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09ASMARA56	ERITREA 2008 WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] (U) Per reftel the following provides the answers for the Department of Labor to complete the Worst Forms of Child Labor Report. Sections are keyed to questions posed in reftel para 9. Eritrean officials routinely fail to provide basic statistical information. The answers will also be sent vi [...]	2009-02-18 13:03:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM SOCI PGOV ER

09ASMARA57	2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) ERITREA'S TIP SITUATION: --------------------------------- --A. Information on trafficking in persons was scarce during the reporting year. The government remained elusive to requests to provide information for this report and published neither data nor statistics regarding TIP. Vari [...]	2009-02-18 15:05:00	Embassy Asmara	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP SOCI PREF PGOV ER
09ASTANA1002	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION ON PRESIDENT OBAMA'S CAIRO [...] SUMMARY: President Obama's Cairo speech has received overwhelmingly positive press coverage in Kazakhstan. Official "Khabar TV" broadcast President Nazarbayev's welcoming comments about the speech, and daily "Liter" published an in-depth, analytical story on the address. The overall coverag [...]	2009-06-12 02:17:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KCRM KPAO KMDR AF KZ
09ASTANA1006	KAZAKHSTAN: KEY MAJILIS LEADER NAMED AMBASSADOR TO IRAN, [...] (C) SUMMARY: Majilis International Relations, Defense, and Security Committee Chairman Nurbakh Rustemov told the Ambassador on June 11 he has been appointed ambassador to Iran and is awaiting agrement. He described the draft Internet law as "not right, but necessary," admitted that it was par [...]	2009-06-12 09:56:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG ETRD KDEM RU IR KZ
09ASTANA1028	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S JUNE 11 PRESS CONFERENCE [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador gave a press conference on June 11, in which he highlighted President Obama's Cairo speech, reported on his participation in Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin's visit to the United States, and answered journalists' questions on hot-button political topics. Thi [...]	2009-06-16 11:13:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR AF KZ
09ASTANA1030	KAZAKHSTAN: DRAFT INTERNET LAW HEADED TOWARD SECOND [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) This cable includes an action request. Please see paragraph three. 3. (SBU) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST: The draft Internet law went through its first reading in the Senate on June 11. The second reading may take pla [...]	2009-06-16 11:28:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1042	KAZAKHSTAN TIP REPORT -- ONLY FRIENDS CAN TELL EACH OTHER [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) Per reftel, on June 16, Post delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report for Kazakhstan to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Director of the Department of International Law of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Elvira Azim [...]	2009-06-19 09:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM KTIP KZ
09ASTANA1044	KAZAKHSTAN: USCIRF'S COSMAN HEARS DIFFERENT VIEWS ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Catherine Cosman, Senior Analyst for the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF),met June 4 - 11 with Kazakhstani civil society and religious leaders and government officials, to discuss the c [...]	2009-06-19 09:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KDEM KZ
09ASTANA106	KAZAKHSTAN: MAZHILIS LEADERS DISCUSS BILATERAL AGENDA [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During separate January 16 meetings with the Ambassador, Mazhilis Speaker Ural Mukhamedzhanov and Mazhilis International Relations, Defense, and Security Committee Chairman Nurbakh Rustemov expressed hope that the O [...]	2009-01-20 10:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER ECON KDEM KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1068	KAZAKHSTAN: EMBASSY INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This cable responds to reftel's request for post's input on Kazakhstan for demarches in advance of the OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM). DEMOCRATIC REFORM 3. (SBU) The September 26 - October 9 HDIM is [...]	2009-06-24 07:08:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1103	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Your visit to Astana is a key opportunity for engagement with the leadership of our most important partner in Central Asia. We have a robust bilateral relationship, with close cooperation on such critical issues as [...]	2009-07-02 11:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET KNNP AF RS KZ
09ASTANA1104	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, JUNE 15-26 [...] 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." LUKEWARM RESPONSE TO AZAT'S CALL FOR A MERGER 2. Bulat Abilov, the leader of the opposition Azat party, publicly hailed the recen [...]	2009-07-07 09:55:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KCRM KZ
