MEXICO6196CONGRESSIONAL DEBATE OVER JUSTICE REFORM MOVING
[...] Summary. The Mexican Senate passed judicial reform legislation that would facilitate transition to an oral trial system, give law enforcement officials broader search and seizure authority, allow consensual monitoring of telephone calls, and give police more responsibility for conducting inv [...]
2007-12-17 20:18:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR PHUM MX
07MEXICO6259DEMARCHE DELIVERED: CHARGES AGAINST FOREIGN
[...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche December 21 to the Foreign Secretariat's (SRE's) Director of South American Affairs Lic. Raphael Bernal Cuevas. Bernal underlined that the GOM has no position on this issue, but would follow the case closely. Visit Mexico City's Classified Web Site [...]
2007-12-26 14:07:00Embassy MexicoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PREL CJAN ASEC
07MONROVIA1302LIBERIA WILL NOT ATTEND INTERPOL GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-30 15:13:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR LI
07MONROVIA1321LIBERIA: MOJ PLANS TO REDUCE PRISON POPULATION
[...] SUMMARY: After the mass prison break in 2006 and the riot at Monrovia Central Prison (MCP) on October 20 (reftel) the Ministry of Justice is taking a hard look at reducing the prison population to improve security. This will be done through increasing resources, having a well-trained staff and [...]
2007-11-06 15:24:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR KJUS PREL PHUM LI
07MONROVIA491LIBERIA: UPDATE ON HIGH PROFILE CORRUPTION
[...] (U) The Supreme Court heard oral arguments April 24 on a motion filed by attorneys for former National Transitional Government of Liberia (NTGL) Chairman Guyde Bryant arguing that Bryant cannot be tried for "economic sabotage" (See Reftel A) because he enjoys immunity under Article 61 of the C [...]
2007-04-26 14:36:00Embassy MonroviaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM KJUS LI
07MONTERREY377MONTERREY SEES BLOODIEST DAY EVER WITH NINE ASSASSINATIONS
[...] (SBU) During Monterrey's most violent 24 hours to date, nine people were killed in four separate incidents in Monterrey on March 28 and 29. The first incident took place on March 28 when an off-duty Nuevo Leon State Police Commander was shot and killed near his home in Monterrey. The second i [...]
2007-03-30 22:44:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNSN KCRM KCOR KHLS KJUS PGOV PINS MX
07MONTERREY818MONTERREY LAW ENFORCEMENT UPDATE: AUGUST 2007
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Monterrey's law enforcement agencies remained busy during the month of August. In a victory against narco-traffickers, a Monterrey Special Agent assisted in placing three known Gulf Cartel kingpins on the U.S. Consolidated Priority Organizational Target list. Post continued [...]
2007-09-05 20:32:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC KCOR KHLS KJUS PINS CASC MX
07MONTERREY828NEW NUEVO LEON SECURITY DIRECTOR'S AMBITIOUS PLANS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY. In a September 5 meeting with Consulate representatives, Aldo Fasci, Nuevo Leon's new Secretary of Public Security, laid out his ambitious plans to combat corruption and low morale among the state's police force. His plans include measures to augment police officers' dismally l [...]
2007-09-07 15:28:00Consulate MonterreyCONFIDENTIALSNAR KCRM ASEC KCOR KHLS KJUS PHUM PINS PGOV MX
07MONTERREY95MONTERREY LAW ENFORCEMENT UPDATE: JANUARY 2007
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Consulate continued its outreach efforts with state and local authorities as the level of violence and drug-related killings increased. In the month of January, five police officers were killed and three others wounded, prompting the resignation of over 300 local police off [...]
2007-02-07 23:21:00Consulate MonterreyUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KCOR KHLS KJUS PINS PGOV MX
07MONTEVIDEO1052URUGUAY: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNREGISTERED AGENTS
[...] (C) On December 19, per instructions reftel, Charge discussed subject talking points with MFA Americas Desk Director Laura Dupuy. She listened attentively and first referred to the arrested Uruguayan citizen (Rodolfo Edgardo Wanseele Paciello) asking, "How serious are the charges against some [...]
2007-12-19 21:18:00Embassy MontevideoCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN ASEC KJUS VE AR UY
07MOSCOW1079RUSSIAN IMPLEMENTATION OF ECHR JUDGMENTS ON
[...] (U) SUMMARY. In early March, Russia notified the Salvation Army that it accepts the ECHR judgment and will pay the monetary damages awarded. The GOR remains within the 90-day appeal period of the ECHR ruling in favor of the Jehovah's Witnesses, and will likely adhere to its practice of accept [...]
2007-03-14 07:00:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS KIRF PGOV RS
07MOSCOW1770RUSSIA: MEETING WITH XXXXXXXXXXXX
[...] (C) Summary: Emboffs met with XXXXXXXXXXXX. He described the new embezzlement and money laundering charges -- that Khodorkovskiy engaged in transfer pricing that harmed unwitting minority shareholders in Yukos' three production subsidiaries -- as a re-packaging of the charges in the first case. H [...]
2007-04-18 07:48:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RS
07MOSCOW2733IRAN: INFORMATION ON MISSING AMCIT PASSED TO MFA
[...] No summary [...]
2007-06-08 08:37:00Embassy MoscowSECRETPREL KISL KJUS PTER RS
07MOSCOW3141AFGHANISTAN: LOW-KEY RUSSIAN PARTICIPATION IN
[...] (SBU) We met with MFA Afghanistan Section Chief Yuriy Khokhlov to urge Russian participation at the Rome Rule of Law Conference on Afghanistan and encourage Moscow to contribute to the Afghan Reconstruction Trust Fund for justice projects. Khokhlov said that Russian participation in the con [...]
2007-06-28 05:55:00Embassy MoscowUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KJUS AF RS
07MOSCOW4226SUSPECTS ARRESTED IN POLITKOVSKAYA CASE
[...] (C) Summary: On August 27, Prosecutor General Yuriy Chayka announced that ten people had been arrested for participation in the October 2006 murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya. Chayka alleged that the murder was committed by an organized crime group, and claimed that a known but unnamed [...]
2007-08-29 02:28:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM PHUM RS
07MOSCOW5387RUSSIAN DFM KISLYAK: IRAN, MD, CFE, BILATERAL,
[...] (C) Summary : In a November 14 meeting (other topics septel),DFM Kislyak told the Ambassador that the postponed Solana-Jalili dialogue, potential Chinese FM visit to Tehran, and imminent IAEA report may have prompted Chinese cancellation of the November 19 P5 1 meeting. Kislyak expected l [...]
2007-11-15 10:03:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PARM MARR EAIR KCRM KJUS RS
07MOSCOW774RUSSIA: PROSECUTORS COMPLETE KHODORKOVSKIY
[...] (C) Summary. On February 16, the Russian General Prosecutor's Office announced that it had completed the preliminary investigation in the new criminal case against Mikhail Khodorkovskiy and Platon Lebedev (Reftel). The case file will now be turned over to the defendants and their lawyers for [...]
2007-02-22 14:07:00Embassy MoscowCONFIDENTIALECON KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RS
07MUNICH258MUNICH PROSECUTOR DOES NOT ANTICIPATE EXTRADITION
[...] (SBU) ConGen Munich contacted Munich Deputy District Attorney August Stern on April 24 in an effort to clarify whether the "request for provisional arrest" by his office in the Al Masri case (Ref A) would lead to a request for extradition under Article 16 of the bilateral extradition treaty b [...]
2007-04-25 09:14:00Consulate MunichCONFIDENTIALKJUS PREL PTER GM
07NAIROBI1951COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR ICITAP DEPUTY
[...] Embassy Nairobi grants country clearance and welcomes RAYMOND RIVERA and MARK MOGLE. Country clearance is granted subject to the actual security situation at the time of proposed travel. The embassy switchboard number is 254-20-363-6000 and the after-hours number is 254-20-363-6170. Control [...]
2007-05-07 14:07:00Embassy NairobiUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KCRM ASEC SNAR KE
07NASSAU1051BANNISTER PLEDGES STRONGER BAHAMIAN IPR ENFORCEMENT
[...] (C) Charge' Hardt met with Minister ofState for LegalAffairs Desmond Bannister, who pedged stronger enforcement on intellectual propety rights and requested U.S. help for the trainig of court reporters. Noting the government's onoing concern over the high cost of some extradition cases, he re [...]
2007-08-23 21:15:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALECON PGOV KJUS KIPR BF
07NASSAU1458BAHAMAS GRAPPLES WITH SHARP RISE IN VIOLENT CRIME
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A series of high-profile murders of prominent professionals in Nassau and Freeport in mid-November, followed by a number of gangland-style killings in the capital November 24-28, have focused renewed public attention on a rising tide of violent crime in The Bahamas. Police stati [...]
2007-12-07 18:54:00Embassy NassauUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS BF
07NASSAU332AMBASSADOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCUSS PSI,
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Rood and Attorney General Allyson Maynard-Gibson discussed the status of ongoing joint criminal investigations, extraditions, and other law enforcement issues under the AG's jurisdiction. The Attorney General provided her reaction to elements of the just released huma [...]
2007-03-16 16:07:00Embassy NassauCONFIDENTIALBF ECON KJUS KNNP MARR PREL
07NEWDELHI5319DELHI DIARY, DECEMBER 10-14
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for December 10-14, 2007 that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Bhutan Election Commission Disqualifies Third Political Party. -- India Finally Offers Balanced Assessment of Israeli-Palestini [...]
2007-12-14 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KDEM KJUS KPAL IS IN BT
07NEWDELHI5380DELHI DIARY, DEC 17-21
[...] (U) Below is a compilation of political highlights from Embassy New Delhi for Decemebr 17-21, 2007, that did not feature in our other reporting, including: -- Court Orders Reopening Riots Case Against Congress Leader Jagdish Tytler -- Rajasthan Gujjars Threaten Warpath Again -- India-China [...]
2007-12-20 12:39:00Embassy New DelhiCONFIDENTIALKIRF CVIS PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM SOCI NP VM CH
07NICOSIA886CYPRIOTS WILL SUPPORT RED NOTICES AGAINST IRANIAN
[...] (C) Per Reftel, the Embassy November 1 demarched Foreign Ministry and Cypriot Police interlocutors to win support for the Government of Argentina's attempt to secure Interpol Red Notices against suspects in the 1994 AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires. On November 2, Maria Charalambous, head of the P [...]
2007-11-02 15:14:00Embassy NicosiaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR CY
07NICOSIA987CYPRUS: BILATERAL EXTRADITION AND MLAT AGREEMENTS
[...] Per reftel, PolOff spoke with First Secretary Nikos Panayi of the Cypriot Foreign Ministry on December 14 regarding the current status of bilateral and U.S.-EU Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance (MLAT) agreements. Panayi's response is keyed to questions posed in reftel. a) Cyprus alrea [...]
2007-12-14 14:55:00Embassy NicosiaUNCLASSIFIEDKTIA KCRM KJUS CJAN PGOV PREL CY
07NOUAKCHOTT88MAURITANIAN DETAINEES AT GUANTANAMO
[...] The issue of the Mauritanians currently detained at Guantanamo receives a relatively low key, but fairly steady, drumbeat of attention in this country. The three, all claimed to be of Mauritanian nationality, are listed in the press as Mohamedou Ould Salahi, described as having been turned ov [...]
2007-01-29 13:48:00Embassy NouakchottUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KISL KJUS PREL MR
07PANAMA1102PANAMA POST: EDITION III
[...] (C) The following are the top stories for the third edition of the Panama Post: -- Attorney General names new acting head of FBI-equivalent; -- Fifth candidate announces run for presidency of governing Revolutionary Democratic Party (PRD); -- Insights into why Panamanians join political par [...]
2007-06-29 20:30:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR SOCI PM
07PANAMA1244NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: JUNE
[...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and major law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during June 2007. In early June our key focus was the visit of Codel Meeks. UPDATE ON TITLE III PROGRAM --------------------------- 2. (SBU) DEA and NAS arrang [...]
2007-07-23 21:27:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KJUS MCAP PM
07PANAMA1346PANAMA POST: EDITION VIII
[...] (C) The latest edition of the Panama Post reports on a relatively slow week in Panamanian politics, though with some important movement on efforts to block a terrorist from becoming National Assembly President. Highlights include: -- President Torrijos gets message on Pedro Miguel Gonzalez, [...]
2007-08-10 20:04:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PTER KJUS KCRM EWWT PM
07PANAMA1408PANAMA: WANTED FELON/TERRORIST CLOSER TO SECURING
[...] (C) "President Torrijos and (1st VP and FM) Samuel Lewis informed (National Assembly President) Elias Castillo and (National Assembly President aspirant) Deputy Pedro Miguel Gonzalez on August 14 at the Decameron resort that Torrijos would back Gonzalez to be the next President of the Nationa [...]
2007-08-21 17:58:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PTER KCRM KJUS ETRD PM
07PANAMA1431PANAMA: PRD NATIONAL ASSEMBLY DEPUTIES TO ELECT
[...] (C) Governing Democratic Revolutionary Party (PRD) National Assembly Deputies will meet on August 30 to select in a secret ballot its slate of candidates to lead the chamber, PRD National Executive Committee (CEN) Member Samuel Buitrago explained to Ambassador on August 23. Presently, Pedro M [...]
2007-08-24 22:26:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM
07PANAMA1438NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: JULY
[...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during July 2007. PENDING GOP INITIATIVES ----------------------- 2. (SBU) Issues we have been following closely -- rollout of a coast guard service, reorganization o [...]
2007-08-27 21:32:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KJUS MCAP PM
07PANAMA1440PANAMA: CABINET RESIGNS, PEDRO MIGUEL GONZALEZ
[...] (C) President Torrijos, entire cabinet composed of fourteen ministers resigned on the afternoon of August 27. Torrijos will now be free to accept and reject resignations as he reorganizes his cabinet. This sudden mass resignation is not only the culmination of months-long rumors of a cabinet [...]
2007-08-27 22:09:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM
07PANAMA1474PANAMA POST: EDITION X - "THE PEDRO MIGUEL
[...] (C) This week's politics -- and in turn this week's edition of the Panama Post -- was dominated by the race to become the next President of the National Assembly and the prospects that Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG),a fugitive from U.S. justice in connection with the 1992 murder of U.S. servic [...]
2007-08-31 20:31:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM
07PANAMA1484PANAM POST: EDITION XII
[...] (C) The election and aftermath of Pedro Miguel Gonzalez -- wanted in the U.S. in connection with the 1992 murder of a U.S. serviceman -- dominated political discussions in Panama this week. Nonetheless, the Panama Post's editor nonetheless found the time for a sit-down with presidential aspir [...]
2007-09-05 18:23:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PM
07PANAMA1738PANAMA: SOMBER 1ST VP & FM UNLOADS PRIVATELY WITH
[...] (S) "I do not trust Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG)," First VP and FM Samuel Lewis confessed to Ambassador while conceding that President Martin Torrijos was unlikely to dissuade PMG from stepping down from the Presidency of the National Assembly thereby clearing the way for the U.S. Congress to [...]
2007-11-02 18:55:00Embassy PanamaSECRETPGOV PREL ECON KCRM KJUS PTER CU VE MX PM
07PANAMA184PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS'
[...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington February 14-16 for a meetings with the President and the Secretary of Defense, outreach to the AFL/CIO, business leaders, and the Hill to lobby for adoption of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). Indeed, advancing the [...]
2007-02-06 21:04:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS UNSC PM
07PANAMA185PANAMA: SCENESETTER FOR PRESIDENT TORRIJOS'
[...] (C) Panamanian President Martin Torrijos will visit Washington February 14-16 for a meetings with the President and the Secretary of Defense, outreach to the AFL/CIO, business leaders, and the Hill to lobby for adoption of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). Indeed, advancing the [...]
2007-02-06 21:08:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS UNSC PM
07PANAMA189PANAMA: NORIEGA EXTRADITION AND FRANCE
[...] (SBU) French Ambassador to Panama Christophe Philibert provided Ambassador on February 5 a non-paper concerning the extradition of former Panamanian strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega to France (para 2). Philibert also provided a draft press communique on the matter for use in Panama (para 3). [...]
2007-02-07 19:18:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS KCRM PGOV PREL FR PM
07PANAMA1893TECHNICAL JUDICIAL POLICE (PTJ) TO BE DISBANDED
[...] (SBU) Summary: On December 18, the National Assembly adopted a bill to dismantle the Technical Judicial Police (PTJ) and transfer most of its investigative personnel from under the jurisdiction of the Attorney General (AG) to the Panamanian National Police (PNP). President Torrijos is expecte [...]
2007-12-20 16:56:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KJUS PGOV PM
07PANAMA1897PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CHARGES AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-20 22:25:00Embassy PanamaCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN ASEC KJUS VE AR PM
07PANAMA372NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: FEBRUARY
[...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and major law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during the month of February, 2007. Meeting with Attorney General ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) The Ambassador, accompanied by NAS and DEA directors, me [...]
2007-03-12 16:37:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KJUS MCAP KCRM PM
07PANAMA400TECHNICAL JUDICIAL POLICE (PTJ) LIKELY TO BE ABSORBED
[...] (SBU) Summary: In recent weeks, the GOP and the autonomous Attorney General have been sparring behind the scenes regarding the future of the Technical Judicial Police (PTJ),Panama's rough FBI equivalent. The most reliable current information indicates that the GOP will push to dismember the [...]
2007-03-16 16:42:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KJUS PGOV PM
07PANAMA492OVERVIEW OF NAS PANAMA FRONTLINE POLICE MODERNIZATION
[...] Summary: NAS Panama has undertaken a senior-level training program for the roughly 30 top officers of the National Police (PNP),designed to help the PNP move from a military or traditional model of policing towards a model of community or problem-oriented policing. This endeavor represents, [...]
2007-04-02 13:42:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS PM
07PANAMA511PANAMA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN CORRUPTION AND
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-04 17:26:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KJUS PTER SNAR PG PM
07PANAMA991NAS PANAMA MONTHLY REPORT AND LOCAL DEVELOPMENTS: APRIL AND
[...] (U) This cable provides a brief overview of NAS/Panama activities and major law enforcement and counternarcotics developments during the months of April and May, 2007. Arrest of Former SMN Director ----------------------------- 2. (SBU) In May, Panama's Attorney General (AG) Office arres [...]
2007-06-13 13:57:00Embassy PanamaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KJUS MCAP PM
07PARIS1193FRANCE ON GLOBAL FORUM V ON FIGHTING CORRUPTION
[...] (U) Econ Counselor raised reftel points on the Global Forum on Fighting Corruption with DAS-equivalent Cyrille Pierre and desk officer Francois Legue on March 23 and 26. Legue said the French delegation to Johannesburg would be led by Ambassador-at-Large for the Fight Against Organized Crime, [...]
2007-03-26 16:45:00Embassy ParisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON AORC ASEC KCRM KCOR KJUS PREL IO UN FR
07PARIS186RWANDA: EFFECT OF BRUGUIERE REPORT ON USG, STATUS
[...] (C/NOFORN) SUMMARY: XXXXXXXXXXXXl told us January 12 that Judge Bruguiere's November 17 report recommending the prosecution of President Kagame and requesting the arrest of nine of his associates had been forwarded to Interpol. He noted that it was incumbent on the U.S. to make its own determi [...]
2007-01-18 10:35:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV KJUS INTERPOL RW FR
07PARIS2802FRANCE INCREASING JUSTICE AID TO AFGHANISTAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 28, MFA sources confirmed that that the new French administration is showing much more interest in Afghanistan, and that France plans to increase civil assistance to Afghanistan in a number of ways. The GOF has decided to provide an expert and some funding for a regional [...]
2007-06-29 12:11:00Embassy ParisCONFIDENTIALKJUS PREL SA AF IBRD FR
07PARIS322C/T JUDGE ON FRANCE, RWANDA, PAKISTAN, AND HIS
[...] (S) SUMMARY: France,s chief counterterrorism judge, Jean-Louis Bruguiere, told us on January 19 that a recent surge in overall GSPC activities worried French counterterrorism officials, who are convinced there is now a significantly higher threat against France and its interests abroad. Tunisi [...]
2007-01-26 16:37:00Embassy ParisSECRETPTER PREL INTERPOL KJUS TS AG MO RW
07PHNOMPENH1000CAMBODIAN BAR ASSOCIATION ALTERING POLICIES,
[...] (SBU) Summary. Last week, the Ambassador met with Cambodian Bar Association (CBA) President Ky Tech laying the groundwork for dialogue to rebuild a relationship between USAID and the CBA after USAID suspended support earlier this year (ref). A renewed relationship addresses the need for a s [...]
2007-08-03 03:52:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH103RGC WORRIED ECCC PROSECUTIONS COULD AFFECT PEACE
[...] (C) Summary. Former Ambassador David Scheffer's January 19-21 consultations in Cambodia with DPM Sok An and members of the ECCC staff suggest there is room for possible compromise on ongoing discussions over the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) internal rules. However [...]
2007-01-22 10:59:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS PHUM CB
07PHNOMPENH1059CHHAY HOUR II JUDGE REMOVED
[...] (U) Summary: This weekend, a Cambodian Royal Decree removed Appeals Court President Ly Vouch Leng from her position for taking bribes to overturn a prison sentence for managers of the Chhay Hour II brothel. The development comes at the heels of Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) commitments t [...]
2007-08-14 10:41:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH1203KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL ACHIEVES BENCHMARK OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The September 19 announcement of the detention of Nuon Chea, Khmer Rouge "brother number two", marks a turning point in the proceedings of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). For the first time, a senior KR leader stands in the dock of a credible tribu [...]
2007-09-19 10:23:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PREL PINR EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH1347CAMBODIA DEMARCHE ON HMONG AND MONTAGNARD
[...] (SBU) On October 25, Deputy Chief of Mission Piper Campbell met with Ministry of Interior Cambodian National Police General Commissioner Hok Lundy to deliver the demarche on Hmong and Montagnard "material support" exemptions (ref B),following up with a letter to Hok Lundy. Post also deliver [...]
2007-10-30 09:27:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL KJUS CVIS CB LA VN
07PHNOMPENH161ECCC LIMPS ON; RULES COMMITTEE TO MEET AGAIN IN
[...] (SBU) Summary. On January 26, the Review Committee ended its second session debating the draft internal rules and procedures of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). The press release noted that progress was achieved but there remain several issues where agreement be [...]
2007-01-30 10:59:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH193CAMBODIA: 4TH QUARTER 2006 REPORT ON TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Summary: During the last quarter of 2006, the Cambodian police arrested 16 human traffickers and six pimps. At least 31 victims of trafficking were identified during the reporting period, and police removed 28 sex workers from brothels. Police also arrested three foreigners, including t [...]
2007-02-02 10:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH207REOPENED CHHAY HOUR II CLOSED; OWNERS RE-ARRESTED
[...] (C) Summary. On February 3, the Minister of Justice directed the re-arrest of the owners of the Chhay Hour II. On February 4, the Minister of Interior Sar Kheng shut down the establishment, vowing that it will not re-open. These events followed several interventions by the Ambassador. Pres [...]
2007-02-05 11:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS KCRM KWMN CB
07PHNOMPENH310LAWSUITS KEEP RANARIDDH OUT OF CAMBODIA; OUT OF
[...] (SBU) Summary. Legal action against Prince Norodom Ranariddh by his estranged wife on adultery grounds and by FUNCINPEC over the Prince's alleged improper handling of the sale of FUNCINPEC's party headquarters to a development company have acted to keep Ranariddh largely out of Cambodia sin [...]
2007-02-23 09:04:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH318A VIOLENT WEEKEND IN CAMBODIA: POPULAR SINGER
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 23, popular singer Pov Panhapich was shot by an unidentified gunman and later evacuated to Vietnam for medical treatment. She is in stable condition, and media reports speculate that she was linked romantically to a high-level RGC official and vengeance may have [...]
2007-02-27 01:15:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS ELAB KTEX CB
07PHNOMPENH419UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICIAL CANCELS TRIP TO CAMBODIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Cambodia, Yash Ghai, has canceled his planned visit to Cambodia, according to the UN Human Rights Office. UN Human Rights Office Director Margo Picken said that Yash Ghai's visit was postponed for reasons unrelated to Cambodia. She [...]
2007-03-14 11:12:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH422THE ECCC AND OSJI
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Open Society Justice Initiative's (OSJI) mid-February press statement highlighting an ongoing UNDP audit into the Extraordinary Chambers' hiring practices as well as possible corruption and kickback allegations continues to be a front burner issue in Cambodia. While the [...]
2007-03-15 10:32:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH429FRIENDS OF THE ECCC OR RGC?
[...] (C) Summary. The main donor coordinating body for Cambodia's Khmer Rouge Tribunal, the Friends of the ECCC, has proven an effective information-sharing group for reviewing ECCC progress and donor activities in support of the Tribunal's work. The ECCC's problems since the November 2006 plen [...]
2007-03-16 09:42:00Embassy Phnom PenhCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB
07PHNOMPENH438CAMBODIAN BAR ASSOCIATION SAYS TO ECCC: SHOW ME
[...] (U) On Friday, March 16, the Review Committee of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) issued a press statement announcing that they had resolved all the remaining disagreements between the Cambodian and international judges, although the statement noted that additional [...]
2007-03-20 01:07:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS PREL CB
07PHNOMPENH468 TIP CASE RAISES CORRUPTION CONCERNS IN SIHANOUKVILLE
[...] (SBU) Summary. Despite overwhelming evidence in favor of conviction, a trafficking in persons (TIP) trial in Sihanoukville resulted in the acquittal of two defendants and a third being sentenced to a two-year prison term for the lesser charge of pimping. The judge's irregular behavior in the [...]
2007-03-26 02:50:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH586GUILTY VERDICT UPHELD IN CONTROVERSIAL LABOR
[...] (SBU) Summary. On April 12, the Appeals Court upheld guilty verdicts against Born Samnang and Sok Sam Oeun, two men accused of assassinating national labor leader Chea Vichea on January 22, 2004. The two men have protested their innocence, and a vocal local and international community of la [...]
2007-04-25 08:58:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KJUS PHUM PGOV CB
07PHNOMPENH752UN HUMAN RIGHTS REP YASH GHAI VISITS CAMBODIA,
[...] (SBU) Summary. On May 31, UN Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Yash Ghai briefed the diplomatic corps regarding his visit to Cambodia and his meeting earlier the same day with DPM and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng, and fielded questions regarding his draft report on Cambodia. Yash Ghai [...]
2007-06-04 08:12:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL KDEM KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH77UPDATE ON THE ECCC; DAVID SCHEFFER COMING TO
[...] (SBU) Summary. The Open Society's Justice Initiative (OSJI) has requested and will fund former Ambassador David Scheffer to visit Cambodia from January 19-21 to intervene with senior RGC officials on the future of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). Recent OSJI dis [...]
2007-01-17 10:12:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS CB
07PHNOMPENH826ECCC PASSES INTERNAL RULES
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 12, the judges of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) approved a set of internal rules governing the court's work. While both the national and international sides of the court hailed the passage of the rules as a major step forward in the court [...]
2007-06-15 09:45:00Embassy Phnom PenhUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS PHUM CB
07PODGORICA206INTERNATIONALS COMMENT ON DRAFT MONTENEGRO'S CONSTITUTION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: THE VENICE COMMISSION (VC),OF THE COUNCIL OF EUROPE (COE),AND THE OSCE OFFICE FOR DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS (ODIHR),HAVE COMMENTED ON MONTENEGROS DRAFT CONSTITUTION. BOTH CITE SHORTCOMINGS IN THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, INSUFFICIENT GUARANTEES FOR THE INDEPE [...]
2007-06-13 14:46:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS MW
07PODGORICA61THE STATE OF MONTENEGRO'S JUDICIARY
[...] (U) MONTENEGRO'S JUDICIARY IS WIDELY SEEN AS THE WEAK LEG OF GOOD GOVERNANCE. PUBLIC OPINION POLLS ROUTINELY SHOW A LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN THE COURTS. MORE DAMNING, THE CHIEF PROSECUTOR, HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN, THE PRESIDENT OF THE BAR ASSOCIATION AND EVEN THE PRESIDENT OF THE SUPREME COURT AGR [...]
2007-03-09 09:44:00Embassy PodgoricaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS CASC MW
07PORTAUPRINCE1224JUSTICE MINISTER MOVING ON JUSTICE REFORM
[...] (C) Summary. Justice Minister Rene Magloire on July 3 told the Ambassador that his ministry was moving forward to vet Haiti's judges, even as his legislative reform proposals remain stalled in parliament. Because most judicial terms will expire in the coming months, the minister will use the [...]
2007-07-13 15:30:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1294PARLIAMENT/EXECUTIVE REACH AGREEMENT ON JUSTICE
[...] (C) Summary: Parliament and the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have resolved an impasse over justice reform legislation that parliament has been deliberating since May. Parliament's judicial committees capitulated on the most controversial issue: the structure of a judicial council. The president [...]
2007-07-31 12:50:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1695SEVERE CONDITIONS IN MEN'S NATIONAL PENITENTIARY
[...] Summary. Prisoners in the men's national penitentiary in Port-au-Prince suffer from severe overcrowding and live in extremely unhygienic conditions. The prison lacks the most basic facilities and equipment for hygienic food preparation and elementary health care. Numbers of correctional of [...]
2007-10-22 11:12:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PHUM HA KCRM KCRS KJUS SOCI
07PORTAUPRINCE1810MUTINY IN THE NATIONAL PENITENTIARY
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A riot ensued in the National Penitentiary on November 7 after Chief Prosecutor Claudy Gassant authorized the release of 121 long-serving male prisoners. The riot was quelled in under two hours by [...]
2007-11-14 15:51:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KJUS SOCI SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1852HAITIAN POLICE ACADEMY GRADUATION SPEECHES
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) On November 6, the 19th class of recruits of the Haitian National Police (HNP) Academy graduated. The class consisted of 627 cadets, including 86 women. This is the largest number of women to ever enter [...]
2007-11-21 19:54:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV SNAR SOCI KJUS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE1955JUSTICE REFORM PASSES PARLIAMENT AFTER MONTHS OF
[...] (SBU) Summary: The second and third of a package of three laws governing judicial reform passed the Chamber of Deputies in late November. The three laws require establishment of a judicial council to oversee the judiciary, set down required qualifications and obligations of "magistrates" (in [...]
2007-12-13 18:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE370STATUS OF JUSTICE REFORM
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: The justice sector in Haiti is in dire need of reform. Despite ongoing efforts by the international community, no single part of the apparatus functions properly, from arrest to trial. Havin [...]
2007-02-26 14:19:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE526JUSTICE MINISTER ANTICIPATES REFORM
[...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: On March 8, Justice Minister Rene Magloire told Ambassador that his priorities are to reduce pre-trial detention times and to create effective task forces for serious crimes. His endeavors are bei [...]
2007-03-19 14:32:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KCRM SNAR PINR HA
07PORTAUPRINCE683GASSANT RETURNS TO WORK
[...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Summary: Port-au-Prince's chief public prosecutor, Claudy Gassant, returned to work on April 2 after an absence of almost three months. During his absence, Justice Minister Rene Magloire appointed a c [...]
2007-04-13 18:13:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KJUS KDEM KCRM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE771PENDING REPORT ON PRISONS
[...] (U) The International Crisis Group (ICG) will soon release a report highlighting deficiencies in Haiti's prison system, and warn that increased arrests from MINUSTAH's and the HNP's security crackdown exacerbates the strains on the prison system. Dr. Damien Helly, the ICG's senior analyst f [...]
2007-04-25 19:23:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDASEC HA KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR
07PORTAUPRINCE848MAYETTE RELEASE STOKES CONTROVERSY/DISORDER IN
[...] (U) Summary. Tension stemming from the release of one of the accused in the La Scierie massacre culminated on May 7 in Gonaives when demonstrators disrupted the funeral of a local judge and threw stones at the government delegation led by Prime Minister Alexis. MINUSTAH and Haitian police [...]
2007-05-09 15:14:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS PHUM HA
07PORTAUPRINCE948AMBASSADOR/PM REVIEW BILATERAL AGENDA
[...] (C) Summary. The Ambassador on May 16 called on Prime Minister Alexis to discuss with him President Preval's visit to Washington and review other bilateral issues, including cooperation on money-laundering, illegal emigration, and Cite Soleil development. The PM reported that Preval had exp [...]
2007-05-25 15:23:00Embassy Port Au PrinceCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS HA
07PORTAUPRINCE982PREVAL DELIVERS ANTI-CORRUPTION ADDRESS
[...] This message is senstive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Introduction and Comment. President Preval used the occasion of Flag Day, May 18, to proclaim a government campaign against corruption. Speaking in front of the palace to a gathering of dignitaries, Preval asked [...]
2007-06-01 19:05:00Embassy Port Au PrinceUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM ECON KJUS HA
07PORTLOUIS568MAURITIUS TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR RED
[...] (C/REL to Argentina) Embassy Port Louis delivered reftel demarche on October 26, 2007, in a meeting with Mauritius' Commissioner of Police, Ramanooj Gopalsingh. Gopalsingh stated that he would support Argentina's position at the Interpol General Assembly Meeting in Morocco. 2. (C/) The Com [...]
2007-10-30 07:11:00Embassy Port LouisCONFIDENTIALKJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR MP
07PORTOFSPAIN1204DEMARCHE ON CHARGES AGAINST UNREGISTERED FOREIGN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-20 18:57:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC CJAN KJUS PREL VE AR TD
07PORTOFSPAIN281COURT OF APPEAL QUASHES CONVICTION OF FORMER P.M. BASDEO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 20, Court of Appeal Judge Margot Warner, quashed the conviction and sentence pending against former Prime Minister and current interim Political Leader of the United National Congress (UNC) Basdeo Panday. Warner ordered a retrial for reasons of a possible conflict of in [...]
2007-03-22 11:00:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS TD
07PORTOFSPAIN838TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POLITICAL ROUND-UP
[...] The following stories are mainly from media reporting and represent issues of public interest in Trinidad and Tobago with potential political implications: A. POLICE KILLING THIS WEEKEND B. CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE-AN UPDATE C. CHIEF OF IMMIGRATION RETIRED AUGUST 8 -------------- [...]
2007-08-21 13:23:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KJUS KCRM TD
07PORTOFSPAIN906TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POLITICAL ROUND-UP, SEPTEMBER 5, 2007
[...] In this edition of the Roundup: A. PNM HOLDS SPECIAL CONVENTION B. ELECTION POLLS TELL DIFFERENT STORIES C. PNM DISCARDING MP'S BEFORE ELECTION D. MONTEIL SCANDAL PLAGUES PARTY ----------------------------- PNM HOLDS SPECIAL CONVENTION ----------------------------- 2. On Sep [...]
2007-09-12 12:02:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KJUS KCRM TD
07PORTOFSPAIN987TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO POLITICAL ROUND-UP, SEPTEMBER 26, 2007
[...] (U) In this edition of the Roundup: A. CARICOM TEAM TO MONITOR ELECTION B. TRADE UNIONS SUCCESSFUL IN SOLIDARITY C. MP WINS FIGHT TO BE SCREENED FOR OFFICE D. CHIEF JUSTICE TRIBUNAL SNARES MORE -------------------------------- CARICOM TEAM TO MONITOR ELECTION -------------------- [...]
2007-09-27 12:16:00Embassy Port Of SpainUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KJUS KCRM TD
07PRAGUE1180CZECHS INFORM ARGENTINES OF SUPPORT FOR INTERPOL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 15:22:00Embassy PragueCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV EZ XG AR
07PRETORIA2906APARTHEID-ERA PROSECUTION REOPENS WOUNDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY. On 17 August, former Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok, former police chief Johann van der Merwe, and three lower-ranking officers pleaded guilty to the charge of attempted murder of anti-apartheid activist Reverend Frank Chikane in 1989. The National Prosecuting Authority's (N [...]
2007-08-17 14:50:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KHUM SF
07PRETORIA3474ZUMA CO-CONSPIRATOR LOSES LAST APPEAL FOR FREEDOM
[...] (U) Schabir Shaik's application to appeal his 15-year sentence for corruption and fraud was dismissed on 02 October by the Constitutional Court. In his appeal, Shaik's attorneys argued that the trial was unfair because the State did not charge him together with ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma [...]
2007-10-02 15:30:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS SF
07PRETORIA3603PIKOLI PAYS PRICE FOR NOT BEING TEAM PLAYER
[...] (C) SUMMARY. The government announced on 03 October that suspended Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli would be investigated by longtime ANC member Frene Ginwala for putting national security at risk by giving criminals immunity in exchange for testimony against others and for failing [...]
2007-10-12 13:23:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM KJUS SF
07PRETORIA3917SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST ZUMA
[...] (C) In a decision that could portend the recharging of ANC Deputy President Jacob Zuma on corruption charges, the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA) on 08 November overturned a lower court decision against the admissibility of evidence in the Zuma case. (NOTE: A Durban High Court judge ruled in 20 [...]
2007-11-08 14:52:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS SF
07PRETORIA3929PIKOLI COMMISSION RESULTS NOT EXPECTED SOON
[...] (U) The Ministry of Justice on 18 October submitted the government's official explanation as to why the National Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli was suspended, but it is not expected to be made public. On 07 November, the former Speaker of Parliament Frene Ginwala, who is in charg [...]
2007-11-09 14:25:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS SF
07PRETORIA565SOUTH AFRICA EXPROPRIATES FIRST FARM
[...] (U) The South African government revealed on 8 February that it had expropriated its first farm on 26 January after negotiations with the farm's owner, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of South Africa (ELCSA),ended in a stalemate. The 25,200 hectare farm in the Northern Cape was claimed by 47 [...]
2007-02-15 14:17:00Embassy PretoriaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KJUS SF
07PRISTINA104KOSOVO: AMB. WISNER DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: USG Special Envoy for Kosovo Status Amb. Frank Wisner, in Pristina February 4-5, told the Kosovo Albanian leadership, Kosovo Serb leaders, Assembly MPs, and the media that the Ahtisaari final status package is good for Kosovo and should be strongly supported. He received a posit [...]
2007-02-07 14:56:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA108KOSOVO: DELEGATION FOR EXBS CONFERENCE IN
[...] (SBU) Kosovo will send a delegation to the Eighth International Export Control Conference in Bucharest March 6-8, 2006. Given Kosovo's unique status as a UN-administered territory, the delegation will be led by an international United Nations Interim Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) representative, [...]
2007-02-09 14:34:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KSTC PARM PREL RO PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID
07PRISTINA113KOSOVO: FOLLOW-ON RULE OF LAW MISSION TAKING SHAPE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU Planning Team (EUPT) continues to develop plans for the ESDP follow-on rule of law mission in Kosovo. Team leader Casper Klynge told us recently he is confident that the transition will be relatively smooth on the policing side and that the mission will be at authorized s [...]
2007-02-12 11:01:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA126KOSOVO: SERBIAN JUDGE ALLOWS EXPLORATORY DIG AT
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Belgrade/U.S. Office Pristina cable. 2. (C) In a meeting on February 13 at the Belgrade District Court, Judge Milan Dilparic agreed to permit an exploratory dig at the site just over the administrative boundary line (ABL),where it is suspected that up to several [...]
2007-02-21 16:37:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PGOV
07PRISTINA142KOSOVO: UNMIK POLICE APPLY LESSONS LEARNED IN THE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent USOP conversations with top UNMIK police leaders reveal that UNMIK plans to use the same overall approach toward the planned March 3 demonstration of the extremist Self-Determination Movement (SDM) that it used during the violent SDM protest on February 10. That is, a fir [...]
2007-02-26 17:40:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM MOPS UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA150KOSOVO: SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS
[...] (U) SUMMARY: Post's submission for the Seventh Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. Kosovo is administered by the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1244, which was adopted in 1999 following the NA [...]
2007-02-28 13:55:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN ELAB SMIG KFRD PREF PGOV KJUS
07PRISTINA151KOSOVO: USOP HELPS BUILD KOSOVO SPECIAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite initial hurdles, the Kosovo Special Prosecutors' Office (KSPO) is taking shape under USOP leadership and will help fill a gap in prosecutions for sensitive cases. One special prosecutor started work in January, three others transferred on February 28, and a fifth was s [...]
2007-02-28 15:06:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA161KOSOVO: MEDIA CAMPAIGN/PUBLIC OUTREACH ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since President Ahtisaari's February 2 presentation of the final status settlement package for Kosovo, efforts to explain the package to both Kosovar Albanians and Serbs include a USAID-funded media campaign, televised educational programs, radio call-in shows, community round [...]
2007-03-02 16:18:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KPAO
07PRISTINA164KOSOVO: CASE EMERGING AGAINST ALBIN KURTI FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 13, following the violent February 10 protest led by the Self-Determination Movement (SDM),in which two people were killed and approximately 80 injured, Kosovo Police Service (KPS) detained SDM leader Albin Kurti for 30 days based on the ruling of an international pr [...]
2007-03-02 17:07:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA168KOSOVO: SDM MARCH 3 PROTEST PEACEFUL, RESULT OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Self-Determination Movement (SDM),virulently opposed to President Ahtisaari's final status package for Kosovo and continued UNMIK presence, held a peaceful protest March 3 in the center of Pristina that attracted fewer than 3000 participants. No serious incidents, injuries [...]
2007-03-05 12:14:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA188KOSOVO: VILLAGE LEADERS WILLING TO DISCUSS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A March 7 visit by the USKFOR Polad to Debelde, a town affected by the 2001 border agreement between Macedonia and the then-FRY, suggests that village leaders there talk a tough game on not giving up their land, but are actually quite willing to discuss compensation. Indeed, thes [...]
2007-03-12 12:42:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA19KOSOVO: KILLING OF POLICE OFFICER AND SUBSEQUENT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo Police Service (KPS) officer Avni Kosumi was shot and killed on January 3 near the Serb village of Babin Most in Vushtrri municipality, 10 miles north of Pristina. Since the shot may have come from the direction of the village, the KPS searched homes in the area, once by [...]
2007-01-10 16:09:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA200KOSOVO: DISCIPLINED ASSEMBLY SUPPORTS AHTISAARI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In contrast to its February 9 marathon session that ended in only half-hearted support for the Ahtisaari proposal and the work of the Kosovo negotiating team (the "Unity Team"),the Assembly on March 14 warmly received the report of three Unity Team members on the last "elephan [...]
2007-03-14 18:07:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA206KOSOVO: NEW POLICE COMMISSIONER INTENDS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: New UNMIK Police Commissioner Richard Monk told COM March 14 that he will work to maintain UNMIK Civpol's strength throughout the transition period to the European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) rule of law mission. The same day, EU Planning Team Head Casper Klynge said the [...]
2007-03-16 15:44:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA21KOSOVO: UNMIK CUSTOMS ASSISTS IN SEIZURE OF OVER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK Customs Service became suspicious when a truck later found to contain about 430 kilograms of cocaine entered Kosovo from Montenegro. They held the truck overnight in Peja, and escorted it to the Macedonian border January 8, where Macedonian authorities discovered the cocai [...]
2007-01-10 17:00:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPBTS SNAR KCRM KJUS EAID UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA259KOSOVO: RECENTLY LAUNCHED PILOT KPC REINTEGRATION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The UK's Ministry of Defence (UKMOD) launched a pilot reintegration program for 80 separated Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) members in January 2007. The program, which the International Organization for Migration (IOM) is managing, assists participants with finding new jobs or [...]
2007-04-04 09:53:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA264KOSOVO: ANOTHER PRIORITY STANDARD FULFILLED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 4, Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government approved a report requested by Prime Minister Agim Ceku evaluating the costs to repair 23 commercial properties (18 owned by Serbs or other minorities and 5 owned by Albanians) damaged during the March 2004 anti-S [...]
2007-04-06 16:40:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA27KOSOVO: PUBLIC OUTREACH WORKING GROUP PREPARES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Working Group on Public Outreach, chaired by OSCE Ambassador Wnendt and supported by USOP, has agreed to a two-phased approach in relation to UN Envoy Ahtisaari's presentation of the final status package: an initial, "simple message" campaign -- via billboards and PSAs -- [...]
2007-01-12 14:13:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI PGOV
07PRISTINA281KOSOVO: GROWING PRESSURE ON AND FROM KOSOVO SERBS,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent instances in which Kosovo Serb officials have refused to accept U.S. assistance if Kosovo Albanians are involved in the projects or in the provision of USOP/USAID security suggest that these communities are coming under increased and deliberate pressure from Belgrade and t [...]
2007-04-12 08:01:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA29KOSOVO: DACI AND HIS SUPPORTERS CREATE A
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Former Kosovo Assembly president Nexhat Daci and his supporters announced January 12 the creation of a new political "entity" called the Democratic League (LD). Daci told reporters the Democratic League will be "a continuation of the party created and run by former President Ib [...]
2007-01-12 17:54:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM KCRM KJUS UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA293KOSOVO: UNMIK REQUEST FOR USG ASSISTANCE IN
[...] (C) UNMIK CivPol Commissioner Richard Monk has asked USOP for assistance in persuading the governments of Denmark and Norway to extend the tours of two civilian police officers deemed mission-essential. We concur with Monk that the extension of these two officers, and possibly additional pers [...]
