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08ASTANA1711	KAZAKHSTAN - COURTS SUSPEND JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES [...] (C) In recent months, courts in southern Kazakhstan have ordered three chapters of Jehovah's Witnesses to suspend their activities for six months for holding meetings at venues other than their registered addresses. Similar cases heard by courts in other regions of the country have been dism [...]	2008-09-10 06:41:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KDEM PGOV KZ

08ASTANA1726	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UNGA THIRD [...] (C) We delivered ref A/ref B points on UNGA Third Committee human rights priorities to Zhanar Kulzhanova, Counselor in the MFA's International Organizations Department, on September 10. Kulzhanova agreed that the growing use of "no action motions" in the Third Committee was an issue. She m [...]	2008-09-11 08:50:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN KZ
08ASTANA1798	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, SEPTEMBER 2 - 12, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. Unique Protest -------------- 2. The Talmas youth movement, a group of young activists, [...]	2008-09-16 09:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KZ
08ASTANA1815	KAZAKHSTAN - WORKING GROUP SUBMITS RECOMMENDATIONS ON [...] (SBU) The Information and Culture Ministry's working group on amendments to Kazakhstan's media law has forwarded a "concept" for the amendments and nine specific proposals to the Ministry of Justice for further action. Two NGOs that participated in the working group complained to us that the n [...]	2008-09-19 09:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ
08ASTANA1819	KAZAKHSTAN'S SENATE ELECTIONS NOT REALLY A TEST [...] (SBU) Kazakhstan's Senate elections will take place on October 4, when local and regional maslikhats (legislatures) will vote to fill 16 Senate seats. The government has launched a wide media campaign to raise the profile of these usually low-key elections and has invited international organi [...]	2008-09-19 11:58:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KZ
08ASTANA1849	KAZAKHSTAN - RELIGION LAW AMENDMENTS HEADED TOWARD [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-22 11:38:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1850	KAZAKHSTAN - RELIGION LAW AMENDMENTS HEADED TOWARD [...] (C) The Mazhilis will hold its second reading on a package of amendments to Kazakhstan's religion law on September 24. The latest text is an improvement over the June version that was passed at the first reading, although it still includes several problematic provisions. Civil society and r [...]	2008-09-22 12:33:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1863	KAZAKHSTAN - CHARGE'S VISIT TO HARE KRISHNA SITE ATTRACTS [...] (SBU) The Charge visited the Hare Krishna community 20 kilometers outside of Almaty on September 17. The Krisha community's property at this site has been the subject of a long-running dispute with local authorities, who have tried to force the Krishnas off of their valuable land plot. The he [...]	2008-09-24 11:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KIRF PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1872	KAZAKHSTAN - CRIMINAL CASE OPENED UP AGAINST KEY [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Internal Affairs announced on September 24 that it has opened a criminal case against several key opposition figures -- Azat's Bulat Abilov, OSDP's Amirzhan Kosanov, Alga's Vladimir Kozlov, and the Shanyrak movement's Asylbek Kozhakhmetov -- for allegedly concealing the w [...]	2008-09-25 11:13:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KZ
08ASTANA1873	KAZAKHSTAN - RELIGION LAW AMENDMENTS PASS [...] (U) On September 24, the Mazhilis -- the lower house of parliament -- passed at a second reading a package of amendments to Kazakhstan's religion law. There were no significant changes made to the legislation during the reading. The bill will now move to the Senate for consideration, althou [...]	2008-09-25 11:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KIRF PGOV KZ
08ASTANA1946	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, SEPTEMBER 15-26, 2008 [...] (U) The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. DEMONSTRATION IN SUPPORT OF THE KAZAKH LANGUAGE 2. (U) On September 21 in Almaty, sev [...]	2008-10-01 12:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM KZ
08ASTANA1966	KAZAKHSTAN: CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS INTERVIEW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Three opposition leaders met separately with criminal investigators on September 29 in connection with charges that they harbored a fugitive in a murder case. Authorities named one of the three, OSDP Deputy Chairman [...]	2008-10-03 07:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KZ
08ASTANA1978	KAZAKHSTAN'S SENATE ELECTIONS BRING NO SURPRISES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Kazakhstan's October 4 Senate elections passed with no surprises, with a landslide victory for the ruling Nur Otan party. Nur Otan-dominated regional and local maslikhats (legislatures) voted into office sixteen senators, o [...]	2008-10-06 11:40:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2019	KAZAKHSTAN: HARE KRISHNAS TAKEN TO COURT OVER LEGALITY OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Almaty Hare Krishna Society will head to court again on October 13 over the plot of land that has been the subject of a long-standing dispute with local authorities. The Karasai District Court will decide whether the [...]	2008-10-10 11:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KIRF KZ
08ASTANA2071	KAZAKHSTAN: PHONE CONVERSATIONS RELEASED BY ALIYEV RAISE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev's ex-son-in-law, Rakhat Aliyev, posted on the Internet recordings of alleged phone conversations involving former Presidential Administration Chief Adylbek Dzhaksybekov, former National Securit [...]	2008-10-17 02:16:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2085	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, SEPTEMBER 29 - OCTOBER 11, [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. STUDENT ADVOCACY GROUP AGAINST HIGHER TUITION 2. Bakhytzhan Toregozhina, head of the Ar [...]	2008-10-20 12:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KZ
08ASTANA2087	KAZAKHSTAN: JUDICIARY EXPRESSES FURTHER INTEREST IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 8, USAID led an emergency meeting to resolve issues related to the Memorandum of Understanding with the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan's Administration Committee. USAID met with the Chairman of the Committee [...]	2008-10-22 04:23:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KZ
08ASTANA2127	KAZAKHSTAN: OPTIMISM IN EAST KAZAKHSTAN OBLAST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Poloff visited Ust-Kamenogorsk, the capital of East Kazakhstan oblast, September 10-13. In addition to attending a Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism exercise (see reftel),poloff also conducted a serie [...]	2008-10-28 09:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KWMN KCRM CH KZ
08ASTANA2147	KAZAKHSTAN: FM TAZHIN REAFFIRMS MADRID [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an October 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Tazhin: -- reaffirmed Kazakhstan's commitment to fulfilling its Madrid commitments; -- made a case for building a more mature bilateral relationship by noting his government's desire to be released from the [...]	2008-10-30 11:02:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD KDEM KNNP IZ AF KZ
08ASTANA2148	KAZAKHSTAN: NUR OTAN DISCUSSES PARTY ACTIVITIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 29 meeting with the Ambassador, Nur Otan party First Deputy Chairman Darkhan Kaletayev explained that Nur Otan aims to become a party of "real deeds." The party sees itself as a conduit between the public and government, helping to solve socio-economic and ot [...]	2008-10-30 11:12:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR EAID SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2153	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, OCTOBER 13-24 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." "PUBLIC PARLIAMENT" SUPPORTS ELECTION AMENDMENTS 2. During an October 13 meeting, the "Khalyk Kenesy" ("People's Parliament") expr [...]	2008-10-31 06:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2165	KAZAKHSTANI DELEGATION STUDIES ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF [...] SUMMARY: In an effort to improve Kazakhstan's ability to protect victims of trafficking in persons, INL sent a Kazakhstani interagency delegation to Rome to study the work of the Italian government and Italian NGOs. The delegation -- representatives of the Ministries of Justice, Internal Affa [...]	2008-11-03 08:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SNAR KCRM IT KZ
08ASTANA2166	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL CORKER'S NOVEMBER 13-14 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Kazakhstan will be most useful to reinforce the importance we place on the U.S.-Kazakhstan strategic partnership. Both Secretary of State Rice and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Zalmay Khalilzad visited Astana in October. With its selection as 2010 OSCE ch [...]	2008-11-03 09:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET OREP KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2178	KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY EXPRESSES CONCERNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 30, civil society leaders briefed several Astana-based diplomatic missions on Kazakhstan's progress on its Madrid commitments on democratic reform and on religion legislation pending in parliament. In their view, the government is not going far enough in fulfilling [...]	2008-11-04 11:38:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF KZ
08ASTANA2194	KAZAKHSTAN: INFORMATION AND CULTURE MINISTER SAYS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a November 5 meeting, the Ambassador stressed to Information and Culture Minister Mukhtar Kul-Mukhammed the importance of Kazakhstan's follow through on its Madrid commitments on democratic reform. Kul-Mukh [...]	2008-11-07 06:22:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM SCUL KDEM KPAO KZ
08ASTANA2233	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, OCTOBER 27 - NOVEMBER 7 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." UIGHUR INCIDENTS 2. According to an October 28 report of the International Human Rights Bureau NGO, two law enforcement officials [...]	2008-11-10 11:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2244	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON UNGA [...] (C) The Ambasassador delivered reftel demarche encouraging support for UNGA Third Committee human rights resolutions on Iran, North Korea, and Burma to Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Sarybay on November 12. The Ambassador requested that Kazakhstan once again support the North Korea and Burma [...]	2008-11-12 11:42:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KZ
08ASTANA2249	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION POLITICIANS PESSIMISTIC ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with leaders of four key opposition parties in Almaty on November 6. They told him that while they expect "great change" from the new U.S. Administration, they do not foresee any drastic shifts [...]	2008-11-13 11:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO RS KZ
08ASTANA2256	KAZAKHSTAN: LEGISLATION IMPLEMENTING MADRID COMMITMENTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Cabinet approved draft legislative packages amending Kazakhstan's laws on elections, political parties, and the media on November 11. Prime Minister Masimov promised they would be sent expeditiously to the Ma [...]	2008-11-14 10:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
08ASTANA2262	KAZAKHSTAN: LOCAL MEDIA FINALLY REPORT RETURN OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kazakhstani media did not report the return to Kazakhstan of Guantanamo detainee Dolkun Kerimbakiyev until one week after his arrival. The government made no announcement about the return. Several media outle [...]	2008-11-17 10:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PTER PINR PHUM KDRG KAWC KPAO KZ
08ASTANA2318	PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV CALLS FOR GREATER INTERNATIONAL ROLE, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In his speech to Kazakhstan's top diplomats on November 19, President Nazarbayev asked the MFA to develop a new foreign policy concept that underscores Kazakhstan's growing role on the global scene. He n [...]	2008-11-24 10:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM OSCE KZ
08ASTANA2350	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPORTUNITY IN MANGYSTAU OBLAST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Chief of Mission and poloff visited the port-city of Aktau, the capital of Mangystau oblast, during November 5-6. In addition to attending the construction completion ceremony of the U.S.-funded Sodium Pr [...]	2008-11-25 15:13:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON EINV EPET KPAO KDEM AE
08ASTANA2365	KAZAKHSTAN: SENATE CHAIRMAN OFFERS TO CONSULT WITH THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, Ambassador Hoagland met with Senate Chairman Kasym-Zhomart Tokayev. Tokayev told the Ambassador that the Senate's priorities are to pass a package of "Madrid" amendments now making their way throug [...]	2008-11-26 12:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2374	KAZAKHSTANI BORDER GUARDS EAGER FOR INL-SUPPORTED OSCE [...] Sensitive but unclassified. Not for internet distribution. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: DCM, INL chief and Legatt visited Uralsk, the capital of the Western Kazakhstan oblast (region). While in Uralsk, the DCM and INL chief dedicated an INL-funded Border Guard training facility. Following Soviet tr [...]	2008-12-01 02:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KPAO KZ
08ASTANA2383	KAZAKHSTAN'S ASYLUM SEEKER DEPARTS VOLUNTARILY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Summary: On December 1, Ramazan Yesergepov, Editor-in-Chief of the Alma-Ata Info, a small weekly opposition newspaper with a circulation of approximately 8,000 copies, requested political asylum and refused to leave the U [...]	2008-12-03 02:03:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC CVIS KDEM KPAO KZ
08ASTANA2388	KAZAKHSTAN: RELIGION LAW PASSES PARLIAMENT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, Kazakhstan's parliament adopted the amendments to the religion law, and the legislation is now before President Nazarbayev for signature. While the draft is a marked improvement over the origina [...]	2008-12-03 10:59:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2398	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION PARTIES CRITICIZE MADRID LAWS, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is the first in a series of cables analyzing reactions to Kazakhstan's Madrid legislation. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, a group of Western diplomats met with leading opposition parties to gather their reactio [...]	2008-12-04 11:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2399	KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY PESSIMISTIC ON MADRID LAWS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is the second in a series of cables analyzing reactions to Kazakhstan's Madrid legislation. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 19, several leading NGOs shared their views on the draft laws on political parties, electio [...]	2008-12-04 12:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2407	KAZAKHSTAN: WAS THAT AN INSULT? OPPOSITION NEWSPAPER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 1, Charge d'Affaires met with Yermurat Bapi, Editor-in-Chief of Taszhargan newspaper. Taszhargan is a weekly opposition paper printed in Russian and Kazakh with a total circulation of 72,000. Bapi re [...]	2008-12-05 11:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2450	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADMINISTRATION HEAD [...] (S) SUMMARY: President Administration head Aslan Musin called in the Ambassador on December 10 to discuss Rakhat Aliyev, expressing concerns about international press reporting on the Aliyev case and explaining he had information that Aliyev might be seeking American citizenship or U.S. polit [...]	2008-12-11 11:24:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KCRM KDEM KIRF KNNP KZ
08ASTANA2452	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, NOVEMBER 24-DECEMBER 5 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITION LEADERS CHARGED WITH CRIME 2. On December 1, the Interior Ministry charged Azat party leader Bulat Abilov with "concea [...]	2008-12-12 05:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KIRF KZ
08ASTANA2469	KAZAKHSTAN: THE STATE OF THE MEDIA - STILL A LONG WAY TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 26, the Kazakhstani Press Club hosted a conference on the state of the media in Kazakhstan. Some 200 people -- including media experts, representatives of international and nongovernmental organizations [...]	2008-12-18 16:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO OSCE KZ
08ASTANA2471	KAZAKHSTAN: SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN HOUSING AND ECONOMIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 1, Charge d'Affaires met with Talmas movement leader Aynur Kurmanov. Kurmanov discussed the impact of the current financial crisis and the creation of a "new poor class" from members of the middle cla [...]	2008-12-18 16:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2492	KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTER TAZHIN [...] (C) In an alleged internal government memo, a copy of which we received from a contact at the NGO Freedom House, Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin wrote to Prime Minister Karim Masimov that the government should postpone adopting amendments to Kazakhstan's religion legislation until after its 20 [...]	2008-12-19 09:04:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF KZ
08ASTANA2522	KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY LEADER ZHOVTIS: "I'D RATHER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 18 meeting in Almaty with the Ambassador, Kazakhstan International Human Rights Bureau Director Yevgeniy Zhovtis offered his views on democracy, human rights, and the political situation in Kazakh [...]	2008-12-22 08:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM OSCE KZ
08ASTANA2534	KAZAKHSTAN: NSDP LEADER TUYAKBAY - AN HONORABLE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a December 18 meeting with the Ambassador in Almaty, the chair of the National Social Democratic Party (NSDP) Zharmakhan Tuyakbay argued that Kazakhstan's democratic hopes were dashed in mid-1990s when Presi [...]	2008-12-23 03:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
08ASTANA2577	KAZAKHSTAN: ASTANA-BASED AMBASSADORS AGREE: "DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This is the third in a series of cables analyzing reactions to Kazakhstan's OSCE Madrid-commitment legislation (reftels A and B). 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 30, the Ambassador hosted a working lunch for ambassadors [...]	2008-12-31 08:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ
08ASTANA301	KAZAKHSTAN: SLAVERY CONVENTIONS RATIFIED [...] According to a government press service, President Nazarbayev signed the bill on February 5 to ratify the League of Nations' Slavery Convention of 1926, the 1953 UN Protocol on Amendments to the Slavery Convention, and the 1956 UN Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery. 2. The l [...]	2008-02-11 06:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM SOCI KCRM PGOV KZ
08ASTANA305	KAZAKHSTAN: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS SOLICITATION FOR [...] Summary: In response to the Solicitation for Proposals by the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking (G/TIP),Post has reviewed, vetted, and selected five proposals addressing human trafficking in Kazakhstan. Post would welcome the opportunity to discuss and supply additional information co [...]	2008-02-12 01:24:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG
08ASTANA315	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, JANUARY 28 - FEBRUARY 8, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. Comments on President's State of the Nation Address ---------------------------------------- [...]	2008-02-13 05:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KZ
08ASTANA357	KAZAKHSTAN: KNB INTENSIFIES INVESTIGATION OF GRACE [...] (C) Summary: On January 25, Committee for National Security (KNB) agents raided yet another Grace Presbyterian Church, this time in Almaty. The raid is the latest step in an ongoing KNB investigation of the denomination, which began with August 2007 raids on two churches and several church-re [...]	2008-02-21 09:14:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KDEM KZ
08ASTANA411	KAZAKHSTAN: UPSURGE IN NEGATIVE MEDIA COVERAGE OF [...] (SBU) Summary: Several media outlets in the last month have published or broadcast stories critical of religious groups not traditional to Kazakhstan, such as evangelical Protestant Christians, Jehovah's Witnesses, Scientologists, and Hare Krishnas, depicting them as dangerous sects harmful to [...]	2008-03-03 11:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KIRF KZ
08ASTANA422	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, FEBRUARY 11 - 22, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. KNB Trying to Discredit Alga? ----------------------------- 2. The National Security Co [...]	2008-03-04 10:43:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KZ
08ASTANA498	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, FEBRUARY 25 - March 7, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. --------------------------------------------- - True Ak Zhol Changes Name, Shuffles Leadersh [...]	2008-03-13 06:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KZ
08ASTANA50	KAZAKHSTAN: PENTECOSTAL CHURCH, CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Summary: Kazakhstan is home to the world's largest Russian language Christian satellite television network and a steadily growing, openly evangelical Pentecostal church, surprising facts considering the negative attention the country sometimes receives for its treatment of groups that are [...]	2008-01-11 11:20:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KZ PGOV PHUM PREL
08ASTANA611	KAZAKHSTAN - SHYMKENT IS YOUNG, MUSLIM, AND GROWING FAST [...] (SBU) South Kazakhstan oblast and its capital, Shymkent, are experiencing rapid population growth due to high birth rates, an influx of ethnic Kazakhs from abroad, and labor migration from Uzbekistan. While local officials claim local media is largely independent, civil society representatives [...]	2008-03-21 05:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PREL KZ
08ASTANA620	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 10 - MARCH 23, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. - NGO's Criticize Fight Against Extremism and Terrorism - No Alliance with Aliyev - Complai [...]	2008-03-25 08:20:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KZ
08ASTANA685	KAZAKHSTAN - ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 24 - APRIL 7, 2008 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital" following the move of the Embassy to Astana. - Azat Statement Prompted by Aliyev's Conviction - OSDP Says Government-Opposition Dialogue [...]	2008-04-08 09:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM SOCI KZ
08ASTANA767	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW LEGISLATION THREATENS RELIGIOUS [...] (SBU) On April 2, a group of parliamentarians introduced draft amendments to Kazakhstan's laws governing religious organizations. Among other things, the amendments would require all religious groups in the country to re-register under more restrictive procedures; limit the activities of smal [...]	2008-04-18 11:52:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF KDEM PREL KZ
08ASTANA824	KAZAKHSTAN - FORWARD MOVEMENT ON AMENDING MEDIA [...] (SBU) Pol-Econ Chief met on April 24 with Anastasiya Shchegortsova, head of the Information and Culture Ministry's Strategic Planning Department, and Bogatoz Kaipova, from the Presidential Administration's Domestic Policy Department, to discuss Kazakhstan's Madrid commitment to amend the countr [...]	2008-04-25 10:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
08ASTANA827	KAZAKHSTAN - ARREST OF UZBEK CITIZEN CONNECTED TO [...] (C) On April 25, Pol-Econ chief raised with MFA Americas Department head Talgat Kaliyev media reports that on April 20, Kazakhstani law enforcement authorities in Almaty had arrested Uzbek citizen Rafik Rakhmonov on various counts of participating in the 2005 Andijan events. A UNHCR spokesper [...]	2008-04-25 11:44:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL KZ UZ
08ASTANA867	KAZAKHSTAN: OUTREACH ON DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND [...] (SBU) In response to reftel, there are no high profile dissidents from un-free nations living in exile or seeking asylum in Kazakhstan. 2. (SBU) In the course of my work, I do, however, regularly meet with leading Kazakhstani democracy and human rights activists, including Yevgeniy Zhovtis, [...]	2008-05-06 03:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PREL KZ
08ASTANA870	KAZAKHSTAN - ALL IS CALM IN ALMATY OBLAST, AND THAT'S HOW [...] (SBU) All is calm in Almaty Oblast and its capital, Taldykorgan, and residents are enjoying a steadily improving quality of life, at least according to oblast officials. The urban population is growing, though the oblast remains largely rural and agricultural. Taldykorgan itself has experience [...]	2008-05-06 07:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF PREL KZ
08ASUNCION138	PARAGUAY: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel questions regarding anti-trafficking in persons efforts in Paraguay. 2. (SBU) Paraguay's activities to eliminate trafficking in persons (TIP) are as follows: A. Is Paraguay a country of origin, transit, and destination for internationally trafficked [...]	2008-03-05 10:37:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB PA
08ASUNCION145	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following units (or person) of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candid [...]	2008-03-10 15:53:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION149	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following persons of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candidate name: [...]	2008-03-11 20:03:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION221	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following persons of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candidate name: [...]	2008-04-08 13:46:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION255	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following units (or person) of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candid [...]	2008-04-18 11:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION269	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following units (or person) of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candid [...]	2008-04-22 14:46:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION313	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following units (or person) of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candid [...]	2008-05-12 20:28:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION344	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following individuals of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candidate na [...]	2008-05-28 17:27:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION350	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following individual of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Jose Javier Lopez Lope [...]	2008-05-29 15:49:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION364	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following units (or person) of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candid [...]	2008-06-02 20:44:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION365	TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR 6TH SPECIAL [...] (U) The Ambassador, Office of Defense Cooperation Paraguay (ODC),and the Paraguayan Military Forces Commander concur with the 6th Special Operations Squadron (6th SOS) Counter Narco-Terrorism Terms of Reference (TOR) and deployment as outlined here (reftel). In accordance with the TOR, the f [...]	2008-06-03 12:07:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION373	RESPONSE TO REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) This cable responds to questions regarding implementation of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act and the relationship between the Cuban and Paraguayan governments (ref A). 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights in Cub [...]	2008-06-04 21:47:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL KDEM CVIS PHUM PREF CU PA
08ASUNCION379	REVISED: TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR 6TH [...] (U) The Ambassador, Office of Defense Cooperation Paraguay (ODC),Drug Enforcement Agency Attache, and the Paraguayan Military Forces Commander concur with the 6th Special Operations Squadron (6th SOS) Counter Narco-Terrorism Terms of Reference (TOR) and deployment as outlined here (reftel). I [...]	2008-06-10 20:58:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION382	NEUROPSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL IMPROVES HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Asuncion's Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Paraguay's only facility for mentally impaired patients, resolved or alleviated several deficiences cited by previous human rights reports, including overcrowding; inadequate patient care; rampant infections; malnourishment; underaged pati [...]	2008-06-11 20:07:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREF ELAB PGOV ASEC
08ASUNCION396	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following individuals of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. The proposed candidates are scheduled to att [...]	2008-06-17 21:09:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION400	TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR NAVAL SPECIAL [...] (U) The Ambassador, Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Paraguay, and the Paraguayan Military Forces Commander concur with the Terms of Reference (TOR) and deployment as outlined here (reftel). In accordance with the TOR, the following information is provided: A. (U) Chief of Mission (COM) [...]	2008-06-19 12:29:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION401	CANCELLATION OF JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE TRAINING [...] (C) Chief of Mission and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Paraguay nonconcur with the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) mission (reference SPA2008JCET420WH) scheduled for August 10 - September 18, 2008, due to political sensitivities in Paraguay. Paraguayan Armed Forces Commander Gen [...]	2008-06-19 12:31:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION403	CANCELLATION OF JOINT COMBINED EXCHANGE TRAINING [...] (C) Chief of Mission and Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Paraguay nonconcur with the Joint Combined Exchange Training (JCET) mission (reference SPA2008JCET420WH) scheduled for August 10 - September 18, 2008, due to political sensitivities in Paraguay. Paraguayan Armed Forces Commander Gen [...]	2008-06-19 22:25:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION409	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and security assistance. The unit is scheduled to p [...]	2008-06-23 14:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION418	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candidate name: [...]	2008-06-24 19:28:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION445	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Marcelino Antonio Marino M [...]	2008-07-01 20:19:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION446	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and/or security assistance. This unit of the Paragu [...]	2008-07-01 20:20:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION456	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] (U) Embassy reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no information regarding human rights violations for Javier Hernan Benitez Duarte (DOB November 14, 1979; POB Asuncion, Paraguay; Nationality: Paraguayan). Mr. Benitez Duarte is a [...]	2008-07-03 17:35:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION463	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. security assistance. 2. Candidate name: Benigno David Fe [...]	2008-07-07 16:19:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION464	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Luis Maria Benitez Riera [...]	2008-07-07 16:20:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION468	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals from Paraguay's drug enforceme [...]	2008-07-09 13:56:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION505	CHILD AND FORCED LABOR IN GOODS PRODUCTION [...] (U) This cable responds to the Department of Labor's request for information on the use of forced labor and exploitative child labor in the production of Paraguayan goods as mandated in the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (reftel). Per reftel, this cable focuses on labor [...]	2008-07-23 16:25:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI PGOV PA
08ASUNCION526	TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR FY09 DEPLOYMENT [...] (U) The Ambassador, U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation Paraguay (USODC),Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA),and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) concur with the 1st Psychological Operations Battalion (POB) Military Information Support Team (MIST) deployment as outlined here (reft [...]	2008-07-30 20:19:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION531	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Ricardo Preda DOB: No [...]	2008-07-31 13:02:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION532	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commanders of the Riverine Customs Unit (DETAVE) of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. Thi [...]	2008-07-31 14:30:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION555	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend the La [...]	2008-08-08 14:22:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION562	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNITS OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. They are scheduled to attend the 12th session of [...]	2008-08-12 21:01:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION599	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Adrian Meza Martinez D [...]	2008-08-28 13:58:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION625	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candidate name: [...]	2008-09-08 12:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION626	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training at the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies sche [...]	2008-09-08 13:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION629	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Carlos Humberto Benitez Gon [...]	2008-09-09 17:53:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA

08ASUNCION655	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These members of Paraguay's National Anti-Drug S [...]	2008-09-17 13:44:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION667	TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR CIVIL MILITARY [...] (U) The Ambassador, Office of Defense Cooperation (ODC) Paraguay, and the Paraguayan Military Forces Commander concur with the Terms of Reference (TOR) and deployment as outlined here. In accordance with the TOR, the following information is provided: A. (U) Chief of Mission (COM) Liliana [...]	2008-09-26 20:48:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION675	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training assistance. These individuals from the Paraguayan [...]	2008-10-02 11:09:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION712	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are police officers with the N [...]	2008-10-22 18:33:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION713	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] (SBU) Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures, and finds no credible derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. (SBU) Candidate name: Fede [...]	2008-10-22 19:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION718	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan Peace Keeping Operations Multi-Role Engineering Company that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or sec [...]	2008-10-23 21:02:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION729	INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE AWARD NOMINEE: [...] (U) Post nominates Paraguayan anti-corruption prosecutor Ms. Rocio Vallejo as our nominee for the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage. Ms. Vallejo's personal information requested in reftel is as follows: -- Full legal name of nominee: Hilda Maria del Rocio Vallejo Av [...]	2008-10-28 18:49:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM PA
08ASUNCION734	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Nicolas Angel Narvaez Retam [...]	2008-10-31 12:06:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION735	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance. 2. Candidate name: [...]	2008-10-31 12:06:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION775	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Williams Celestino Lezcano [...]	2008-11-18 17:36:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION796	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following members of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend the St [...]	2008-11-28 11:07:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION830	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT OF PARAGUAYAN SECURITY [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of ongoing U.S. training and/or security assistance in Asuncion, Para [...]	2008-12-12 18:29:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION840	FORMER ITAIPU DAM DIRECTOR INDICTED FOR CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Paraguayan prosecutors indicted former Itaipu Binational Enterprise (EBI) director (and current Colorado Senator) Victor Bernal Garay December 11 on corruption charges related to the alleged misuse of Itaipu Dam funds. Judge Patricia Gonzalez, who oversees Bernal's case, indicated Decem [...]	2008-12-17 18:40:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON PHUM PA
08ASUNCION843	RESPONSE TO REVIEW FOR SUSPENSION OF TITLE III OF [...] (U) This cable responds to questions regarding implementation of Title III of the LIBERTAD Act and the relationship between the Cuban and Paraguayan governments (ref A and B). 2. (C) Has the host country, in Post's opinion, worked to promote the advancement of democracy and human rights i [...]	2008-12-17 19:06:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD ETTC PREL KDEM CVIS PHUM PREF CU PA
08ASUNCION855	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBERS OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Cesar Eduardo Frutos Casco [...]	2008-12-23 12:19:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION856	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MEMBER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following member of the Paraguayan security forces who is an intended recipient of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Eduardo Guillen Paez DO [...]	2008-12-23 12:20:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
08ASUNCION857	AMBASSADOR IN CIUDAD DEL ESTE: REFORMS STILL [...] (C) Political, law enforcement, and private sector representatives told Ambassador in Ciudad del Este December 9-10 that the Paraguayan government needs significant political, economic, and judicial reform. Prosecutors, business leaders, and activists expressed concern over political corrupt [...]	2008-12-23 14:38:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON SNAR PTER PHUM PA
08ASUNCION877	PARAGUAYANS UNCOVER MORE EVIDENCE OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: A leading Paraguayan human rights activist discovered numerous personal records belonging to political prisoners tortured during the Stroessner regime (1954-89) in a building then used by the Interior Ministry. Further evidence of Stroessner-era human rights abuses will be rele [...]	2008-12-31 18:49:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PA
08ASUNCION92	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - MCC THRESHOLD COUNTRY PROGRAM [...] In support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (AID),post is requesting human rights vetting, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, of the personnel listed below that will be participating in the MCC Threshold Country Program as customs enforcement officers for a period of at l [...]	2008-02-12 17:01:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL AID PA
08ASUNCION97	PROPOSAL FOR G/TIP-MANAGED FY08 ESF AND INCLE FUNDS [...] (U) Embassy Asuncion submits the following anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) proposal for FY 2008 ESF and INCLE funding (reftel). This proposal details the second phase of an IOM project funded by G/TIP in 2006 and completed in July 2007. Cynthia Bendlin, WHA winner of the 2008 Secretary's [...]	2008-02-13 13:06:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG BR AR PA
08ATHENS1009	GREECE/MACEDONIA: GRUEVSKI LETTER ON MINORITIES [...] (U) This message has been cleared with Embassy Skopje. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Greece reacted negatively to a July 14 letter from Macedonian PM Gruevski to PM Karamanlis requesting that Greece address issues related to property restitution and citizenship of ethnic Macedonians [...]	2008-07-15 13:42:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MK GR
08ATHENS1018	GREEK MFA ON JULY 22-23 GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) On 15 July, PolOfficer and PolAssistant delivered ref A points and discussed issues likely to be addressed at the July 22-23 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC) with MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katsourou. She responded with the following points: -- Iran: Katsourou said Greec [...]	2008-07-16 14:41:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGKV PREL EU GR PHUM IR SO SU CD ZI UP
08ATHENS1095	P-1 REFERRAL FOR U.S. RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM: WARDA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Embassy has identified Iraqi citizen Johnson Hermiz Warda as a candidate for the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program as a Priority 1 referral. Warda submitted a written request to the Embassy for refugee resettlement to the United States based on his prior employment in Iraq wit [...]	2008-07-31 10:53:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF CVIS KDEM PGOV PHUM GR IZ
08ATHENS1114	GREECE: JULY 08 TIP UPDATE [...] This is Embassy Athens' second regular update on Greece's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). RATIFICATION OF GREECE-ALBANIA AGREEMENT ----------------------------------------- 2. The Greek Parliament ratified on July 31, 2008 a bilateral Greece-Albania agreement on child repa [...]	2008-08-01 14:50:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN GR
08ATHENS1132	URGING THE EU TO MAINTAIN TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS ON [...] (C) We delivered reftel points on maintaining travel restrictions on the Karadzic family to Antonia Katzourou, European Correspondent for the MFA A11 Directorate that deals with EU Common and Foreign Security Policy and to Asterios Tsiourvas, MFA Desk Officer for Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro. [...]	2008-08-07 05:44:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GR
08ATHENS114	GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) On January 24, Acting Political Counselor delivered reftel demarche points to Director of the D1 Directorate for International Organizations, Ambassador Alexandros Rallis. Rllis stated that he had already sent our previously faxed points to the Greek mission in Geneva and had also forward [...]	2008-01-24 14:40:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL GR IS
08ATHENS1203	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR LAGON'S SEPTEMBER 1-3 [...] (C) Welcome to Athens. Your visit is an excellent opportunity to press Greece to show progress on TIP issues if it wishes to avoid a Tier-Two Watch-List rating. Your visit comes at a particularly delicate moment in U.S.-Greece relations. A NATO ally and EU member, Greece has been helpful in [...]	2008-08-26 15:37:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	GR PGOV PHUM PREL
08ATHENS1204	GREEK POLICE DISMANTLE UKRAINIAN TRAFFICKING [...] (U) Greek Anti-Trafficking police dismantled a trafficking network that forced Ukrainian women into prostitution. Police arrested five Ukrainians and one Uzbek on charges of human trafficking, abduction, use of false documents, and laundering of proceeds from criminal activities. 2. (U) Fol [...]	2008-08-26 15:38:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	GR KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL
08ATHENS124	DEATH OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF ATHENS AND ALL GREECE [...] (SBU) The Archbishop of Athens and All Greece, Christodoulos, passed away at 0515 local time on Monday, January 28. His funeral is expected to take place on Thursday, January 31 -- or possibly Friday, February 1. The Archbishop played a social and political role, and his successor is expecte [...]	2008-01-28 12:38:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KREL PHUM KIRF GR
08ATHENS1272	GREECE: ACTION GUIDE TO COMBAT TIP (2008-2009) [...] (SBU) On August 26, Charge, A/Polcouns, and PolAssistant delivered the TIP Action Guide to Minister of Justice Hatzigakis and SecGen of the Justice Ministry Gletsos. On August 28, Charge and Poloff delivered the guide to MFA General Secretary Agathocles. In these meetings, the Charge outlin [...]	2008-09-09 09:07:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV GR PHUM SMIG KCRM KWMN KTIP
08ATHENS1287	GREEK VIEWS ON SEPTEMBER GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) DepPolCouns delivered ref A and C points on the September 15-16 meeting of EU foreign ministers (GAERC) to MFA European Correspondent Ant/nia Katzourou and took the oppo2tunity 4o ask for a readout of the September 5-6 G9mnich meeting. On the latter, Katzourou said 3he had ngt gotten a de [...]	2008-09-10 11:23:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GR RS SU ZI YI EUN