09ASTANA1131	KAZAKHSTAN: CONGRESSMAN FALEOMAVAEGA HEARS, "PLEASE TELL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During Congressman Eni Faleomavaega's July 2-3 visit to Astana, - President Nazarbayev told him that he has been urging Russian Prime Minister Putin and President Medvedev to seize the opportunities President [...]	2009-07-08 08:14:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM KDEM KNNP AF RS KZ
09ASTANA1136	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON DRAFT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This message contains an Action Request. Please see para 5. 3. (SBU) The Ambassador delivered reftel demarche outlining our concerns about Kazakhstan's draft Internet legislation to Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigal [...]	2009-07-09 02:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1161	KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S MEETING WITH CIVIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 10, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Bill Burns met in Astana with civil society leaders. Burns told them that Kazakhstan's 2010 OSCE chairmanship presented unique opportunities for Kazakhsta [...]	2009-07-13 02:06:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1164	KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (S) SUMMARY: Under Secretary Burns brought greetings to President Nazarbayev from President Obama and underscored the importance of the U.S.-Kazakhstan relationship by noting Kazakhstan was his delegation's first stop in Central Asia. He told Nazarbayev that President Obama is committed to st [...]	2009-07-13 03:52:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PREL PHUM KDEM KNNP OSCE AF RS KZ
09ASTANA1166	KAZAKHSTAN: UNDER SECRETARY BURNS'S JULY 10 MEETING WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a July 10 meeting in Astana, Under Secretary of State Bill Burns told Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin that the United States wants to move forward on establishing a commission to oversee bilateral relations. Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blak [...]	2009-07-13 03:53:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM KNNP OSCE AF RS KZ
09ASTANA1177	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, JUNE 29 - JULY 12 [...] The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the political opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." TUYAKBAY APPEALS TO NAZARBAYEV 2. On July 1, opposition National Social Democratic Party leader Zharmakhan Tuyakbay addr [...]	2009-07-13 10:44:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB SOCI KDEM KCRM KZ
09ASTANA1179	KAZAKHSTAN: NAZARBAYEV PLAYS AN ACTIVE ROLE IN THE THIRD [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan hosted the third triennial Congress of World and Traditional Religions in Astana July 1-2. More than 70 delegations with 400 participants representing Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism and other relig [...]	2009-07-13 10:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KIRF KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1182	KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY DISAPPOINTED WITH KAZAKHSTAN'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 22, several leading civil society activists briefed members of the diplomatic community in Astana on the status of Kazakhstan's democratic reform efforts. The activists asserted that, despite modest progr [...]	2009-07-14 09:57:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1183	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV SIGNS INTERNET [...] (SBU) The Presidential Press Service reported on July 10 that President Nazarbayev has signed pending Internet legislation into law. (NOTE: As a technical matter, this legislation amends several existing Kazakhstani laws. END NOTE.) Nazarbayev's move came despite objections and concerns rai [...]	2009-07-14 09:57:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1196	KAZAKHSTAN: THE CONFLICTED POST-SOVIET MIND: [...] (C) SUMMARY: After a regional official who was assigned as the Ambassador's "minder" during a two-day visit to Aktau interfered with the Ambassador's meeting with NGO representatives, the same official spoke frankly in private about Kazakhstan's post-Soviet history, NGOs, and democracy. Thou [...]	2009-07-17 08:30:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1207	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR'S PRESS CONFERENCE IN AKTAU [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador travelled to Aktau on July 15-16. Aktau, located in Mangystau oblast (province) in western Kazakhstan, is a small city known primarily for its oil production and as Kazakhstan's only operational port on the Caspian Sea. While in Aktau, the Ambassador met with Askar Nu [...]	2009-07-21 07:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA1210	KAZAKHSTAN: LOCAL UIGHURS CONCERNED ABOUT UNREST IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani media outlets, think tanks, and interest groups are expressing concern that Uighur-related unrest in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR) may negatively affect Kazakhstan because of Kazakhsta [...]	2009-07-21 10:27:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM CH KZ