2007-04-13 12:57:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA303KOSOVO: CODEL ROHRABACHER SUPPORTS AHTISAARI,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Kosovo April 14-15, Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) conveyed a strong message of support for UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari's package, saying it was past time for Kosovo's status to be resolved. In meetings with Kosovo officials, UNMIK, OSCE and US KFOR, Rohrabacher also stressed th [...]
2007-04-18 11:03:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA304KOSOVO DELEGATION PRAISES EXPORT CONTROL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: UNMIK Customs Directors Malcolm Brown and Ekrem Hajdari, upon return from their highly rewarding participation in a U.S.-funded conference, queried us on the status of what they described as an EXBS offer to provide Kosovo with a mobile scanner in 2007. They were delighted wi [...]
2007-04-18 11:08:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA348KOSOVO: BALKAN WATCHERS' CONFERENCE BRINGS USG
[...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Belgrade-US Office Pristina message. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 16-18, Balkans watchers from Embassies Berlin, Paris, Rome, Skopje, USEU, and USNATO participated in familiarization visits to both Belgrade and Pristina. Co-hosted by Embassy Belgrade and US Office [...]
2007-05-03 15:16:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA349KOSOVO: 3,000 RALLY IN PRISTINA FOR FORMER PM AND
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An estimated 3,000 people rallied peacefully in Pristina during lunch hour on May 2 in support of ICTY indictee and former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj. Some high-level officials of Haradinaj's Alliance for the Future of Kosovo (AAK) party participated, as well as prominent m [...]
2007-05-03 16:01:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA362KOSOVO: FUTURE STAND-UP OF MINISTRY OF FOREIGN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) has the lead and has made progress on plans to stand up a new Kosovo Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) after the status decision is made. Budget, organizational structure, and necessary legislation have already been drafted as part of the [...]
2007-05-07 15:29:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA380KOSOVO: UNITY TEAM SET TO APPROVE INTERIM PASSPORT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After much prodding from UNMIK and USOP, the Kosovo government has scrapped plans to produce an expensive biometric passport in favor of an interim solution, far more practical, that essentially represents a revision of the current UNMIK travel document. UNMIK sources tell us the [...]
2007-05-15 15:46:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA407THE ROAD AND THE WALL: GETTING THE GOVERNMENT TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two issues that have seen recent negative developments -- plans to construct a road near the Decani Monastery, linking western Kosovo to Montenegro, and controversy over the building of a security wall around the Pec Patriarchate -- foreshadow the difficulties regarding implement [...]
2007-05-22 15:47:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA413KOSOVO SERB AND ALBANIAN FAMILIES OF THE MISSING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: For the first time in over a year, family members of missing Kosovo Serbs and Kosovo Albanians met jointly with representatives of the Government of Serbia, the PISG, and UNMIK at a May 16-17 conference in Macedonia, organized by the International Commission on Missing Persons [...]
2007-05-25 09:56:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA444KOSOVO: FIVE TRAFFICKING SUSPECTS RECEIVE A TOTAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo media reported on May 29 that the Pristina Regional Court sentenced five people accused of trafficking in persons (TIP) to a total of 19 years in prison, ranging from 7.6 years for the group's ringleader to 2 years for a Moldovan woman whom the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) [...]
2007-06-05 17:06:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALGTIP KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA453KOSOVO: ALBIN KURTI INDICTED FOR FEBRUARY 10 RIOT,
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: An international prosecutor filed an indictment against Vetevendosje/Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti in the Pristina District Court on June 4, 2007 for crimes related to the violent February 10 SDM demonstration in Pristina. Although the indictment recomme [...]
2007-06-08 17:19:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA477KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: SPECIAL ENVOY WISNER FINDS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina June 14-17, USG Special Envoy for Kosovo Amb. Frank Wisner delivered a message to Kosovo Albanian national and local political leaders, businesspeople, media, academics, and religious figures that the quality of Kosovo's independence is as important as the speed at whi [...]
2007-06-19 14:28:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA489KOSOVO: EUPT PROPOSES BROAD TRAINING CONCEPT FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent weeklong course in Finland for candidates for the anticipated Kosovo European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) mission covered ESDP concepts, the goals of the Kosovo ESDP mission, an overview of rule of law sectors in Kosovo, Kosovo-specific case studies, and the missi [...]
2007-06-22 13:07:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALAORC KCRM KJUS PGOV PINS YI UNMIK KCRS
07PRISTINA492KOSOVO: KFOR AND UNMIK POLICE BRIEF ON READINESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The KFOR commander and UNMIK police commissioner recently provided updates on their readiness posture as the status process moves into July and beyond. Both have focused on immediate challenges, including the June 23-28 presence in Kosovo of "marchers" from Serbia who will culmin [...]
2007-06-25 07:50:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA502KOSOVO: UNMIK SEEKS SUPPORT FOR OBSERVER STATUS TO
[...] (U) Acting DSRSG Paul Acda wrote to COM June 21 asking for United States Customs Service's support for UNMIK's request for observer status to the Brussels-based World Customs Organization. 2. (U) The text of Acda's direct request to WCO General Director Michel Danet follows. BEGIN TEXT: [...]
2007-06-29 09:45:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KHLS UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA503KOSOVO: CONSTITUTIONAL DRAFTING CONFERENCE FOCUSES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Presentations by U.S. experts at a June 13-16 meeting in Skopje of the expanded pre-constitution working group organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and supported by USAID/Kosovo (and attended by, among others, representatives of Kosovo's Serb community) have sparked discussion [...]
2007-06-29 10:10:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA504KOSOVO: ALBANIAN TEEN ATTACK ON ELDERLY KOSOVO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 12, an eighteen-year old Albanian punched his elderly Kosovo Serb neighbor in the face, breaking her nose. Police arrested the perpetrator the same day, but released him less than 72 hours later since the municipal public prosecutor did not seek detention on remand. Th [...]
2007-06-29 14:49:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM PHUM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA51KOSOVO: PUBLIC OUTREACH CAMPAIGN ON AHTISAARI
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In its work to garner public support for the final status package in advance of the expected February 2 visit of UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari, the Public Outreach Working Group, composed of OSCE, USOP/USAID, UNMIK, ICO, the Kosovo government and governing and opposition political [...]
2007-01-19 17:49:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA536KOSOVO: EXBS ADVISOR FOR KOSOVO
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 3. 2. (SBU) USOP concurs with ISN/ECC's selection and assignment of Robert Burright to the position of Export Control and Related Border Security (EXBS) program advisor in Kosovo. USOP also concurs with the plan to hire Burright as a pers [...]
2007-07-11 14:17:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA543KOSOVO: OKPCC, EUPT AND ICO AGREE TO SECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: USOP delivered reftel non-paper on building an effective security sector to contacts at the Office of the Kosovo Protection Corps Coordinator (OKPCC),the European Union Planning Team for Kosovo (EUPT) and the International Civilian Office (ICO). All agreed in principle to par [...]
2007-07-13 09:34:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA544KOSOVO: SECURITY WORKING GROUPS SLOWLY LEAVE THE
[...] (C) Summary: The sub-Working Groups on Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC) Issues and Security Institutions, two of the six sub-Working Groups (sub-WGs) created by the Working Group on Security (WGS) to carry out its mandate to plan for implementation of Annex VIII of the Ahtisaari final status pac [...]
2007-07-13 09:47:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKJUS MARR PGOV PINS PREL YI KCRS UNMIK
07PRISTINA557KOSOVO FINAL STATUS: A/S FRIED DISCUSSES NEXT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In Pristina July 9-10, EUR A/S Fried reassured Kosovo's restive Unity Team, made up of the main governing and opposition leaders, that the U.S. would neither abandon Kosovo nor weaken in support for Kosovo's independence, and briefed them on the details of a new "minimalist" UNSC [...]
2007-07-16 12:26:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA56KOSOVO: KOSOVARS FULFILL ANOTHER STANDARD BY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Local Contact Group (CG) representatives agreed that the PISG has met the standard on reconstructing Serb houses in Svinjare destroyed in the March 2004 violence. At a joint meeting between the Contact Group and Serb representatives, Russian COM told the Zvecan mayor, northern K [...]
2007-01-23 12:05:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA577KOSOVO: NORTH MITROVICA KPS CHIEF EVINCES GUARDED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: North Mitrovica Kosovo Police Service (KPS) Commander Milija Milosevic, speaking for the first time directly with USOP on July 18, maintained that his officers would continue to do their job regardless of the outcome of Kosovo status. Eager to show goodwill, he asserted that, at [...]
2007-07-26 11:13:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA591KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY FINAL STATUS DEBATE ENDS WITHOUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly held a marathon July 31 session to hear an update on final status from Kosovo's Unity Team (UT) upon the latter's return from Washington. Speaking of the expected 120-day period of further talks between Belgrade and Pristina, President Sejdiu said the UT would [...]
2007-07-31 14:44:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA622KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU PUSHES BACK ON TWO TROIKA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Local Troika representatives delivered the oral message to the PISG as requested by the Troika principals. UT Coordinator Blerim Shala pushed back on two points, saying that the Kosovo side had already made substantial and painful concessions and that security in Kosovo was the [...]
2007-08-13 16:06:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA640KOSOVO: SEVEN OF KOSOVO'S MOST DANGEROUS PRISONERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Seven of Kosovo's most notorious and dangerous criminals escaped from the Kosovo Corrections Service (KCS)-run Dubrava Prison at approximately 4:15 p.m. on August 18. The prisoners, convicted of crimes ranging from murdering an international police officer to committing terroris [...]
2007-08-23 12:28:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM PINR EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA643KOSOVO: PROGRESS STALLED ON CRITICAL VETTING
[...] (C) Summary. Competencies with national security implications are slowly being transferred from UNMIK to the Provisional Institutions of Self Government (PISG),making it critical that the legal framework and implementing mechanisms are in place for the PISG to vet personnel, classify informat [...]
2007-08-24 13:27:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA644KOSOVO: MAIN OPPOSITION LEADER THACI WANTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Main opposition leader Hashim Thaci reiterated to us August 23 his position that elections had to happen during their constitutionally-mandated timeframe and noted that Kosovo's Unity Team (UT) had already agreed to holding them by the third week of November. Thaci promised that [...]
2007-08-24 14:14:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA671KOSOVO: SPECIAL PROSECUTORS' OFFICE MAKES PROGRESS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Special Prosecutors' Office (KSPO) now has six prosecutors pursuing complex cases and beginning to file indictments in serious cases; however, it is facing significant obstacles that threaten its future viability. Among these are a lack of resources and unhelpful atti [...]
2007-09-06 15:55:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI KV
07PRISTINA68KOSOVO: HARADINAJ TRIAL TO COMMENCE IN MARCH IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) announced on January 24 that the war crimes trial of former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander and former Kosovo PM Ramush Haradinaj and his subordinates, Idriz Balaj and Lahi Brahimaj, will commence on March [...]
2007-01-25 18:09:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKAWC PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK ICTY YI
07PRISTINA683KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU ON TROIKA TALKS, ELECTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a September 11 meeting with COM, President Sejdiu agreed that the Kosovar side had to "do better" in the ongoing Troika-led talks and would submit on paper a "Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation between Kosovo and Serbia" at the September 19 meeting in London, as well as an a [...]
2007-09-12 12:33:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA698KOSOVO: MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS SLOWLY TAKES
[...] (C) Summary: Operating for more than a year, the embryonic Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) is gradually taking over the law enforcement competencies of UNMIK, starting with civil status and registration, production of documents, emergency management, and vehicle registration. Those remaini [...]
2007-09-21 14:41:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA705KOSOVO: KURTI TRIAL OPENS BEFORE PACKED COURTROOM,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial began in a circus-like atmosphere before an international three-judge panel and a packed courtroom on charges stemming from his instigation of violence at the February 10 SDM demonstration that left two [...]
2007-09-26 08:15:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA706KOSOVO: KURTI TRIAL OPENS BEFORE PACKED COURTROOM,
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial began in a circus-like atmosphere before an international three-judge panel and a packed courtroom on charges stemming from his instigation of violence at the February 10 SDM demonstration that left two [...]
2007-09-26 08:15:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA711KOSOVO: VIOLENCE OVER PROPERTY SALES LEAVE NORTH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The multiethnic north Mitrovica neighborhood of Little Bosnia, or Bosniak Mahalla, is on edge as a result of a series of recent criminal incidents, including explosions, an arson attack and newly-planted unexploded ordnance (UXO). The incidents date back to January 2007 and appe [...]
2007-10-01 14:04:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA75KOSOVO: EXHUMATION OF POSSIBLE LARGE MASS GRAVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY. UNMIK's Department of Justice has what it believes to be reliable information regarding a mass grave that could contain up to several hundred bodies. The site is just over the administrative boundary line with Serbia. UNMIK has asked USG assistance to pressure the Serbian judge [...]
2007-01-29 10:10:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL ICTY UNMIK EAID PHUM
07PRISTINA757POSSIBLE SCENARIOS IF BELGRADE DISCONNECTS KOSOVO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Various scenarios exist if Serbia, in response to a unilateral declaration of independence by Kosovo, chooses to disconnect Kosovo from its energy grid. Our USAID energy experts tell us that the most likely scenario would have Kosovo muddling through, but only if both its aging l [...]
2007-10-26 15:05:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA768KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO NARCOTICS AND CHEMICAL CONTROL
[...] (U) Following is the submission from U.S. Office in Pristina for the narcotics and chemical control sections of this year's INCSR report. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kosovo is primarily a transit point for heroin originating in Turkey and Afghanistan and destined for Western European countries, but it [...]
2007-11-05 16:35:00Embassy PristinaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA778KOSOVO: EU PLANS FOR THE PENITENTIARY SYSTEM
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following the August 2007 escape of seven of Kosovo's most dangerous criminals from Dubrava Prison (reftel),which highlighted security problems in Kosovo's penitentiary system, the European Union Planning Team for Kosovo (EUPT) shared with USOP its assessment of Kosovo's prisons [...]
2007-11-14 15:53:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA786KOSOVO ENERGY: PLANNING FOR A POTENTIAL BELGRADE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Planning for the potential of Belgrade disconnecting Kosovo from its energy grid, Kosovo energy transmission experts have begun quiet talks with their Macedonian, Albanian and Greek counterparts to coordinate action to preserve the stability of the regional energy system. In oth [...]
2007-11-20 16:22:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA793KOSOVO: ALBIN KURTI'S TRIAL RESUMES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Vetevendosje/Self-Determination Movement (SDM) leader Albin Kurti's trial resumed on November 15. The atmosphere, again, was circus-like, with Kurti trying to make political statements and the presiding judge repeatedly yelling at him to "get to the point" and "move on." It star [...]
2007-11-26 13:43:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA81KOSOVO: BREAK-AWAY "DEMOCRATIC LEAGUE" FAILS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the creation of the break-away Democratic League (LD) on January 12, LD leader and former Assembly speaker Nexhat Daci and his allies have tried to portray the party as a significant force that has hived off a good portion of the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Ho [...]
2007-01-29 15:45:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA813KOSOVO ELECTIONS: PDK WINS MORE MAYORSHIPS, BUT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: According to preliminary results issued December 9 by the OSCE, Hashim Thaci's PDK party won 14 of the 23 municipalities up for grabs in the December 8 mayoral run-offs in Kosovo. President Sejdiu's LDK party won 6 -- including Pristina -- while Ramush Haradinaj's AAK party won [...]
2007-12-10 15:06:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV
07PRISTINA93KOSOVO: UNMIK CIVPOL'S TRANSITION TO AN EU-LED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: UNMIK CivPol and the EU Planning Team (EUPT) continue to cooperate on planning for the eventual transfer of the international civilian police mission in Kosovo. UNMIK intends to maintain its authorized CivPol strength of 1,565 until the beginning of the transition, and the EUPT a [...]
2007-02-02 18:28:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07PRISTINA96KOSOVO: POSITIVE KOSOVAR ALBANIAN REACTION TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Reaction by Kosovo Albanian leaders and the media to the final status package, as presented in Pristina by UN Special Envoy Ahtisaari on February 2, has been positive. The Unity Team welcomed the package and issued a statement saying they were committed to continuing the process [...]
2007-02-05 16:42:00Embassy PristinaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI
07QUITO1634ECUADOR -- DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UN CONVENTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-07-20 13:41:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS PTER SNAR EC
07QUITO2134ECUADOR: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT CORREA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Meeting one on one with the Ambassador on September 12, Ecuadorian President Correa sounded confident of a strong showing in the September 30 Constituent Assembly elections and was open to the Ambassador's advice on his New York trip later this month. He took on board the Ambas [...]
2007-09-17 20:15:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS EC
07QUITO2694AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH NEW ECUADORIAN FOREIGN
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Jewell met one-on-one for the first time with new Foreign Minister Isabel Maria Salvador Crespo on December 26, during which the tone was positive and constructive, and Salvador appeared cordial, smart, warm and open. Salvador communicated the importance of maintaining [...]
2007-12-31 16:04:00Embassy QuitoCONFIDENTIALETRD ECON PGOV PREL KJUS MARR EC
07QUITO916DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNCAC CONVENTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-04-20 21:12:00Embassy QuitoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS PG PTER SNAR EC
07RABAT1676DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST
[...] (S) Poloff and A/LEGAT met on October 29 with Argentine Embassy Minister-Counselor Pablo Pineiro Aramburu at the Argentine Embassy to convey reftel points concerning the Government of Argentina,s (GOA) request for assistance in lobbying the GOM to support the INTERPOL Executive Committee deci [...]
2007-10-31 13:07:00Embassy RabatSECRETPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV MO
07RABAT1723ARGENTINE EFFORT TO ISSUE RED NOTICES TO IRANIANS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-11-08 18:03:00Embassy RabatUNCLASSIFIEDPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV MO
07RIGA201LEMBERGS ARRESTED FOR BRIBERY AND MONEY LAUNDERING
[...] (C) Summary: Aivars Lembergs, mayor of Ventspils, was arrested Wednesday morning by the Corruption Prevention Bureau (KNAB) and ordered held in custody without bail. The Prosecutor General's Office (PG) has charged Lembergs with bribe taking, blackmail, money laundering, failure to declare [...]
2007-03-15 15:20:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KCRM KJUS ECON PREL LG
07RIGA275LEMBERGS AND THE SECURITY AMENDMENTS LINKED
[...] (C) Summary: Regional Legal Attach and PolOff met with the Latvian Prosecutor General Maizetis (PG) to discuss upcoming USG sponsored training events which will involve Maizetis' office. During the course of the meeting, the PG discussed the events surrounding the introduction, and eventual wi [...]
2007-04-13 15:04:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KCRM KJUS ECON PREL PINR ASEC NATO LG
07RIGA520RIGA JUDICIAL CONFERENCE: A MODEL RULE OF LAW
[...] (U) Summary: Embassy Riga, in cooperation with the Latvian Supreme Court and the Latvian Ministry of Justice, hosted an international conference entitled Judicial Reform, Ethics, and Transparency July 2nd - 3rd. At Ambassador Bailey's invitation, US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito came to [...]
2007-07-13 07:11:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS EAID LG
07RIGA525US SUPREME COURT JUSTICE MEETS WITH LATVIAN LEADERS
[...] (U) Summary: At Ambassador Bailey's invitation, US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito visited Riga to participate as the keynote speaker at Embassy Riga's conference on Judicial Ethics, Transparency and Reform. During his stay, Alito met with President Vaira Vike-Freiberga and Prime Minister A [...]
2007-07-13 17:12:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS PREL LG
07RIGA617The Latvian Court System: A Primer
[...] (U) Summary: Latvia's civil law judicial system is a three tier structure consisting of district or city courts, regional courts, and headed by a Supreme Court. All civil and criminal matters go through these courts. The Constitutional Court is a fully independent body whose mandate is to int [...]
2007-08-14 13:52:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS PHUM LG
07RIGA685THE LEMBERGS CASE: TAKING DOWN A MINI-GARCH
[...] (C) Summary: The story of Aivars Lembergs is one of post-independence Latvia's most compelling yet morally troubling tales. To much of his electorate in Ventspils, Lembergs is the brilliant protector of the city's autonomy and the great provider of prosperity. To successive Lavian government [...]
2007-09-12 14:46:00Embassy RigaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KJUS KCOR PHUM LG
07RIGA883 LATVIAN HIGH COURT RULES ON APPEAL OF BANKA BALTIJA
[...] Summary: On November 20, the High Court of Latvia finished reviewing the previous ruling of the Riga Regional Court, and delivered an appeal judgment over the Banka Baltija collapse case. Banka Baltija was the largest bank in Latvia in the early nineties, and the declaration of its insolvency i [...]
2007-11-29 13:08:00Embassy RigaUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PGOV ECPS KJUS LG
07RIODEJANEIRO295ASSISTANT SECRETARY PATTERSON'S VISIT TO RIO, MAY 16, 2007
[...] (U) INL A/S Anne Patterson completed her Brazil travel with a May 16 stop in Rio de Janeiro where she held discussions with representatives of civil society and local and state government to examine public security issues in and around Rio. She wrapped up the visit by meeting with Governor Se [...]
2007-06-08 16:10:00Consulate Rio De JaneiroUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KJUS BR
07RIYADH1133RELIGIOUS POLICE DETAINED FOR ALLEGED MURDER OF
[...] (U) The Saudi press reported on May 27 that the religious police allegedly beat to death on May 23 a 28-year old Saudi, Sulaiman or Salman Al-Huraisi, who was detained for the possession/sale of alcohol. After various conflicting and incomplete media reports, the Riyadh Governorate subseque [...]
2007-05-29 14:54:00Embassy RiyadhCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KISL SOCI CASC KJUS SA
07ROME1132G-6 AND DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF DISCUSS
[...] (SBU) Summary. Italy hosted a meeting of the six larger EU nations in Venice May 11-12 to discuss strategies and share experiences on ways to better cooperate in the fight against radicalization and terrorism. Known as the "G6" meetings of EU interior ministers, this year's meeting included DH [...]
2007-05-25 12:20:00Embassy RomeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS KHLS PTER CVIS PREL PGOV IT
07ROME2279AMIA CASE: ARGENTINA REQUESTS NO ASSISTANCE IN
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 16:33:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR AR AL MT SM IT
07ROME478ITALY SYMPATHETIC TO ARGENTINA'S INTERPOL PROPOSAL
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-11 15:26:00Embassy RomeCONFIDENTIALIR PGOV PREL FBI PTER KJUS ASEC PRT KFTFN
07SANAA2028YEMENI DELEGATION HEAD SAYS YEMEN WILL SUPPORT
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-31 12:47:00Embassy SanaaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR YM
07SANJOSE132CHINESE ALIEN SMUGGLING RING SMASHED IN COSTA RICA
[...] SUMMARY: In a powerful display of honesty and courage, Costa Rican Immigration Director Mario Zamora refused a USD 2.5 million bribe from Chinese alien smugglers and instead assisted in a sting operation which caught the ringleader and six others on January 12, 2007. Most of the arrested are [...]
2007-01-24 22:34:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM SMIG KJUS KFRD CVIS PINR CS CH
07SANJOSE1349DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNCAC CHECKLIST AND APPLICATION
[...] On July 13, PolOff conveyed reftel information and request to Carlos Cordero Madrigal, head of the Disarmament, Terrorism, and Organized Crime Section within the Foreign Policy Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (FMA). 2. Cordero advised that his office had already prepared the res [...]
2007-07-16 22:54:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDCS KCRM KJUS PG PTER SNAR
07SANJOSE1618ASSESSMENT OF COSTA RICAN SECURITY REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Costa Rica remains a significant transshipment point for drugs, people, currency and weapons. A successful comprehensive regional security strategy for Central America must include appropriately trained and equipped Costa Rican forces, willing and able to cooperate with counterpa [...]
2007-08-30 12:11:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALCS KJUS PGOV PINS PREF PREL PTER SNAR
07SANJOSE2074COSTA RICA: UPDATED SECURITY REQUIREMENTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOCR's most pressing, non-lethal police equipment needs center on communications, transportation, technology, K-9 support, and surveillance equipment (in that order, see para 5). Coast Guard modernization remains on top of the list of other initiatives to be funded by the pend [...]
2007-12-20 23:03:00Embassy San JoseCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINS PTER SNAR CS KJUS PREF
07SANJOSE625COSTA RICA'S JUDICIARY LACKS EXPERIENCE;
[...] (U) SUMMARY. Judges in Costa Rica have an average age of 36 and lack experience, according to one Supreme Court Magistrate. The magistrate recommends increasing contact with U.S. judges and court administrators to share best practices. The explosion of constitutional challenges since the cre [...]
2007-03-30 19:37:00Embassy San JoseUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV ETRD KIPR KJUS PINR CS
07SANSALVADOR1459VEHICLES FOR REVISITING EXTRADITION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy has been advised that there are currently two potential cases to test the Salvadoran judiciary's willingness to extradite Salvadoran nationals to the US. The simplest of these concerns a dual national convicted of child sexual assault who fled the US prior to sentencing. [...]
2007-07-31 16:03:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS KHLS KCRM ES
07SANSALVADOR1611FORMER FMLN CITY COUNCILMAN SENTENCED TO 35 YEARS
[...] (U) On August 15, Jose Mario Belloso, a former Farabundo Marti Liberation Front (FMLN) city councilman was sentenced to 35 years in prison for the 2006 assassination of two riot control police officers and the attempted murder of five other members of the riot police. 2. (U) During a July [...]
2007-08-17 21:12:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYES KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL
07SANSALVADOR1646EL SALVADOR TOUGHENS PUBLIC DISTURBANCE LAWS
[...] (U) Summary: On August 16, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly passed amendments to key crime legislation that will increase penalties for public disturbance. The party-line vote was contentious, and the ruling ARENA party, which promoted the legislation, was unable to garner the support of i [...]
2007-08-22 14:49:00Embassy San SalvadorUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KJUS KCRM PTER ES
07SANSALVADOR172ICITAP PRISON EVALUATION: NO-COST METHODS TO
[...] (U) SUMMARY: From January 8 to 12, 2006, Mike Cooksey from ICITAP visited El Salvador to evaluate the Salvadoran penal system. Based upon his visit, he made the following recommendations: (1) eliminate packages for gang members; (2) require prisoners to work; (3) isolate gang leaders; (4) i [...]
2007-01-31 21:08:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALASEC PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS ES
07SANSALVADOR2437GOES WELCOMES DEMARCHE ON CHARGES AGAINST
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-21 22:06:00Embassy San SalvadorCONFIDENTIALPREL CJAN ASEC KJUS VE AR AA ES
07SANTIAGO135BELGIAN UNIVERSITY DETECTS MUSTARD GAS, REVIVING
[...] (C) Chilean newspapers reported over the weekend of January 20-21 that researchers at Ghent University in Belgium detected traces of mustard gas in three tissue samples taken from the body of former Chilean President (1964-1970),Eduardo "Frei Montalva." Frei Montalva died on January 22, 198 [...]
2007-01-24 11:00:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKJUS PGOV PHUM CI
07SANTIAGO446FUJIMORI EXTRADITION RULING MAY BE IMMINENT,
[...] (C) Summary: At a dinner with FM Alejandro Foxley March on 16, Constitutional Tribunal President Jose Luis Cea told the Ambassador an initial ruling on Peru's extradition of former President Alberto Fujimori could come within the next two weeks. Despite efforts by Foxley to draw Cea out on the r [...]
2007-03-16 20:40:00Embassy SantiagoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS PHUM PE CI
07SANTIAGO901CHILE: LEGATT REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR
[...] This is an action request. See paragraphs 2 and 3. 2. Action request: Embassy requests the Department assist in conducting a Leahy Amendment Human Rights review, as well as a general name check, of the following two Chilean candidates and one Peruvian candidate, who have been nominated [...]
2007-06-04 20:46:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KJUS CI
07SANTIAGO932CHILE: APPROVED HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING CLEARANCE FOR
[...] Per reftel A, Embassy verifies that as of June 8, 2007, the Department of State possesses no credible evidence or information of gross human rights violations by the candidates cited in reftel B. 2. Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs, Juan A. Alsace, certifies the above statemen [...]
2007-06-11 11:37:00Embassy SantiagoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KJUS CI
07SANTODOMINGO2231173RD DOMINICAN FUGITIVE EXTRADITED TO THE UNITED
[...] The following details the most recent fugitive to be extradited from the Dominican Republic and provides an overview of extraditions in FY 2007. -- Bolivar Ricardo Jaquez 2. On October 3, 2007, U.S. Marshals will return Bolivar Ricardo Jaquez (aka Nelson Cruz, Bolivar Lopez) to Massachus [...]
2007-10-01 19:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDCJAN CVIS KJUS KCRM SNAR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2260BLOWBACK PREDICTED IF DOMINICAN EXTRADITION
[...] Summary. Accused cop-killer and top-wanted Dominican fugitive Jeffry Alejandro Pena Bencosme remains in custody in New York while fighting extradition to the Dominican Republic. A combination of legal maneuvering and doubts about the Dominican claims have caused the hearing to morph into a " [...]
2007-10-05 15:24:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL CJAN KCRM KPAO KJUS DR
07SANTODOMINGO2263SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, OCTOBER
[...] President Fernandez's UNGA Speech 2. Allegation that Opposition Working Against Security Council Bid 3. The Future of the IMF Stand-By Agreement 4. Minister of Finance Visits Venezuela Seeking Increase in PetroCaribe Quota 5. Technological Upgrade in Land Titles, Land Use Planning  [...]
2007-10-05 18:53:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON ENRG KJUS VE DR
07SANTODOMINGO2352LEAHY VETTING REQUEST - ADVANCED MANAGEMENT COURSE
[...] This is an action request. Please see paras. 2, 4. 2. Post requests the Department's assistance in conducting human rights screening pursuant to the Leahy Amendment for the following subjects who have been nominated for training. Post has no disqualifying information. Please slug response [...]
2007-10-17 19:14:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PHUM KJUS DR
07SANTODOMINGO2432SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL RED
[...] (SBU) Per Reftel instructions, POLOFF contacted the Embassy of Argentina in Santo Domingo to offer United States support for Argentina's request for the issuance of INTERPOL Red Notices for the Iranian officials charged in the 1994 AMIA bombing. Counselor Fernando Ricci replied that his Embas [...]
2007-10-29 13:07:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KJUS PREL IR DR
07SANTODOMINGO2721DOMINICAN BANKING: RECENT BANK FRAUD CONVICTIONS
[...] SUMMARY: Recent convictions in the Banco Intercontinental (Baninter) bank fraud case demonstrate improvement in the fight against impunity in the Dominican Republic, especially when viewed in the light of previous bank fraud prosecutions. End Summary. 2. BACKGROUND: Fraudulent accounting [...]
2007-12-11 20:01:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDEFIN PGOV PREL KJUS KCOR DR
07SANTODOMINGO28DOMINICANS FIGHT CORRUPTION - MUCH BARK, LITTLE BITE, SHOOTING SNAFU WITH JUSTICE OFFICIALS
[...] No summary [...]
2007-01-08 11:16:00Embassy Santo DomingoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KCRM KJUS DR
07SANTODOMINGO320DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTENDS INVITATIONS TO REGIONAL
[...] On February 8, AmEmbassy Santo Domingo received a diplomatic note covering a series of letters from the Dominican Foreign Ministry inviting U.S. participation in a Dominican-hosted regional anti-drug summit on March 15, 2007. Per REF A, duplicate invitations were extended to the Department by [...]
2007-02-13 17:44:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL SNAR KCRM KJUS OVIP OTRA
07SANTODOMINGO825DOMINICAN BANKING SERIES, 14: BANINTER PROSECUTORS
[...] (U) This is the 14th in a series of cables following the Dominican banking frauds and prosecutions. Extensive additional material on prosecutions is available on our SIPRNET site. Baninter Prosecutors "Guarantee" Convictions, but Fear Sentencing Phase - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - [...]
2007-04-12 17:23:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN KJUS PGOV PREL DR
07SANTODOMINGO840DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTENDS INVITATION TO REGIONAL
[...] Embassy has received a letter from Dominican Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena inviting U.S. participation in an upcoming conference on regional penitentiary practices and penitentiary reform to be held in Santo Domingo, June 20-22, 2007. Post requests notification regarding USG intent t [...]
2007-04-13 19:10:00Embassy Santo DomingoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV KJUS KHUM OTRA DR
07SAOPAULO119 ICMS Tax Benefits Issue: Financial Concerns for U.S.
[...] (SBU) Consul General convened representatives of US and Brazilian companies at ConGen Sao Paulo on January 19 to discuss ongoing issues associated with tax benefits (ICMS - rough VAT equivalent collected at the state level) granted by the Sao Paulo state government. Motorola and other electron [...]
2007-02-14 12:55:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEINV ETRD ECON PGOV KJUS BR
07SAOPAULO444ASSISTANT SECRETARY PATTERSONQS VISIT TO SAO PAULO, MAY 15, 20
[...] No summary [...]
2007-05-24 17:37:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KJUS ASEC BR
07SAOPAULO447ASSISTANT SECRETARY PATTERSONQS VISIT TO SAO
[...] (SBU) During her May 15 visit to Sao Paulo, INL A/S Anne Patterson participated in a roundtable with police, prosecutors, and other experts, who discussed the First Capital Command (PCC) criminal organization (see refs C-D) and the different experiences of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro with ga [...]
2007-05-25 09:47:00Consulate Sao PauloUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PGOV PREL KJUS ASEC BR
07SARAJEVO1042BOSNIA: SILAJDZIC SIGNALS WILLINGNESS TO MAKE
[...] (C) President Haris Silajdzic says that he views his trip to Washington the week of May 21 as a good opportunity to reach basic agreements on police and constitutional reform. Silajdzic said that the concurrent visit of Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik to Washington would allo [...]
2007-05-14 15:53:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO1068BOSNIA - THE STATE PROSECUTOR AND STATE COURT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The February 26 International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision that genocide was committed in and around Srebrenica from July 11, 1995 has placed the issue of war crimes prsecutions near the top of the Bosnian political genda. The current political environment has highlghted criti [...]
2007-05-16 14:32:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPHUM KAWC KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1127BOSNIA: MILETIC IN JEOPARDY AGAIN
[...] (C) Summary: Attempts to oust Federation Police Chief Zlatko Miletic continue. On May 29 the Federation Parliament plans to vote on the legality of the last-minute mandate extension of the current Independent Supervisory Review Board (ISRB) and its decision to re-appoint Federation Police Dir [...]
2007-05-24 11:45:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KJUS PINR KCRM BK
07SARAJEVO1157NEW SERBIAN FOREIGN MINISTER MAKES EARLY OFFICIAL
[...] (C) Summary: During his first official visit to Bosnia May 28, new Serbian Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremic stressed his government's commitment to improving relations with Bosnia and Herzegovina and ICTY cooperation. Alkalaj provided post a generally positive readout of his meeting with Jeremic. [...]
2007-05-29 12:09:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KJUS SR BK
07SARAJEVO121MILETIC MANDATE RENEWED
[...] (C) On January 18 an independent personnel board reconfirmed its decision to appoint Zlatko Miletic as Federation Police Chief. The Federation parliamentary committee charged with administrative oversight upheld the legality of the decision thus overruling the opposition of Miletic opponents i [...]
2007-01-18 16:47:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNBK KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL PTER
07SARAJEVO1211BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC SUGGESTS RAISING SREBRENICA AT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Srebrenica Initiative Board announced plans to hold a public demonstration in front of parliament on June 11 in support if its demand for secession from Republika Srpska. Spokesmen for all three major Bosniak parties endorsed the demonstration. Earlier in the week, the Party [...]
2007-06-01 15:16:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PINR PGOV KAWC KJUS UN BK
07SARAJEVO1212BOSNIA: GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS ON WAR CRIMINALS
[...] (S/NF) Summary: In the past seven days two distinct but significant events connected to bringing war criminals to justice occurred in the Republika Srpska (RS). The first, a major success, happened on May 31, when police from the Republika Srpska (RS) apprehended ICTY-indicted Zdravko Tolimir [...]
2007-06-01 17:06:00Embassy SarajevoSECRET//NOFORNPHUM KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL ICTY BK
07SARAJEVO1317YOUR JUNE 13-14 VISIT TO SARAJEVO
[...] (C) Your visit comes at a particularly troubled time in Bosnia and Herzegovina as a reemergence of nationalism and inflammatory rhetoric has elevated the political temperature to levels some say has not been seen since before the war. With Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic and Stojan Zupljanin re [...]
2007-06-12 05:50:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC KJUS PREL ICTY BK
07SARAJEVO1403AMB. WILLIAMSON DELIVERS STRONG MESSAGE ON PIFWCS,
[...] (C) Summary: During a two-day visit to Sarajevo, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues J. Clint Williamson met with top Bosnian politicians, justice officials and members of international organizations to discuss improving Bosnia's justice system in advance of the ICTY's planned 2009 clos [...]
2007-06-25 05:39:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL KAWC ICTY KJUS PGOV BK
07SARAJEVO1405TERRORISM CONVICTIONS UPHELD BUT SENTENCES
[...] (U) On June 15, the State Court appellate panel affirmed the terrorism convictions of Mirsad Bektasevic and three others (REF A). While rejecting all of the defense's claims for acquittal, the court significantly reduced the sentences, ruling that the original sentences were disproportionate t [...]
2007-06-25 08:05:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPTER KJUS PGOV BK
07SARAJEVO1503BOSNIA - HIGHREP USES BONN POWERS TO STRENGTHEN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Only the second week into his tenure as High Representative, Miroslav Lajcak will use the Bonn Powers on July 10 to amend state-level legislation in order to strengthen Bosnia,s ability to cooperate with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). Lajca [...]
2007-07-09 18:10:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ICTY KAWC KCRM KJUS PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1547BOSNIA - SREBRENICA: AN ISSUE DEFLATED, BUT NOT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and representatives from the international community July 11 participated in events to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the 1995 genocide that took place in Srebrenica. The commemoration followed a politically tense four months in Bosnia after the International Cour [...]
2007-07-16 13:15:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO1570STATE COURT ACQUITS SERB WARTIME MINISTER OF WAR
[...] (U) On July 18 the BiH State Court acquitted Momcilo Mandic on charges of committing crimes against humanity and war crimes against civilians during the 1992-95 conflict. The war crimes case against Mandic cited his role as Assistant Minister of Interior in the "Serb Republic of Bosnia" in 199 [...]
2007-07-19 16:21:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC KCRM KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO1625BOSNIA: DONOR CONSENSUS GROWS FOR BUILDING A STATE
[...] (C) Summary: Radovan Stankovic's escape from Foca Prison in the Republika Srpska dramatically demonstrated the legal and physical shortcomings of housing convicted war criminals and other dangerous convicts in entity prisons. Stankovic's case has galvanized the international community to reex [...]
2007-07-27 09:32:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM ICTY KAWC KCRM KJUS PREL BK
07SARAJEVO1663BOSNIA - THE NEW HIGHREP: A NEW STYLE, NEW HOPE
[...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: In his first few weeks on the job, new High Representative Miroslav Lajcak has moved quickly to take charge of OHR and improve its operations. He has also sent a clear signal to Bosnian political leaders and the Bosnian public that he will be a different kind of HighRep than hi [...]
2007-08-01 14:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO1872BOSNIA - BOSNIAKS TORPEDO PROSPECTS FOR POLICE
[...] (C) Since assuming office in July, High Representative Miroslav Lajcak has stated publicly that his first major task would be concluding an agreement on Police Reform in September, allowing Bosnia to initial an SAA with the EU. Lajcak circulated a draft of the proposal in private talks this we [...]
2007-08-31 15:46:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PINR EUN BK
07SARAJEVO1914BOSNIA: DODIK AND SILAJDZIC
[...] (C) During separate meetings with Milorad Dodik and Haris Silajdzic, Ambassador urged both leaders to consider the consequences of a police reform collapse on Bosnia's Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) prospects. Ambassador warned Dodik that his rhetoric over recent weeks has cros [...]
2007-09-06 15:59:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PINR EUN BK
07SARAJEVO2018BOSNIA: EMBASSY TO PROVIDE A MILLION EUROS FOR
[...] (U) After carefully reviewing our priorities and SEED funding plans, we have decided to allocate the USD equivalent of one (approximately 1.394) million euros in 2007 bilateral SEED funding to support the Bosnian government,s planned construction of a state prison. The entire project is expec [...]
2007-09-21 07:42:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO2046BOSNIA - BUGOJNO WAR CRIMES AND DEFENSE MINISTER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 19, the State Prosecutor,s Office confirmed indictments of two individuals in its ongoing investigation of war crimes committed by the Army of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ABiH) in and around Bugojno during the 1992-1995 war. Bugojno was the scene of heavy fighting betwee [...]
2007-09-25 17:38:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KAWC KJUS KCRM MARR BK
07SARAJEVO2062BOSNIA: COVIC CASE GOES TO RETRIAL
[...] (C) Summary. A State Court appeals panel on September 26 invalidated on a technicality the corruption conviction of Dragan Covic, president of Bosnia,s Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ),and directed that the case be retried. In November 2006, Covic was convicted of abuse of office while ser [...]
2007-09-27 18:29:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO2073BOSNIA - INITIAL MEETING OF WAR CRIMES RECOVERY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Strategy for War Crimes Recovery Working Group met for the first time on September 19. The Working Group was established by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) in the wake of the February International Court Justice (ICJ) verdict that genocide took place in and around Sreb [...]
2007-09-28 16:43:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS MCRM BK
07SARAJEVO22RS ORGANIZED CRIME PROSECUTIONS CHALLENGE STATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since returning to office in February 2006, RS Prime Minister Milorad Dodik has taken concrete steps to fulfill specific campaign promises, including his pledge to combat crimes that impair the local investment climate. As part of this effort, in April Dodik created the RS Special [...]
2007-01-05 16:39:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS EINV PGOV BK
07SARAJEVO2201BOSNIA - WAR CRIMES AND JURISPRUDENCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict earlier this year and the deteriorating political situation have stirred renewed interest in the country,s fragmented judicial system and its ability to manage war crimes cases. The State Court,s potential war crimes workload has e [...]
2007-10-16 08:30:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL ICTY KAWC PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MCRM BK
07SARAJEVO2294BOSNIA - GOVERNMENT LAUNCHES NATIONAL JUSTICE
[...] (SBU) Early in his tenure, High Representative Miroslav Lajcak indicated that he would focus greater OHR attention on the justice sector. His preoccuption with police reform and now the current poltiical crisis with Republika Srpska (RS) meant that he has not devoted as much time to the issue [...]
2007-10-26 17:53:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO2408BOSNIA - CAR BOMB KILLS OUTSPOKEN GOVERNMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On November 6, a car bomb killed civil servant Milan Vukelic in Banja Luka. According to media reports, Vukelic was an outspoken critic of the government and had been the target of attacks in the past. Unknown perpetrators burned his vehicle and set fire to his mother's house [...]
2007-11-08 17:29:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PINR EUN BK
07SARAJEVO2487BOSNIA--SECURITY MINISTER ON SPIRIC RESIGNATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: During a November 13 meeting, the Ambassador and Minister of Security Tarik Sadovic discussed the work of the Council of Ministers (CoM) in technical mandate and the selection process for the director of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA). Sadovic blames Serbian [...]
2007-11-16 13:46:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS KCRM BK
07SARAJEVO2555BOSNIA- CHALLENGES FOR THE STATE COURT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past four years, the State Prosecutor,s Office and State Court have made important strides building Bosnia,s capacity to try war crimes cases. Preliminary information on likely future war crimes cases suggests a demanding workload and challenges for both the prosecutor an [...]
2007-11-27 16:56:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS KCRM BK
07SARAJEVO362BOSNIA - ICJ RULING ON GENOCIDE WILL SHAKE BOSNIAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 12, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) announced that on February 26 it would rule on the case concerning the "Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia and Montenegro)." Whatever th [...]
2007-02-14 12:00:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO433BOSNIA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT RULING CLAIMS OHR
[...] (C) Over Presidents' Day weekend, the Bosnian Constitutional Court released a July 2006 decision calling on the Bosnian government to address human rights violations stemming from OHR's 2004 removal from office of two Republika Srpska (RS) officials who had abetted war criminals. The Court ru [...]
2007-02-23 15:19:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KJUS EUN UNSC BK
07SARAJEVO441BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR THE FEBRUARY 26-27 PIC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We expect the February 26-27 meeting of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) to approve a one-year extension of OHR's mandate (i.e., to June 2008),though we anticipate the Russians will complicate efforts to reach consensus on this decision. High Representative Christian Schwa [...]
2007-02-23 15:46:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPREL PGOV PINR KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO444BOSNIA: POLITICIANS BLAME INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Taking diametrically opposed positions, Federation-based and Republika Srpska-based political leaders reached an impasse following a week of increasingly confrontational negotiations over adopting a Draft Implementation Plan for Police Reform (the "Implementation Plan") (REF. B). [...]