08ATHENS1298	GREECE: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY THIRD COMMITTEE 2008 [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on September 9 to Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary at the MFA D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations. The D1 office received the points but had no substantive comment and passed them to the D2 Directorate of Human Rights. Post will report any f [...]	2008-09-12 11:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	GR PGOV PREL PHUM
08ATHENS1304	ADDITIONAL GAERC GEORGIA POINTS PASSED TO GREEKS [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns passed additional GAERC Georgia points (ref A) to Greek MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou. Katzourou provided no new feedback beyond her earlier remarks on the September GAERC (ref D). SPECKHARD [...]	2008-09-14 12:17:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL EUN GR RS GG
08ATHENS1334	GREECE/UNGA: MFA GRATEFUL FOR POINTS ON COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered ref A points on U.S. priorities for the Community of Democracies at the UNGA to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations head Ambassador Alexandros Rallis, who would be accompanying FM Bakoyannis to the UNGA. Rallis later told us he had passed the points to Fo [...]	2008-09-19 05:43:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL GR PHUM UNGA KDEM
08ATHENS1336	APPROACHING GREECE ON REBUTTING RUSSIAN GENOCIDE [...] (C) DCM discussed ref A points on rebutting Russia's claims against Georgia with the Prime Minister's diplomatic advisor Constantinos Bitsios. She noted the speciousness of the Russian claims of genocide, the lack of supporting evidence from international NGOs, and our request for Greece to u [...]	2008-09-19 12:44:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM GR GG RS
08ATHENS1362	GREECE: UN MINORITIES EXPERT REFUTES ERRONEOUS IMPRESSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: During an August 16 visit to Greece at the invitation of the GOG, UN Minorities expert Gay McDougall examined Greek legislation, policies, and practices related to minority rights and highlighted challenges and good practices. McDougall refuted erroneous claims in the Greek pres [...]	2008-09-25 11:06:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL GR MK
08ATHENS1387	GREEK SLANDS: A GATEWAY TO EUROPE FOR ILLEGAL [...] (SBU) ver-increasing numbers of illegal immigrants Afghans, Iraqis, Palestinians, Somalis, and ohers) are using boats and rafts to travel fro Turkey to Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, making the islands the preferred route for these immigrants into the EU. The wave of newcomers has all but o [...]	2008-10-02 05:39:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PRL PGOV PBTS PTER PHUM GR
08ATHENS1432	GREEK VIEWS ON OCTOBER GAERC ISSUES [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns and visiting EUR/SE Desk Officer Goodman delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou. Her responses below are keyed to the main issue topics of the demarche: -- ZIMBABWE: Katzourou did not expect a long discussion. Conclusions had already been f [...]	2008-10-10 14:43:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EUN PHUM GR
08ATHENS1455	MFA SECGEN ON IRAN, VISA WAIVER, GTMO DETAINEE, [...] (S) SUMMARY: In an October 16 meeting, DCM raised with MFA Secretary General Agathocles a range of topical issues, including: 1) Greece's status in the Visa Waiver process and our intention to move ahead (Agathocles was pleased to hear the news but cautioned that certain legal issues remained t [...]	2008-10-17 16:03:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	MOPS GR IR PHUM CVIS KCRM PREL
08ATHENS147	GREECE MOURNS ARCHBISHOP'S DEATH [...] On January 31, Greece paid its final respects to Archbishop of Athens and All Greece Christodoulos in a funeral service at Athens' Metropolitan Cathedral. The service, lasting two hours and broadcast live on several television channels, was attended by a who's-who of Greek society, as well a [...]	2008-01-31 12:59:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KIRF SOCI GR
08ATHENS148	GREECE/TURKEY: MFA TERMS KARAMANLIS VISIT [...] (C) MFA officials termed PM Karamanlis' January 23 - 25 trip to Turkey "positive but not concrete." They were pleased by statements by PM Erdogan that "could be seen as positive openings" on the status of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, on the Aegean "casus belli," and on broader Ae [...]	2008-01-31 14:20:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KIRF PHUM SOCI TU GR
08ATHENS1541	GREECE: AMBASSADOR RAISES MLAT, TIP, IPR WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a November 6 meeting, Ambassador Speckhard raised with Georgios Panagiotopoulos, President and Justice of the Greek Council of State (an equivalent to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court),several legal issues: 1) the need for Greece to move expeditiously in ratifying the U [...]	2008-11-12 07:47:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KTIP KCRM GR
08ATHENS1559	GREEKS TO VOTE EU LINE ON IRAN RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns discussed reftel points with MFA D4 Directorate for Human Rights head Ilias Fotopoulos. Fotopoulos believed Greece would vote against a no-action motion and in favor of the resolution condemning the deteriorating human rights situation in Iran. He said, however, that consul [...]	2008-11-14 14:41:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL GR IR
08ATHENS1572	GREECE SUPPORTING IRAQI DIPLOMATS WITH TRAINING, [...] (U) On November 17, the Greek MFA announced that its Diplomatic Academy would be hosting a two-week training program in Athens November 17-28 for ten young Iraqi diplomats. The MFA announcement said the aim of the training was to strengthen friendship and understanding between Greece and Ira [...]	2008-11-20 09:28:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	GR IZ PGOV PHUM PREL AF EAID KPAO
08ATHENS1589	GREECE/OSCE: FM BAKOYANNIS LAYS OUT OSCE PRIORITIES [...] (C) Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, who will be OSCE Chairman-in-Office (CIO) in 2009, laid out her priorities for the OSCE in a November 13 speech at the Greek Foreign Ministry. She emphasized the importance of OSCE cooperation with other IOs, including the UN, the EU, and NATO. Sh [...]	2008-11-25 14:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM OSCE GR RS NATO EUN GG
08ATHENS1607	GREECE: 18-DAY PRISON STRIKES END WITH GOG [...] (SBU) On November 21, an estimated 8,000 inmates nationwide ended their 18-day hunger strike against overcrowding in Greek prisons following GOG announcement that it would release almost half of Greece's prison population. Since November 3, the unrest in prison detention centers propelled supp [...]	2008-11-28 15:39:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KCRM KTIP GR
08ATHENS1627	GREEK VIEWS ON DECEMBER GAERC ISSUES [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns and PolOff delivered reftel points to MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou. Her responses below are keyed to the main issue topics of the demarche: -- BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Katzourou was unable to speak directly to the issue of Bosnia and Herzegovina, but said EU [...]	2008-12-04 15:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV ETRD EUN PHUM GR
08ATHENS1658	GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 11 UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Greece was relatively quiet at late afternoon Thursday. PM Karamanlis traveled to Brussels to participate in European Council meetings December 11-12. The atmosphere in the country remained tense, however, and it was impossible to predict whether the slacking off of demonstrat [...]	2008-12-11 15:11:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GR
08ATHENS1668	GREECE/TURKEY TALKS ON ILLEGAL MIGRANTS: LITTLE [...] (SBU) A Greek delegation visited Ankara in mid-November for the third round of discussions aimed at improving implementation of the protocol the two countries signed in 2001 on re-admission of illegal migrants. Over the last two years, the number of migrants using Greece's Aegean islands as a [...]	2008-12-12 13:23:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM PTER TU IZ SO AF IT GR
08ATHENS1669	GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 12 UPDATE [...] (C) The level of violence dropped in Greece over the night of December 11, but there were still attacks on police stations. On December 12 two demonstrations took place. Police are concerned that anarchists will try to use an evening rally on December 12 to enter Parliament and perhaps the Pr [...]	2008-12-12 13:30:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC GR
08ATHENS1692	GREEK RIOTS - WHAT HAPPENED AND HOW THEY IMPACT [...] (C) The riots that began in Greece following the December 6 police shooting of a teenager have shocked even the most cynical of Greeks, and have resulted in hundreds of millions of Euros in economic damage. The unrest has deeply polarized society, with youth of all socio-economic backgrounds [...]	2008-12-18 13:00:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PREL SOCI ASEC PHUM ECON TU MK GR
08ATHENS1698	GREEK RIOTS: SETTLING IN FOR THE LONGER-TERM [...] (SBU) Levels of rioting and violence have increased in localized areas of Athens, and anarchists are clearly trying to injure or kill police and state security officials. Rioters have sought to increase further their visibility by placing banners on the Acropolis and attempting to burn down ( [...]	2008-12-22 06:29:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL ASEC SOCI PHUM GR
08ATHENS1715	GREECE: DECEMBER 2008 TIP UPDATE [...] (U) This is Embassy Athens' third regular update on Greece's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). REFTELS refer to previous TIP update cables. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Greek anti-TIP police continued aggressively tackling trafficking rings, successfully completing two major investigatio [...]	2008-12-23 13:02:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG KTIP GR
08ATHENS1720	GREEK RIOTS: DECEMBER 24 UPDATE [...] (SBU) Rioting and violence remain ongoing in Athens in localized areas, although at a lower tempo in advance of the holidays. A bus carrying police officers was fired upon -- purportedly with Kalashnikov rifles -- from the grounds of the satellite campus of the Polytechnic University. Police [...]	2008-12-24 11:44:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV ASEC SOCI PHUM GR
08ATHENS201	IRAN ELECTIONS: GREECE PREFERS EU STATEMENT IN [...] (C) On February 12, DepPolCouns delivered reftel points on Iranian elections and a third sanctions resolution to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. PolOff also delivered sanctions points to MFA D1 Directorate for International Organizations, which handles [...]	2008-02-13 12:20:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL UNSC KDEM IR GR
08ATHENS202	EMBASSY ATHENS' FORCED LABOR SEMINAR PARTICIPANT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-13 12:49:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	AMGT ELAB OTRA PHUM GR
08ATHENS238	ROMA OF GREECE: "MORE RATS THAN CHILDREN" [...] From February 11 - 13, Poloff visited a dozen makeshift Roma camps within a hundred kilometers of Athens. In meeting after meeting, the terribly poor Romani occupants asked for jobs, housing and education. Evidence abounds that a GoG program offering housing loans to individual Roma families [...]	2008-02-21 14:59:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV GR
08ATHENS260	GREECE FACING ONSLAUGHT OF IMMIGRANTS [...] (C) The immigration statistics for 2007 reveal that Greece continues to face a sharp increase of migrants attempting to cross into Greece as a destination point or a stop-over en route to other parts of Europe and beyond. Asylum applications have increased four times from the previous year wh [...]	2008-02-25 15:13:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM SOCI TU GR
08ATHENS291	DISCOURAGING EU DEVELOPMENT COMMISSIONER'S VISIT [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-29 11:24:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM EU CU GR
08ATHENS362	GREECE TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2008- PART 1 [...] (U) Sensitiv but Unclassified -- Protect Accordingly. 2.(SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2008 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Overview" Section. This is the first of four cables. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY: Greece continued domestic and regional effo [...]	2008-03-07 15:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR
08ATHENS364	GREECE TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2008 - PART 3 [...] (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2008 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref A request for "Investigation and Prosecution" Section. This is the third of four cables. 2. (SBU) INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS: ------------------------------------ [...]	2008-03-07 15:20:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR
08ATHENS365	GREECE TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2008 - PART 2 [...] (SBU) Below are Embassy Athens' responses to the 2008 TIP report questionnaire. Text is keyed to Ref request for "Prevention" Section. This is the second of four cables. 2. (SBU) PREVENTION: ----------- -- A. Does the government acknowledge that trafficking is a problem in that [...]	2008-03-07 15:20:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR
08ATHENS366	GREECE TIP REPORT SUBMISSION 2008 - PART 4 [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-07 15:20:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD PREL PREF ELAB GR
08ATHENS377	IRAN'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS -- GREECE SUPPORTS [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-12 10:13:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IR KDEM PHUM PREL GR
08ATHENS41	UN/CERD: GREECE WILL VOTE TO RE-ELECT PROSPER [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-10 09:19:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA GR
08ATHENS427	GREECE/OSCE: BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS ON 2009 [...] (U) This is a joint Embassy Athens/USOSCE Cable. 2. (C) Summary. USOSCE Ambassador Finley, EUR A/DAS Robbins, and Embassy Athens and USOSCE personnel met March 17 with Greek officials to consult on Greek plans for the upcoming 2009 Chairmanship of the OSCE. The Greeks have identified ke [...]	2008-03-20 08:56:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV PREL PHUM KRIF GR AF ZL
08ATHENS445	GREECE: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON REFERENDUM IN BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-24 07:19:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL BM GR
08ATHENS449	GREECE: LIMITED BILATERAL RELATIONS WITH BELARUS - [...] (U) Poloff delivered subject demarche on March 26 to the MFA A5 Department for CIS Countries, Counselor Elisabeth Fo with Belarus at this time. Lacking a diplomatic mission in Minsk, minimal reporting on Belarussian affairs is covered by the Greek mission in Moscow. The Greek Ambassador las [...]	2008-03-26 09:40:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM BO EU PREL PGOV
08ATHENS458	GOG RESPONSE TO U.S. POINTS ON MARCH GYMNICH AGENDA [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered subject demarche on March 25 to Ms. Antonia Katzourou in the MFA's A11 Directorate for Common Foreign and Security Policy. While Katzourou appreciated the opportunity to review U.S. positions, she emphasized that the March 28-29 Foreign Ministers' Gymnich meeting will be [...]	2008-03-27 13:09:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM IS SY GR EUN ZL LE RS CH
08ATHENS494	HUMAN RIGHTS COURT SIDES WITH TURKISH MINORITY IN [...] (U) Two important human rights issues related to the Turkish minority in Thrace were recently addressed by court decisions: the first, by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) and the second, by a local court in Rodopi. The ECHR decision indirectly confirms the right of Thrace Muslims to [...]	2008-04-03 09:10:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KIRF PHUM GR
08ATHENS495	HUMAN RIGHTS COURT SIDES WITH TURKISH MINORITY IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-03 09:23:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI KIRF PHUM GR
08ATHENS507	MESSAGE FROM AMBASSADOR SPECKHARD: MEETING WITH [...] (C) Mr. Attorney General, I'm pleased you will be meeting with Greek Minister of Justice Sotiris Hatzigakis on April 11. Although I'm sure your staff has prepared briefing material, I wanted to highlight a few key issues that I would ask that you raise with him. I met with Hatzigakis on Marc [...]	2008-04-04 15:13:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM GR
08ATHENS537	AMBASSADOR MARKS INTERNATIONAL ROMA DAY WITH VISIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In observance of International Roma Day on April 8 (Ref A),Ambassador visited a segregated Roma-only school in the Athenian suburb of Aspropyrgos, where he was met by a host of local government officials and educators bemoaning the woes of having a Roma population in their jurisd [...]	2008-04-16 07:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV GR
08ATHENS553	GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS TO ASSIST IRAQI REFUGEES [...] (C) On March 27, EmbOff delivered reftel demarche and non-paper on financial assistance to Iraqi refugees to Greek MFA Iraqi desk officer George Karahalios. Karahalios noted that Greece would follow EU guidance and that traditionally Greece did not offer bilateral assistance but acted through [...]	2008-04-18 11:56:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	GR PHUM PREF PREL
08ATHENS611	GREECE: STEEP UPHILL PROMOTING SOLIDARITY DAY WITH [...] (C) Embassy Country Team discussed possible ways to promote the May 21 "Day of Solidarity with Cuba" (refs a and b). We have informed the GOG of May 21 as the Day of Solidarity with the Cuban people and urged it to undertake its own activities to mark appropriately the occasion. Moreover, we [...]	2008-05-05 14:30:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PHUM PREL EUN CU GR
08ATHENS702	EMBASSY ATHENS MARKS DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH CUBAN [...] (U) Ref B discussed post's actions regarding promotion of May 21 as the "Day of Solidarity with the Cuban People." In addition, Ambassador has placed an editorial on Cuba and the Day of Solidarity in the daily free-press Metro newspaper, which everyday reaches a quarter of a million average Gr [...]	2008-05-21 09:06:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KPAO GR CU
08ATHENS706	GREEK VIEWS ON MAY GAERC [...] (C) DepPolCouns discussed likely issues for the May 26-27 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC) with MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katsourou. Key points of the discussion are summarized below by issue topic: -- WESTERN BALKANS: Katsourou believed GAERC discussion would focus in general [...]	2008-05-21 14:20:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EU GR
08ATHENS717	GREECE TO SEND REP TO BURMA CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on the Burma Donor's Conference May 21 to Vassiliki Bafi, Burma Desk Officer at the MFA A10 Directorate for Asia and Oceania. Bafi said the Economic Counselor from the Greek Embassy in Thailand would attend the Burma Conference. Bafi was unable to provi [...]	2008-05-22 12:24:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PGOV PHUM GR
08ATHENS719	UNHCR DISAPPROVES OF GREECE'S HANDLING OF REFUGEE [...] (C) A stunning April 15 UNHCR report called upon EU Member States to refrain from returning asylum seekers to Greece under the Dublin Protocol until further notice. According to the report, asylum seekers in Greece face undue hardships in having their claims adjudicated due to problems with p [...]	2008-05-22 14:47:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM GR
08ATHENS720	GREEK MFA IN SHOCK OVER TIP TIER DOWNGRADING [...] (C) On May 22, Ambassador met with MFA SecGen Agathocles at the latter's request to discuss Greece's tier ranking on Trafficking in Persons (TIP). Although information on tier classifications for this year has not yet been publicly released, Agathocles was aware that Greece would likely be do [...]	2008-05-22 15:44:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL GR
08ATHENS723	BURMA: GREEK MFA ON ADDITIONAL BURMA POINTS [...] (C) A/Political Counselor delivered ref A points to First Counsellor Anthi Balonou, the Deputy Director of the MFA A 10 Diretorate for Asia and Oceania. Balonou reiterated that Greece would be represented at the May 25 UN-ASEAN co-sponsored conference by the Greek Economic Counselor from Ba [...]	2008-05-23 11:19:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BM GR
08ATHENS784	FM BAKOYANNIS TO ATTEND JUNE VIENNA AND BERLIN [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns passed reftel demarche on the June 23 Vienna conference on Reconstruction of Lebanon's Nahr al-Baid Refugee Camp to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis. Ayfantis said FM Bakoyannis intended to attend the Vienna conference, as well as the Do [...]	2008-06-05 13:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PREL PHUM LE GR
08ATHENS795	CYCLONE NARGIS DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (U) On 3 June poloff delivered reftel demarche on Cyclone Nargis to First Counselor Anthi Balonou, the Deputy director of the MFA A10 Directorate for Asia and Oceania. Balonou reiterated that, from the Greek perspective, it remained important to continue to draw attention to the Burma regim [...]	2008-06-06 15:04:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PHUM PREL PGOV GR
08ATHENS818	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: GREECE ALSO DISSATISFIED [...] (C) A/Political Counselor met June 10 with Ambassador Mercurios Karafotias, the new Director of the MFA's D1 Directorate for UN and International Organizations and Conferences to deliver reftel points expressing U.S. concerns with the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC). Karafotias responded tha [...]	2008-06-10 13:33:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UN GR
08ATHENS832	GREEKS BEARING GIFTS: FM BAKOYANNIS TO ATTEND [...] (C) DepPolCouns reconfirmed that Greek FM Dora Bakoyannis would attend the Berlin conference on supporting the Palestinians with MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Giorgos Ayfantis (refs A and B). Ayfantis said Bakoyannis did not want to show up at the conference "empty ha [...]	2008-06-11 13:58:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG IS GR
08ATHENS837	TIP NEXT STEPS DISCUSSED WITH MFA [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-12 14:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM KPAO KWMN GR
08ATHENS845	GREEK MFA ON JUNE GAERC ISSUES [...] (C) On June 11, DepPolCouns discussed issues likely to be taken up at the June 16-17 EU Foreign Ministers' meeting (GAERC) with Greek MFA European Correspondent Antonia Katzourou (ref A). Her responses below are keyed to likely agenda items: -- IRAN: Katzourou noted that EU foreign policy c [...]	2008-06-13 14:01:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV IR IZ IS SY CU GR
08ATHENS860	STATEMENT ON PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DECLARATION [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered reftel statement on the U.S.-EU Prisoner of Conscience Declaration on June 17 to Loukas Tsokos, First Secretary at the MFA D1 Directorate, UN and International Organizations. We expressed our appreciation to the EU for co-sponsorship of the declaration at the UN and ur [...]	2008-06-17 14:33:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV GR ELAB PHUM SMIG KCROM KPAO KWMN
08ATHENS873	INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (C) Post is grateful for the opportunity per reftel to provide preliminary input on U.S. statements regarding Greece at the upcoming Warsaw OSCE Human Dimension Meeting (HDIM). As context, Embassy notes this is a sensitive period in U.S.-Greece bilateral relations, and the statements made at [...]	2008-06-19 14:20:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG KCRM KPAO KWMN GR
08ATHENS877	UNHCR FINDS GREECE LACKING IN PROTECTION OF [...] (SBU) On June 18, PolOff and PolAssistant attended a press conference hosted by the Greek Chapter of the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to commemorate World Refugee Day 2008 and to release a new study concerning separated children seeking asylum in Greece. All participants at the conf [...]	2008-06-20 15:28:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PREL PGOV PHUM SMIG GR
08ATHENS920	TROUBLING LIVING CONDITIONS AND MEDICAL ACCESS FOR [...] (SBU) At a May 21, 2008, press conference, the organization Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) presented the damning results of an exploratory mission conducted in February 2008 to assess the health and living conditions at various immigrant detention centers and camps throughout Greece. The MSF [...]	2008-06-27 11:47:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV GR
08ATHENS959	GREECE: JUNE TIP UPDATE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND INTRODUCTION: This is the first in what we intend to be regular updates on Greece's efforts to combat trafficking in persons (TIP). In June, Greek authorities in cooperation with Europol and officials from neighboring countries, broke up three trafficking rings and granted [...]	2008-07-03 12:32:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL SMIG KCRM KWMN GR
08ATHENS963	GREECE: PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE EVENT POINTS [...] (SBU) On July 3, PolOff conveyed reftel points on the Prisoners of Conscience Public Affairs Event to George Panagiotidis, Embassy Attache of the D1 Directorate for the International Organizations. Panagiotidis made no substantive comments but stated that he would forward the information to [...]	2008-07-07 13:14:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL GR
08ATHENS965	GREECE: HUMAN RIGHTS FOUNDATION DEMARCHE [...] (U) On 3, July PolOff and PolAssistant delivered reftel demarche on the Human Rights Foundation to George Panagiotidis, Embassy Attache of the MFA D1 Directorate for the International Organizations. Panagiotidis thanked us for the information and said it would be reviewed by the MFA Director [...]	2008-07-07 13:29:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	AORC GR PHUM UN
08ATHENS972	GREEKS TO ENVOY KENNEDY: WE'LL KEEP DIGGING IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: THIS IS A JOINT EMBASSY ATHENS AND CONGEN THESSALONIKI MESSAGE. Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, visited Athens June 25-26 and Thessaloniki 26-28 to discuss Holocaust restitution issues with Greek officials, with a special focus on the Thessal [...]	2008-07-08 12:33:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM GR
08BAGHDAD1005	ANATOMY OF A BAGHDAD RECONCILIATION EFFORT: [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Introduction: Reconciliation movements in Baghdad quickly spread through the province following the surge of Coalition Forces and the success of the "Anbar Awakening." Unlike other areas in Iraq with more homogeneous populations, reconci [...]	2008-04-01 15:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER KDEM PINR PHUM IR IZ
08BAGHDAD102	IRAQI PARLIAMENTARIAN ALLEGES TERRIBLE PRISON [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-14 11:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ECON KDEM KJUS PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD1041	MOHR 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 12:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1111	NINEWA: WIDE-RANGING PRT SUPPORT BOOSTS [...] (SBU) Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Ninewa has worked closely over the last year with farmers, produce processors and GOI agencies to support the province's struggling agricultural sector. The sector is crucial to fighting provincial unemployment: rural residents rely on grain producti [...]	2008-04-09 16:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON EAGR SENV EAID PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1118	GOI'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 02:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM IZ

08BAGHDAD1120	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-04-10 12:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1154	RRT ERBIL: NEW UNAMI ELECTORAL OFFICER ARRIVES [...] (C) Erbil RRTOff met April 10 with newly-appointed UNAMI Electoral Officer for northern Iraq, Diederik Willems, at his request, for a meet and greet discussion. Willems said that he has met with the Governorate Electoral Officers (GEOs) for Dohuk and Kirkuk, who complained bitterly about the l [...]	2008-04-14 03:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PINR PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1155	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-04-14 06:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1223	NINEWA: LOW-KEY REACTION IN TAL AFAR TO BASRA [...] (C) Key officials in Tal Afar, the second-largest city in Ninewa province with a large Shia Turkoman population, told PRT Leader and Western Ninewa Branch Office Chief March 30 that they supported Iraqi efforts to contain the violence in Basra generated by Shia militia. Tal Afar appeared focus [...]	2008-04-20 07:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV MARR PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1251	MCNS APRIL 20: RULE OF LAW, MOSUL AND BASRAH [...] (S REL AUS UK) SUMMARY: Topics covered at the April 20 MCNS session included implementation of the Amnesty Law (cases are moving through the system - but there were concerns that some judicial review committees were approving too many); planning for military operations in Mosul (additional for [...]	2008-04-23 01:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER PHUM ECON IZ IR
08BAGHDAD126	BUDGET EXECUTION AND PRISON REFORM DOMINATE [...] (S) SUMMARY: During the January 13 Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS),National Security Advisor (NSA) Rubaie led a discussion about capital improvement budget execution problems in the Ministries of Defense, Interior, and Justice. Both the IntMin and acting JusMin acknowledged pr [...]	2008-01-17 12:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER
08BAGHDAD1305	THE LAST DAYS OF A STATE MINISTRY [...] (C) Summary: In a April 27 meeting with PolOffs, members of the Ministry of State for Women's Affairs (MoSWA) expressed their overwhelming frustrating with the lack of support the Ministry is receiving since the Prime Minister's Office made the informal decision to eliminate the organization i [...]	2008-04-27 15:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1310	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-04-28 10:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1314	PARLIAMENTARIANS CONCERNED AFTER TOUR OF SADR CITY [...] (C) Summary: Parliamentarians Ala Talabani and Zalwa al-Hashimi met with PolOff on April 28 to discuss their recent trip to Sadr City and the "humanitarian crisis" brewing there. Ala also noted the recent progress on the Civil Society Law, as well as some movement on the Political Parties Law [...]	2008-04-28 15:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1322	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-04-29 11:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1332	GOI 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 15:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PREL PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1341	A GLIMPSE INTO MOLSA ORPHANAGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOffs had a rare opportunity to tour Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs orphanages in Baghdad on April 24. Since a July 2007 scandal when MoLSA orphans were found naked and tied to beds, the USG has had little communication with the ministry on this issue. The two orphanag [...]	2008-04-30 18:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD135	NINEWA CHRISTIANS DISCUSS NINEVEH PLAIN GOALS WITH [...] (C) At the Ninewa PRT, Christian leaders representing parties including the Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) and the Assyrian Patriotic Party (APP) expressed general consensus to CODEL Wolf (Rep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) and Rep. Joseph Pitts (R-PA)) January 3 on forming a Christian, self-governed [...]	2008-01-19 08:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV EAID KIRF IZ
08BAGHDAD1376	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-05-03 10:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1404	MOHR VISITS CAMP CROPPER [...] (S) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim noted improvements in detainee operations during her May 1 inspection of Camp Cropper, but stressed that releases should be expedited. She offered her ministry's help in facilitating releases by contacting and bringing families to the deten [...]	2008-05-05 18:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM PJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD1446	NINEWA: KURDISH TACTICS ALIENATE SHIA SHABAK [...] (C/NF) A prominent leader of the minority Shia Shabak and Turkmen communities in eastern Ninewa's al Hamdaniya district said May 5 that heavy-handed Kurdish pressure in 2008 has solidified his constituency's opposition to joining the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). Islamic Supreme Council [...]	2008-05-09 11:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1454	WHY THE NINE JEWS OF BAGHDAD STAY IN BAGHDAD [...] (S) SUMMARY: Despite the insecurity they face, and the necessity of hiding their identity, the nine Jews living in Baghdad appear set to stay here. Several are simply too old to leave, while others fear the unknown challenges of a new land more than they fear the more familiar, if deadly, pe [...]	2008-05-10 12:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KIRF PREF PGOV IS NL UK IZ
08BAGHDAD1463	ENGAGEMENT 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 08:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS IZ PINS UN
08BAGHDAD147	MOLSA 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 07:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1473	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-05-12 13:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1532	COR 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 14:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1543	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-05-19 13:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1553	NEW 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 17:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1554	MOHR 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 18:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD1575	MALIKI VOICES SUPPORT FOR RELIGIOUS MINORITIES [...] (SBU) Prime Minister Maliki received a delegation of mostly Christian representatives and spoke out in support of Iraq's religious minorities during his May 16 visit to Mosul to inspect the ongoing Umm-al-Rabe'ayn operation to root out al-Qaida elements. His unprecedented statements were hig [...]	2008-05-21 14:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL
08BAGHDAD1576	NINEWA COUNCILWOMEN UNITE TO EMPOWER IRAQI WOMEN [...] (U) PRT Ninewa recently initiated a series of discussions with several prominent female local government leaders to discuss obstacles and ways forward on women's empowerment issues, including institutional discrimination and traditional attitudes regarding gender roles. Recognizing the need [...]	2008-05-21 17:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD1592	KARBALA PRT MEETS WITH SADRIST PC MEMBERS [...] (U) This a PRT Karbala reporting cable. 2. (S) SUMMARY: On May 8, PRT met two Sadrist members of the Karbala Provincial Council (PC). The Sadrists had only recently returned to the Council after warrants for their arrests were withdrawn. The Sadrists warned of Iranian influence in south [...]	2008-05-24 09:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD16	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-01-02 15:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD160	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following eight (8) candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory info [...]	2008-01-22 15:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD161	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-01-22 15:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1665	SADR CITY DISPLACEMENT [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-01 15:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	IZ PARM PGOV PHUM PREL
08BAGHDAD1667	PRT SALAH AD DIN: TIKRIT JAIL CONDITIONS NEED [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Severe overcrowding and lack of hygiene in Salah ad Din (SaD) jails require urgent action. PRT Rule of Law (RoL) coordinator is making this a priority, in cooperation with Iraqi authorities. END SUMMARY. 3. (SBU) PR [...]	2008-06-02 02:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD167	NINEWA: MAKHMOUR REFUGEE CAMP -- STILL NO SOLUTION [...] (SBU) The director of the Makhmour refugee camp Ahmed Dzayee discussed the status and future of the camp with the PRT leader and representatives on January 15. He described the ways that people in the camp make a living, how the camp is supported and the security situation. New families moved [...]	2008-01-23 03:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PTER PHUM TU IZ
08BAGHDAD1701	NINEWA: WESTERN SUNNIS STILL BOTHERED BY KURDISH [...] (C/REL ACGU) Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP) actions in western Ninewa remain the biggest point of political conflict, according to a cross-section of Sunni Arabs based around the Rabia'a border crossing. In a series of late May meetings with Special Advisor on Northern Iraq Affairs Ambassador [...]	2008-06-04 18:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM EAID PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1705	NINEWA PLAIN: DIVERSE COMMUNITIES WANT JOINT [...] (C) Summary and comment: May 27-30 meetings by USAID and Senior Advisor Krajeski in the Ninewa Plain area, home to significant Christian, Yezidi, Shia Shabak, Turkmen, Kurdish and Arab populations, focused on the state of internally displaced persons (IDP) in Ninewa, the possible uses by USAID [...]	2008-06-05 07:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD1706	NINEWA: INTERNATIONAL VISITOR RETURNS FROM PROGRAM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. After his recent International Visitor Leadership program, Younis Faisel Kanjo, a Sunni Kurd member of the Ninewa Provincial Council, returned to Mosul ready to push forward a plan for interfaith communication in Iraq. He reported that he intends to meet with Iraqis to share his [...]	2008-06-05 07:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL PHUM PGOV EAID PREL PINR ECON IZ
08BAGHDAD1707	NINEWA: SUNNI IDPS RETURNING TO TAL AFAR [...] (C/ REL ACGU) Ninewa PRT Western Branch Office PRTOFFS met on May 29 with the Tal Afar-based committee charged with facilitating the return of approximately 3,100 Sunni families displaced during conflict with the city's Shia majority since 2004. Tal Afar's Mayor Najim and senior representati [...]	2008-06-05 08:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM MARR IZ
08BAGHDAD1770	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-06-11 12:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD179	MINISTER 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 20:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1805	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-06-15 15:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1848	WAY AHEAD ON ASSISTANCE TO RELIGIOUS MINORITIES [...] (S) Post is actively engaged in efforts to address the plight of vulnerable religious minority populations in Iraq, in particular in the areas of jobs and security. The USG already provides significant assistance to regions of Iraq with large religious minority populations, particularly in the [...]	2008-06-18 16:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV KIRF PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD187	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-01-24 12:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD188	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-01-24 12:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1882	MOSUL BENEFITS FROM MAYOR'S VOLUNTARY VISITOR [...] (SBU) During a short June 2008 debriefing, Zuhair Muhsin Abdul Aziz Al Aaraji, Mayor of Mosul - one of Iraq's most strategic cities - reported that his trip to the United States was extremely beneficial. Mayor Al Aaraji took part in the US-Arab Cities Forum hosted in May 2008 by the Honorable [...]	2008-06-22 08:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	SCUL KPAO PREL PGOV PHUM EAID PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD1889	MEK: GOI SEEKS TO ASSUME SECURITY RESPONSIBILITIES [...] (S) The GOI has informed us over the past few days that it seeks to assume security responsibility for the MEK members located at Camp Ashraf. PM Maliki told MNF-I Commanding General Petraeus on June 15 the GOI's desire to see the MEK issue resolved, as their prolonged presence in Iraq would c [...]	2008-06-22 11:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD1921	MOHR: 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 18:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD1930	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-06-25 06:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1954	MOHR 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 17:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD1962	NON-MUSLIM ENDOWMENTS DIRECTOR PLEADS FOR ACCESS [...] (C) During a meeting with Poloff, Abdullah Alnoufali, Director of the Iraqi Non-Muslim Endowments Office, said he was satisfied with the size of his budget which is dedicated primarily towards restoring and maintaining Christian worship sites; what is hampering the Endowment's work is that t [...]	2008-06-26 15:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD1964	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-06-27 10:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD1984	WOMEN ACTIVISTS PRESS FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ON [...] (SBU) Prominent members of the Iraqi Women's Movement discussed the political and economic concerns of Iraqi women at a seminar aimed at encouraging international support for the participation of Iraqi women in the democratic transitional process. The roundtable discussion included female mem [...]	2008-06-28 14:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2015	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-06-30 10:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2034	ICRC REGRETS DYSFUNCTION AND POSSIBLE CORRUPTION [...] (C) Senior Refugee Coordinator met with ICRC Iraq Head of Delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer and Delegate Bryan Tisdall in Amman June 17 to discuss ICRC,s difficult relations with the Iraq Red Crescent Organization. Schaerer noted that he had met with IRCO President Dr. Said al Hakki on June 11 i [...]	2008-07-02 12:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM ICRC IZ
08BAGHDAD2055	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] (U) This is an action request. 2. (U) Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post request the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory informa [...]	2008-07-04 02:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV MOPS PINS PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2060	NUNCIO AFFIRMS IRAQI CHRISTIANS WANT TO STAY, NOT [...] (C) Summary: The Papal Nuncio to Iraq, Archbishop Chullikat, affirmed on July 3 that most Christians wished to remain in Iraq. He declared the trend toward emigration reversible, with generating employment opportunities the best remedy for their hardships. He called for Christians to be int [...]	2008-07-04 12:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD2083	SIV ELIGIBILITY OF IRAQIS WORKING UNDER [...] Section 1244 of Public Law 110-181, the Defense Authorization Act of 2008 (the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act),greatly expanded the eligibility criteria for special immigration status for Iraqi nationals employed by or on behalf of the United States Government in Iraq on or after March 2003, for [...]	2008-07-06 12:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	CVIS IZ PHUM PREF PGOV SMIG SOCI UN
08BAGHDAD2096	PRACTICAL RESPONSES TO URGENT MINORITY CONCERNS [...] (C) Post is stepping up efforts to galvanize Government of Iraq (GOI) attention on the needs and vulnerabilities of non-Muslim minorities as part of a longer-term effort to ensure their secure and prosperous future in Iraq. While USG economic assistance has long benefited minority communities [...]	2008-07-07 06:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2105	MOHR 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 13:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KJUS PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2113	KADHAMIYA 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 16:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	KJUS PHUM PREL PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2123	FOURTH ANNUAL RULE OF LAW CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Rule of Law Coordinator Office, in conjunction with Multi-National Force- Iraq (MNF-I) Office of the Staff Judge Advocate(OSJA) and the Office of Provincial Affairs, hosted the Fourth Annual Rule of Law Conference in the International Zone on May 19-21. Over 160 Embassy, M [...]	2008-07-08 12:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL
08BAGHDAD2124	REPORTED UNIFIED SLATE FOR DAWA AND KARBALA TRIBAL [...] (S) Summary: On July 1 in Karbala, a delegation of tribal sheiks from Salah ad Din Province and tribal sheiks from Karbala signed an agreement in support of security, reconciliation, national unity, democracy, reconstruction, and private investment. Also on July 1, tribal sheiks from Karbala, [...]	2008-07-08 14:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KPAO IZ