09ASTANA1251	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR CODEL BOEHNER'S AUGUST 8-9 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Embassy Astana warmly welcomes your August 8-9 visit to Kazakhstan, which comes at a particularly opportune time. With its upcoming 2010 chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) [...]	2009-07-24 08:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OREP PREL PGOV PHUM EPET KDEM KNNP KZ
09ASTANA1255	KAZAKHSTAN: LAWYER FOR FORMER KAZATOMPROM HEAD RETAINS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 22, the Almaty Bar Association rejected a motion filed by the Committee for National Security (KNB) to disbar Daniyar Kanafin, the lawyer hired by the family of Mukhtar Dzhakishev, the former head of sta [...]	2009-07-24 10:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI KDEM KCRM KZ
09ASTANA1292	KAZAKHSTAN: UNHCR, UIGHUR ACTIVIST HAVE RECEIVED NO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A UNHCR official told us on July 28 that UNHCR has received no reports that Kazakhstani authorities have deported Chinese Uighurs back to China. However, he was aware of several cases of Uighur refugee activists being detained by the Almaty police for several hours, which he bel [...]	2009-07-30 07:07:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM CH KZ
09ASTANA1320	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, July 27-31 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]	2009-08-04 07:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1327	KAZAKHSTAN: FOR THE HUMAN DIMENSION IMPLEMENTATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 4, we met with Sayagul Konakbayeva, the head of the Office of Humanitarian Issues within the MFA's OSCE Directorate, to deliver reftel demarche on Kazakhstan's human rights and democracy performance in a [...]	2009-08-04 11:11:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KIRF OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1328	KAZAKHSTAN PRAISES BILATERL RELATIONSHIP, SAYS "LOGISTICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev opened an August 3 meeting with the Ambassador with an unusually long introduction with the media present in which he stressed that U.S.-Kazakhstan relations are a top priority for President Nazarbayev and detailed the full spectrum of bilateral c [...]	2009-08-04 11:39:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR KNNP AF KZ
09ASTANA1339	KAZAKHSTAN: "NEWSWEEK" GOT IT WRONG ON KIMEP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an on-line article appearing August 1, "Newsweek" magazine accused the Kazakhstani government of suppressing Western-oriented education at what is arguably the country's most prestigious university. The articl [...]	2009-08-05 07:55:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA139	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, JANUARY 17-23 [...] The following is another of the weekly cables from Embassy Astana with tidbits on daily life in Kazakhstan. UPROAR LEADS TO RETENTION OF NATIONALITY IN PASSPORTS 2. On January 5, Kazakhstan began issuing new, electronic passports. Complying with international conventions, the new documen [...]	2009-01-23 11:23:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KPAO KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1399	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER HEARS MESSAGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a frank conversation with the Ambassador on August 12, Presidential Adviser Kairat Sarybai said he expected that the new State Commission for the OSCE would propose further steps, "since that is part of the commission's mandate," that could be taken on democratization bef [...]	2009-08-17 01:41:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR KDEM OSCE RS KG KZ
09ASTANA1402	KAZAKHSTAN: "ALMA-ATA INFO" EDITOR LOSES TWO COURT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 13, Kazakhstan's Supreme Court ruled against "Alma-Ata Info" newspaper and upheld a lower court's ruling that suspended the newspaper for three months for publishing allegedly classified documents. This [...]	2009-08-17 09:58:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1415	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, AUGUST 3-7 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]	2009-08-18 10:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1427	KAZAKHSTAN: MUSLIM ACTIVIST STRUGGLES TO TURN GRAND IDEAS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Murat Telibekov, a Kazakhstani Muslim activist and president of three NGOs, is never short on grand ideas, and most of them involve the U.S. Embassy. His newest idea is to build Islamic centers in Astana and Alma [...]	2009-08-21 08:59:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KISL KIRF PINR KZ
09ASTANA1439	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT'S ADVISOR WARNS OF AN "INFORMATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In an August 22 interview published in the newspaper "Liter," Yermukhamet Yertysbayev, President Nazarbayev's advisor on political issues, railed against the "runaway billionaires" who have declared an "informatio [...]	2009-08-27 05:14:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV PINR KDEM KCOR OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1444	KAZAKHSTAN: SAUDABAYEV ON NUCLEAR SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: During an August 27 meeting, State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev told the Ambassador: -- President Nazarbayev still wants an Oval Office meeting when he travels to Washington next spring for the Nuclear Security Summit and is willing to be flexible about the timing; -- Kazakhs [...]	2009-08-27 10:59:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KNNP KDEM OSCE AU KZ