2007-02-26 06:25:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS EUN PREL PGOV BK
07SARAJEVO456BOSNIAN REACTIONS TO ICJ VERDICT: FROM
[...] (U) Following weeks of speculation and building up of expectations, the announcement by the International Court of Justice that Serbia and Montenegro were not guilty of genocide during the 1992-1995 war in Bosnia and Herzegovina provoked immediate reactions across the political spectrum here. [...]
2007-02-26 16:30:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KPAO KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO500BIH STATE COURT UPDATES PART TWO: TERRORISM,
[...] INTRODUCTION: This is the second of two cables summarizing cases currently before the BiH State Court. This cable summarizes organized crime, corruption and terrorism cases underway in the BiH State Court. Cases underway in the War Crimes Chamber were reported previously (REF. B). These cab [...]
2007-03-05 14:24:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KCRM KJUS KCOR KAWC PHUM PINR BK
07SARAJEVO509BOSNIA - HIGHREP'S OFFICE WILL STAY UNTIL JUNE 2008
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At their February 26-27 meeting, the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Political Directors agreed to continue the OHR's mandate with the aim of closing it down by June 30, 2008. Russia refused to join the consensus, however, insisting on a footnote in the communique highlighting [...]
2007-03-06 14:53:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KJUS KAWC BK
07SARAJEVO552BOSNIA: POLICE REFORM TALKS FALTER AS EC
[...] (SBU) Summary: The German Embassy March 6 hosted police reform negotiations with the leaders of eight major political parties in the hopes of facilitating agreement on police reform in anticipation of the March 16 visit of EU Commissioner for Enlargement Oli Rehn. Ambassadors from the US, Ger [...]
2007-03-12 11:56:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PINR EUN BK
07SARAJEVO556BOSNIA - TENSIONS RISE AS BOSNIAKS CALL FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the February 26 International Court of Justice Verdict (ICJ) that genocide was committed in Srebrenica, there have been growing calls for giving the municipality special status within Bosnia. This campaign has been stoked by Bosniak politicians, particularly Bosniak member [...]
2007-03-12 16:25:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO579BOSNIA: SREBRENICA "SPECIAL STATUS" SESSION ISSUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: As a response to the International Court of Justice's (ICJ) finding of genocide in Srebrenica, Srebrenica Municipality Mayor Abdurahman Malkic hosted a meeting on March 12 to discuss proposals that his municipality seceed from the Republika Srpska (RS) and receive "special status" [...]
2007-03-13 18:49:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO595BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC BLOCKS POLICE REFORM DEAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: March 12 police reform talks organized by High Representative Schwarz-Schilling collapsed after Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic refused an offer from Republika Srpska PM Milorad Dodik to transfer competency and authority for the RS police to the state, provided [...]
2007-03-15 19:01:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM EU BK
07SARAJEVO607BOSNIA: SILAJDZIC CALLS FOR RADICAL SURGERY ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Following the March 12 ad hoc meeting (ref A) on the status of Srebrenica, the Ambassador met with Bosniak (Muslim) leaders March 14 to urge calm and solicit their plans for Srebrenica in light of the February 26 International Court of Justice verdict on genocide in Srebrenica. [...]
2007-03-16 14:18:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO62DECERTIFIED POLICE: SOLUTION REMAINS ELUSIVE
[...] (U) This is an Action Request for the Department. Please see Para 8. 2. (C) Summary: After a December 21-22 visit to Sarajevo, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg assessed that the International Police Task Force (IPTF) police decertification process had flaws [...]
2007-01-11 17:17:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALBK KJUS PGOV PINR PREL EUN UNSC
07SARAJEVO651BOSNIA - NOT WHERE WE WANT IT TO BE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: One year ago, Bosnia's prospects looked brighter than they had at any moment since Dayton. Today, the accomplishments of post-war reconstruction have been placed in question. Externally, the drawdown of the international presence here, coupled with Europe's stupor over future en [...]
2007-03-23 16:41:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO677BOSNIA - THE CHALLENGE OF WAR CRIMES PROSECUTIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prior to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) verdict, Srebrenica victims associations had often appealed for U.S. help in bringing to justice local police or other officials they "knew" to be war criminals. Last week the Srebrenica Municipal Council identified the Republika [...]
2007-03-27 17:39:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPHUM KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL BK
07SARAJEVO686BOSNIA - SREBRENICA'S CITIZENS LIKELIEST LOSERS IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Long ignored by state and entity politicians, Srebrenica Municipality is now the subject of a tug-of-war pitting political interests of the country's leading Bosniak politicians against those of Srebrenica's local community. In the wake of the ICJ verdict, calls for Srebrenica's s [...]
2007-03-29 08:59:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO706BOSNIA - BOSNIAK LEADERSHIP DISMISSES WARNINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 29, the Ambassador and High Representative Schwarz Schilling met with the Bosniak political leadership to express their concern about growing political tensions over Srebrenica. They stressed the international community's commitment to helping Srebrenica residents and ur [...]
2007-03-30 12:32:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO753BOSNIA - BOSNIAK POLITICAL LEADERS WARY OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 29 and April 2, we met separately with Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic, President of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) Sulejman Tihic, and President of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Zlatko Lagumdzija to discuss the situation in Srebrenica and [...]
2007-04-06 07:52:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK
07SARAJEVO754BOSNIA - AMBASSADOR TRAVELS TO SREBRENICA TO CALM
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador and embassy staff traveled to Srebrenica April 3 to meet with local citizens and to discuss possible improvements to living conditions for municipality residents. Srebrenica has been the subject of a Bosniak political movement for secession since the February ICJ verdi [...]
2007-04-06 08:58:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO807BOSNIA - BRATUNAC THE NEXT SREBRENICA?
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 12, 2007, the Bosniak Association "Women of Podrinje" intends to bury 108 identified victims of the May 1992 Bratunac massacre in land owned by the Islamic Community. However, Bratunac Mayor Nedeljko Mladjenovic (SDS) and Serb delegates in the Bratunac Municipal Council [...]
2007-04-13 15:56:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PREL KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO808RSNA VOTES TO SCRAP POLICE REFORM DIRECTORATE
[...] (SBU) Summary: This week the Republika Srpska (RS) government and RS National Assembly both took separate decisions rejecting the Police Reform Directorate (PRD) final report and calling for new police reform talks. At its April 11 session the RSNA approved a conclusion calling for a referend [...]
2007-04-13 16:09:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM BK
07SARAJEVO836"SCORPIONS" VERDICT FUELS BOSNIAK GRIEVANCES
[...] (U) Sentences handed down by the Special War Crimes Court in Belgrade on April 10 for four members of the "Scorpions" military unit for war crimes against Bosniak citizens of Trnovo, Bosnia (ref A) have exacerbated tensions among Bosnians, already high as a result of the ICJ verdict. The sent [...]
2007-04-17 16:04:00Embassy SarajevoUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS BK SR
07SARAJEVO863BOSNIA - SILAJDZIC CONTINUES TO PROVOKE POLITICAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Since he returned to Bosnian politics during last year's elections, Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Siladjic has actively worked toward creating a Bosniak Muslim rejectionist front that, in his words to the Ambassador, "will stand up to the Serbs and be as obstructionis [...]
2007-04-20 17:06:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KAWC KJUS MARR BK
07SARAJEVO87PM SPIRIC PRESENTS PLAN FOR GOVERNING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prior to the vote on his confirmation January 11 to become Bosnia's new Chairman of the Council of Ministers (Prime Minister),Nikola Spiric of the Serb Alliance of Independent Social Democrats (SNSD) presented a detailed work plan for the new government. In a 40-minute speech [...]
2007-01-12 17:12:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL MARR ECON KCRM KJUS EUN BK
07SARAJEVO937BOSNIA - TAKING ON RADICAL BOSNIAK MUSLIM POLITICS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We stepped up our efforts during the week of April 23 to undercut efforts, particularly of Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic, to further radicalize the political situation in Bosnia. We met with the Bosniak Party for Democratic Action (SDA) leadership to deliver [...]
2007-04-30 05:35:00Embassy SarajevoCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PINR PREL UN KJWC BK PK
07SEOUL809ROKG SUPPORTS GLOBAL FORUM
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-20 07:53:00Embassy SeoulCONFIDENTIALPREL OVIP OTRA AORC ECON KCOR KCRM KJUS KS
07SHANGHAI155SHANGHAI LEGAL EXPERTS ON LUO GAN SPEECH
[...] (C) Summary: Three of Shanghai legal experts said they were not surprised by Politburo Standing Committee member Luo Gan's abrasive rule of law speech published in a Party journal on February 2 (reftel). In the speech, Luo talked about the need to guard against "unfavorable" Western influence [...]
2007-03-16 05:44:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR KJUS CH
07SHANGHAI215ZHEJIANG COURT BROADCASTS TRIAL ONLINE
[...] (SBU) In a move to increase transparency in its judicial system, the Zhejiang High Court carried a simulcast of the proceedings of a commercial dispute trial on its website on April 12. According to Zhejiang High Court Foreign Affairs Office Director Chen Zhongping, this was the first time a [...]
2007-04-17 00:27:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS CH
07SHANGHAI269DOD GENERAL COUNSEL'S RULE OF LAW MEETINGS
[...] (C) Summary: During DOD General Counsel William J. Haynes April 20-22 visit to Shanghai, he discussed rule of law issues with Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences (SASS) Institute of Law Academics, expatriate and Chinese legal experts at a Consul General-hosted dinner, and at the New York Unive [...]
2007-05-07 08:38:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ETRD EINV PHUM PINR CH
07SHANGHAI279INTERNATIONAL MEDIATION CONFERENCE HELD IN JIANGSU
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the margins of an April 14-18 American Bar Association(ABA)-sponsored administrative law conference in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, Supreme People's Court (SPC) Administrative Court Chief Judge Zhao Daguang told FSN Rule of Law Coordinator (ROLC) that the SPC soon would issue a [...]
2007-05-10 08:06:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS PINR CH
07SHANGHAI35SHANGHAI STRIVING FOR TRANSPARENCY THROUGH OPENING
[...] (SBU) Summary: Two years into the implementation of Shanghai's Open Government Information Act (OGIA)--one of the few in China--local officials claimed that the act had had broadened residents' access to government information and improved overall government transparency. They said that a fo [...]
2007-01-17 08:31:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KJUS CH
07SHANGHAI357DRL OFFICER CHANG EAST CHINA VISIT
[...] (SBU) Summary. During his May 21-24 visit to Shanghai and Hefei, Anhui Province, DRL Program Officer met with DRL grantee organizations International Bridges for Justice (IBJ) and SE Consortium for International Development/Global Suppliers Institute (SECID/GSI),as well as academics and stud [...]
2007-06-08 07:17:00Consulate ShanghaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM ELAB KJUS CH
07SHANGHAI518ACADEMICS, LEGAL PROFESSIONALS AND OFFICIALS DEBATE PROPERTY
[...] (C) Summary: During the August 6-8 National Administrative Law Society Annual Conference in Nanjing, Chinese legal experts and officials had lively exchanges on the role of the government in property disputes. Academics argued for less government intervention in property dispute cases and mor [...]
2007-08-17 06:10:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KJUS ECON CH
07SHANGHAI637SHANGHAI GOVERNMENT PROMISES TO PUBLISH ALL DRAFT LAWS FOR
[...] (C) Summary: In a September 19 lunch discussion, Shanghai Municipal People's Congress officials confirmed news reports that the Shanghai Government will publish all of its draft laws on the Internet for public comment and hold public hearings on drafts that it considered affected people's dail [...]
2007-09-27 10:38:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPHSA PHUM KJUS SOCI ETRD CH
07SHANGHAI77CG VISITS YANGZHOU; DISCUSSES NEW SOCIALIST COUNTRYSIDE AND
[...] (C) Summary. The Consul General visited Yangzhou City in the northern section of Jiangsu Province from January 29-30. During a visit to a model "new socialist countryside" village, local officials showcased the progress being made in the municipality's rural areas and successes in moving labo [...]
2007-02-05 09:46:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KJUS CH
07SHANGHAI770EAST CHINA LEGAL CONTACTS ON NEW LAWYER LAW
[...] (C) Summary: East China legal contacts are cautiously optimistic that the new Lawyer Law passed on October 28 and scheduled to be implemented on June 1, 2008 will increase legal protections for Chinese lawyers. The law expands the rights of lawyers to meet clients in criminal cases without su [...]
2007-12-04 08:20:00Consulate ShanghaiCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PGOV PINR CH
07SINGAPORE2005SINGAPORE TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR
[...] (SBU) Singapore will support the decision by INTERPOL's Executive Committee to issue Red Notices for five current and former Iranian officials and one Lebanese national at the INTERPOL General Assembly Meeting in Morocco on November 5-8, MFA International Organization Directorate Deputy Directo [...]
2007-11-02 08:57:00Embassy SingaporeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR SN
07SINGAPORE480DEMARCHE ON INTERPOL'S AMIA PROPOSAL DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-09 06:33:00Embassy SingaporeCONFIDENTIALIR AR PGOV PREL FBI PTER KJUS ASEC KTFN KISL
07SKOPJE282MACEDONIA: OSCE PROJECT PROPOSALS FOR FY 2007
[...] (U) Per reftel instructions, we recommend for funding the following three priority rule of law/police training projects proposed by the OSCE Spillover Monitoring Mission Skopje: -- Study Visit for Judges to the ICTY Project Number: 2600360 XB-SKP-HD-ICTY-07 Budget: Euros 26,215 Justific [...]
2007-04-14 10:31:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYABUD AFIN EAID ECON KCRM KJUS OSCE PHUM PREL
07SKOPJE492MACEDONIA: PROGRESS PROSECUTING CORRUPTION CASES
[...] (SBU) In recent months, Macedonia's justice system has convicted defendants on corruption-related charges in four separate, unrelated court cases. Several former government officials were among those convicted. Encouragingly, the courts demonstrated improved efficiency in these cases (in par [...]
2007-06-22 11:38:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCOR KCRM KJUS PGOV MK
07SKOPJE615MACEDONIA: COURT NETS "BIG FISH" CORRUPTION CASE
[...] (SBU) The July 18 conviction and sentencing to four years in prison for former Export Import Bank director Metodija Smilenski demonstrates that the Macedonian judicial system is capable of swift, efficient, and non-partisan action. One of Macedonia's "big fish" corruption case defendants, Smi [...]
2007-07-26 15:59:00Embassy SkopjeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM KJUS KCOR MK
07SOFIA1270ARGENTINE EMBASSY SOFIA UNSURE OF RED NOTICE
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-29 14:23:00Embassy SofiaSECRETIR PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV BU
07SOFIA166BULGARIA: EU MISSIONS PONDER ANTI-OC TRAINING CENTER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In reftel B, Post expressed its strong support for establishment of a South Eastern European Regional Organized Crime Training Center (SEEROCTC) at the Bulgarian Police Academy. Post has subsequently met with representatives from four Embassies -- UK, Netherlands, Spain and Ger [...]
2007-02-08 12:38:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASCH PREL KCRM KJUS BU
07SOFIA168BULGARIAN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's latest batch of constitutional amendments, approved [insert date] attempt to reform Bulgaria's dysfunctional judicial system by creating an OIG-like entity within the Supreme Judicial Council. (The sentence does not track as originally written) Building on earlier c [...]
2007-02-08 14:38:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCRM EUN BU
07SOFIA169BULGARIAN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: ANOTHER ATTEMPT AT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's latest batch of constitutional amendments, approved February 2, attempt to reform Bulgaria's dysfunctional judicial system by creating an OIG-like entity within the Supreme Judicial Council. Building on earlier core amendments, which were seen as a precondition for [...]
2007-02-09 09:37:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCRM EUN BU
07SOFIA364BULGARIA'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL: WHAT A DIFFERENCE A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A year into his term, Bulgaria's Prosecutor General Boris Velchev is staying true to his goal to reform the dysfunctional Prosecution Service and make it an effective law enforcement and judicial tool. He has improved the country's image abroad by candidly speaking out against c [...]
2007-03-19 10:25:00Embassy SofiaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCRM EU BU
07SOFIA461BULGARIA: SUPPORT BUILDS FOR ANTI-OC TRAINING CENTER
[...] (SBU) Since reftel C, we have continued to solicit support from EU member-states for the establishment of South Eastern European Regional Organized Crime Training Center (SEEROCTC). The UK Embassy committed concrete resources to the center, and the German and Spanish Embassies are looking for [...]
2007-04-12 14:39:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASCH PREL KCRM KJUS BU
07SOFIA862BULGARIAN PARLIAMENT APPROVES CABINET RESHUFFLE; REASSURING
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Bulgaria's Parliament approved July 18 two new ministers as part of the first reshuffle of the Socialist-led three-party coalition government which assumed office nearly two years ago. Petar Dimitrov, a Socialist MP who chaired Parliament's budget committee, was confirmed as th [...]
2007-07-18 14:45:00Embassy SofiaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV EFIN ECON KIPR KJUS BU
07STATE15302REAPPOINTMENT OF SCSL REGISTRAR
[...] (U) This is an action request - see paragraph 3. 2. (C) Department shares concerns about Lovemore Munlo's performance to date as SCSL Registrar. Allegations by the SCSL's own representative on the UN Management Committee and an AmCit employed by the Registry in Freetown (protect sources) [...]
2007-02-07 14:38:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALKJUS KAWC UN SL
07STATE162617ICC - GUIDANCE FOR SCHEDULED DECEMBER 3 USUN
[...] (U) USUN is instructed to draw from the following talking points during the scheduled USUN working level meeting with ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo on December 3 and for its participation in formal ICC consultations with UNSC members on Sudan on December 5: -- The concerns of the United [...]
2007-12-03 17:07:00Secretary of StateUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL UNSC KPKO KJUS PHUM SU
07STATE166405DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services may have targeted and detained private investigator and retired FBI Special Agent Bob Levinson on March 8, 2007, during a t [...]
2007-12-13 02:52:00Secretary of StateSECRETBA CASC IR IZ JO KDEM KISL KJUS KPRP KU LE MU PGOV
07STATE166577CORRECTED COPY - DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT
[...] (U) This is an action message. Please see paragraph 8. This cable included corrected action request/objectives. ---------- BACKGROUND ---------- 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services may have targeted and detained private investigator and retired F [...]
2007-12-13 15:13:00Secretary of StateSECRETBA CASC IR IZ KJUS KPRP KU LE MU PGOV PHUM PK PREL
07STATE29082DEMARCHE REQUEST - ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR USG
[...] (U) This is an action request; please see paragraphs 2, 3, 4, 5, and 12. (U) SUMMARY ----------- 2. (C) Argentina has asked for USG assistance in persuading Interpol to issue six Red Notices for five current and former Iranian officials and one Lebanese national thought by Argentina [...]
2007-03-08 04:59:00Secretary of StateCONFIDENTIALIR AR LE PGOV PREL FBI PTER KJUS ASEC PRT
07STATE67683MISSING AMERICAN CITIZEN IN IRAN
[...] (U) This is an action message ) please see paragraph 5. 2. (S) The United States has reason to believe Iranian security services targeted and detained retired FBI Special Agent Bob Levinson on March 8, 2007, during a trip to Kish Island. Iranian authorities may have believed he was sti [...]
2007-05-17 14:51:00Secretary of StateSECRETAR KISL KJUS LE PGOV PREL PTER FBI PRT KTFN ASEC IR
07STOCKHOLM1209AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 19 MEETING WITH JUSTICE
[...] (C) The Ambassador, accompanied by RSO and Poloff, met September 19 with Minister of Justice Beatrice Ask. Ask said Sweden has increased its budget for counterterrorism activities, noted there are good prospects for passing pending legislation on wiretapping and bugging, underscored Sweden's l [...]
2007-09-26 15:20:00Embassy StockholmCONFIDENTIALKJUS PREL ASEC SW
07STOCKHOLM1311SWEDEN: SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-26 09:04:00Embassy StockholmSECRETKJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR SW
07SURABAYA3489SURABAYA ANTI-HUMAN TRAFFICKING OPERATIONS RESULTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During the recent Muslim celebration Ied Adha and Christmas holiday season, Surabaya police conducted two anti trafficking operations resulting in the arrest of seven suspects for attempting to traffic six children and two women into debt prostitution bondage and smuggling from [...]
2007-12-31 05:02:00Consulate SurabayaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC PGOV PHUM ELAB EAID KJUS KCRM KCOR
07SUVA333FIJI UPDATE: TROUBLE WITH THE LEGAL SYSTEM
[...] (C) It appears that Fiji's interim President, Commodore Bainimarama, Justices Gates and Shameem, and others are making moves to reconstitute the Fiji judiciary. The suspension of Chief Justice Fatiaki in early January, the end of some expat Appeals Court Justices' terms, and several suspiciou [...]
2007-06-26 18:50:00Embassy SuvaCONFIDENTIALPREL PHUM MARR ASEC CASC KJUS FJ
07TALLINN711SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL
[...] (U) AmEmbassy Tallinn provides the following responses to REFTEL. 2. (SBU) The Government of Estonia (GOE) will send Central Criminal Police (KKP) Superintendent Reijo Valgjarv to the INTERPOL General Assembly meeting being held from 5-8 November, 2007 in Marrakech, Morocco. 3. (U) [...]
2007-11-01 11:50:00Embassy TallinnUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC IR KJUS PGOV PREL PTER
07TASHKENT991UZBEKS TOUT JUDICIAL REFORMS
[...] (SBU) Poloff and RLA Assistant met with Ministry of Justice officials on May 10 to discuss judicial reforms in Uzbekistan and potential avenues of cooperation with Post's Resident Legal Advisor program. The meeting was prompted by a series of articles in the government-controlled press quotin [...]
2007-05-21 11:18:00Embassy TashkentCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS UZ
07TBILISI1130CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE REPRESENTS FUNDAMENTAL SHIFT
[...] Summary: In 2007, Georgia will enact a new Criminal Procedure Code ("CPC") that replaces the former Soviet-style of prosecution with a new approach that equalizes the government's obligation to prosecute cases with the responsibility to protect the public's rights. This philosophical shift to [...]
2007-05-15 07:23:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV OTRA KCRM KJUS GG
07TBILISI1530GEORGIAN PROSECUTORS INSTITUTIONALIZE NEW TRIAL
[...] Summary. In January 2007, the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Office of Public Prosecution Service (OPP) developed a year-long training program, including a cadre of local trainers, a core curriculum, explanatory materials and interactive training techniques, to ensure that th [...]
2007-06-26 13:10:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS GG
07TBILISI2576JURY TRIALS WILL RETURN TO GEORGIA AFTER NEARLY 100 YEARS
[...] Summary: For the first time since the 1920's, jury trials will return to Georgia. On October 6, 2007, prosecutors from the Office of Public Prosecution (OPP) and ABA/ROLI-trained defense lawyers conducted mock jury trials before juries composed of Georgian law students. Attorneys questioned t [...]
2007-10-15 05:58:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV OTRA KCRM KJUS GG
07TBILISI2663GEORGIA TACKLES CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
[...] Summary: In an effort to protect children from sexual exploitation, Georgia is working to criminalize online child exploitation, building upon its recent aggressive legislative and enforcement efforts which resulted in Tier I status for Georgia in the 2007 United States Government's Annual Repo [...]
2007-10-26 12:04:00Embassy TbilisiUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR PGOV OTRA KCRM KJUS GG
07TEGUCIGALPA1077HONDURAS: TELECOM LAW PROGRESS STALLED WHILE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite mounting pressure to agree upon a draft law to liberalize the telecommunications sector, the GOH and private industry representatives failed June 13 to come to an agreement. The action now moves to Congress where congressional leaders have promised passage of a previously [...]
2007-06-15 16:30:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON ECPS EINV ELAB HO KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR
07TEGUCIGALPA1232HONDUTEL WARNING CABLE
[...] Recent newspaper reports have identified serious corruption and fraud at state-run telephone company Hondutel. The charges, which include extortion, fraudulent signing of contracts and misuse of power, are currently under review by the Honduran Attorney General's office after the national Congr [...]
2007-07-18 17:56:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIEDECON ECPS EINV ELAB KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR HO
07TEGUCIGALPA1322VISAS DONKEY: CORRUPTION 212 (F) VISA REVOCATION,
[...] (C) Post seeks a security advisory opinion under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in accordance with Proclamation 7550, suspending entry in to the United States of Honduran/Argentine/Italian citizen Marcelo Antonio Chimirri Castro(DPOB: 05 March 1966, Argentina). Informati [...]
2007-08-06 23:20:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETKCOR KCRM CVIS ECPS KJUS
07TEGUCIGALPA1325CORRECTED COPY: VISAS DONKEY: CORRUPTION 212 (F)
[...] (C) Post seeks a security advisory opinion under Section 212(f) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in accordance with Proclamation 7550, suspending entry in to the United States of Honduran/Argentine/Italian citizen Marcelo Antonio Chimirri Castro(DPOB: 05 March 1966, Argentina). Informati [...]
2007-08-07 17:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaSECRETKCOR KCRM CVIS ECPS KJUS
07TEGUCIGALPA1337HONDURAS: "LIZZIE LAW" FALLS VICTIM TO CORRUPTION
[...] No summary [...]
2007-08-08 15:48:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECPS ETRD PGOV KJUS PINR HO
07TEGUCIGALPA432HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2006/2007
[...] (SBU) The following is the 2006/2007 Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report input for Honduras, responding to questions posed in the checklist. Post point of contact is Vice Consul Jason McInerney, phone: 011-504-238-5114 x 4152, IVG phone: 539-4152, fax 011-504-237-1792, and unclassified [...]
2007-03-09 21:25:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KJUS ASEC PREF ELAB HO
07TEGUCIGALPA471CHALLENGES FOR IMPROVING SECURITY ENVIRONMENT
[...] (U) SUMMARY: All leading dailies and a number of television and radio stations in Honduras covered the U.S. Human Rights Report on Honduras and the National Human Rights Commission's own Human Rights Report for 2006, both released on March 6. Major media also highlighted the signing, on the [...]
2007-03-16 21:36:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEAID ELAB KCRM KJUS KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG
07TEGUCIGALPA579I AM THE STATE: HONDUTEL MANAGER REMAINS MAIN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: While a new telecommunications law to liberalize the market remains stalled in the Honduran Congress, the battle to control the lucrative margins in international calling continues. Hondutel, the state telecoms operator, has aggressively pursued companies charged with pirating c [...]
2007-04-03 21:58:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON ECPS ELAB HO KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR
07TEGUCIGALPA667DEPUTY HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY JACKSON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Michael P. Jackson met separately with Minister of Internal Security Alvaro Romero, Attorney General Leonidas Rosa Bautista, and Minister of Defense Aristides Mejia on April 12, 2007 at the end of his two-day visit to Puerto Cortes and Tegucig [...]
2007-04-24 12:53:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS OREP OVIP PGOV PREL
07TEGUCIGALPA701 HONDURAN PRESIDENT MEETS WITH DHS DEPSEC JACKSON AND CODEL
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Jose Manuel Zelaya Rosales expressed a desire to increase law enforcement cooperation with the United States, his support for CAFTA and comprehensive immigration reform during a bilateral meeting with DHS DepSec Jackson and a CODEL consisting of 9 members of the Hous [...]
2007-04-25 21:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS OREP OVIP PGOV PREL PTER
07TEGUCIGALPA782HONDURAS: FACING CORRUPTION CHARGES, HONDUTEL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of surprise moves, Hondutel operations director Marcelo Chimirri was essentially stripped of authority at the state run telecommunications company and all his legal actions during his tenure were nullified. However, Chimirri was then promoted several days later as the [...]
2007-05-09 15:31:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON ECPS EINV ELAB HO KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR
07TEGUCIGALPA838HONDUTEL UNDER FIRE AS NEGOTATIONS OVER NEW LAW
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The major actors in on-going effort to pass a new telecommunications law met May 11, and agreed to reconcile four key issues: license authorizations, naming of commissioners, taxes, and mobile licenses. While the group plans to meet again May 18, a related effort by Congress to [...]
2007-05-16 00:18:00Embassy TegucigalpaCONFIDENTIALECON ECPS ELAB KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR
07TELAVIV1672JUSTICE MINISTER FRIEDMANN ON REFUGEES, IPR AND
[...] (Summary) (SBU) In a meeting with Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann in Jerusalem on June 4, the Ambassador discussed the Magen David Adom (MDA)/Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance dispute, IPR issues, Darfur refugees, and family reunifications requests for Palestinian refugees fro [...]
2007-06-08 07:01:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB IS IZ KCRM KIPR KJUS KPAL KWMN PHUM
07TELAVIV36 MAJOR CORRUPTION CASE INVOLVING STATE TAX COFFERS
[...] Significant new scandals marked the new calendar year in Israel. Police detained some thirty individuals on allegations of involvement in influence-peddling and bribery within and around the Israel Tax Authority (ITA). Unlike other recent scandals that have focused on sexual harassment cases [...]
2007-01-08 08:26:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR KJUS EFIN ECON KCRM IS
07TELAVIV599GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL ANNOUNCES NATIONAL PLAN TO
[...] (U) THE GOI HAS DRAFTED A NATIONAL PLAN TO COMBAT HUMAN TRAFFICKING FOR THE PURPOSES OF SLAVERY AND FORCED LABOR, FOCUSING ON PROSECUTION, PREVENTION AND PROTECTION. THE PLAN IS DESIGNED TO HELP MIGRANT WORKERS, WHO OFTEN PAY LARGE FEES TO AGENCIES THAT ARRANGE THEIR JOBS IN ISRAEL AND ARE THU [...]
2007-02-26 10:17:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIEDELAB GTIP PHUM IS KCRM KJUS
07TELAVIV699ISRAEL 2007 TIP REPORT, PART 1 OF 2
[...] (SBU) The following is post's input for the 2007 Trafficking in Persons Report. Embassy point of contact is Alan Holst, telephone (972) (3) 519-7437, fax 519-7484, email holstar@state.gov. The Government of Israel (GOI) has provided extensive written responses to post's questions on traffick [...]
2007-03-06 03:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGTIP ASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KJUS KWMN PHUM
07TELAVIV700ISRAEL 2007 TIP REPORT PART 2 OF 2
[...] No summary [...]
2007-03-06 03:54:00Embassy Tel AvivUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYGTIP ASEC ELAB IS KCRM KFRD KJUS KWMN PHUM
07TELAVIV736ISRAEL MFA INFORMED OF USG INTEREST IN AMIA CASE
[...] (C) Responding to reftel demarche, Israeli MFA Nonproliferation and Counterterrorism Department Director Yehuda Yaakov expressed appreciation for the update on the USG interest in the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) bombing case, calling it a "front and center" issue for the MFA. [...]
2007-03-08 13:25:00Embassy Tel AvivCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV PREL FBI KJUS ASEC KTFN KISL KIRF
07THEHAGUE1250NETHERLANDS: RESPONSE ON ROME RULE OF LAW
[...] (SBU) The GONL will support the Provincial Justice Coordination Mechanism (PJCM) at the July 2-3 Rome Rule of Law Conference on Afghanistan. MFA Afghanistan Desk Officer Jurian Muller said the Dutch are working on a multi-year pledge for the Multilateral Funding Mechanism; this pledge is curr [...]
2007-06-28 11:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS SA AF IBRD NL
07THEHAGUE2086NETHERLANDS/IRAN: LEVINSON DEMARCHE DELIVERED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-21 16:03:00Embassy The HagueSECRETPREL PTER PHUM KJUS KDEM CASC NL IR
07THEHAGUE2095STATUS OF RATIFICATION OF EXTRADITION AND MLAT TREATIES:
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Dutch ratification package for the U.S.-EU extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance (MLAT) Treaties, including the bilateral implementing agreements, has not yet been submitted to Parliament for approval. The package has been approved by the Cabinet and is currently with th [...]
2007-12-27 12:52:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYCJAN KCRM KJUS PREL PGOV EUN NL
07THEHAGUE529GLOBAL FORUM V: DUTCH WILL NOT SEND FORMAL
[...] (SBU) The Dutch will not send a formal delegation to the April 2-5 Fifth Global Forum on Fighting Corruption and Safeguarding Integrity (GF V) in Johannesburg, South Africa. Hans van Bodegraven, Director of Customs and Consumer Finance at the Dutch Ministry of Finance, told Econoff March 21 the [...]
2007-03-23 14:55:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KCOR KJUS AORC ASEC OTRA OVIP PREL UN
07THEHAGUE833 SCENESETTER FOR ONDCP DIRECTOR WALTERS, MAY 7-8, 2007
[...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to the Netherlands. You will be the first cabinet-level visitor since the new Dutch government took office. Your agenda will include meetings with three Ministers: Health Minister Ab Klink, Justice Minister Hirsch Ballin, and Foreign Minister Maxime Verhage [...]
2007-05-03 15:17:00Embassy The HagueUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYOVIP SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS PINR NL
07THEHAGUE949ONDCP DIRECTOR'S MAY 7-8 VISIT TO THE NETHERLANDS
[...] (C) Summary. White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Director John Walters visited The Hague May 7-8. In meetings with the Foreign, Justice, and Health Ministries, Walters thanked the Dutch for their cooperation on a range of counter-narcotics issues from improved police-to [...]
2007-05-18 16:59:00Embassy The HagueCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM PINR NL
07TIRANA173SEVENTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKIG IN PERSONS
[...] (U) Below are Embassy Tirana's responses to the Qepartment's questions about trafficking in persons in Albania. SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) Albania is a source country for trafficking in person1 but is deemed by various international observer groups to no longer be a significant country of [...]
2007-03-02 15:58:00Embassy TiranaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PHUM KQM ELAB CMAE KQRDQ PPEF PREL KJUS
07TIRANA963ALBANIA WILL SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR
[...] (C) POLOFF delivered ref demarch to the Director of Albanian State Police (ASP) Ahment Prenci on 30 October 2007. Albania plans to send three representatives from the ASP to the INTERPOL General Assembly in Marrakech, Morocco, including Deputy Director of ASP Argon Kalicaj, INTERPOL chief Pe [...]
2007-11-01 14:59:00Embassy TiranaCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KJUS AL IR
07TOKYO153JAPAN'S VIEWS ON WAR CRIME ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: During a series of meetings on December 21-22, 2006, Senior Advisor to the Office of War Crime Issues Milbert Shin met with academics, Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA) think tank scholars, and government officials to discuss progress in the establishment of the K [...]
2007-01-12 07:59:00Embassy TokyoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KAWC KJUS KLIG PHUM PREL AS ID JA KCRM
07TOKYO5661DEMARCHE DELIVERED: FOREIGN AGENTS IN THE UNITED
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-27 03:08:00Embassy TokyoUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CJAN KJUS ASEC VE AR JA
07TUNIS1366RESPONSE TO IDENTIFYING ARAB JUDGE CANDIDATES FOR
[...] No summary [...]
2007-10-09 14:52:00Embassy TunisUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYUNSC KJUS KCRM LE SY TS PREL
07ULAANBAATAR480REGIONAL STRATEGIES TO COUNTER THE TERRORIST
[...] (C) As requested in ref A, post would like to suggest that Washington consider how it can best retain and strengthen support by counter-terrorism allies and coalition partners such as Mongolia. Mongolia,s General Intelligence Agency's (GIA) has repeatedly pressed the USG for CT assistance and [...]
2007-08-24 08:14:00Embassy UlaanbaatarSECRETPTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL KPAO ASEC MG
07USUNNEWYORK21UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT
[...] This is a guidance request - see para 7. 2. SUMMARY: In the coming weeks, the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee will convene a series of meetings, including a day-long discussion to be hosted by the UK Mission on January 17, to consider a series of issues that will impact th [...]
2007-01-12 22:47:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK429INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA
[...] (C) Summary: In a conversation with the UN Legal Counsel, Amb Wolff again urged that the Secretary General delay filling the soon to be vacant ICTY Prosecutor's job in order to allow time to identify another suitable UN position for the UN International Independent Investigation Commission (U [...]
2007-05-31 23:51:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALKAWC KJUS UN XT ZL XF
07USUNNEWYORK455UNSC/SUDAN: PREVIEW OF JUNE 7 ICC BRIEFING
[...] (SBU) Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division Director Beatrice Le Fraper du Hellen previewed for Poloff International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's June 7 briefing on June 6. Le Frapeur said Ocampo's main message would be t [...]
2007-06-07 14:26:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL SU UNSC KJUS
07USUNNEWYORK49UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: USUN M/R joined other Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee members (UK, Canada, Netherlands, Sierra Leone, Nigeria) for a day-long meeting convened January 17 at the UK Mission to assess the more than fifty recommendations to improve efficiency of the Special Court [...]
2007-01-24 15:56:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK499(ICTY) YUGOSLAV WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL PROSECUTOR
[...] (U) Summary: In a farewell call, ICTY Prosecutor Carla del Ponte described her work and plans for the months between now and September when her resignation from the Tribunal takes effect. Earlier she told the Security Council that, "the fact that four persons remain at large, in particular, [...]
2007-06-20 15:16:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALICTY KAWC KJUS SR XH MW
07USUNNEWYORK507INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA (ICTR)-
[...] Amb. Gerald Scott, USUN Senior Area Adviser for Africa,and USUN Legal Adviser Carolyn Willson met on June 21 with Rwanda's Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga and the GOR's representative to the ICTR, Mutabingwa Alloys, at their request, to discuss Rwanda's role in the ICTR's completion strateg [...]
2007-06-22 19:55:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKAWC KJUS PREF PREL ZF RW
07USUNNEWYORK554PROPOSED APPOINTMENTS OF PROSECUTORS FOR THE
[...] This is an action request. Please see Para 5. 2. (C) UN Under-Secretary General for Legal Affairs, Nicolas Michel, informed USUN on July 6, that the Secretary General plans to take action to extend the terms of the current Prosecutors for the ICTR and ICTY. The Statutes of the Tribunal [...]
2007-07-06 20:50:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIALICTY KAWC KJUS PGOV PREL
07USUNNEWYORK607UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT
[...] USUN has received a letter dated July 10, 2007 (full text - para 2) from Canadian Ambassador John McNee, current Chairman of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee, addressed to Ambassador Khalilzad seeking additional U.S. financial support for the Special Court. The Special Cou [...]
2007-07-25 16:21:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK629UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT
[...] USUN has received a letter dated July 10, 2007 (full text - para 2) from Canadian Ambassador John McNee, current Chairman of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee, addressed to Ambassador Khalilzad seeking additional U.S. financial support for the Special Court. The Special Cou [...]
2007-07-31 21:25:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK646UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: COURT PRESIDENT
[...] SUMMARY: Sierra Leone Special Court President Judge George Galaga King told members of the Special Court Management Committee via telephone on August 2 that motions from the defense teams in both the Charles Taylor case and the AFRC appeal seeking additional time to prepare, if approved by th [...]
2007-08-07 19:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA
07USUNNEWYORK780LEBANON TRIBUNAL - PROGRESS REPORT
[...] USUN Legal Adviser spoke with UN Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs, Larry Johnson, September 18, about progress on the appointment of a Prosecutor and Judges for the Lebanon Tribunal. He confirmed that UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel has interviewed some prospects for the Prosecu [...]
2007-09-21 16:04:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS LE PREL SY
07USUNNEWYORK789U.S. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR
[...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY: Mission Legal Adviser delivered reftel names of individuals interested in working with the Special Tribunal for Lebanon to UN Legal Counsel Nicolas Michel and UN Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs Larry Johnson on September 24. On the margins of the meeting, Mi [...]
2007-09-24 21:33:00USUN New YorkCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNKCRM KJUS LE PREL SY
07USUNNEWYORK852UN BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ON LEBANON
[...] Summary: The UN is moving to appoint the principal officers of the Lebanon Tribunal during October and November. UN Legal Counsel told Security Council members that a mechanism has been set up to identify the Tribunal Prosecutor and Judges before the end of the year. He explained that the [...]
2007-10-11 13:59:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KJUS LE PREL SY
07USUNNEWYORK937MEETING WITH RWANDA TRIBUNAL (ICTR) PRESIDENT SIR
[...] On Wednesday, October 17, 2007, Ambassador Wallace and USUN Legal Adviser met with Judge Dennis Byron who was in New York to address the General Assembly. Byron was accompanied by Spokesperson of the Tribunal, Roland Kouassi G. Amoussouga. Recognizing the serious violations of humanitarian law [...]
2007-10-31 19:05:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDUN UNGA KJUS KAWC ICTR
07USUNNEWYORK967UN: ICJ PRESIDENT HIGGINS LOBBIES FOR EQUAL PAY
[...] SUMMARY: Justice Rosalyn Higgins, President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ),met on November 2 with Ambassador Wallace to request USG assistance in redressing the "invidious situation" created by the General Assembly's decision in Resolution 61/262 to establish a different pay sca [...]
2007-11-07 18:06:00USUN New YorkUNCLASSIFIEDPREL UNSC UNGA KJUS PGOV
07VIENTIANE288VIENTIANE DIPLOMATS DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
[...] (C) Summary: Representatives of "like-minded" countries and international organizations in Vientiane, including the United States, EU, France, Australia, UNICEF, UNDP, and others, met to review recent events on the human rights front, including the recent visit by EU Parliamentarians to Laos. [...]
2007-04-06 06:32:00Embassy VientianeCONFIDENTIALKJUS LA PGOV PHUM PINR PREF PREL TH
07VIENTIANE787DEMARCHE: HMONG "MATERIAL SUPPORT" EXEMPTION
[...] (U) This cable contains an action request. See paragraph 10. 2. (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Assistant Foreign Minister Alounkeo regarding the Hmong material support exemption (Ref A) on October 22. Despite the Ambassador's reassurances that the waiver does not represent a [...]
2007-10-23 10:10:00Embassy VientianeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREF PREL KJUS CVIS PHUM LA TH
07VILNIUS783SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL
[...] (C) Lithuania will send a representative to the INTERPOL General Assembly meeting in Morocco on November 5. Argentina's diplomatic representation for Lithuania is provided by its mission in Finland. We contacted Embassy Helsinki for help determining if our assistance would be beneficial. [...]
2007-10-31 12:48:00Embassy VilniusCONFIDENTIALPTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV LH IR
07WARSAW1237TIP ISSUES GRAB POLISH HEADLINES
[...] (U) Summary. Polish media has recently highlighted a number of instances where law enforcement mishandled and deported TIP victims. Interior Minster Kaczmarek seized on the bad press to highlight the seriousness of the problem to the public and launched an internal investigation, and the Huma [...]
2007-05-30 09:46:00Embassy WarsawUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREF KCRM KJUS PL
07WELLINGTON791SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL
[...] (C) In response to reftel demarche, Pol/Econ Counselor spoke with an Argentine Embassy official, who related that the Government of Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs had discussed the issue of the red notices with the New Zealand Embassy in Buenos Aires. The Argentine Embassy in Wellin [...]
2007-11-02 04:21:00Embassy WellingtonCONFIDENTIALPTER KJUS PREL NZ
07YAOUNDE1306ARGENTINA'S REQUEST RELATED TO AMIA BOMBING:
[...] (S) Poloff met with Cameroon's head of Interpol, Marie Ndombol, on November 1 to deliver reftel demarche on Argentina's request to have the November 5 Interpol General Assembly uphold the executive committee's decision to issue red flag notices against Iranian officials charged in the 1994 A [...]
2007-11-02 08:39:00Embassy YaoundeSECRETKJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR CM
07YEREVAN1282JUDGE OHANIAN BROUGHT DOWN BY CORRUPTION
[...] (C) The case of fired judge Ohanian (reftel) came up during a conversation with David Harutyunian (protect). Harutyunian currently chairs the parliamentary committee on State and Legal Affairs, but was justice minister prior to the May 2007 elections. Harutyunian confirmed that top law enfo [...]
2007-10-25 11:03:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM AM
07YEREVAN1384 MIXED, LARGELY SANGUINE REACTIONS TO ARMENIA'S ELECTORAL
[...] (SBU) With the presidential election set for February, parliament swiftly enacted electoral code changes that took effect November 20. Over the course of two day-long readings, the parliament amended almost one third of the articles of Armenia's electoral code. IFES and other election monitor [...]
2007-11-28 04:24:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM
07YEREVAN1445DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON
[...] No summary [...]
2007-12-18 11:34:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALKJUS CASC PGOV PHUM PREL IR AM
07YEREVAN1446 ARMENIA HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP (NOVEMBER-DECEMBER)
[...] (U) Headlines in this round-up: -- MONITORING OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION COVERAGE -- CIVIL PROTEST OVER INFORMATION POLICY OF PUBLIC TV -- CONTINUING REPORTS OF MEDIA CLAMPDOWN -- THE ONGOING TRAVAILS OF GALA TV -- TER-PETROSSIAN'S PRE-ELECTION MONITORING REPORTS -- HOUSING CERTIFICATES FOR 1 [...]
2007-12-18 12:02:00Embassy YerevanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI ELAB KDEM KJUS KWMN HSTC
07YEREVAN783CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM RESTRUCTURES INVESTIGATIVE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian law enforcement is grappling with a major restructuring that strips the powerful Prosecutor General's or "Procuracy" organization of all its investigative functions and staff, transferring the investigators themselves into police agencies. The reform is an excellent one [...]