08BAGHDAD2134	DE-BAATH AMENDMENTS AND COMMISSIONERS PENDING [...] (C) Member of Parliament Rashid Azzawi, (Sunni/Arab, Tawafuq, Iraqi Islamic Party) explained to Poloffs on July 6 the state of play regarding the law on Accountability and Justice which passed last February but has been neither implemented nor amended until now. Azzawi confirmed that the Pr [...]	2008-07-09 11:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2139	NINEWA: DIVERSITY OF VIEWS FROM ASSYRIAN CHRISTIAN [...] (C) In a July 3 meeting with PRT and US Army civil affairs personnel, Mayor of Tal Kaif District (and Provincial Chairman of the Assyrian Democratic Movement) Basim Bello said Assyrians in Ninewa Province feel intimidated by the Kurds and suffer from a lack of essential services. Bello said t [...]	2008-07-09 15:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2148	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 7 MEETING WITH PAPAL NUNCIO [...] (C) Archbishop Chullikatt, papal nuncio to Iraq, acknowledged that the Iraqi Christian community faced many challenges, but believes that these could be overcome with the right kind of support and assistance. According to Chullikatt, Iraqi Christians' number one concern is security, followed [...]	2008-07-10 11:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2158	POST 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 12:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KJUS PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD217	INTERIM RESPONSE TO IRAQ - GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (S) This is an interim response to reftel. 2. (S) On January 23, Post delivered the diplomatic note cited in Reftel to Iraqi ForMin Hoshyar Zebari who, as a Kurd, is also the best-placed POC for additional actions regarding this and future detainees. 3. (S) Post is developing a demarche [...]	2008-01-25 20:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ PHUM PINR PTER KDRG
08BAGHDAD2171	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-07-13 07:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2175	AMBASSADOR'S JULY 9 MEETING WITH CHALDEAN [...] (C) Chaldean Patriarch Cardinal Emmanuel Karim Delly thanked the Ambassador for all he has done for Iraqis of all religions. He noted the security situation had perceptibly improved for minorities over the past months, although fear remained pervasive. Delly emphasized the need to focus on t [...]	2008-07-13 09:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2176	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-07-13 11:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2202	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH SUNNI WAQF CHIEF AHMED [...] (C) Summary: In their first formal meeting, Sunni Waqf Chief Ahmed Abdel Ghaffur al-Samaraie detailed for the Ambassador a number of reconciliation projects he is directing to bring Sunni political voices back into the Iraqi political process. He said he has worked to strengthen the Sahwa gro [...]	2008-07-14 14:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2210	EPRT DIYALA: LACK OF NGO SUPPORT IMPEDES FURTHER PROGRESS [...] (U) This is an ePRT Diyala reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (SBU) Development at the Qa'da and Nahia level in South Diyala is being held up by lack of Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) support. Efforts by the South Diyala embedded Provincial Reconstruction Team (ePRT) have had a s [...]	2008-07-15 14:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV EAID ECON PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2215	UNAMI HR CHIEF EAGER TO HELP WITH MEK TRANSFER [...] (S) SUMMARY: UNAMI Human Rights Chief Hania Mufti said on July 14 that UNAMI would be willing to help with the transfer of responsibility for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) from the USG to the GOI. Specifically, Hania said UNAMI could press the GOI to accept non-refoulement obligations, provid [...]	2008-07-16 14:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM PINS PGOV PREL PTER UN IZ
08BAGHDAD2230	IRAN PROFITING FROM KARBALA'S NEED FOR BRICKS [...] (S) Summary: Iranian companies are the primary beneficiaries of Karbala,s need for bricks to rebuild. The provincial government claims it wishes to foster a local brickmaking capability and five brick factories have been established here. During a visit to the site of the factories on July 1 [...]	2008-07-18 02:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD ELAB PINR IZ IR
08BAGHDAD2232	(S) TRIBAL FEUD HAS SECTARIAN, JAM DIMENSIONS [...] (S) Summary: The Shia village of Ayn Tamur in Karbala Province has been embroiled in a tribal feud with the Sunni hamlet of al-Rahaliyyah in al-Anbar since June 2007. In that month, six Ayn Tamur residents were murdered shortly following successful attacks by Ayn Tamur villagers on Jaysh al-M [...]	2008-07-18 02:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2234	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WAY AHEAD ON MUJAHEDIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador met July 9 with the Head of the Iraq Delegation of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC),Juan-Pedro Schaerer, to discuss a way ahead on the status of the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf. The ICRC is consulting with USG and GOI stakeholders and appe [...]	2008-07-18 12:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PINS PTER ICRC IZ
08BAGHDAD2241	NINEWA: KRG-AFFILIATED ASSYRIAN LEADERS, SHABAK [...] (C) As part of an ongoing outreach effort to minority communities in Ninewah Province, PRT leader met separately with two prominent Assyrian Christians and four Shabak political activists. All were concerned about threats to their communities and sought continued USG engagement on the way fo [...]	2008-07-19 10:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF ECON EPET ENRG PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2245	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-07-20 05:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2251	MOHR 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 05:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KJUS PINS PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2260	NINEWA: UNAMI VISITS NINEWA TO ASSESS DISPUTED [...] (C) Summary: Working-level UNAMI officials are recommending that the disputed Ninewa district of Tel Keif be split between Ninewa and the KRG, and that Shekhan go to the KRG. They believe that Tal,Afar needs further study and that Sinjar should remain with Ninewa. The UNAMI team met with [...]	2008-07-21 03:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2271	NINEWAH: PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS CHIEF SAYS SECURITY [...] (C) Despite security incidents affecting four Voter Registration Centers (VRCs) since July 15, the registration process in Ninewa is going &better than expected," according to Governorate Electoral Office (GEO) Director Abdel Haleq. In a July 17 meeting, Abdel Haleq told us he has employed a [...]	2008-07-21 17:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2276	KARBALA DROUGHT MASKS DEEPER WATER WOES [...] (C) Summary: Water, Karbala,s most precious resource, has become increasingly scarce in recent years, posing challenges to continued economic development in the province. Drought is the apparent culprit, with below-average rainfall during the past several years. Water scarcity is also the pro [...]	2008-07-22 11:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SENV EAGR PREL PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2296	KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI PLEDGES COOPERATION ON [...] (C) Summary: During Ambassador's July 20 trip to Erbil, Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Masoud Barzani said he is ready to travel to Baghdad within the week to discuss the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA) with PM Maliki. Ambassador noted the KRG's improved relations with Tur [...]	2008-07-23 19:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ENRG PHUM PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2304	MEK 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 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KJUS PINS PTER PREL UN IZ
08BAGHDAD2309	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-07-24 14:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2310	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-07-24 14:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2348	MOHR 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 06:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KJUS PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2360	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ESSENTIAL SERVICES WITH NEW [...] (C) Summary: New Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Rafaie Essawi told the Ambassador and Econ Minister Counselor on July 24 that he "would spare no effort" to improve the delivery of essential services to the Iraqi people, and would make the necessary organizational changes and personal intervention [...]	2008-07-28 15:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2368	LACK 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 07:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD2379	KARBALA: ARE THE KIDS ALRIGHT? [...] (C) Summary: Iraqis in and out of government have shared with PRT officers their concerns about Karbala's youth. Contacts describe Karbala's youth as relatively well-educated, increasingly distrustful of religious and tribal authority, and often difficult to reach in Sunni-Shia reconciliation [...]	2008-07-29 14:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2380	KKRG SECURITY CHIEF ON JULY 28 SUICIDE BOMBING AT [...] (C) Summary: The KRG's security chief Masrour Barzani told Senior Advisor Krajeski July 29 that the investigation into the July 28 bombing in Kirkuk has uncovered evidence of Turkomen complicity. S/A Krajeski cautioned against provocative public statements until we know definitively what hap [...]	2008-07-29 14:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PTER TU IZ
08BAGHDAD2396	GOI 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 11:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PHUM KJUS PINS PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2398	CARDINAL DELLY MEETING WITH PM VERY POSITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Cardinal Delly on July 30, Prime Minister Maliki said the GOI would offer protection for Iraqi Christians and would ensure that they live in a stable and secure environment. According to a GOI press statement released after the meeting, the GOI will provide ne [...]	2008-07-31 14:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL 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 05:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KJUS SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD2423	SENIOR ADVISOR KRAJESKI PRESSES KIRKUK LEADERS TO [...] (C) Summary: In the wake of the suicide bomb and mob violence in Kirkuk July 28, Senior Advisor Krajeski traveled there to appeal for calm and discourage provocative acts or statements from Kirkuk's Kurdish, Sunni Arab, and Turkomen communities. Security was restored quickly by provincial se [...]	2008-08-04 08:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PTER MOPS TU IZ
08BAGHDAD2425	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-08-04 12:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2426	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-08-04 12:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2438	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-08-05 06:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2439	MOJ 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 07:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD2463	KIRKUK: TENSE, RETURNING TO NORMAL, BUT NO RESUMPTION OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Over the past two weeks, ethnic relations in Kirkuk have been buffeted by the passage - and subsequent veto - of a controversial provincial elections law in Baghdad, a terrorist attack at a Kurdish demonstration resulting in mass casualties, a violent confrontation between Kurdis [...]	2008-08-06 15:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL MOPS KCRM IZ
08BAGHDAD2519	MOHR 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 08:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KJUS PREL PINS IZ

08BAGHDAD2525	NINEWA: YEZIDI SPIRITUAL LEADER PLEADS FOR HIS [...] (C) Summary: The spiritual leader of the Yezidi faith told us that his community's security depends on its remaining within the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) area. Citing the KRG's commitment to secular governance and its superior record of ensuring religious minority rights, he pleaded w [...]	2008-08-11 13:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD2528	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-08-11 14:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2539	PAPAL NUNCIO CLAIMS DECREASING SUPPORT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Special Advisor Krajeski and PolOffs on August 7, Papal Nuncio Archbishop Chullikatt claimed that there is decreasing support within the Christian community in northern Iraq for an autonomous zone as the solution to problems of security and marginalization. Fr [...]	2008-08-12 06:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF KREF IZ
08BAGHDAD2560	NINEWA: TWO PROMINENT SUNNI LEADERS CRITICIZE US [...] (C/NF) Summary: Two prominent Sunni leaders in Ninewa Province criticized the USG, claiming that we are backing the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG); both said that US support for the redrawing of Ninewa's provincial boundaries would lead to violence in the province, and both criticized t [...]	2008-08-13 14:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2582	ICRC 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 08:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	ICRC PHUM KJUS PINS IR IZ
08BAGHDAD2583	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-08-14 10:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2584	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-08-14 11:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2593	A GRIM VIEW FROM TIKRIT [...] (C) Summary: An Iraqi-American community leader based in Tikrit, Salaheddin province, recently warned that public alienation from the local government was approaching dangerous levels. Hatem Mukhlis (strictly protect) described the provincial government as dominated by members of the Jabouri [...]	2008-08-14 16:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD2596	MOHR TO LEAD DRAFTING OF GOI HUMAN RIGHTS STRATEGY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) will lead GOI efforts on drafting a national human rights strategy based on a report MoHR completed in July outlining the principles for a national strategy. DRL granted $500,000 to American University (AU) to assist the MoHR and other min [...]	2008-08-15 13:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2607	NINEWA: SOME HAMDANIYA CHRISTIANS ARGUE FOR LOCAL [...] (C) Summary: During meetings in Mosul with Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq Tom Krajeski, Iraqi Assyrian groups from Hamdaniya District in Ninewa Province expressed varying views on the desirability of an autonomous Christian region and affiliation with the Kurdish Regional Government (KRG). [...]	2008-08-17 07:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD2613	KIRKUK: S/A KRAJESKI FINDS NO COMPROMISE IN KIRKUK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Advisor Thomas Krajeski traveled to Kirkuk August 13 to engage political leaders on the failed passage of the Provincial Elections Law and to encourage compromise from all sides toward a workable solution for the troubled province. Kurdish leaders made clear their desire [...]	2008-08-17 14:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU IZ
08BAGHDAD2657	NINEWA: PROVINCE CONTINUES TO LEAD THE WAY IN [...] (C) Summary: Registration Voter totals in Ninewa exceed those of all other provinces, due partly to an aggressive information campaign organized by head elections official Abdel Khaleq al-Dabagh. Registering IDPs has been a particular priority, although progress has been slower. Serious secu [...]	2008-08-19 17:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD2658	MEK 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 03:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD2665	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-08-20 13:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2666	NINEWA: ASSYRIAN MAYOR SAYS QARA QOSH IS SAFE AND [...] (C) Summary: Nisan Yousif, the Assyrian Christian mayor of Qara Qosh, in Hamdaniya district, described his town as safe and secure, yet also apathetic about upcoming provincial elections. With regard to the Article 140 process, Yousif expressed a personal preference that Qara Qosh remain part [...]	2008-08-20 13:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD267	OPERATIONS IN MOSUL DOMINATE JANUARY 27 MCNS [...] (S REL MNF-I) Following brief remarks from MOD on Army escorts for fuel deliveries, Prime Minister Maliki moved the discussion from the scheduled topics to the situation in Ninewa province, especially in Mosul (ref. A). MOD painted a picture of disorganized security forces in Mosul and outlin [...]	2008-01-29 17:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS MARR PGOV PREL PTER PHUM SY IZ
08BAGHDAD2688	NINEWA: ASSYRIAN CHRISTIAN LEADERS DISCUSS [...] (C) Summary: The Assyrian Catholic communities of Kermalais and Bartala in northeast Ninewa are focused on their future political status and the security of their communities. Their stated demand for some form of autonomy under the Article 140 process reflects a desire for control of local g [...]	2008-08-21 15:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD2702	PARLIAMENTARY ALLIANCE FRAGILE AMIDST KURD-SHI'A [...] (C) SUMMARY: While bitter feelings linger toward the Kurds over the election law/Kirkuk impasse, mainstream Shi'a political leaders (particularly ISCI) appear to recognize that their political self-interest requires a continuation of their alliance with the Kurds. Kurdish interlocutors have v [...]	2008-08-22 11:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2703	PARLIAMENTARY ALLIANCE FRAGILE AMIDST KURD-SHI'A [...] (C) SUMMARY: While bitter feelings linger toward the Kurds over the election law/Kirkuk impasse, mainstream Shi'a political leaders (particularly ISCI) appear to recognize that their political self-interest requires a continuation of their alliance with the Kurds. Kurdish interlocutors have v [...]	2008-08-22 11:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2738	CHRISTIAN ACTIVIST: GRATIFIED THE "U.S. IS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Asserting that intra-Iraqi Christian discord is the result of political competition between church leaders, CoR Speaker Mashadani's human rights advisor urged the USG to engage with nonpolitical lay people. She complained that the government was not providing adequate assistan [...]	2008-08-26 06:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD2751	NINEWA: A CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY CONSIDERS ITS FUTURE [...] (C) Summary: Two prominent Assyrian Christian leaders in Tel Kaif district told the PRT they want to remain a part of Ninewa Province, believing that the KRG is increasingly authoritarian, likely to split on tribal lines, and more prone to Islamic extremism than is currently apparent. By cha [...]	2008-08-27 07:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD2773	GOI MAKES FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT TO MEK CAMP; IRAQI [...] (S) SUMMARY: A GOI team led by Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim and including an MFA official made its first visit to the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf on August 18 to prepare for a transfer of security responsibility. The team toured Camp Ashraf and heard from MEK members that [...]	2008-08-28 14:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PINS PTER PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2783	SUNNI SHEIKHS FEELING EXCLUDED FROM THE PROCESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Many Sunni tribal views of the GOI are defined by perceptions of corruption, and the belief that political and sectarian motives drive a Shi'a-dominated government that utilizes the Iraqi Security Forces (both police and military) as a political tool. Sunni tribal contacts are ge [...]	2008-08-29 12:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2787	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Army who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3. The n [...]	2008-08-30 12:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2792	ERBIL: MORE BELLIGERENT KURDISH RHETORIC SIGNAL [...] (C) Summary: Increasingly heated rhetoric from Kurdish interlocutors is a sign of the strain placed on the Shia/Kurdish alliance following the failed effort to pass the provincial elections law and the GOI demand that the 34th Peshmerga unit withdraw from Diyala. In an August 21 meeting, a [...]	2008-08-31 11:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2801	NINEWA: SHEBAK LEADERS FROM BARTALA TOWN RESIST [...] (C) Summary. Shebak political leaders from Bartala town told us that they prefer to remain a part of Ninewa Province in an August meeting. Shebak Democratic Assembly representatives said that the short-term security benefits of existence under KRG control are not worth the dangers of the com [...]	2008-09-01 15:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER ECON KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD2808	DEMARCHE EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) On September 1, Deputy Political Counselor delivered reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs U/S for Policy Planning Labeed Abbawi. Abbawi said he would pass the points to Foreign Minister Zebari's office. BUTENIS [...]	2008-09-01 15:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD2809	ERBIL: S/A KRAJESKI MEETS WITH ANGRY KRG LEADERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: KRG officials are frustrated with the stagnation in the implementation of Article 140, dismayed about recent Iraqi Army attempted deployments into Khaneqin and other disputed territories, and fearful for their future within a federal Iraq if the perceived anti-Kurd sentiment gro [...]	2008-09-01 16:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MOPS PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD2828	NINEWA: MINORITY COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES SHARE [...] (C) Summary: Ninewa,s minority communities are divided between and among themselves over the article 140 process. Some claim that their communities will be better off under Kurdish Regional Government (KRG) rule; others prefer to remain part of Ninewa Province. Some cite the KRG as their pri [...]	2008-09-03 03:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD2831	SUNNI LEADER PESSIMISTIC ABOUT GOI INTENTIONS WITH [...] SUMMARY (C) According to Sahwa leader Abu Azaam, the GOI and Shi,a have opposed Sahwa and the Sons of Iraq (SOI) since its establishment, and transitioning the Sahwa to GOI administration would lead to its dissolution. This will increase the sense of betrayal among Sunni Arabs, and could lead [...]	2008-09-03 12:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2837	PRT DIYALA: KURDS AND SUNNIS CLAIM GOI SECURITY [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala reporting cable. Summary ------- 2. (C) Top Kurdish and Sunni political leaders in Diyala view the recent security operations in the province (Operation Benevolent Diyala) as a GOI sectarian campaign designed to suppress Kurdish and Sunni participation in the [...]	2008-09-04 07:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	POL PINS PHUM MOPS IZ
08BAGHDAD2869	NINEWA: HAMDANIYA MAYOR ARGUES THE SKY IS NOT [...] (C) Summary: The Assyrian Christian mayor of Ninewa,s Hamdaniya district told us that security in his community is sufficient and that there is less to the debate over whether to affiliate with the Kurdish region or Ninewa province than meets the eye. Mayor Nissan Karumi professes no allegi [...]	2008-09-06 15:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD2890	STATE 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 07:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KJUS PINS IQ
08BAGHDAD2913	STATE 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 11:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS PINS IQ
08BAGHDAD2914	MOHR 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 13:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KJUS PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD2937	SISTANI FEARS PROVINCIAL COUNCIL VALIDITY IN [...] (S/NF) Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani worries provincial councils will lack legal standing without new elections by end 2008, Senior Advisor Gordon Gray learned in a UNAMI read-out of SRSG De Mistura's September 6 meeting with the Najaf-based cleric. DSRSG Andrew Gilmour (protect),joined by [...]	2008-09-11 12:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD2946	ICRC 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 09:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM PINS PTER ICRC KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD2958	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-09-14 10:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2960	GOI LAUNCHES PROPERTY RESTITUTION PROGRAM; POLICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI's policy on property restitution and evictions coincides with improved security in some neighborhoods and has the potential to encourage increased returns of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and refugees to those districts. According to the GOI, over 7,500 families, [...]	2008-09-14 10:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PGOV EAID IZ
08BAGHDAD2966	NINEWA: SHREWD AND MERCURIAL GOVERNOR FAVORS KRG, [...] (S/NF) Summary: Ninewa provincial governor Kashmoula is a pro-KRG Sunni Arab whose administration has contributed to the socio-economic decline of the province. Elected with US support by Kurdish and pro-Kurdish members of the Provincial Council following the 2004 assassination of his cousin, [...]	2008-09-14 17:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KDEM PINS PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD298	SUCCESSFUL ICRC VISIT TO CAMP BUCCA [...] (C) An ICRC inspection team visited the MNF-I Theater Internment Facility at Camp Bucca January 8-28. This trip, the first major ICRC inspection of Camp Bucca since November 2006, came after several months of high-level pressure on the ICRC, including direct requests from Ambassador Crocker an [...]	2008-02-01 15:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM PREL PTER ICRC IZ
08BAGHDAD2991	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-09-16 14:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD2996	WOMEN'S AFFAIRS MINISTER CRITICIZES MALE-DOMINATED [...] (C) Minister of State for Women's Affairs (MoSWA) Dr. Nawal Hamed Majed Al-Samara'e did not mince words in her criticism of Iraqi politicians and the male-dominated GOI. Al-Samara'e asserted that few men in the GOI regard women's issues as even a second-tier priority and believes the exploita [...]	2008-09-17 09:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3	AMBASSADOR AND FM ZEBARI DISCUSS URGENT TOPICS [...] (S) Summary. In a December 30 meeting, the Ambassador reviewed with Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari the Strategic Framework Agreement (SFA),suggesting that the GOI establish a negotiating team parallel to the U.S. delegation. On the Tuwaitha shipment, FM Zebari agreed to send a letter to the [...]	2008-01-02 06:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL MARR ENRG PHUM MOPS NBTS IZ
08BAGHDAD3009	VISIT REQUESTED BY HOLY SEE LIKELY TO LEAD TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 10, the Holy See asked the USG to arrange for a human rights attorney from Rome to meet with former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz, who was the highest ranking Christian in Saddam Hussein,s government and is now on trial before the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT). On S [...]	2008-09-18 15:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD3010	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-09-18 15:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3029	NINEWA: GEO PREDICTS HIGH TURNOUT FOR PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Summary: The GOI,s chief elections officer in Ninewa Province is optimistic that Sunni Arab participation in provincial elections will be high. GEO Director Adel-Haleq Dabbagh based his optimism on local conversations he has had with Sunni leaders and the more than half million Ninewa ci [...]	2008-09-21 11:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3030	SENIOR KURDISH OFFICIAL ACKNOWLEDGES KURDISH [...] (C) Summary: In a September 21 meeting, Senior KRG official in Baghdad Mohamed Ihsan admitted to Senior Advisor Krajeski that Kurds had mismanaged their political alliances and were partly to blame for widespread anti-Kurd sentiment. But he also blamed PM Maliki for seeking to roll back feder [...]	2008-09-21 12:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3035	NINEWA: MURDER OF ASSISTANT GOVERNOR WILL FURTHER [...] (C) Summary: Assailants gunned down Ninewa's Assistant Governor for Technical Affairs September 17 outside his mosque. Shamil Younis was a prominent Sunni Arab working for Governor Kashmoula and a close contact of PRT Mosul. A distraught Kashmoula told us that Younis was the seventeenth of [...]	2008-09-21 16:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3054	BASRAH REGIONAL COURTHOUSE NEARING COMPLETION [...] (C) Summary: The Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region South (GRS) will complete construction of the new Basrah Regional Courthouse on September 25 and plans to transfer possession to the Iraqi government on that date. After some debate, the Iraqi High Judicial Council (HJC) has agreed to ass [...]	2008-09-23 12:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3099	IDP RETURNS - WHAT WE SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT DO TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of 2008, over 125,000 Iraqis have returned to their homes out of a total displaced population of 4.8 million persons (internally displaced and refugees). About half of the returns have been to Baghdad. All measures show the numbers are increasing, albeit slowl [...]	2008-09-25 17:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EAID IZ PGOV PHUM PREF
08BAGHDAD3108	IDP RETURNS - WHAT WE SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT DO TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of 2008, over 125,000 Iraqis have returned to their homes out of a total displaced population of 4.8 million persons (internally displaced and refugees). About half of the returns have been to Baghdad. All measures show the numbers are increasing, albeit slowl [...]	2008-09-26 12:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EAID IZ PGOV PHUM PREF
08BAGHDAD3109	IDP RETURNS - WHAT WE SHOULD AND SHOULD NOT DO TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of 2008, over 125,000 Iraqis have returned to their homes out of a total displaced population of 4.8 million persons (internally displaced and refugees). About half of the returns have been to Baghdad. All measures show the numbers are increasing, albeit slowly [...]	2008-09-26 12:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	EAID IZ PGOV PHUM PREF
08BAGHDAD3139	ERBIL: KURDISTAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY (KDP) POLITBURO [...] (C) Summary: In a September 23 courtesy call, KDP Politburo head Fadhil Merani expressed the view that a political solution could be found to resolve the Article 140 impasse, and stated that in the absence of agreement, a delay was better than resorting to violence. He made a number of obse [...]	2008-09-28 12:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3160	NEXT STEPS FOR MINORITIES IN PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) has agreed to assist parliament with resolving the issue of minority representation for the upcoming provincial council elections. UNAMI is hoping that this can be achieved through a political agreement and an election commi [...]	2008-10-01 07:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF IZ
08BAGHDAD3195	DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER ESSAWI CONCERNED ABOUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Prime Minister Riad Al Essawi, meeting September 25 with Senior Refcoord and PolMinCouns, voiced dismay at the GOI,s paltry assistance to Iraqi refugees, but is unlikely to be able to influence the GOI to boost assistance. Essawi expressed concern about whether the GOI wa [...]	2008-10-03 13:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ PGOV PHUM PREF
08BAGHDAD3198	RRT ERBIL: CHRISTIANS IN THE KURDISTAN REGION [...] (SBU) Summary: Long-term Christian residents of the Kurdistan Region enjoy unique material and political advantages, but this has failed to stem the tide of emigration in search of better economic conditions. Christians do not feel that they suffer discrimination as a result of religious and [...]	2008-10-03 15:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3204	NINEWA: YEZIDI SEEK CONTROL OF SHAIKHAN DISTRICT [...] (C) The Yezidi Prince Tahseen Beg told us that his community seeks political control of Shaikhan district plus guaranteed rights as a religious minority under the KRG constitution. He believes that the KRG seeks to engineer demographic changes that will make Sunni Kurds the majority in Shai [...]	2008-10-04 11:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3210	RRT ERBIL: JOURNALISTS GIVE NEW KRG MEDIA LAW A TENTATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: Key independent media editors in the Kurdistan Region have cautiously welcomed passage September 22 of a new KRG Press Law, with one veteran editor characterizing it as "80 percent good." Our interlocutors were pleased with revisions in the law that cap defamation fines, prohib [...]	2008-10-05 02:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV KDEM SOCI IZ
08BAGHDAD3219	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES WAY FORWARD ON MINORITIES [...] (C) Summary: According to the Papal Nuncio to Iraq, Iraq's Christian religious leadership is stunned and distressed over the exclusion of Article 50 from the Provincial Elections Law (PEL),which would have guaranteed minority quotas in provincial councils (Ref A). He noted that Christian l [...]	2008-10-05 15:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KIRF PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3231	PRT KIRKUK: IFTAR CELEBRATIONS REFLECT BOTH [...] (C) Summary: At a 25 September PRT-hosted iftar that brought together community leaders from all ethnicities in Kirkuk Province, attendees had the opportunity to socialize and to share views on the just-passed provincial election law. The overall tone was optimistic. Arabs were most positi [...]	2008-10-06 14:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3244	DWINDLING SABAEAN-MANDAEAN COMMUNITY VICTIMIZED BY [...] (C) Zahroon Toma, Sabaean-Mandaean Representative in the Non-Muslim Endowments Office, told Poloff on October 5 that he holds out no hope that the killers of several members of a Mandaean family will ever be caught, much less brought to justice. The Ministry of the Interior (MoI) is investig [...]	2008-10-07 14:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3258	NINEWA: MINORITY COMMUNITIES OPPOSE DELETION OF [...] (C) Summary: Shaikhan Christians aligned with the Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) are angry over the omission of minority set-asides in the recently-adopted provincial election law. In a September 30 meeting in Tel Keif, they said that, although they prefer a form of &virtual autonomy,8 [...]	2008-10-09 06:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KIRF IZ
08BAGHDAD3263	SAHWA LEADER ABU AZZAM AN AMBITIOUS POLITICAL [...] (C) Sahwa leader Thamir Al Tamimi, aka Abu Azzam, said that the Sahwa issues are not yet over for the government of Iraq (GOI),despite his own claims in the press that the process is going smoothly. This is not the only time Abu Azzam has issued contradictory statements weeks. He has also [...]	2008-10-09 12:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD3267	NINEWA: DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH NINEWA [...] (S) Summary: Ninewa,s political and military leadership outlined security, development and political challenges facing the province during an October 6 meeting with Deputy Secretary Negroponte. Governor Kashmoula said that the GOI has failed to adequately equip Iraqi Army units in the provi [...]	2008-10-09 14:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PREL MOPS ECON PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD3269	KIRKUK: DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE HEARS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During Deputy Secretary Negroponte's October 4 visit to Kirkuk, local political leaders expressed support for the provincial elections law and denounced the removal of Article 50 that contained quotas for minority representation. They also demonstrated support for the committee t [...]	2008-10-09 14:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3272	MINISTER OF INTERIOR AL-BULANI RECEPTIVE TO RETURN [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 03:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR IZ US
08BAGHDAD3282	ZFR ZFR ZFR MINISTER OF INTERIOR REITERATES GOI [...] No summary [...]	2008-10-10 14:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PINR IZ IR
08BAGHDAD3285	MINISTER OF INTERIOR REITERATES GOI ASSURANCES [...] (S) SUMMARY. Minister of Interior al-Bulani reiterated October 6 the importance placed on security and humanitarian assurances for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) residents at Camp Ashraf. The Minister noted that the GOI would deal with the residents in accordance with international human rights [...]	2008-10-11 11:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PTER PHUM PINR IZ IR
08BAGHDAD3310	ERBIL: DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES SOFA, PKK [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 4 meeting in Sulaymaniyah with Iraq's Presidency Council and Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih, Iraq President Jalal Talibani told visiting Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Ambassador Crocker that the Presidency Council would propose adding Article 50 (election quo [...]	2008-10-14 08:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3320	ICRC ON MEK, PLANS TO EXPAND ACTIVITIES IN IRAQ, [...] (S) Summary: In an October 8 meeting with the Ambassador, ICRC Iraq head of delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer said that ICRC will increase its detention monitoring, hospital training, staffing, and other projects in Iraq in 2009. ICRC has stepped up its inspections of GOI detention facilitie [...]	2008-10-14 17:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM PREL PREF PTER IR IZ
08BAGHDAD3365	GOI ACTS DECISIVELY TO PROTECT DISPLACED [...] (S) Summary: At the October 19 Iraqi National Security Council meeting, Prime Minister Maliki demanded quick action to end the intimidation and fear that had driven thousands of Christians from their homes in Ninewa and said he wanted measures taken to ensure that this would not happen again [...]	2008-10-20 12:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	KIRF PGOV PHUM PTER PREF IZ
08BAGHDAD3373	NINEWA: CHRISTIAN IDPS FLEE MOSUL FOR SAFER [...] (C) Summary: Christian IDPs who fled Mosul in the last two weeks are currently out of grave danger and there is currently no humanitarian crisis. It appears that local authorities in the safe-haven communities, with assistance from UNHCR and NGOs, have the capacity to supply food, water, an [...]	2008-10-21 13:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KIRF MOPS PTER KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3402	RRT ERBIL: ADVISOR TO PRESIDENT BARZANI CITES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Kurdistan Region's chief advisor on Turkish matters believes that the recent killing of 15 Turkish soldiers by PKK forces increased public and military pressure on the Turkish government and so precipitated the revival of the dialogue between Turkey and the Kurdistan Regiona [...]	2008-10-25 10:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR PTER TU IZ
08BAGHDAD3405	KARBALA 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 13:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KJUS PHUM PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3419	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-10-27 06:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3420	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-10-27 06:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3421	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Higher Institute, Ministry of Interior who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no deroga [...]	2008-10-27 06:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3422	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Higher Institute, Ministry of Interior who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no deroga [...]	2008-10-27 06:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3423	HUMAN 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 09:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD3424	NINEWA: SMALL-SCALE RETURNS TO MOSUL OF CHRISTIAN [...] (C) Summary: The commander of Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) in Ninewa, LTG Riyad, told us October 26 that 130 displaced Christians have returned to the city. Ninewa governor Kashmoula said all Christian civil servants who work in Provincial Hall are back on the job. One of his deputies told u [...]	2008-10-27 13:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD3425	PM'S COMMISSIONS TO INVESTIGATE ATTACKS ON [...] (C) In an October 27 meeting with poloffs, Gorges Bakoos, Political Advisor for Christian Affairs to Prime Minister Maliki, intimated that Kurdish politics lay behind the attacks on Christians in Mosul earlier this month. He provided no specific evidence, but cited the interest of "political [...]	2008-10-27 14:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KIRF IZ
08BAGHDAD3443	NOMINATIONS FOR 2009 SECRETARY'S WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (SBU) Per Reftel, Embassy Baghdad is pleased to submit its list of nominees for the Secretary's 2008 Award for International Women of Courage, keyed to the priorities in the reference. Embassy Baghdad is submitting four (4) nominees, but understands that only three of them will be considered [...]	2008-10-28 15:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD3445	UPDATE 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 18:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM PTER KJUS PINS PREL UN IZ
08BAGHDAD3464	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING QR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-10-31 09:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3479	UNHCR DOUBLES PROGRAMMING AND SUPPORTS RETURNS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Assistant UN High Commissioner for Refugees for Operations Judy Cheng-Hopkins briefed the Ambassador October 28 on UNHCR,s new strategy to sharply increase engagement inside Iraq to support returns. Ambassador Crocker encouraged UNHCR to continue direct engagement with the Iraq [...]	2008-11-02 11:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PHUM PREF PREL
08BAGHDAD3487	UNAMI INTERESTED IN "GRAND BARGAIN" FOR KIRKUK, [...] (C) Summary: In a November 2 meeting with S/A Krajeski, UNAMI's Andrew Gilmour said UNAMI will finish its second round of reports on the disputed internal boundaries (DIBs) areas by mid-December, but delay issuing them until after the provincial elections because of the currently tense politic [...]	2008-11-03 10:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM UN IZ
08BAGHDAD3489	COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSES MINORITY QUOTAS [...] (U) On November 2, the Council of Representatives (CoR) passed an amendment to Article 50 of the Provincial Elections Law. The amendment specifies quotas for seats in the Provincial Councils of three provinces for several minority groups. The vote came after lengthy committee deliberations [...]	2008-11-03 12:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF IZ
08BAGHDAD3506	CHRISTIAN LEADERS DISAPPOINTED IN QUOTAS OUTCOME; [...] (C) Several prominent Christian leaders expressed bitter disappointment over the single-seat minority quotas in the Provincial Elections Law (PEL) passed on November 3 (reftel),and several minority groups issued a joint protest statement on November 4. While all were frustrated, views on [...]	2008-11-05 11:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3511	KRG VIEWS ON SOFA, MALIKI, KIRKUK, MOSLAWI [...] (C) Summary: In a November 5 meeting, KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani was critical of PM Maliki's "double game" on the SOFA but believes Iraqi leaders will eventually sign it. He told how KRG President Masoud Barzani disappointed his Iranian hosts on his most recent visit to Tehran by p [...]	2008-11-06 13:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PTER MOPS TU IZ
08BAGHDAD3512	BIOMETRIC DATA FOR IRAQI GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] (S) Biometric data (photos and fingerprints) for four Iraqi Guantanamo (GTMO) detainees approved for transfer to Iraq was received at Post October 30 (REF A). Taking advantage of the visit to Baghdad of the Deputy Director (DepDir) of the Secretary's Office of War Crimes Issues (S/WCI),Milbe [...]	2008-11-06 14:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR IZ US
08BAGHDAD3526	SUNNI AND SHIA POLITICIANS EXPRESS OPPOSING VIEWS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Secretary's Senior Coordinator for Iraqi Refugee Issues, Ambassador James Foley, visited Baghdad October 22-27 to review Iraqi refugee admissions and special immigrant visa (SIV) programs and to assess the role the U.S. can play in facilitating refugee and IDP returns. Dep [...]	2008-11-08 12:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID IZ PGOV PHUM PREF PREL
08BAGHDAD3538	AMBASSADOR PRESSES CHRISTIAN LEADERS TO [...] (C) During a November 5 meeting, the Ambassador pressed four Christian leaders to consolidate the gains from the November 3 Article 50 vote and avoid the Sunni disaster of 2005 by not boycotting the upcoming provincial elections. The Ambassador acknowledged that the paucity of seats allocated [...]	2008-11-09 10:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3553	PROGRESS ON CAMP ASHRAF (MEK) TRANSITION [...] (S) SUMMARY. EmbOffs recently met with senior GOI stakeholders, including Minister of Interior (REF A),Minister of Defense, National Security Advisor, and Minister of Human Rights, regarding the transfer of security responsibility for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) residents of Camp Ashraf. In [...]	2008-11-10 11:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD3556	ICRC 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 16:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PREF IR IZ