09ASTANA1458	KAZAKHSTAN: COMMITTEE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY COMMENTS ON [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On August 29, the Chairman of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee (KNB),Amangeldy Shabdarbayev, issued a highly unusual public statement regarding the case of Ramazan Yesergepov -- the Kazakhstani journalist sentenced [...]	2009-09-02 10:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1468	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES BILATERAL CONSULTATIONS, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 2, the Ambassador met with Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov to present officially Under Secretary Blake's proposal on Annual Bilateral Consultations. Zhigalov responded that the government i [...]	2009-09-03 11:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1470	KAZAKHSTAN: TRIAL COURT HANDS DOWN GUILTY VERDICT IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 3, a Kazakhstani district court sentenced human rights activist Yevgeniy Zhovtis to four years imprisonment for criminal negligence in connection with a vehicular accident. Zhovtis' legal team is exp [...]	2009-09-04 07:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KZ
09ASTANA148	KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE OF INFORMATION ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD [...] SUMMARY: Per retel A, this cable provides updated information on Kazakhstan's compliance with international norms on the prevention of the worst forms of child labor. The cable updates reftels C, D, E, and F. This information is provided to assist in the determination of Kazakhstan's continu [...]	2009-01-26 10:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ELAB EIND ETRD SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1487	KAZAKHSTAN: OSCE AMBASSADOR BELIEVES KNB TOOK CONTROL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a September 4 meeting, the head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Center, Ambassador Alexandr Keltchewsky, told the Ambassador Kazakhstan has taken some positive steps in its preparations to become the 2010 OSCE Chairman-in-Office. He added [...]	2009-09-08 06:25:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1494	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR RAISES ZHOVTIS WITH KAZAKSTANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 8, the Ambassador met with Presidential Foreign Policy Adviser, Kairat Sarybai, for a frank exchange on the case of internationally-respected human rights advocate, Yevgeniy Zhovtis, who was convicted of vehicular manslaughter and sentenced to four years in a penal c [...]	2009-09-09 06:16:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1512	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR RAISES ZHOVTIS WITH FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 10, the Ambassador and Kazakhstan's State Minister and Foreign Minister, Kanat Saudabayev, exchanged frank views on the Zhovtis case reftel A. The Ambassador delivered a strong message on the importance of a transparent appeals process and finding a way forward that [...]	2009-09-11 09:16:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1513	KAZAKHSTAN: KEEPING PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) With the Yevgeniy Zhovtis case -- Zhovtis is the internationally renowned human rights advocate whose most unfortunate auto accident some in the government of Kazakhstan appear to be exploiting -- we can all agree that Kazakhstan has stepped on its tail in a most appalling and old-guard K [...]	2009-09-11 09:27:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM KNNP OSCE AF RS KZ
09ASTANA1516	KAZAKHSTAN: GOVERNMENT PRESENTS HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION PLAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: The government of Kazakhstan presented its National Human Rights Action plan for 2009-2012 on September 9 at a well-attended event in Astana. Generally considered to be a well-prepared, ambitious document, its impl [...]	2009-09-11 10:18:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1518	KAZAKHSTAN: FOREIGN MINISTRY PRESSES HIGH-LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent days, Kazakhstan has proposed an OSCE Summit in 2010 to be co-chaired by Kazakhstan and the United States, repeated its desire to establish a Joint Presidential Commission, and renewed its effort for an Obama-Nazarbayev meeting at the general time of the April 2010 Nuc [...]	2009-09-13 03:45:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KNNP KISL OSCE RS KZ
09ASTANA1522	KAZAKHSTAN: NO RESPONSE ON UNHCR DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-15 02:20:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KZ