2007-06-15 12:47:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KJUS KCRM KDEM KTIP HSTC
07YEREVAN794ARMENIAN COURTS RULE ON ELECTION VIOLATION CASES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Armenian courts continue to deliver verdicts for election fraud, with a total of six cases, affecting 15 individual defendants, now adjudicated. Verdicts have now been announced in five more cases. Three persons were sentenced to imprisonment for one or two years; one person wa [...]
2007-06-18 13:14:00Embassy YerevanCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM
07ZAGREB853CROATIAN GENERALS' WAR CRIMES TRIAL CONTINUES
[...] (SBU) Summary and Comment. The case of Croatian Army Generals Rahim Ademi and Mirko Norac, whose trial began in the summer, continued this week. It is the first, and likely only, case to be transferred to Croatia by the ICTY (a so-called 11 bis case). As such, it is seen as a test of Croati [...]
2007-09-17 08:40:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIEDHR CROATIA ICTY KAWC KJUS
07ZAGREB996CROATIA INCSR 2006/2007 - PART ONE
[...] (U) Below please find, per reftel request, part one of post's submission for the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. Part two on money laundering will be submitted septel. Croatia I. Summary Croatia is not a producer of narcotics. However, narcotics smuggling through th [...]
2007-11-06 09:28:00Embassy ZagrebUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL KJUS KCRM HR
08ABIDJAN403COTE D'IVOIRE: COCOA SECTOR OFFICIALS ARRESTED AS
[...] (U) Summary: Twenty-three top officials of the cocoa/coffee sector were indicted on June 13 on charges of embezzlement, breach of trust, misuse of corporate assets, fraud, and forgery. As of June 23, 12 of the 23 were under arrest. Those arrested include close associates of the ruling FPI pa [...]
2008-06-25 08:51:00Embassy AbidjanUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EIND ETRD KCOR KJUS PGOV IV
08ABIDJAN439COTE D'IVOIRE: JUSTICE FOR THE RICH AND POWERFUL
[...] (C) Summary. Cote d'Ivoire's judicial system is broken and not likely to be fixed soon. The President of the Ivorian Bar Association told Ambassador that the judiciary is filled with corrupt judges. Court decisions are not published and judges' copies of their decisions are sent to persons out [...]
2008-07-07 18:40:00Embassy AbidjanCONFIDENTIALKCOR KDEM KJUS PGOV IV
08ABUDHABI718PRODUCTIVE JUDICIAL CONFERENCE IN ABU DHABI
[...] (U) The United Arab Emirates (UAE) hosted the "International Conference of the Presidents of the Supreme Courts of the World" March 23-24, 2008, in Abu Dhabi. Jurists from 32 countries attended the Conference, which focused on relations between federal and local judicial systems; twenty-first [...]
2008-06-17 04:10:00Embassy Abu DhabiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KJUS AE
08ABUJA1023NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAY 1-15,
[...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of May 1-15, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Re-runs -- Corruption -- Human Rights, TIP -- National Assembly -- Narcotics and Law Enfo [...]
2008-06-03 15:30:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS KCOR NI
08ABUJA1924AMBASSADOR IN KWARA STATE: INFLUENTIAL EMIR SPEAKS
[...] (SBU) Summary. During a September 21-22, 2008, trip to Kwara State, Ambassador Sanders paid a courtesy visit on the well-respected and influential Emir of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Kolapo Sulu Gambari. The Emir, a former appeals court judge and cousin of UN Special Envoy Ibrahim Gambari, stepped o [...]
2008-09-26 14:18:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR KJUS NI
08ABUJA23NIGERIA: POL/ECON UPDATES FOR DECEMBER 2007
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nigeria's fragile democracy continues to face several challenges. Domestic and international observers assessed the April elections, which brought President Umaru Yar'Adua (of the People's Democratic Party, PDP) to power as marred by gross irregularities, intimidation of voters [...]
2008-01-07 07:05:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM KCOR KJUS NI
08ABUJA2348NIGERIA: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RIBADU ISSUE WITH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Following a luncheon at the home of Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe on Sunday, November 30, the Ambassador had a private one-hour meeting with the FonMin to discuss the GON's total mishandling of issues surrounding former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Chair Nuhu Rib [...]
2008-12-02 11:36:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCOR KCRM KJUS NI
08ABUJA254NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TRIBUNAL CLOSES,
[...] (U) On February 5, the Presidential Election Tribunal heard closing arguments in the joint petition filed by Muhammadu Buhari (All Nigeria People's Party, ANPP) and Atiku Abubakar (Action Congress, AC) contesting President Yar,Adua,s (People,s Democratic Party, PDP) April 2007 election. A str [...]
2008-02-08 12:14:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI
08ABUJA255NIGERIA: BUHARI STILL HOPEFUL TRIBUNAL WILL
[...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: Muhammadu Buhari, All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) presidential aspirant challenging the election of President Yar'Adua (People's Democratic Party, PDP) at the Presidential Election Tribunal contended the justness of his petition against Yar,Adua should override considerations [...]
2008-02-08 12:14:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI
08ABUJA355NIGERIA: TRIBUNAL OVERTURNS SENATE PRESIDENT'S
[...] (SBU) The Benue State Election Tribunal nullified the election of Senate President David Mark (People's Democratic Party, PDP) February 23, and ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to conduct fresh polls in two of Benue-South's nine local government areas (which constitu [...]
2008-02-25 17:23:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI
08ABUJA372AF DAS MOSS' MEETINGS WITH NIGERIAN CENTRAL BANK AND
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) told AF DAS Todd Moss and the Ambassador that the CBN will soon issue a policy on foreign banks merging with or acquiring Nigerian banks. The upcoming policy is not/not aimed at restricting other entry or operations by foreign [...]
2008-02-27 12:51:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECON ETRD PGOV KCRIM KJUS NI
08ABUJA395TEAM NIGERIA MEETS GON MINISTERS FOR WASHINGTON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 12, 2008, the Ambassador and an interagency team briefed key GON ministers, officials, and top advisers to President Yar'Adua on the current U.S.- Nigerian bilateral relation as a follow up to Yar'Adua's December 12-14, 2007 Washington trip. The presentation was orga [...]
2008-02-28 12:51:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV ECON EINV ETRD EPET ENRG SNAR KJUS
08ABUJA456(S/NF) NIGERIA: PDP POLITICO ON YAR'ADUA
[...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: Isyaku Ibrahim (strictly protect),a founding member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) and PDP Board of Trustees member, but also a strong critic of the party's current ruling group, alleged that President Yar'Adua directed Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petrol [...]
2008-03-07 15:08:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR KDEM KJUS KCOR NI
08ABUJA527NIGERIA: CORRUPT COURTS SLOW EFCC INVESTIGATION OF
[...] (C) Outgoing Chief of the EFCC External Cooperation Unit Ibrahim Mohammed (strictly protect) on March 11 confirmed press reports that former Rivers State Governor Peter Odili secured a "perpetual injunction" restraining the EFCC from arresting, detaining or prosecuting him -- in effect extendi [...]
2008-03-20 15:28:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIALPGOV SNAR KJUS KCOR NI
08ABUJA538NIGERIA: TERRORISM SUSPECTS GRANTED BAIL
[...] (U) The Abuja Federal High Court granted bail March 12 to Muhammad Ashafa, who has been in police custody since 2004 when the GON extradited him from Pakistan for alleged ties to al-Qaeda. Ashafa's counsel Ifeyinwa Obegolu told PolOff March 12 that the Nigerian police and State Security Servic [...]
2008-03-20 16:40:00Embassy AbujaSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PINR PTER KJUS KISL NI
08ABUJA624NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR MAR 17-31,
[...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of March 17-31, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Election Tribunals -- PDP Politics -- Niger Delta -- National Assembly -- Labor -- Economic News -- Military Affai [...]
2008-04-04 13:40:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS MASS ELBR KDEM
08ABUJA628 ILEA ROSWELL, New Mexico - Advanced Management Course -
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-07 14:01:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC EAID ECON NI
08ABUJA711 ILEA ROSWELL, New Mexico - Advanced Management Course -
[...] Name: Obi Josephine Ruth DOB: 08 May 1964 Gender: F Position/Rank: Superintendent of Narcotics Passport #: A00046337 Expiry date 01 October 2012 2. The Department has checked its files and finds it holds no credible information regarding gross abuse of human rights on the part of th [...]
2008-04-17 06:23:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS ASEC EAID NI
08ABUJA73NIGERIA: STATE TRIBUNAL RULES AGAINST PDP, CITES
[...] (U) On December 11, 2007 the Enugu State Election Tribunal nullified the elections of two People's Democratic Party (PDP) senators, Ayogu Eze and Patrick Asadu, on grounds of irregularities, intimidation of voters, unlawful cancellation of opponents' votes, falsification of results, and other [...]
2008-01-11 14:20:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI ELECTIONS
08ABUJA760NIGERIA: BIWEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR APR 1-15,
[...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of April 1-15, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Election Tribunals -- PDP Politics -- Corruption -- National Assembly -- Economic News -- Oil and Gas -- Other News [...]
2008-04-24 07:00:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS KCOR NI
08ABUJA780(C/NF) NIGERIA: CORRUPT COURT REVERSES TRIBUNAL
[...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: On April 10, the Kaduna Court of Appeal, which heard all appeals to electoral tribunal rulings in Nigeria's North-West zone, reversed the Kebbi State Election Tribunal decision to overturn Usman Dakin-Gari's (People's Democratic Party, PDP) gubernatorial election. The next day [...]
2008-04-25 15:23:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI
08ABUJA799NIGERIAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: SUPREME COURT MAY
[...] (C//NF) SUMMARY: On April 29, the Supreme Court convened its inaugural session in the appeals of presidential candidates Muhammadu Buhari (All Nigeria People's Party, ANPP) and Atiku Abubakar (Action Congress, AC) against President Umaru Yar'Adua (People's Democratic Party, PDP). Chief Justice [...]
2008-04-30 17:38:00Embassy AbujaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR KDEM KJUS KCOR NI
08ABUJA863NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATES FOR APR 16-30
[...] (U) Following is a joint Embassy Abuja-ConGen Lagos compilation of April 16-30, 2008 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in our other reporting, covering: -- Elections: Tribunals, Reforms, Re-Runs -- PDP Politics -- Corruption -- Niger Delta -- National Assembly -- Economi [...]
2008-05-12 08:58:00Embassy AbujaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS KCOR NI
08ACCRA381Response to ILEA Gaborone - Training Needs Assessment
[...] (U) Summary: Post has selected three senior level law enforcement officials to attend the ILEA - Gaborone Training Needs Assessment Conference, which will be held from April 14-16, 2008, in Gaborone, Botswana. As a delegation, the selected officials are senior level law enforcement personnel w [...]
2008-03-19 16:42:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR ASEC EAID ECON KJUS GH
08ACCRA388Response to ILEA Gaborone - Training Needs Assessment
[...] (U) Summary: Post has selected three senior level law enforcement officials to attend the ILEA - Gaborone Training Needs Assessment Conference, which will be held from April 14-16, 2008, in Gaborone, Botswana. As a delegation, the selected officials are senior level law enforcement personnel w [...]
2008-03-20 16:45:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR ASEC EAID ECON KJUS GH
08ACCRA674AN OVERVIEW OF THE OVERSEAS PROSECUTORIAL DEVELOPMENT AND
[...] (SBU) On November 19, 2007, the OPDAT Intermittent Legal Advisor (ILA) arrived at post and commenced her Trafficking in Person (TIP) Program. To date, the OPDAT ILA has trained law enforcement officers from the Ministry of Women and Children (MOWAC),the Department of Social Welfare (DSW),th [...]
2008-05-22 14:24:00Embassy AccraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS KWMN GH
08ADDISABABA1000ELECTIONS HERALD 7: THE INEVITABLE - OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 4, just over one week before the initial polling date (April 13) in Ethiopia's local elections, the largest participating opposition party, the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces (UEDF) formally outlined seven demands that they insist must be met by the National Electio [...]
2008-04-10 14:01:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA1111ELECTION HERALD 9: ELECTIONS FULFILL EPRDF PROPHECY
[...] (SBU) April 20 marked the second round of polling in Ethiopia's local elections and will decide the make-up of the thousands of kebele (district) administrations, as well as the few remaining federal parliamentary by-elections seats not chosen in the first round. As was the case on the April [...]
2008-04-23 06:13:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA1223DRAFT CIVIL SOCIETY LAW CLAMPS DOWN ON
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: On May 6, in a hastily called "consultative" meeting, Minister of Justice Assefa Kessito outlined for a group of several hundred NGO leaders the many changes outlined in the Ethiopian Government's (GoE) draft law governing civil society released on May 2. In th [...]
2008-05-07 15:46:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV EAID PHUM KJUS ET
08ADDISABABA145THE ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT CHEWS THE CUD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the course of the week of January 7, the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEB) hammered what appear to be the final nails in the coffin of the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) party. Since their surprise showing in the 2005 elections, gaining enough sea [...]
2008-01-17 15:26:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA1531EPRDF MOVES TO FURTHER STRIP POWER OF FORMER CUDP
[...] (SBU) At the May 21 quarterly address by PM Meles Zenawi to Parliament, leader of the former Coalition for Unity and Democracy Party (CUDP),Temesgen Zewdie, attempted to present his response and questions following the PM's speech, as is traditionally allowed for party leaders. However, befor [...]
2008-06-04 14:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIEDKDEM PGOV EAID PHUM KJUS ET
08ADDISABABA2116GOVERNMENT RELEASES POLITICAL PRISONER ON
[...] (SBU) Seven days after Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Rights, and Labor David Kramer asked senior Ethiopian Government (GoE) officials to grant political detainee Assefa Abraha parole in accordance with standard Ethiopian judicial practice, the GoE released the former senior offic [...]
2008-08-04 09:24:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKDEM KJUS PGOV PREL ET
08ADDISABABA2143ETHIOPIA'S JUDICIAL SYSTEM: IN TRANSITION
[...] (SBU) This cable provides a brief overview of Ethiopia's judicial system, based on contacts with legal practitioners. Ethiopia has both a regional (state) and a federal court system. The federal system handles matters of federal law and has benefited from external assistance, primarily from C [...]
2008-08-06 13:02:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS ET
08ADDISABABA260ETHIOPIA'S JUDICIAL DUE PROCESS, SEVERELY IN
[...] (C) Ethiopian elders informed Post that Prime Minister Meles has indicated that the two prominent civil society advocates from the NGO ActionAid, Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie, will not be released at the end of their sentences (May 1 and May 8 respectively) as decreed by the federal cou [...]
2008-02-04 10:40:00Embassy Addis AbabaSECRET//NOFORNKJUS KDEM PGOV PHUM ET
08ADDISABABA3ETHIOPIA: POLITICAL TRIAL WRAPS UP, CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 26, the trial of civil society leaders Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie came to a conclusion after nearly two years of proceedings. In a bittersweet ending, the two remaining defendants from among the 131 originally charged in the political trial of Hailu Shawel [...]
2008-01-02 10:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA335ETHIOPIA: TEACHERS ASSOCIATION SHUT DOWN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest set-back for civil society in Ethiopia, the independent Ethiopian Teachers, Association (ETA),which claims to represent the bulk of Ethiopia's teachers, has had its doors shut once and for all by the judicial system. On February 7, the Supreme Court ruled that the [...]
2008-02-11 13:37:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA3460HARASSING THE OPPOSITION
[...] (SBU) In the most overt case of harassment of the political opposition since the April local elections, the Ethiopian Government (GoE) has detained Birtukan Mideksa, Chairperson of the Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) party, three times in the three weeks and today arrested her. Birtukan [...]
2008-12-29 14:36:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALKDEM PGOV KJUS PHUM ET
08ADDISABABA4ETHIOPIA: POLITICAL TRIAL WRAPS UP, CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-02 10:08:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA596ELECTIONS HERALD 3: SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. From January 28 to February 1, Poloff and senior political FSN visited several areas in the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) and the southern portion of the Oromiya region, to meet with opposition leaders, government administrators and NGOs in order to [...]
2008-03-04 06:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ADDISABABA838ETHIOPIA: CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS TO BE PARDONED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After nearly two and half years in prison, civil society leaders Daniel Bekele and Netsanet Demissie, the final two political prisoners from the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) trial, are set to be granted a pardon and released from prison. Though they are now only about [...]
2008-03-28 08:45:00Embassy Addis AbabaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET
08ALGIERS774ENHANCING ALGERIA'S ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING CAPACITY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Algeria's still nascent financial intelligence unit is ready to cooperate on a technical assistance program to be offered through the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) at the U.S. Department of Treasury in the area of anti-money laundering and terrorist finance (AML/TF). Bo [...]
2008-07-08 15:58:00Embassy AlgiersUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEFIN ECIN KTFN KCRM KJUS PREL PTER ECON AG
08ALGIERS793FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION LISTING - ARMED
[...] (S/NF) In response to reftel, according to available information the Armed Islamic Group (GIA) has not been involved in terrorist activity during the period 2003-2008. Algerian sources share GRPO analysis that the GIA no longer has a formal leadership structure; however, they tell us that GIA [...]
2008-07-14 16:59:00Embassy AlgiersSECRET//NOFORNPTER PGOV ASEC PREL KCRM KJUS AG
08ASHGABAT1055TURKMENISTAN: IDHR DIRECTOR AKHMEDOVA'S JULY 5-12
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Institute for Democracy and Human Rights Director Shirin Akhmedova led a delegation to the UK July 5-12 to explore UK best practices in human rights, civil society regulation, and penal, judicial, and legal reform. Akhmedova told her hosts that the meetings were all very useful an [...]
2008-08-13 11:13:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM EAID KDEM KJUS TX
08ASHGABAT1144TURKMENISTAN: CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION A LIKELY
[...] (C) It appears that the Turkmen may have decided against participation in a conference sponsored by a USAID implementing partner in order to avoid unwanted pressure from Russia. USAID sent an invitation for one representative from the Ministry of Education and one from the Institute for Demo [...]
2008-08-29 13:26:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPREL EAID KJUS TX
08ASHGABAT3 ICITAP EXPOSES TURKMENISTAN'S LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS TO
[...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: For the first time, law-enforcement officers from all five of Turkmenistan's provinces plus Ashgabat gathered for a Department of Justice International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) tra [...]
2008-01-02 11:02:00Embassy AshgabatUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL EAID KJUS KCRM TX
08ASHGABAT885TURKMENISTAN: OSCE TRAINING EXPOSES TURKMEN
[...] (C) An OSCE-sponsored team made up of a prosecutor from the Republic of Georgia and a judge from the UK recently spent two weeks in Turkmenistan giving seminars on British jurisprudence. The British judge told emboff July 11 that they had held sessions in Turkmenbashy, Turkmenabat, Mary, and [...]
2008-07-14 13:29:00Embassy AshgabatCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KJUS TX
08ASUNCION406PARAGUAYAN SUPREME COURT VACANCIES
[...] (C) Paraguay's notoriously politicized judiciary remains a major impediment to continued democratic progress. While the Supreme Court has made recent strides in terms of putting in place new transparency and accountability systems, the selection process for judges remains opaque and linked to [...]
2008-06-20 18:07:00Embassy AsuncionCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PA
08ATHENS1028SOMALI PIRACY: GREEK SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-18 15:42:00Embassy AthensCONFIDENTIALEWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL SOCI XA XW GR
08ATHENS1205ADDITIONAL REASONS NOT TO REMOVE 17N FROM FTO LIST
[...] (S) Embassy Athens remains strongly opposed to the removal of the Greek terrorist organization 17 November (17N) from the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) list. We offer the following new factual elements to supplement information provided in refs A, B, and C. 2. (S/NF) There are, as w [...]
2008-08-26 16:07:00Embassy AthensSECRET//NOFORNPGOV PREL PTER ASEC KCRM KJUS GR
08ATHENS631FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION LIST: 17N, RN, AND
[...] (S/NF) In response to reftel request seeking information on the activities of the Greek terrorist groups 17 November (17N) and Revolutionary Nuclei (RN) since their last re-designation as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) in 2003, Embassy Counterterrorism Task Force (CTTF) reviewed all av [...]
2008-05-09 15:23:00Embassy AthensSECRET//NOFORNPTER ASEC PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS GR
08BAGHDAD102IRAQI PARLIAMENTARIAN ALLEGES TERRIBLE PRISON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-01-14 11:11:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM ECON KDEM KJUS PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1041MOHR DISCUSSES AMNESTY LAW, COM DECISIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim discussed with PolOff on April 2 the state of amnesty implementation and recent Council of Ministers votes. A Ministry of Human Rights team has been investigating actual releases of detainees under the Amnesty Law and has found that far [...]
2008-04-05 12:43:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1076KRG LAW ESTABLISHES FRAMEWORK FOR INCREASED JUDICIAL
[...] (SBU) In November 2007 the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) passed a law separating the judiciary from the executive. Specifically, the Judicial Power Law (JPL) establishes a Judicial Council (KJC) to take over responsibility for the management of judges and courts from the KRG Ministry of J [...]
2008-04-07 16:18:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD1118GOI'S LARGEST DETENTION FACILITY GETS LEGAL CLINIC
[...] SUMMARY: A modest grant from the Ambassador's Targeted Development Program fund has given the Iraqi Bar Association (IBA) resources to operate a legal aid clinic at Baghdad's largest detention center. Many of the detainees have been held for years without charges or progress in their cases. [...]
2008-04-10 02:58:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDEAID KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1238GOI AMNESTY LAW MEETINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: GoI officials held two recent meetings to discuss the problems with Amnesty Law implementation and to explore potential solutions. According to Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim, the first meeting on April 17 focused on finger-pointing, with participants blaming each other f [...]
2008-04-21 18:40:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKJUS PREL PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1332GOI ACTIVE ON SOLVING AMNESTY IMPLEMENTATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: We are detecting an increased sense of urgency within the GoI concerning implementation of the Amnesty Law. Barham Saleh hosted a third meeting of the core Amnesty group (reftel) on April 21, which led to a decision to have the Ministry of Human Rights track each amnesty releas [...]
2008-04-29 15:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PREL PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1463ENGAGEMENT WITH UNAMI ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy and MNF-I officials briefed Hania Mufti, head of the UNAMI Human Rights Office, on April 18 regarding issues discussed in UNAMI's recent Human Rights report. Topics of discussion centered on UNAMI's recommendations to MNF-I in the July-December 2007 report. Officials [...]
2008-05-11 08:45:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS IZ PINS UN
08BAGHDAD147MOLSA MINISTER ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IMPROVING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 13 meeting, the Minister of Labor and Social Affairs expressed his enthusiasm for USG support for alleviating the overcrowded conditions of the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, (MOLSA) juvenile facilities. He discussed near-term solutions such as removing squa [...]
2008-01-21 07:29:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1495NEW ACTING MINISTER OF JUSTICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Trade Abd al-Falah al-Sudani was appointed as an additional Acting Minister of Justice on May 4. Sudani will help with ministry operations in Baghdad while the existing Acting Minister of Justice Dr. Safa al-Safi is in Basrah. According to Deputy Minister of Justic [...]
2008-05-14 06:41:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKJUS ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD1532COR MEMBER ALLEGES HORRIFIC CONDITIONS AT WOMEN'S
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Nada Ibrahim, a parliamentarian in the Hewar party, recounted her May 12 visit to Khadimiya women's prison to PolOff on May 13. She was shocked at the conditions of the prison and the lives of the female detainees. She said the prison had been infiltrated by militias and was ope [...]
2008-05-18 14:09:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1553NEW AMNESTY AMENDMENTS: A THREAT TO CONTINUED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Council of Ministers approved amendments to the Amnesty Law on May 6 that would exempt more detainees from receiving amnesty due to concerns of granting amnesty to terrorists (reftel). The new provisions would exclude anyone charged with or convicted of crimes of terrorism [...]
2008-05-19 17:26:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1554MOHR OPERATATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) operates 14 governorate offices throughout Iraq (excluding the KRG); they are overseen by the director general for governorate affairs, Ghanim Al-Shemari. The Ministry has a clear vision for how the offices in each governorate should be struc [...]
2008-05-19 18:04:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD179MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON PRISONS AND COR HR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim on January 19 criticized living conditions she observed during a recent unannounced visit to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ)-operated Khadamiya women,s prison that she undertook at PM Maliki's request. She said that while some inmates alleged [...]
2008-01-23 20:41:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1921MOHR: 5000 AMNESTY RELEASES, PROBLEMS WITH HJC
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim said on June 19 that her ministry has confirmed that amnesty releases around the country reached almost 5,000. Her estimates are far greater than our numbers, as they include previously unavailable numbers from the Ministry of Interior, whic [...]
2008-06-23 18:10:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1954MOHR BEGINS NEW MASS GRAVE INVESTIGATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Ministry of Human Rights team began a new series of mass grave investigations in Najaf two weeks ago and has so far recovered 70 remains, all Kurdish victims during the Saddam regime. They recently discovered a secondary site, which they think contains Shi'a victims. The tea [...]
2008-06-25 17:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINS KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD2105MOHR ON GOI MEK DISCUSSIONS
[...] (S) On July 3 Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim briefed PolOff on her recent discussions with the Prime Minister about the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK). Wijdan said she recently met with the PM about the GoI plan to take over responsibility for the MEK at Camp Ashraf. The PM said he wanted t [...]
2008-07-07 13:24:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPHUM KJUS PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2113KADHAMIYA WOMEN'S PRISON UPDATES
[...] (S): SUMMARY: Following up on previous reporting about conditions at Kadhamiya Women's Prison, PRTOffs visited the detention facility on June 15 and were able to see some of the concerns first-hand. Embassy officials met on June 15 with CoR member Nada Ibrahim (Hewar) and Masha'el Haider Ha [...]
2008-07-07 16:41:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETKJUS PHUM PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2158POST RESPONSE TO LEAHY VETTING IN IRAQ
[...] Post concurs with recommendations detailed in reftel. 2. As the security situation continues to stabilize in Iraq, specific USG security assistance programs will need to further comply with Leahy Amendment vetting. Post recommends the programs detailed below be vetted according to provide [...]
2008-07-11 12:32:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KJUS PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2251MOHR ON SAUDI DETAINEES, TORTURE, NATIONAL HR
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim told PolOff on July 17 about her July 14 meetings in Amman with Saudi officials on Saudi detainees in GOI and MNF-I custody. The Saudi officials from the Human Rights Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requested a list of Saudi d [...]
2008-07-20 05:48:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPHUM KJUS PINS PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2304MEK SECURITY TRANSITION: INFORMAL MULTI-PARTY
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Informal discussions on July 20 among the GOI, USG, ICRC, UNAMI, and Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK)leaders from Ashraf helped to clarify the positions and roles that each party would play in the transfer of responsibility for the MEK from the USG to the GOI, and the ensuing questions of [...]
2008-07-24 13:55:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPHUM KJUS PINS PTER PREL UN IZ
08BAGHDAD2348MOHR TELLS AMBASSADOR GOI DOES NOT SUPPORT HUMAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim told the Ambassador on July 22 that the GOI does not support human rights and threatens to undermine her ministry in its work with the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) and detention facilities. She sought guidance from the Ambassador on how to deal wi [...]
2008-07-28 06:43:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KJUS PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2368LACK OF ACCOUNTABILITY OF MOI CRIMES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Although there is much evidence of torture and abuse in Ministry of Interior (MoI) detention facilities and police stations, no one has been sentenced and imprisoned in 2008. The MoI Inspector General's office and Human Rights office seem to have little power to do anything more [...]
2008-07-29 07:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINS KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD2396GOI CALLS DETENTION OPERATIONS AND AMNESTY LAW A
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih and Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim convened a meeting on July 27 with representatives of all three branches of government to address problems in the GOI detention system and with implementation of the Amnesty Law. Each branch representa [...]
2008-07-31 11:22:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPHUM KJUS PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2421(SBU) KARBALA'S LARGEST JAIL BURSTING AT SEAMS.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Karbala's largest jail (technically a pre-trial detention facility) is filled beyond capacity. Because the province does not have a prison and the regional prison in al-Hillah also is full, Karbala's jail also houses post-trial detainees, including ten people (one female) convic [...]
2008-08-04 05:43:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD2439MOJ AL-SAFI "SHOCKED" BY WOMEN'S PRISON
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting Minister of Justice Safa al-Safi accompanied an MNF-I and Embassy inspection visit on August 2 to Kadhamiya Maximum Prison and Kadhamiya Women's Prison in Baghdad. At Kadhamiya Maximum, a high-value detainee prison that is monitored by ICITAP officials five days a week, a [...]
2008-08-05 07:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2519MOHR TO COORDINATE TCN RELEASE AND TRANSFER
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim told EmbOffs and Task Force 134 officials on August 7 that her ministry will help with the releases and transfers of third-country national (TCN) detainees in MNF-I custody to their home countries. Wijdan said that since her ministry is th [...]
2008-08-11 08:27:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPHUM KJUS PREL PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2582ICRC TO INCREASE GOI DETENTION INSPECTIONS AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: In separate meetings with PolOff and Embassy Legal Adviser on August 5, ICRC Iraq delegation members discussed their increased access to GOI detention facilities, ICRC support for USG efforts to obtain humane treatment assurances before transferring third country national detai [...]
2008-08-14 08:02:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETICRC PHUM KJUS PINS IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2658MEK ASSURANCES RECEIVED FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF IRAQ
[...] (C) On August 18, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) provided a Diplomatic Note (text at para 3) regarding assurances of humane treatment for Mujahedin e-Khalq residents of Camp Ashraf, in response to our diplomatic note dated July 18 (ref B). The assurances are nearly identical to the re [...]
2008-08-20 03:12:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINS KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD2866NINEWA: TRAVELING JUDGES ARE A SHORT-TERM FIX BUT
[...] (S) Summary. A panel of four traveling Baghdad trial judges did what the provincial justice system has failed to do over the last year: convict and sentence defendants guilty of terrorism-related offenses. Staying on the PRT, travelling to the Mosul court in 3rd ACR convoys, and working unde [...]
2008-09-06 12:54:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD2890STATE OF DETENTION FACILITIES IN IRAQ: SOUTH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There are still big problems with overcrowding in detention facilities in southern Iraq, with the consequent effect on supplies of food and medicine and judicial processing delays. There is an immediate need for more facilities, especially prisons, and more trained correctio [...]
2008-09-08 07:07:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KJUS PINS IQ
08BAGHDAD2900RRT ERBIL: ONE IRAQ: THE JUDICIARY CROSSES THE GREAT DIVIDE
[...] (SBU) Summary: Chief Justice Medhat on August 29 led a delegation of nine judges from the Iraq High Judicial Council (HJC) to meet with thirteen judges from the Kurdistan Region of Iraq who were selected by the Kurdistan Judicial Council (KJC). This was the first meeting between representative [...]
2008-09-08 15:12:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KJUS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2913STATE OF DETENTION FACILITIES IN IRAQ: NORTH AND
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Similar to conditions in southern and central Iraq, there are serious problems with overcrowding in detention facilities in northern and western Iraq. Ongoing GOI military operations and a lack of sufficient facilities, especially prisons, have exacerbated overcrowding in Diy [...]
2008-09-09 11:46:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS PINS IQ
08BAGHDAD2914MOHR CAUTIONS GOI WILL MOVE SLOWLY ON MEK AND
[...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim recognizes the need for the GOI to formulate a comprehensive plan for the transfer of security authority for Camp Ashraf and the post-transfer stage, but said the GOI has not yet reached consensus on modalities for the transfer and how the cam [...]
2008-09-09 13:10:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPHUM KJUS PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2946ICRC STATE OF PLAY ON MEK
[...] (S) SUMMARY: ICRC conducted its first official visit to the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf from August 24-26 in line with its agreement to increase ICRC involvement in the transfer of responsibility for the MEK from the USG to the GOI. ICRC Iraq delegation head Juan Pedro Schaerer s [...]
2008-09-12 09:45:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPHUM PINS PTER ICRC KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD3032KARBALA: TRIBAL FEUD RESOLUTION IN OFFING
[...] (C) Summary: Resolution of the long-simmering dispute between Shi'a tribes in Karbala's eastern Ayn al-Tamr district and Sunni tribes in neighboring al-Rahaliyah in al-Anbar Province now appears possible. In response to a request from PRT Karbala, a prominent mediator has brought leaders fro [...]
2008-09-21 14:03:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL PINR IR IZ
08BAGHDAD3405KARBALA JAM CASES UNDERSCORE JUDICIAL PROGRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: A Karbala court on October 20 convicted two Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) members of possessing improvised explosive devices (IEDs) and sentenced them to life in prison. Days earlier, the same court acquitted five JAM members accused of setting fire to police vehicles during the violen [...]
2008-10-25 13:32:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS PHUM PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3423HUMAN RIGHTS IMPROVEMENTS IN INTERIOR AND DEFENSE
[...] (C) Summary: Due to recent changes in their organizational structures, the Human Rights Offices in the Ministries of Defense (MoD) and Interior (MoI) now face fewer restrictions in pursuing their human rights agendas. The Human Rights Directorate in the MoD was placed under the ministry's [...]
2008-10-27 09:56:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3445UPDATE ON MEK TRANSFER
[...] (S) Summary: In preparation for the transfer of security authority from the USG to the GOI for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf, the USG is encouraging MEK leaders to begin planning for the transition and pressing the GOI to formulate a plan for when it takes over responsibility. [...]
2008-10-28 18:01:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPHUM PTER KJUS PINS PREL UN IZ
08BAGHDAD3549KARBALA SECURITY STABLE; MILITIAS DISCREDITED
[...] (C) Karbala's security situation remains good, with no sign that militia-inspired violence, which last flared in 2007, will return. Nevertheless, the province -- which local officials reckon as "the world Shi'a capital" -- remains a tempting target for malefactors. During a November 3 meeting [...]
2008-11-10 08:39:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3556ICRC VISITS MEK; PM LEGAL ADVISOR ON MEK LEGAL
[...] (C) Summary: ICRC officials met with EmbOffs on November 4 to discuss their second visit to Camp Ashraf, during which they noted the Mujahedin el-Khalq (MEK) members' desperation over the impending transfer of security authority. The ICRC team delivered letters from family to some members, [...]
2008-11-10 16:51:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PREF IR IZ
08BAGHDAD3585STATE OF FREEDOM OF PRESS
[...] (SBU) Summary: Journalists and freedom of press organizations in Baghdad raised concerns during recent meetings about the decreasing independence of the media and continued violations against the press. They said a lack of freedom of press hinders journalists' ability to report independent [...]
2008-11-12 13:07:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD3587RRT ERBIL: LVIN EDITOR DETAILS KDP ATTEMPT TO KILL
[...] (C) During a November 5 meeting with Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq Krajeski, Sulaimaniya-based Lvin Magazine Editor-in-Chief Ahmad Mira provided details on what he said was a recent attempt by the KDP to kill him. Mira explained that PUK Asayeesh officers told him they arrested two men Sep [...]
2008-11-12 13:36:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS KDEM SOCI SCUL IZ
08BAGHDAD3599EUJUST LEX TO EXPAND HUMAN RIGHTS TRAINING IN 2009
[...] (C) Summary: An EU Integrated Rule of Law Mission for Iraq (EUJUST LEX) team spent ten days in Baghdad examining how best to restructure its current training programs for the extension of its mandate in mid-2009. For the next mandate, the EUJUST LEX program for Iraq wants to offer more sub [...]
2008-11-13 14:15:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PREL EU IZ
08BAGHDAD3678NEW GOI AMNESTY LAW VOTED DOWN BY MINISTERS
[...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Maliki proposed a new amnesty law during the November 4 Cabinet meeting, but ministers voted against it during the November 18 Cabinet meeting. According to Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim, although the PM was supporting the law, key ministers spoke agains [...]
2008-11-21 12:24:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALKJUS PINS PHUM PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD3725COR PASSES HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION LAW
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Iraqi parliament passed the previously languishing High Commission of Human Rights law on November 16. After little movement since the February 13 second reading and some opposition since then, the law passed with the vast majority of the votes, likely due to members' fo [...]
2008-11-25 15:30:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD3796GOI DELIVERS ASSURANCES TO MEK, TAKES CUSTODY OF
[...] (C) Summary: A GOI delegation led by Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim conveyed the GOI's humanitarian assurances to the USG to the Camp Ashraf (Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK)) leadership during a November 26 visit. The GOI had been reluctant to officially convey the assurances, concerned tha [...]
2008-12-04 06:37:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KJUS PTER PINS PREF IR IZ
08BAGHDAD3833KARBALA SECURITY FORCES IN HUMAN RIGHTS SPOTLIGHT
[...] (C) Summary: Karbala's Iraqi Police (IP) commander has suspended from duty 134 personnel, including six senior officers, for alleged human-rights abuses. The local head of former Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari's Islah (Reform) Party has also claimed that police beat and verbally abused 12 [...]
2008-12-07 15:35:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD392NINEWA: BAGHDAD JUDGES COMPLETE ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ninewa Major Crimes Court (MCC),which tries the most difficult terrorism and corruption cases, completed another successful panel in Mosul. With strong support from the PRT, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and 1st Armored Division, senior Baghdad judges returned January 22 to [...]
2008-02-10 15:21:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD3926HJC REJECTS EFFORT TO REFORM PERSONAL STATUS LAW
[...] (C) Summary: The Higher Judicial Council (HJC) has rejected a Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR)-drafted amendment that would have abrogated a provision in the 1972 Personal Status Law that requires minors to convert to Islam if one of their parents converts to Islam. The MoHR had sought the [...]
2008-12-15 16:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KIRF PGOV KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD3947FIRST USG/GOI MEETING ON SECURITY AGREEMENT
[...] (S) Summary: In the first meeting on implementation of the detainees article of the USG-GOI Security Agreement on December 10, the CG detailed the USG plan for releasing and/or transferring up to 1,500 detainees per month. Barham Saleh, the head of the existing GOI detention committee, pro [...]
2008-12-17 13:29:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPINS PTER KJUS PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD396NINEWA: BAGHDAD JUDGES COMPLETE ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ninewa Major Crimes Court (MCC),which tries the most difficult terrorism and corruption cases, completed another successful panel in Mosul. With strong support from the PRT, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment and 1st Armored Division, senior Baghdad judges returned January 22 to [...]
2008-02-11 06:40:00Embassy BaghdadSECRETPGOV PTER KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD578GOI BEGINS TO MAKE SOME PROGRESS IN IMPROVING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has begun to make some progress on addressing overcrowding in the juvenile justice system in Baghdad. The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (MOLSA) has identified a suitable site and has begun planning for a new juvenile facility in the 9 Nissan neighborhood and has b [...]
2008-02-28 08:52:00Embassy BaghdadCONFIDENTIALPHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD724SUMMARY OF GOI MEETINGS ON RULE OF LAW, DETENTIONS
[...] This is an update on the continuing Ministerial Committee on the Rule of Law and Detention meetings (MCROLD). Since our last summary the MCROLD has been marked by more senior participants - most ministries or agencies are now represented at the deputy minister level - and more organized meeti [...]
2008-03-11 14:09:00Embassy BaghdadUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL KJUS MOPS IZ
08BAKU658DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: DRL A/S Kramer and Foreign Minister Mammadaryov conducted the fourth round of the DRL-led U.S.-Azerbaijan Democracy and Human Rights Dialogue on June 27 in Baku. Mammadyarov defended Azerbaijan's recent electoral changes as in keeping with European standards and agreed that imp [...]
2008-07-09 07:01:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS KIRF PBTS AJ
08BAKU679AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF JAILED
[...] (C) On July 10 the Ambassador met with Jamil Hasanli, Member of Parliament and Chairman of the Committee Defending the Rights of Farhad Aliyev, and Elton Guliyev, a lawyer for Farhad Aliyev. Hasanli began the meeting with a discussion of the difficult situation facing journalists in Azerbaij [...]
2008-07-15 06:55:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALKDEM KJUS PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU687OPPOSITION MUSAVAT RALLY BROKEN UP BY POLICE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 11 a rally outside the Baku Mayor's Office organized by the Musavat Party was violently disrupted by the police. This rally was the first test of the GOAJ's implementation of its newly amended law on freedom of assembly. The continued inability of opposition parties t [...]
2008-07-17 14:42:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS AJ
08BAKU698TWO NEW ECHR JUDGMENTS AGAINST GOAJ
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 10 the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) delivered two new judgments against the GOAJ. The judgments in both Hajibeyli v. Azerbaijan and Rahmanova v. Azerbaijan found that the GOAJ had violated the plaintiff's right to a fair and timely trial, along with other violati [...]
2008-07-22 12:08:00Embassy BakuCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PHUM AJ
08BAMAKO707MALIANS RELEASE FIVE CHILD TRAFFICKING SUSPECTS
[...] On June 20 Malian judicial authorities the western town of Kita released three individuals arrested in March for allegedly trafficking 26 children (Ref. A). The individuals were released on their own recognizance in advance of their trial date, which has not yet been set. The public prosecu [...]
2008-08-05 14:37:00Embassy BamakoUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM PGOV KJUS ML
08BANGKOK1879FORMER CABINET MINISTER DISCUSSES LESE MAJESTE
[...] (C) Jakrapob Penkair, the former Minister Attached to the Prime Minister's Office who resigned on May 30 after being charged with lese majeste, told us on June 17 that he may be prosecuted for this alleged offense, but he would expect to be pardoned if convicted. He believed the police were li [...]
2008-06-18 09:56:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK189SUCCESSFUL PROSECUTION OF THAKSIN AND HIS WIFE
[...] (C) A leading lawyer working for the Shinawatra family privately characterized current charges against Potjaman, the wife of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin, as weak. The lawyer characterized the current Attorney General as fair but noted he would be under pressure to pursue prosecution. Thail [...]
2008-01-17 09:32:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK2091COURT RULINGS CLOUD FUTURE OF SAMAK ADMINISTRATION
[...] (C) The Supreme Court delivered a ruling on July 8 that may enable the Constitutional Court to dissolve the People's Power Party (PPP) and render Prime Minister Samak and other PPP executives unable to hold government office. If PPP were to be dissolved, this would prompt a change of administ [...]
2008-07-09 08:57:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK2092THAKSIN SHINAWATRA'S LEGAL TEAM PESSIMISTIC ABOUT
[...] (C) Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his wife are now on trial for alleged abuse of power in connection with a 2003 purchase of a plot of land from a state-affiliated institution. This trial may conclude as early as September. Thaksin's wife also appears likely to be convicted in [...]
2008-07-09 09:00:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK2111THAILAND'S FOREIGN MINISTER RESIGNS AFTER TEMPLE
[...] (U) Within hours of returning to Thailand from Canada, Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama held a press conference at the MFA on July 10. He briefly reviewed the Samak administration's efforts to improve Thailand's international relations, then specifically addressed the controversy surrounding [...]
2008-07-10 08:11:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK2137THAI GOVERNMENT'S FOES CALL FOR CRIMINAL CHARGES
[...] (C) A group of leading critics of the Samak administration on July 14 filed a complaint alleging that the cabinet, former Prime Minister Thaksin, and other RTG officials committed serious violations of the Thai Penal Code in initially supporting the inscription of the Preah Vihear temple on th [...]
2008-07-14 10:19:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK2226NO CLEAR PATH TO STABILITY IN THAI POLITICS
[...] (C) Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, under pressure, plans to carry out a cabinet reshuffle. He has gone on the offensive against his opponents, and he is once again publicly floating the idea of constitutional amendment. The shaky state of Samak's administration is a direct and deliberate c [...]
2008-07-22 04:24:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK2243THAKSIN PREDICTS NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT,
[...] (C) Former Prime Minister Thaksin told the Ambassador in a four-eyes meeting on July 23 that Prime Minister Samak had received royal approval to form a government of national unity in order to heal Thailand's political rifts. Thaksin estimated this government, incorporating all political part [...]
2008-07-23 09:51:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK2327WIFE OF FORMER PRIME MINISTER THAKSIN CONVICTED,
[...] (U) A three-judge panel of the Criminal Court on July 31 convicted Potjaman Shinawatra, wife of former Prime Minister Thaksin, on charges of tax evasion and providing false statements to the government. Potjaman's step-brother (Bannapot Damapong) and her secretary (Kanchanapa Honghern) were a [...]
2008-07-31 10:32:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK2343AMBASSADOR AND THAI FM TEJ DISCUSS POTUS VISIT,
[...] (C) The Ambassador and newly-appointed Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag agreed in a July 31 courtesy call that all arrangements were proceeding smoothly for the upcoming visit to Thailand of President Bush. Tej expressed appreciation for USG assistance in preventing the UN Security Council from fo [...]
2008-08-01 10:25:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PREF PARM KJUS UNSC UNGA ASEAN
08BANGKOK2357RESHUFFLED CABINET UNLIKELY TO ALTER TONE OF THAI
[...] (C) In a cabinet reshuffle announced on August 2, Prime Minister Samak, among other moves, demoted his Commerce Minister, returned to the cabinet a Minister who had been forced from office by a recent court ruling, appointed a former Police Chief as Interior Minister, and retained three offici [...]
2008-08-04 09:16:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK2427FORMER PM THAKSIN FLEES TO ENGLAND
[...] (C) Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra announced on August 11 that he had traveled to the U.K. in order to avoid victimization by unfair legal proceedings in Thailand. Thaksin's move will stave off further trials on various charges, although an ongoing prosecution will continue. It rema [...]