08BAGHDAD3580	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: IRAN AND BURMA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) On November 12 we contacted the MFA's Deputy Director for International Organizations, Mohammed Alhmaimidi, to convey reftel request that Iraq be absent for the upcoming UNGA Third Committee votes on the Iran Human Rights no-action motion and substantive resolution, and that Iraq vote ag [...]	2008-11-12 11:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3581	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-11-12 12:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3585	STATE 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 13:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD3586	MITHAL ALUSI REMAINS DEFIANT DESPITE THREATS [...] (C) SUMMARY: As of November 9, 2008, Iraqi Parliamentarian Mithal Alusi remained vigilant in the face of threats against him and his party, and said ISCI operatives have approached his personal security detail. Alusi retains approximately 70 security guards, and reported threats and intimidati [...]	2008-11-12 13:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD3587	RRT 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 13:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS KDEM SOCI SCUL IZ

08BAGHDAD3590	NINEWA CHRISTIANS SLOWLY RETURN [...] (C) Estimates of the number of Mosul Christians killed in early-October attacks range between eight and 15, with military sources (ISF and CF) giving lower figures than the Christian IDPs who fled the city. Since then, a well-coordinated humanitarian assistance effort has provided for appro [...]	2008-11-12 13:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3599	EUJUST 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 14:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PREL EU IZ
08BAGHDAD3600	CHRISTIAN ELECTION BOYCOTT THREATS: A ROAD TO [...] (C) Christian religious and political leaders continue to sound off against the paucity of guaranteed seats -- one each for Baghdad, Basrah, and Ninewa -- allocated to them following the Council of Representatives' November 3 vote on Article 50. The threat of a boycott of the provincial elec [...]	2008-11-13 14:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3601	CHRISTIAN ELECTION BOYCOTT THREATS: A ROAD TO [...] (C) Christian religious and political leaders continue to sound off against the paucity of guaranteed seats -- one each for Baghdad, Basrah, and Ninewa -- allocated to them following the Council of Representatives' November 3 vote on Article 50. The threat of a boycott of the provincial elec [...]	2008-11-14 03:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD3632	KIRKUK LEADERS' DISCUSSIONS WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR, [...] (U) This is a PRT Kirkuk reporting cable. 2. (C) This is the first of two cables on November 10 meetings Senior Advisor (S/A) Krajeski had with Kirkuki Arab, Turkmen, and Kurdish provincial leaders' views on Kirkuk-specific issues. This cable reports on Kirkuki comments on the SOFA and A [...]	2008-11-16 10:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3638	KIRKUK LEADERS' DISCUSSIONS WITH SPECIAL ADVISOR, [...] (SBU) This is the second of two PRT Kirkuk cables reporting meetings of Senior Advisor (S/A) Krajeski with Kirkuki Arab, Turkmen, and Kurdish provincial leaders. This message reports their views on the dispute over agricultural land contracts under Article 140, and on Prime Minister Maliki's [...]	2008-11-16 14:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3678	NEW 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 12:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PINS PHUM PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD3703	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-11-24 17:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3704	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate from the Iraqi Air Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3. [...]	2008-11-24 17:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3718	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Iraqi Armed Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3. [...]	2008-11-25 10:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3725	COR 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 15:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD377	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-02-09 12:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3778	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Air Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3. The [...]	2008-12-02 08:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD378	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-02-09 12:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3796	GOI 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 06:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PTER PINS PREF IR IZ
08BAGHDAD3798	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3 [...]	2008-12-04 08:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3804	HIGH COMMISSIONER GUTERRES BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (C) November 25, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres met with the Ambassador to discuss UNHCR's assessment of refugee returns to Iraq, the plight of internally displaced persons and the UN's plan to increase activities countrywide. High Commissioner Guterres announ [...]	2008-12-04 12:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL IZ
08BAGHDAD383	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-02-10 02:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3833	KARBALA 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 15:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD3842	MUTHANNA OVERVIEW OF PRESS FREEDOM AND HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is a PRT Muthanna reporting cable. 2. (C/REL MCFI) Summary: Muthanna Province, while not suffering from high-profile overt violations of human rights and press freedom, shows serious deficiencies in each area. The province's media are controlled by either the national government, p [...]	2008-12-10 09:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD3874	RRT ERBIL: BUYING SOCIAL CONSENSUS IN THE KRG [...] (U) This is an Erbil Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (C) Government oversight over religious affairs and civil society organizations in the Kurdistan Region is cemented by financial ties that bind these organizations to the government in a client/ [...]	2008-12-11 14:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3875	NINEWA: GEO CHAIRMAN CONCERNED OVER PROVINCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-11 15:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3897	URGING U.S. NGOS TO OBSERVE IRAQI PROVINCIAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-14 10:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD3917	URGING U.S. NGOS TO OBSERVE IRAQI PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph four. 2. (SBU) Iraq's provincial elections, scheduled for January 31, 2009, will be vital in determining the shape of local government in Iraq for the next four years. The provincial councils to be elected will also hold greater powe [...]	2008-12-15 06:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD3921	NINEWA: ADM TO PARTICIPATE IN PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Assyrian Democratic Movement (ADM) will participate in the upcoming provincial elections. Deacon Adid Yusif al-Sahq of Shaikhan said that ADM will contest the seat reserved for the Christian minority, although it has yet to decide whether it will field candidates for seats no [...]	2008-12-15 07:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD3923	RRT ERBIL: THE PLIGHT OF THE SMALL: YAZEIDI COMMUNITY [...] (SBU) Summary: The supreme leader of the Yazeidis believes that association with the Kurdistan Region (rather than the central Iraqi government) is better for his community, but resents the top-down imposition of KDP-chosen authorities in local communities and the diminution of his own powers [...]	2008-12-15 11:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3926	HJC 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 16:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KIRF PGOV KJUS IZ
08BAGHDAD3929	BASRA RELIGIOUS AND ETHNIC MINORITIES SHARE COMMON [...] (C) Senior Advisor Gordon Gray and REO Director met with leaders of Basra's minority Christian, Sunni, and ethnic African communities during three separate meetings November 30 to December 2. Leaders of all three communities called for job creation, expressed caution toward regionalism, and [...]	2008-12-16 12:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD3942	ABU GHRAIB IDPS: A NEW DAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former residents of Abu Ghraib qada (district) highlight improvements after years of sectarian violence, ruthless attacks by Al Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and heavy-handed counterattacks led by Brigadier General Nassir al-Hiti's "Muthana" Brigade. Despite five months of targeted house [...]	2008-12-17 07:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR IZ
08BAGHDAD3947	FIRST 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 13:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PINS PTER KJUS PHUM IZ
08BAGHDAD3948	MOHR HOSTS FOUR-DAY HUMAN RIGHTS EVENTS [...] Summary: The Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) hosted four days of events throughout the country to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the declaration of human rights. The highlight of the events was the first annual human rights conference in Baghdad on December 3. The conference focused on [...]	2008-12-17 13:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV UN IZ
08BAGHDAD3950	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3 [...]	2008-12-17 15:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3951	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Force who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3 [...]	2008-12-17 15:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3954	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Air Force who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3. Th [...]	2008-12-18 12:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3959	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Army who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3. The nam [...]	2008-12-19 10:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD3960	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidate of the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. 3 [...]	2008-12-19 10:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD4006	GOI TO ASSUME REPONSIBILITY FOR CAMP ASHRAF [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 16. 2. (S) SUMMARY. National Security Advisor (NSA) Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie led a joint GOI-USG delegation to Camp Ashraf December 20 to discuss the assumption of security responsibility for the camp, home to over 3000 Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) [...]	2008-12-22 14:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR
08BAGHDAD4026	RRT ERBIL: EFFORTS TO COMBAT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Violence against women in the Kurdistan Region (KR) is widespread, including honor killings, provoked "suicide" by burning, and female genital mutilation. Tackling this issue requires combining law enforcement and education; it will take time. We don't know whether there is mo [...]	2008-12-26 03:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KWMN KDEM IZ
08BAGHDAD4043	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-12-28 10:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD4044	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates from the Iraqi Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-12-28 10:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD4068	IRAQ APPROVES ACCEPTANCE OF GUANTANAMO DETAINEES; [...] (S) SUMMARY. Prime Minister (PM) Nuri al-Maliki has approved the transfer of four Iraqi detainees from USG custody at Guantanamo Bay (GTMO; REF C) to the control and custody of the Government of Iraq. The PM has authorized the Director of the Prime Minister's National Operation Center (PMNOC [...]	2008-12-30 17:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US
08BAGHDAD42	WAIVER REQUESTED -- Section 565 Waiver of Prohibition [...] (SBU) Section 565 of Title V, Part C of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (PL 103-236, 22 USC 2679c) prohibits the Department of State from entering into any contract, except real estate leases and contracts below the small purchase threshold (currently $100,00 [...]	2008-01-04 14:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KBCT ABLD PHUM AL ECON AMGT ASUP AFIN IZ
08BAGHDAD451	SRSG DE MISTURA ON HYDROCARBONS/ARTICLE 140, AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 14 SRSG Staffan de Mistura discussed with A/DCM Ries U.S. and UN approaches toward the GOI to promote movement on the hydrocarbons laws, which will be necessary to open political space for progress on Article 140 issues. Additionally they discussed the upcoming first [...]	2008-02-16 07:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IR
08BAGHDAD465	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-02-18 13:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD481	IRAQ: UN LAUNCHES 2008 HUMANITARIAN APPEAL [...] (U) SUMMARY: On 12 February, the United Nations (UN) launched a humanitarian appeal for Iraq in Baghdad and requested $265 million for humanitarian activities for vulnerable Iraqis. The UN faces challenges related to its security stance to increasing its presence in Iraq, but may modify the [...]	2008-02-20 05:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PREF PGOV UN IZ
08BAGHDAD527	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-02-24 02:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD57	MCNS FOCUSES ON IRAQI MINISTRY OF INTERIOR [...] (S) SUMMARY: At the Ministerial Council on National Security (MCNS) on January 6, Prime Minister Maliki and security ministers set aside most of the prepared agenda and focused on two issues raised by MinInt Bolani--apprehension about foreign ownership of Iraqi communications companies and dis [...]	2008-01-09 02:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	KU MARR MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER IZ
08BAGHDAD578	GOI 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 08:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS IZ
08BAGHDAD590	BAGHDAD TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS RESPONSES [...] (U) This is post's summary of trafficking in persons activities for the period April 2007-April 2008. Little progress has been noted since the previous report, and post strongly recommends that Iraq continue to be treated as a special case during this rating period. The government of Iraq co [...]	2008-02-29 09:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB IZ
08BAGHDAD638	SOME PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: The High Commission on Human Rights law received its second reading in the Council of Representatives (CoR) on February 13, almost a year after its first reading. According to members of the CoR Human Rights Committee, the third and final reading should take place shortly after t [...]	2008-03-04 13:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD755	DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER ON GOI PLANS FOR REFUGEE [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a March 13 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad Haj Hamoud said that the Iraqi Ambassador in Amman would disburse the USD 8 million Iraq had pledged to help its refugees in Jordan within a day or two, but did not mention any additional GOI funding initiatives for refugees. [...]	2008-03-13 18:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PREF PHUM PGOV IZ
08BAGHDAD833	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-03-19 11:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD834	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-03-19 11:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD873	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-03-23 12:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD970	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for training in the United States. Post has no derogatory information. [...]	2008-03-30 02:18:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
08BAGHDAD999	NINEWA: PROVINCE'S CHIEF JUDGE MOVING AHEAD ON [...] (SBU) Chief Judge (CJ) for Ninewa Province Faisal Sadeeq Hadeed told PRToffs March 16 that preparations for implementation of the Amnesty Law were well underway in this northern province. CJ Faisal said he had formed committees that had already begun receiving and reviewing applications for a [...]	2008-04-01 10:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV CJUS PHUM MARR PREL IZ
08BAKU1013	AZERBAIJAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTIONS, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador reviewed with President Aliyev's International Relations Advisor Novruz Mammadov USG comments on Azerbaijan's October 15 presidential election and shared observations on the assessment of the elections by international observers. The U.S. will continue to support a [...]	2008-10-22 13:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU1027	AZERBAIJAN: NOMINATION FOR 2009 SECRETARY'S AWARD [...] SUMMARY: Embassy Baku would like to nominate Arzu Abdullayeva for the 2009 Secretary's Award for International Woman of Courage. Ms. Abdullayeva is the chairwoman of the Helsinki Citizens' Assembly Azerbaijan National Committee and has been an vocal advocate for human rights for over 20 years [...]	2008-10-27 14:40:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN KPAO PREL PHUM
08BAKU1029	POPULAR AZERBAIJANI MOSQUE MAY REOPEN [...] (C) On October 27, a Baku municipal court ruled in favor of the Abu Bakr Mosque in its case against the local Narimanov police station, which sought to keep the mosque closed. The decision may allow the mosque's religious leaders to re-open. Per reftels, local authorities closed the popular [...]	2008-10-28 10:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF AJ
08BAKU1038	VISIT TO JAILED JOURNALIST SAKIT ZAHIDOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 27 Embassy official visited jailed journalist Sakit Zahidov in prison colony #14 south of Baku along with representatives from the OSCE, and French and Norwegian Embassies. Zahidov, who is serving a sentence for drug possession stemming from a 2006 arrest that many ob [...]	2008-10-29 12:21:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU1049	ELECTION WRAP-UP WITH CENTRAL ELECTION COMMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 31 Embassy officials met with Central Election Commission Chairman Mazahir Panahov to wrap up issues related to Azerbaijan October 15 presidential election. Overall, Panahov was proud of CEC's work during the election period and grateful for the aid received from the [...]	2008-11-03 12:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU1062	GOAJ MAY TAKE RADIO LIBERTY AND VOA OFF AIRWAVES [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 4 Embassy officials met with Nushiravan Maharramov, Chairman of the National Television and Radio Council, regarding his announcement that foreign broadcasters would be banned from Azerbaijan's airwaves starting in 2009, including Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and V [...]	2008-11-06 07:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU109	GOAJ LIST OF ATTENDEES TO UN.GIFT AND THE VIENNA FORUM TO [...] Azerbaijani MFA Americas Desk Officer Akram Zeynalli informed the Embassy that Azerbaijan will send a nine-person delegation to UN.GIFT and the Vienna Forum on Human Trafficking. Hijran Huseynova, the head of the State Committee on Family, Women, and Children's Problems will head the delegati [...]	2008-02-08 07:06:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PHUM KCRM KWMN SMIG AJ
08BAKU1094	SENATOR CORKER MEETS MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 11 the Ambassador held a dinner for Senator Bob Corker (R-TN) and five members of Azerbaijan's parliament. These MPs represent a wide range of political opinions. While all guests agreed that Azerbaijan has to further reform its education system and to fight corrupt [...]	2008-11-17 04:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU1125	AZERBAIJAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST HOSTS GEORGIA [...] (C) Poloff met with prominent Azerbaijan Human Rights activist Novella Jafaroglu (aka Novella Jafarova) about preparations for the upcoming (partially USG-funded) regional meeting she is co-sponsoring in Istanbul. Jafaroglu has an international reputation as a women,s rights and human rights [...]	2008-11-26 07:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AM GG RU AJ
08BAKU1130	SPECIAL ENVOY SADA CUMBER,S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Summary: On 21-22 November, U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber met with Azerbaijan's envoy to the OIC Deputy Foreign Minister (DFM) Vagif Sadikhov. The DFM was receptive to Special Envoy Cumber,s call for increased Azerbaijani leadership b [...]	2008-11-28 11:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL IR AJ
08BAKU1131	SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER'S MEETING WITH THE LEADERSHIP [...] (C) Summary: On 22 November, U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber met with Gamet Suleymanov, head imam of the Abu Bakr mosque, and the lawyer representing the mosque, Javanshir Suleymanov. The participants outlined the long and short range history [...]	2008-11-28 12:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL KIRF IR AJ
08BAKU1135	DRL A/S KRAMER BATTLES WITH PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) Summary: On November 18 DRL A/S David Kramer and the Ambassador met with Head of the Presidential Administration Ramiz Mehdiyev. After A/S Kramer explained U.S. requests for more media freedom in Azerbaijan, Mehdiyev first read a detailed list of unfulfilled GOAJ expectations from the Un [...]	2008-12-01 05:15:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU1136	DRL A/S KRAMER, PRESIDENT ALIYEV DEBATE PACE OF [...] (C) Summary and Comment: On November 18 DRL A/S David Kramer and the Ambassador met with President Ilham Aliyev for a two-hour discussion of democracy and human rights issues. Most of the discussion centered on the deteriorating state of media freedom in Azerbaijan, including the jailed journal [...]	2008-12-01 05:15:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU1148	DRL A/S KRAMER: DIALOGUE ON DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: On November 19 DRL A/S David Kramer and the Ambassador attended a marathon meeting at the Foreign Ministry with a wide range of government and non-government officials, chaired by a Deputy Foreign Minister, on the full realm of democracy and human rights issues. Attendees gave b [...]	2008-12-04 04:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU1153	BBG VISIT TO BAKU TO SUPPORT USG BROADCASTERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 3 a delegation from the Broadcasting Board of Governors and Radio free Europe/Radio Liberty visited Baku to discuss the GOAJ's possible removal of Voice of America and Radio Liberty broadcasts from national frequencies. The delegation met with the chairman of the Nat [...]	2008-12-05 08:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU1156	IRAN/AZERBAIJAN: DISPARATE IRANIANS NETWORK AT [...] (C) Baku Iran watcher met for two and a half hours on December 3 with prominent Azerbaijani human rights activist Novella Jafaroglu and fourteen other Azerbaijan residents who had just returned from participating in a November 28-30 Iran-Turkey-Azerbaijan women,s rights conference in Istanbul [...]	2008-12-05 09:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TU AZ IR
08BAKU1178	AZERBAIJANI OFFICIAL EVASIVE ABOUT WHETHER VOA AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 15 PAO met with National Television and Radio Council Chairman Nushiravan Maharramov to hand over a letter from the Broadcasting Bureau of Governors and restate the USG expectation that the NTRC will not during its December 25 meeting follow through on threats to rem [...]	2008-12-17 12:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU128	THE ELECTION MONITORING CENTER RECEIVES [...] (SBU) On February 12, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) approved the Election Monitoring Center's (EMC's) registration application. This was the EMC's seventh registration application; the NGO previously had applied for registration six times over the past five years. The MOJ denied each of the [...]	2008-02-12 14:21:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID AJ
08BAKU135	EU TROIKA VISIT FOCUSES ON ENERGY, DEMOCRACY AND [...] (C) Summary: During a February 4 visit to Baku, the EU Troika opened the European Commission Delegation and discussed energy, democracy and human rights and the NK conflict with President Aliyev and Foreign Minister Mammadyarov. Foreign Minister Mammadyarov and EU embassy contacts separatel [...]	2008-02-13 13:39:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG EAID AJ
08BAKU149	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BROWNBACK'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe and to use its energy resources to drive growth and development in the region, make it an important U.S. partne [...]	2008-02-15 15:02:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG ECON AJ
08BAKU152	GTIP VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN, JANUARY 28-31, 2008 [...] (C)Summary: From January 28-31, 2008, Jennifer Schrock Donnelly, Foreign Affairs Officer, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP),visited Baku to meet with local NGOs, International Organizations and GOAJ agencies that deal with the issue of trafficking in persons in [...]	2008-02-20 11:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL OTRA KCRM KWMN CY AJ
08BAKU154	FARHAD ALIYEV'S HEALTH SEEMINGLY STABLE, NO SIGNS [...] (C) More than two weeks since jailed former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev's February 5 transfer to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Boyuk Shore medical facility (reftel),there is no evidence that he suffered a heart attack. ICRC Protection Coordinator Susana Lopez (strictly pro [...]	2008-02-20 14:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ
08BAKU163	THE EMPRESS HAS NO CLOTHES: A LOOK AT THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: A 2007 press report speculating that a "new" pro-government party, the Democratic Azerbaijan World Party, was being created to support the First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva's 2013 presidential bid continues to resonate, creating rumors that Aliyeva is launching a move against the rulin [...]	2008-02-22 13:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR AJ
08BAKU167	OPPOSITION JOURNALIST PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED IN [...] (C) On February 22, two unknown assailants physically assaulted opposition Azadliq newspaper correspondent Agil Khalil. According to Khalil on February 25, on February 22 he was the newspaper's investigative journalist on duty; at approximately 1700, he received reports that trees were being [...]	2008-02-25 15:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ
08BAKU171	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: ADVANCING THE U.S. POSITION [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-26 14:05:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM CU AJ
08BAKU182	AZERBAIJAN: EIGHTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Paragraph 4 below provides Embassy Baku's submission on the status of action the GOAJ has taken to combat human trafficking. Answers are keyed to questions in reftel. 2. (SBU) Summary: Anti-TIP efforts in the Republic of Azerbaijan are conducted under the direction of the Deputy Ministe [...]	2008-03-03 08:51:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG AJ
08BAKU185	IDEAS FOR PROMOTING A U.S.-AZERBAIJAN-TURKEY [...] (U) This is a joint message from Embassies Ankara and Baku. 2. (C) Embassy Ankara and Embassy Baku provide the following informal suggestions to follow up with EUR A/S Fried's December 2007 speech at the Mayflower Hotel on a strategic partnership among the U.S, Turkey, and Azerbaijan. Bo [...]	2008-03-04 13:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ENRG TU AJ
08BAKU188	REPORTED CEASEFIRE VIOLATION ON THE [...] (C) The Embassy reached out to GOAJ contacts to hear their perspective on a reported truce violation on the Line of Contact near the Terter district. According to Embassy Yerevan, Armenian Foreign Minister Vartan Oskanian phoned the Charge d,Affaires this morning to inform him that the Azerb [...]	2008-03-04 15:11:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM AM AJ
08BAKU194	AZERBAIJAN: INTERIM SECURITY DIALOGUE REVIEW WITH [...] (C) Summary: Visiting PM/RSAT office director David Bame and OSD Eurasia Policy Director Colonel Jon Chicky met with Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov on February 26 for an interim review of the bilateral security dialogue. Azimov said Kosovo's independence creates a harmful perception of [...]	2008-03-05 12:29:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ENRG AJ
08BAKU195	PROFILE OF IRANIAN-EDUCATED AZERBAIJANI SHIA [...] (C) Summary: While most Azerbaijani clerics espouse moderate religious and political views, the Embassy has been developing a relationship with one Shia cleric trained in Qom, Iran who espouses anti-Israeli and pro-Hezbollah rhetoric. Haji Namik Babahanov was the head imam at a local Baku m [...]	2008-03-05 12:33:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL KPAO KIRF IR AJ
08BAKU196	UPDATE ON CEASEFIRE VIOLATION ON NAGORNO-KARABAKH [...] (C) Summary: According to President Aliyev on March 5, the situation along the Line of Contact has de-escalated and Azerbaijan did not instigate the firefight and would not "take advantage of the situation." Based on our conversations with other GOAJ officials, initial press reports, and pu [...]	2008-03-05 13:46:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ASEC AM AJ
08BAKU21	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL LUGAR'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN, [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe make it an important U.S. partner. It is in our interests to have a reforming, stable, pro-western Azerbaijan, [...]	2008-01-08 10:29:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG MARR MASS AJ
08BAKU219	AZADLIQ NEWSPAPER EDITOR SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS' [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 7, Baku's Yasamal District Court convicted opposition Azadliq newspaper Editor-In-Chief Ganimat Zahid of hooliganism and inflicting minor bodily harm and sentenced him to four years' imprisonment. In the same hearing, the court convicted Vusal Hasanov, the other party i [...]	2008-03-07 15:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ
08BAKU231	PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF RAMIZ MEHDIYEV PLEDGES [...] (C) Summary: In a March 3 meeting, the Ambassador reviewed with Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev the criteria the U.S. would consider as it evaluates Azerbaijan's October presidential election. She also briefed Mehdiyev on the planned USD 3 million in election-related assistance ac [...]	2008-03-11 14:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID AJ
08BAKU241	AZERBAIJANI JEWISH LEADERS PUSHING REPEAL OF [...] (C) Summary: Several local Azerbaijani Jewish activists are seeking to lobby the U.S. Government to annul the Jackson-Vanik amendment of the 1974 Trade Act of the United States. There appears to be some level of coordination between the Jewish activists and the GOAJ in this effort, which tr [...]	2008-03-13 06:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD KIRF AJ
08BAKU252	AZERBAIJANI RELIGIOUS OFFICIAL DISCOUNTS RELIGIOUS [...] (C) Summary: Pol/Econ Chief met with State Committee on Work with Religious Associations (SCWRA) Chief Hidayat Orujov on March 3 to raise concern with the GOAJ's selective harassment of several religious groups. Orujov sought to rebut our concerns by pointing to the groups' lack of registra [...]	2008-03-14 08:29:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF AJ
08BAKU257	AZADLIQ NEWSPAPER JOURNALIST STABBED; [...] (SBU) On March 13 at approximately 2000, opposition Azadliq newspaper correspondent Agil Khalil was stabbed near his heart by four assailants. The 25-year old Khalil survived, although he lost a significant amount of blood and underwent minor surgery. As of COB on March 14, he remained in th [...]	2008-03-14 11:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ
08BAKU262	AZERBAIJAN: 2007 HRR ROLLS OUT TO MIXED REACTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 12 press event, the Ambassador rolled out the 2007 Human Rights Report to a group of human rights activists, representatives of the Human Rights Ombudswoman's office, and Parliament's Human Rights Commission Chair. Although the Human Rights Commission Chair questioned [...]	2008-03-17 13:38:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM PBTS KPAO AJ
08BAKU268	UPDATE ON STABBED AZERBAIJANI JOURNALIST [...] (C) Agil Khalil, the Azadliq newspaper corespondent who was stabbed and subsequently hospitalized on March 13 (reftel),reports that his physical condition is improving, although he remains weak. Acting Azadliq Editor Azer Ahmedov, speaking on behalf of Khalil, told us that Khalil left the C [...]	2008-03-19 11:30:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU270	PRESIDENTIAL PARDON DISAPPOINTS HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) President Aliyev pardoned 59 prisoners on March 18, in a step that was widely expected by local human rights activists. The pardon is linked to the Novruz holiday, which is the most important holiday for the majority of Azerbaijanis. In the past, President Ilham Aliyev and former Pres [...]	2008-03-19 11:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU275	AZERBAIJAN'S NK UNGA RESOLUTION UNDERSCORES [...] (C) Summary: The March 14 UNGA vote on Azerbaijan's "Situation in the Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan" resolution reflects the GOAJ's broader attempt to underscore Azerbaijan's fundamental redlines in the Minsk Group negotiations and to find additional tools outside of the Minsk Group to [...]	2008-03-19 13:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM AJ
08BAKU280	DAS BRYZA PROMOTES DEMOCRACY AGENDA WITH FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate March 4-5 meetings with Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov and Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev, EUR/DAS Bryza reviewed election assistance and the issue of our bilateral democracy dialogue agenda with Azerbaijan, underscoring the importance of democratic ref [...]	2008-03-26 05:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AR GA AJ
08BAKU281	DAS BRYZA'S MEETINGS WITH POLITICAL PARTIES, CIVIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a March 4-5 visit to Baku, EUR/DAS Bryza met separately with a group of Islamic commentators, members of the Karabakh Forum (an informal association of prominent commentators),and leaders of many of Azerbaijan's prominent political parties. The Islamic commentators agreed [...]	2008-03-26 06:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PBTS KDEM KIRF KISL AJ
08BAKU283	HEADSCARVES IN AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Summary: A small but growing segment of Azerbaijani women wear an Islamic headscarf (hijab). While there is no ban against women wearing the hijab at government offices or universities, there are regular instances of local officials harassing women who choose to wear a headscarf; several [...]	2008-03-26 08:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM KIRF AJ

08BAKU284	AZERBAIJANI MUSLIM IVP'ER CAUGHT UP IN MNS [...] (C) Azerbaijani Islamic commentator Elshad Miri told the Embassy that Ministry of National Security (MNS) officers raided his office on February 27, shortly after he returned from the U.S., where he participated in an International Visitors Program (IVP) for Azerbaijani Muslim believers. Miri [...]	2008-03-26 11:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL KPAO AJ
08BAKU290	IMPRISONED AZERBAIJANI BAPTIST PASTOR IS PARDONED [...] (C) President Aliyev pardoned Baptist pastor Zaur Balaev on March 18, as part of a broader presidential pardon timed to the start of Novruz (ref a). Balaev was arrested on May 20, 2007 on charges of resisting and attacking police in the northwestern village of Aliabad (ref b). Since Balaev's [...]	2008-03-27 12:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF AJ
08BAKU302	U.S.-AZERBAIJAN DEMOCRACY DIALOGUE [...] (C) David, I would like to congratulate you on your appointment and invite you to Azerbaijan at your earliest convenience to continue the bilateral dialogue on democracy and human rights that Barry Lowenkron initiated in December 2006 at President Aliyev's suggestions. This forum, led on the [...]	2008-03-31 11:33:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KIRF AJ
08BAKU305	AZERBAIJAN: SENIOR ROUNDTABLE FOR WOMEN'S JUSTICE [...] As requested reftel, the Ambassador briefed State Committee for Family, Women, and Children's Issues Chair Hijran Huseynova on the March 12 Senior Roundtable for Women's Justice in a March 27 letter. In the letter, the Ambassador highlighted the seminar's goals and informed Huseynova of Avon [...]	2008-04-01 13:42:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KWMN KPAO PREL AJ
08BAKU309	EFFORTS TO UNIFY THE WORLD AZERBAIJANIS CONGRESS [...] (C) Summary: World Azerbaijanis Congress (WAC) President Ghulamriza Sabri-Tabrizi characterized a recent Brussels meeting of the WAC Board of Directors to finalize details of the reunification of the Demokratik Dunya Azerbaijan Kongresi (the North America-based faction of the WAC led by Ahmad [...]	2008-04-02 12:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM IR AJ
08BAKU310	A LOOK AT AZERBAIJAN,S SECRETIVE, SHI,A VILLAGE OF [...] (C) Summary: Nardaran, a conservative village of 7,000 residents on Azerbaijan,s Absheron peninsula is routinely cited as a restive, Shi,a hotbed of Iranian influence. Yet according to a Nardaran resident, village elders are the center of authority within Nardaran, not Tehran. The resident [...]	2008-04-02 13:03:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF KISL ASEC IR AJ
08BAKU320	UPDATE ON AZERBAIJANI FRUSTRATION WITH CO-CHAIR [...] (C) Summary: Public attention on the OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chair countries' vote against Azerbaijan's "Situation in the Occupied Territories of Azerbaijan" UNGA resolution continues, as do GOAJ official statements and some orchestrated political activities. While the issue has gradually slipp [...]	2008-04-04 11:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM KPAO AJ
08BAKU336	UPDATES IN THE CASE OF STABBED JOURNALIST AGIL [...] (SBU) Over the past week, the GOAJ has been taking action in connection with the February 22 and March 13 attacks on opposition Azadliq newspaper correspondent Agil Khalil (reftels). On April 1, police arrested Natiq Allahverdiyev, the owner of the Olive Gardens, in connection with the Februa [...]	2008-04-07 14:12:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ
08BAKU352	AZERBAIJAN'S COORDINATION COUNCIL CREATES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies (MCIT) Coordination Council has sparked allegations of censoring information on the internet. The MCIT's Head of Internet, Services and Development Department Gulmammadov clarified that the Council serves as MCIT Ministe [...]	2008-04-10 13:24:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON PGOV PHUM EINT KPAO AJ
08BAKU353	CANDIDATES BEGIN JOCKEYING FOR PRESIDENTIAL RACE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six months out from Azerbaijan's October presidential election, four contenders have thrown their hats in the ring to run against incumbent President Ilham Aliyev, who seeks a second -- and per the Azerbaijani Constitution, final -- term in office. The presidential hopefuls inclu [...]	2008-04-10 13:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU354	OSCE MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE BLASTS "UNFORTUNATE [...] (C) Summary: OSCE Media Freedom Representative Haraszti capped off an April 6-9 visit to Baku with a press conference in which he blasted an "unfortunate trend" of pressure against Azerbaijani journalists, and specifically blamed Prosecutor General Garalov for a "disgraceful" propaganda camp [...]	2008-04-10 14:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU358	PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF RAMIZ MEHDIYEV LAYS [...] (C) Summary: In an April 8 meeting with the Ambassador, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev, echoing President Aliyev (ref a),laid down a tough new line on democracy assistance. He said that the National Democratic Institute must conduct joint training for pro-government and oppositi [...]	2008-04-11 16:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID AJ
08BAKU366	AZERBAIJAN: PLANS TO IMPROVE ELECTORAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: With Azerbaijan's presidential election set for October 15, the GOAJ already is making technical preparations. Through dialogue with the Council of Europe's Venice Commission, the GOAJ is preparing changes to the electoral code and the law on freedom of assembly. Both pieces of [...]	2008-04-16 14:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU377	PRESIDENT ALIYEV REJECTS CRITICISM ON MEDIA [...] (C) Summary: In an April 15 meeting with visiting Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) President Jeff Gedmin, President Aliyev firmly denied that Azerbaijan has any problems in the area of media freedom, and accused the U.S. of applying a "double standard" in its criticisms. The Preside [...]	2008-04-21 13:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PBTS KDEM KISL AJ
08BAKU397	AGIL KHALIL FRUSTRATED BY GOAJ'S "BLACK PR [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a April 24 meeting, opposition Azadliq newspaper correspondent Agil Khalil told Poloff that the GOAJ's investigation into his case was "fake and biased." He said he would not participate in further questioning or in court should the case go to trial. Khalil expressed frustra [...]	2008-04-25 13:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM AJ
08BAKU412	MOJ APPEALS TO REVOKE REGISTRATION AND SHUT DOWN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 28, the USAID-supported Election Monitoring Center (EMC) received notification that the Ministry of Justice has filed an appeal to revoke EMC's registration and disband the organization. The preliminary hearing is set for May 5. According to EMC's lawyer, the Ministry [...]	2008-04-30 15:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID AJ
08BAKU415	EU PROGRESS REPORT ON AZERBAIJAN INTENTIONALLY [...] (C) Summary: According to European diplomats, the European Commission's first report on Azerbaijan's implementation of the European Neighborhood Policy Action was intentionally "soft" on Azerbaijan's democracy and human rights record. EC Head of Delegation Alan Waddams chalked up the soft a [...]	2008-05-01 07:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU42	CONGRESSMAN WEXLER REVIEWS REGIONAL, DOMESTIC [...] (C) Summary: During a January 9 meeting with Congressman Wexler, Deputy Foreign Minister Araz Azimov provided an overview of Azerbaijan's relations with Iran and Russia, suggesting that Azerbaijan would be willing to play a mediating role between the U.S. and Iran. In separate January 9 me [...]	2008-01-16 13:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IR RU AJ
08BAKU432	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES PRE-ELECTION ENVIRONMENT WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 28 meeting, a group of key civil society leaders discussed the pre-election environment and briefed the Ambassador on their plans for the October 15 presidential election. The group believes that the media environment is the biggest problem in the pre-election enviro [...]	2008-05-05 12:33:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU437	RESPONSE TO STATE 44903: FOLLOWING UP ON THE [...] (SBU) In response to reftels, as part of the Embassy's democracy strategy, the Ambassador and Emboffs regularly meet with human rights activists, opposition members, and other democracy defenders, such as journalists. These cases have been reported throughout the year; highlights are listed b [...]	2008-05-06 12:48:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL AJ
08BAKU444	POLITICAL PARTIES FOCUS ON PARALLEL VOTE [...] (C) Summary: During a May 1 meeting, the Ambassador briefed Azerbaijan's major political parties on our planned USD 3.2 million in assistance programs to support a free and fair presidential election. The parties welcomed the assistance, focusing on the parallel vote tabulation (PVT) as an e [...]	2008-05-08 15:35:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM EAID AJ
08BAKU447	AZERBAIJAN: SENIOR OFFICIALS REACT STRONGLY TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior GOAJ officials have reacted unusually harshly to recent USG statements criticizing Azerbaijan's lack of political will to resolve its separatist conflict, its imprisonment of journalists and especially, comparing Azerbaijan's record on democracy unfavorably to that of Arm [...]	2008-05-13 13:06:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ PGOV PHUM PREL
08BAKU454	ELECTION MONITORING CENTER DEREGISTERED AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 14, a Baku court ordered the deregistration and annulment of the Election Monitoring Center (EMC),based on an appeal filed by the Ministry of Justice (MOJ). It is unclear how the MOJ will attempt to enforce the decision, as it is an unprecedented step in Azerbaijan. The [...]	2008-05-14 12:12:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AJ
08BAKU459	OSCE BAKU HOLDS FIRST ELECTION BRIEFING FOR AMBASSADORS [...] (SBU) Summary: On May 7, OSCE Baku Head of Mission Herrero Ansola held the first of planned monthly election briefings for OSCE member states. He briefed the OSCE members on logistics for the October presidential election, including the likely 11 candidates, as well as planned OSCE technica [...]	2008-05-16 12:14:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU460	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL SCHIFF'S VISIT TO [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's pro-Western foreign policy orientation, geopolitical setting -- sandwiched between Iran and Russia -- and ability to provide alternative energy supplies to Europe make it an important U.S. partner. It is in our interests to have a reforming, stable, pro-western Azerbaijan. [...]	2008-05-16 12:56:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM PBTS AM AJ
08BAKU466	JUSTICE MINISTRY TAKES ACTION FOLLOWING COURT [...] (SBU) According to the NDI Baku Acting Country Director, on May 19, Ministry of Justice (MOJ) court bailiffs visited the Election Monitoring Center's (EMC's) main office in Baku, demanding that the EMC's secretary sign a statement that the office was the EMC's official office. When she refused [...]	2008-05-21 04:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM EAID AJ