09ASTANA1530	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON THE CHILD LABOR REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Per reftel, on September 11, Post spoke with Committee on Control and Social Protection Chairman Serikkali Bissakayev in the Kazakhstani Ministry of Labor and Social Protection. Chairman Bissakayev informed EconOff of the [...]	2009-09-16 11:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1538	KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS' LEAD LAWYER COMMENTS ON THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Convicted human rights advocate Evgeniy Zhovtis' lead lawyer, Vitaliy Voronov, predicts Zhovtis will not be acquitted at his appeal hearing but that his sentence might be reduced. Voronov said he had been told that "someone high up in the government" had triggered the trial by [...]	2009-09-18 09:24:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1616	KAZAKHSTAN: THE COMPLEXITY OF "OPPOSITION MEDIA" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a media roundtable the Ambassador hosted in Almaty, independent and opposition journalists detailed their opinions, concerns, and experiences. It was a useful and informative snapshot, but it wasn't the wh [...]	2009-09-23 09:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KPAO KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1617	KAZAKHSTAN: IFTAAR DINNER BUILDS RAPPORT WITH [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-23 10:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KISL RS KZ
09ASTANA1618	KAZAKHSTAN: IFTAAR DINNER BUILDS RAPPORT WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 14, the Ambassador hosted an Iftaar dinner for more than 20 prominent Muslim community members, including the Deputy Chairman of the Kazakhstani Muslims' Spiritual Board Muhammad Alsabekov, many Kazak [...]	2009-09-23 10:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KISL RS KZ
09ASTANA1619	KAZAKHSTAN: INDEPENDENT AND OPPOSITION MEDIA ASK TOUGH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador answered questions from independent and opposition journalists during a media roundtable in Almaty on September 14 (ref A). The lively group, pleased to have an opportunity to express their concern [...]	2009-09-23 11:02:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KPAO OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1693	KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS DETERMINED TO KEEP FIGHTING [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Convicted human rights advocate Yevgeniy Zhovtis told the visiting First Deputy Director of the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on September 19 that he does not want any special treatme [...]	2009-09-28 07:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA172	KAZAKHSTAN: COMMENTS ON DOL DRAFT LIST OF GOODS MADE WITH [...] Per reftel A, this cable provides Embassy Astana's comments on the Department of Labor's draft list of goods that are allegedly produced by child labor or forced labor. DOL's findings on such goods produced in Kazakhstan coincide with reports and studies post has received from local and inter [...]	2009-01-29 09:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ELAB EAGR EIND ETRD SOCI KZ
09ASTANA1761	KAZAKHSTAN: POLITICAL ANALYST DISCUSESS "HAWKS AND DOVES" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Independent political analyst XXXXXXXXXXXX believes that the elites surrounding President Nazarbayev are split into two camps -- the "hawks" and the "doves." The hawks, or the "old guard," believe that the international community can do little but accept Kazakhstan "as is" becaus [...]	2009-10-02 05:27:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1771	KAZAKHSTAN: GRASS-ROOTS DEMOCRACY AT WORK [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Leader of the local non-governmental organization "Shanyrak," Asylbek Kozhakhmetov, described on September 29 the situation of internal migrants and his organization's efforts to assist them. Primarily focused at [...]	2009-10-05 08:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREF SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1776	KAZAKHSTAN: ENVIRONMENTAL NGO "GREEN SALVATION" TAKES ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The environmental NGO Green Salvation, one of the oldest NGOs in Kazakhstan, defends the environmental rights of citizens including with lawsuits, if necessary. It monitors implementation of the Aarhus Convention that grants citizens access to information concerning the enviro [...]	2009-10-06 03:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SENV SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1807	KAZAKHSTAN: CIVIL SOCIETY URGES VIGILANCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Civil society activists are expressing concern about what they see as Kazakhstan's "conservative shift" on political liberalization, pointing specifically to the recent conviction of human rights activist Yevgeniy [...]	2009-10-06 09:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1810	KAZAKHSTAN: PARLIAMENTARIAN SEES GROWING ROLE FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 23, Parliamentarian Daria Klebanova spoke about the growing role of the Parliament and anticipated domestic violence legislation. Also an active journalist, she contradicted recent negative reports b [...]	2009-10-07 01:21:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA1816	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES -- ZHOVTIS' CASE DISCUSSED ON [...] The "Almaty Notes" series is intended to maintain focus on developments in civil society, the media, and the opposition in Almaty, Kazakhstan's "southern capital." For this edition, we review how the local media and civil society have reacted to the conviction of leading human rights activist [...]	2009-10-13 02:31:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KZ