2008-08-13 08:57:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK282THE THAKSIN RESTORATION: SAMAK SUNDARAVEJ ELECTED
[...] (C) The House of Representatives elected People's Power Party (PPP) leader Samak Sundaravej as Prime Minister on January 28, and he will likely receive his formal appointment by King Bhumibol in a few days, forming a cabinet soon thereafter. Samak received full support from all political part [...]
2008-01-29 01:37:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK2940ENGAGING NEW THAI FM SOMPONG AT UNGA: THE CURRENT
[...] (C) Newly-inaugurated Deputy Prime Minister Sompong Amornwiwat, who serves concurrently as Foreign Minister, will make a short visit to UNGA/New York, arriving late September 27 with meetings on September 29-30. Post recommends an appropriate USG high-level interlocutor meet with Sompong in N [...]
2008-09-26 09:46:00Embassy BangkokSECRETPREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KJUS ETRD UNGA TH
08BANGKOK2977AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WITH FORMER PM SAMAK HIS
[...] (C) Summary: Former Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej resigned from his position as Party Leader of the People's Power Party (PPP) September 30. He remains free on bail as he continues to appeal a years-old defamation conviction. Samak told the Ambassador September 26 that he believed Queen Sirikit, [...]
2008-10-01 10:48:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS PINR TH
08BANGKOK3006THAI LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS CONTEMPLATING POLITICAL
[...] (C) Leading figures from the Thai administration and parliament appear to be moving towards considering ways to reform the Thai political system, although it is unclear when and precisely how they might proceed with constitutional amendments. PM Somchai Wongsawat, opposition leader Abhisit Ve [...]
2008-10-03 09:26:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK3020THAI POLICE ARREST TWO PAD DEMONSTRATION LEADERS
[...] (C) Thai Police arrested two leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) outside of the Government House compound over the October 3-5 weekend. One of the two, retired Major General Chamlong Srimuang, is widely seen as PAD's leading strategist. While Chamlong's arrest was not unexpe [...]
2008-10-06 10:58:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
08BANGKOK3042THAILAND POLITICAL CRISIS: BANGKOK QUIET IN
[...] (C) Summary. The streets of Bangkok's government district were quiet October 8 after a day and evening of violence left a large number of demonstrators and police injured and two dead. Thai police told us that a number of People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) demonstrators had been armed with [...]
2008-10-08 11:22:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
08BANGKOK3059THAILAND POLITICAL CRISIS: CHARGES AGAINST PAD
[...] (C) Summary. The streets of Bangkok remained quiet October 9. The major development came in the courts, when the Appeal Court threw out the most serious charges (of insurrection/treason) against the nine leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD). The two arrested PAD leaders then [...]
2008-10-09 10:04:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC TH
08BANGKOK3087JUSTICE DELAYED, NOT JUSTICE DENIED? FAMOUS THAI
[...] (SBU) Thailand's Criminal Court convicted Rangsan Torsuwan, one of Thailand's most famous architects and influential developers, on charges related to attempted murder on September 29, and sentenced him to 25 years' imprisonment. Three other defendants also received lengthy sentences, ranging [...]
2008-10-15 08:45:00Embassy BangkokUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PREL PGOV TH
08BANGKOK3167THAI FORMER PRIME MINISTER THAKSIN CONVICTED
[...] (U) A panel of Supreme Court Justices on October 21 convicted former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in connection with his wife's 2003 purchase of land from the Financial Institutions Development Fund (FIDF). (Ref D provides further background on this case.) The court sentenced Thaksin to [...]
2008-10-21 11:59:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK3191THAI PM SOMCHAI AIMS FOR CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT;
[...] (C) Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat told the Ambassador he was committed to a peaceful resolution of political disputes. He welcomed the Ambassador's expression of USG support for democracy and the rule of law, and Somchai said the way forward entailed a fact-finding commission's report on t [...]
2008-10-22 10:11:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS TH CB
08BANGKOK3289THAILAND IN TRANSITION: POLITICAL AND SOCIAL
[...] (C) Immediate concerns of a threat of a coup d'etat in Thailand have ebbed for now, but we see no viable course of action that appears likely in the near term to heal the deep political divisions in contemporary Thai society and the body politic. There are street fighters on both sides willing [...]
2008-11-04 07:57:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK3374THAI WEBSITES, RADIO FACE LESE MAJESTE SCRUTINY
[...] (C) The Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Ministry and the Ministry of Interior (MOI) joined recent Army and Police efforts against lese majeste in late October. The ICT Ministry sought the cooperation of website editors in self-censoring content and announced an effort to create [...]
2008-11-14 08:27:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
08BANGKOK3386INTERPRETING FORMER PRIME MINISTER THAKSIN'S
[...] (C) A spokesman for former Prime Minister Thaksin told the media that Thaksin and his wife, Potjaman, divorced in Hong Kong on November 14. Most Thais believe the divorce was driven by tactical considerations. An advisor to the Prime Minister told the Ambassador that Thaksin now "can go full [...]
2008-11-17 09:56:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV PINR KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK3398UPDATE ON LESE MAJESTE CASES IN THAILAND
[...] (C) Thailand enjoys a relatively robust media environment, lively, open criticism of those in power, and general freedom of expression, with a significant exception: the criminal offense of lese majeste, or offense to the monarchy. Long on the Thai books but not always vigorously pursued, a se [...]
2008-11-18 09:29:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
08BANGKOK340AMBASSADOR AND PRIME MINISTER SAMAK DISCUSS
[...] (C) The Ambassador called on Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej at his residence on February 1 and welcomed the return of a democratically-elected government to Thailand. Samak explained his decision to serve concurrently as Minister of Defense and confirmed reports of his intended appointments t [...]
2008-02-01 08:05:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PINR PHUM SNAR KDEM KJUS TH BM
08BANGKOK3520THAI STALEMATE DRAGS ON, FOCUS SHIFTING TO COURT
[...] (C) An explosive device injured dozens of participants in the anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) gathering at the Government House compound on November 29. Citing safety concerns, a PAD co-leader called for supporters to decamp from Government House, although PAD may retain s [...]
2008-12-01 12:01:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC CASC ECON EINV TH
08BANGKOK3529THAI COURT DISSOLVES PPP, REMOVES PRIME MINISTER;
[...] (C) The Constitutional Court on December 2 issued a ruling that dissolved the People's Power Party and two other coalition parties, stripping the Prime Minister and other party executive board members of their political rights and offices. Deputy PM Chavarat Charnvirakul now serves as acting [...]
2008-12-02 10:04:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC CASC ECON EINV TH
08BANGKOK3541BANGKOK ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTESTS END (FOR NOW);
[...] (C) The anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) on December 3 ended its protests at Bangkok's airports and has withdrawn its guards from the Government House compound, following the December 2 Constitutional Court ruling that dissolved the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) ( [...]
2008-12-03 10:32:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC CASC EAIR ECON EINV TH
08BANGKOK3559BANGKOK AMBASSADORS URGE RTG TO INCREASE AIRPORT
[...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and counterparts December 4 inquired about RTG plans to protect Thailand's airports and other key infrastructure in a meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul and Police Lieutenant General Prayoon Amarit, Commissioner Attached [...]
2008-12-04 09:45:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC CASC EAIR ECON EINV TH
08BANGKOK966AMBASSADOR AND JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSS HUMAN
[...] (C) Justice Minister Somphong Amornwiwat told the Ambassador March 26 he was directing his Ministry (MOJ) to reexamine the case of disappeared Muslim lawyer Somchai Neelapaijit; MOJ personnel would continue providing protection for Somchai's wife, and Somphong hoped to meet with her in the nea [...]
2008-03-27 10:14:00Embassy BangkokCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV PHUM KJUS SNAR SA TH
08BANJUL380NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING TRENDS IN THE GAMBIA
[...] (C) We are concerned with the danger to political stability and the rule of law in the Gambia that is represented by the rise of narcotics trafficking in the region, All of our key interlocutors report a rise in trafficking in and through The Gambia. We are also concerned about the possibil [...]
2008-12-03 16:05:00Embassy BanjulCONFIDENTIALSNAR KJUS EFIN MASS PGOV GA
08BASRAH40SAFA AL SAFI ON COALITION FAILURES, GOI FUND FOR BASRAH,
[...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: Acting Justice Minister Safa al-Safi met with CMOC and REO Basrah Directors in Basrah on April 24. Safi roundly criticized Coalition reconstruction efforts as ineffective and corrupt. He showed little understanding of the PRT role or a provided list of past projects. Sa [...]
2008-04-29 15:19:00REO BasrahCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KJUS ECON EAID IR IZ
08BEIJING2174THE U.S.-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE, MINISTRY OF
[...] (U) May 27, 2008; 3:45 p.m.; Beijing, Ministry of Justice 2. (U) Participants: U.S. --- David J. Kramer, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor (DRL) Thomas Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Robert K. Harris [...]
2008-06-05 08:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KJUS KOLY CH
08BEIJING2221ASSISTANT SECRETARY KRAMER MEETS CHINESE RIGHTS
[...] (C) In a May 27 meeting with DRL Assistant Secretary Kramer, Beijing-based defense attorneys detailed the extensive problems in China's judicial system and the need for reforms. One lawyer claimed that even the new Lawyer's Law that goes into effect June 1 will be pointless without parallel c [...]
2008-06-06 10:21:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KJUS CH
08BEIJING3742FOURTH SESSION OF THE ANTICORRUPTION WORKING GROUP
[...] (C) The Anticorruption Working Group (ACWG) of the U.S.-China Joint Liaison Group (JLG) for Law Enforcement Cooperation held its fourth session in Beijing and Nanjing September 16-18. Interagency participants from the United States and China discussed the Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement (ML [...]
2008-09-26 07:00:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KCOR KCRM KFRD KJUS CH XB
08BEIJING3779IMPLEMENTING CHINA'S ACTION PLAN TO COMBAT
[...] (C) As part of its effort to combat trafficking in persons (TIP),China is working to implement its National Plan of Action (NPA) issued by the State Council on December 13, 2007. Both the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Civil Affairs are coordinating a national plan to combat [...]
2008-09-29 07:09:00Embassy BeijingCONFIDENTIALPHUM KTIP PGOV KWMN PREL KCOR KCRM KFRD KJUS
08BEIJING4347Strengthening China's Anti-trafficking Legal Framework
[...] (SBU) Participants from the Chinese Government and key non-governmental agencies agreed at a recent symposium that China must improve its efforts to combat human trafficking. Attendees discussed in detail whether China's existing laws could be modified to address trafficking better. Despite s [...]
2008-11-26 07:16:00Embassy BeijingUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KTIP KWMN KCRM KJUS CH
08BEIRUT1554LEBANON: UNIIIC CHIEF WARNS A/S HOOK OF POSSIBLE
[...] (S) On October 30, UNIIIC Commissioner Daniel Bellemare warned visiting IO A/S Brian Hook that, while he was fully prepared for the transition to the Special Tribunal and would not seek an extension, the Registrar in The Hague may need UNIIIC to request a "technical extension of a few months" [...]
2008-10-31 07:24:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPREL PGOV PTER PINR KJUS UNSC SY LE
08BEIRUT547LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER TELLS WELCH BELLEMARE
[...] (C) Justice Minister Charles Rizk told visiting NEA Assistant David Welch on April 18 that the judiciary, unlike the other branches of the Lebanese government, was still functioning, and that the creation of the Special Tribunal had played a significant role. However, the Tribunal needed to s [...]
2008-04-22 14:00:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MASS IR AR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT548LEBANON: WITH WELCH, JUMBLATT AND COMPANY DISCUSS
[...] (C) U.S. support for Lebanon, the April 22 Friends of Lebanon ministerial, the Special Tribunal, concerns about renewed regional conflict, the upcoming U.S. presidential election, and March 14's next steps dominated NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch's discussion with key March 14 leaders at [...]
2008-04-22 14:01:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MASS IR AR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT561LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER AGAIN PUSHES FOR
[...] (C) Justice Minister Charles Rizk reiterated his urgent appeal for UNIIIC Commissioner Daniel Bellemare to assume his role as Prosecutor, clarifying that he was not calling for "dual-hatting." Citing recent intimidation aimed against one of the Lebanese judges working with UNIIIC, Rizk stresse [...]
2008-04-23 16:15:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MASS IR AR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT573LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI RETURNS TO LEBANON INTENT ON
[...] (S) Back at last from Saudi Arabia, majority leader Saad Hariri appears to have taken up the reins in preparing March 14's coordinated response to Speaker Berri's proposal for a new National Dialogue. Noting that March 14's acceptance will be conditioned on the election of a president on May 1 [...]
2008-04-28 14:39:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MASS IR AR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT578LEBANON: BERRI REJECTS SAAD'S OVERTURES
[...] (C) Speaker Berri rebuffed March 14 leader Saad Hariri's attempt to respond to his call for National Dialogue, referring him instead to Free Patriotic Movement Michel Aoun as the opposition's negotiator. March 14 quickly condemned Berri's move as evidence the opposition is not serious about e [...]
2008-04-29 16:02:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MASS IR AR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT586LEBANON: JUMBLATT ON POSSIBLE NEW UNSCR, NATIONAL
[...] (C) March 14 leader Walid Jumblatt questioned the utility of a new UN Security Council resolution on Lebanon if it does not address the border issue with Syria and if it does not contain strong language. He noted that the GOL had not yet agreed on whether an open session on the latest UNSCR 1559 re [...]
2008-05-01 12:17:00Embassy BeirutSECRETPGOV PREL KJUS UNGA SY LE
08BEIRUT697LEBANON: AOUN WILL GO TO DOHA; INSISTS ON
[...] (C) Free Patriotic Movement leader General Michel Aoun confirmed he will attend the May 16 National Dialogue meeting in Doha, although he expressed his discontent with having all 14 political leaders attend the Dialogue. Aoun argued that a national unity government would restore calm to the co [...]
2008-05-15 19:35:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM PINR KJUS MASS IR AR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT704LEBANON: SAAD HARIRI: LOW EXPECTATIONS FOR DOHA,
[...] (C) Future Movement leader Saad Hariri confirmed the death of top Hizballah military leader General Abu al-Fadl in a May 15 meeting with the Charge. Political leaders were preparing to meet in Doha on May 16 to relaunch the National Dialogue, though both enthusiasm and expectations for the tal [...]
2008-05-15 22:25:00Embassy BeirutCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER PHUM PINR KJUS MASS IR AR SY IS LE
08BEIRUT996LEBANON: DETERMINED UNIIIC COMMISSIONER MAKING
[...] (S) UNIIIC Commissioner Daniel Bellemare told emboffs on July 9 that he sees no wavering of French support for UNIIIC and the Special Tribunal, asked for USG support in the Special Tribunal Management Committee and positive USG responses to his requests for assistance. Ever the careful prose [...]
2008-07-09 16:00:00Embassy BeirutSECRETKJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER UNSC FR GB LE
08BELGRADE952SERBIA: RESPONSE ON ENHANCING LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION
[...] Per reftel instructions, we spoke with Kristina Milosavljevic, OSCE and COE Department Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about the Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention, which Serbia has signed but not ratified. Milosavljevic noted that the new Serbian government had a long list o [...]
2008-09-12 06:52:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDEINT KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL SR
08BELGRADE955SERBIA: RESPONSE ON ENHANCING LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION
[...] Per reftel instructions, we spoke with Kristina Milosavljevic, OSCE and COE Department Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, about the Council of Europe Cybercrime Convention, which Serbia has signed but not ratified. Milosavljevic noted that the new Serbian government had a long list o [...]
2008-09-12 08:43:00Embassy BelgradeUNCLASSIFIEDEINT KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL SR
08BOGOTA1053UNHCHR ANNUAL HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT CITE PROGRESS,
[...] Summary: The United Nations High Commissioner for High Rights in Colombia's (UNHCHR) 2007 report on Colombia,s human rights situation cites progress, while recognizing that challenges remain. The report highlights human rights violations stemming from Colombia's armed conflict, including F [...]
2008-03-18 14:07:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1056QUARTERLY HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATIONS FOCUS ON
[...] Summary: At the suggestion of the Colombian Commission of Jurists, Post's quarterly consultations with human rights groups focused on alleged extrajudicial executions (EJEs) by security forces. Citing a report released last October by a coalition of human rights groups, the participants said [...]
2008-03-18 16:08:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1072SUPREME COURT REOPENS 1987 MURDER CASE AGAINST
[...] Summary: On March 6, the Supreme Court ordered the reopening of the investigation of a retired general and two officers for the 1987 massacre of 19 businessmen in Magdalena. New testimony from demobilized paramilitaries in the Justice and Peace process, as well as a ruling by the Inter-Ameri [...]
2008-03-19 13:01:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1094LEAK IN PARA-POLITICAL INVESTIGATION LEADS TO ONE
[...] (U) On March 19, Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran accepted the resignation of Martha Luz Hurtado, a prosecutor before the Supreme Court working on investigations related to the ongoing para-political scandal, after a suspected leak of information. The Prosecutor Generals Office (Fiscalia) ack [...]
2008-03-19 21:42:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA1095AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S MARCH 18 MEETING WITH
[...] (U) The Ambassador emphasized the important role human rights workers in a democratic society to Gloria Florez, the Executive Director of the Association for Alternative Social Policy (MINGA) in a March 18 meeting. MINGA officials expressed appreciation for the Ambassador's visit to demonstr [...]
2008-03-19 22:05:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KJUS CO ELAB
08BOGOTA119AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S DECEMBER 19 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Summary: Senate President Nancy Patricia Gutierrez told the Ambassador there is much support for the United States and the bilateral Free Trade Agreement in the Colombian Congress. She criticized opposition party members who attack the Uribe administration and the United States, but do n [...]
2008-01-09 20:36:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA126A/S FARRAR'S VISIT TO CHOCO RAISES CONCERNS ON
[...] On November 28, 2007, DRL Acting A/S Jonathan Farrar visited Quibdo, Choco to discuss Afro-Colombian land and social issues. Choco Governor Julio Ibarguen said weak infrastructure, poor nutrition, and underdevelopment foster violence and displacement in Choco, especially in Afro-Colombian com [...]
2008-01-10 18:22:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS CO SOCI
08BOGOTA1282 NEW ARRESTS IN 2005 SAN JOSE DE APARTADO MASSACRE
[...] On March 14, the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) ordered the capture of 15 members of the Velez Battalion of the Army's 17th Brigade in connection to the February 21, 2005 massacre of eight people, including three children, connected to the San Jose de Apartado peace community. Thirteen [...]
2008-04-08 11:59:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1320USTR SCHWAB AND CODEL'S APRIL 6 MEETING WITH
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-09 21:24:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON ELAB ETRD KJUS OVIP PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA1427AFRO-COLOMBIAN REPORT FOCUSES ON DISPLACEMENT
[...] AFRODES, an Afro-Colombian human rights group that focuses on displacement issues, released a report on April 4 focusing on exclusion of Afro-Colombians from GOC land development plans. AFRODES claimed the GOC has a "deliberate and planned strategy to drive the communities out of their ancestr [...]
2008-04-16 22:36:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1473GOC ISSUES FARC DEMOBILIZATION DECREE FOR JUSTICE
[...] On April 9, the Minister of Interior and Justice (MOIJ) announced a new decree that would allow 750 individually demobilized FARC to receive benefits under the Justice and Peace Law (JPL),similar to those received by demobilized paramilitary. Decree 1059 would put the jailed FARC into two c [...]
2008-04-21 22:04:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA1517URIBE-SUPREME COURT TENSIONS RISE OVER
[...] (C) Preliminary investigations by the Supreme Court of Senate President Nancy Patricia Gutierrez and U Party President Senator Carlos Garcia for alleged paramilitary ties led President Uribe to call on April 17 for "objectivity" in the Court. Uribe voiced "total support" for the judiciary, b [...]
2008-04-23 21:03:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PHUM PREF PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA1571PRESIDENT URIBE SIGNS ADMINISTRATIVE REPARATIONS
[...] President Uribe signed a decree April 22 to provide administrative reparations to victims of paramilitaries and FARC/ELN under the Justice and Peace Law (JPL) as well as housing benefits to 450,000 displaced families. To date, over 120,000 victims have registered under the JPL; victims who ha [...]
2008-04-29 16:11:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PGOV PHUM PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA1593ARRESTS IN URABA TACKLE FORMER PARAMILITARIES BUT
[...] (C) The Colombian National Police (CNP) recently arrested a local Mayor--as well as a key businessman--for alleged paramilitary ties, but violence continues to plague the Uraba region in the northern part of Antioquia (reftel). Local San Jose de Apartado community leader Cesar Jaramillo fled U [...]
2008-04-30 19:35:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1697ARREST OF COLONEL HERNAN MEJIA CONTINUES
[...] Colonel Hernan Mejia, former commander of the La Popa Battalion, was arrested on May 6 on charges of criminal conspiracy for colluding with paramilitary leader Rodrigo Tovar Pupo (Jorge 40) and committing murder. Mejia surrendered to authorities and publicly denied the charges. The Prosecutor [...]
2008-05-08 16:20:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO
08BOGOTA1764COLOMBIA EXTRADITES 14 EX-PARA LEADERS TO THE U.S.
[...] (U) The GOC extradited 14 ex-paramilitary leaders, including Salvatore Mancuso, Diego Murillo, and Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, on May 13 to the United States to face narcotrafficking and money laundering charges. President Uribe said he extradited the fourteen due to due to their continued involvemen [...]
2008-05-13 22:37:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PREL PREF PTER PHUM CO
08BOGOTA1929FARC 47TH FRONT LEADER 'KARINA' DESERTS
[...] (C) FARC 47th Front leader "Karina" voluntarily deserted on May 18 in Antioquia due to continuing military pressure on her unit. The GOC made no promises to Karina regarding her inclusion in the Justice and Peace Law (JPL) program, but a Defense Ministry official told us that it is likely she [...]
2008-05-22 22:31:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PTER PINR MOPS CO
08BOGOTA1951PROSECUTOR GENERAL MAKES PROGRESS ON SAN JOSE DE
[...] (U) On May 17, local media reported that Army Captain Guillermo Gordillo of the 17th Brigade had confessed to participating in the February 21, 2005 murder of eight civilians near San Jose de Apartado. Gordillo claimed that the Brigade's commander and other senior officers "must have known" a [...]
2008-05-23 23:40:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA2034MAPP/OAS HIGHLIGHTS PROGRESS/CHALLENGES IN
[...] (SBU) The MAPP/OAS (OAS Mission in Support of the Peace Process) eleventh draft report favorably evaluates the GOC reintegration program for demobilized paramilitaries as well as heightened GOC attention to victims, citing greater psychosocial assistance to the former paramilitaries, expansio [...]
2008-06-03 23:25:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDCO PHUM PGOV KJUS PREL
08BOGOTA2264EMBASSY BOGOTA REPLY REGARDING THE AUC'S FTO
[...] (U) Over 32,000 former United Self Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) paramilitaries have demobilized since 2002 and the elimination of its national command structure significantly reduced the group's terrorist activities. Still, a human rights group reports that AUC offshoots committed 358 vio [...]
2008-06-20 20:11:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV ASEC PREL KCRM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA2295FARC DESERTIONS ON THE RISE; LEGAL HURDLES FOR
[...] (C) The Ministry of Defense's $21 million budget for humanitarian aid, rewards, and public outreach continue to promote FARC desertions. FARC desertions hit a record 2480 in 2007, and 1278 have deserted through May 2008. Still, Colombia's constitutional prohibition against granting amnesty [...]
2008-06-25 12:53:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO PREL FR PTER MARR
08BOGOTA2319MAPP/OAS IN VALLEDUPAR: PROGRESS BUT A WEAK
[...] (U) During a June 19 visit to Valledupar organized by the MAPP/OAS (Organization of American States' Mission to Support the Peace Process),security forces and local officials described an improved security environment overall, but noted concerns over continued threats by the FARC and criminal [...]
2008-06-26 13:25:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA2386HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP STUDY SHOWS DOWNWARD TREND IN
[...] (C) A June 9 report released by the well-known Colombian think tank/human rights group Center for Research and Popular Education (CINEP) showed a marked fall in alleged extrajudicial killings in the latter part of 2007. CINEP director Mauricio Garcia Duran told us it is too early to determine [...]
2008-07-01 21:49:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA244COLOMBIA MAKES MAJOR ADVANCES ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN
[...] In 2007, Colombia made significant progress in implementing the Justice and Peace Law (JPL),exposing and punishing politicians tied to paramilitaries, and resolving longstanding human rights cases. Twenty-five paramilitary leaders remained in jail. JPL testimony helped clarify 3000 crimes, in [...]
2008-01-17 22:29:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PREL PTER KJUS CO
08BOGOTA2506GOC ANNOUNCES END OF MEDIATORS, SEEKS DIRECT \
[...] (C) Summary: On July 8, President Uribe formally \ notified the European Ambassadors that he was terminating \ European facilitation efforts with the FARC, emphasizing that \ the decision reflected GOC concerns with facilitators Jean \ Pierre Gontard and Noel Saez rather than \ government-to-gove [...]
2008-07-11 22:33:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO PTER PREL PREF FR SP SZ
08BOGOTA2568ASSISTANT SECRETARY SHANNON'S JULY 7 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) Assistant Secretary Shannon conveyed President Bush's gratitude to President Uribe for the Colombian military's successful rescue of the three U.S. and twelve Colombian hostages held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). The operation reflects the transformation that has occurre [...]
2008-07-15 20:29:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALEAID ECIN PGOV PREF PTER MARR SNAR KJUS CO
08BOGOTA2597SCENESETTER: VISIT OF POLICY PLANNING DIRECTOR,
[...] (U) Your visit comes as Colombia celebrates major victories in its fight against the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC),continued strong economic growth, and an expansion of democratic governance. Increased security has led to an economic boom that has reduced poverty by 20 perce [...]
2008-07-17 22:54:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KJUS PREL CO
08BOGOTA2782JULY HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: NATIONAL MURDER RATES
[...] GOC statistics show 8030 homicides occurred nationwide from January to June, down from 8903 during the same period in 2007. Kidnappings fell from 281 during the first semester of 2007 to 242 during the same period in 2008. The National Unionist College reports 32 union members have been kille [...]
2008-07-31 16:06:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KJUS PGOV PHUM ELAB SMIG CO
08BOGOTA2855U.S.-COLOMBIA LAUNCHES STRATEGIC POLICY DIALOGUE
[...] (C) Summary: On July 23, Dr. David F. Gordon, the State Department's Director of the Office of Policy Planning (S/P),led the first Policy Planning talks with the GOC. The talks were carried out under the March 2007 U.S.-Colombian strategic framework agreement. The meetings in Bogota with FM [...]
2008-08-04 18:28:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO PINS SOCI SNAR PTER ETRD
08BOGOTA2891HIGH COURTS OPPOSE GOC JUDICIAL REFORM PROPOSAL
[...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court and other high court judges oppose a judicial reform package proposed by Justice and Interior Minister Fabio Valencia on July 29. The proposal would--among other reforms--apparently transfer authority to conduct criminal investigations of legislators from the S [...]
2008-08-05 21:03:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA2892S/P DIRECTOR GORDON DISCUSSES COLOMBIA'S ECONOMIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: Finance Minister Oscar Ivan Zuluaga told Director of Policy Planning Dr. David Gordon on July 23 that the long-term outlook for the Colombian economy remains strong despite turmoil in international markets, rising inflation, and appreciation of the peso. He pointed to energy, [...]
2008-08-06 15:27:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KJUS CO ECIN ECON
08BOGOTA2901EXTRADITION OF EVER VELOZA (HH) UNDER SCRUTINY FOR
[...] (C) On July 31, the Supreme Court approved the extradition of former paramilitary leader Ever Veloza, but included qualifying language linking his extradition to fulfillment of his Justice and Peace Law (JPL) obligations. Veloza has so far acknowledged his complicity in over 3000 murders. Hu [...]
2008-08-06 20:46:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA3006CONSTITUTIONAL COURT LIMITS DISCRETIONARY
[...] (U) On August 11, the Constitutional Court announced a ruling limiting the Ministry of Defense's (MOD) discretional authority to dismiss police and military personnel without cause. In its ruling on the case of a career navy infantry officer fired after nine years of service, the court ordere [...]
2008-08-15 16:56:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3007NO END IN SIGHT TO URIBE-SUPREME COURT POWER
[...] (C) President Uribe used a statement by Senator Nancy Patricia Gutierrez accusing Auxiliary Supreme Court Magistrate Ivan Velasquez of irregularities in his para-political investigations, to slam the Supreme Court for "judicialclientalism" and nepotism. Uribe urged Congress to proceed with ju [...]
2008-08-15 17:21:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3018EXTRADITION OF EVER VELOZA (HH) POSTPONED
[...] (U) On August 13, the Ministry of Interior and Justice announced it would postpone the extradition of former paramilitary Ever Veloza (aka HH) for at least six months to allow further testimony of his crimes under the Justice and Peace Law (JPL). Human rights groups and victims organizations [...]
2008-08-18 14:44:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA3070ARMY CAPTAIN IMPLICATES GENERAL FANDINO IN SAN
[...] General Hector Fandino, former commander of the 17th Brigade, was implicated by jailed Captain Guillermo Gordillo in a cover-up of the February 2005 massacre of eight people, including three children, near San Jose de Apartado. Gordillo has pled guilty and asked for witness protection for hims [...]
2008-08-19 21:33:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3090DEMOBILIZED REINTEGRATION PROGRAM GETS MAKEOVER,
[...] (SBU) The High Commissioner for Reintegration Office (ACR) has assisted 37,137 demobilized (29,776 collective and 7361 individual),but is revising its focus to respond to new challenges. ACR lifted its 18-24 month limit on program participation, and has conditioned receipt of benefits on par [...]
2008-08-25 16:31:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA3094DRL A/S KRAMER VISIT FOCUSES ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) On August 20-21, DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer visited Colombia to focus on human rights issues, extrajudicial killings, internally displaced persons (IDPs),and dialogue between civil society and the GOC. Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran and Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos [...]
2008-08-25 19:30:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3193URIBE-SUPREME COURT TENSIONS ESCALATE
[...] (C) President Uribe intensified his offensive against the Supreme Court the week of August 24 after the revelation that senior GOC officials met three times at the presidential place with emissaries of extradited former paramilitary leader Diego Murillo Bejarano (Don Berna). The two allegedly [...]
2008-08-28 16:29:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3277DRL A/S KRAMER VISIT FOCUSES ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (SBU) On August 20-21, DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer visited Colombia to focus on human rights issues, extrajudicial killings, internally displaced persons (IDPs),and dialogue between civil society and the GOC. Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran and Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos [...]
2008-09-03 20:05:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3279AUGUST HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE: EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS
[...] (C) The UN High Commissioner on Human Rights (UNHCHR) office in Medellin praised the GOC's commitment to end extrajudicial killings, but said it remains a problem on the ground. The Defense Ministry committee set up to address such killings reported 112 alleged victims in 2007, but human rig [...]
2008-09-03 20:15:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3304ICC PROSECUTOR MORENO'S VISIT TO COLOMBIA
[...] (C) Luis Moreno Ocampo, chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC),visited Colombia August 25-27 to review progress on the prosecution of those responsible for crimes against humanity. Moreno questioned whether the GOC's extradition of 15 former paramilitary leaders to the U [...]
2008-09-04 20:11:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3342COLOMBIA MAKES PROGRESS IN FIGHT AGAINST IMPUNITY
[...] (U) The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) and Colombian National Police (CNP) recently made several high-profile arrests of military and police officials linked to human rights abuses and other crimes. The Fiscalia detained highly decorated, former Army General Rito Alejo del Rio after [...]
2008-09-08 16:17:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3359UNITED NATIONS WEIGHS IN ON URIBE-SUPREME COURT
[...] (C) UN rapporteur for Judicial Independence Leandro Despouy used his participation in a judicial conference in Cartagena organized by Colombia's judiciary to voice concern over tensions between President Uribe and the Supreme Court. At the conference, Supreme Court President Ricaurte complained [...]
2008-09-09 20:12:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3433VISIT OF SENATOR CHUCK HAGEL TO BOGOTA AND
[...] (C) Summary. Senator Chuck Hagel, Southcom Deputy Commander General Glen Spears and delegation visited Bogota and Cartagena from August 28-31, 2008. In Bogota, Senator Hagel, the Ambassador and delegation met with President Alvaro Uribe, who urged support for the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promoti [...]
2008-09-15 19:14:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPREL ETRD PTER ENRG SNAR MARR KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3473HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CONCERNED ABOUT ALLEGED MILITARY INTELLIGENCE REPORTS LINKING IT TO THE FARC AND ELN
[...] No summary [...]
2008-09-16 22:18:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALCO KJUS PHUM PREL PTER
08BOGOTA3494CORDOBA AND SUCRE SHOW PROGRESS, THREATS POSED BY
[...] (C) Local officials in Sucre noted improved security and less violence due to the paramilitary demobilization, but remain concerned about the threats posed by new criminal groups and narcotraffickers. Demobilized paramilitaries face high unemployment and recruitment pressure from new criminal [...]
2008-09-17 21:40:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3580QUARTERLY HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION CONSULTATION
[...] Summary: Post's quarterly human rights consultations focused on new criminal groups and so-called paramilitary structures. Many participants asserted that the armed criminal groups which continue to operate in many areas represent a continuation of the former paramilitary blocks. Others cont [...]
2008-09-23 22:58:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3625UNHCHR INTERNAL REPORT ON EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS
[...] (C) The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) and the Defense Ministry (MOD) are investigating the deaths of 19 young men who disappeared from Soacha earlier this year and were later declared killed in combat by the military in northeast Colombia. Human rights groups said several of the dece [...]
2008-09-29 22:58:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3653SUPREME COURT RULES EX-MEMBERS OF CONGRESS REMAIN
[...] (C) Colombia's Supreme Court opted on September 18 not to expand its powers to investigate members of Congress suspected of paramiliatary ties to include ex-legislators. Under current rules, the Court prosecutes and tries sitting senators and representatives; the Prosecutor General's Office (F [...]
2008-10-02 17:30:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3686SPECIAL PROSECUTOR'S TEAM TO INVESTIGATE SOACHA
[...] (S) Summary: Vice President Francisco Santos announced on September 30 the creation of a special Prosecutor General (Fiscalia) team to investigate the deaths of 19 men reported killed in combat by the Army only days after they went missing in Soacha. Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos also [...]
2008-10-07 13:16:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3718URIBE-SUPREME COURT FEUD SPAWNS FEARS OF
[...] (U) The conflict between President Uribe and the Supreme Court spilled into the judiciary after the Superior Judicial Council (CSJ)--one of Colombia's four top courts--ordered the Supreme Court to delete all references to Social Protection Minister Diego Palacio from its ruling accepting the g [...]
2008-10-09 20:07:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3724EXHUMATION OF SUCRE EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING VICTIMS
[...] (C) On October 5th, we accompanied UN High Commissioner on Human Rights (UNHCHR) Representative Javier Hernandez, Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) Human Rights Unit director Sandra Castro, and MAPP/OAS regional officials to the exhumation and re-burial of 8 of the 11 youths from Sucre w [...]
2008-10-09 20:16:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3744EXHUMATION OF SUCRE EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLING VICTIMS
[...] (C) On October 5th, we accompanied UN High Commissioner on Human Rights (UNHCHR) Representative Javier Hernandez, Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) Human Rights Unit director Sandra Castro, and MAPP/OAS regional officials to the exhumation and re-burial of 8 of the 11 youths from Sucre w [...]
2008-10-10 16:39:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3759SEPTEMBER HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE
[...] The Prosecutor General's office (Fiscalia) voiced concern over attempts to kill and intimidate witnesses in the case against Colonel Hernan Mejia, and has taken actions to protect remaining witnesses. The Fiscalia ordered the arrest of three Colonels and a police Captain for their alleged in [...]
2008-10-14 22:39:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3782EVER VELOZA (HH),OTHER FORMER PARA LEADERS
[...] (U) On September 24-25, former AUC (United Self Defense Forces of Colombia) block commander Ever Veloza (aka "HH") continued his voluntary testimony (version libre) under the Justice and Peace Law (JPL). Veloza, who previously acknowledged his complicity in over 3000 murders and whose extradi [...]
2008-10-15 22:59:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA3794INDIGENOUS PROTESTS TURN VIOLENT
[...] (U) Two days of protests by indigenous groups in Valle de Cauca and Cauca led to violent clashes between security forces and protesters, leaving at least 150 injured and one dead. The protests, organized by the National Organization of Indigenous in Colombia (ONIC),were prompted by indigenou [...]
2008-10-17 14:28:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3829CAUCA INDIGENOUS PROTESTS EXPANDING TO NATIONAL
[...] (C) Summary: On October 20, the National Organization of Indigenous in Colombia (ONIC) announced plans for over 12,000 indigenous to participate in an eight day march from Popayan to Cali. The march follows a week of indigenous protests in Cauca over human rights and land. The indigenous say t [...]
2008-10-21 20:35:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS PTER PREL SOCI CO
08BOGOTA3856NARCOTRAFFICKERS BEHIND "AUTODEFENSAS GAITANISTAS"
[...] (C) The recent appearance of pamphlets ordering work stoppages in Antioquia, Cordoba, Sucre, La Guajira, Cesar and Santander departments--allegedly from a group calling itself the Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (AGC)--has stirred popular concerns about a revival of paramilitarism. No re [...]
2008-10-22 20:27:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3888DAS DIRECTOR RESIGNS OVER OPPOSITION SPYING SCANDAL
[...] (C) Maria del Pilar Hurtado, director of Colombia's Administrative Department of Security (DAS),resigned on October 22 after opposition Senator Gustavo Petro publicly revealed internal DAS documents that tasked officials to gather intelligence on Petro and on his party, the Polo Democratico [...]
2008-10-24 19:48:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3920DISMISSAL OF TWO COLONELS AND LT COLONEL TIED TO
[...] (C) On October 24, Army Commander General Mario Montoya removed two colonels and a lieutenant colonel from their commands due to their roles in the alleged extrajudicial killings of eleven men from Soacha. Montoya publicly said the three officers were removed due to "serious indications that [...]
2008-10-28 18:41:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3925THREATS FROM DON MARIO PROMPT SECURITY BOOST IN
[...] (C) Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos announced on October 25 that the GOC will boost its security presence in the Uraba region of Antioquia after threats by the so-called Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia (AGC)--a front organization for major narcotrafficker Daniel Rendon--led to a wides [...]
2008-10-28 19:58:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3951HOSTAGE ESCAPE CONTINUES FARC'S WORST YEAR EVER
[...] Former congressman Oscar Lizcano, held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) for eight years, escaped from a FARC camp along with one of his captors and turned himself into an Army checkpoint in San Jose del Palmar (Choco) on October 26. President Uribe and Defense Minister Sa [...]
2008-10-29 17:05:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3953GOC SKEPTICAL OF FARC WILLINGNESS TO NEGOTIATE
[...] (U) The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) issued a letter, dated October 16, saying the group is willing to talk about a political solution to Colombia's conflict as well as a humanitarian release of its hostages. The communique, released publicly on October 28, responds to a Sept [...]
2008-10-29 19:10:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA3959GOC FIRES 27 MILITARY OFFICIALS FOR LINKS TO
[...] (C) President Uribe announced the dismissal of 27 military officers--including two division and three brigade commanders--for their roles in the disappearance and subsequent murders of young men from Soacha and Antioquia. Uribe said a special ministerial commission found that commanders' neg [...]
2008-10-29 23:24:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4011MINISTRY OF DEFENSE COMMISSION FINDS ARMY
[...] (C) Vice Minister of Defense (MOD) Sergio Jaramillo briefed the Ambassador on the results of the special military Commission that reviewed the recent Soacha and eastern Antioquia killing. He said the Commission's finding showed a mix of corruption, inadequate intelligence and operational pro [...]
2008-11-05 20:07:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4012OCTOBER HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE
[...] (U) Murders in Medellin through September 30 this year increased 35.6% over the comparable period last year. President Uribe met with the indigenous from Cauca in La Maria reserve on November 2, stating he would consider removing the military presence in La Maria reserve if the indigenous agr [...]
2008-11-05 20:38:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4028COLOMBIAN MILITARY COMMANDER MONTOYA RESIGNS,
[...] (S) Colombian Army Commanding General Mario Montoya Uribe resigned his post on November 4. Montoya stepped down less than a week after President Alvaro Uribe's dismissal of 27 military officers for their roles in the disappearance and subsequent murders of young men from Soacha and Antioquia. [...]
2008-11-06 18:33:00Embassy BogotaSECRETPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4066PRESIDENT URIBE ANNOUNCES NEW MILITARY HUMAN
[...] (U) On November 6, President Uribe announced that the Colombian military would designate a special official in every division, brigade, battalion, and police command to receive public complaints of possible human rights abuses by the security forces. The officials will provide publicized wee [...]
2008-11-10 20:52:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4131AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S NOVEMBER 10 MEETING WITH
[...] (C) At a November 10 meeting with Supreme Court President Francisco Ricaurte and Criminal Chamber Vice President Julio Socha, the Ambassador expressed the USG's support for a strong and independent judiciary. Socha explained that extradition requests unrelated to narcotrafficking are difficu [...]
2008-11-17 15:14:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI KJUS PTER CO
08BOGOTA4165GOC LAUNCHES FIRST PUBLIC FORUM ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) On November 17, President Alvaro Uribe presided over the first, public forum on human rights abuses against the security forces. Military and police commanders were instructed to report human rights complaints as well as the status of each case. Uribe also ordered them to forward all com [...]
2008-11-19 00:13:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV MOPS KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4262COLOMBIANS MARCH - IN SMALLER NUMBERS - AGAINST
[...] (U) Several thousand Colombians marched through the country's major cities on November 28th to demand the FARC and other illegal armed groups release the hostages they still hold before Christmas. The disappointing turnout was significantly smaller than the millions who demonstrated to releas [...]
2008-11-28 21:44:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4310MAPP/OAS COMMENDS PEACE PROCESS, HIGHLIGHTS
[...] (SBU) The MAPP/OAS (OAS Mission in Support of the Peace Process) twelfth draft report commends GOC progress made under the peace process, including increased victim participation, expanded services for ex-combatants, and advances in investigations of paramilitary crimes. The report recommend [...]
2008-12-02 19:43:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4323MAPP/OAS RESTRUCTURING, CLOSING OFFICES IN
[...] (C) Summary: OAS Mission in Support of the Peace Process (MAPP/OAS) Director Sergio Caramagna briefed the international community on MAPP'S plans to restructure its operations, including dismissing 20 officials, naming a new director, and combining several regional offices. MAPP will conti [...]
2008-12-03 21:41:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO AORC
08BOGOTA4342NOVEMBER HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE
[...] (C) MAPP/OAS Chief Sergio Caramanga said he considered President Uribe's appointment of General Gonzalez Pena as new Army commander a "mistake" due to human rights concerns. MOD officials said Minister Santos' 15 point plan would strengthen the Inspector General (IG) system and revise milita [...]
2008-12-05 22:14:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA442USG ASSISTS COLOMBIAN LABOR PROTECTION EFFORTS
[...] Summary: The USG, through USAID and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL),supports GOC efforts to improve labor rights and enforcement. Programs include assistance for a new risk-based labor inspection system, extending the oral justice system to labor cases, outreach on labor rights, strength [...]
2008-02-04 19:42:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EAID KJUS ECIN ECON ILO CO
08BOGOTA4430EMERGING CRIMINAL GROUPS: POLITICAL THREAT WITHOUT
[...] (C) Emerging criminal groups (ECGs) persist despite recent GOC successes, with narcotrafficking profits and continuing weak state presence in some areas enabling them to bribe local officials and recruit new members to replace those killed or captured by security forces. The ECGs are largely [...]
2008-12-16 17:59:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR
08BOGOTA4442TIERRALTA TRIP HIGHLIGHTS CORDOBA SECURITY CONCERNS
[...] (C) An international delegation--including representatives from the OAS Mission in Support of the Peace Process (MAPP/OAS),the U.S. and Canadian Embassies, and Lutheran World Relief--met with community leaders and victims in southern Cordoda, departmental police and military commanders, and [...]
2008-12-16 21:21:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4485INVESTIGATION INTO MILITARY KILLING OF EDWIN
[...] (C) Summary. Vice Defense Minister Jaramillo told us the killing of Edwin Legarda--husband of indigenous activist Aida Quilcue--appeared to have been a mistaken military ambush based on bad intelligence intended to target arms traffickers. President Uribe repeatedly expressed his condolences [...]
2008-12-18 20:27:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4547QUARTERLY HUMAN RIGHTS CERTIFICATION CONSULTATIONS
[...] Summary. Post's quarterly consultations with human rights groups focused on recent violence against indigenous communities and extrajudicial killings. Participants highlighted the recent killing of Edwin Legarda--husband of Cauca indigenous leader Aida Quilcue--by military forces as evidenc [...]