08BAKU481	OPPOSITION JOURNALIST FEARS FOR LIFE, SEEKS ASYLUM [...] (C) Summary: Opposition Azadliq newspaper reporter Agil Khalil told us May 22 that he faces continuing pressure and threats following February and March assaults against him and subsequent smear campaign. A May 7 assault and attempted kidnapping prompted him to stop working and flee to his [...]	2008-05-23 14:44:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM PREL AJ
08BAKU511	PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF STILL STEWING OVER [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev used a May 27 meeting with visiting NDI Regional Director Laura Jewett and the Ambassador to lay out in stark terms the Azerbaijani Government's continuing anger over recent public statements by U.S. officials that were critical of Azer [...]	2008-06-02 14:17:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID AJ
08BAKU524	AZERBAIJAN ADOPTS NEW LAW ON FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY, [...] (C) Summary: On May 30 and June 2, the Azerbaijani Parliament adopted amendments to the law on freedom of assembly and electoral code. OSCE experts believe that the new law on freedom of assembly, if properly implemented, will meet Venice Commission standards. The changes to the electoral [...]	2008-06-05 11:06:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL AJ
08BAKU543	AZERBAIJAN: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (SBU) As requested ref a, the Embassy offers our thoughts on areas of concern in Azerbaijan's human rights performance that could be discussed with the GOAJ in the run-up to the September 29 - October 10 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM),in hopes of securing greater progress. [...]	2008-06-10 12:53:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE AJ
08BAKU547	NORTH-SOUTH DIVIDE SPLITS WORLD AZERBAIJANIS [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani Member of Parliament Sabir Rustamxanli and current World Azerbaijanis Congress (WAC) President Ghulamriza Sabri-Tabrizi are both claiming leadership of the organization and organizing rival annual congresses. The organization's split appears to be driven by differen [...]	2008-06-12 10:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KDEM IR AJ
08BAKU557	PROMINENT AZERBAIJAN MEDIA RIGHTS ACTIVIST BEATEN [...] (C) Summary: On June 14, Emin Huseynov, director of the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Security (IRFS),was arrested and beaten by an unidentified, non-uniformed individual. Huseynov was detained while covering a commemoration of Che Guevera's birthday, along with 21 other participant [...]	2008-06-17 12:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU559	SCENESETTER FOR DRL A/S KRAMER'S VISIT TO BAKU, [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev and his closest advisors are still perturbed over what they perceive as a series of slights from the USG, which they view as inconsistent with our bilateral partnership. They are expressing their anger through a new, tough line on democracy and human rights iss [...]	2008-06-18 08:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ
08BAKU560	SCENESETTER FOR DRL A/S KRAMER'S VISIT TO BAKU, [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev and his closest advisors are still perturbed over what they perceive as a series of slights from the USG, which they view as inconsistent with our bilateral partnership. They are expressing their anger through a new, tough line on democracy and human rights iss [...]	2008-06-18 08:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KCOR AJ
08BAKU582	AMBASSADOR RAISES HUMAN RIGHTS CASES WITH [...] (SBU) On June 19, the Ambassador raised the case of Azadliq newspaper reporter Agil Khalil with Presidential Advisor Ali Hasanov. Khalil, who had been beaten and stabbed following his investigative reporting on a suspect land deal (ref a),told the press that he was once again prevented from [...]	2008-06-20 10:58:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL AJ
08BAKU591	AZERBAIJANI POLICE DISRUPT JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES' [...] (C) On June 11, police reportedly broke up a Jehovah's Witnesses' service in Lokbatan, a Baku suburb. Baku-based Jehovah's Witnesses representative Leonid Moroz told us approximately 15-20 uniformed and non-uniformed police officers raided the service, which was being held in a private apart [...]	2008-06-23 10:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF AJ
08BAKU596	UPDATE ON TWO HUMAN RIGHTS CASES: KHALIL AND [...] (SBU) The GOAJ continues to maintain that opposition Azadliq newspaper reporter Agil Khalil was stabbed by Sergey Strekhalin in a homosexual lovers, quarrel. Strekhalin, who faces criminal assault and narcotics charges, was scheduled to be tried June 24 in a Baku municipal court (Nasimi dist [...]	2008-06-24 13:30:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU599	OSCE/ODIHR ELECTION EXPERTS RECOMMEND OBSERVATION [...] (C) Summary: OSCE/ODIHR election experts conducted a needs assessment June 17-20, in preparation for Azerbaijan's October 15 presidential election. Although they were concerned by problems in the pre-election environment (particularly with regard to media freedom and freedom of assembly),th [...]	2008-06-25 14:25:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE AJ
08BAKU602	PRESIDENT ALIYEV PITCHES AZERBAIJAN AS STRONGER [...] (C) Summary: In a May 24 meeting with CODEL Schiff, President Aliyev outlined Azerbaijan's cooperation with the U.S., highlighting contributions in security, counter-terorrism and energy security, and contrasting them to Armenia's continuing dependence on Russia. He said Azerbaijan seeks gr [...]	2008-06-26 08:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM PHUM AM AJ
08BAKU603	AZERBAIJANI POLICE IMPRISON BAPTIST PASTOR [...] (C) Baku-based Baptist representative Ilya Zenchenko told the Embassy that Baptist pastor Hamid Shabanov has been detained by police in the northwestern village of Aliabad. Police arrested Shabanov on June 20 after searching his residence and finding a handgun. Shabanov, Shabanov's family me [...]	2008-06-26 09:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF AJ
08BAKU61	OPPOSITION JOURNALIST RECEIVES SIX-YEAR PRISON [...] (SBU) On January 21, the Court of Grave Crimes convicted opposition Bizim Yol newspaper correspondent Mushvig Huseynov of accepting a bribe (Criminal Code article 331),and sentenced him to six years' imprisonment. In addition to the prison sentence, the court banned Huseynov from engaging in [...]	2008-01-24 08:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR AJ
08BAKU621	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTION PREPARATIONS WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 25 meeting with the Ambassador, Central Election Commission (CEC) Chairman Panahov reviewed preparations for Azerbaijan's October presidential election, including voter education and efforts to improve the voter lists. He defended recent changes to the electoral cod [...]	2008-06-30 13:21:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU629	P-1 REFERRAL FOR U.S. RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM: [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Embassy has identified Azerbaijani journalist Agil Khalil as a candidate for the U.S. Resettlement Program as a Priority One referral. Khalil submitted a written request for refugee resettlement in the U.S. to the Embassy. In this request, Khalil alleges that he is in dange [...]	2008-07-02 12:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM KDEM CVIS AJ
08BAKU637	AZERBAIJANI JOURNALIST AGIL KHALIL FORCED TO [...] (SBU) The Azerbaijani judiciary moved forward with its effort to force opposition journalist Agil Khalil to testify at the trial of Sergey Strekhalin. (Per reftel, the Prosecutor General's office maintains that Strekhalin stabbed Khalil in a homosexual lovers' quarrel. Khalil denies that St [...]	2008-07-03 10:59:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU638	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) On July 1 the Ambassador met with Eldar Namazov, head of the "For the Sake of Azerbaijan" forum, and a likely candidate in the October presidential election. Namazov requested this meeting in advance of his trip to Washington, D.C. during the week of July 7, which is sponsored by the [...]	2008-07-03 11:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU639	PACE REPORT HIGHLIGHTS CONCERNS ABOUT AZERBAIJAN'S [...] (SBU) On June 24, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) approved resolution 1614, which serves as a "scorecard" on the state of Azerbaijan's democratic institutions. The resolution's overall tone is critical of Azerbaijan's track record, citing the "deteriorating" human [...]	2008-07-03 11:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU652	DRL A/S KRAMER URGES PRESIDENT ALIYEV TO IMPROVE [...] (C) Summary: In a very frank June 27 meeting, DRL A/S Kramer urged President Aliyev to "turn an area of friction into an area of improvement" in the bilateral relationship by taking concrete steps to address Azerbaijan's human rights problems. Although initially cool and somewhat testy, Pre [...]	2008-07-08 08:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM PBTS AJ
08BAKU658	DEMOCRACY 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 07:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS KIRF PBTS AJ
08BAKU67	PRESIDENTIAL CHIEF OF STAFF RAMIZ MEHDIYEV REVIEWS [...] (C) Summary: In a January 14 meeting with visiting EUR DAS Matt Bryza, Presidential Chief of Staff Ramiz Mehdiyev repeated long-standing policy that Azerbaijan is prepared to give Nagorno Karabakh "the highest autonomous status" but cannot agree to "give territory to Armenia." Arguing that [...]	2008-01-28 06:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU679	AMBASSADOR 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 06:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KJUS PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU682	AZERBAIJAN: JUDICIAL PRESSURE AGAINST AGIL KHALIL [...] (C) Summary: In an expected outcome, a Baku court found Sergey Strekhalin guilty of attacking opposition Azadliq newspaper correspondent Agil Khalil on March 13 and sentenced him to 18 months imprisonment. The proceedings, which Western observers agree resembled a show trial, were peppered [...]	2008-07-16 13:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU687	OPPOSITION 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 14:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS AJ
08BAKU692	AZERBAIJAN: PRO-IRANIAN SHIA NETWORKS TARRING [...] (C) Summary: U.S. exchange participant and graduate of an Iranian theological institute Muslim Elshan Mustafayev told the Embassy that pro-Iranian Shia networks in Azerbaijan have stepped up their criticism of Azerbaijani Shias who travel to the U.S. or maintain contact with Western embassie [...]	2008-07-21 09:21:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF AJ
08BAKU698	TWO 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 12:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PHUM AJ
08BAKU699	OSCE CONDUCTS ELECTION TRAINING FOR EXCOMS AND CONSTITUENCY ELECTION COMMISSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the week of July 7 the OSCE Office in Baku, in cooperation with the GOAJ, conducted a series of trainings for the Heads of the Regional Executive Authorities and the Chairmen of the Constituency Election Commissions. These trainings focused on the illegality of interference [...]	2008-07-22 13:43:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU700	OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE-AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Per reftel request, PolOff delivered USG concerns and comments to Zaur Ahmadov, Human Rights Attache at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). 2. (C) Ahmadov thanked the Embassy for the points, describing the non-paper as "a very good paper," and offered comments on a number of the iss [...]	2008-07-23 05:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM OSCE PREL PHUM
08BAKU730	ANOTHER OPPOSITION MUSAVAT RALLY BROKEN UP BY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 1 the opposition Musavat party attempted to hold another rally in front of the Baku Mayor's Office, but the event was immediately broken up by the police. No excessive force was used by police when detaining thirteen people. The rally was intended to draw attention to [...]	2008-08-05 06:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU737	OSCE CHAIRMAN IN OFFICE REPRESENTATIVE BRIEFS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 30 the Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman in Office Heikke Talvitie briefed the OSCE member country Ambassadors about his trip to Baku. He discussed the OSCE's role in resolving the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and its role in observing elections. In his meeting with Presi [...]	2008-08-06 11:11:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU763	AZERBAIJAN ELECTIONS 2008: MAJOR OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Three major opposition forces in Azerbaijan-- Azadliq bloc, Musavat Party, and Azerbaijan Democratic Reform Party-- have announced that they will not participate in October's presidential election. While these parties no longer have a stQg base of support in the country, as the [...]	2008-08-12 10:37:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU768	AZERBAIJAN'S LOW-PROFILE RESPONSE TO [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-13 14:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM GG AJ
08BAKU771	AZERBAIJANI JOURNALIST'S COURT SAGA UNDERSCORES [...] (C) Summary: Embattled opposition Azadliq newspaper reporter Agil Khalil left Azerbaijan on July 24, flying to Paris after receiving assistance from the French Embassy. Khalil had sought to leave Azerbaijan on July 21, but poor GOAJ inter-ministerial communication and perhaps intervention fr [...]	2008-08-14 11:17:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU779	AZERBAIJANI SUNNI MOSQUE BOMBED [...] (C) Summary: An unknown assailant(s) attacked the most popular Sunni mosque in Baku on August 17 during prayers, killing three and wounding approximately eight individuals at the Abu Bakr mosque. The assailant used two grenades, according to local press. This level of attack against a mosq [...]	2008-08-18 12:11:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF ASAC AJ
08BAKU789	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES VP VISIT, PRESSES [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador August 6 highlighted to Head of the Presidential Apparat Remiz Mehdiyev the historical significance of the Vice President's upcoming visit to Azerbaijan. The Ambassador also pressed Mehdiyev on free and fair presidential elections, including the need for internati [...]	2008-08-21 09:31:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU796	TURKISH PRIME MINISTER ERDOGAN PITCHES CAUCASUS [...] (C) Summary: Turkish Embassy First Secretary Cem Ornekol told the Embassy the goal of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan's August 20 visit to Baku was to gain Azerbaijan's support for Turkey's proposed Caucasus Stability and Cooperation Platform. Ornekol said President Aliyev was receptive to th [...]	2008-08-22 13:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	ECON ENRG PGOV PHUM PREL TU AJ IR
08BAKU813	PRESIDENT ALIYEV DISCUSSES GEORGIA, ENERGY WITH [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev told Senator Lugar August 25 that his visit to Azerbaijan was very important and timely, coming on the heels of a stopover in Tbilisi. Azerbaijan, the President said, was first to send assistance to Georgia and will continue to do so, despite grave errors and "ir [...]	2008-08-28 03:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU820	HUMAN RIGHTS IN AZERBAIJAN: PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 26 President Aliyev announced a pardon of 96 prisoners. Among these prisoners was Rasim Akberov who was arrested in 2000 on coup-plotting charges and sentenced to 15 years. Akberov was widely considered a political prisoner, and also quite ill. Also included in the p [...]	2008-09-02 06:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU831	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE DELIVERED TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (SBU) Embassy officers delivered reftel to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Security Affairs Department Chief Galib Israfilov on September 5. Israfilov said the GOAJ generally is against "no-motion" actions, with selective exceptions. For example, the GOAJ has supported "no-motion" actions on Ira [...]	2008-09-05 11:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN
08BAKU833	AZERBAIJAN: VICE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE WELL [...] (SBU) Summary: Vice President Richard Cheney's September 3-4 visit to Baku was widely seen as significant and timely given concerns about energy and security in the wake of the Russian invasion of Georgia. Azerbaijan's media gave extensive and decidedly positive coverage to VP Cheney's visit [...]	2008-09-05 13:38:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ENRG KIRF AJ
08BAKU836	AZERBAIJAN'S 2008 ELECTION: ISLAM UNLIKELY TO [...] (C) Summary: According to local contacts, Islam is unlikely to be a significant political factor during the October 15 presidential election. Our contacts told us that while Islam is growing as a religious, cultural, and social phenomenon, there is little political space for appeals to reli [...]	2008-09-08 10:54:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF AJ
08BAKU850	AZERBAIJAN'S 2008 ELECTION: FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani performance in assuring freedom of assembly has been positive from the standpoint of new legislation and presidential statements. The Venice Commission positively assessed Azerbaijan's revised law on freedom of assembly. From a legal and technical point of view, th [...]	2008-09-10 12:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU852	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTION, GEORGIA WITH HUMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 29, leading Azerbaijani human rights activists Novella Jafaroglu-Appelbaum, Saida Gojamanly, and Saadat Benanyarly discussed with the Ambassador their concern over the conflict in Georgia and the threat it poses for Azerbaijan. In a surprising twist, they explained that [...]	2008-09-10 13:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ GG
08BAKU856	MAJOR OPPOSITION PARTIES SIGN JOINT BOYCOTT [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 5 the heads of the five largest opposition parties signed a public statement boycotting the October 15 presidential election. This represents a step forward in organization for the normally fractured opposition. Discussions with opposition party leadership reveal, [...]	2008-09-11 11:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM GG RS AJ
08BAKU870	TURKISH PRESIDENT GUL SEEKS TO REASSURE [...] (C) Summary: Turkish President Gul's September 10 visit to Baku probably focused on reassuring the GOAJ and the general public that Gul's attendance at a soccer match in Yerevan would not degrade Turkey's "special relationship" with Azerbaijan. The GOAJ almost certainly is nervous about a t [...]	2008-09-15 05:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TU AM AJ
08BAKU879	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER DISCUSSES THE [...] (C) Summary: Head of the President's Socio-Political Department Ali Hasanov described for the Ambassador a highly successful and productive visit to the United States in August, including attendance at the Democratic National Convention in Denver and meetings in Washington, DC. Hasanov pledg [...]	2008-09-17 07:23:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU882	SEARCHING FOR FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY IN BAKU [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9, the Mayor of Baku announced a list of eleven locations throughout the city of Baku that are approved for the holding of demonstrations during the presidential election period. The major opposition parties have announced their displeasure with the approved sites, d [...]	2008-09-17 13:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU884	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES ELECTION ENVIRONMENT WITH OSCE AND OSCE/ODIHR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 4 Ambassador Jose-Luis Herrero Ansola of the OSCE Office in Baku briefed OSCE member state ambassadors on the Office's election-related activities, including training for regional leaders (ExComs) on non-interference in the election and the importance of freedom of a [...]	2008-09-17 13:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU9	AZERBAIJANI HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS ARGUE PRESSURE [...] (C) Summary: During a December 28 meeting with the Ambassador, eight of Azerbaijan's leading human rights activists said GOAJ pressure against government critics is rising, with the GOAJ relying on political charges such as espionage, libel, and terrorism to silence or intimidate critics. T [...]	2008-01-04 11:19:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU90	AZERBAIJANI FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES ENERGY AND [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijani Foreign Minister appeared unaware that Iran may soon move the Alborz oil rig, while noting that Azerbaijan would respond through diplomatic and legal means if Iran moves the rig into disputed waters. Mammadyarov raised the need for an EU energy summit in Brussels, co [...]	2008-02-01 12:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS ENRG PHUM AMGT ABLD AJ IR
08BAKU912	AZERBAIJAN: WORSHIPERS FRUSTRATED WITH CLOSURE OF [...] (C) Summary: The Abu Bakr mosque, which is an important symbolic mosque in Azerbaijan's Islamic landscape and was attacked on August 17, is closed for prayers. On August 17, an unknown attacker threw a grenade into the mosque during prayers, killing three worshipers. The mosque ostensibly w [...]	2008-09-25 11:07:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF AJ
08BAKU933	AZERBAIJAN 2008 ELECTION: WHO ARE THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The campaign for the presidency of Azerbaijan began on September 17, with current president Ilham Aliyev and six other candidates competing. Major campaign themes, to the extent that they are voiced, include increasing the power of the parliament, fighting corruption, and "liber [...]	2008-10-03 13:57:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU935	AZERBAIJAN 2008 ELECTION: WHO ARE THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The campaign for the presidency of Azerbaijan began on September 17, with current president Ilham Aliyev and six other candidates competing. Major campaign themes, to the extent that they are voiced, include increasing the power of the parliament, fighting corruption, and "liber [...]	2008-10-03 14:16:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU94	PROFILE OF A POPULAR AZERBAIJANI SHIA CLERIC [...] (C) Summary: Many young and devout Azerbaijani Shias have identified Haji Shahin Hasanov, the imam at Baku's Dadash mosque, as a well respected Shia cleric. A soft-spoken, intelligent imam with a history degree, Hasanov says there is a Shia renaissance occurring in Azerbaijan, which paralle [...]	2008-02-04 12:13:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KISL KPAO KIRF IR AJ
08BAKU968	AZERBAIJAN'S 2008 ELECTION: LIMITED JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary: Local legal experts state the Azerbaijani judiciary has little independence in cases touching on the GOAJ or Azerbaijani elites' financial and political interests. In a political culture that favors personal relations and closed-door meetings over transparent processes and unif [...]	2008-10-10 13:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PBTS PHUM ENRG KIRF AJ
08BAKU969	AZERBAIJAN'S 2008 ELECTION: MEDIA FREEDOM [...] (C) Summary: Media contacts state that media in Azerbaijan has worsened under a "personally insecure" president, who has condoned a clampdown on influential, critical media outlets. They point to a number of factors behind the gradual, but steady, decline in media freedom since Ilham Aliyev [...]	2008-10-10 13:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU97	AZERBAIJANI POLICE DISRUPT JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES' [...] (C) On January 30, approximately 30 police reportedly disrupted a Jehovah's Witnesses' worship service around noon in the central Azerbaijani town of Barda. There were 16 members attending the service, which was held in the home of Barda resident Nasiba Guliyeva. Guliyeva refused to allow t [...]	2008-02-05 12:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KIRF AJ
08BAKU971	AZERBAIJAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC REFORM WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 2 and 3 Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Deputy Assistant Secretary Bryza met with representatives of the international community and with local NGOs working in Azerbaijan. Representatives of the international community agreed that it is unclear whether democratizatio [...]	2008-10-14 04:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU972	AZERBAIJAN: DEPUTY SECRETARY DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC REFORM WITH CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 2 and 3 Deputy Secretary Negroponte and Deputy Assistant Secretary Bryza met with representatives of the international community and with local NGOs working in Azerbaijan. Representatives of the international community agreed that it is unclear whether democratizatio [...]	2008-10-14 04:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU977	AZERBAIJAN ELECTION 2008: ALL QUIET ON THE [...] (C) Summary: During a trip to Sumqayit to gauge the pre-election environment, the head of the local Yeni Azerbaijan Party (YAP) told the Embassy that YAP has been at the forefront of grassroots campaigning. The official believes President Aliyev will win by 85-90 percent, with 65-75 percent [...]	2008-10-14 09:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
08BAKU978	AZERBAIJAN ELECTION 2008: VIEW FROM CIS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 9 Embassy officials met with Yevgeniy Sloboda, head of the CIS Election Observation Mission and a citizen of Belarus. The CIS Mission has 23 long-term and 400 short-term observers in Azerbaijan for the election. Sloboda stated that Azerbaijan has all conditions nece [...]	2008-10-14 09:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU979	AZERBAIJAN ELECTION 2008: ELECTION ENVIRONMENT IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During late September, Embassy officials visited both Azerbaijan's second largest city, Ganja, which is located in the north, and several small villages in the Lankaran region in the south to assess the pre-election political environment. Local officials in both regions seemed [...]	2008-10-14 09:51:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU98	JAILED EX-MINISTER FARHAD ALIYEV REPORTEDLY [...] (C) According to his lawyers, jailed former Minister of Economic Development Farhad Aliyev suffered a myocardial infarction at approximately 0500 on February 4 while in the custody of the Ministry of National Security (MNS). Isakhan Ashurov, one of Aliyev's attorneys, called Emboff at approxi [...]	2008-02-05 12:40:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR AJ
08BAKU980	AZERBAIJAN: ELECTION UPATE, OCTOBER 10-14 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Election Monitoring Center (EMC) and the Institute for Reporters' Freedom and Safety released pre-election, interim reports October 10 and 11, respectively, noting certain improvements in the election process, while raising concerns about the slow handling of complaints b [...]	2008-10-14 14:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV RS GG AJ PHUM PREL
08BAKU981	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SITREP#1 10:30AM [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan's polling stations opened largely on time (08:00 local time) on October 15, with observers noting an orderly process with minimal technical violations or issues, and a slow, steady stream of voters casting ballots. Voting in the presidential election will take place until 19:0 [...]	2008-10-15 09:00:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU985	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SITREP#2 16:00 [...] (SBU) During the late morning and afternoon, voting in Azerbaijan's presidential election continued relatively smoothly. Election monitors from the U.S. Embassy, spread throughout the country in 19 separate teams, are reporting that most polling stations are well-organized and the polling s [...]	2008-10-15 12:23:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU986	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SITREP#3 21:00 [...] (SBU) After a largely uneventful day of voting across Azerbaijan, polls closed at 19:00 local time. Vote counting was initiated immediately thereafter. Early indications are that the tabulation process is being rushed, perhaps as a result of pressure from the Central Election Commission or [...]	2008-10-15 17:22:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAKU995	"OPPOSITION COOPERATION CENTER" RELEASES ELECTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16 the five opposition parties that boycotted the presidential election held a joint press conference and released a written statement on the conduct of the October 15 presidential election. The heads of the parties all stated that they considered the election not to [...]	2008-10-16 15:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
08BAKU996	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SITREP#4 10/16 [...] (SBU) Central Elections Commission Chief (CEC) Mazahir Panahov gave a press brief on October 16 to provide the latest information on the election. As of the last briefing, which was given at 12:00 Baku time, the CEC had received information from 70 percent of the precincts. According to the [...]	2008-10-16 16:06:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
08BAMAKO204	UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW [...] No summary [...]	2008-02-27 14:56:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV PREL ML
08BAMAKO223	MALDIVES CLIMATE CHANGE AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-03 15:12:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	KGHG MV PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC ML
08BAMAKO292	DPRK MANDATE RENEWAL DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-21 10:47:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ML

08BAMAKO312	MALI INTERCEPTS 26 TRAFFICKED CHILDREN IN KITA [...] On March 12 police in the western town of Kita intercepted 26 children who were trafficked to Kita from towns along the Guinea-Mali frontier. The children ranged in age from 6 to 17. Two of the children were Malian, and the rest Guinean nationals. Four suspects are currently under arrest i [...]	2008-04-01 07:15:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML
08BAMAKO313	MALI INTERCEPTS 26 TRAFFICKED CHILDREN IN KITA [...] On March 12 police in the western town of Kita intercepted 26 children who were trafficked to Kita from towns along the Guinea-Mali frontier. The children ranged in age from 6 to 17. Two of the children were Malian, and the rest Guinean nationals. Four suspects are currently under arrest i [...]	2008-04-01 07:15:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML
08BAMAKO366	EXECUTION OF TWO TUAREGS IN KIDAL SETS MALI ON EDGE [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-14 15:28:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML
08BAMAKO415	UPDATE ON NEGOTIATIONS, HOSTAGES AND HUMANITARIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-05 15:49:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF EAID PHUM ASEC PINS ML
08BAMAKO567	TUAREG REBELS SEEK UNITY AS FOOD CRISIS IN KIDAL [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 15:55:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PHUM PREL ML
08BAMAKO569	PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE PRESS STATEMENT DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-18 16:35:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EUN PREL ML
08BAMAKO574	THE ANSAR DINE MOVEMENT AND ISLAM IN MALI [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-19 12:17:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KISL PHUM SOCI PTER ML
08BAMAKO610	DISTANCES AND DISORGANIZATION HAMPER ASSESSMENT OF [...] Summary: On June 26 the Embassy met with International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) delegate Andreas Schmidt to discuss the living conditions of populations displaced by fighting in northern Mali. A hand-written report sent to the Embassy by the Director of the Malian Red Cross in Kida [...]	2008-07-01 15:03:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EAID SOCI ML
08BAMAKO634	DEMARCHE ON PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-07 16:15:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM EUN PREL UN KDEM ML
08BAMAKO660	NATIONAL ASSEMBLY RATIFIES TERRORISM LAW BUT [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-16 08:50:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PTER PHUM EAGR ECON EIND ELAB EINV
08BAMAKO702	JUSTICE SLOW FOR VICTIMS OFSLAVERY IN NORTHERN [...] No summary [...]	2008-08-04 21:40:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOI ELAB ML
08BAMAKO707	MALIANS 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 14:37:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM KCRM PGOV KJUS ML
08BAMAKO759	CHILD PROTECTION OFFICIALS DISAPPOINTED WITH [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-02 07:34:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM PGOV ML
08BAMAKO778	NEW MILITIA GROUP ALLEGEDLY BEHIND MURDER OF FOUR [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-09 16:04:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML
08BAMAKO785	BAHANGA RELEASES MOST - BUT NOT ALL - MALIAN [...] No summary [...]	2008-09-11 15:19:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML
08BAMAKO786	MALI ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE ISSUES [...] (C) Charge discussed issues in reftel with Ministry of Foreign Affairs Secretary General Ambassador Keita on September 5. The Ambassador had in previous meetings looked forward to active consultation with the U.S. on UNGA positions, and so welcomed in particular the consultative nature of sev [...]	2008-09-11 15:45:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN ML
08BAMAKO806	FY07 SELF HELP REPORT FOR MALI [...] Summary. The Embassy Self Help Committee used its FY 07 allocation of USD 80,000 to fund 15 projects in the areas of education, health, food production, income generation and economic development. Direct beneficiaries of these projects totaled more than 77,000 people. An estimated 65 percen [...]	2008-09-23 09:55:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	EAID PREL SOCI PHUM ML
08BAMAKO876	UPDATE ON DOW CHEMICALS, TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS, [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-07 07:15:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP KCRM EINV ELAB ML
08BAMAKO896	THIRD COMMITTEE AND UNAIDS DEMARCHE RESPONSES [...] The Embassy delivered reftel A to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director of Political Affairs, Sekouba Cisse, on November 17. Director Cisse said Mali would take our recommendation regarding no-action motions into account and promised to relay this information to his superiors. 2. We als [...]	2008-11-18 08:40:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL EAID KHIV UNGA ML
08BAMAKO898	ARAB-TUAREG TENSIONS IN LERE RISE AFTER SECURITY [...] No summary [...]	2008-11-19 16:04:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PINS PINR ML
08BAMAKO942	NORTHERN MALI POLICE BLOTTER AND EVENTS CALENDAR [...] No summary [...]	2008-12-16 15:00:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PINR ASEC KCOR PHUM ML
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN103	BRUNEI: DEMARCHE ON BURMA REFERENDUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: Brunei views the Burmese regime's announcement of a referendum as a "positive step" and believes it should be given a chance to move its roadmap process forward. The Bruneians have privately advised the Burmese government that they hope to see a peaceful and inclusive process of [...]	2008-03-28 08:06:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM BM BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN195	MEDIA OUTLETS PRACTICE SELF-CENSORSHIP IN BRUNEI [...] (SBU) Charge and ECA Assistant recently met with the Home Editor of the Brunei Times who described how self censorship operates in practice within the framework of the Sedition Act which gives the Government of Brunei authority to monitor media content. The Brunei Times, a 2 year old independen [...]	2008-06-27 08:01:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KPAO KISL BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN230	BRUNEI RECEPTIVE TO SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER'S MESSAGE [...] (SBU) Summary: Presidential Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber was warmly received during his recent visit to Brunei. S/E Cumber steady message emphasized the U.S. commitment to increased participation in OIC, combating Islamic extremism, intrafaith dial [...]	2008-08-26 07:18:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL OIC PGOV PHUM BU
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN252	BRUNEI NON-COMMITTAL BUT UNLIKELY TO SUPPORT 2008 [...] (C) DCM met with Florence Chong, Deputy Director in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT),International Organizations Division on September 15th. Post was unable to meet earlier with the MFAT and had wistfully hoped that GoB would have decisive opinions on the 2008 UNGA Third Comm [...]	2008-09-19 08:08:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL BX
08BANDARSERIBEGAWAN80	BRUNEI TIP REPORT SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) Please find below Post's submission in preparation for the annual Trafficking in Persons Report. Please note paragraph designations are keyed to reftel questions: -------- OVERVIEW -------- A. Brunei is not a major destination for trafficked persons, nor is it a source or transit c [...]	2008-02-28 06:57:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
08BANGKOK10	PRO-THAKSIN PARTY ANNOUNCES COALITION, SOME [...] (C) The pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) has announced a coalition with sufficient partners to ensure a slim majority in the House of Representatives. This coalition could fall apart if the Election Commission disqualifies a large number of PPP candidates as it continues investigating c [...]	2008-01-02 10:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1012	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which have been selected to attend the above-menti [...]	2008-04-01 03:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1021	THAKSIN FOES DRAW THOUSANDS TO ANTI-GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) The anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) mobilized a higher-than-expected 11,000 demonstrators at its first post-coup rally held on March 28 at a renowned Thai university. PAD leaders joined with prominent academics to protest the new Thai government's policies and oppos [...]	2008-04-01 08:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1063	THAILAND STRENGTHENS LABOR TRAFFICKING GUIDELINES, GAINS [...] (U) Summary: Thai Ministry of Labor officials laid out a series of operational guidelines for handling future labor trafficking cases, drawing from recent TIP cases involving exploitation in the fishing and seafood processing industries. The guidelines grant immunity to TIP victims from prosec [...]	2008-04-03 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KWMN SMIG PHUM TH
08BANGKOK107	PRO-THAKSIN PARTY ON TRACK TO FORM GOVERNMENT, [...] (C) The pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP) appears poised to bring all parties except for the Democrats into a formal coalition that would control two-thirds of the House of Representatives. The Election Commission has yet to decide the outcome of 58 House races that were under investigat [...]	2008-01-10 10:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK11	THAI ELECTION COMMISSION CONSIDERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Election Commission (ECT) has set up a reasonable system for handling fraud complaints, according to a US-funded election assistance organization briefing. Although the election law gives the ECT significant independence, its authority is not unchecked: there is a process to [...]	2008-01-02 11:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1198	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Individuals listed below, which have been selected to attend the courses lis [...]	2008-04-18 05:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	OASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1210	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: RTG TALKS WITH INSURGENTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: A Henri Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC) representative, Michael Vatikiotis, told the Ambassador in mid-April that secret talks between the RTG and southern insurgents were stalled and would likely remain so for four to six months. HDC, which is brokering talks b [...]	2008-04-18 10:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK1230	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Individual listed below, which have been selected to attend the course liste [...]	2008-04-23 04:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1254	RTG WELCOMED APDP PROPOSAL [...] (SBU) During an April 18 visit to Bangkok, Ambassador Rees, IO Special Representative for Social Issues, met with MFA Deputy Director General for International Organizations Ittiporn Boonpracong to deliver reftel points on the Asia Pacific Democracy Partnership (APDP). Ambassador Rees explain [...]	2008-04-24 09:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PHUM PREL TH
08BANGKOK1279	UK ENVOY ON BURMA ENCOURAGES BETTER THAI ROLE ON [...] (C) UK Prime Minister's Special Representative for Burma Michael Williams encouraged the RTG to consider a more proactive role in Burma during his April 16-18 trip to Thailand. During a private meeting with Ambassador John, Williams expressed the UK's shared concern about the current situatio [...]	2008-04-25 11:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM TH BM
08BANGKOK1283	MFA ON INTRA-ASEAN RELATIONS, IMPORTANCE OF US ROLE [...] (C) SUMMARY: MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrukul met with DOD A/S James Shinn and DAS James Clad on April 22. He encouraged the US to strengthen its engagement in the region, suggesting the establishment of a regular US-ASEAN Defense Ministers meeting, and increased joint training for [...]	2008-04-28 00:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1293	THAI DEMOCRACY ABROGATED AND RESTORED: LESSONS [...] (C) Despite Thailand's peaceful transition back to an elected government, underlying tensions between certain social groups remain unresolved. Many Thais initially accepted the September 2006 coup because it offered a way out of a grueling political crisis and appeared to have the King's supp [...]	2008-04-28 08:31:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1314	AMBASSADOR REES DISCUSSES BURMA WITH RTG, NGOS [...] (C) During a April 17-21 visit to Thailand, U.S. Special Representative for Social Issues Ambassador Rees discussed Burma with MFA North America Division Director General Nongnuth Petcharatana and in a separate meeting with International Organizations Deputy Director General Ittiporn Boonpraco [...]	2008-04-30 05:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM TH BM
08BANGKOK1348	STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE BURMESE EXILE [...] (C) Thailand's Burmese exile community, based in Chiang Mai and Mae Sot, has undergone drastic changes in recent years. Younger members are taking on more grassroots endeavors aimed at addressing the immediate needs of Burmese inside Burma and Thailand. Several prominent exiles have broken [...]	2008-05-01 05:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM TH BM
08BANGKOK1364	RESPONSE - FOLLOWING UP ON THE ACTIVISTS FOR [...] (U) Embassy Bangkok and Consulate General Chiang Mai have maintained regular contact with Burmese democracy and human rights activists living in Thailand since they first began escaping to Thailand in the late 1980s. With an estimated 200 Burma democracy movement organizations working in Kanc [...]	2008-05-02 08:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL TH BM
08BANGKOK1370	BURMESE PM VISIT: RTG FOCUSES ON ECONOMIC [...] (C) The RTG used Burmese Prime Minister Thein Sein's first state visit to Thailand primarily to highlight areas of economic engagement between the neighboring countries. Thai PM Samak Sundaravej made a show of welcoming Thein Sein to the Government House and expanding on various opportunities [...]	2008-05-02 11:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH BM
08BANGKOK1430	MGBM01: RTG, THAI NGOS SENDING CASH, SUPPLIES TO [...] (SBU) The MFA reported to us that the RTG was already in the process of transferring USD 300,000 to the Burmese government and that the Royal Thai Air Force delivered three planeloads of relief supplies as of May 8. Thus far, RTG assistance has been limited to the delivery of supplies only, a [...]	2008-05-09 10:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID TH BM
08BANGKOK15	AMBASSADOR PRESSES THAI MFA ON BURMA ENERGY [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-03 05:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EPET PHUM BM TH
08BANGKOK1521	PRIVY COUNCILOR COMMENTS ON POLITICAL ENVIRONMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a lunch meeting on May 15, the Ambassador briefed Privy Council President Prem on US assistance for Burmese cyclone victims, and underscored our concerns about the possibility of another coup. GEN Prem showed great interest in US humanitarian relief efforts. He strongly [...]	2008-05-16 12:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR TH
08BANGKOK1522	MGBM01: HRW ADMITS BISCUIT STORY NOT CONFIRMED [...] (C) Human Rights Watch (HRW) staff based in Thailand (STRICTLY PROTECT) told us May 16 that the organization's press statement released May 14 had been a point of contention between "higher ups" and those on the ground. The press release claimed that the Burmese military confiscated internatio [...]	2008-05-16 12:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID TH BM