09ASTANA187	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, JANUARY 24-30 [...] The following is part of a series of weekly cables from Embassy Astana with tidbits on daily life in Kazakhstan. KARAGANDA DISABLED: "SEX PLEASE" 2. A disability rights group in Karaganda called on the government to legalize prostitution and to provide disabled people with special "card [...]	2009-01-31 02:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM EPET SOCI KDEM KCRM KWMN KZ
09ASTANA1897	KAZAKHSTAN: COURT UPHOLDS ZHOVTIS' CONVICTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 20, the Almaty Oblast Court upheld the conviction and four-year sentence of prominent human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis on charges of vehicular manslaughter. Over 100 observers attended the hearing [...]	2009-10-21 08:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1898	KAZAKHSTAN: COURT UPHOLDS ZHOVTIS' CONVICTION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 20, the Almaty Oblast Court upheld the conviction and four-year sentence of prominent human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis on charges of vehicular manslaughter. Over 100 observers attended the hearing [...]	2009-10-21 09:04:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA1899	KAZAKHSTAN: BLUNT TALK TO DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (C) On October 20, an hour after a provincial appeals court upheld the conviction of human rights advocate Yevgeniy Zhovtis and affirmed his four-year sentence to a penal colony for vehicular manslaughter (septel),I pulled aside Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umararov at the Slovak National D [...]	2009-10-21 09:06:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1903	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR LETS LOOSE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 20, the DCM met with Presidential Advisor Yermukhamed Yertysbayev, who explained his views on the development of democracy in Kazakhstan, presidential power, and the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw, September 28-October 9. Yertysbayev also disc [...]	2009-10-21 10:07:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA191	KAZAKHSTAN: DETAINED NEWSPAPER EDITOR YESERGEPOV [...] (C) SUMMARY: Media reports link Ramazan Yesergepov, the Editor-in-Chief of "Alma-Ata Info" newspaper who has been detained and charged with disseminating classified information, with an unsavory business tycoon, Sultan Makhmadov. One of Makhmadov's companies is under investigation for tax [...]	2009-02-02 10:26:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA1914	KAZAKHSTAN: "BIG FRIEND" MEDDLES AGAINST U.S. [...] (C) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov suggested on October 21 that disinformation from Russian intelligence played a role in Yevgeniy Zhovtis' conviction and prison sentence being upheld. He also said that Russian intelligence is getting the word to President Nazarbayev that th [...]	2009-10-22 07:07:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM MARR KDEM OSCE RS UZ KZ
09ASTANA1916	KAZAKHSTAN: NGOS GIVE GOVERNMENT A PASSING GRADE AT HDIM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: We interviewed several outspoken NGO participants of the Organization for Security and Cooperation and Security (OSCE) Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) in Warsaw to check reports that members of the Kaz [...]	2009-10-22 09:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1921	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE PANDITH HEARS FROM [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During her first overseas trip as Special Representative to Muslim Communities, Farah Pandith visited Kazakhstan October 12-13. In Astana, Muslim civil society leaders told her that Kazakhs are "a different kind of [...]	2009-10-27 04:39:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KISL KIRF OIC OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1935	KAZAKHSTAN: SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE PANDITH SPEAKS TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During her October 13 visit to Almaty, Special Representative to Muslim Communities (SRMC) Farah Pandith broke new ground by visiting Kazakhstan's only Islamic University and engaging the students in a lively discuss [...]	2009-10-28 00:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KISM KIRF OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1950	KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KROL DISCUSSES OSCE WITH DEPUTY FOREIGN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Foreign Minister Konstantin Zhigalov told SCA DAS George Krol and NSC's Director for Central Asia Kurt Donnelly on October 29 that as OSCE Chairman, Kazakhstan will be "unbiased" and "equally fulfill all thre [...]	2009-11-03 02:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1951	KAZAKHSTAN: SCA DAS KROL DISCUSSES BILATERAL RELATIONSHIP [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During an October 29 meeting, Deputy Foreign Minister Kairat Umarov, SCA Deputy Assistant Secretary George Krol, and NSC's Director for Central Asia Kurt Donnelly discussed the upcoming Global Nuclear Security Su [...]	