2008-12-23 21:45:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS CO
08BOGOTA4615GOC OFFERS JUSTICE AND PEACE BENEFITS TO FORMER
[...] (C) Peace Commissioner Restrepo announced on December 30 that the GOC would offer Justice and Peace Law (JPL) benefits, including possible reduced sentences, to 120 jailed members of the FARC in exchange for criminal confessions and written pledges to lay down their arms. "Martin Sombra," the [...]
2008-12-30 22:47:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR
08BOGOTA528APPELLATE COURT ELECTS NEW JUDGE FOR LABOR
[...] SUMMARY. In late December, 2007, the six-month term for Colombia's three specially appointed judges handling cases of violence against unionists ended. As part of its normal selection process, magistrates of the Appellate Court for Bogota voted to reappoint Elsa Rivera de Jimenez and Maria [...]
2008-02-11 17:45:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PGOV PHUM PTER CO
08BOGOTA618TRIP TO CURVARADO HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY CONCERNS;
[...] (C) Local members of the Afro-Colombian communities of Jiguamiando and Curvarado complained about GOC delays in returning their land, lack of security and GOC financial support, and perceived military bias in favor of African palm companies. Local leader Enrique Petro told us the palm firms c [...]
2008-02-20 15:46:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS MARR PGOV PHUM PTER CO
08BOGOTA624COURT FINDS COLONEL GUILTY OF JAMUNDI KILLINGS
[...] Summary: On February 18, the Trial Court of Cali found Colombian military Colonel Byron Carvajal and fourteen members of his platoon guilty of "aggravated homicide" for the May 22, 2006 massacre of ten members of an elite anti-narcotics police unit and an informant in Jamundi (Valle del Cauca [...]
2008-02-20 21:39:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS MARR CO
08BOGOTA645FARC AND NARCOTRAFFICKERS CONTINUE TO PLAGUE URABA
[...] (C) Members of the San Jose de Apartado Peace Community (PC) told us February 5 that paramilitary groups, in collusion with the military and police, continue to threaten and kill community members. The military denied the allegations, stating their focus is combating the increased FARC and na [...]
2008-02-22 20:46:00Embassy BogotaCONFIDENTIALKJUS MARR PGOV PHUM PTER CO
08BOGOTA921MILITARY JUSTICE OFFSITE YIELDS PROGRESS
[...] At an offsite conference in Paipa organized and funded primarily by SOUTHCOM with USAID and DOJ support, senior Ministry of Defense and Prosecutor General's office officials made progress in addressing extrajudicial killings by military personnel. Participants discussed their interpretations [...]
2008-03-08 16:02:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL PGOV PHUM KJUS CO
08BOGOTA937COLOMBIA MAKES SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION TO ACCUSATORY
[...] Summary: On January 1, 2008, Colombia initiated the final phase of a four-year, phased implementation of its new Criminal Procedure Code which introduces an accusatory criminal justice system. Implementation of the new system, which began on January 1, 2005, has largely been viewed as a succ [...]
2008-03-10 20:58:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA955DECREE ON ADMINISTRATIVE REPARATIONS FOR VICTIMS
[...] Summary: The National Commission of Reparations and Reconciliation (CNRR),Ministry of Interior and Justice (MOIJ),other government agencies, and civil society are consulting on a draft decree to set up an administrative reparations scheme. This would avoid the lengthy delays under the curr [...]
2008-03-11 20:44:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BOGOTA956REPARATIONS DECREE CONSULTATIONS GIVE VICTIMS
[...] The National Commission for Reparation and Reconciliation (CNRR) held ten regional consultations with hundreds of victims groups and the general public to discuss the draft reparations decree. The meetings provided victims an opportunity to voice their concerns and offer ideas to improve the [...]
2008-03-11 21:07:00Embassy BogotaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO
08BRASILIA1035UPDATE AND ACTION REQUEST ON ABADIA EXTRADITION
[...] (C) As a follow up to ref a instructions, Post, on July 24, 2008, once again contacted Ministry of Justice Legal Advisor, Rafael Tomaz Favetti regarding the expulsion of Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia (Chupeta). Favetti advised Post that he had encountered stiffer opposition within the Ministry t [...]
2008-07-28 11:35:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCRM CJAN PREL CVIS SNAR BR
08BRASILIA1069NEXT STEPS ON ABADIA EXTRADITION CASE AND OTHER
[...] (C) Summary and Action Request. Post appreciates Department and DOJ assistance in determining next steps on securing the extradition of Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia ("Chupeta") and requests the guidance discussed ref A on an urgent basis, as ongoing investigations into Abadia's activities in Br [...]
2008-08-06 20:58:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCRM CJAN PREL CVIS SNAR BR
08BRASILIA1261DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UNODC SELF-ASSESSMENT
[...] (SBU) On September 16, PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to the director of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (Itamaraty) Office of Transnational Crimes, Virginia Toniatti. Asked if Brazil would complete the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) self-assessment checklist, which Bra [...]
2008-09-22 20:10:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR KCRM KJUS UN PG BR
08BRASILIA1493COUNTERTERRORISM IN BRAZIL: JUDGE BLASTS
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a conference on international organized crime held by the Brazil-based International Forum of Justice in Campo Grande, Matto Grosso do Sul from October 15-17, federal judge Odilon de Oliveira delivered a speech that was blistering in its criticism of the Brazilian governm [...]
2008-11-17 12:45:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM KJUS PTER EFIN PREL PGOV AR PA CO BR
08BRASILIA1525BRAZIL: MOVING FORWARD ON A NEW EXTRADITIONS
[...] (SBU) Summary: From October 27-29, Clifton Johnson, Department of State Assistant Legal Adviser for Law Enforcement and Intelligence, Thomas Black, Associate Director for South American affairs of the Department of Justice,s Office of International Affairs (OIA),and Magdalena Boynton, and Nic [...]
2008-11-24 19:48:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS KCRM CJAN PREL CVIS SNA
08BRASILIA35BRAZIL: LESS GUNS, MORE BUTTER: LULA TAKES ON
[...] (C) Summary: After much hesitation, President Lula was finally forced to wade into the public security debate in light of consistent polling that places crime as the number one concern of most Brazilians. The result, a public security plan called the National Program on Public Security with C [...]
2008-01-07 13:22:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV BR
08BRASILIA56BRAZIL: LESS GUNS, MORE BUTTER: LULA TAKES ON
[...] (C) Summary: As part of the Lula government's plan to take on the crime issue, the government proposed a multi-pronged plan to address both the social causes of crime and the weakness of the law enforcement community to fight it. Lula's proposal, the National Program on Public Security with Ci [...]
2008-01-09 17:21:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKCRM KJUS PGOV BR
08BRASILIA760BRAZIL: MEETING WITH SENATE PEDOPHILIA
[...] Summary. Ambassador, Resident Legal Adviser, DHS/ICE Attache, and Poloff met on May 13 with the Chairman of the Brazilian Senate's Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry (CPI) into Pedophilia and two law enforcement officials to discuss U.S. laws to protect children, prosecute sex offenders, and [...]
2008-06-05 14:35:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDEINT SOCI TINT KCRM KJUS PHUM BR
08BRASILIA855 Brazil: Do All the Corruption Scandals Matter?
[...] (SBU) Summary. Fresh scandal news appears daily in major newspapers, and there are now investigations into at least seven major corruption scandals involving politicians. Experience suggests courts and congressional inquiries will mete out little or no punishment. The constant parade of cor [...]
2008-06-25 16:37:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR KJUS KCRM KDEM EAIR BR
08BRASILIA993BRAZIL: IS THE MILITARY THE SOLUTION TO THE CRIME
[...] (SBU) Summary: Public concern in Brazil over steadily rising crime and a murder rate more than four times that in the United States has re-fueled a two-decade old debate over the question of deploying the military to undertake urban crime fighting missions. Enthusiasm for this idea increased [...]
2008-07-21 20:12:00Embassy BrasiliaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KJUS PGOV ASEC BR
08BRASILIA999ACTION REQUEST: FOLLOW-UP TO DEMARCHE ON JUAN
[...] (C) Summary and action request: On July 21, 2008, Ambassador Sobel brought up the extradition concerns in reftel demarche to Minister of Justice Tarso Genro, objecting to Brazilian imposition of conditions on extraditions that fall outside the bilateral extradition treaty. Minister Genro imme [...]
2008-07-23 21:32:00Embassy BrasiliaCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCRM CJAN PREL CVIS SNAR
08BRATISLAVA184SLOVAK NOMINATIONS FOR ILEA PERSONNEL AND FACILITY
[...] (U) Slovakia's nominations for ILEA's "Personnel and facility security" course beginning on June 9, 2008 follow in paragraph 2. All nominees have been vetted consistent with Department policy and in compliance with the State Leahy Amendment as per Ref A. 2. (SBU) - Peter Pokorny, 03/07/1976 [...]
2008-04-25 12:08:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC KJUS ECON EAID HU LO
08BRATISLAVA262SUBSTITUTE NOMINATION FOR ILEA PERSONNEL AND
[...] (U) Post nominates Colonel Imrich Schlosser to take part in ILEA's "Personnel and Facility Security" training course beginning on June 9, 2008. Colonel Schlosser is nominated as a substitute for Peter Domanicky, who was nominated and approved for the same course in Ref A. Colonel Schlosser has [...]
2008-06-03 14:12:00Embassy BratislavaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM ASEC KJUS ECON EAID HU LO
08BRATISLAVA95 SLOVAK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON VWP NEGOTIATIONS
[...] (C) Deputy Chief of Mission delivered reftel points to Director of the MFA Americas Office, Dusan Kristofik, on March 4. Kristofik expressed complete agreement with the message and appreciation for the timing of the demarche, as MFA and Interior Ministry officials were scheduled to meet that [...]
2008-03-04 15:45:00Embassy BratislavaCONFIDENTIALCMGT CVIS EUN KJUS KPAO PGOV PREL PTER
08BRIDGETOWN134ST. VINCENT: MAN ACQUITTED OF KILLING PM'S PRESS
[...] (U) Summary: In a year of sensational crime stories, St. Vincent witnessed its most sensational trial fall apart this week, as the man accused with the 2006 murder of the Prime Minister's press secretary was acquitted of the charges. The presiding judge had earlier ruled that an oral confessio [...]
2008-03-04 13:13:00Embassy BridgetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SOCI PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL XL VC
08BRIDGETOWN701EASTERN CARIBBEAN DRAGGING FEET ON DEPORTEE
[...] (c) In recent weeks, we have become aware of a string of cases in which prospective deportees from Eastern Caribbean (EC) countries have been unable to return to their country of citizenship because of delays from their U.S.-based consulates in processing required travel documents. As a res [...]
2008-12-02 20:21:00Embassy BridgetownCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCRM CVIS PREL XL
08BRUSSELS1065BELGIUM: SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1816
[...] (U) Belgian MFA officials told econoff Belgium supports efforts to protect shipping from piracy off the Somali coast. The officials consider UNSCR 1816 a good resolution and hope useful action results in the next six months and/or the time period will be extended. They noted that France and S [...]
2008-07-15 09:39:00Embassy BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL SO BE
08BRUSSELS1718DEMARCHE DELIVERED REGARDING U.S.-EU DATA
[...] (SBU) Following instructions in Reftel, on November 7, 2008, USEU Senior Justice Counsel spoke with Claire Rocheteau of the French Permanent Representation to the EU who serves as the chair of the EU side of the U.S.-EU High Level Contact Group (HLCG) experts. The USEU representative raised th [...]
2008-11-10 13:29:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PREL PTER EUN FR KJUS ECON KPAO KTIA
08BRUSSELS71 EU PROPOSAL TO USG FOR CASH COURIERS / CONTROLS
[...] (SBU) Summary: EU Member State representatives will discuss on Jan. 16 how to respond to U.S. proposals for the next U.S.-EU practitioners' workshop on countering terrorist financing at the EU's Committee on Terrorism (COTER) working group. A Council Secretariat contact predicted to USEU tha [...]
2008-01-15 14:35:00USEU BrusselsUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYETTC EFIN PTER KTFN KCRM KJUS KHLS SNAR EUN
08BRUSSELS913 EU DISCUSSES U.S. PARTICIPATION AND WAY FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary: EU civilian operations planning officials are optimistic that EU-UNMIK cooperation will soon be back on track and EULEX deployment will begin in larger numbers. Although questions about legal jurisdiction will pose challenges, EU officials expressed confidence that the EU and U [...]
2008-06-17 05:31:00USEU BrusselsCONFIDENTIALKPKO PREL KJUS EUN UNMIK KV
08BUCHAREST117BLAND JUSTICE: JUDICIAL INSIDERS DECRY WEAK EC
[...] (C) Summary: A recent European Commission interim report on judicial reform in Romania provoked disappointment in many judicial circles, with pro-reform activists hoping for a sharper rebuke of recent backsliding. Based on comments from many local contacts, we have prepared a "parallel report" [...]
2008-02-13 13:03:00Embassy BucharestCONFIDENTIALEUN KCOR KJUS PGOV PREL RO
08BUENOSAIRES1039ARGENTINA: COURT CONVICTS EX-ARMY CHIEF FOR DIRTY WAR
[...] (U) On July 24, 81 year-old Luciano Benjamin Menendez, an Argentine ex-army General, was sentenced to life in prison for the 1977 kidnapping, torture and killing of four left-wing activists. Menendez must serve a life sentence in prison since a 2007 law was passed stating that all military offi [...]
2008-07-28 09:00:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV KJUS MARR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1041ARGENTINA: VISITING G/TIP AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary. On June 19, Ambassador Wayne hosted a TIP roundtable in honor of Ambassador-at-large to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Mark Lagon to discuss Argentina's efforts in the fight against TIP. Participants included working-level GOA officials, NGOs, and a representati [...]
2008-07-28 13:10:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB PHUM PREL SMIG SNAR KJUS KCRM KWMN AR
08BUENOSAIRES1052ARGENTINA: WHA A/S SHANNON AND AMBASSADOR WAYNE
[...] (SBU) Summary: WHA A/S Shannon and Ambassador Wayne met with Argentine Chief Justice Lorenzetti on July 11 to discuss bilateral cooperation in the area of judicial reform. Lorenzetti praised the Argentine Supreme Court's close cooperation with the Embassy and the U.S. Supreme Court, citing a [...]
2008-07-31 12:23:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS KCOR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1054ARGENTINA: JUSTICE MINISTER COMMITS TO ENHANCED
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador Wayne met with GOA Minister of Justice and Security Anibal Fernandez at the latter's request July 30 to discuss the monitoring and control of methamphetamine and heroin precursor drugs produced and imported to Argentina. With leaders of the key police agencies prese [...]
2008-07-31 14:09:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KJUS SNAR DCRM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1176ARGENTINA: NEW DETAILS ON ANTONINI-WILSON'S
[...] (C) Summary: On August 12, 2008, Hector Fernando Colella, President of Argentine courier firm OCA S.A., provided Emboffs with new details concerning the charter flight brought Guido Alejandro Antonini-Wilson and the now in-famous cash stuffed suitcase to Buenos Aires. Colella's business partner, [...]
2008-08-20 17:16:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES1239ARGENTINA ENDS ITS MILITARY JUSTICE SYSTEM
[...] (C) Summary: The Argentine Senate on August 6 completed the legislative journey for a law abolishing the Argentine military justice system, a change pressed forward by Minister of Defense Garre. The step fulfills a promise Argentina made to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and res [...]
2008-09-05 14:33:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPHUM MARR PGOV PREL KJUS AR
08BUENOSAIRES127ARGENTINA: DRAFT MISSION RESPONSE TO OPPOSITION
[...] (U) Action Request -- para 5. 2. (SBU) Argentine opposition leader Elisa Carrio, who was the runner-up in the October 28 presidential election with 24% of the vote, publicly released a letter to the Ambassador on January 31 voicing concern about "rumors" that, in order to improve bilateral [...]
2008-02-04 14:20:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV CJAN KJUS KPAO AR
08BUENOSAIRES1380ARGENTINE POLICE AGENT CLAIMS FBI OFFERED HER
[...] (SBU) Summary: Argentina's largest circulation newspaper "Clarin" and other media outlets (including television and radio) reported that former airport police agent Maria del Lujan Telpuk claimed the FBI had offered her "political asylum" and help in getting "work," presumably in exchange fo [...]
2008-10-08 16:58:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KJUS KCRM AR
08BUENOSAIRES1420ARGENTINA: AMIA PROSECUTOR DESCRIBES IMPENDING
[...] (C) Summary: Alberto Nisman, Argentina's Special Prosecutor to investigate the 1994 terrorist attack against the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA),called on the Ambassador October 14, 2008 to provide advance notice of what he said would be the first civil action to be advanced again [...]
2008-10-15 22:53:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPTER KJUS PGOV PREL EFIN IR AR
08BUENOSAIRES1478GOVERNMENT OF ARGENTINA THINKING OUT LOUD ON
[...] (SBU) Summary: Five Argentine Cabinet Ministers joined a host of other public and private figures October 9 to launch a two-day workshop on Argentine narcotics policies, offering the first serious public dialogue on decriminalization of consumption since President Fernandez de Kirchner mooted t [...]
2008-10-27 21:06:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALSNAR PREL PGOV EFIN KJUS PHUM SOCI AR
08BUENOSAIRES152ARGENTINA: MENDOZA GOVERNOR SEEKS CLOSER U.S. TIES
[...] (U) Summary: Mendoza Governor Celso Jaque called on the Ambassador February 6, seeking increased contact and opportunities for cooperation with the Embassy and U.S. agencies on such issues as public security, counternarcotics, and public administration. Public security is a top concern for Mend [...]
2008-02-08 17:52:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS SNAR PHUM ASEC KPAO MASS AR
08BUENOSAIRES1522ARGENTINA: GOVERNMENT MOSTLY SILENT SO FAR ABOUT
[...] (U) Summary: The November 3rd guilty verdict in the trial of convicted illegal Venezuelan agent Franklin Duran was front page news in Argentina November 4. Key prosecution witness Guido Antonini-Wilson (A-W) was also quoted in most dailies after he repeated in his first press interview his co [...]
2008-11-04 20:12:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL SNAR KCRM KJUS EFIN AR
08BUENOSAIRES171EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP MANAGED FY 2008
[...] (SBU) Summary and Background: Among Embassy Buenos Aires's top priorities in strengthening Argentina's anti-trafficking efforts include strengthening law enforcement and judicial capacity to investigate and prosecute human trafficking cases. The Argentine government, in conjunction with the [...]
2008-02-13 15:37:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SNAR SMIG KJUS ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES172ARGENTINA: PUTTING SECURITY COOPERATION BACK ON
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met February 12 with Minister of Justice and Security Anibal Fernandez for the first time since Miami court proceedings relating to the Antonini Wilson suitcase scandal put a chill on relations in mid-December. Ambassador reiterated that the focus of the case is on vio [...]
2008-02-13 18:17:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS KWNM SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES173ARGENTINA: PUTTING SECURITY COOPERATION BACK ON
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met February 12 with Minister of Justice and Security Anibal Fernandez for the first time since Miami court proceedings relating to the Antonini Wilson suitcase scandal put a chill on relations in mid-December. Ambassador reiterated that the focus of the case is on vio [...]
2008-02-14 10:01:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS KWNM SNAR AR
08BUENOSAIRES198ARGENTINE OPPOSITION THANKS AMBASSADOR FOR
[...] Per Department guidance (ref A),the Ambassador sent the leaders of Argentina's opposition Civic Coalition a letter on February 8 regarding the separation of powers in the U.S. constitution and the independence of the U.S. judiciary. The recipients must have released the Ambassador's letter, [...]
2008-02-20 17:48:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDPREL CJAN KJUS KPAO SNAR ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES235ARGENTINA: GETTING PAST SQUARE ONE WITH THE
[...] (C) Summary: With a seven-week period of bilateral estrangement in our rear-view window, we have an opportunity -- again -- to build a more constructive relationship with Argentina. The warming trend in the bilateral relationship continues. President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and her governmen [...]
2008-02-26 12:20:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRETPREL CJAN KJUS EFIN SNAR MASS VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES246CODEL ENGEL VISITS AMIA AND DISCUSSES CONCERN OVER
[...] (SBU) Summary. On February 22, Ambassador Wayne and a visiting U.S. Congressional delegation headed by Representative Eliot Engel (D-NY) met with the political leadership of the Argentine Jewish community (DAIA) and the President of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA). During the [...]
2008-02-27 18:23:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI
08BUENOSAIRES310FORMER ARGENTINE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SEEKS USG
[...] (SBU) Polcouns met with former Argentine Supreme Court Justice Antonio Boggiano, who is seeking USG intervention with the Inter-American Human Rights Commission (IAHRC) to accelerate the handling of his case. Boggiano submitted his case to the IAHRC 16 months ago, and his petition was issued [...]
2008-03-11 18:13:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KJUS IAHRC OAS AR
08BUENOSAIRES322ARGENTINA DISCUSSES SHIFT IN POLICY TOWARD ILLICIT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez announced this week that the GoA intends to redirect its counternarcotics efforts away from the pursuit of drug users in order to make more resources available for investigating and prosecuting drug traffickers. He argues that Argentina's co [...]
2008-03-13 17:30:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KJUS PGOV PREL AR
08BUENOSAIRES352EMBASSY BUENOS AIRES SUPPORTS U.S. NGO PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP
[...] (SBU) Summary and Background: Post is pleased to recommend three proposals for G/TIP's "International Collaborative Partnerships to Combat Trafficking" from U.S. NGOs interested in working with local partners to fight trafficking in persons in Argentina. Embassy-Buenos Aires's top priorities i [...]
2008-03-18 19:20:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SNAR SMIG KJUS ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES358ARGENTINA COMMEMORATES 1992 ISRAEL EMBASSY BOMBING
[...] (SBU) On March 17, the GOA and the Israeli government held a ceremony commemorating the 16th anniversary of the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires. During the event, Minister of Justice Anibal Fernandez gave a candid and critical assessment of the GOA's investigation into the [...]
2008-03-20 08:24:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PREL PTER AR FBI IS
08BUENOSAIRES359ARGENTINA: WORKING WITH TIP ACTIVIST SUSANA TRIMARCO
[...] (SBU) Summary. Ambassador Wayne and other Embassy officials recently met with trafficking in persons (TIP) activist Susana Trimarco. During the meeting, Trimarco was informed that the U.S. Department of Defense's Southern Command had approved a $2500 grant to assist her anti-TIP Foundation' [...]
2008-03-20 10:36:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM KWMN PHUM PREL SNAR SMIG KJUS ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES367ARGENTINA: FBI'S AD FUENTES DISCUSSES COOPERATION
[...] (SBU) Summary: During his March 5-6 visit to Argentina, FBI Assistant Director Tom Fuentes met with senior officials of the Argentine government, the Argentine Jewish community, the Province of Cordoba, and the city of Buenos Aires to discuss ongoing U.S.-Argentine security cooperation. Those [...]
2008-03-20 16:50:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM ASEC AR FBI
08BUENOSAIRES426 ARGENTINA - U.S. CANDIDATE FOR IOM LOBBIES GOA OFFICIALS FOR SUPPORT
[...] (SBU) Summary. Visiting Ambassador William Swing met with Argentine Minister of Interior Florencio Anibal Randazzo and then followed up with the MFA's Director General for Multilateral Affairs Raul Ricardes on March 31 to discuss his candidacy for Director General of the International Organi [...]
2008-04-04 19:30:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM PHUM PREL PREF SMIG KJUS AR
08BUENOSAIRES43FM TAIANA OFFERS INSIGHTS INTO COLOMBIAN HOSTAGE
[...] (C) Summary. During a January 10 meeting with Ambassador Wayne, Foreign Minister Jorge Taiana offered his assessment of the release of FARC hostages in Colombia. He expressed appreciation for the USG's public statement praising the release of the hostages. Taiana also praised Colombian Pre [...]
2008-01-11 16:15:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER CJAN SNAR ASEC KJUS VZ CO AR
08BUENOSAIRES462ARGENTINE VALIJAGATE INVESTIGATION MOVING SLOWLY
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Argentine investigation into the origin and destination of USD 800,000 seized from a Venezuelan-American passenger arriving on a chartered flight from Caracas last August continues to move forward slowly. A new judge has been assigned to oversee the money laundering and cu [...]
2008-04-10 12:03:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES494ARGENTINA: AMIA ELECTIONS -- ORTHODOX BLOC WINS PLURALITY
[...] (U) The Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA),held internal elections April 13. The Orthodox bloc, led by Rabbi Samuel Levin, won a plurality of votes in internal elections with 37.7% votes. AMIA, Argentina's most important and representative Jewish organization, suffered a 1994 terror [...]
2008-04-16 23:33:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR
08BUENOSAIRES500A CONSERVATIVE MEGACONFERENCE TAKES PLACE IN LEFT-LEANING
[...] (U) Summary. Argentine think tank the Liberty Foundation celebrated its twentieth anniversary March 26-28 with an international seminar drawing over 300 participants from around the region and Spain. Participants included noted author Mario Vargas Llosa as well as five ex-Presidents of Lati [...]
2008-04-18 13:22:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PINR ECON PHUM KJUS XM VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES504ARGENTINA: SUPREME COURT OVERRULES CONGRESS AND REINSTATES
[...] (U) Summary: The Argentine Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that the Congress acted illegally when it refused to seat Luis Patti, the former mayor of Escobar who is accused of committing human rights violations as a police officer during the 1976-83 military dictatorship. The decision opened the way f [...]
2008-04-18 18:43:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS PHUM AR
08BUENOSAIRES516FORMER ARGENTINE SUPREME COURT JUSTICE SEEKING USG
[...] (SBU) Polcouns tracked down former Argentine Supreme Court President Antonio Boggiano in Rome and delivered telephonically all of the points provided ref A. Polcouns noted the U.S. strongly supports the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and the strong sense of integrity and in [...]
2008-04-21 20:24:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KJUS PHUM KDEM IACHR AR
08BUENOSAIRES575ARGENTINA HIGH-LEVEL MEETING AGENDA
[...] (SBU) Following up on WHA A/S Shannon's April 10-11 meetings with Argentine FM Taiana and their agreement in principle to hold in June in Buenos Aires a meeting under the auspices of the Special Process of Regular High-Level Bilateral Consultations, emboffs met with MFA officials April 17 to de [...]
2008-05-02 17:26:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL ECON PHUM ETRD SENV SCUL PTER SNAR KJUS XM AR
08BUENOSAIRES641TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS: ARGENTINA SERIOUS ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: On the evening of May 7, Argentine Minister of Justice and Security Anibal Fernandez told visiting ICE Assistant Secretary Myers and Ambassador Wayne that he was serious about implementing Argentina's new federal law against Trafficking in Persons (TIP) and is very open to work [...]
2008-05-14 20:07:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KJUS ASEC AR
08BUENOSAIRES646ARGENTINE PROSECUTORS SEEK TO TRAVEL TO THE U.S.
[...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine press indicates local prosecutors are looking to travel to the U.S. to gather evidence for their investigation into the infamous Venezuelan suitcase with US$800,000 seized by GOA officials in August 2007. Articles published in La Nacion on May 11 and 12 provide new i [...]
2008-05-15 18:26:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES702ARGENTINA: AMIA PROSECUTOR REQUESTS ARREST OF MENEM AND OTHERS FOR ""LOCAL CONNECTION"" COVER-UP REF: A. 1998 BUENOS AIRES 05826 B. 2004 BUENOSAIRES 2540 C. BUENOS AIRES 646 AND PREVIOUS
[...] (C) Summary: Alberto Nisman, Argentina's Special Prosecutor to investigate the 1994 terrorist attack against the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) Jewish community center in Buenos Aires, has requested the arrest of former President Carlos Menem, former federal judge Juan Galeano, and [...]
2008-05-22 22:53:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI
08BUENOSAIRES717ARGENTINA: AMIA PROSECUTOR EXPLAINS HIS REQUEST
[...] (C) Summary: AMIA Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman called the Ambassador on May 23 to apologize for not giving the Embassy advance notice of his (ref A) request for the arrest of former President Menem and other GOA officials for their alleged roles in the cover up of the "local connection" [...]
2008-05-27 10:18:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR
08BUENOSAIRES739ARGENTINA'S SPECIAL AMIA PROSECUTOR DEFENDS HIS
[...] (C) Summary: AMIA special prosecutor Alberto Nisman explained to Embassy Officers on May 27 his reasons for requesting the arrests of former President Carlos Menem and other officials (ref B) for their alleged roles in obstructing justice in the investigation of the 1994 terrorist bombing of t [...]
2008-05-29 15:57:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR
08BUENOSAIRES743ARGENTINA: NEW VALIJAGATE EVIDENCE IS FRONT-PAGE
[...] (C) Summary: "Valijagate" is once again news in Argentina. The Argentine press is reporting new evidence in the investigation, including cell phone records of supposedly traced calls from a key suspect to the presidential residence, contradictory testimony implying more significant links betw [...]
2008-05-29 19:39:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KJUS PREL SNAR KCOR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES746PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR
[...] (S) Summary. On May 21, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) received FBI Deputy Director John Pistole. CFK said she is committed to fight terrorism and not to deal with terrorists. She criticized the investigation of the 1994 AMIA attack carried out in the 1990s, altho [...]
2008-05-30 14:44:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRETPREL PTER KJUS KCRM SNAR AR SMIG KWMN
08BUENOSAIRES748ARGENTINA'S JUDICIAL BRANCH INCREASINGLY SUBJECT
[...] (SBU) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is cementing control over the judicial branch by legislating discretion and political criteria into judicial processes. New legislation approved on May 21 increases executive branch influence over the filling of vacant judgeships, and a [...]
2008-05-30 17:46:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS KCOR AR
08BUENOSAIRES759ARGENTINA: FBI'S DEPUTY DIRECTOR PISTOLE DISCUSSES
[...] (SBU) Summary: During his May 21-22 visit to Argentina, FBI Deputy Director John Pistole met with senior officials of the Argentine government, the Argentine Jewish community, and President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (ref A) to discuss U.S.-Argentine security cooperation. Those leaders th [...]
2008-06-03 17:27:00Embassy Buenos AiresSECRETPTER PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM ASEC AR FBI
08BUENOSAIRES946ARGENTINA: JUDGE RULES LACK OF EVIDENCE AGAINST
[...] (SBU) Argentine Judge Daniel Petrone determined on 3 July that there is not enough evidence to prosecute or to acquit former Argentine government official Claudio Uberti in the "Valijagate" investigation, involving the infamous Venezuelan suitcase carrying USD 800,000 and seized by Argentine cu [...]
2008-07-08 20:12:00Embassy Buenos AiresUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCOR KJUS PGOV PREL SNAR VZ AR
08BUENOSAIRES990ARGENTINA: SPECIAL ENVOY PAYS HOMAGE TO AMIA
[...] (SBU) Summary. On July 3, Dr. Gregg Rickman, Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, visited the Argentine-Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) headquarters to pay homage to the victims of the 1994 terrorist attack. He then met with the Executive Boards of both the AMIA and the Del [...]
2008-07-18 21:33:00Embassy Buenos AiresCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KIRF PTER KJUS FBI AR IR VE
08CAIRO1339NEW JUDICIAL LAW: A STEP BACK ON JUDICIAL
[...] (C) Summary: In the final week of the 2007-2008 parliamentary session, the Egyptian People's Assembly approved several amendments to the Judicial Authorities law. Both the process and substance of the new legislation has been criticized - publicly by the reform-minded Egyptian Judges Club, and [...]
2008-06-26 14:45:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS EG
08CAIRO1889PROMINENT REFORMIST JUDGE PLANS TO LEAVE EGYPT
[...] (C) Summary: Reformist Court of Cassation justice Hisham Bastawisi plans to leave Egypt in early September and spend approximately two years working as a legal advisor in Kuwait. Bastawisi is Egypt's most prominent advocate for increased judicial independence, whose leadership of the Judges Clu [...]
2008-08-26 13:13:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KDEM PHUM KJUS EG
08CAIRO2177AYMAN NOUR'S WIFE ON POTUS LUNCH AND MUTED GOE
[...] No summary [...]
2008-10-14 11:05:00Embassy CairoCONFIDENTIALPHUM PREL KDEM KJUS IO EG
08CARACAS1095SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS COMPTROLLER'S INELIGIBLES
[...] (C) Summary. The Supreme Court ruled August 5 that the Comptroller may declare persons ineligible to run for office based on administrative sanctions. The ruling essentially ends the opposition's effort to obtain collective judicial relief from a government measure that disproportionately af [...]
2008-08-06 22:58:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS VE
08CARACAS129SUPREME COURT: JUSTICE SHOULD SERVE THE REVOLUTION
[...] (SBU) At the opening of the 2008 Supreme Court session on January 28, the two senior justices who addressed the crowd made it clear that the Venezuelan courts exist to serve the Bolivarian revolution. While not chanting "Uh, Ah Chavez No Se Va!" (Chavez Don't Leave!) as the justices did at the [...]
2008-01-31 21:49:00Embassy CaracasCONFIDENTIALKJUS PGOV PREL VE
08CHIANGMAI156PILOT PROJECT TACKLES CORRUPTION AT GRASSROOTS LEVEL
[...] (SBU) Provincial Counter-Corruption Commissions in Lamphun and Sukhothai, launched a year ago as part of a pilot project that includes six other provinces, have had modest success in raising grassroots awareness to counter local government corruption. The project will ultimately be replicated [...]
2008-10-15 04:04:00Consulate Chiang MaiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV ECON KCRM KJUS BTIO TH
08CHIANGMAI184LOWER NORTH LEADERS SAY NATIONAL STALEMATE HARDENING; DON'T
[...] (C) Consul General discussed Thailand's national political impasse with local politicians during a trip to two lower north provinces just prior to the December 2 court ruling dissolving the governing People's Power Party. All interlocutors, in a trend reflective of similar conversations in th [...]
2008-12-03 07:38:00Consulate Chiang MaiCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC CASC ECON EINV TH
08DAKAR783Fighting Domestic Violence in Senegal
[...] (SBU) Summary: On June 27, 2008 the Committee to Combat Domestic Violence against Women (CLVF) held its annual general assembly to review and assess the situation of domestic violence in Senegal. Participants, representing a wide swath of civil society groups, NGOS and foreign missions, focused [...]
2008-07-03 09:47:00Embassy DakarUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PINR SCUL KJUS SG
08DAMASCUS443RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON FOREIGN
[...] (S/NF) Summary: Although anecdotal information suggests the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) remains in existence, with representatives stationed here in Damascus, we have no information on terrorist activities the PLF engaged in between 2003 and 2008, nor we do we have any information on the [...]
2008-06-19 15:16:00Embassy DamascusSECRET//NOFORNKCRM KJUS PTER PGOV ASEC PREL IS
08DILI201TIMOR-LESTE: PROPOSED AMNESTY STIRS CONTROVERSY
[...] (C) Begin Summary. Following his commutation in May of the sentences of 94 criminals including former Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato, Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta proposed on June 30 a law that would extend amnesty to figures implicated by the UN's Commission of Inquiry (COI) in ac [...]
2008-08-12 06:38:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV KJUS TT
08DILI49TIMOR-LESTE ACTING PRESIDENT REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR INQUIRY
[...] (C) Action requested -- see Para 6 below. 2. (C) The Ambassador met Friday 14 with the Speaker of the National Parliament and Acting President Fernando LaSama de Araujo. Lasama, who had just returned February 13 from Portugal due to the tragic events of February 11 in Dili, told the Ambas [...]
2008-02-14 10:53:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCRM ASEC PREL
08DILI50TIMOR-LESTE UPDATE: GOTL WELCOMES U.S. OFFER OF HELP WITH
[...] (C) Summary. On February 15, the GOTL welcomed our offer of assistance with the criminal investigation into the February 11 attacks on President Jose Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao (reftel A). Dili remains calm and secure. The International Stabilization Force (ISF) has been a [...]
2008-02-15 10:50:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KJUS KCRM ASEC AS TT
08DILI51USG ASSISTANCE TO CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OF THE ATTEMPTED
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-16 03:03:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS KCRM ASEC PREL TT
08DILI54TIMOR-LESTE UPDATE: NATIONAL AUTHORITIES TAKE LEAD IN
[...] (C) Summary. Timor-Leste's Council of Ministers has instructed the Armed Forces (F-FDTL) and National Police (PNTL) to direct all security operations in the wake the February 11 attacks on President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao. This is at variance with the agreement between th [...]
2008-02-19 11:05:00Embassy DiliCONFIDENTIALPREL PGOV KCRM KJUS ASEC TT
08DILI89TIMOR-LESTE LAUNCHES ANTI-TRAFFICKING TRAINING
[...] On March 13 - 14, two major NGOS in Timor-Leste held an anti-trafficking workshop, "Halt Exploitation, Learn to Prosecute (HELP)", for over 68 members of government agencies and NGOs. The GOTL signaled its strong support by having Foreign Minister Da Costa serve as the keynote speaker in the [...]
2008-03-20 03:12:00Embassy DiliUNCLASSIFIEDSMIG PHUM PGOV KJUS TT
08DJIBOUTI309DJIBOUTI CONDEMNS LATEST BORREL CASE JUDGMENT
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Djibouti has reacted with outrage to the latest judgment in the long-running series of legal battles between France and Djibouti over the 1995 death of French magistrate Bernard Borrel in Djibouti. In a March 29 communique, the GODJ strongly condemned the Versailles Correctiona [...]
2008-04-01 13:19:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO KJUS DJ FR
08DJIBOUTI356BORREL CASE: DJIBOUTI ACCUSES FRENCH NATIONALS OF
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ten days after a French court convicted two senior Djiboutian officials on charges of witness subornation (reftel) in connection with investigations into the 1995 death of French magistrate Bernard Borrel in Djibouti, a Djiboutian court issued international arrest warrants for f [...]
2008-04-13 16:30:00Embassy DjiboutiCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS KPAO KCRM DJ FR
08DJIBOUTI602DJIBOUTI ON SOMALI PIRACY AND IMPLEMENTATION OF UNCSR 1816
[...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel points to Djibouti Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director of Bilateral Affairs Youssouf Aden Moussa on July 17. 2. (SBU) Moussa reemphasized Djibouti's vital national interest in combating piracy off the Somali coast, especially to protect the security and [...]
2008-07-17 10:23:00Embassy DjiboutiUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL PGOV SO DJ
08DOHA733QATAR TAKES IMPORTANT STEP TOWARD DEVELOPMENT OF
[...] (U) On June 18, Amir Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani signed a decree creating the Supreme Constitutional Court (SCC). Before the decree, a special committee of judges within the Cassation Court considered constitutional issues. The Cassation Court will continue to wield great power within the Qatar [...]
2008-10-19 13:15:00Embassy DohaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KMPI INRB QA
08DUBLIN109VISA WAIVER PROGRAM NEGOTIATIONS AND THE EU - THE
[...] (U) On March 4, Cons Chief met with Irish Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs Ray Bassett and Joe Hackett of SIPDIS the Irish Passport Office to deliver the demarche mentioned in reftel. Bassett was pleased to receive the information presented in the demarche and stated that he believe [...]
2008-03-05 11:02:00Embassy DublinCONFIDENTIALCMGT CVIS EUN KJUS KPAO PGOV PREL PTER EI
08DUBLIN110IRISH RATIFICATION OF US-EU EXTRADITION AND MUTUAL
[...] According to David Brennan, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, who deals with the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Bill, the Bill is scheduled for the Report Stage (the third of four stages) in the Dail (lower House of Parliament) on March 12. If this schedule holds, the Bil [...]
2008-03-05 11:32:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KJUS KTIA CJAN PGOV PREL EI
08DUBLIN223IRELAND ACCEPTS CUBAN REFUGEES; PASSES MUTUAL LEGAL
[...] (SBU) Sean Aylward, Secretary General of the Irish Department of Justice, Equality, and Law Reform told the Embassy April 22 that the way had been cleared to immediately resettle 11 Cuban refugees who have been sheltering at Guantanamo. He added that the Criminal Justice (Mutual Assistance) Bi [...]
2008-04-29 10:15:00Embassy DublinUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV PREF CJAN EUN KCRM KJUS KTIA KFRD KWMN EI
08DUBLIN436IRELAND WILLING TO CONSIDER RESETTLING GUANTANAMO
[...] (S) Summary: On July 15, 2008 Ambassador-at Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met Michael Flahive, Assistant Secretary in the Irish Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform, and Darach Mac Fhoinnbhairr (MAC-FIN-BAR),Director, America,s Section, Department of Foreign Affairs t [...]
2008-07-24 12:03:00Embassy DublinSECRETPREL PGOV PREF CJAN EUN KJUS KTIA EI
08DUBLIN566IRELAND UNLIKELY TO RESETTLE GUANTANAMO DETAINEES
[...] (S) EUR/WE Office Director Pamela Spratlen reviewed the status of Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson's presentation to the Irish government on July 15, 2008, in which Williamson requested the Government of Ireland to accept one or more detainees from Guantanamo who coul [...]
2008-10-15 08:54:00Embassy DublinSECRETPREL PGOV PREF CJAN EUN KJUS KTIA KAWC EI
08DUSHANBE1316 TAJIKISTAN: END-OF-FISCAL YEAR PROJECT STATUS REPORT
[...] (U) Summary: At the end of August, Ambassador Jacobson and Foreign Minister Zarif signed two letters of agreement totaling over $13 million to continue INL border security, policing, and anti-crime programs and to initiate projects in the justice sector. INL Dushanbe provides the following en [...]
2008-10-16 12:08:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL CH TI
08DUSHANBE1318 TAJIKISTAN: NARCOTICS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND JUSTICE SECTOR
[...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador and Foreign Minister signed letters of agreement to provide over $13 million in additional INL border security, police, anti-crime, and justice sector assistance to Tajikistan. This status report and reftel cover these and prior projects. Tajikistan's Drug Control [...]
2008-10-17 07:59:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSHANBE1339 CORRECTED COPY Q CAPTION REMOVED TAJIKISTAN: NARCOTICS,
[...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador and Foreign Minister signed letters of agreement to provide over $13 million in additional INL border security, police, anti-crime, and justice sector assistance to Tajikistan. This status report and reftel cover these and prior projects. Tajikistan's Drug Control [...]
2008-10-23 11:03:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSHANBE1372 TAJIKISTAN: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
[...] (U) Tajikistan is not a producer of illicit narcotics, but it is a major transit country after Pakistan and Iran for heroin and opium from Afghanistan. The Republic of Tajikistan has emerged as a frontline state in the war on drugs and is taking the brunt of the boom in Afghan drug production. [...]
2008-11-03 12:09:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSHANBE1380 TAJIKS WANT BETTER LAWS; U.S. ROLE UNCLEAR
[...] (U) Summary: Emboffs met with two of President Rahmon's legal advisors, Sodik Ashurovich Shohnazarov and Umed Boboev, to discuss areas of collaboration in reform of the justice sector. Tajik officials recognize the need to reform the country's legal infrastructure, and will establish a legisla [...]
2008-11-10 08:39:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KJUS KCRM PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE1381TAJIKISTAN: STRIKE A BLOW AGAINST DRUGS
[...] Summary: INL Dushanbe in conjunction with the Karate-do Federation of Tajikistan conducted the 5th International Sato Tecuo Karate-do tournament under the motto "Strike a Blow Against Drugs". The Federation conducted the INL-sponsored tournament in Dushanbe on October 25-26. The tournament lau [...]
2008-11-10 08:39:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV TI
08DUSHANBE1382FEEDBACK ON TAJIKTIP PROSECUTORS' U.S. VISIT
[...] Summary: INL, Department of Justice/OPDAT and the Educational and Cultural Affairs Voluntary Visitors Division organized a one-week study tour to Washington for attorneys from the Prosecutor General's Office responsible for prosecuting TIP cases. The four prosecutors, accompanied by Embassy D [...]
2008-11-10 12:13:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KJUS KCRM TI
08DUSHANBE1514TAJIKISTAN: NARCOTICS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND JUSTICE SECTOR
[...] Summary: The November visit by SCA DAS Krol provided welcomed insights into U.S. plans for Central Asia. EU and OSCE colleagues are still working to improve technical capacity for drug interdiction and Finland continues to stress strategic border management. Tajik law enforcement agencies hav [...]
2008-12-15 06:19:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSHANBE591POLOFF GAINS ACCESS TO TAJIK PRISONS, VISITS
[...] (C) Summary: On April 24, PolOff visited Sobit Vakhidov and Rahmiddin Sharopov, both returnees from Guantanamo now held in Tajik prison, pursuant to a 2006 agreement between the United States and Tajikistan. There were numerous bureaucratic complications in gaining access to them, and we were [...]
2008-04-28 06:38:00Embassy DushanbeCONFIDENTIALPHUM PINR PTER KJUS KDRG TI
08DUSHANBE688 RAHMON CALLS FOR THE TRANSFER OF ARREST POWER FROM THE
[...] (SBU) Summary: In his annual speech to Parliament, President Rahmon called for the transfer by 2010 of the power to issue preliminary arrest warrants from the prosecutors to the courts. Our contacts are uncertain whether this step will make much difference in the balance of power between the [...]