08BANGKOK156	ELECTION UPDATE: MORE WINNERS, MORE RUMORS [...] (C) To date, the Election Commission has certified the outcome of 431 (of 480) races in the December 23 House of Representatives election. The three People's Power Party (PPP) candidates whose victory was annulled in Nakhon Ratchasima province won in a re-run election held on January 13; PPP [...]	2008-01-15 12:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1567	CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT PLAN STRAINS COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling People's Power Party coalition should have enough votes to push through an extensive revision to the 2007 Constitution before the end of the year. Despite the coalition's numbers, however, the PPP is clearly nervous about the extent and effect of possible public oppo [...]	2008-05-22 00:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1568	THAI FM TO ATTEND BURMA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama would lead the Thai delegation to the Burma Donors Conference, MFA Department of East Asian Affairs Director Kallayana Vipattipumiprates told us on May 21. He said that the RTG shared USG concerns outlined in reftel. The Thais had a tentative plan for wha [...]	2008-05-22 00:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM PREL BM TH
08BANGKOK1569	THAI FM TO ATTEND BURMA DONORS CONFERENCE [...] (SBU Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama would lead the Thai delegation to the Burma Donors Conference, MFA Department of East Asian Affairs Director Kallayana Vipattipumiprates told us on May 21. He said that the RTG shared USG concerns outlined in reftel. The Thais had a tentative plan for wha [...]	2008-05-22 00:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PGOV PHUM PREL BM TH
08BANGKOK1598	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which have been selected to attend the above-menti [...]	2008-05-23 05:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1599	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which have been selected to attend the above-menti [...]	2008-05-23 05:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1605	DEMARCHE RESPONSE: BURMA CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-23 07:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID PREL PGOV PHUM BM TH
08BANGKOK1611	SCENESETTER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE GATES VISIT [...] (C) Summary. Mr. Secretary, all of us in Bangkok look forward to your June 1-2 visit as an opportunity to advance key U.S. foreign policy interests. Your meeting with Prime Minister/Defense Minister Samak Sundaravej will provide an opportunity to emphasize the importance of Thailand to our r [...]	2008-05-23 12:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1612	HOW HOT IS IT, ANYWAY? [...] (S) SUMMARY: The current state of political deadlock is similar in many ways to the protracted statemate of 2006. Of greatest concern are the repeated references in the media and by contacts of a serious threat to the monarchy. This fear is based on the increase in criticisms of the monarch [...]	2008-05-24 11:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1613	RTG HACHET MAN TAKES AXE TO MEDIA, BUT WOUNDS HIMSELF [...] (SBU) Embattled Prime Minister's Office Minister Jakrapob Penkair suffered another blow when the Democrat Party filed a motion on May 21 to impeach him. Jakrapob, the bete noir of the media, has been accused of abuse of power and lese majeste. This is the latest chapter in a series of running [...]	2008-05-25 09:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH
08BANGKOK1618	NO THAI DECISION YET ON JUNE 2008 APDP LAUNCH IN [...] No summary [...]	2008-05-27 10:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM
08BANGKOK1619	CONFLICT OVER CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT CONTINUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minor clashes marred the otherwise peaceful rally by opponents of the current government on May 25. The anti-Thaksin People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) will continue demonstrating to rally opposition to the government and its plans to amend the 2007 Constitution. PM Samak wo [...]	2008-05-27 10:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1632	THE AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR [...] (C) Summary: In a May 20 courtesy call by Ambassador John, Minister of Interior Chalerm Yoobamrung made a forceful request for more counter narcotics assistance and assured us human rights would be respected in Thailand's new "war on drugs." The Ambassador acknowledged Chalerm's request, and [...]	2008-05-28 09:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL SNAR TH
08BANGKOK1656	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, which have been selected to attend the above-menti [...]	2008-05-30 05:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1657	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, which have been selected to attend the above-menti [...]	2008-05-30 05:04:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1662	LESE MAJESTE ACCUSATIONS STIFLE DISCOURSE IN [...] (C) Politicians and allies of the Palace, under the guise of protecting the King, often use lese majeste accusations to silence critical media or opponents. In the last six months, lese majeste complaints have been filed or threatened against a wide range of figures, including a cabinet minist [...]	2008-05-30 10:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KPAO TH
08BANGKOK1670	COBRA GOLD INTEGRAL TO USG ALLIANCE STRUCTURE IN [...] (C) Summary. Cobra Gold, America's largest multilateral exercise in Asia, is much more than a bilateral exercise with Thailand. In that Thailand provides good training infrastructure, large areas for unrestricted live fire operations, and access to bombing ranges -- all in short supply in [...]	2008-06-02 09:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1671	PM MAKES EMPTY THREAT TO DISPERSE DEMONSTRATORS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The government stood down from threats to disperse the week-long protest by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) after a day-long, tense confrontation on May 31. Prime Minister Samak claims he was misunderstood, and never really meant to force a confrontation with the prot [...]	2008-06-02 09:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1697	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which have been selected to attend the courses sch [...]	2008-06-04 09:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK172	SUPREME COURT TO RULE ON ELECTION CHALLENGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court will rule on Friday on complaints challenging the legality of the December 23 elections. The most vulnerable point may be the advance voting, which some claim was unconstitutional. One legal expert said it was "50/50" whether the Supreme Court would void the a [...]	2008-01-16 11:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1723	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL TYSON [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Tyson, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 years of relations. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's [...]	2008-06-05 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1731	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for units and commanders listed below, which have been selected to attend the ab [...]	2008-06-06 03:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1747	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which has been selected to attend the above-mention [...]	2008-06-09 03:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1748	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which has been selected to attend the above-mention [...]	2008-06-09 03:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1749	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which has been selected to attend the above-mention [...]	2008-06-09 03:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1778	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: IDENTITY, CULTURE AND RELIGION [...] (SBU)Summary: On May 26 and 27, Senate Foreign Relations Committee staff members Jonah Blank and Frank Jannuzi traveled with Poloff to Narathiwat, Pattani, Hat Yai and Songkhla in southernmost Thailand for discussions about the root causes of the insurgency in Thailand's deep south, and the po [...]	2008-06-10 10:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK1837	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JIATF West Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the units and the commanders listed below, which have been selected to [...]	2008-06-16 03:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1838	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JIATF West Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, which have been selected to attend the above [...]	2008-06-16 03:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1840	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JIATF West Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, which have been selected to attend the above [...]	2008-06-16 05:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1865	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Units and Commanders listed below, which has been selected to attend the abov [...]	2008-06-18 04:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1879	FORMER 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 09:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK189	SUCCESSFUL 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 09:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK1897	OPPOSITION PRESSES FOR PM'S RESIGNATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Anti-government protesters, using hard-line rhetoric, are threatening to march on Government House on June 20, a move that is likely to be met by stiff resistance from the police. Meanwhile, the opposition Democrat Party has tried to bring the debate to the Parliament, filing a [...]	2008-06-19 11:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1911	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which have been selected to attend the above-menti [...]	2008-06-20 09:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1917	ANTI-GOVERNMENT DEMONSTRATORS BLOCK GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) In accordance with their announced intentions, anti-government protesters from the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD),reportedly totaling several thousand, assembled in Bangkok at mid-day June 20 and moved along various routes to converge on Government House. Protesters forced their [...]	2008-06-20 12:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1933	THE PARLIAMENT'S TURN - NO CONFIDENCE DEBATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: While peaceful demonstrators continue to surround Government House, the government has agreed to send the affected ministers to participate in the no-confidence debate requested by the opposition Democrat Party on June 24-25, and to appear before the Senate to answer questions on [...]	2008-06-23 11:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK1938	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Individuals listed below, which have been selected to attend the courses sc [...]	2008-06-24 03:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK1949	THAILAND'S LEADING UNIVERSITY HOSTS DEBATE ON LESE [...] (C) Over 100 students and activists attended a panel on Thailand's lese majeste laws at Chulalongkorn University. Comments by panelists and audience members made it clear that few in the room felt Thailand benefited from laws designed to protect the King and select members of the royal family. [...]	2008-06-24 09:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV TH KPAO
08BANGKOK198	ALL CLEAR FOR PARLIAMENT TO OPEN, NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Everything appears on track for the opening of Parliament on Monday, January 21. Chart Thai and Motherland parties have formally announced they will join the coalition led by the People's Power Party (PPP). Negotiations over the ministerial portfolios are ongoing; the PPP leade [...]	2008-01-18 11:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK2021	Thai Media Sides with Opposition During Censure Debate [...] (U) The recent censure debate over the performance of Prime Minister Samak's administration has swept the headlines with virtually all local Thai print and broadcast media outlets dedicating significant space and airtime to readouts on the daily action in the House. Local print dailies devoted [...]	2008-07-02 23:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH
08BANGKOK2064	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which has been selected to attend the above-mention [...]	2008-07-08 03:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2092	THAKSIN 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 09:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK2095	REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF LEAHY VETTING CHANGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Embassy Bangkok strongly supports reftel request for high-level, inter-agency review of recent changes to the implementation of the Leahy Amendment. Recently proposed changes to the Leahy human rights vetting process pose a serious threat to USG security cooperation in Thailand. [...]	2008-07-09 09:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MAAR TH
08BANGKOK2126	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for units and individual/s listed below, who have been selected to attend the [...]	2008-07-14 04:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2157	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the above-mention [...]	2008-07-16 07:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2158	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the above-men [...]	2008-07-16 07:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2159	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the above-mention [...]	2008-07-16 07:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2181	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: HERETOFORE UNKNOWN GROUP IN [...] (C) Summary: In a series of sudden and bizarre pronouncements July 17, former Minister of Defense General (ret) Chetta Thanacharo, a potential contender for a cabinet job, said that a group of militants behind the violence in southern Thailand would announce a cease-fire. A short time later, [...]	2008-07-17 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK222	STAFFDEL GROVE TRAVELS TO SOUTHERN THAILAND [...] No summary [...]	2008-01-23 06:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2232	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for unit and individuals listed below, which have been selected to attend the c [...]	2008-07-22 08:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2238	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which have been selected to attend the course sche [...]	2008-07-23 05:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2239	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAI OFFICIALS BRIEF DIPLOMATS [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-23 05:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK224	PRIVY COUNCILLOR TELLS AMBASSADOR OF STEADY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the Ambassador's January 22 courtesy call, a Privy Councillor with long experience in the South encouraged the Ambassador to travel in the troubled region. Palakorn Sunwanrath believed that a visit with southern religious and community leaders would show sympathy for Th [...]	2008-01-23 11:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINS TH

08BANGKOK2243	THAKSIN 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 09:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK2255	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: THAI OFFICIALS BRIEF DIPLOMATS [...] (C) Summary: In a June 30 briefing to the diplomatic corps about developments in southern Thailand, Thai officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Royal Thai Army, and the Ministry of Interior outlined a broad strategy for dealing with the insurgency in the South. Deputy Commander of [...]	2008-07-24 05:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2269	FALUN GONG IN THAILAND [...] (C) Falun Gong (FLG) practitioners in Bangkok are a small mix of mainland Chinese seeking refugee status and resettlement to third countries, alongside a smattering of high-society Thais. Thai immigration authorities are strictly applying immigration law in cases involving FLG practitioners, [...]	2008-07-25 09:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PREL PGOV TH CH KIRF
08BANGKOK228	AMBASSADOR AND EAP/DAS MARCIEL URGE RTG TO BAN [...] (C) During a January 23 introductory call on Foreign Minister Nitya Pibulsonggram the Ambassador used reftel A points to encourage the RTG to adopt measures to ban the import of Burmese gems and hardwood. Noting the approaching political transition in Thailand, the Foreign Minister encourage [...]	2008-01-24 04:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ETRD PHUM BM TH
08BANGKOK2337	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below, which have been selected to attend the course [...]	2008-08-01 08:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK234	STAFFDEL GROVE TRAVELS TO SOUTHERN THAILAND [...] (S/NF) Summary: On January 15, a Senate Appropriations Committee staff delegation lead by professional staff member Paul Grove traveled with Poloff and USAID representatives to Hat Yai in southern Thailand for discussions on the violence in the South. Thai government and security officials, a [...]	2008-01-24 06:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2344	FURTHER LESE MAJESTE ACCUSATIONS IN THAILAND [...] (C) Three high-profile political activists, including two co-leaders of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD),have been recently charged with lese majeste. The two PAD figures were not detained; the third, an anti-PAD activist, was arrested for making strikingly blunt comments against the [...]	2008-08-01 10:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO TH
08BANGKOK2405	TENSIONS ESCALATE AT THAI STREET PROTESTS [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Increased tension at ongoing People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) rallies across Thailand resulted in numerous clashes between PAD supporters and pro-government groups in July. Following the recent outbreak of violence at a July 24 rally in Udon Thani province, the R [...]	2008-08-11 07:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS ASEC TH
08BANGKOK2410	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: FEWER CASES OF ABUSE REPORTED, [...] (C) Summary and comment: Thai security officials who are working to curb alleged human rights abuses committed by members of security units fighting the insurgency in Thailand's deep south may be seeing some success; embassy contacts working with victims of abuse reported in July that the num [...]	2008-08-11 09:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2415	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, which have been selected to attend the course sche [...]	2008-08-11 10:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2416	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, which have been selected to attend the courses sc [...]	2008-08-11 10:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2418	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, which have been selected to attend the course sche [...]	2008-08-12 23:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2419	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, which have been selected to attend the courses sc [...]	2008-08-12 23:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2460	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for units and commanders listed below, which have been selected to attend the c [...]	2008-08-15 08:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2461	THAILAND'S ASEAN CHAIRMANSHIP BEGINS WITH MODEST [...] (SBU) Thailand assumed the ASEAN chairmanship on July 24. Comments from senior Thai officials since indicate the Thai plan to focus on increasing ASEAN's relevance to the region's citizens, food security, disaster relief, and the formation of an ASEAN human rights body authorized in the new ASE [...]	2008-08-15 09:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV ASEAN TH
08BANGKOK2463	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, which have been selected to attend the seminar sch [...]	2008-08-15 09:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2481	THAI COURT FLEXES MUSCLE, CONVICTS NOTORIOUS [...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand's Supreme Court convicted former Deputy Interior Minister Vatana Asavahame of corruption charges in the Klong Dan wastewater treatment plant scandal on August 18 and sentenced him in absentia to 10 years of imprisonment. Anticipating the verdict earlier this summer, Va [...]	2008-08-19 09:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINS ASEC TH
08BANGKOK251	TIMELINE TO A NEW GOVERNMENT [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The new government may be sworn in as early as next week, although the timing is still not certain. The Prime Minister must first be elected by the Parliament and endorsed by the King; this should happen by early nex [...]	2008-01-24 12:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK2546	PAD PROTESTS CHALLENGE PM SAMAK'S AUTHORITY, PATIENCE [...] (C) Prime Minister Samak's coalition government on August 26 faced one of the biggest challenges to its authority since it took over the reins of power last January, not from the formal parliamentary opposition or the courts, but from the streets. As of late afternoon, large crowds of demonstr [...]	2008-08-26 14:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR TH
08BANGKOK2555	THAI PROTEST UPDATE: POLICE AND PAD PEACEFULLY [...] (SBU) One day after demonstrations and the seizure of government buildings by the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) shook the Thai political scene (Ref A),Prime Minister Samak and the Thai police reached an uneasy temporary accommodation August 27 with the anti-government demonstrators s [...]	2008-08-27 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR TH
08BANGKOK2570	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which have been selected to attend the course sched [...]	2008-08-28 08:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2571	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which have been selected to attend the courses sche [...]	2008-08-28 08:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2572	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, which have been selected to attend the courses sch [...]	2008-08-28 08:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2575	THAI PROTEST UPDATE: WARRANTS BUT NO ARRESTS [...] (C) The tense stand-off between the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and the administration of Prime Minster Samak Sundaravej continued for the third straight day August 28 with no clear end in sight. PM Samak reiterated publicly and privately to the Ambassador (septel) that the use of fo [...]	2008-08-28 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TH
08BANGKOK258	DAS MARCIEL PRESSES MFA PERMSEC ON BURMA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Burma remained a complicated issue for the RTG, and the Thais shared China's concerns about the potential impact on its borders if the situation in Burma were to destabilize, MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul told Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel over lunch on Jan [...]	2008-01-25 08:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF KDEM KPAO TH BM
08BANGKOK2591	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL BOONSRANG'S COUNTERPART [...] (C) Summary. Embassy Bangkok is extremely appreciative that General Boonsrang Niumpradit will be able to conduct a counterpart visit with CJCS Admiral Mullen. The visit will reinforce the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 [...]	2008-08-29 09:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2592	THAILAND PROTESTS: A PAD PRIMER [...] (SBU) Summary: The People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) behind the ongoing street protests against PM Samak's government first surfaced in 2005 in reaction to growing discontent over the alleged corruption of then-PM Thaksin. It largely disappeared following the September 2006 coup that ended [...]	2008-08-29 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TH
08BANGKOK2593	THAI PROTEST UPDATE: POLICE UNABLE TO TAKE CONTROL [...] (C) The stand-off between the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) and the administration of Prime Minster Samak Sundaravej continued for the fourth day August 29, with the dynamics changing dramatically during the day. The police, which continued to refrain from using force, seemed by mid- [...]	2008-08-29 10:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR CASC TH
08BANGKOK2610	MIDNIGHT BANGKOK CLASH LEADS TO EMERGENCY DECREE [...] (C) Summary: After a desultory 12 hour parliamentary debate on the ongoing political crisis ended without resolution after midnight early on September 1, action returned to the streets in the early hours of September 2. Violence erupted between pro and anti government street factions near th [...]	2008-09-02 12:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2616	THAI COURT RULINGS DELIVER FURTHER BLOWS TO SAMAK [...] (C) Summary: Thailand's independent Electoral Commission (EC) voted unanimously September 2 to seek a Constitutional Court order to dissolve the ruling People's Power Party (PPP) due to vote buying by red-carded former deputy party leader Yongyuth Tiyapairat in the December 2007 election. Thi [...]	2008-09-03 08:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL TH
08BANGKOK2618	THAILAND: TRILATERAL STRATEGIC DIALOGUE CT [...] (SBU) On August 20 we met with representatives from the embassies of Australia and Japan to discuss counterterrorism efforts under the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue (TSD),and whether southern Thailand should be part of the discussion under the TSD. We agreed that the extensive bilateral coop [...]	2008-09-03 09:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2643	THAI POLITICAL DEADLOCK: PM SAMAK DEFIANT [...] (C) Thailand,s political crisis ground on September 4 with Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej defiant in the face of apparently eroding support. In a one-two punch late September 3, Foreign Minister Tej Bunnag resigned from Samak,s cabinet, and Army Commander Anupong Paochinda told Samak he woul [...]	2008-09-05 00:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2655	THAI POLITICAL DEADLOCK: BANGKOK QUIET AS SAMAK [...] (C) Summary: Bangkok was mostly quiet September 5, despite a motorcycle gunfire attack on university students marching on Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej's house during the evening of September 4, as the House focused on passing a budget, and the Senate moved the national referendum bill forwa [...]	2008-09-05 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR CASC TH
08BANGKOK2674	THAI UNION LEADER STANDS ALONE AMID THREATS AND [...] (C) Summary: The abrupt dismissal of labor union leader Jitra Kongdej by garment maker Triumph International on July 29 for alleged slights to the monarchy, and the subsequent prolonged protest by union members, is symptomatic of the ongoing wider battle between pro and anti-Thaksin groups and [...]	2008-09-08 11:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KPAO TH
08BANGKOK2677	THAI UPDATE: QUIET SEPTEMBER 8, LOOKING TOWARDS [...] (C) After two weeks of rolling political crisis, the pace of events in Thailand slackened over the September 6-7 weekend. Senior political leadership in the House and Senate appeared to re-engage in an attempt to reach some common political ground on which the crisis could be settled; the par [...]	2008-09-08 11:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2691	THAI UPDATE: AND THE VERDICT IS . . .GUILTY [...] (SBU) The Thai Constitutional Court decided late September 9 that Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej had violated the constitution's ban on ministerial involvement in outside business activities by hosting cooking programs on television. The decision against Samak will force him to step down as [...]	2008-09-09 10:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2720	AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH THAI POLITICAL AND BUSINESS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador John met with political and business leaders in the wake of the September 9 Constitutional Court decision against Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej to ascertain developments and to continue to urge for a peaceful and legal resolution of the current standoff. A consensus [...]	2008-09-10 10:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2764	THAILAND YET TO ADDRESS UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE ISSUES [...] (C) We delivered reftel points on UNGA Third Committee issues to MFA Director General of International Organizations Vipawan Nipatakusol on September 11. Vipawan responded that Thailand would maintain its past voting record, but acknowledged she and her division were distracted by Thailand's [...]	2008-09-11 11:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN TH
08BANGKOK2804	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JIATF West Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the unit and the commander listed below, which have been selected to a [...]	2008-09-17 06:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2805	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JIATF West Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the unit and the commander listed below, which have been selected to a [...]	2008-09-17 06:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK2808	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: MEDIATOR HAS GOOD NEWS AND BAD [...] (S) Michael Vatikiotis from the Henri Dunant Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue (HDC) provided the Ambassador and DCM an update on September 11 on the status of the secret peace process between the Royal Thai Government (RTG) and southern Thai insurgents. While upbeat about the enthusiasm of man [...]	2008-09-17 08:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK282	THE 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 01:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KJUS TH
08BANGKOK2836	TIP UPDATE: ANOMA FACTORY INVESTIGATION CONCLUDES; CASE NOW [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai police confirmed September 2 that the investigation into the Anoma factory trafficking in persons case was completed and filed August 19 with the office of Attorney General of Samut Sakhon province. Twenty civil and criminal charges were filed against two Thai citizens [...]	2008-09-18 07:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM KTIP TH
08BANGKOK2837	DAS MARCIEL DISCUSSES ASEAN, BURMA AND BORDER [...] (C) Summary. Thai MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrakul told visiting EAP DAS Scot Marciel and the Ambassador September 9 that the RTG viewed recent Cambodian border actions as contradictory to progress achieved during recent discussions by the two nations' Foreign Ministers. Virasakdi s [...]	2008-09-18 07:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM PREF TH
08BANGKOK2871	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: PEACE TALKS IN INDONESIA CATCH [...] (S) Summary: Announcements by the Indonesian government that it was mediating peace talks between the Royal Thai government (RTG) and southern Thai insurgent groups, reported in the Thai press September 22, caught the Thai government by surprise. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Royal Thai Ar [...]	2008-09-22 11:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK2940	ENGAGING 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 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KJUS ETRD UNGA TH
08BANGKOK297	PROPOSALS ON BURMA FROM ASSK CONFIDANT DE [...] (C) Leon de Riedmatten (Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue representative and former International Committee of the Red Cross head of delegation in Burma during which he acted as a liaison between ASSK and SPDC) viewed the prospects for change in Burma as growing weaker every day unless the inte [...]	2008-01-30 05:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPAO KDEM BM TH
08BANGKOK300	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DAS MARCIEL HEARS CONTRASTING [...] (S/NF) Summary: In meetings to discuss the situation in southern Thailand on January 23 and 24, Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel received widely contrasting views on SIPDIS Thai government efforts to end the violence. Dr. Mark Tamthai, National Reconciliation Committee member and adv [...]	2008-01-30 09:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	EAID PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK3033	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: CHAVALIT REENTERS GOVERNMENT [...] (S) Then-deputy Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyuth told Ambassador on October 1 that his primary focus in returning to government was to bring resolution to the conflict in southern Thailand. He outlined an approach that focused on achieving buy-in from community representatives in the south [...]	2008-10-07 11:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK3066	MEDIA COVERAGE OF THAI CRISIS, OCTOBER 7-10: BLACK [...] (SBU) Summary: Media coverage of Thailand's worst street violence in 16 years has been extensive and pervasive. Print media, televised news coverage and internet blogs each have their own spin on the October 7 violence as they join in the "blame game" that has played out in the public arena. [...]	2008-10-10 09:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH
08BANGKOK3067	LAO HMONG: THAI MILITARY PROMISES FIRST [...] (C) Summary. Senior Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) officials have offered new transparency on the 6,000 remaining Lao Hmong at the army-run camp in Petchabun province. In separate meetings with Ambassador and DCM, newly-appointed Supreme Commander General Songkitti Jaggabartra and Chief of [...]	2008-10-10 09:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM TH LA
08BANGKOK3081	Nomination for the Department of Labor's Iqbal Masih Award [...] Embassy Bangkok in coordination with Consulate General Chiang Mai enthusiastically nominates TRAFCORD for the Department of Labor's Iqbal Masih Award for the Elimination of Child Labor. Nomination Package -- Data Summary ---------------------------------- 2. Organization Name: Anti-Traffi [...]	2008-10-14 11:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM KTIP TH
08BANGKOK3099	THAILAND COMMITS TO PARTICIPATE IN ASIA PACIFIC [...] (SBU) Summary: On October 13 DRL Senior Advisor Christopher N. Camponovo and poloff met with Thai MFA International Organizations Deputy Director-General Ittiporn Boonpracong and Social Division Director Nadhavathna Krishnamra to discuss Thai participation in the Asia-Pacific Democracy Partne [...]	2008-10-16 03:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL TH
08BANGKOK3100	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Units and commanders listed below, which have been selected to attend the co [...]	2008-10-16 03:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3142	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE IN THAILAND: VIEWS OF THE [...] (C) In a rare meeting with representatives from the Malaysian embassy to discuss southern Thailand, Minister Counselor Roslan A. Rahman told us in late September that Malaysia saw the multiple tracks of negotiations for a resolution of the conflict in southern Thailand as a positive developmen [...]	2008-10-17 10:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK3158	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which have been selected to attend the course sched [...]	2008-10-21 03:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3220	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND NEW [...] (C) On an early October trip to southern Thailand, we observed a robust but low profile security presence and an atmosphere that subjectively appeared less tense. The Deputy Commander of the Royal Thai Police in Yala told us that the number of insurgents willing to conduct operations in Yala [...]	2008-10-27 07:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK3236	THAI HUMAN RIGHTS BODY BLAMES POLICE FOR OCTOBER 7 [...] (C) Summary: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) released a report on October 17 blaming the RTG for excessive use of force during the October 7 clash between People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protestors and the police. The clash resulted in two fatalities and numerous injuries, i [...]	2008-10-29 10:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH
08BANGKOK3249	REVISED - THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This revised cable is to correct the subject line on Bangkok 2804. No action requests for Para. 2. 2. (U) JIATF West Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the unit and the commander listed below, which have been selected to at [...]	2008-10-30 05:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3252	SOUTHERN THAILAND: PM VISITS; CROWN PRINCESS [...] (C) Summary: Crown Princess Sirindhorn told the Ambassador October 27 that she was concerned with how the Thai government was utilizing the already abundant educational resources that the RTG directed towards the South. During an October 28 visit to southern Thailand, Prime Minister Somchai W [...]	2008-10-30 06:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK3255	THAILAND,S UDD LEADERS DISMISS CONCERNS ABOUT [...] (C) Leaders of the pro-government United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD) assured us that a major UDD rally on November 1, at which former PM Thaksin is expected to speak via phone, would be non-violent. A leading UDD figure stressed UDD's role as the primary obstacle to future c [...]	2008-10-30 11:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO TH
08BANGKOK3275	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the course schedule [...]	2008-11-03 02:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3288	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the officers listed below, who have been selected to visit with the United S [...]	2008-11-04 05:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3331	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which has been selected to attend the course schedu [...]	2008-11-07 08:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3332	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which has been selected to attend the course schedu [...]	2008-11-07 08:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3341	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING'S MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Keating, your brief meeting with Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) Chief of Joint Staff General Ratchakrit Kanchanawat at the Chiefs of Defense conference affords a chance to affirm the United States Government's commitment to working with a democratically elected Thai gove [...]	2008-11-10 09:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3349	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the officer listed below, who has been selected to attend the conference in [...]	2008-11-12 03:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3350	QUESTIONING THE UNQUESTIONABLE? UPTICK IN ONLINE [...] (C) Online and open public criticism of Thai royals, particularly of Queen Sirikit, has increased recently. Army Commander Anupong Paojinda issued a public warning October 27 that the Army would take unspecified steps against people committing lese majeste, or offense to the monarchy. A high [...]	2008-11-12 07:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO TH
08BANGKOK3374	THAI 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 08:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
08BANGKOK3387	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Units and commanders listed below, which have been selected to attend the co [...]	2008-11-17 23:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3398	UPDATE 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 09:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
08BANGKOK340	AMBASSADOR 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 08:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM SNAR KDEM KJUS TH BM
08BANGKOK3407	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: NOT IN SATUN [...] (C) In early October, we traveled to Satun province in southern Thailand to assess the security environment in relation to the rest of the deep south. The vice governor in charge of security affairs, the provincial chief of police, and local Muslim leaders all described a province separated [...]	2008-11-19 08:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK3408	THAI MFA OFFICIAL OFFERS LITTLE PROMISE OF ACTION [...] (C) We delivered reftel points on the recent crackdown in Burma and the UNGA Third Committee resolution to Thai MFA East Asian Affairs Department Director Kallayana Vipattipumiprates on November 18. On the disturbing direction of developments, Kallayana responded that the MFA would not issue [...]	2008-11-19 09:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL BM
08BANGKOK341	EU ENVOY FOR BURMA MAKES LITTLE HEADWAY WITH THAIS [...] (C) The RTG had little to offer the EU Special Envoy for Burma, who in turn presented no details or clarifications on what he thought the region should do about Burma. While he met with a wide cross section of actors that focus on Burma, including NGOs, ASEAN diplomats, and members of the UN [...]	2008-02-01 08:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PREF PHUM KPAO KDEM BM TH
08BANGKOK3424	ANTI-TRAFFICKING ENGAGEMENT PAYS DIVIDENDS [...] Summary: Over the course of 2008 the Embassy and Consulate General Chiang Mai have continued to broaden and increase our prevention activities in support of the Mission's anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) strategy. Each event has been a success, either energizing our local partners or raising [...]	2008-11-20 09:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB PHUM KTIP TH
08BANGKOK3443	Labor Fraud Case: Thai Workers to Libya [...] (SBU) Summary: According to Thai authorities, in August and September 2008, the Thai Consular Section in Cairo, Egypt helped repatriate 57 Thai construction workers from Libya back to Thailand. The workers, all male adults, traveled to Libya to work for a construction firm and contacted the T [...]	2008-11-21 10:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM KTIP TH
08BANGKOK3467	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which has been selected to attend the course schedu [...]	2008-11-25 10:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3471	UNGA MIDDLE EAST RESOLUTIONS: THAILAND TO CONTINUE [...] (C) We delivered ref A points on the misallocation of UNGA time and resources to anti-Israel resolutions to Thai MFA Deputy Director-General of International Organizations Ittiporn Boonpracong on November 25. Ittiporn responded that the RTG would maintain its past voting record of abstaining [...]	2008-11-25 11:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL TH
08BANGKOK3588	THAILAND'S NEW TIP LAW: NOTABLE PROGRESS AFTER SIX MONTHS [...] (SBU) Summary: In the six months since its new Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Act came into force, the Royal Thai Government (RTG) has taken substantial steps to implement the law. The RTG is developing subordinate regulations to make the law's provisions operational, and has identified $1 [...]	2008-12-09 07:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM KTIP TH
08BANGKOK3617	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, which has been selected to attend the courses sched [...]	2008-12-11 09:17:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK363	AMBASSADOR AND HOUSE SPEAKER DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) House Speaker Yongyut Tiyapairat told the Ambassador in a February 1 meeting that he would welcome visits to improve ties between the U.S. and Thai legislatures, as well as other programs aiming to enhance democracy in Thailand. Yongyut indicated he did not yet have a clearly defined legis [...]	2008-02-04 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PHUM ECON EINV KDEM TH
08BANGKOK3649	THE SOUTHERN BORDER PROVINCES ADMINSTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary and comment: In an early December meeting, Vithit Powattanasuk, an MFA officer assigned to the Southern Border Provinces Administration Center (SBPAC) in Yala province, told us that the SBPAC was responsible for directing and monitoring all efforts in the deep south that could be [...]	2008-12-15 09:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK3659	AMBASSADOR VISIT TO NORTHEAST THAILAND HIGHLIGHTS U.S. [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's November 25-26 visit to Northeast Thailand highlighted U.S. outreach efforts in the region and conveyed the USG's ongoing commitment to building and sustaining cultural and economic ties that extend beyond Bangkok to all regions of Thailand. Emphasizing the val [...]	2008-12-16 01:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV SCUL KPAO TH
08BANGKOK366	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-ment [...]	2008-02-05 02:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK3756	ANTI-GOVERNMENT UDD RESORTS TO PAD METHODS TO [...] (U) Summary. In moves evocative of protests in recent months by yellow-shirted People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) protesters, approximately 5,000 anti-government, red-shirted United Front for Democracy (UDD) protesters blocked the entrances to Thailand's Parliament December 29. The protest [...]	2008-12-29 09:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER ASEC CASC TH
08BANGKOK3757	AMBASSADOR ENGAGES NEW THAI FM KASIT ON ASEAN, [...] (C) Summary: On December 26, Ambassador, accompanied by DCM and poloff, paid a courtesy call on newly appointed Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya. The Ambassador was the first member of Thailand's diplomatic community to call on Kasit. He congratulated Kasit on his appointment and took the oppo [...]	2008-12-29 11:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ETRD PGOV PHUM PREF PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK3779	THAI PM DELIVERS INAUGURAL POLICY STATEMENT AT MFA [...] (SBU) Summary. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva delivered his constitutionally-mandated policy address at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) rather than at Parliament December 30, enabling the new Democrat Party-led government to take decisions and avoiding paralysis extending into the New [...]	2008-12-30 09:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
08BANGKOK382	AMBASSADOR AND DEMOCRAT PARTY LEADERS DISCUSS [...] (C) The Ambassador met on February 4 with Democrat Party Leader Abhisit Vejjajiva for a broad discussion of bilateral relations. Abhisit welcomed the Ambassador's emphasis on promoting good governance, noting that Thai democracy depended on transparency and respect for the rule of law. The Am [...]	2008-02-06 09:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV SNAR KDEM TH
08BANGKOK383	AMBASSADOR AND ASEAN SECGEN DISCUSS ASEAN, [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador called on ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan on February 4 and discussed the ASEAN charter and Burma. Surin was confident that ASEAN member states, except for possibly the Philippines, would ratify the ASEAN charter this year. Surin expressed hope that Secretar [...]	2008-02-06 10:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM TH BM
08BANGKOK429	AMBASSADOR AND KING'S PRIVATE SECRETARY DISCUSS [...] (C) The King's Principal Private Secretary (PPS) welcomed the lifting of Section 508 restrictions imposed after the coup, and was hopeful that high-level USG visitors would visit Thailand and meet with the Crown Prince and other Thai dignitaries. In a February 8 meeting with PPS Arsa Sarasin, [...]	2008-02-08 10:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PINR PREF PHUM TH BM
08BANGKOK468	CHART THAI LEADER AND AMBASSADOR DISCUSS CABINET, [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Banharn Silapa-Archa told the Ambassador he had decided to join the People's Power Party's governing coalition in order to promote stability. In a February 12 meeting, Banharn said Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej had shown signs that he might exceed low popular expec [...]	2008-02-13 09:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV SNAR KDEM TH
08BANGKOK47	SOME THAI ELECTION WINNERS CERTIFIED, DOZENS STILL [...] (C) On January 3, the Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) officially endorsed the victory of 397 of the 480 candidates in the December 23 election for members of the House of Representatives, but said it could not certify the remaining 83 candidates -- 65 of whom are members of the pro-Thaks [...]	2008-01-04 11:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK487	AMBASSADOR AND FORMER PM ANAND DISCUSS ELECTION, [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun spoke with deep pessimism about the new Thai administration. In a February 12 meeting with the Ambassador, Anand complained that he saw no alternative to the dominance of pro-Thaksin politicians, whom he considered poorly qualified and lacking in le [...]	2008-02-14 10:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM BM TH
08BANGKOK502	ACTIVISTS FRET OVER NEW THAI GOVERNMENT'S POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Thai human rights activists and civil society groups have recently expressed concerns about the human rights record of new Thai government officials, including the Prime Minister, House Speaker, and the Interior Minister. Controversial appointments proposed by these ministers have also r [...]	2008-02-15 03:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM TH
08BANGKOK544	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DISCUSSIONS WITH BANGKOK'S [...] (C) Summary: Recent meetings in Bangkok with Muslim scholars about Prime Minister Samak,s policies towards the violence in southern Thailand shed little light on how the new government might approach the problem. The Central Islamic Committee appears to have little desire to engage seriously [...]	2008-02-21 02:35:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK585	SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING [...] (C) Summary. Admiral Keating, your visit to Thailand will afford you a chance to see the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 years of relations. You will also have an opportunity to underscore the United States Government's [...]	2008-02-22 11:11:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK598	ELECTION FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS - PPP AND COALITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Election Commission of Thailand (ECT) expects to conclude its investigation into three important vote fraud cases from the December parliamentary election shortly. The cases could result in a Constitutional Court review of a motion to dissolve three parties in the governing [...]	2008-02-25 12:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK607	THAKSIN TO RETURN THIS WEEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra plans to return to Thailand by the end of the week, according to well-placed sources and press reports. Thaksin has, we believe, long intended to return to Thailand as soon as he was convinced it was safe to do so; he will still have to [...]	2008-02-26 09:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK608	ELECTION COMMISSION REFERS HIGH-PROFILE FRAUD CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ECT will petition the Supreme Court to red-card House Speaker Yongyuth for election fraud. The ECT 3-2 decision today may indicate that the evidence against Yongyuth is not very strong -- or it may be a sign that some of the commissioners are reluctant to oppose the PPP. A [...]	2008-02-26 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH

08BANGKOK609	CODEL PRICE'S MEETINGS IN BANGKOK [...] (C) Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej told CODEL Price on February 22 that he favored multilateral talks on Burma, and he viewed China as a communist country "in name only." Samak addressed domestic criticism that he recently trivialized a traumatic event in Thai history, acknowledging his rela [...]	2008-02-26 10:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM ECON EINV KHIV TH BM
08BANGKOK622	AMBASSADOR AND FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (C) In a February 26 meeting with the Ambassador, Foreign Minister Noppadon Pattama made and then announced to the press an impromptu decision to visit Washington for the March 20 anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Commerce and meet with Secretary Rice. Responding to the Am [...]	2008-02-27 09:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM ECON ETRD KPKO MOPS
08BANGKOK623	RUMORS FLY OVER THAKSIN RETURN [...] (C) Former Prime Minister Thaksin now plans to return to Bangkok on Thursday morning (February 28),according to a well-placed source connected with Thaksin's arrival logistics. We heard the same report from an assistant to the Interior Minister. At the same time, the press is full of contr [...]	2008-02-27 09:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK628	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: STATISTICS SUGGEST MILITANTS [...] (C) Summary: Understanding the situation in Thailand's deep south through analysis of violence statistics and economic indicators is difficult. Although multiple organizations keep statistics on the violence, inconsistent methodologies coupled with inaccurate and unreliable reporting of event [...]	2008-02-27 09:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK633	THAIS SELECT AND PREPARE TO ELECT A NEW SENATE [...] (SBU) A committee has completed its selection of 74 of the 150 Senators in the country's semi-elected upper house of Parliament, following a review of over 1,000 nominations. Elections scheduled for March 2 will fill the remaining 76 seats in a body designed to review legislation passed by the [...]	2008-02-28 06:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK644	HE'S BAAAAAACK: THAKSIN COMES HOME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Bangkok on February 28. He was granted bail on the charges pending against him. At a press conference, he said he had returned to clear his name, and he insisted he was done with politics, a claim that most here are unlikely [...]	2008-02-28 11:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK645	HE'S BAAAAAACK: THAKSIN COMES HOME [...] (C) SUMMARY: Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returned to Bangkok on February 28. He was granted bail on the charges pending against him. At a press conference, he said he had returned to clear his name, and he insisted he was done with politics, a claim that most here are unlikely [...]	2008-02-28 11:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM TH
08BANGKOK665	THAIS UNENTHUSIASTICALLY ELECT HALF A SENATE [...] (C) Thais returned to the polls on March 2 to elect 76 Senators in the 150-seat upper house of Parliament in elections that saw a lower-than-expected voter turnout. A high-profile committee had earlier selected the other 74 Senators. Thailand's Election Commission (ECT) blamed voter apathy f [...]	2008-03-03 08:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK690	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Two Units listed below, which have been selected to attend the above-mentio [...]	2008-03-05 07:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK697	EAP A/S HILL STRESSES ASEAN DEVELOPMENT, BURMA [...] No summary [...]	2008-03-06 01:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO ASEAN TH BM
08BANGKOK710	PRISONER ABUSE ALLEGATIONS REPORTEDLY ON THE RISE [...] (C) NGO and civil society groups allege military units in the South abused detained suspected militants on dozens of occasions since 2007, including the widely-reported alleged abuse of nine student activists in Yala. While we have yet to see hard evidence of these abuses, some NGOs claim to h [...]	2008-03-06 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM TH
08BANGKOK724	EAP A/S HILL STRESSES ASEAN DEVELOPMENT, BURMA [...] (C) During a February 29 meeting with ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan, A/S Hill stressed the importance of strengthening ASEAN as an institution; this could in turnencourage the organization to address the situation in Burma, as well as other regional issues, such as North Korea. Suppo [...]	2008-03-07 09:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM KDEM KPAO ASEAN TH BM
08BANGKOK737	MIXED SIGNALS ON HMONG REPATRIATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Thai MFA provided a read-out on the February visits to Laos by the Thai Foreign Minister and Prime Minister. According to the Thai side, the Lao showed some flexibility on the ultimate solution to the problem posed by some 7800 Lao-Hmong illegally in Thailand, currently in [...]	2008-03-10 03:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL TH LA
08BANGKOK789	MFA PREPARES THAI PM FOR FIRST TRIP TO BURMA [...] (C) Thailand was considering a more pro-active approach to Burma as it prepared for PM Samak's March 14 visit to Nay Pyi Taw, stated MFA Director for East Asian Affairs Kallayana Vipattipumiprates in a March 6 lunch with visiting EAP/MLS Office Director Robert Rapson. Kallayana explained that [...]	2008-03-13 05:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM KPAO TH BM
08BANGKOK826	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG THAI has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Individuals listed below, which have been selected to attend the courses li [...]	2008-03-14 09:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
08BANGKOK829	MID-FEBRUARY BANGKOK LOCAL G8 CTAG MEETING [...] (SBU) On February 19, DCM attended the Bangkok meeting of the G8 Counterterrorism Action Group (CTAG),hosted by the Ambassador of Japan, Hideakik Kobayashi. Representatives from the embassies of Australia, UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Russia, Spain, and Switzerland, also attended the [...]	2008-03-14 09:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PTER PREL PHUM PINR TH
08BANGKOK833	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL MONTREE,S COUNTERPART [...] (C) Summary. General Montree Sungkasap's counterpart visit will afford the chance to reinforce the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as the United States and Thailand celebrate 175 years of relations. This visit to the U.S. will be the first by a senior Thai military [...]	2008-03-14 09:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
08BANGKOK835	MFA PERMSEC ON BURMA, BILATERAL ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The MFA Permsec told the Ambassador in a March 13 meeting that Thailand would press Burma on reform issues during the Prime Minister's visit there on March 14. The Permsec also recounted at length the many bilateral issues on which Thailand had to cooperate with Burma, such as [...]	2008-03-14 11:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON TH
08BANGKOK836	AMBASSADOR URGES PROGRESS ON REFUGEE ISSUES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador raised U.S. concerns about refugee issues in a March 13 meeting with MFA Permanent Secretary Virasakdi Futrukul. He urged the Thai to have a SIPDIS transparent and credible screening process for the approximately 8000 Lao-Hmong now in Thailand; to press the La [...]	2008-03-14 12:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL TH
08BANGKOK84	SELECTION PROCESS BEGINS FOR "NON-PARTISAN" THAI [...] (C) Non-partisan Thai organizations are currently nominating candidates for consideration by a Senate selection committee charged with appointing members to the parliament's upper chamber. The committee will fill 74 of 150 seats with selected candidates by February 23, while elections tentati [...]	2008-01-09 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGKOK845	INSURGENTS PUSH THE ENVELOPE WITH HIGH-PROFILE [...] (C) Summary: A series of effective and high-profile bombings in the south since Saturday have caused significant alarm. Two explosions at a hotel in Pattani normally regarded as a safe zone, and a failed attempt to bomb possibly a religious gathering both occurred on Saturday evening (March [...]	2008-03-17 10:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	ASEC PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK846	MFA PROVIDES READ-OUT OF BURMA VISIT [...] (C) Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej explained views of the international community and offered Thailand's assistance with Burma's political transition during his initial call on Burma's Senior General Than Shwe March 14. Thai Foreign Minister Noppadon held a simultaneous meeting with Burmese [...]	2008-03-17 11:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF KDEM KPAO TH BM
08BANGKOK909	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: SAMAK MISSPEAKS, PEACE PROCESS [...] (S/NF) Summary: Prime Minister Samak blew the cover of the government's secret talks with the insurgents in comments to the press on March 19. An Embassy contact reports that the statement criticizing the talks was due to the Prime Minister's misunderstanding of a briefing paper, and does not [...]	2008-03-21 11:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK940	UNHRC RESOLUTION: THAIS REQUEST MORE INFORMATION [...] (SBU) On March 25 we conveyed reftel points regarding the extension of the mandate of the UN Human Rights Council's (HRC) Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression to Pornnika Garnjana-Goonchorn in the Thai MFA Social Division. Pornnika was not familiar with the resolution as initiated by C [...]	2008-03-25 09:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UNHRC
08BANGKOK941	PROMINENT THAI NGOS RELEASE REPORTS ON ABUSES IN [...] (C) Two prominent Thai human rights groups have released detailed accounts of alleged widespread government abuses by security forces fighting the violent insurgency in southern Thailand since mid-2007. Citing first-hand testimony, interviews, photographic evidence, and government and media r [...]	2008-03-25 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR KDEM TH
08BANGKOK943	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: HARSH TACTICS, LESS VIOLENCE, [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts contend that the recent drop in the violence in the South is not the result of progress toward resolving the underlying conflict; rather, the Thai military has become more effective at targeting more senior insurgent leaders, thus disrupting the insurgents' operat [...]	2008-03-25 11:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
08BANGKOK957	RTA COMMANDER ANUPONG COMMITTED TO RULE OF LAW IN [...] (C) Summary. Royal Thai Army Commander-in-Chief Anupong Paochinda told the Ambassador March 25 that the Thai military was committed to addressing the unrest in Southern Thailand via military operations that follow the rule of law and by attempting to win over the hearts and minds of Southern [...]	2008-03-27 08:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM MOPS KDEM TH BM
08BANGKOK959	AMBASSADOR AND ICRC DISCUSS SOUTHERN THAILAND, [...] (C) International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Regional Head Christian Brunner briefed the Ambassador on ICRC activities in southern Thailand and told the Ambassador the Red Cross would continue to maintain a presence in the region despite a deadly March 15 bombing at the hotel which hous [...]	2008-03-27 08:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF ICRC TH BM
08BANGKOK966	AMBASSADOR 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 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS SNAR SA TH
08BANGKOK968	LAO HMONG: THAI ARMY EXPLAINS POLICY, SIGNALS [...] (SBU) Summary. The Royal Thai Army revealed that it will seek Laotian Government agreement to a proposal to allow third country resettlement for the 153 Lao Hmong confined in an immigration jail in Nong Khai, Thailand. The proposal will be made by the Thai Prime Minster at a bilateral border [...]	2008-03-27 10:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM TH LA
08BANGKOK972	(WE'VE GOT THOSE) PARTY DISSOLUTION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The parties in the governing coalition are proposing constitutional amendments to try to avoid the dissolution of their parties by the Constitutional Court. Although there is little love for the 2007 Constitution, some anti-Thaksin elements are seeking to block changes that would [...]	2008-03-27 11:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM TH
08BANGUI234	CAR NATIONAL DIALOGUE - DECEMBER 8 PRESS COMMENTS, [...] (U) Most CAR private and official media focused on the political dialogue which began with an opening ceremony this Monday, December 08: 2. (U) The private newspaper `Hirondelle' reports that MLCJ rebel leader Abakar Sabone and former CAR President Ange Filix Patassi have arrived in Bangui [...]	2008-12-08 21:37:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT
08BANGUI236	CAR NATIONAL DIALOGUE - OPENING DAY OBSERVATIONS, ANALYSIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Central African Republic's 'Inclusive Political Dialogue' began under the gavel of President Francois Bozize and in the presence of Gabonese President Bongo, UN Special Representative Francois Fall, and former Burundian President and chosen Dialogue Mediator Pierre Buyoya. T [...]	2008-12-09 23:49:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT
08BANGUI237	DISSIDENT GROUP FIGHTING NEAR BRIA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fighting between CAR Government forces and unidentified rebel forces has broken out approximately 50km northwest of the town of Bria, in central CAR. Fatalities and casualties on the government side range from 4-8 deaths and several more wounded, with reports of some number of re [...]	2008-12-10 21:45:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT
08BANGUI247	FURTHER DEMARCHE TO GOCAR ON TIP PROBLEMS [...] (SBU) Ambassador Cook delivered reftel demarche in person to CAR MFA Dieudonne Kombo-Yaya in a meeting on December 17. The Ambassador explained the importance of increasing efforts to combat TIP, and said that U.S. law required host government engagement on the issue if the country was to remai [...]	2008-12-18 16:36:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KCRM KWMN PHUM SMIG KTIP CT
08BANGUI250	CAR NATIONAL DIALOGUE - FIRST COMMISSION RESULTS BOLD, BUT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On Tuesday, December 16, the Political Issues and Governance Commission of the CAR's National Dialogue presented a series of recommendations to Dialogue Chair and former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya. The resolutions included the creation of an ad hoc committee of Central Af [...]	2008-12-19 18:18:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT
08BANGUI251	CAR NATIONAL DIALOGUE - POSITIVE FINALE, BUT WAITING FOR THE [...] (U) The CAR's National Dialogue ended in a seven-hour closing ceremony on Saturday, December 20, that brought speeches by President Bozize, former President Ange Felix Patasse, and Dialogue mediator and former Burundian President Pierre Buyoya. Finishing on a positive note as well as on schedul [...]	2008-12-22 13:47:00	Embassy Bangui	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR ECON EAID CT
08BANJUL216	THE GAMBIA: MORE CHANGES IN GOVERNMENT [...] On June 27, President Yahya Jammeh appointed a new Secretary of State (Minister) for Youth and Sports and a new Director General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA). The new Sports Minister is former army lieutenant Sheriff Gomez, while Benedict Jammeh, until recently the Inspector Gene [...]	2008-07-03 08:12:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PINR PINS PHUM GA
08BANJUL86	THE GAMBIA: 2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (U) In accordance with Reftel, Embassy Banjul provides its submission to the 2008 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. 2. (SBU) OVERVIEW: A. The Gambia is a country of origin, transit, and destination for victims of trafficking, mainly women and children. Due to its porous borders, [...]	2008-02-29 09:15:00	Embassy Banjul	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG
08BARCELONA7	ANDORRA SUPPORTS US CANDIDATE FOR UN ANTI-DISCRIMINATION [...] (U) On September 19, 2007, post sent a dip note to Andorra's FM seeking its support for the US candidate, Pierre-Richard Prosper, for the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD). 2. (U) On January 17, 2008, the Government of Andorra informed us that Andor [...]	2008-01-17 14:13:00	Consulate Barcelona	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL UNGA SP AN
08BASRAH10	BASRAH BADR LEADER PREDICTS SOME BADR-JAM ELECTION VIOLENCE [...] (C) Summary: Hasan al-Rashid, Basrah's Badr leader, told the Regional Embassy Office IPAO that provincial elections might occur in September assuming passage of key legislation in Baghdad. He did not rule out violent political confrontation in Basrah during the campaign season between the Isl [...]	2008-02-10 06:37:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINS PHUM PGOV IZ
08BASRAH12	CBS REPORTER KIDNAPPED IN BASRAH (PART 1) [...] (C) Summary: CBS reporter and British citizen Richard Butler (protect throughout) and his Iraqi interpreter were kidnapped from their hotel in Basrah city the night of February 10. It is unknown exactly who is responsible, but many suspect a small, Jaysh al-Mahdi (JAM) splinter group of former [...]	2008-02-18 13:19:00	REO Basrah	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PINR PHUM PTER UK IR IZ
08BASRAH19	ISCI-LED PROTEST AGAINST VIOLENCE IN BASRAH [...] (C/Rel MCFI) SUMMARY: Basrawis affiliated with the Basrah Islamic List (BIL) parties on the provincial council (ISCI, Badr, Thar Allah, Sayyid al-Shuhada, Shaheed al-Mihrab, Hizbollah Movement) took to the streets March 8, protesting the city's deteriorating security. An estimated 600-800 pa [...]	2008-03-14 15:00:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PROP MCAP MOPS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL
08BASRAH21	BASRAH ISF COMMANDER SAYS ISF NOT READY [...] (S/REL MCFI) Summary: Basrah Operations Commander, LTG Mohan Hafith Fahad al-Fariji told us that the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) in his command are not capable of confronting the militias given their lack of training and equipment. Mohan asked the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force [...]	2008-03-17 17:01:00	REO Basrah	SECRET//NOFORN	MCAP MOPS PBTS PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PROP
08BASRAH38	HYYANIYAH HEARTS AND MINDS WITH CMOC [...] (C/REL MCFI) SUMMARY: MNCI's Civil Military Operations Center (CMOC) has planned a weeklong rejuvenation of Basrah City's poor and JAM-infested Hyyaniyah. On April 29, Iraqi Army and Coalition Forces will secure the area, to be followed by Iraqi teams to deliver services and repairs. The CMOC [...]	2008-04-27 14:32:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM IZ
08BASRAH39	BASRAH HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR ON OPERATION CHARGE OF THE [...] (C/REL MCFI) Regional Embassy Officers met with the head of the Ministry of Human Rights' Basrah office, Mahdi al-Tamimi, April 17 to discuss the humanitarian effects of the GOI's Operation Charge of the Knights (CoK). Mahdi noted that before CoK, Basrah was crime ridden, suffering a murder ra [...]	2008-04-28 16:55:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KDEM PBTS PGOV PREL PTER SOCI IR IZ
08BASRAH77	SUNNI CONCERNS IN BASRAH [...] (C) Summary: While anti-Sunni violence has all but stopped, many Sunni Basrawis continue to feel victimized by the Shi'a majority. The high unemployment rate in Basrah and the relatively low number of development projects in Sunni areas fuels Sunni perceptions of discrimination, although the [...]	2008-09-18 10:45:00	REO Basrah	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREF PHUM IZ
08BEIJING1020	MARCH 18 MFA PRESS BRIEFING:TIBET, SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the March 18, 2008 regular MFA press briefing were: -- Situation in Tibet is now stable and the violence reveals the Dalai clique's "essence." -- China supports the meetings between U.S. and DPRK negotiators and emphasizes that the nuclear issue is not a bilateral issue but [...]	2008-03-18 09:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY ETRD CH JA KSKN MI
08BEIJING1021	CHINA DEMARCHES EU NATIONS ON TIBET [...] (C) Summary: EU Embassy contacts reported March 18 that the Chinese Government on March 17 urged EU members not to publicly support or have contact with the Dalai Lama. MFA officials also protested Tibet-related demonstrations throughout Europe, particularly those that resulted in damage to [...]	2008-03-18 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CH
08BEIJING1022	TIBET: RESTORING ORDER IS PRC'S PRIMARY FOCUS; [...] (C) Summary: China's leadership is focused on restoring order and preventing the Tibet-related unrest of the last week from spreading nationwide, a well-connected scholar told PolOff March 18. Although international reaction to Beijing's response is a consideration for China's rulers, partic [...]	2008-03-18 10:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PREL PHUM KIRF CH
08BEIJING1024	NPC CLOSES MARCH 18; PREMIER HOLDS PRESS [...] (C) In the March 18 final session of the National People's Congress (NPC),President Hu Jintao called for continued reforms, effective and clean government, a spirit of pragmatism and innovation and the raising of China's international stature. Premier Wen Jiabao, in an extended press confere [...]	2008-03-18 12:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON CH TW
08BEIJING1039	CHINESE PRESS COVERAGE OF TIBET PROTESTS [...] (C) China's media strategy in covering the Tibet protests appears aimed at offering a coordinated "official" version of events for domestic and international audiences. On the evening of March 15, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi provided a propaganda-heavy description of the protests to [...]	2008-03-19 10:59:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF ASEC CH
08BEIJING1045	TIBET: JOURNALISTS CITE GOVERNMENT "RESTRAINT," [...] (C) Summary: China's leadership has ordered security forces to show "restraint" and not discharge their weapons in responding to Tibet-related unrest, according to two editors at official Chinese newspapers. One source said that despite these orders, "isolated shooting incidents" may have occ [...]	2008-03-20 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PHUM PREL CH
08BEIJING1046	PREMIER WEN AND PM BROWN TALK ABOUT DALAI LAMA; [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: UK PM Gordon Brown called Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao March 19 to inform the Chinese Government that Brown will meet the Dalai Lama in May, urge Chinese restraint in responding to protests and call for an end to the violence in Tibet. Brown also noted that the Dalai Lama had "me [...]	2008-03-20 10:37:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM CH UK
08BEIJING1047	MARCH 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DALAI LAMA CLIQUE, [...] Key points at the regular March 20 MFA press briefing: -- Wen Jiabao expressed grave concern to UK PM Gordon Brown over his plans to meet the Dalai Lama. Reports that Wen has agreed to meet the Dalai Lama are incorrect, as the Dalai Lama has not yet met the preconditions for dialogue. His [...]	2008-03-20 10:44:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV SOCI PHUM PREL CH KS JA
08BEIJING1081	HUMAN RIGHTS: MFA PROPOSES "FRAMEWORK AGENDA" FOR [...] (C) MFA IO Human Rights Division Acting Director Yan Jiarong on March 21 conveyed China's proposal for the next round of human rights dialogue with the United States. China proposes holding the next dialogue meeting during the last ten days of May, in Beijing, at the DRL Assistant Secretary a [...]	2008-03-21 11:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING1123	March 25 MFA Press Briefing: Selected Journalists To Lhasa, [...] Key points at the March 25 MFA Press Briefing: -- Selected foreign journalists will participate in a reporting trip to Lhasa. -- China is open to dialogue with the Dalai Lama as long as he gives up separatist activities. -- China will continue to follow the One China policy to further d [...]	2008-03-25 12:16:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH TW
08BEIJING1128	CORRECTED COPY (PARA 4: Ganzi Prefecture) - March 25 MFA [...] Key points at the March 25 MFA Press Briefing: -- Selected foreign journalists will participate in a reporting trip to Lhasa. -- China is open to dialogue with the Dalai Lama as long as he gives up separatist activities. -- China will continue to follow the One China policy to further d [...]	2008-03-26 01:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH TW
08BEIJING1142	AFM HE YAFEI DISCUSSES SIX-PARTY TALKS, TIBET, [...] (C) Senate Staffel members urged Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei to help convince DPRK leaders that if they fulfill their obligations under the Six-Party Talks framework, the United States stands ready to do the same. The DPRK must disclose information on its uranium enrichment program and [...]	2008-03-26 09:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM IN KS KN RS JA TW CH PK
08BEIJING1164	CHINA CONCERNED ABOUT SECURITY FOR SAN FRANCISCO [...] (C) China is "gravely concerned" about security for the April 9 San Francisco Torch Relay participants and their charter plane, said MFA Director General Zheng Zeguang, during a March 26 meeting with the Charge. China expects "anti-China forces" to step up their efforts to sabotage the event [...]	2008-03-27 09:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KOLY ASEC CH
08BEIJING1210	TIBET: MFA ORGANIZES TIGHTLY CONTROLLED TRIP TO [...] (C) With less than 24-hours notice to participating Embassies, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, together with the Tibetan Autonomous Region (TAR) Government, organized an overnight trip to Lhasa March 28 to 29. Fifteen Beijing-based diplomats, including PolOff, participated. Diplomats we [...]	2008-03-31 13:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF NP IN JA BR GM CA IT
08BEIJING1237	April 1 MFA Press Briefing: Tibet Protests, Olympics, Hu [...] Key points at the April 1 MFA Press Briefing were: -- The Dalai Lama continues to incite unrest and undermine the Olympic Games. -- Foreign officials who boycott the Olympic Games are "flattering themselves" and undermining their country's interest. -- China blocks websites which contain [...]	2008-04-01 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KOLY CH TW JP KS EK TC NZ
08BEIJING1248	CORRECTED COPY (PARA 11: NIMITZ) April 1 MFA Press [...] Key points at the April 1 MFA Press Briefing were: -- The Dalai Lama continues to incite unrest and undermine the Olympic Games. -- Foreign officials who boycott the Olympic Games are "flattering themselves" and undermining their country's interest. -- China blocks websites which contain [...]	2008-04-02 09:49:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KOLY CH TW JP KS EK TC NZ
08BEIJING125	MFA AND SCHOLARS DESCRIBE CHINAâ€™S EFFORTS ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: China has made great efforts to improve the situation in Burma, stretching the boundaries of its policy of non-interference, MFA and Chinese think tank interlocutors told HFAC and SFRC staff members January 10-11. MFA says China is contemplating next steps to address the current "stand [...]	2008-01-11 11:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING1265	HUMAN RIGHTS: HU JIA SENTENCED TO THREE AND A HALF [...] (C) Summary: Amid tight security, a Beijing court on April 3 sentenced rights activist Hu Jia to three and a half years in prison, with deprivation of political rights for an additional year. PolOff and nearly a dozen third-country diplomats were denied entry into the court to observe the tr [...]	2008-04-03 10:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING1267	April 3 MFA Press Briefing: Hu Jia Case, Olympic Boycott, [...] Key points at the April 3 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China has handled the Hu Jia case according to law and will not accept criticism. -- The IOC is right to reject calls to boycott the Beijing Olympics and the torch relay should not be disrupted. -- Reports China supplied the IAEA with [...]	2008-04-03 11:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH PK TN TZ CI QA KZ AS SW
08BEIJING128	MFA and Scholars Describe China's Efforts on Burma [...] (C) Summary: China has made great efforts to improve the situation in Burma, stretching the boundaries of its policy of non-interference, MFA and Chinese think tank interlocutors told HFAC and SFRC staff members January 10-11. MFA says China is contemplating next steps to address the current [...]	2008-01-12 04:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING1291	FM YANG DEFENDS CHINA'S ACTIONS IN TIBET [...] (C) China's actions in Tibet were prompted by violent crimes instigated by the Dalai Lama "clique," Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told Treasury Secretary Paulson April 2. Diplomats and journalists have been given access to Tibet, and China's actions have garnered broad international support, [...]	2008-04-07 11:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH TW
08BEIJING1316	April 8 MFA Press Briefing: Dalai Lama, Olympic Torch, [...] Key points at the April 8 MFA Press Briefing were: -- The Dalai Lama "lies for a living" and wants to bring emancipated Tibetans back to slavery. -- United States and Chinese officials have been in contact to ensure safe passage for the Olympic torch in San Francisco. -- China will hold [...]	2008-04-08 11:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH PK TN TZ CI QA KZ AS SW
08BEIJING1333	MFA EXPRESSES "SERIOUS CONCERNS" OVER PROPOSED UN [...] (C) PolOff on April 9 conveyed to MFA reftel points urging China to support a UN Security Council Presidential Statement (PRST) on Burma. Noting that UN Special Advior Gambari has said a PRST would be helpful to his mission and that after a total of five Gambari visits the Burmese government [...]	2008-04-09 09:17:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC CH BM
08BEIJING1351	SEARCHING FOR THE DALAI LAMA IN QINGHAI PROVINCE [...] (C) During a February 24-25 trip taken prior to the Tibet-related unrest that began in mid-March, PolOff observed ethnic Tibetans in Xining, the capital of Qinghai Province, displaying their reverence for the Dalai Lama in low-key, sometimes clandestine, ways to avoid confrontation with public [...]	2008-04-10 09:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF SCUL CH
08BEIJING1355	April 10 MFA Press Briefing: Dalai Lama, Olympic Torch, [...] No summary [...]	2008-04-10 11:58:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER CH AS FR IR TW IN
08BEIJING1416	APRIL 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TORCH RELAY, DALAI [...] Key points at the regular April 15 MFA press briefing: -- Past successful legs of the Olympic Torch Relay have come about through cooperation with the relevant countries; any disruptions in future legs of the torch run will show the "true nature" of Tibetan separatist forces. China hopes th [...]	2008-04-15 10:06:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM CH JA
08BEIJING1454	HU JINTAO IN CHARGE OF TIBET POLICY; LEADERSHIP [...] (C) President Hu Jintao remains firmly in charge of China's policy on Tibet, with the leadership unified over Beijing's current hard-line stance and buoyed by rising PRC nationalist sentiment, xxxxx. Given Hu's background and experience in Tibet, as well as the "extremely sensitive" nature of the i [...]	2008-04-16 10:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING1462	AFM LIU JIEYI EXPRESSES PRC OPPOSITION TO APRIL 21 [...] (C) In an April 16 conversation with the Ambassador, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi expressed China's "strong opposition" to an April 21 meeting between Under Secretary Dobriansky and the Dalai Lama. AFM Liu said the SIPDIS Dalai Lama was responsible for the recent "beating, smashing, [...]	2008-04-16 11:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH
08BEIJING1488	CHINA-JAPAN CONSULTATIONS ON UN REFORM [...] (C) Summary. China declined to support Japan's bid for a permanent UN Security Council (UNSC) seat during April 14 consultations with visiting Japanese MFA Director General for Foreign Policy Kawai Chikao, according to the Chinese MFA. China refused even to endorse a statement similar to China [...]	2008-04-17 10:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PHUM JA CH
08BEIJING1489	CORRECTED COPY: CHINA-JAPAN CONSULTATIONS ON UN [...] (C) Summary. China declined to support Japan's bid for a permanent UN Security Council (UNSC) seat during April 14 consultations with visiting Japanese MFA Deputy Vice Minister for Foreign Policy Kawai Chikao, according to the Chinese MFA. China refused even to endorse a statement similar to [...]	2008-04-17 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL UNSC PHUM JA CH
08BEIJING1490	APRIL 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: TORCH RELAY, DALAI [...] Key points at the regular April 17 MFA press briefing: -- The torch relay in Pakistan was "warm and grand," and the people of India have "shown their enthusiasm for the relay." -- The Beijing Olympic Committee will arrange a specific media group to cover the Mount Everest leg of the torch [...]	2008-04-17 11:46:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV SOCI PHUM CH JA
08BEIJING150	JANUARY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: MALAWI, TAIWAN, OLYMPICS, [...] Key points at the January 15 MFA Press Briefing: -- China and Malawi on December 28 after "friendly consultations and negotiations" established diplomatic relations. -- Some organizations with "ulterior political motives" use the Olympics to "tarnish China's image" and "exert pressure" on t [...]	2008-01-15 22:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM CH TW NL KS KN MI FJ IN FR
08BEIJING1511	CONTACTS REPORT CONTINUED MONASTERY PROTESTS, [...] (C) Summary: Demonstrations and arrests are continuing in Tibetan regions, according to Tibetan poet and blogger Wei Se (aka "Oser", strictly protect). Wei Se told PolOff she had learned of a recent demonstration at Lhasa's Drepung Monastery by monks protesting the lack of adequate food. Sh [...]	2008-04-18 11:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF CH
08BEIJING1512	CHINA CONFIRMS HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE WITH [...] (C) Australian diplomat Nicholas Purtell told PolOff that China on April 17 confirmed its participation in the Sino-Australian human rights dialogue round already provisionally scheduled for May 1 in Canberra, with AFM Liu Jieyi serving as head of the Chinese delegation. China is willing to d [...]	2008-04-18 12:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV AS CH
08BEIJING1513	OUTSIDERS BANNED FROM TIBETAN AREAS OF GANSU AND [...] (C) Summary: During a March 16-21 trip to Gansu and Qinghai Provinces to investigate Tibetan area unrest reports, EmbOffs encountered well-coordinated government efforts to prevent foreigners from traveling to Tibetan regions of both provinces. In Lanzhou, capital of Gansu, EmbOffs saw a hea [...]	2008-04-18 12:23:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF CH
08BEIJING1529	MFA PLEDGES POSITIVE CONSIDERATION FOR HUMAN [...] (C) While emphasizing that China's formal reply will come at a later date, MFA IO Human Rights Division Deputy Director Xu Jing on April 21 shared with PolOff her "preliminary reactions" to U.S. proposals for resuming the U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue (HRD). China will give "positive consi [...]	2008-04-21 11:58:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING1550	APRIL 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: HARASSMENT OF CHINESE STUDENT, [...] Key points at the April 22 MFA press briefing were: -- Domestic and Overseas Chinese demonstrations are "spontaneous" expressions of patriotism that are "encouraging and touching." -- A "U.S. State Department official" ignored Chinese opposition, violated "basic norms of international relat [...]	2008-04-22 12:28:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KOLY CH FR KS KN JA RS HK XG
08BEIJING1618	GOVERNMENT REINS IN ANTI-FRENCH PROTESTS ON [...] (C) Chinese authorities this past week have moved to curtail anti-French and anti-Western demonstrations in China. Official propaganda has tried to steer the public toward more "rational" displays of patriotism, with security and Party officials bluntly telling university students in Beijing t [...]	2008-04-25 11:56:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIFR CH
08BEIJING1643	HIZB UT-TAHRIR, MUSLIM MISSIONARIES AND ISLAMIC [...] (C) Counterterrorism experts at the Ministry of State Security-affiliated China Institutes for Contemporary International Relations (CICIR) described to PolOffs on April 15 an ongoing Islamic "resurgence" in western China, encouraged by rising wealth among Chinese Muslims and increasing contac [...]	2008-04-28 09:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK KG AF KZ CH
08BEIJING165	JANUARY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, SENIOR DIALOGUE, [...] Key points at the January 17 MFA Press Briefing: -- Iran Chief Nuclear Negotiator Saeed Jalili is visiting Beijing January 17-18 for meetings with Chinese officials. -- During Senior Dialogue meetings this week, China will exchange views on important issues of bilateral interest with the Un [...]	2008-01-17 11:17:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH TW GM IR UK
08BEIJING1661	XINJIANG: LACK OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, [...] (C) Job discrimination continues to fuel ethnic tension in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR),according to academics and Beijing-based Uighurs. Well-known Xinjiang scholar Yang Shengmin (strictly protect) of Beijing's Central University for Nationalities also acknowledged that unem [...]	2008-04-29 09:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF TI PK KG AF KZ
08BEIJING1691	NINGXIA MUSLIMS, PART 1: GOVERNMENT CONTROLS LIMIT [...] (C) Ningxia is not fertile ground for the further spread of Islam, despite the substantial ethnic Muslim concentrations that live there. Government controls on religious education, the freedom of worship among Muslim CCP members and other aspects of religious life, as well as echoes of the de [...]	2008-04-30 09:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF PK CH SA EG
08BEIJING1692	CHINA ADVISES BURMA TO RECONSIDER GAMBARI [...] (C) Responding to reftel points delivered by PolOff, MFA Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Division Deputy Director Chen Chen on April 30 said that the Chinese Government has "advised" the Burmese Government to "positively reconsider" previous suggestions offered by UN Special Adviser Gambari t [...]	2008-04-30 09:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING1696	FRENCH EMBASSY HINTS THAT SARKOZY HAS STUMBLED [...] (C) Summary: French Ambassador Herve Ladsous told the Charge April 29 that the recent turbulence in Sino-French relations stemmed not from the protests during the Paris leg of the Olympic Touch Run, but from French President Sarkozy's linkage of his participation in the Olympics Opening Ceremo [...]	2008-04-30 11:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ETRD KOLY FR CH
08BEIJING1697	TIBET: SCHOLARS PRAISE DECISION TO RESTART CONTACT [...] (C) China's decision to reopen talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives was largely a result of international pressure, Beijing University Sociology Professor Ma Rong (protect),a leading expert on Tibetan social issues, told PolOff. Both sides are under pressure to show some results at th [...]	2008-04-30 11:34:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIFR CH
08BEIJING1698	NINGXIA MUSLIMS, PART 2: BUDDING FUNDAMENTALISM [...] (C) The Salafiyya movement, a Saudi Wahhabist import which promotes a fundamentalist interpretation of Islam, has established a small but significant presence in Ningxia in recent years, according to scholars and imams in northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Surprisingly, the Gove [...]	2008-05-01 05:28:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF PK CH SA EG
08BEIJING1699	Ningxia Muslims, Part 3: The Sufi King of Tongxin County: [...] (C) Hong Yang, a Peking University-educated imam in Ningxia's Tongxin County, heads a Sufi order which he says has over 2,000 imams, serving at 1,500 mosques with a total population of over one million Hui followers. An entourage of imams surrounded Hong as he entertained PolOff on an April vi [...]	2008-05-02 01:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV PTER KIRF PK EG CH SA
08BEIJING1715	TIBET: MFA SAYS TALKS WITH DALAI LAMA [...] (C) The meeting between CCP Central Committee United Front Work Department Deputy Directors (Vice Minister equivalent) Zhu Weiqun and Sitar ("Si Ta" in Mandarin) and personal representatives of the Dalai Lama Lodi Gyari and Kelsang Gyaltsen "marks a new beginning," said Director General of the [...]	2008-05-05 08:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF CH
08BEIJING1718	AMBASSADOR AND PRC EVFM WANG DISCUSS TIBET, [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging discussion during a lunch hosted by the Ambassador May 5, PRC Executive Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi confirmed that China is willing to continue talks with the Dalai Lama's representatives but that the success of the talks hinge on the Dalai Lama's "sincerity." [...]	2008-05-05 11:01:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KOLY KIRF ASEC PTER CH