2008-05-20 07:47:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI
08DUSHANBE830TAJIKISTAN'S PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE - IT'S ALL ABOUT
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Tajikistani Prsoecutor General's Office (which equates to the Attorney General's Office is the United States, but has substantial investigatory powers not possessed by American prosecutors) continues to oppose anticipated reforms to the Criminal Procedure Code that will bring [...]
2008-06-23 04:49:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM TI
08DUSHANBE907 TAJIKISTAN: NARCOTICS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND JUSTICE SECTOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Tajikistan's Drug Control Agency intends to move its Kazakhstan liaison office to Osh, Kyrgyzstan. The Agency's annual counter-drug effort entitled "Poppy - 2008", is intercepting more marijuana than opium or heroin. The Ministry of Internal Affairs Counter-Narcotics Department [...]
2008-07-11 08:29:00Embassy DushanbeUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI
08DUSSELDORF4TRIAL ON ALLEGED ILLEGAL EXPORTS OF MILITARY GOODS TO IRAQ
[...] (U) An Iraqi-born businessman from Essen, Aso Salih Koyie (47),has been charged with violating an EU arms embargo against Iraq through the 2004 delivery of 78 power generating sets formerly used by the German Army. The trial, which opened before the Essen Regional Court on January 3, continu [...]
2008-01-11 12:35:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP PARM KJUS KISL PTER KPAO KVPR IZ GM
08DUSSELDORF6COURT FINES BUSINESSMAN FOR ILLEGAL EXPORTS OF MILITARY
[...] (U) After a month-long trial (reftel),the Essen Regional Court on January 25 found Aso Salih Koyie guilty of having violated section 34 of the German Foreign Trade and Payments Law (restrictions on the export of military goods) through the 2004 delivery to Iraq of 78 power generating sets for [...]
2008-01-28 14:17:00Consulate DusseldorfUNCLASSIFIEDETTC KNNP PARM KJUS KISL PTER KPAO KVPR IZ GM
08FRANKFURT1020Law Enforcement Copes with Challenges of Global Terror in
[...] (C) Summary. The September 4 arrests of three terror suspects tied to the Islamic Jihad Union highlighted the prevalence of Islamic extremism and homegrown terrorism in Baden-Wuerttemberg, a large and conservative southern German state. All three suspects, two of whom are German converts, sp [...]
2008-04-07 09:19:00Consulate FrankfurtCONFIDENTIALPTER KHLS KJUS PGOV ASEC GM
08FRANKFURT1817TRIAL OF A.Q. KHAN LINKED DEFENDANT GOTTHARD LERCH RESUMES
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 5, the 4th Senate of the Higher Regional Court (a federal court) in Stuttgart re-opened the trial of Gotthard Lerch, a German engineer allegedly linked to the A.Q. Khan nuclear proliferation network. Lerch is accused of aiding the Libyan government in its efforts to acq [...]
2008-06-10 07:33:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC PREL KNNP ETTC KJUS KCRM GM
08FRANKFURT2057Law Enforcement Confronts Home-Grown Terrorism in
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The arrests of home-grown Muslim extremists who come from Rheinland-Pfalz and Saarland, two small German states with few large cities, have drawn significant media attention and highlighted law enforcement's ongoing struggle with domestic terrorism in Germany. Currently both Alee [...]
2008-07-02 07:46:00Consulate FrankfurtCONFIDENTIALPTER KHLS KJUS PGOV ASEC GM
08FRANKFURT2272Defendant Testifies on Relationship with A.Q. Khan in
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the ongoing trial of Gotthard Lerch, the defendant unexpectedly testified in his own defense on July 11, denying any role in the activities of Pakistani nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan. Lerch said he agreed to speak in his own defense after reading an avalanche of false accusati [...]
2008-07-21 14:16:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIEDPARM MNUC PREL KNNP ETTC KJUS KCRM GM
08FRANKFURT3206A.Q. Khan Associate Lerch Avoids Jail Time in Deal
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Nuclear smuggler Gotthard Lerch struck a deal with the prosecution ending his trial October 16 and avoiding any jail time. Lerch received a five and a half year sentence for his involvement in exporting nuclear technology to Libya, but the remaining time of his sentence will b [...]
2008-10-24 08:32:00Consulate FrankfurtUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPARM MNUC PREL KNNP ETTC KJUS KCRM GM
08FRANKFURT808Law Enforcement Copes with Challenges of Global Terror in
[...] (C) Summary. The September 4 arrests of three terror suspects tied to the Islamic Jihad Union highlighted the prevalence of Islamic extremism and homegrown terrorism in Baden-Wuerttemberg, a large and conservative southern German state. All three suspects, two of whom are German converts, sp [...]
2008-03-19 14:48:00Consulate FrankfurtCONFIDENTIALPTER KHLS KJUS PGOV ASEC GM
08FREETOWN42AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH SPECIAL COURT HONORABLE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Poloff met with Honorable Justice Benjamin Itoe, Presiding Justice of Trial Chamber I, on January 30. Justice Itoe expressed his appreciation for the support provided to the Special Court of Sierra Leone (SCSL) by the United States Government, and reiterated his com [...]
2008-02-01 12:19:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALKAWC KJUS PGOV PREL SL
08FREETOWN558FILLING THE VOID IN THE SCSL APPEALS CHAMBER
[...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with a highly-placed source within the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) on November 25 to discuss the implications of Justice Raja Fernando's death on the Appeals Chamber. Source commented that, beyond the legal issues themselves, members of the Chamber select the C [...]
2008-11-26 15:31:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALKAWC KJUS PHUM PINR SL
08FREETOWN62SCSL MEETINGS: NEW HOPE FOR IMPROVED RELATIONS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador and Poloff met with Honorable Justice George Galaga King, President of the Special Court of Sierra Leone (SCSL),and with Herman von Hebel and Binta Mansaray, Registrar and Deputy Registrar of the SCSL, respectively, on separate occasioQon February 7. While the SCSL rep [...]
2008-02-15 13:18:00Embassy FreetownCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KAWC KJUS UNSC SL
08FREETOWN72 SCSL APPEALS CHAMBER DELIVERS FINAL JUDGMENT IN AFRC CASE
[...] SUMMARY: The Appeals Chamber of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) handed down its first judgment on February 22, upholding lengthy sentences for three former leaders of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC). The Court effectively dismissed all of the Defense grounds of appeal, [...]
2008-02-25 17:20:00Embassy FreetownUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KAWC KJUS PHUM SL
08GUADALAJARA612CHEMICAL CITY: GUADALAJARA, JALISCO, AND THE METH TRADE
[...] (SBU) Summary: According to 2007 DEA estimates, 80 percent of the methamphetamine used in the United States originates from laboratories operated by Mexican-based syndicates on both sides of the border. Production is especially high in and around the city of Guadalajara due to the confluence [...]
2008-12-23 15:47:00Consulate GuadalajaraUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR PREL EIND KJUS MX
08GUATEMALA1030TWO CIVIL SOCIETY LEADERS MURDERED
[...] (U) On August 7, Edvin Portillo, treasurer of the Pension Administration Board and member of the port workers union of the National Santo Tomas Pot Company (Empornac),was shot and killed by twounidentified assailants in Puerto Barrios, Izabal. Portillo, who was recently elected president of t [...]
2008-08-12 22:13:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM GT
08GUATEMALA1078CHIEF HOMICIDE PROSECUTOR ANNOUNCES RESIGNATION
[...] (U) Alvaro Matus, Chief Prosecutor of the Homicides Unit of the Attorney General's Office, announced August 20 that he will resign effective September 1. Matus cited personal and professional reasons for his decision. Reportedly, new Attorney General Velasquez had called for his resignation. [...]
2008-08-22 17:54:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALKJUS KCRM PGOV SNAR PINR MOPS GT
08GUATEMALA1087MERIDA INITIATIVE: GUATEMALAN PRISON CONDITIONS
[...] Summary: Guatemala's prison system is in desperate need of reform, according to officials who have worked on efforts to improve prison conditions under the previous and current administrations. Inadequate security measures, overcrowding, and ineffective rehabilitation programs, compounded by a [...]
2008-08-27 22:18:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM PGOV KJUS GT
08GUATEMALA1124GUATEMALAN FOREIGN MINISTRY CREATES HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE
[...] The Foreign Ministry created an office to coordinate Guatemala's human rights agenda with national institutions, multilateral organizations, and embassies. The "Directorate of Human Rights, Rights of the Indigenous Peoples, Environment, Culture, and International Humanitarian Rights" is headed [...]
2008-09-04 22:40:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS SOCI UN GT
08GUATEMALA117LABOR CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS ROLE OF UNIONS IN
[...] (U) Summary: A three-day international labor conference in Guatemala City focused on the role of labor organizations in the fight against impunity. Unionists, civil society leaders, government officials, and representatives of the private sector and the international community highlighted th [...]
2008-02-04 23:43:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA1193GUATEMALAN LABOR MINISTRY LAUNCHES ANTI-CORRUPTION
[...] On September 18, the Ministry of Labor officially launched a public campaign against corruption with the objective of improving transparency and public services. According to Minister of Labor Edgar Rodriguez, its primary objective will be to create a culture of transparency in the area of pub [...]
2008-09-19 20:29:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM KDEM GT
08GUATEMALA1229GUATEMALA PASSES FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT
[...] Summary: After ten years of advocacy and three bills before Congress, the Guatemalan Congress unanimously passed the Free Access to Public Information Law on September 23. The law requires all public and private entities that receive public funds to respond to citizen requests for information [...]
2008-09-30 23:22:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCRM KDEM KJUS SOCI MCC GT
08GUATEMALA1232DEMARCHE ON GUATEMALA TIP TIER 2 WATCH LIST ACTION
[...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper to Erick Maldonado, Director of Consular and Immigration Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Alexander Colop, Chief Prosecutor of the Anti-TIP Unit of the Attorney General's Office; and Ana Maria Mendez, Chief Defender of Immigrants' Right [...]
2008-10-01 20:18:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG KJUS PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA1268FORMER PRESIDENT PORTILLO EXTRADITED TO GUATEMALA
[...] (U) On October 7, after more than four years of legal battle to avoid extradition, former President Alfonso Portillo (2000-2004) turned himself in to Mexican authorities for extradition to face embezzlement charges in Guatemala. Portillo, a fugitive from justice since 2005, fled to Mexico in F [...]
2008-10-08 23:10:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KJUS GT
08GUATEMALA130AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH INTERNATIONAL LABOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with an international labor delegation representing various local and regional labor organizations on January 28 during its third mission to Guatemala. The delegation expressed concern over the lack of progress in the investigation of the January 2007 murder [...]
2008-02-06 20:54:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA134SURVIVORS FOUNDATION COMBATS VIOLENCE AGAINST
[...] (U) Summary: The Survivors Foundation, a local GOG-supported NGO that provides free legal assistance and psychological support to female victims of violence and abuse, attended to more than 6,000 victims and their family members in 2007. The foundation drove investigations that led to the pr [...]
2008-02-08 00:46:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM GT
08GUATEMALA135MURDERS OF BUS DRIVERS PUT GOG UNDER PRESSURE
[...] (U) Summary: On February 5, five bus drivers and one assistant were killed in attacks across the capital. Robberies and attacks directed against the public transportation sector are routine, but the number and nature of the February 5 attacks has sparked intense media coverage, opposition crit [...]
2008-02-11 13:38:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM ASEC KJUS PTER SNAR ESA GT
08GUATEMALA1359GUATEMALA'S NOMINEE FOR 2009 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR
[...] Embassy is pleased to nominate Norma Cruz, Director of NGO Survivors Foundation, as Guatemala's "Woman of Courage" for the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage (ref A) in recognition of her exceptional courage, strength, and leadership in advocating for women's rights and [...]
2008-10-31 01:14:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PREL KPAO PHUM KJUS GT
08GUATEMALA1416SENIOR GOG OFFICIALS ACKNOWLEDGE NEED FOR PROFOUND
[...] (C) At an October 31 meeting on justice sector reform called by Vice President Espada, senior GOG leaders said they are on the verge of "losing the country" to criminals. Following CICIG Commissioner Castresana's biting critique of Guatemala's administration of justice, participants shared bl [...]
2008-11-12 22:55:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM EAID ASEC GT
08GUATEMALA1430GRUESOME BUS SLAYINGS HIGHLIGHT INSECURITY
[...] (SBU) Summary: On November 8, 16 persons traveling by charter bus from Chinandega, Nicaragua to the Guatemalan Capital were found dead in the rural department of Zacapa. The 15 Nicaraguan nationals and one Dutch national were shot before the bus they were traveling in was set on fire. Local [...]
2008-11-17 07:44:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALSNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS GT
08GUATEMALA1458EXHUMATIONS HELP GUATEMALAN FAMILIES FIND CLOSURE
[...] (U) Summary: Exhumations are helping bring closure to family members of the estimated 150 victims of a 1982 massacre in Lacama Segundo, an indigenous community in Chichicastenango, Quiche Department, an area that saw intense fighting during Guatemala's internal conflict. With the support of v [...]
2008-11-21 11:10:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM PHUM EAID PGOV KDEM KJUS SOCI GT
08GUATEMALA1479AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF LABOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: During a November 13 courtesy call, the Ambassador and Minister of Labor Edgar Rodriguez discussed a range of issues, including migrant workers, violence against trade unionists, the expected increase in Guatemala's minimum wage, and next steps in the CAFTA labor submission accep [...]
2008-12-02 10:58:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALELAB PHUM ECON KHLS KCRM KJUS KDEM PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA149GUATEMALA'S TIP PROPOSALS FOR G/TIP FY08 FUNDS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-02-12 23:27:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KJUS GT
08GUATEMALA1502USG-FUNDED PROJECT LAUNCHES WORKER RIGHTS CENTERS
[...] On November 18, NGO Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and the Commission for the Verification of Codes of Conduct in Guatemala (COVERCO) inaugurated three model Worker Rights Centers to promote labor rights as part of a DOL-funded regional project ("Todas y Todos Trabajamos"). The four-year proj [...]
2008-12-04 16:37:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KJUS KDEM PHUM GT
08GUATEMALA1504NARCO-GUNFIGHT ON MEXICAN BORDER KILLS AT LEAST 16
[...] (U) At least 16 persons, most of whom reportedly were suspected narcotraffickers, died November 30 during a protracted gunfight in the Guatemalan-Mexican border town of Agua Zarca in the municipality of Santa Ana Huista, Huehuetenango (western Guatemala). Among the dead were alleged members o [...]
2008-12-04 17:54:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYSNAR KCRM PTER KJUS KDEM GT
08GUATEMALA1517HELP FOR FEMALE VICTIMS OF VIOLENCE IS FOUR DIGITS
[...] On November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the Guatemalan Institute of Public Criminal Defense (IDPP) inaugurated a hotline to provide emergency assistance to female victims of domestic violence, sexual abuse, and other forms of physical violence 24 hou [...]
2008-12-10 17:25:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM SOCI PGOV MX GT
08GUATEMALA1547AMBASSADOR'S MEETING ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
[...] Summary: Ambassador and Embassy officers met November 24 with a delegation of American and Guatemalan activists organized by a U.S.-based women's rights NGO to discuss violence against women in Guatemala. Delegation members expressed their concern over the climate of impunity and the level o [...]
2008-12-17 14:56:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKWMN PHUM KCRM KJUS KDEM SOCI GT
08GUATEMALA1550CICIG INVESTIGATING NICARAGUAN BUS KILLINGS
[...] (S) With the assistance of the Nicaraguan Police, CICIG and Guatemalan authorities under its supervision appear to be making good progress in their investigation of the November 8 murders of the 16 occupants of a Nicaraguan bus in eastern Guatemala. The murders appear to have been related to [...]
2008-12-17 16:51:00Embassy GuatemalaSECRETSNAR PGOV PINR KCRM KJUS NI GT
08GUATEMALA170UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
[...] Per reftel, post contacted local human rights NGOs and civil society organizations to inform them of the UN Human Rights Council's upcoming Universal Periodic Review of Guatemala's human rights record (May 5-16) and to encourage their participation in the process. 2. The following organizat [...]
2008-02-19 21:33:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS UNSC GT
08GUATEMALA189UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOCUSES ON HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] Summary: The UN Secretary General's Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders visited Guatemala February 17-21 to follow up on a 2003 visit and recommendations for promoting and protecting human rights defenders in Guatemala. Hina Jilani met with government officials, members of the j [...]
2008-02-22 17:25:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KCRM KJUS KDEM PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA243RURAL PROTESTS PRESENT CHALLENGES TO GOG
[...] SUMMARY: Violent protests in the largely Mayan indigenous Provinces of Solola and Izabal in late February focused public attention on the difficulties the Colom government is having with fulfilling campaign promises to provide law and order to its largely rural indigenous electorate. END SUMM [...]
2008-02-27 20:04:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM KJUS ASEC PTER SNAR ES GT
08GUATEMALA249AMBASSADOR REES HIGHLIGHTS MULTILATERAL SOCIAL ISSUES DURING GUATEMALA VISIT
[...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Grover Joseph Rees, Special Representative for Social Issues, visited Guatemala February 19-21. Rees met with senior government officials, civil society, and press to discuss human rights and other key social issues. He also visited a USG-funded community health cent [...]
2008-02-28 16:19:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYESOCI PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV KCRM EAID UNGA GT
08GUATEMALA255GUATEMALAN COMPANIES VOLUNTARILY PARTICIPATE IN
[...] On February 27, during its annual awards ceremony, the Guatemalan Association of Exporters (AGEXPORT) and its Apparel and Textile Industry Commission (VESTEX) publicly recognized and certified 29 Guatemalan textile and apparel companies that voluntarily participated in, and fulfilled the requi [...]
2008-02-29 01:05:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM ECON KJUS KDEM GT
08GUATEMALA256PRESIDENT COLOM ORDERS DECLASSIFICATION OF MILITARY ARCHIVES
[...] Summary: On February 25, in commemoration of Guatemala's National Day of Dignity of Victims, President Colom announced that the government will declassify, and open to the public, military archives that contain information on human rights violations committed during the country's internal conf [...]
2008-02-29 01:44:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PHUM KDEM KCRM MOPS MARR PGOV ESOCI GT
08GUATEMALA262GUATEMALA'S INPUT ON CAFTA-DR LABOR TRADE CAPACITY
[...] Per reftel, post consulted with the Ministry of Labor on its areas of focus and priority needs for CAFTA-DR labor trade capacity building in Guatemala. Labor officer delivered reftel points, explaining to Ministry officials that the USG is seeking input from all stakeholders through various c [...]
2008-02-29 20:03:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD EAID KDEM PHUM KJUS PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA304BANANA WORKERS UNION CO-FOUNDER MURDERED IN
[...] (U) Summary: On March 2, Miguel Angel Ramirez, co-founder and organizer of the recently formed Banana Workers Union of the South (SITRABANSUR) at Chiquita banana-producing Olga Maria Farm, was killed at home by unidentified armed assailants who broke into his house. Ramirez' murder occurred [...]
2008-03-10 22:45:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM ETRD GT
08GUATEMALA313CICIG AGREES TO INVESTIGATE MURDERS OF WOMEN IN
[...] Summary: On March 6, at the request of the Guatemalan government, the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) agreed to investigate murders of women. During the official signing ceremony, attended by the Ambassador and other members of the diplomatic community, Presiden [...]
2008-03-11 18:21:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM KWMN PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV SOCI GT
08GUATEMALA328GUATEMALAN WOMEN'S GROUPS PRESENT 100-DAY PLAN
[...] (U) Summary: Women's groups congregated in front of the National Palace, Congress, and the Supreme Court on March 5 to present to the government a 100-day plan for women. First Lady Sandra Torres de Colom pledged her support to advance their agenda and promised to deliver the plan to Presiden [...]
2008-03-13 22:47:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKWMN KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV SOCI GT
08GUATEMALA355CICIG COMMISSIONER DISCUSSES PROGRESS AND
[...] (C) Summary: In a March 14 meeting with the Ambassador and Pol/Econ Counselor, CICIG Commissioner Carlos Castresana discussed progress in establishing the CICIG office and beginning its first investigations. He outlined concerns over the extent to which some Guatemalan law enforcement organi [...]
2008-03-19 13:39:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPTER KCRM ASEC VZ PREL PHUM KJUS PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA357LABOR VICE MINISTER HIGHLIGHTS SOCIAL ISSUES AND
[...] Summary: During a March 17 meeting with poloff, Labor Vice Minister Mario Illescas discussed some of the challenges facing the Labor Ministry and some of his initiatives to address social issues, including labor compliance and public transport security. He expressed concern over the low salar [...]
2008-03-19 19:31:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB SOCI PHUM KDEM KJUS GT PGOV
08GUATEMALA363GUATEMALA UN HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE OUTLINES 12
[...] Summary: On March 7, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Country Representative Anders Kompass presented to the diplomatic community a report of the human rights situation in Guatemala and the activities of his office during 2007. Kompass said his office was most concerned about v [...]
2008-03-24 18:40:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM KJUS KDEM KCRM KWMN PGOV SOCI GT
08GUATEMALA387GUATEMALAN NARCO-GUNFIGHT HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR
[...] (U) Summary. A shootout involving Mexican and Guatemalan narcotraffickers in Zacapa left eleven dead and two more wounded on March 25. Initial DEA and NAS reports confirm that members of the Mexican gang "Los Zetas" participated in the shootout that resulted in the death of Guatemalan major [...]
2008-03-28 15:03:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALKCRM SNAR PTER PGOV KJUS KDEM GT
08GUATEMALA398USG-FUNDED PROJECT TO STRENGTHEN GUATEMALA'S LABOR
[...] USG-funded CAFTA-DR labor project "Cumple y Gana" and the Guatemalan Apparel and Textile Industry Commission (VESTEX) signed an agreement March 12 to design and develop an organizational conflict resolution system, which will include two groups of trained mediators specialized in organizational [...]
2008-03-28 22:59:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB ETRD PHUM KJUS KDEM GT
08GUATEMALA522GUATEMALA: AFL-CIO SUBMITS COMPLAINT UNDER
[...] The AFL-CIO, along with six Guatemalan unions, filed an official complaint April 23 with the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Trade and Labor Affairs, alleging violations of the Labor Chapter of CAFTA-DR. The complaint is the first of its kind under the labor provisions of the trade agreeme [...]
2008-04-24 22:30:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM GT
08GUATEMALA556GOG CHANGES SECURITY DETAIL OF HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] On April 24, the Guatemalan government announced that the Presidential Secretariat of Security and Administrative Affairs (SAAS) will no longer provide personal security to private citizens, including human rights defenders, who are not affiliated with the government. National Civil Police (P [...]
2008-04-30 00:05:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM GT
08GUATEMALA559GUATEMALA: IMPLEMENTING THE PRESIDENT'S FREEDOM
[...] As reported in our Advancing Freedom and Democracy Report (AFDR) and Democracy Strategy Paper, the Embassy reached out to support democracy and human rights activists through activities to implement the President's Freedom Agenda. 2. The Chief of Mission engaged with the President and senior [...]
2008-04-30 21:08:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PREL KDEM KJUS GT
08GUATEMALA592GANG MEMBERS KILL WARDEN INSIDE GUATEMALAN JAIL
[...] On May 1, imprisoned gang members killed Jorge Augusto Mendoza, Deputy Director of the Preventive Detention Center in Chimaltenango. Press reports indicate that the prisoners decapitated Mendoza after holding him hostage. The prison director and three guards were also taken hostage and suff [...]
2008-05-08 22:11:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM ASEC PGOV SNAR KJUS GT
08GUATEMALA621CICIG COMMISSIONER PROVIDES UPDATE
[...] (C) At luncheon hosted by Swiss Ambassador on May 14, CICIG Commissioner, Carlos Castresana provided overview to international community ambassadors involved with CICIG on activities to date. Of note were the following comments by Castresana: Relations between CICIG and the GOG - Castresa [...]
2008-05-16 13:19:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPTER KCRM PREL PHUM KJUS PGOV GT ASEC
08GUATEMALA700GUATEMALAN COURT SENTENCES 5 FORMER CIVIL DEFENSE
[...] On May 28, a Guatemalan court convicted and sentenced five former Civil Defense Patrol members (local civilian militias trained and supervised by the Guatemalan military) to 780 years in prison for the March 1982 murder of 177 civilians -- 70 women and 107 children -- in Rio Negro, Baja Verapaz [...]
2008-06-02 22:49:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM MOPS MARR KJUS KCRM PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA702SUSPECT FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER OF SON OF PROMINENT
[...] On June 2, a Guatemalan court sentenced Erwin Omar Gudiel Arias to 20 years in prison for the August 2007 murder of Jose Mendez Dardon, son of prominent human rights activist and former Congressman Amilcar Mendez. The three-judge panel found conclusive the testimony of two witnesses who were a [...]
2008-06-03 20:10:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS KCRM PHUM KDEM PGOV GT
08GUATEMALA802DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH GUATEMALAN CIVIL SOCIETY
[...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Secretary Negroponte visited Guatemala June 5-6. On June 6, he met with civil society leaders to discuss human rights and other key social issues. Civil society leaders expressed concern over impunity and corruption, and stressed the need to strengthen state institution [...]
2008-06-26 22:33:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALOVIP ESOCI KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM SNAR ECON GT
08GUATEMALA821GUATEMALAN MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT DIES IN
[...] (U) On June 27, Minister of Government Carlos Vinicio Gomez Ruiz, along with Vice Minister of Government Edgar Hernandez Umana and two pilots, died in a helicopter crash. The four men were returning from a ceremony in the department of Peten when their helicopter crashed in a remote and mounta [...]
2008-07-01 23:19:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM KJUS ASEC SNAR ES GT
08GUATEMALA830GUATEMALAN PRESIDENT ANNOUNCES NEW MINISTER OF
[...] (U) On July 2, President Colom announced Francisco Jose Jimenez Irungaray, current Director of the General Directorate for Civil Intelligence (DIGICI),as the new Minister of Government, and Emilio Arnoldo Villagran Campos as the new Vice Minister of Government, following the June 27 deaths of [...]
2008-07-03 00:42:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KJUS ASEC SNAR GT
08GUATEMALA845GUATEMALAN LABOR MINISTRY HOSTS NATIONAL SEMINAR
[...] On July 1, the Ministry of Labor, in coordination with representative organizations of the Guatemalan labor movement and civil society, hosted the "First National Seminar to Promote Employment and Business Competitiveness through Compliance with Labor Laws in Guatemala." Government officials, [...]
2008-07-07 22:23:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIEDELAB EIND ETRD PHUM ECON KJUS KDEM GT
08GUATEMALA85CICIG SELECTING CASES, RECRUITING STAFF
[...] (C) CICIG Commissioner Carlos Castresana told Ambassador Jan. 25 that he was in the process of selecting the first cases that CICIG would investigate. He believes CICIG should concentrate on recent cases in which new evidence could still be gathered, rather than older cases of historic intere [...]
2008-01-29 16:06:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPHUM PGOV SNAR ASEC KCRM KJUS GT
08GUATEMALA890PARLACEN MURDER UPDATE: 13 GANG MEMBERS ACQUITTED
[...] (SBU) On July 10, a three-judge panel acquitted 13 gang members of charges relating to the February 2007 murder of four Guatemalan police officers accused of killing three El Salvadoran representatives to the Central American Parliament (PARLACEN) and their driver (reftel). The police officers [...]
2008-07-14 22:23:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKCRM SNAR PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC ES GT
08GUATEMALA956GPS TRACKING SYSTEM IMPLICATES DETECTIVES IN
[...] (C) The Global Positioning System (GPS) located in a National Civil Police (PNC) vehicle and eyewitness accounts led to the arrest of three detectives from the PNC's Division of Criminal Investigation (DINC),who were charged with the extrajudicial killings of two individuals. Arrest warrants [...]
2008-07-28 17:36:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALKCRM PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC GT
08GUATEMALA969COLOM RESHUFFLES CABINET AT SIX MONTHS
[...] (C) Summary: Just over six months into his Presidency, Alvaro Colom has replaced some members of his cabinet and indicated that further changes may be forthcoming. While publicly defending his administration's progress to date, in private Colom has expressed growing frustration with the slow [...]
2008-07-29 20:34:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KJUS ASEC SNAR GT
08GUATEMALA974U.S. LABOR OFFICIALS VISIT GUATEMALA TO INITIATE REVIEW OF
[...] (U) U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) officials visited Guatemala July 20-25 to initiate review of a submission filed by the AFL-CIO, in collaboration with six local unions, under CAFTA labor provisions. The submission alleges labor violations in five cases, including the 2007 murder of two union [...]
2008-07-30 18:23:00Embassy GuatemalaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYELAB ETRD KDEM PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM GT
08GUATEMALA977PRESIDENT COLOM ANNOUNCES PERSONNEL CHANGES AT
[...] (U) On July 29, President Colom announced changes in the military high command and the Public Ministry. Jose Amilcar Velasquez Zarate, Chief of the Attorney General's Guatemala City Office, will replace Juan Luis Florido as Attorney General. Colom also announced that General Ronald Mauricio [...]
2008-07-30 23:06:00Embassy GuatemalaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM GT
08HAMBURG16GERMAN COURT FINDS IRAQI "CYBER JIHADIST" GUILTY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 19, the Higher Regional Court (OLG) in Celle convicted Iraqi Ibrahim Rashid in 22 cases of promoting membership in and support for the foreign terrorist organizations Al Qaeda and Al Qaeda in Iraq and sentenced him to a three year prison term. The conviction was based [...]
2008-06-24 13:07:00Consulate HamburgUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KJUS PREL ASEC KVPR GM
08HAMBURG2GERMAN AL QAEDA ACCOMPLICE FOUND GUILTY
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 24, the Schleswig- Holstein Higher Regional Court (OLG) convicted Redouane El-Habhab of founding a foreign terrorist organization and assisting a terrorist organization and sentenced him to a five year and nine month prison term. The verdict is not yet legally bind [...]
2008-01-28 12:49:00Consulate HamburgUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KJUS KHLS PREL ASEC GM
08HAMBURG44LAST AL QAEDA MEMBER FROM EL-HABHAB CELL CONVICTED
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 24, the Higher Regional Court (OLG) in Schleswig found Moroccan national Abdelali Miftah guilty of supporting Al Qaeda in Iraq through the recruitment and trafficking of three Islamist fighters during the period between the beginning of June 2006 and July 6, 2006. [...]
2008-12-05 15:46:00Consulate HamburgUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KJUS KVPR KHLS PREL ASEC GM
08HAMBURG8JORDANIAN TERRORIST FOUND GUILTY WITH A DE FACTO 13 MONTH
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 21, the Higher Regional Court (OLG) in Schleswig convicted Jordanian Thaer Alhalah of founding a foreign terrorist organization with Redouane El-Habhab and Abdelali Miftah and sentenced him to a two year prison term (Refs A and C). The conviction was primarily bas [...]
2008-02-26 19:28:00Consulate HamburgUNCLASSIFIEDPTER KJUS KHLS ASEC PREL GM
08HONGKONG459BDA - MACAU'S DISGRACED BANK LACKS COMMITMENT TO
[...] (C) Summary: In the course of a March 3-7 Government Accountability Office (GAO) visit, Hong Kong and Macau government officials and private sector players criticized section 311 of the Patriot Act as a blunt and unwieldy tool and the U.S. handling of the Banco Delta Asia (BDA) case as non-t [...]
2008-03-12 09:28:00Consulate Hong KongSECRETECON EFIN PREL KJUS MC
08ISLAMABAD1633SUPREME COURT ABOLISHES GRADUATION REQUIREMENT FOR
[...] (U) Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled April 21 to abolish the constitutional requirement that candidates for elective office have a bachelors degree, among other qualifications. This pre-qualification to run was introduced by President Pervez Musharraf in the lead-up to the 2002 parliamentary ele [...]
2008-04-21 13:14:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1641RESTORATION OF JUDICIARY: DEADLOCKED FOR NOW
[...] (C) Summary: After two intense days of personal negotiations, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chair Asif Zardari and Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) leader Nawaz Sharif remained deadlocked over the issue of how/when to restore the deposed judiciary. They continue to debate whether to restor [...]
2008-04-22 14:02:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS PHUM
08ISLAMABAD1702WILL THE JUDICIARY ISSUE BRING DOWN PAKISTAN'S
[...] (C) Summary: Though seemingly close to a deal on restoration of the deposed judiciary, the Pakistan People's Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz continue to negotiate (now in Dubai). The sticking point continues to be former Chief Justice Chaudhry, who likely will return to the bench. But [...]
2008-04-29 14:25:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1756AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH PML-N LEADER NAWAZ SHARIF
[...] (C) Summary: Ambassador called on former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on May 2 to discuss the judges restoration issue, the South Waziristan peace deal and the Pakistani economy. Nawaz said a committee would be established to draft a parliamentary resolution to reinstate the judges on May 12. [...]
2008-05-05 13:43:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KJUS PK
08ISLAMABAD1772COMMITTEE ON JUDGES INCHES FORWARD
[...] (C) Summary: Senior attorneys charged by the political parties with drafting a resolution to restore the pre-November 3 judiciary continue to bicker, and some committee members have already quit. On the table is a resolution that labels the November 3 firing of the judges as illegal and allow [...]
2008-05-07 14:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1831NAWAZ PULLS MINISTERS BUT STAYS IN PPP-LED GOP
[...] (C) Summary: Nawaz Sharif announced May 12 that his Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party's nine federal ministers would resign from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) led cabinet on May 13. He lamented this course of action, caused, Nawaz said, because the pre-November 3 judges were not rest [...]
2008-05-12 13:58:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PHUM KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1866NAWAZ PULLS MINISTERS BUT STAYS IN PPP-LED GOP
[...] (C) Summary: Nawaz Sharif announced May 12 that his Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party's nine federal ministers would resign from the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) led cabinet on May 13. He lamented this course of action, caused, Nawaz said, because the pre-November 3 judges were not rest [...]
2008-05-15 14:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PHUM KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1894SHOWDOWN MAY LOOM OVER JUDGES' RESTORATION
[...] (C) Summary: On May 18, Pakistan's legal fraternities, frustrated with the new GOP's lack of progress to restore the pre-November 3 judges, called for a "long march" on the capital to begin June 10. The lawyers' movement is hoping sympathetic civil society organizations and political parties [...]
2008-05-19 15:18:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1933CONSTITUTIONAL HURDLES FOR PROPOSED 18TH AMENDMENT
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) this week prepared and appears ready to present an omnibus amendments package to reinstate the pre-November 3 judiciary, indemnify President Pervez Musharraf for his actions related to the judges' removal, and diminish significantly the possibility of [...]
2008-05-23 16:05:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1947CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS WITH LAWYERS' MOVEMENT LEADERS
[...] (C) Summary: U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI),visiting Islamabad May 26, met with leaders of Pakistan's lawyers' movement. The Senator noted his long-standing support for the lawyers, calling both the USG's response to Musharraf's 2007 state of emergency and the new GOP's plans to reinstate [...]
2008-05-28 10:48:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS PHUM
08ISLAMABAD195462 PARTS OF AMENDMENTS PACKAGE GOES PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 24 press conference, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari provided the details of a comprehensive constitutional amendments package, including abolishing the presidential power to dissolve the National Assembly, allowing criticism of Pakistan's armed forces [...]
2008-05-28 11:55:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD195562 PARTS OF AMENDMENTS PACKAGE GOES PUBLIC
[...] (SBU) Summary: In a May 24 press conference, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Asif Zardari provided the details of a comprehensive constitutional amendments package, including abolishing the presidential power to dissolve the National Assembly, allowing criticism of Pakistan's armed forces [...]
2008-05-28 12:01:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD1996ZARDARI REPEATS COMMITMENT TO JUDICIARY, TONES
[...] (SBU) In a late May 30 press conference, Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Zardari reaffirmed the GOP's commitment to restore the Supreme Court and provincial High Court judges removed on November 3, 2007. He added that he and Law Minister Farooq Naek would discuss this evening th [...]
2008-05-30 15:44:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS
08ISLAMABAD2797SEPTEMBER 6 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: A PRIMER
[...] (SBU) Summary: A 30-day clock to elect a new president commenced August 18 when President Pervez Musharraf resigned from office. He had served less than a year into his second term, after a controversial and contested re-election on October 6, 2007. Pakistan's president is elected indirectly [...]
2008-08-22 10:52:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PK PREL PINR KJUS
08ISLAMABAD2850INSIGHTS ON ZARDARI'S PLANS FOR THE PARTY,
[...] (C) Summary: Pakistan People's Party Deputy Secretary General Sheik Mansoor admitted August 27 that his party leadership, including those serving in government, would not focus on the extremist threat or other pressing issues until its Co-Chair Asif Zardari was elected Pakistan's president on Septe [...]
2008-08-27 12:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL KJUS PTER
08ISLAMABAD2851PPP RESTORING JUDGES FROM THE BOTTOM UP
[...] (C) Summary: The Pakistan People's Party (PPP) has begun to restore the judges deposed by then President Musharraf last November, beginning with the Sindh High Court. Eight of 15 deposed Sindh justices re-took the oath of office on August 27. Restoration of the Lahore High Court judges cou [...]
2008-08-27 12:03:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PK
08ISLAMABAD2983ZARDARI BRINGS (SOME) JUDGES BACK... HIS WAY
[...] (C) Summary: Asif Zardari's Pakistan People's Party (PPP) is fulfilling its promise to reinstate the Musharraf-deposed judiciary, though it is doing it piecemeal and selectively. The GOP has now wooed back judges to all the provincial High Court benches. More significantly, though, three junio [...]
2008-09-10 13:37:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PK PREL PHUM KJUS
08ISLAMABAD3361RUCKUS BY LAWYERS BUT LEADERS MOVING ON
[...] (U) Hundreds of Pakistan's activist lawyers streamed on to the streets of Islamabad October 20 in an impromptu demonstration on behalf of former Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. Chaudhry had attempted to leave the judicial enclave and travel to the Supreme Court building just bloc [...]
2008-10-24 03:19:00Embassy IslamabadUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KJUS EAID PK
08ISLAMABAD3417KURD ELECTED BAR PRESIDENT
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ali Ahmad Kurd was easily elected late October 28 as the new president of Pakistan's powerful Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA). Kurd, former vice-chair of the Pakistan Bar Council, was backed by the lawyers' movement to succeed Aitzaz Ahsan. While Kurd is advertised as a " [...]
2008-10-29 12:46:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS EAID PK
08ISLAMABAD3849PREVENTIVE DETENTION FOR MUMBAI ATTACKERS
[...] (SBU) Summary: The continued police round-ups in Pakistan of persons even tangentially connected to the Mumbai attacks have generated much puzzlement about the country's sweeping ability to use preventive detention remedies. For Pakistani authorities, however, this is pretty much business as usual. [...]
2008-12-16 14:02:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PTER KJUS IN PK
08ISLAMABAD3902LAWYERS POLITICIZED, BLAME U.S. FOR MUMBAI ATTACKS
[...] (C) Since the ouster of President-General Pervez Musharraf, the lawyers' movement has become less and less an independent force on Pakistan's political scene. Many of its original leaders are looking for dignified exits, ceding ground to some die-hard firebrands (reftel). The opposition Paki [...]
2008-12-22 08:30:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL KJUS EAID PK
08ISLAMABAD3943 MUMBAI ATTACKS: PAKISTANI MOI HESITANT TO MOVE
[...] (C) Summary. MOI State Secretary Kamal Shah expressed concern about moving the Mumbai bombing investigation into law enforcement channels. A successful prosecution, especially of the organizers, would demand significant levels of admissible evidence, which the Pakistanis do not now feel they h [...]
2008-12-25 04:54:00Embassy IslamabadCONFIDENTIALPTER PGOV KJUS PK
08JAKARTA1041SOLDIERING ON -- HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CONTINUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Relations between Indonesia's Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) and the military are improving slowly. There has also been some recent progress on military accountability. In related news, the Indonesian legislature (DPR) announced that it is set to review a bill that would [...]
2008-05-28 08:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1081Scenesetter for Attorney General Mukasey visit to
[...] (SBU) Summary: Department of Justice assistance programs are essential to Indonesia's continued democratic development. Over the past ten years of its democratic transition, Indonesia has worked to establish the laws, institutions, and procedures for sustained governance reform and rule of law [...]
2008-06-03 09:48:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR ECON ID
08JAKARTA1098KEY OFFICE SEEKS TO RESTORE CREDIBILITY AS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Attorney General Hendarman Supandji is attempting to restore his office's credibility as a key prosecutor goes on trial for alleged bribery. A new Deputy AG is making substantial changes in how corruption cases are handled and the AG has recently replaced 40 district office hea [...]
2008-06-05 04:54:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA112AMID NEW REVELATIONS, COURT CONTINUES REVIEW OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a January 15 Jakarta court hearing attended by poloff, prosecutors strengthened their case implicating the Indonesian National Intelligence Agency (BIN) in the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir. In the meantime, the Supreme Court is continuing its review of its high [...]
2008-01-18 07:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1173 ATTORNEY GENERAL MUKASEYQS VISIT TO
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 9, 2008, Attorney General Mukasey visited Jakarta to meet with Attorney General Supandji, Indonesian National Police (INP) Chief Sutanto, and other Indonesian officials. While issues of terrorism remained high on the agenda, AG Mukasey also focused on cooperation rega [...]
2008-06-16 08:05:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCRM KJUS KCOR
08JAKARTA118CT UPDATE -- TRIALS MOVING FORWARD, ESCAPEE
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In the latest counterterrorism news: prosecutors requested sentences of up to 15 years for six members of Jemaah Islamiyah's military wing; witness testimony began in the trials of two senior JI leaders; [...]
2008-01-18 10:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS SNAR ID
08JAKARTA1207FORMER GENERAL ARRESTED FOR ACTIVIST'S MURDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 19, Jakarta police arrested retired general and former Deputy of the Indonesian National Intelligence Agency (BIN) Muchdi Purwopranjono for the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. The arrest marks the first time a retired military general has been c [...]
2008-06-20 09:38:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL ID
08JAKARTA1226BALI BOMBERS STILL AWAITING EXECUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The three terrorists convicted for their roles in the October 2002 Bali bombings are still awaiting execution almost five years after their initial convictions. Incarcerated in Indonesia's "death row" prison, the three have reportedly exhausted all legal recourse. Given that the [...]
2008-06-24 07:43:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA1252MUNIR CASE -- GOI CONTINUES TO PRESS INVESTIGATION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian President Yudhoyono has publicly called on the GOI's National Intelligence Agency (BIN) to cooperate fully in the investigation into the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. The President's statement comes against the backdrop of last week's dramati [...]
2008-06-27 01:57:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1306CORRUPTION UPDATE -- ANOTHER LEGISLATOR ARRESTED;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI's independent Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) arrested another Member of Parliament (MP)--the eighth this year--on accusations he assisted a company win a contract worth more than $3 million. In other corruption-related news, the former Governor of the Bank of I [...]
2008-07-07 08:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA1342GOI BUILDS CASE AGAINST FORMER GENERAL IN SLAYING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI continues to build its case against a former general in the 2004 slaying of Munir Said Thalib, a well-respected human rights activist. The former general--who was an intelligence official at the time of the murder--remains under arrest while the investigation continues. [...]
2008-07-14 07:09:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1375GOI UNDERSCORES NEED FOR REFORM--AND PRESENTS PLAN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a July 9 meeting, Indonesia's Director General for Corrections solicited feedback on a blueprint for prison reform from a group of experts, diplomats and other GOI officials. The Director General was candid about failings in the prison system (weak security controls, overcro [...]
2008-07-17 03:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS PREL ID
08JAKARTA1383BALI BOMBERS INCH CLOSER TO EXECUTION (BUT IT MAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 17, the Supreme Court of Indonesia determined that the three Bali bombers on death row had exhausted their appeals process. According to a spokesman from the Attorney General's Office, the ruling brings their execution date closer. Sources continue to tell us that they [...]
2008-07-18 07:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA1408SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: FBI assistance programs are critical for Indonesia's democratic development. Over the past ten years of its democratic transition, Indonesia has worked to establish the laws, institutions, and procedures for sustained go [...]
2008-07-22 08:26:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPREL KJUS KCOR PTER ID
08JAKARTA1415BALI BOMBERS -- FURTHER DISCUSSION OF EXECUTION
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian Attorney General Hendarman Supandji publicly stated on July 21 that the three Bali bombers have exhausted all legal recourse and could be executed "at any time." Mission has also picked up other information indicating that the execution timeframe may be sooner rather [...]
2008-07-23 08:30:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA1458MEDIA REPORTS ABOUT ALLEGED PLANS OF TERRORIST
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On July 29, international and local media reported that recently arrested terrorist suspects had murdered an Indonesian Christian, intended to target a U.S. national, and planned to attack the Indonesian Supreme Court. [...]
2008-07-29 08:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV ASEC KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA1465CONVICTION IN MAJOR CORRUPTION CASE
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Corruption Court has convicted Artalyta Suryani--a well-known socialite and influence peddler--of bribing a (since fired) state prosecutor in order to close down a key corruption i [...]
2008-07-31 09:01:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA1484HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIALS IMPLICATED IN BRIBERY SCANDAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two members of President Yudhoyono's Cabinet, the ministers of National Development Planning and Forestry, have been implicated in the Bank Indonesia liquidity support (BLBI) corruption scandal. President Yudhoyono--who has made anti-corruption efforts a signature issue--has no [...]
2008-08-05 04:55:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA1509CONSTITUTIONAL COURT: NEW JUSTICE SELECTION PROCESS
[...] SUMMARY: (U) The first 5-year term of the nine Constitutional Court justices ends August 15 and three Constitutional Court justices are retiring. Each of the three branches of government is involved in selecting replacements for the Constitutional Court, which is an important player in region [...]
2008-08-08 06:33:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KJUS KCOR PREL ID
08JAKARTA1560CORRUPTION SCANDAL CONTINUES TO PERCOLATE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bank Indonesia (BI) corruption case continues to make news. Recent court testimony has implicated the father-in-law of President Yudhoyono's eldest son. In another tentacle of the case, the President's retention of two cabinet ministers despite accusations of corruption co [...]
2008-08-15 05:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA1564INDONESIAN MARINES CONVICTED IN LANDMARK HUMAN
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: In a landmark case for human rights accountability in the Indonesian military, Surabaya Military Court sentenced 13 marines to prison on August 14 for the shooting deaths of four civilians and wounding of e [...]
2008-08-15 08:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1582KEY INDONESIAN COURT PICKS NEW CHIEF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The members of Indonesia's Constitutional Court have chosen Mohammad Mahfud to be the next Chief Judge. Mahfud is considered moderate and to have the requisite legal experience. Mahfud will replace the current chief judge, who was defeated in his bid for re-election. Sharing [...]
2008-08-20 08:07:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL ID
08JAKARTA1594FORMER INTELLIGENCE OFFICIAL STANDS TRIAL IN MUNIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The trial of former Indonesian Intelligence Agency (BIN) Deputy Director Muchdi Purwoprandjono began August 21 in Jakarta. Muchdi--who is also a former commander of Kopassus (Army special forces)--is charged with complicity in the premeditated murder of well-known human rights [...]
2008-08-22 07:59:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1611NEW LEADER OF KEY COURT TAKES A STAND AGAINST
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The newly appointed Constitutional Court Chief Justice spoke to military officers on August 22 on the importance of upholding the Indonesian Constitution and opposing Sharia-based ordinances put in place by local bodies. In his speech, he explained that these Sharia-based ordin [...]
2008-08-25 07:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIAL//NOFORNPGOV KJUS PREL KIRF KISL ID
08JAKARTA1631SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE SET TO RETIRE; SEARCH
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chief Justice of the Indonesian Supreme Court will retire in November. The selection process for his replacement has started in the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR). Although Chi [...]
2008-08-28 03:20:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID
08JAKARTA1635KEY CABINET OFFICIAL SUPPORTS PRESIDENTIAL REPLY
[...] (C) State Secretary Hatta Rajasa offered to encourage President Yudhoyono to reply to Senator Leahy's recent letter regarding military reform, during an August 27 meeting with Ambassador Hume. Rajasa agreed that this reply would be an opportunity to open a dialogue with Senator Leahy. Rajasa, [...]
2008-08-28 08:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALID KJUS PGOV PREL
08JAKARTA167BALI BOMBERS MAKE LAST-DITCH EFFORT TO DELAY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Lawyers for the three terrorists who carried out the 2002 Bali bombing are requesting a second judicial review of the Supreme Court decision confirming their death sentences. Their appeals exhausted, the condemned bombers have been given until February 2 to request clemency or [...]
2008-01-28 03:22:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA1678MUNIR CASE -- COURT PROCEEDINGS AGAINST FORMER SPY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 2 and 4, court proceedings began for retired general and former Deputy of the Indonesian National Intelligence Agency (BIN) Muchdi Purwopranjono. He pleaded not guilty for the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. At the hearing, prosecutors maintained [...]
2008-09-05 10:20:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1691CONVICTION IN KEY CORRUPTION CASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Anti-Corruption Court has convicted a former top anti-corruption prosecutor of accepting a USD $600,000 bribe in exchange for dropping a corruption investigation. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. The conviction and stiff sentence--which received extensive me [...]
2008-09-08 06:58:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA17CORRUPTION UPDATE -- FORMER ENVOY CONVICTED OF
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. It is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In the latest corruption news: the former Indonesian Ambassador to Malaysia was convicted and sentenced to prison for overcharging visa applicants; the A [...]
2008-01-03 10:15:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID
08JAKARTA173COURT REINSTATES CONVICTION IN KEY HUMAN RIGHTS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In a landmark ruling for accountability, the Supreme Court on January 25 reinstated the conviction of the chief suspect and sentenced him to 20 years in prison for the murder of human rights activist Munir. Immediately after the ruling, the Indonesian National Police (INP) annou [...]
2008-01-28 09:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL ID
08JAKARTA1737CONSTITUTIONAL COURT BEGINS BALI BOMBER PROCEEDINGS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Constitutional Court has begun hearing the three Bali bombers, last-ditch appeal. The three (via their lawyers) have claimed that execution by firing squad, the constitutionally mandated method of execution, is "torture." Representatives from the Indonesian governm [...]
2008-09-12 08:32:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS ID AS
08JAKARTA1758MUNIR CASE -- NOOSE STEADILY TIGHTENS ON ACCUSED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A key witness in the trial involving the alleged mastermind behind the October 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Thalib directly linked the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) to the murder in September 16 testimony. This witness also provided compelling evidence tying [...]
2008-09-17 05:18:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1759CORRUPTION UPDATE -- TOMMY SUHARTO AND BANK
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest corruption news, the legal tussle between the GOI and Tommy Suharto--son of former president Suharto--continues to escalate after the Finance Ministry seized $134 million of Suharto's assets. The case involves unpaid taxes and corruption tied to a now-defunct auto [...]
2008-09-17 07:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA1815ANTI-CORRUPTION REFORM RESHAPING INDONESIA
[...] (SBU) Summary: Although corruption remains endemic, Indonesia is making continued progress to root it out. In the past six months, the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has arrested six Members of Parliament in six separate scandals. Challenges remain: limited resources, legal challenge [...]
2008-09-25 07:18:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1818KEY ANTI-CORRUPTION COURT'S MANDATE UP FOR RENEWAL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: President Yudhoyono sent a draft bill to re-authorize the Anti-Corruption Court to the Indonesian Parliament (DPR) on August 11. The DPR is slated to begin discussions of the draft soon. There are a couple of problematic issues that need to be addressed before the bill is pass [...]
2008-09-25 08:35:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA1825MUNIR CASE -- TESTIMONY CONTINUES IN CASE OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In September 23 testimony, a witness offered evidence linking the former head of Indonesia's main intelligence agency (BIN) to the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir. Testifying at the trial of a former BIN official, the witness talked about how the former head of BIN a [...]
2008-09-26 05:40:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA183JUDICIAL REFORMS MOVE FORWARD
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court is moving ahead on efforts to reform its management practices and is instructing officials on a new judicial code of conduct. Also on the reform track, the Attorney General's Office recently completed a project focused on instructing prosecutors on new human r [...]
2008-01-30 05:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID
08JAKARTA1832BALI BOMBERS -- CONSTITUTIONAL COURT REVIEWS DEATH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Bali bombers' last-ditch appeal to Indonesia's Constitutional Court has turned into a serious debate in court chambers on the death penalty and how it is carried out in Indonesia. The three convicted terrorists have claimed that execution by firing squad--the constitutional [...]
2008-09-26 08:27:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS ID AS
08JAKARTA1869WILL THE REAL INDONESIAN BAR ASSOCIATION PLEASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Two Indonesian bar associations are now competing for political support and judicial legitimacy. The Indonesian Advocates Association (Peradi) has been the only GOI-sanctioned bar association, but another bar association has emerged. This rival group, the Congress of Indonesian [...]
2008-10-07 06:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA1871IN WIN FOR REFORM, PARLIAMENT NIXES SUPREME COURT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Amid mounting pressure from pro-judicial reform groups, the Indonesian Parliament (DPR) has decided to postpone indefinitely consideration of a controversial Supreme Court bill. The bill would have extended the mandatory retirement age for the justices of the Supreme Court, inc [...]
2008-10-07 08:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID
08JAKARTA1891MUNIR -- MORE COMPELLING COURT TESTIMONY IN CASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In compelling--if sometimes bizarre--court testimony, magic potions and poisons were the weapons of choice in the 2004 murder of well-known human rights activist Munir. Prosecutors put this information on the record at the trial of the former intelligence official charged in the [...]
2008-10-10 07:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA1920BALI BOMBERS -- CONSTITUTIONAL COURT SLATED TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Constitutional Court is slated to rule on the Bali bombers' last-ditch appeal of their death sentences on October 21. If the ruling upholds the sentences, the GOI has announced that it intends to move forward with execution plans. 2. (C) SUMMARY (Con'd): Despite this a [...]
2008-10-16 05:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS ID AS
08JAKARTA1944SUPREME COURT REPORTEDLY OVERTURNS DEFAMATION
[...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Mission has informally heard that the Indonesia's Supreme Court has overturned its previous decision awarding damages in a case against TIME Asia in the Suharto defamation case, but no official [...]
2008-10-21 08:16:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1950BALI BOMBERS -- CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Constitutional Court has rejected the Bali bombers' last-ditch appeal of their death sentences and upheld that death by firing squad is constitutional. The Indonesian Attorney General has announced that the government intends to move forward with the executions of the three [...]
2008-10-22 07:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS ID AS
08JAKARTA1951MUNIR -- CASE OF MURDERED ACTIVIST CONTINUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Another key witness in the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib recanted his testimony to police in an October 21 court appearance. This is the fourth intelligence agent to withdraw testimony damaging to the accused mastermind of the murder, a former deputy of [...]
2008-10-22 07:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA1959MILITANT ARRESTS IN JAKARTA
[...] (C) SUMMARY: No connection to terrorist organization Jemaah Islamiyah or the impending execution of the Bali bombers has so far been established in the October 21 Indonesian police raid of an alleged terrorist safe house in Jakarta (see reftel). The intended target of the explosive found ap [...]
2008-10-23 09:56:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS ID AS
08JAKARTA1982GOI SAYS BALI BOMBERS WILL BE EXECUTED IN EARLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Attorney General's Office (AGO) announced on October 24 that the executions of the Bali bombers would take place during the first week of November. Multiple Mission contacts report that preparations are being made, though they do not know the exact date when the e [...]
2008-10-27 10:44:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS PREL ID AS
08JAKARTA1999PARLIAMENT REOPENS INVESTIGATION INTO MISSING
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A special House of Representatives (DPR) committee has begun an inquiry into the 1997-98 abductions and disappearances of 13 pro-democracy activists. The inquiry could lead to legislation establishing an ad hoc human rights court to try retired generals--some of whom are curren [...]
2008-10-29 10:37:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PHUM ID
08JAKARTA2003FORMER HEAD OF CENTRAL BANK CONVICTED IN MAJOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The former head of the board of governors of Indonesia's central bank, Bank Indonesia (BI),has been convicted of corruption related to his involvement in fraud in the aftermath of the Asian Financial Crisis of 1997-98. A relative of President Yudhoyono's by marriage and other [...]
2008-10-30 09:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA2019BALI BOMBERS -- PREPARATIONS UNDERWAY FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The executions of the Bali Bombers are widely anticipated to occur during the November 1 through 4 timeframe. Multiple Mission contacts report that preparations are being made, although the exact date has not been made public. The public outcry is expected to be minimal, but a [...]
2008-10-31 09:25:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS CASC ID AS
08JAKARTA2029BALI BOMBERS -- EXECUTIONS COULD TAKE PLACE IN
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI reportedly has provided the Bali bombers with legal notice that they will be executed soon. This action places the expected execution timeframe anytime after late November 3 (local). While the exact timing remains unclear, the GOI has re-confirmed that the bombers' exec [...]
2008-11-03 11:23:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PTER KJUS CASC ID AS
08JAKARTA2037KEY CORRUPTION INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission has interrogated Aulia Pohon--a relative by marriage of President Yudhoyono--and three other former Bank Indonesia (central bank) officials. The four were released following the interrogation, but remain as suspects in a wide-rangin [...]
2008-11-04 10:04:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA208CORRUPTION UPDATE -- SUSPECTS NAMED IN HIGHLY
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) named the current Bank Indonesia Governor a suspect in a case involving the alleged diversion of funds to legislators. In other news: evidence has surfaced that several officials received bribes related to the procurement of fire truc [...]
2008-02-01 05:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID
08JAKARTA2101MUNIR CASE -- EVIDENCE IMPLICATING FORMER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Testimony continues in the case of a former top intelligence official implicated in the 2004 murder of well-known human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. Damaging testimony was recently brought into evidence against Muchdi Purwopranjono, the defendant. In the meantime, the def [...]
2008-11-14 09:34:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA2127TIMOR-LESTE -- KEY MINISTRY WORKS TO PROMOTE JOINT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI says it wants to promote the recommendations of the Timor-Leste/Indonesia Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF),but needs assistance to do so. The Ministry of Law and Human Rights also wants support for a human rights training program for the Papuan region of eastern [...]
2008-11-18 09:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ID TT
08JAKARTA2146Institutionalizing anti-corruption reform in Indonesia
[...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia is taking concrete steps to institutionalize its fight against corruption, laying the groundwork for continued anti-corruption efforts regardless of who wins next year's Parliamentary and Presidential elections. The Corruption Eradication Commission, Attorney General's [...]
2008-11-20 11:00:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
08JAKARTA2151ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE -- FULL STEAM AHEAD
[...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's anti-corruption drive is ramping up. The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) and the Attorney General's Office (AGO) have been busy with the conviction of two former central bank officials, the indictm [...]
2008-11-21 10:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA2156Indonesian corruption prosecutors experience first-hand how
[...] (SBU) Summary: Twelve prosecutors from the Indonesian Attorney General's Office Anti-Corruption Task Force participated in an INL-funded two-week visit to the U.S. to learn how the U.S. investigates and prosecutes public corruption cases. The delegation, led by DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor [...]
2008-11-24 10:49:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA2178Top Indonesian rock band sends strong message to combat
[...] (U) Summary: Top Indonesian rock band Slank and the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission chairman partnered with Embassy Jakarta on November 25 to promote youth participation in the political process, particularly combating corruption. Ambassador Hume hosted nearly 500 guests - largely [...]
2008-11-28 10:46:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV KCOR KPAO ECON KJUS ID
08JAKARTA2244CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN CASE INVOLVING MURDER OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prosecutors and the defense are making closing arguments in the trial of Muchdi Purwoprandjono for conspiring in the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. Prosecutors recommended a 15-year prison sentence for the former intelligence official and Army Special F [...]
2008-12-12 09:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA2246ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION'S FBI VISIT: A KEY
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The FBI's work with the Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is a vital component of our bilateral partnership with Indonesia in the area of law enforcement and rule of law reform. [...]
2008-12-12 10:43:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA228CT UPDATE - JI MEMBERS FOUND GUILTY, OTHER TRIALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest counterterrorism news: six members of Jemaah Islamiyah's (JI) military wing were found guilty of terrorism and sentenced to 8-10 years in prison; witness testimony continued in the trials of two senior JI leaders; and the Supreme Court is moving to address a last [...]
2008-02-05 08:26:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA2295MUNIR MURDER CASE -- COURT SAYS IT WILL RENDER
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Closing arguments have concluded in the trial of former intelligence official Muchdi Purwoprandjono for conspiring in the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. The South Jakarta Court announced that it will render its verdict on December 31. Despite problems i [...]
2008-12-19 08:33:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KDEM ID
08JAKARTA2354MUNIR MURDER CASE -- FORMER OFFICIAL ACQUITTED;
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassifed--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 31, a Jakarta court acquitted former intelligence official Muchdi Purwoprandjono of conspiracy to commit the September 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. The Cour [...]
2008-12-31 08:13:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA279HUMAN RIGHTS -- A SECOND CONVICTION IN MUNIR CASE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 11, a Jakarta Court handed down a second conviction in the murder of well-known human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, sentencing a former airline executive to a year in prison for his role in abetting the October 2004 murder. The Court referred to a "higher cons [...]
2008-02-11 09:47:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL ID
08JAKARTA295BALI BOMBERS' CASE HEADS BACK TO COURT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A court in Bali has scheduled a hearing in the case of the terrorists on death row for carrying out the 2002 Bali bombings. Lawyers for the three men submitted an unusual second request for review of the case in January. The Bali court's action suggests that the Supreme Court wi [...]
2008-02-13 09:17:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA301HUMAN RIGHTS -- MINOR SUSPECT ACQUITTED IN MUNIR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 12, a Jakarta court acquitted a minor suspect in the murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. Rohainil Aini--a former low-level airline employee--had been accused of assisting in the murder. With the police continuing their wider investigation, human right [...]
2008-02-14 08:13:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA339PROSECUTOR TRAINING AND PUBLIC OUTREACH IN
[...] (U) This cable was coordinated with Consulate Medan. It is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 14-15, the Attorney General's Terrorism and Transnational Crime Task Force--the GOI's key body involved in prosecuting terrorism-related case [...]
2008-02-21 07:28:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL KPAO PTER KJUS ID
08JAKARTA341COUNTER-TERRORISM -- EXPEDITED FUNDING REQUEST FOR
[...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see Para 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A locally contracted Court Monitor has provided valuable information on the trials of Indonesia's most dangerous terrorists. USG funds for these services were exhausted in January. Some time ago, Mission was advised by [...]
2008-02-21 10:26:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPREL KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA36UNCERTAINTY OVER FUTURE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: With rumors still swirling about the possible appointment of a former state secretary to the Constitutional Court, the Yudhoyono administration must also decide how it will handle upcoming vacancies on the Court. Three justices will reach mandatory retirement age in mid-2008, th [...]
2008-01-07 11:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA376RULE OF LAW -- DEPUTY AG UNDERSCORES SUPPORT FOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY: At a February 21 meeting with the DCM, Deputy Attorney General Arifin underlined his support for a new, reformed Criminal Procedure Code. Arifin admitted that the AG's institutional relationship with the Indonesian National Police (INP) was weak and requested Mission assistance [...]
2008-02-26 04:52:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR KJUS ID
08JAKARTA377TIME MAGAZINE ENTERS FINAL STAGE OF INDONESIAN LEGAL
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TIME magazine formally appealed on February 21 the $111 million Supreme Court decision in the Suharto defamation case. This appeal challenges the August 2007 Supreme Court decision on procedural grounds, particularly the Supreme Court's use of civil law instead of press law. Wit [...]
2008-02-26 06:51:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KCOR ECON KJUS ID
08JAKARTA433THE SUHARTOS WIN ANOTHER DEFAMATION SUIT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta court has awarded Tommy Suharto--son of the late president--a USD $550,000 defamation award in a suit against a state agency. Tommy filed the defamation suit in response to a civil case alleging that he had cheated in a land deal, one of several ongoing legal actions [...]
2008-03-03 09:31:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA440BALI BOMBERS' CASE BACK IN COURT
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Attorneys for the three terrorists on death row for carrying out the 2002 Bali bombings will have an opportunity to present evidence in support of their latest request for judicial review on March 10. A Bali judge denied the defense's request to move the trial venue to Central [...]
2008-03-04 06:53:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA460ATTORNEY GENERAL UNDER FIRE AFTER ARREST OF TOP PROSECUTOR
[...] (C) SUMMARY The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has come uner intense public scrutiny after the arrest of a tp anti-corruption prosecutor. The prosecutor wa in possession of USD $6"00,000 when he was arresed by Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) inestigators. The arrest came just afte [...]
2008-03-06 06:48:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA517IAGGA INDONESIA REPORT
[...] (U) This cable responds to the action request in STATE 18836, regarding the International Anti-Corruption and Good Governance Act. Below is the text of Embassy Jakarta's report. Government Efforts ------------------ 2. (U) The Government of Indonesia (GOI) is in the process of a significant [...]
2008-03-13 08:53:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID
08JAKARTA595IN WAKE OF BRIBERY SCANDAL, ATTORNEY GENERAL
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Attorney General Supandji has demoted a top deputy and a senior prosecutor in an attempt to limit the damage to his department from a recent bribery scandal. The two men were questioned at length by the Corruption Eradication Commission, but have not been named suspects in the [...]
2008-03-25 07:01:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA602DEFENSE WITHDRAWS APPEAL FOR BALI BOMBERS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After another legal setback, the three terrorists on death row for carrying out the 2002 Bali bombings have withdrawn their request for judicial review. While the withdrawal ostensibly clears the way for the GOI to proceed with the execution of the three men, additional legal ma [...]
2008-03-26 07:19:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA640SUHARTO-LINKED FOUNDATION FOUND LIABLE FOR $110
[...] (C) SUMMARY: An Indonesian court ruled on March 27 that the Suharto family-linked Supersemar Foundation had diverted state funds. The court ordered the Foundation to pay $110 million. The court ruled, however, that the Suharto family was not liable. It is positive that the Indonesian legal [...]
2008-04-01 05:41:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID
08JAKARTA645GOI REQUESTS LIFE SENTENCES FOR TERRORIST LEADERS;
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Prosecutors have requested life sentences for Abu Dujana and Zarkasih, two senior Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) leaders. Prosecutors also requested sentences of between 12 and 14 years for five other JI operatives. In the sentencing request, prosecutors also asked the judges to declare [...]
2008-04-01 07:24:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA687USG-SUPPORTED TASK FORCE PIONEERS NEW LAW
[...] (U) This cable is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) SUMMARY: A year and a half after its founding, the USG-supported Attorney General's Task Force on Terrorism and Transnational Crime has evolved into a highly effective tool for prosecuting terrorists and oth [...]
2008-04-04 09:29:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PTER KJUS ID
08JAKARTA702EAST TIMOR EX-MILITIA LEADER ACQUITTED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 4, the Indonesian Supreme Court announced the acquittal of Eurico Guterres, a former militia leader, for human rights crimes committed in East Timor in 1999 (per an earlier court ruling, Guterres had been jailed for his crimes). Guterres was released from jail on April [...]
2008-04-08 07:02:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PREL ID TT
08JAKARTA717INDONESIAN LEGISLATURE PASSES FREEDOM OF
[...] (C) SUMMARY: After years of discussion and debate, the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) has passed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). President Yudhoyono is expected to sign it. Observers say the long-awaited bill will stimulate transparency and accountability at all levels of g [...]
2008-04-09 08:35:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS ID
08JAKARTA739HIGH-PROFILE ARRESTS IN LATEST CORRUPTION SCANDALS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Anti-corruption investigators have arrested two sitting members of the national legislature (DPR). One M.P. was caught red-handed after receiving what investigators say was a bribe related to a land zoning deal. The arrest followed the apprehension in March of another M.P. on [...]
2008-04-11 07:11:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA802COURT DECLARES JI "BANNED", SENTENCES LEADERS TO
[...] (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta court sentenced senior Jemaah Islamiyah leaders Abu Dujana and Zarkasih to 15 years in prison and declared the terrorist organization "banned". It is not clear that the court's statement on JI will have any immediate ramifications for law enforcement, but some officia [...]
2008-04-22 09:12:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA856JUDICIAL REFORMS FACE UNCERTAIN FUTURE IN
[...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Judicial reform faces an uncertain future as Parliament's (DPR) Law and Human Rights Commission begins drafting bills in several key areas. The most significant changes would likely be at the sp [...]
2008-04-29 09:24:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR ID
08JAKARTA883COUNTERTERRORISM -- MORE JI CONVICTIONS; BALI
[...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest counterterrorism news, five members of the terrorist group Jemaah Islamiya (JI) have been convicted of terrorism and sentenced to prison. Also, the three Bali bombers on death row continue to attempt to postpone their execution date by pressing for another appeal [...]
2008-05-05 05:50:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PTER ID
08JAKARTA956SUPREME COURT PROGRESSES BUT RESISTS GREATER
[...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite progress on several fronts, the Supreme Court continues to resist efforts to introduce greater accountability. The Court's 2007 annual report cites progress on workload management, case management and transparency, but critics complain that the Court has blocked externa [...]
2008-05-14 09:17:00Embassy JakartaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID
08JAKARTA983PAPUA -- NEW POLICE CHIEF IN RESTIVE PROVINCE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The newly appointed police chief for Papua Province in eastern Indonesia underscored his commitment to building a well-trained force that respects human rights. He promised to consult broadly with Papuans and said he looked forward to consultations with the USG on community poli [...]
2008-05-16 08:51:00Embassy JakartaCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS KJUS ID
08JERUSALEM2189JENIN: LOCAL JUDGES, PROSECUTORS DESCRIBE
[...] (C) Summary. Judges and prosecutors in Jenin told Poloff and SEMERS staff that inadequate resources and interagency cooperation are the major obstacles to improving local administration of justice. They said the security campaign in Jenin has significantly improved public perception of the [...]
2008-12-03 17:53:00Consulate JerusalemCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL SOCI KJUS KWBG KPAL IS
08KABUL3286DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL FILIP VISITS KABUL
[...] (U) SUMMARY: U.S. Deputy Attorney General Mark Filip visited Kabul December 20-21 to meet with Attorney GeneralQs Office, Ministry of Justice, and Ministry of Interior officials. In the meetings, Attorney General Aloko expressed gratitude for the work of DOJ senior advisors and discussed secu [...]
2008-12-27 11:35:00Embassy KabulUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PREL KCOR KJUS AF
08KINGSTON290JAMAICA: NEW DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS
[...] No summary [...]
2008-04-04 14:23:00Embassy KingstonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYASEC JM KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL SNAR
08KINSHASA1012Update on the UN Justice Mapping Project
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UN Justice Mapping Project for the DRC began its six month deployment phase on October 17. The project has field teams in North Kivu, South Kivu, Katanga, and Orientale provinces as of October 24. The three main objectives of the Mapping Project are to conduct an inventor [...]
2008-11-17 06:13:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KJUS CG
08KINSHASA168 DIILS wraps up first round of training in prosecution and
[...] A/DCM took part in closing ceremonies for graduates of Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) training February 8 at the Higher Military Training Institute (GESM). The event was the capstone of a program designed to bolster the capacity of Congolese military justice officials [...]
2008-02-15 13:41:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PREL MARR SOCI KJUS CG
08KINSHASA191UNHRO December 2007 Human Rights Assessment
[...] (SBU) Summary: The UN's December 2007 Human Rights Assessment describes a number of human rights violations by FARDC soldiers. This message highlights three arbitrary killings of civilian by soldiers. In two of the three cases, military authorities took no action against the alleged perpetrat [...]
2008-02-25 09:09:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PINS KDEM KJUS CG
08KINSHASA383AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON GAINS CONGOLESE SUPPORT FOR
[...] (SBU) Summary: Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson met with senior officials from the Congolese Government (GDRC),MONUC, NGOs and the diplomatic community during his April 9-12 visit to Kinshasa. He emphasized that his meetings were part of a broader Great Lakes visit [...]
2008-04-29 06:25:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM PGOV PREL KPKO KJUS SOCI PINR CG RW UN
08KINSHASA417HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY FUND - FY 2008 1ST AND 2ND
[...] This message updates FY 2008 programming reported by the International Fund for Election Systems (IFES),the Carter Center, Journalists for Human Rights (JHR),Search for Common Ground (SFCG) and the American Bar Association's Africa Law Initiative (ABA-Africa) under grants from the Human Righ [...]
2008-05-12 09:42:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV OPRC KDEM KJUS CG
08KINSHASA9 UNHRO reports continued deficiencies
[...] (SBU) Summary: The United Nations Human Rights Office's (UNHRO) Monthly Human Rights Assessment of the DRC for October 2007, released November 28, 2007, describes numerous violations highlighting the inadequacies of the country's justice system at all levels including the police, the courts, an [...]
2008-01-07 15:07:00Embassy KinshasaUNCLASSIFIEDPHUM PGOV PINS KDEM KJUS CG
08KUALALUMPUR1001SCENESETTER FOR FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR JOHN S.
[...] (C) The Embassy warmly welcomes you to Malaysia! Your visit comes at an opportune time as the Embassy is ramping up engagement on law enforcement and rule of law priorities. Clearly, you will also travel at a moment of serious concern in the U.S. and Asia about the threat of global recession, [...]
2008-11-12 09:37:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPREL PGOV PTER MASS MOPS ECON KJUS KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR1026DPM NAJIB WELCOMES GREATER ENGAGEMENT, DISCUSSES
[...] (C) Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, who is expected to become Prime Minister in late March 2009, told the Ambassador on November 11 that he anticipated a "very constructive relationship" with the incoming U.S. administration and welcomed greater engagement, which the Ambassad [...]
2008-11-20 10:10:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PGOV KJUS ID MY
08KUALALUMPUR1073MALAYSIA SEEKS USG EXPERTISE ON COMBATING TIP
[...] (SBU) Government of Malaysia (GOM) ministries and agencies with responsibility for combating trafficking in persons (TIP) in recent months have increasingly requested U.S. expertise to guide policy and build GOM's anti-TIP capacity in the framework of Malaysia's comprehensive anti-trafficking [...]
2008-12-09 08:27:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPREL PHUM KTIP KCRM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR1114PRESSURE MOUNTS AGAINST INTERNAL SECURITY ACT (ISA)
[...] (S) Summary: The Malaysian government's use of the Internal Security Act (ISA),which allows for detention without trial and is central to the GOM's intelligence-driven CT effort, has come under increasing political pressure over the past three months. The GOM's employment of the ISA in Sep [...]
2008-12-23 07:21:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPTER PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM
08KUALALUMPUR1116ABDULLAH'S REFORMS PASS PARLIAMENT, BUT WILL THEY
[...] (SBU) Malaysia's Parliament has hurriedly passed two judicial reform bills personally championed by outgoing Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi as his parting legacy. The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) bill replaces the existing Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) with a more autonomous Com [...]
2008-12-24 07:21:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV ECON KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR1119SUMMARY OF DETENTIONS AND RELEASES UNDER
[...] (SBU) The Malaysian government currently holds 46 individuals under the Internal Security Act (ISA),which allows for detention without trial for terrorists and other persons deemed threats to national security, according to figures from a local NGO that reports reliably on ISA detentions. [...]
2008-12-30 09:15:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPTER PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR130PRESS STIFLED IN ALTANTUYA MURDER TRIAL OVER
[...] (C) In the latest turn of the ongoing Altantuya murder trial (reftels),accused political insider Abdul Razak Baginda, who has remained calm and composed through most of the proceedings, unleashed an emotional tirade shortly after the February 20 noon recess on the trial's 90th day. Referring [...]
2008-02-26 00:16:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR253ATTORNEY GENERAL AND FALL-OUT FROM GUANTANAMO
[...] (C) Malaysian Attorney General Abdul Gani Patel told a senior local Embassy employee during a private April 10 conversation that he would not allow AGO staff to participate in any Embassy programming, such as the International Visitor's Program, due to the lack of U.S. cooperation on securing [...]
2008-04-11 08:12:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPREL PTER PINR MARR KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR392AMBASSADOR AND ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCUSS ISA,
[...] (S) The Ambassador called on Malaysia's Attorney General Abdul Gani Patail on May 13 and discussed prospects for prosecuting terrorists, the importance of passing an export control law, and factors affecting progress in the FTA talks. The Ambassador congratulated the AG on drafting of the 200 [...]
2008-05-15 09:12:00Embassy Kuala LumpurSECRETPGOV PREL PTER PINR ECON ETTC KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR529BLOGGER ALLEGES DPM'S WIFE AT MURDER SCENE
[...] (C) Controversial internet journalist Raja Petra executed a sworn statement on June 18 to the effect that Deputy Prime Minister Najib's wife, Rosmah Mansor, was at the scene of the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibbu in October 2006, and that PM Abdullah and a Royal received info [...]
2008-06-23 09:15:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KJUS KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR562NO GOM ACTION AFTER LINGAM PROBE IMPLICATES
[...] (C) The Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Lingam video scandal concluded that former Prime Minister Mahathir and five other prominent individuals should be investigated for manipulating judicial appointments and promotions. The Commission, established by the Government of Malaysia (GOM) t [...]
2008-07-02 09:13:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINR KJUS KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR572ANWAR IMPLICATES DPM NAJIB IN MURDER CASE
[...] (C) A private investigator's legal deposition, revealed by Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim on July 3, implicates Deputy Prime Minister Najib in the high-profile Altantuya murder case. The deposition, based primarily on statements reportedly made by Altantuya and murder defendant Razak Bagind [...]
2008-07-03 09:18:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR MARR KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR609UMNO RESISTS POPULAR CALLS FOR REFORM
[...] (C) The Malaysian electorate delivered a strong endorsement for change and a major set-back for Prime Minister Abdullah's United Malays National Organization (UMNO) and National Front (BN) coalition in the March elections, but UMNO thus far has resisted reform. The shocking election result i [...]
2008-07-13 04:47:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PINR ECON KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR631PROMINENT BLOGGER ARRESTED, CHARGED IN COURT
[...] Police on July 17 arrested Raja Petra, controversial editor of the online portal Malaysia Today, and prosecutors charged him with criminal defamation of Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak's wife, Rosmah Mansor and two others. In a sworn affidavit, Raja Petra claimed he was "reliably informed" [...]
2008-07-17 10:32:00Embassy Kuala LumpurUNCLASSIFIEDPGOV PINR KJUS KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR644MALAYSIA'S POLITICAL CRISIS
[...] (C) The next four weeks will be a telling period in the history of the United Malays National Organization (UMNO) rule in Malaysia. For the first time in its fifty-year dominance, UMNO is faced with a multi-racial opposition alliance that has some credible prospect for forming the next govern [...]
2008-07-22 08:29:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR645ANWAR TELLS DIPLOMATS HIS FUTURE IS PRIME MINISTER
[...] (C) An energetic and seemingly confident Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim told 40 assembled diplomats on July 22 that in the face of government attempts to use sodomy charges to derail his political challenge, he would either become Prime Minister or end up in jail, "and this time I'm not goin [...]
2008-07-22 12:24:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR648HOME MINISTER ASSEMBLES DIPLOMATS, DEFENDS
[...] (C) Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar briefed foreign diplomats, including the Ambassador, on the sodomy case against Anwar Ibrahim on July 23, one day after de facto Opposition leader conducted his own diplomatic briefing. Syed Hamid dismissed claims of conspiracy, defended the police handling [...]
2008-07-23 12:23:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR73PROSECUTOR DOWNBEAT ON ALTANTUYA MURDER CASE
[...] (C) Deputy Public Prosecutor Noorin Badaruddin, a member of the prosecution team in the Altantuya murder case (reftel),told Polchief during an informal conversation January 30 that there was almost no chance of winning guilty verdicts in the on-going trial of defendants Razak Baginda, a clos [...]
2008-02-01 06:17:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR810UPROAR OVER INTERNAL SECURITY ACT AS UMNO DEBATES
[...] (C) Malaysian authorities' September 12 arrest of three persons under the Internal Security Act (ISA) created an uproar across the political spectrum, resulting in the release of one detainee the following day and the September 15 offer of resignation of de facto legal reform minister Zaid Ib [...]
2008-09-15 11:40:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR846UPDATES ON ANWAR SODOMY CASE, RAJA PETRA DETENTION
[...] (SBU) The sodomy case against opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim continued on September 24 with the prosecution requesting that the trial be transferred from the trial-level Sessions Court to the appellate-level High Court. After listening to arguments, the judge adjourned the hearing for two we [...]
2008-09-24 09:22:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV KDEM KJUS MY
08KUALALUMPUR959COURT ACQUITS NAJIB'S EX-ADVISOR IN MURDER TRIAL
[...] (SBU) High Court Justice Mohamad Zaki on October 31 acquitted Political Analyst Abdul Razak Baginda, former advisor to Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak, of the charge of abetting the murder of Mongolian national Altantuya Shaariibuu in October 2006, but ordered the continuation of the murder t [...]
2008-10-31 11:03:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM MY
08KUALALUMPUR990RAJA PETRA RELEASED FROM ISA DETENTION; ANWAR
[...] (SBU) A Malaysian judge on November 7 ordered the release of prominent blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin from detention under the Internal Security Act (ISA) in a surprise ruling that could provide for limited judicial oversight of the government's use of ISA. The ruling is subject to appeal and [...]
2008-11-07 11:01:00Embassy Kuala LumpurCONFIDENTIALPGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS MY
08LAHORE221NAWAZ INELIGIBLE TO CONTEST ELECTIONS
[...] (C) Summary: In a surprise verdict, the Lahore High Court ruled on June 23 that Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz (PML-N) leader and former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was ineligible to contest the June 26 National Assembly by-elections. In the same ruling, his brother Punjab Chief Minister and [...]
2008-06-24 15:02:00Consulate LahoreCONFIDENTIALPGOV KJUS PK
08LIMA591PERU: VISITATION OF EXTRADITEE WILMER YARLEQUE
[...] (SBU) Summary: As directed in ref A, Post has visited Peruvian extraditee Wilmer YARLEQUE Ordinola on multiple occasions and confirmed that he is being treated in accordance with Peru's international human rights obligations. Moreover, the GOP has sought actively to fulfill its commitments co [...]
2008-04-04 20:30:00Embassy LimaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS PHUM PREL PE
08LISBON2453PORTUGUESE LEGAL ADVISOR SHOWS SUPPORT FOR U.S.
[...] (C) Summary: On the margins of the Secretary's visit to Lisbon on September 4, Legal Advisor Bellinger met with Portuguese MFA Legal Advisor Luis Tavares and covered several bilateral areas of interest, including transfer of Guantanamo detainees, Kosovo recognition, and Serbia's UN petition fo [...]
2008-09-09 15:28:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALKJUS KLIG PREL PO
08LISBON584PORTUGAL WAITING FOR EU GUIDANCE ON VISA WAIVER
[...] (SBU) On March 5, 2008, Embassy Lisbon's Consul General delivered reftel points to representatives at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior. At the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, top officials indicated that Portugal 'fully shares' the EU Commission's view that visa [...]
2008-03-07 12:16:00Embassy LisbonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYKJUS KPAO CMGT CVIS PGOV PREL PTER PO
08LISBON595U.S.-PORTUGAL COLLABORATION IN AFRICA
[...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 12 for details. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) AF/RSA Office Director Louis Mazel met in Lisbon with Portuguese officials from the Ministries of Interior, Justice, and Foreign Affairs on February 20-21 to discuss ongoing trilateral assistan [...]
2008-03-10 13:15:00Embassy LisbonCONFIDENTIALPREL SNAR PHUM MASS PINR KJUS ETRD SMIG PO
08LJUBLJANA118SLOVENIA CLEANING ITS ECONOMIC HOUSE
[...] (SBU) The Government of Slovenia (GOS) is making a strong push to investigate and convict people guilty of economic crimes. The Office of the State Prosecutor General (Office) has been hampered by a lack of coordination between its office and the police, and its small work force. In response [...]
2008-03-07 15:18:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYECON EINV ETRD PREL PGOV KCOR KJUS ASEC SI
08LJUBLJANA53Tour of the Horizon with the Justice Minister
[...] (SBU) In a February 6 meeting with Charge d'Affaires (CDA) Maryruth Coleman, Justice Minister Lovro Sturm outlined judicial reforms over the last two years including new buildings and increased staffing. He also previewed forthcoming legislative proposals that will give high courts new author [...]
2008-02-11 06:15:00Embassy LjubljanaUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPGOV PHUM KJUS CASC KCRM SI
08LONDON1870UK SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1816 ON
[...] No summary [...]
2008-07-16 14:38:00Embassy LondonUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYEWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL SO XW UK
08MADRID1214CALLS FOR REFORM OF SPAIN'S COUNTER-TERRORISM LAWS
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Spain's counter-terrorism (CT) laws were designed with the domestic terrorist group ETA - Basque Fatherland and Liberty - in mind, but a number of recent rulings and actions by the Spanish judiciary and law enforcement forces in recent weeks have brought into focus Spain's need to [...]
2008-11-18 12:51:00Embassy MadridSECRETPGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP
08MADRID1269FURTHER THOUGHTS ON SPAIN'S COUNTER-TERRORISM
[...] (C) SUMMARY. This cable continues the discussion from REFTEL, which examined recent Supreme Court acquittals of lower court convictions of radical Islamic jihadists. Most recently, the Supreme Court on October 7 overturned 14 of 20 convictions for a 2004 case known an Operation Nova; on Novem [...]
2008-12-02 17:39:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP
08MADRID201RWANDA/SPAIN: INTL ARREST ORDERS IN WORKS, NOT YET
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Post agrees with ref A assessment regarding the February 7 indictments issued by Spanish National Court Judge Fernando Andreu of 40 Rwandan military officials on charges of genocide. The overall implication of the indictment is that Tutsi leadership, including President Kagame, [...]
2008-02-22 14:28:00Embassy MadridCONFIDENTIALPGOV PREL PHUM KLIG KJUS OFDP SP RW
08MADRID484SPANISH COURT DECIDES NOT TO EXTRADITE "ISABELITA"
[...] (U) Local press is reporting that the Second Section of the Spanish National Court decided on April 28 to deny the request of Argentine authorities to extradite former Argentine President (1974-1976) Maria Estela Martinez, known as "Isabelita" Peron. The 77-year-old former President was wante [...]
2008-04-29 13:57:00Embassy MadridUNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLYPHUM KJUS PGOV SP
08MANILA1464DNA RESULTS NEGATIVE FOR SUPPOSED DULMATIN REMAINS
[...] (C) Summary: DNA testing by FBI laboratories confirmed on June 18 that a corpse unearthed on Tawi-Tawi Island in the course of an operation by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is not the remains of Dulmatin, a prominent Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist who masterminded the Bali bombings in [...]
2008-06-18 10:58:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALCASC KJUS MCAP MOPS PINS PTER RP
08MANILA426POSSIBLE REMAINS OF TERRORIST DULMATIN RECOVERED
[...] (C) SUMMARY: The Philippine Armed Forces recovered a cadaver February 18 that was reported by informants to be the remains of Jemaah Islamiyah leader and Bali bombing mastermind Dulmatin, one of the most wanted terrorists in the Philippines, with up to a $10 million reward under the Rewards [...]
2008-02-19 09:36:00Embassy ManilaCONFIDENTIALKJUS MOPS PINS PTER RP
08MANILA899PHILIPPINE ANTITERROR SUCCESSES CONTINUE
[...] (C) SUMMARY: Philippine authorities, with U.S. assistance, arrested or killed eight significant terrorists since January. These operations demonstrated enhanced synergies between security and intelligence forces, increased sophistication, and effective avoidance of collateral damage. In r [...]
2008-04-15 09:26:00Embassy ManilaSECRETPTER MOPS PINS KJUS RP
08MASERU119LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE - DEA
[...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the two (2) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) and Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA),respectively [...]
2008-05-02 08:47:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
08MASERU123LESOTHO: ILEA GABORONE NOMINEES, DEA EXECUTIVE PRECURSOR
[...] Embassy Maseru submits the personal information on the two (2) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS) and Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA) respectively. 2. Data on the two nominated individua [...]
2008-05-06 14:49:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
08MASERU242LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAND BORDER
[...] Post submits the following information on the four candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS)and the Lesotho Revenue Authority (LRA). a) Name: Teboho Vitalis MASAILE Gender: Male Date of bir [...]
2008-08-14 12:55:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKCRM SNAR ASEC EAID ECON KJUS LT
08MASERU243LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW ENFORCEMENT
[...] Post submits the following information on the four candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS)and the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offenses. a) Name: Seabata NTHABI Gender: Male Da [...]
2008-08-14 15:46:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
08MASERU252LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW
[...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the four (4) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are from the Directorate on Corruption and Economic Offenses (DCEO) and the Lesotho Mounted Police Servic [...]
2008-08-22 08:47:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS PHUM SNAR LT
08MASERU253LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAND
[...] Embassy Maseru submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the four (4) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. The candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS)and Customs Officers from the Lesotho Revenue Aut [...]
2008-08-22 08:48:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS PHUM SNAR LT
08MASERU370SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S DECEMBER 19-VISIT TO LESOTHO
[...] No summary [...]
2008-12-11 20:47:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDKJUS PGOV KDEM LT
08MASERU77LESOTHO: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR ILEA NOMINEES -
[...] Post submits the following information to the Department for human rights vetting on the two (2) candidates from Lesotho nominated to participate in REFTEL course. Both candidates are members of the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) LAST NAME: MOEKETSI OTHER NAMES: [...]
2008-03-12 19:10:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT
08MASERU92LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA PERSONNEL AND FACILITY SECURITY
[...] Post submits the following information on the two candidates from Lesotho who are nominated to participate in REFTEL course. Both candidates serve in the Lesotho Mounted Police Service (LMPS). a) LAST NAME: MOEKETSI OTHER NAMES: MOEKETSI SAMUEL RANK: INSPECTOR S [...]
2008-03-28 06:29:00Embassy MaseruUNCLASSIFIEDASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR
Pages 1 2 3 4 5
1'000 rows / 4'714 results

This work is licensed under a creative common licence creative commons image creative commons another image