08BEIJING1719	MFA CONFIRMS HRD DIALOGUE DATES; REFUSES REQUEST [...] (C) On May 5, MFA International Organizations Human Rights Division Director Yan Jiarong told PolOff that China "agrees" to move forward with one-half day of formal U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue (HRD) on May 26 and with related meetings on May 27, although she said China has "flexibility" to [...]	2008-05-05 12:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING1728	SCENESETTER FOR THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MAY 11-12 [...] (C) China's leaders are preoccupied with managing the domestic dimensions of and international fallout from the Tibet crisis, determining how to deal with the new leadership in Taiwan and ensuring that nothing mars a successful Olympic Games. Despite seemingly strong domestic popular approval [...]	2008-05-06 10:45:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM ABLD KIRF KOLY MASS PARM ECON
08BEIJING1731	MAY 6 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: IRAN, TIBET, VISAS, BURMA, [...] Key points at the May 6 MFA press briefing were: -- Iran enjoys the right to peaceful nuclear energy use, but also should show a sense of "responsibility." -- Central Government policy toward the Dalai Lama is "consistent and clear-cut" and the "door for contact is always open." -- China [...]	2008-05-06 22:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KOLY MARR CVIS TW CH KS KN JA
08BEIJING1734	UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) PolOff on May 6 conveyed to MFA reftel points explaining the basis for the draft UN Security Council resolution on piracy off the coast of Somalia. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said China agrees in principle to a UNSC re [...]	2008-05-07 03:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO CH

08BEIJING1749	AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES OLYMPIC PROTEST ZONES AND [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke with Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi May 7 and stressed the importance the USG places on the upcoming U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue. He told AFM Liu that he hopes the Dialogue will show tangible results. AFM Liu responded that the Chinese Government al [...]	2008-05-07 11:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KOLY CH
08BEIJING1780	AFM LIU JIEYI SUGGESTS BURMESE GOVERNMENT OPEN TO [...] (C) Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi called the Ambassador May 9 to follow up on their May 7 and May 8 discussions (ref emails) regarding the U.S. offer, including by PACOM, to deliver disaster assistance to Burma and PACOM Commander Admiral Keating's request to place a telephone ca [...]	2008-05-09 04:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID MARR CH BM
08BEIJING1799	CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT FRENCH UNSC RESOLUTION ON [...] (C) Summary: Visiting EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Thomas Christensen urged China on May 10 to support a draft resolution prepared by France calling on Burma to remove obstacles preventing the delivery of humanitarian assistance. MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Department Director [...]	2008-05-11 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM UNSC CH BM
08BEIJING1815	MFA DG TALKS TAIWAN, NEAPSM, DALAI LAMA WITH EAP [...] (C) In a wide-ranging discussion with visiting EAP DAS Thomas Christensen May 10, MFA North American and Oceanian Affairs Director General Zheng Zeguang emphasized the importance President Hu places on his relationship with President Bush and China's willingness to work cooperatively with the [...]	2008-05-12 14:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PARM PHUM KOLY CH TW IR KN
08BEIJING1860	PRC REPORTS BURMA WILL ACCEPT RELIEF TEAMS FROM [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister He Yafei told the Ambassador May 14 that Burma is inviting rescue teams from Bangladesh, China, India and Thailand to assist with relief efforts following Cyclone Nargis. Stressing the "positive change" in the attitude of the Burmese Government [...]	2008-05-14 08:45:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM EAID MARR CH BM BG IN TH
08BEIJING1879	CHINA: PROGRESS ON OLYMPIC SECURITY, BUT STILL [...] (S) While progress has been made in some areas of Olympic security, some issues remain outstanding, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Ken Wainstein told Vice Minister for Public Security (VMPS) Liu Jing during a May 13 meeting. Outstanding issues include ve [...]	2008-05-15 08:28:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM KOLY CH
08BEIJING1930	UNSC RESOLUTION ON SOMALI PIRACY [...] (C) PolOff on May 6 conveyed to MFA reftel points explaining the basis for the draft UN Security Council resolution on piracy off the coast of Somalia. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo said China agrees in principle to a UNSC re [...]	2008-05-19 08:55:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PHSA EWWT KCRM UNSC SO CH
08BEIJING20	JANUARY 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: India PM visit, China FM [...] Key points at the January 3 MFA Press Briefing: -- Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will visit China January 13-15. -- China hopes all parties in the Six-Party Talks process will honor the commitments they have made. -- Relevant PRC authorities will handle the case of detained activ [...]	2008-01-03 09:18:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH
08BEIJING2010	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON EARTHQUAKE [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 ambassadors in Beijing, the Japanese Ambassador reported that PRC President Hu Jintao has taken personal ownership of Sino-Japanese relations and made the final decision to travel to Japan over the opposition by some in the Chinese Government. Ambassador Miya [...]	2008-05-23 11:29:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL EAID PHUM PGOV MARR KOLY SOCI SENV CH
08BEIJING2030	May 27 MFA Press Briefing: Upcoming South Korean President [...] Key points at the May 27 MFA Press Briefing: -- South Korean President Lee arrives in China for a state visit May 27 and both countries aspire to bring their relationship to a "new level." -- VFM Wu Dawei will meet chief Six-Party Talks negotiators this week and China hopes "other relevant [...]	2008-05-27 10:59:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KS KN CH
08BEIJING2048	UNSC DISCUSSION ON WOMEN PEACE AND SECURITY [...] (C) PolOff on May 28 delivered to MFA reftel invitation from Secretary Rice to Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi inviting FM Yang to participate in a minister-level public thematic debate on Women, Peace and Security in the UN Security Council on Thursday, June 19. MFA International Organizations [...]	2008-05-28 08:39:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	AORC UN KWMN SOCI PHUM
08BEIJING2086	MAY 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the regular May 29 MFA press briefing: -- Current bilateral negotiations within the framework of the Six-Party Talks will help build mutual trust and understanding. Dates have not yet been set for the next round of the Six-Party Talks, nor for the submission of North Korea's [...]	2008-05-29 09:40:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH JA KN KS NP IN
08BEIJING2101	HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: A/S KRAMER MEETING WITH [...] (C) The resumption of the U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue (HRD) is an important step that should promote bilateral relations, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi told DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer in a 45-minute meeting following the May 26 day-long formal HRD session. A/S Kramer agreed that [...]	2008-05-30 08:25:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING2103	THE U.S.-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE, MORNING [...] (U) May 26, 2008; 9:30 a.m.; Beijing, Diaoyutai State Guesthouse 2. (U) Participants: U.S. --- David J. Kramer, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Rights, and Labor (DRL) John V. Hanford, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Dan Piccuta, Charge d'Affaires, [...]	2008-05-30 09:49:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KOLY CH UN
08BEIJING2104	THE U.S.-CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE, WORKING [...] (U) May 26, 2008; 1:30 p.m.; Beijing, Diaoyutai State Guesthouse 2. (U) Participants: U.S. David J. Kramer, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Rights, and Labor John V. Hanford, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Thomas Christensen, Deputy Assistant Secret [...]	2008-05-30 10:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KOLY NK BR CH
08BEIJING2127	UNSC THEMATIC DEBATE AND RESOLUTION ON SEXUAL [...] (SBU) PolOff on June 3 delivered to MFA reftel points urging Chinese support for a U.S.-drafted UNSC resolution on sexual violence in situations of armed conflict. MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Shen Yinyin said China in the past has sup [...]	2008-06-03 02:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC UN UNSC PREL KWMN PHUM CH
08BEIJING2128	PRC REQUESTED TO HELP EASE BURMESE RESTRICTIONS ON [...] (C) PolOff on June 3 delivered to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo and MFA Asian Department Burma, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam Division Deputy Director Chen Chen reftel points on the U.S. Government's concern over the Burmese reg [...]	2008-06-03 05:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PHUM PREL CH
08BEIJING2143	JUNE 3 MFA Press Briefing: Human Rights, Sichuan [...] Key points at the June 3 MFA Press Briefing: -- China believes there is a "new opportunity" in the Six-Party Talks and hopes the relevant parties will show "flexibility" in overcoming differences. -- The U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue was "candid," "positive" and "constructive," helping [...]	2008-06-03 23:10:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR EAID IN JN KS KN CH
08BEIJING2160	Chilly PRC Response to Delivery of TIP Demarche [...] No summary [...]	2008-06-04 23:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KWMN KCRM PHUM ELAB PGOV KPAO SMIG CH
08BEIJING217	JANUARY 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SENIOR [...] Key points at the January 22 MFA Press Briefing: -- At the Senior Dialogue last week, Vice Foreign Minister Dai and Deputy Secretary Negroponte exchanged ideas on the international situation and how to ensure the long-term stable development of bilateral relations and cooperation on regional [...]	2008-01-22 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM CH TW GM IR UK
08BEIJING2172	U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue: May 27 meeting with PRC [...] (C) Visiting DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer pushed for greater press freedom and a reduction of restrictions on the Internet in a May 27 meeting with State Council Information Office Internet Department Deputy Director General (DDG) Liu Zhengrong. A/S Kramer told DDG Liu that China shoul [...]	2008-06-05 07:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING2173	U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue: May 27 meeting with PRC [...] (C) Visiting DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer pushed for greater press freedom and a reduction of restrictions on the Internet in a May 27 meeting with State Council Information Office Internet Department Deputy Director General (DDG) Liu Zhengrong. A/S Kramer told DDG Liu that China shoul [...]	2008-06-05 07:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING2174	THE 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 08:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KJUS KOLY CH
08BEIJING2179	JUNE 5 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Security Dialogue, Tibet, [...] Key points at the June 5 MFA press briefing were: -- The Security Dialogue held in Beijing was pragmatic and conducive to the development of security relations. -- Tibet is stabilizing "gradually." -- China has taken note of Australian Prime Minister Rudd's proposal for an Asia Pacific [...]	2008-06-05 10:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY PTER PHUM KS ZI KN MG SA YM QA
08BEIJING2217	CONCERN REGARDING LAWYERS' "DISBARMENT" CONVEYED [...] (C) Summary: In a June 6 meeting with MFA International Organizations Department Deputy Director General Shen Yongxiang, PolMinCouns conveyed DRL A/S Kramer's reply letter to MFA International Organizations (IO) Director General Wu Hailong on the Human Rights Dialogue (HRD) as well as U.S. co [...]	2008-06-06 09:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING2220	A/S KRAMER DISCUSSES TIBETAN AND UIGHUR ISSUES [...] (C) In a May 27 meeting with State Ethnic Affairs Commission Vice Minister Wu Shiming, DRL A/S Kramer urged China to seize the opportunity to seek "real results" in the dialogue with the Dalai Lama's representatives. Vice Minister Wu replied that progress does not depend on the Chinese side a [...]	2008-06-06 10:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF SOCI CH
08BEIJING2221	ASSISTANT 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 10:21:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KJUS CH
08BEIJING2247	JUNE 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DIAOYU ISLANDS COLLISION, [...] Key points at the June 10 MFA press briefing were: -- China is gravely concerned and "strongly dissatisfied" by the Japanese Coast Guard's "illegal" activities near the Diaoyu Islands. -- China hopes the talks between the DPRK and Japan "promote the normalization of bilateral relations." [...]	2008-06-10 22:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY PTER PHUM KS KN JP SU FR UN
08BEIJING2300	NORWEGIANS SAY TIBET DIALOGUE MAY BE IN JULY [...] (C) Press reports of a "secret Norwegian communication channel" with representatives of the Dalai Lama and the Chinese Government are significantly overstated, Norwegian First Secretary Jo-Inge Bekkevold told PolOff June 12. The Norwegian Government has relatively good contacts with the Dalai [...]	2008-06-12 08:19:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF NW CH
08BEIJING2304	JUNE 12 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Iran, Arms Sales to Taiwan, [...] Key points at the June 12 MFA press briefing are: -- AFM Liu Jieyi will join EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana and representatives from Russia, France, Germany and the UK on June 14 in delivering a "talk resumption plan" to Iran. -- China requests that the United States honor the commi [...]	2008-06-12 10:38:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY ENVR PHUM KS KN JP FR UN RS XU XV
08BEIJING234	UK PM GORDON BROWN IN CHINA: EXPANDING TRADE, [...] (C) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown's January 18-20 visit to China focused largely on economics but also covered Sudan, Burma, Iran, human rights and Hong Kong, British Embassy contacts told us January 21. Brown gave a qualified welcome to China's new sovereign wealth fund (the China Inve [...]	2008-01-23 10:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL ECON EINV ETRD SENV EFIN PGOV PHUM UK
08BEIJING2372	JUNE 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: EAST CHINA SEA, DIAOYU ISLANDS, [...] Key points at the June 17 MFA press briefing were: -- China and Japan are currently discussing the details of an agreement on East China Sea gas exploration. -- The Diaoyu Islands are an inseparable part of China and Japan's actions there are "illegitimate." -- Vice President Xi Jinping [...]	2008-06-17 09:57:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM KS KN SA JP
08BEIJING2386	UNSC THEMATIC DEBATE ON SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN ARMED [...] (SBU) PolOff on June 18 delivered to MFA ref b points urging Chinese support for consensus adoption of a U.S.-drafted UNSC resolution on sexual violence in situations of armed conflict and China's agreement to withdraw from suggested amendments that would weaken key elements of that resolution [...]	2008-06-18 08:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AORC UN UNSC PREL KWMN PHUM CH
08BEIJING2392	Liu Jieyi Expresses PRC Opposition to Possible Inclusion of [...] (C) In a June 18 conversation with the Charge, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi expressed China's "grave concern and clear opposition" to the inclusion of any reference to Tibet in the agendas, discussions or outcome documents of any upcoming G-8 meetings. AFM Liu said China has informatio [...]	2008-06-18 10:08:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH
08BEIJING2414	XINJIANG: OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY BRINGS TIGHT [...] (C) Summary: One government contact in Xinjiang described Urumqi as a city paralyzed by inconvenient security measures, while Urumqi netizens on a Xinjiang Government-run news portal complained of minor hassles. Local media were more upbeat; they took the arrival of the Olympic torch relay to [...]	2008-06-19 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PREL PGOV KIRF KOLY PK KZ CH
08BEIJING2415	JUNE 19 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: EAST CHINA SEA [...] Key points at the June 19 MFA press briefing were: -- Vice Foreign Miniter Wu Dawei briefed journalists on the East hina Sea agreement. The agreement does not undermine China's sovereignty claims over the East China Sea, nor does it recognize a median line. China and Japan will work to mak [...]	2008-06-19 12:32:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY ENRG PHUM KS KN SA JP CH
08BEIJING2437	EARTHQUAKE: PARTY BENEFITS, ANGER IN QUAKE ZONE [...] (C) The Chinese public is giving high marks to the Central Government, and especially to Premier Wen Jiabao, for its quick response to the May 12 Sichuan earthquake, and our contacts believe the Party and Central Government have received a boost in legitimacy as a result. Although managing th [...]	2008-06-20 11:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PROP SOCI CH
08BEIJING2483	A/S HILL MEETING WITH AFM LIU JIEYI [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi told the Ambassador and A/S Christopher R. Hill that inclusion of Tibet in the G8 Ministerial statement would "not help U.S.-China cooperation." Hill said the United States understands China's concerns and would discuss them with G8 counterparts. He a [...]	2008-06-24 07:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH
08BEIJING2484	HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: HRD DELEGATION'S MAY 27 [...] (U) May 27, 2008; 9:00 a.m.; Beijing, United Front Work Department. 2. (U) Participants: United States ------------- David J. Kramer, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor John V. Hanford, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Thomas C [...]	2008-06-24 08:09:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KOLY CH UN
08BEIJING2486	JUNE 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, ZIMBABWE [...] Key points at the June 24 MFA press briefing were: -- The spokesman would not speculate on the timing of the North Korea nuclear declaration. -- China is "concerned" about the situation in Zimbabwe and calls on all parties to carry out the Presidential election peacefully. -- The spokes [...]	2008-06-24 08:33:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN JP ZA
08BEIJING2487	A/S HILL MEETING WITH AFM LIU JIEYI [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi told the Ambassador and A/S Christopher R. Hill in a June 23 meeting that inclusion of Tibet in the G8 Ministerial statement would "not help U.S.-China cooperation." Hill said the United States understands China's concerns and would discuss them with G [...]	2008-06-24 08:37:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PARM CH
08BEIJING2528	JUNE 26 MFA STATEMENT ON DPRK NUCLEAR DECLARATION [...] PRC Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei held a press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 26, 2008 to announce that the DPRK "will submit" its nuclear declaration to the Chinese on June 26 and that the United States will "implement its obligations" to remove the designation of the D [...]	2008-06-26 10:26:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KS KN
08BEIJING2529	JUNE 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, ENGINEERS TO [...] Key points at the June 26 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The DPRK has not yet released a declaration of its nuclear programs, said the MFA spokesman. -- The "remaining portion of Chinese military engineers" will deploy in mid-July to assist in infrastructure projects. -- In spite [...]	2008-06-26 10:39:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM KS KN JP ZI RS TH CY SU
08BEIJING2530	HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: HRD DELEGATION WORKING DINNER WITH [...] (C) Making human rights a positive aspect of the U.S.-China relationship is our shared goal, PRC Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi told DRL Assistant Secretary David Kramer during a working dinner on May 26 following the conclusion of the U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue (HRD) earlier that d [...]	2008-06-26 23:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV CH
08BEIJING2592	GUIZHOU RIOT: AUTHORITIES FOCUS ON STABILITY, [...] (U) The following is a joint Embassy Beijing - ConGen Chengdu cable. 2. (C) Following the massive riot in Guizhou Province that reportedly involved 30,000 people on June 28-29 over allegations of a cover-up in the rape and murder of a 15 year-old girl, Chinese authorities are moving to rest [...]	2008-07-01 11:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PINS PHUM PGOV CH
08BEIJING2593	AMBASSADOR PROTESTS ACTIVISTS' DETENTION [...] No summary [...]	2008-07-01 11:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL OVIP CH
08BEIJING260	SINO-GERMAN RELATIONS BACK ON TRACK [...] (C) Several high-level German officials plan to visit China in the wake of the recent thaw in Sino-German relations, which soured after Chancellor Merkel's September 23 meeting with the Dalai Lama. German Embassy Second Secretary Dirk Lechelt told PolOff January 24 that German SIPDIS Forei [...]	2008-01-24 10:33:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH GM
08BEIJING261	JANUARY 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DARFUR, OLYMPICS, [...] Key points at the regular January 24 MFA press briefing: -- China is playing a constructive role in Darfur and any attempt to link the Olympics and Darfur "goes against the Olympic spirit." -- The Dalai Lama is not a religious or spiritual leader but someone who seeks to undermine Chinese [...]	2008-01-24 10:51:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KN VT KS IR SU TW CH
08BEIJING2613	CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT UNSC CHAPTER VII [...] (C) PolOff on July 2 delivered to MFA reftel points urging China to Randt [...]	2008-07-02 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI CH
08BEIJING2616	CORRECTED - CHINA URGED TO SUPPORT UNSC CHAPTER [...] (C) Poloff on July 2 delivered to MFA reftel points urging China to support a UNSC resolution on Zimbabwe. MFA International Organizations and conferences Department UN Division Counselor Sun Minqin said that China is also concerned by events in Zimbabwe. China's position is that the interna [...]	2008-07-03 01:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM UNSC ZI CH
08BEIJING2631	JULY 3 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Olympics Politicization, [...] Key points at the July 3 MFA Press Briefing: -- All attempts to interfere in China's internal affairs by politicizing the Olympics are doomed to failure. The spokesperson refused to comment further on the specific case of French President Nicolas Sarkozy's attendance at the Opening Ceremonie [...]	2008-07-03 09:14:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH MX
08BEIJING2649	PRC: DIALOGUE WITH DALAI LAMA REPRESENTATIVES [...] (C) During July 1-2 talks between the Chinese Government and representatives of the Dalai Lama, Chinese official statements slightly modified earlier Chinese demands, saying the Dalai Lama should "not support" rather than "stop" independence, violence, actions of the Tibetan Youth Congress, an [...]	2008-07-07 11:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PINS PHUM KOLY CH
08BEIJING2666	JULY 8 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, DALAI LAMA [...] Key points at the July 8 MFA press briefing were: -- A Six Party Talks Heads of Delegation meeting will convene on July 10, as will both the Denuclearization and the Energy and Economic Cooperation Working Groups. -- China protects human rights and freedom because that commitment is enshr [...]	2008-07-08 10:29:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM KIRF KS KN JP SU CH
08BEIJING2679	TIBET: TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AND TIGHT SECURITY IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Despite pronouncements from authorities in Beijing that life has returned to normal in ethnic Tibetan areas of China, travel restrictions for foreigners persist in and around a center of Tibetan culture in Gansu Province. While roads into Tibetan areas of Qinghai Province are open [...]	2008-07-09 09:47:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIRF KOLY IN CH
08BEIJING2682	TIBET: TENSION, RESENTMENT REMAIN FRESH AFTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. In the aftermath of the post-March 14 security crackdown, the military and police presence in ethnic Tibetan areas of Gansu and Qinghai provinces has increased and tensions are simmering between Tibetan inhabitants and government authorities. Several monks separately told visitin [...]	2008-07-09 10:05:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KIFR KOLY CH IN
08BEIJING2701	JULY 10 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: DEPORTED UK CITIZEN, OLYMPICS, [...] Key points at the July 10 MFA press briefing were: -- Dechen Pemba, a UK citizen deported from Beijing July 8, is a leading member of the Tibetan Youth Congress, a "separatist organization." -- The issue of a "verification mechanism" will be discussed during this week's Six-Party Talks He [...]	2008-07-10 10:23:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM PTER MNUC KS KN JP SU CH FR
08BEIJING2718	AMBASSADOR URGES PRC SUPPORT FOR ZIMBABWE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi the Ambassador pushed strongly for China to support bringing a resolution on Zimbabwe to a vote in the UN Security Council and to vote for that resolution. AFM Liu said China opposes the draft resolution and claimed that the [...]	2008-07-11 12:57:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	UNSC PREL PHUM ZI XA ZU CH
08BEIJING2753	JULY 15 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SUDAN AND INTERNATIONAL [...] Key points at the July 15 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China is "gravely concerned" over the charges filed in the International Criminal Court (ICC) against Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir. -- China is in consultations with other nations regarding a potential U.N. resolution pro [...]	2008-07-15 22:55:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM KS KN JP RS SU
08BEIJING278	CHINA SUGGESTS BURMA RECONSIDER GAMBARI VISIT [...] (C) Summary: Chinese officials suggested to Burmese Special Envoy and Deputy Foreign Minister U Maung Myint during his January 21 visit to Beijing that the Burmese regime reconsider UN Special Advisor Gambari's request to visit Burma prior to the April timeframe offered by Burma, MFA Asia Dep [...]	2008-01-25 10:10:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ETRD CH BM
08BEIJING2793	CHINA EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER ICC INDICTMENT OF [...] (C) MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Affairs Division Deputy Director Sun Xiaobo and International Criminal Court (ICC) Affairs Desk Officer Li Jun expressed concern to PolOff July 17 that the ICC indictment of Sudanese President Bashir would "further complicate" t [...]	2008-07-17 10:11:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	CH PGOV PHUM PREL SU
08BEIJING2795	JULY 17 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SUDAN, DIAOYU ISLANDS, IVORY [...] Key points at the July 17 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- China is willing to exchange views with "relevant countries" who seek to avoid the indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir if Sudan hands over other war criminals. -- China holds that it has "indisputable sovereignty" [...]	2008-07-17 22:54:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM CH
08BEIJING2818	BEIJING HOUSING DEMOLITION HIGHLIGHTS LACK OF [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A simmering dispute between the residents of a Beijing neighborhood and local authorities over plans to demolish the area's old housing came to a head last week when some residents refused to move. The incident highlights the continuing resistance of local officials t [...]	2008-07-18 09:38:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
08BEIJING2827	THE U.S.)CHINA HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE, AFTERNOON [...] (U) May 26, 2008; 3:00 p.m.; Beijing, Diaoyutai State Guesthouse. 2. (U) Participants: U.S. David J. Kramer, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor John V. Hanford, Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom Thomas Christensen, Deputy Assistant [...]	2008-07-21 09:13:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KIRF KOLY CH UN
08BEIJING2839	GUIZHOU RIOT PROMPTS LEADERSHIP CONCERN, CONTACTS [...] (C) The large-scale June 28-29 riot in Weng'an County, Guizhou Province (reftel),constitutes a dangerous new type of social protest that has become more prominent in the past four years and has increasingly prompted top leadership concern, according to Embassy contacts. In addition to being [...]	2008-07-22 15:12:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM CH
08BEIJING2840	JULY 22 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: OLYMPICS AND FREEDOM, KUNMING [...] Key points at the July 22 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- All athletes should promote friendship while in China, said the spokesmen when asked to respond to President Bush's comments that athletes should be ambassadors of freedom. -- The MFA continues to "urge all relevant department [...]	2008-07-22 23:08:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PTER KOLY PHUM KN VM ZI LI
08BEIJING2864	XINJIANG RESIDENTS CONFIRM PRE-OLYMPICS RAIDS, [...] (C) Summary: Xinjiang residents confirmed Western press reports of a public execution of three alleged separatists in a closed city near Kashgar July 9. Posters announcing the executions in both Uighur and Mandarin were posted in multiple locations in Kashgar, as well as in two other cities [...]	2008-07-23 10:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PREL PGOV KIRF KOLY CH
08BEIJING2865	BOCOG: BEIJING DESIGNATES OLYMPIC PROTEST ZONES [...] (SBU) BOCOG officials reported at a July 23 press conference that the Beijing Public Security Bureau has designated specific areas to be used for demonstrations, complaints and protests during the Olympic Games. Protesters will need to apply and receive approval in advance to hold demonstratio [...]	2008-07-23 23:16:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM CH
08BEIJING2876	JULY 24 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Nepal, Six-Party Talks, [...] Key points at the July 24 MFA Press Briefing: -- China rejects the accusation that it pressured the Government of Nepal to arrest Tibetan protestors. -- Much progress has been made towards the denuclearization of North Korea. All parties involved laud China's positive efforts in the Six-P [...]	2008-07-24 09:48:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH RS NP
08BEIJING2915	PAPER REPRIMANDED FOR TIANANMEN PHOTOGRAPH [...] (C) Beijing's influential daily, The Beijing News, recently violated the Party's taboo against media comment on the Tiananmen massacre of 1989 by publishing a photo of a wounded Tiananmen protestor. The error was the result of ignorance by the paper's young editors, according to Beijing News [...]	2008-07-28 09:54:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV CH
08BEIJING2928	JULY 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SECURITY, INTERNET CENSORSHIP, [...] Key points at the July 29 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- The Kunming bus bombings were not connected to the Olympics, and China is focused on ensuring the safety of those who attend the games. -- You can "get all the information you need" from the Internet in China, but some foreig [...]	2008-07-29 10:15:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PTER KOLY ENRG PHUM RS FR
08BEIJING2941	CHINESE COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICIALS SEEK COOPERATION [...] (C) In a July 22 meeting with EmbOffs, MFA External Security Affairs Department Division Director Xia Jingge asked if the United States could provide additional training for the Chinese air marshal program. Xia also sought an update on China's request for access to the FBI's terrorism databas [...]	2008-07-30 07:40:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREL PGOV KOLY UN PHUM CH PK SYTH
08BEIJING2946	AS PRC OLYMPIC PREPARATIONS HIT THE FINAL SPRINT, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Stories in official media focusing on security concerns, threats of terrorism, incidents of explosions and alleged uncovered terrorist cells in the run-up to the Olympics have led to intense government scrutiny of and fear among the local population. Despite some accusations aim [...]	2008-07-30 11:18:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING2964	JULY 31 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Bush Visit, Bush Meeting with [...] Key points at the July 31 MFA Press Briefing: -- President Bush will meet with Premier Wen Jiabao, President Hu Jintao, and Vice-President Xi Jinping during the Olympics to hold discussions to develop bilateral ties, Liu said. They will discuss "many different issues" of mutual interest. [...]	2008-07-31 11:24:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY OVIP FR EZ RS KN KS BU HU JA
08BEIJING3005	PETITIONERS' FRUSTRATION HIGHLIGHTS CENTRAL-LOCAL [...] (C) In response to several recent episodes of local unrest, the Chinese Government issued regulations July 24 threatening administrative punishment, including dismissal, for officials who fail to handle correctly citizens' petitions to higher levels of government to redress perceived injustice [...]	2008-08-04 10:06:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI KOLY CH
08BEIJING3006	TIBET: DUTCH DIPLOMAT REPORTS TENSION, HEAVY [...] (C) Summary: A Beijing-based Dutch diplomat (protect) who traveled to Lhasa and Shigatse July 21- 25 told PolOff August 1 that tensions remain very high between Han Chinese and Tibetans, noting that working- level Han and Tibetan government officials he met with were openly contemptuous of on [...]	2008-08-04 10:29:00	Embassy Beijing	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL KIRF KOLY CH NE EU
08BEIJING3021	BEIJING OLYMPICS: DISSIDENTS EXPERIENCE TIGHTER [...] (C) The Chinese Government has increased efforts to monitor and control dissidents in the run-up to the Olympics, which begin August 8. Olympics-related restrictions vary. Some high-profile dissidents, such as writer Yu Jie, have been placed under house arrest, while others have been warned to [...]	2008-08-05 10:27:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING3051	OLYMPICS: MANY MIGRANTS AND MINORITIES LEAVE [...] (C) The closing of construction sites and factories in and around Beijing has forced many of Beijing's migrant workers to return home during the Olympics. The loss of income caused by the Olympics-related workplace shutdown has caused anger and frustration. In some cases, authorities have repo [...]	2008-08-07 09:35:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING3057	TRAFFIC CONTROLS, SECURITY SAP ENTHUSIASM FOR GAMES [...] (C) A security officer at Chinese national airliQ Air China (protectQold us the airline has increased the number of plain-clothes air marshals on flights toQd from Lhasa and Urumqi, capitals of China's restive Tibet and Xinjiang autonomous regions, respectively. Security has become the overridi [...]	2008-08-07 10:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PTER PREL KOLY ASEC CH
08BEIJING3109	AUGUST 13 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: BUSH VISIT, DRUM TOWER [...] Key points at the August 13 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- Asked to provide a reaction to President Bush's comments regarding religious freedom, the spokesman said that the Chinese government safeguards the rights of its citizens, including religious freedom. -- China expressed its [...]	2008-08-13 11:37:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM CH KN JA GG RS PK
08BEIJING3118	OLYMPICS: CENTRAL CADRES SENT TO PROVINCES TO MEET [...] (C) China's Central Government, according to one Embassy contact at the Ministry of Environmental Protection (protect),is sending cadres out to the provinces to meet directly with petitioners in an effort to dissuade them from traveling to Beijing during the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Our [...]	2008-08-14 08:43:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING3119	SHI WEIHAN UPDATE: FAMILY REQUESTS MEDICAL EXAM, [...] (C) PolOff spoke August 13 with Zhang Jing, wife of detained Bible printer Shi Weihan. Zhang said she is concerned about her husband's health and noted that he has lost 30 lbs. since his detention March 19. Zhang said Shi, who is in Beijing's main municipal jail, is receiving medicine to con [...]	2008-08-14 09:03:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF CASC CH
08BEIJING3121	BEIJING "PROTEST ZONES" ONLY ON PAPER [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOffs have observed no protests or preparations for protests at any of the three officially-designated "protest zones" established by the Chinese Government for use during the Olympics. Though the Public Security Bureau (PSB) refuses to release any information regarding applic [...]	2008-08-14 09:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING317	JANUARY 29 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, KIM [...] Key points at the January 29 MFA Press Briefing were: -- China considers progress made so far on the Six-Party Talks to be "hard-won" and "worth treasuring," and parties should show patience and implement Six-Party agreements. -- The spokesperson had no information or comments on Kim Jong I [...]	2008-01-29 10:46:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM MARR KOLY CH TW JA ID KS KN RS
08BEIJING3176	CHINA OPPOSES TAIWAN ARMS SALES, DALAI LAMA VISIT; [...] (C) Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi requested a meeting with the Ambassador August 19 to warn of damage to bilateral relations and cross-Strait stability if the United States announces new advanced weapons sales to Taiwan. Liu expressed concern that Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou discusse [...]	2008-08-19 10:44:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MASS PHUM KIRF KOLY CH TW
08BEIJING3208	AUGUST 20 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: PROTESTS, GEORGIA CEASE FIRE, [...] Key points at the August 20 afternoon MFA press briefing were: -- All protestors require approval of the Public Security Bureau, however, pro-Tibet independence activities will not be welcomed by the Chinese people. -- China welcomes the cease fire between Russia and Georgia and hopes it [...]	2008-08-20 09:05:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KOLY PHUM CH JA GG RS PK KS
08BEIJING3240	FEW PETITIONERS AT BEIJING CALLS AND LETTERS [...] (C) During an August 20 reconnoiter of Beijing's State Bureau for Letters and Calls (where petitioners from across China submit petitions to seek redress for grievances),PolOff observed a heavy security presence but few petitioners. PolOff witnessed security guards dragging a woman away from [...]	2008-08-22 08:52:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KOLY SOCI CH
08BEIJING3293	PROVINCIAL OFFICIAL ON SOCIAL STABILITY, PRIDE IN [...] (C) According to a prefecture-level Party Secretary from Anhui Province, new regulations on handling petitions will make local officials improve their efforts to deal with disgruntled citizens. Liu'an City Prefecture Communist Party Secretary Tang Linxiang (protect) told PolOff earlier this m [...]	2008-08-26 03:36:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV SOCI PHUM PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING3303	PRC FOREIGN POLICY EXPERTS' SNAP JUDGMENTS ON [...] (C) In the aftermath of the Olympics there will be no great changes to China's traditional foreign policy emphasis on consensus and non-intervention, Chinese foreign policy experts stressed in recent meetings with PolOffs. Nonetheless, the coming months may be rocky because China and foreign n [...]	2008-08-26 09:51:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM CH
08BEIJING3305	AUGUST 26 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Olympics, Russia-Georgia [...] Key points at the August 26 MFA Press Briefing: -- On Russia-Georgia, China "hopes that relevant countries can work through dialogue to find solution to the issue." -- China rejects the Dalai Lama's recent claims that Chinese security forces fired on ethnic Tibetans in Western Sichuan. - [...]	2008-08-26 22:53:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY CH RS NP
08BEIJING3319	CHINESE MFA VIEWS POSITIVELY GAMBARI VISIT TO BURMA [...] (C) In an August 27 meeting also devoted to Georgia (septel),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Acting Director Sun Xiaobo told PolOff (and accompanying UK and French Embassy PolOffs) that during the recent visit of UN Special Advisor Gambari the Burmese Go [...]	2008-08-27 11:04:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM BM CH
08BEIJING3342	AUGUST 28 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: Six-Party Talks, [...] Key points at the August 28 MFA Press Briefing: -- China calls on parties to "stay patient," to "show wisdom and flexibility" and to try to "meet each other halfway" to overcome present difficulties in the North Korean denuclearization process. -- China is concerned by the latest developmen [...]	2008-08-28 22:56:00	Embassy Beijing	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PGOV PHUM KOLY MNUC PARM UNGA EINV CH TW RU
08BEIJING3385	PARTY ENJOYS BOOST THANKS TO OLYMPICS, BUT SOME [...] (C) China's top leadership and a sizeable majority of the Chinese public view the recent Beijing-hosted Olympic Games as a great success, according to Embassy contacts. Most academics and journalists we spoke with in the week following the August 24 closing ceremony told us the Chinese Communist Pa [...]	2008-09-02 10:30:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KOLY CH
08BEIJING3426	TENSION AND VIOLENCE IN WESTERN XINJIANG [...] (C) Summary: New security measures were evident during PolOffs' August 25-29 trip to southwestern Xinjiang, the site of at least four incidents of ethnic violence in August, but the overall security environment during the first days of PolOffs' trip appeared more lax than on a July 17-21 trip [...]	2008-09-04 09:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER PREL KIRF CH
08BEIJING3428	OLYMPIC "PROTEST ZONES" -- SECURITY AUTHORITIES' [...] (C) A lack of coordination between the Beijing Olympics organizing committee and security forces led to the poor implementation of the Olympics "protest zones," according to several Embassy contacts. While academics we spoke with felt the Games improved China's international image overall, th [...]	2008-09-04 10:31:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL PROP KOLY CH
08BEIJING3461	CHINA ON UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE ISSUES [...] (C) PolOff on September 5 delivered to MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department Human Rights Division Deputy Director Xu Jing reftel points urging China not to support "no action" motions on country-specific resolutions in the UN General Assembly; to support planned resolutio [...]	2008-09-05 08:24:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UN CH
08BEIJING354	MFA SAYS BURMA MAKING PROGRESS ON DEMOCRACY; [...] (C) Summary: In China's view, the Burmese Government is progressing on the democratic process and in dialogue with Aung San Suu Kyi, MFA Asia Department Deputy Director General Yang Yanyi told PolMinCouns January 30 during an official readout of the January 20-21 visit to China of Burmese Spe [...]	2008-01-31 10:07:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM CH BM
08BEIJING3546	GOLD MEDAL HAUL SPARKS MEDIA DEBATE ABOUT STATE [...] (C) The lukewarm reaction of many Chinese to the home team's take of 51 gold medals at the Beijing Summer Olympics, according to several contacts, stems from ambivalence over the non-mainstream sports in which the Chinese Olympians excelled and dissatisfaction with China's continuing poor per [...]	2008-09-11 09:26:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PROP KOLY CH
08BEIJING3591	BEIJING-BASED G-5 CHIEFS OF MISSION ON KIM [...] (C) At the regular meeting of G-5 ambassadors in Beijing September 12, German DCM Hans Carl Von Werthern said that it is possible German doctors are in Pyongyang to assist Kim Jong-il. Japanese Ambassador Miyamoto reported that PM Fukuda raised the issue of poisoned dumplings in his recent bi [...]	2008-09-17 02:14:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KOLY PHUM CH FR JA GM UK KN KS ZI
08BEIJING36	SARA VM WANG DISCUSSES PARTY VIEW ON RELIGION, [...] (C) The Ambassador hosted State Administration for Religious Affairs (SARA) Vice Minister Wang Zuoan for a January 3 lunch. VM Wang said experts briefed Politburo members about trends in religious development at a December 18 "collective study" session. President Hu also spoke at the Decembe [...]	2008-01-04 09:00:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF CH TW
08BEIJING3612	PRC: MFA OFFICIAL CALLS FOR PATIENCE ON BURMA [...] (C) Summary: China supports UN Special Advisor Gambari's mission to Burma and the United States is "too impatient" with Gambari's mission and the political transition process in Burma, according to MFA Burma, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam Division Deputy Director Chen Chen. Acknowledging that th [...]	2008-09-18 08:32:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF ECON CH BM

08BEIJING3681	TIBET: AFM LIU EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER "FREEDOM [...] (C) In a September 23 meeting called by the Chinese side, Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Jieyi expressed China's "firm opposition" to plans for President Bush to 1) include Dalai Lama representative Lodi Gyari in a September 23 Freedom Agenda Lunch in New York and 2) engage in communications wi [...]	2008-09-23 10:15:00	Embassy Beijing	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL MASS PGOV CH TW

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