2009-11-03 02:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ENRG KNNP OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1952	KAZAKHSTAN: DAS KROL DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION PLAN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chairman of the President's Human Rights Commission, Sagynbek Tursunov, asserted to Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs George Krol and NSC Central Asia Director Kurt Donnelly on Octob [...]	2009-11-03 02:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA1957	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON PRIORITIES FOR THE UN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 3, PolOff met with Assel Utegenova, the head of MFA's Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division, to deliver reftel points on U.S. priorities for UN General Assembly Third Committee session. Utegenova said th [...]	2009-11-04 07:30:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN KZ
09ASTANA1966	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON GOLDSTONE REPORT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On November 3, PolOff met with Assel Utegenova, head of MFA's Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division, to deliver reftel points on the upcoming General Assembly debate on the Report of the UN Fact-Finding Mission on th [...]	2009-11-04 10:44:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS KZ
09ASTANA1978	KAZAKHSTAN: ZHOVTIS CASE -- LEGAL OPTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: This cable summarizes the legal options available to Yevgeniy Zhovtis. Zhovtis' next legal step is to request a review by a judicial panel, which could order a new trial or dismiss the case entirely if it finds procedural irregularities in the case. The Supreme Court cannot r [...]	2009-11-06 10:23:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA199	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, JANUARY 17-30 [...] 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 PARTIES: NO OPTION BUT TO BOYCOTT 2. National Social Democratic Party (NSDP) head Zharmakhan Tuyakbay, Azat Party Gen [...]	2009-02-03 10:16:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON ELAB KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2004	KAZAKHSTAN: STAFFDEL WOOLFORK HEARS VIEWS ON KAZAKHSTAN'S [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 11, Staffdel Woolfork met with DCMs from several European embassies, who said that Kazakhstan has made some progress on liberalization, but it needs to do more. The Spanish DCM said Spain will not suppo [...]	2009-11-12 09:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2051	KAZAKHSTAN STILL MULLING UN IRAN RESOLUTION [...] (SBU) On November 17, PolOff met with Assel Utegenova, head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division, to deliver reftel points on country-specific resolutions at the United Nations. Utegenova conveyed that Kazakhstan is still considering its position [...]	2009-11-18 07:27:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM UNGA PREL IR KZ
09ASTANA2095	KAZAKHSTANI UIGHUR GROUPS REFUSE TO SING AND DANCE IN [...] (S) SUMMARY: Following unrest in July and August in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR),Kazakhstan's ethnic Uighurs -- one of the largest and fastest growing ethnic groups in Kazakhstan and an important political force -- criticized the Chinese government and staged a large prote [...]	2009-11-25 11:30:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL PINR SOCI KDEM CH KZ
09ASTANA2098	KAZAKHSTAN: NOMINATION FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMAN OF COURAGE [...] In response to ref A, Post submits the following nomination for the International Woman of Courage award: NAME: Galina Morozova TITLE: President ORAGANIZATION: NGO Feminist League DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 15-Apr-1949, Russia ID NUMBER: 000813104 LANGUAGES: Russian ADDRESS: 107, Lubov She [...]	2009-11-30 09:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM SMIG SOCI KPAO KTIP KWMN KZ
09ASTANA211	KAZAKHSTAN: "MONEY THROWN TO THE WIND" [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 28, the Soros Foundation of Kazakhstan hosted a roundtable on the effectiveness of social projects funded by oil companies operating in the country. The roundtable featured the premier of a 30-minute d [...]	2009-02-05 03:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EPET SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2128	KAZAKHSTAN: DEMARCHE RESPONSE ON "DEFAMATION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On December 7, PolOff met with Zauresh Gabdaulinova of MFA's Cultural and Humanitarian Cooperation Division to deliver reftel points on the "defamation of religions" resolution. Gabdaulinova said the Government of Kazakhstan [...]	2009-12-07 10:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL UN KZ
09ASTANA213	KAZAKHSTAN: NGO HEAD RECOMMENDS MORE ASSISTANCE TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Ambassador met on February 4 with Tamara Kaleyeva, director of the media watchdog NGO "Adil Soz." Kaleyeva said the Kazakhstani media are very polarized between pro-government and opposition media outlets, wi [...]	2009-02-05 10:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA2141	KAZAKHSTAN: JUDICIAL PANEL DECLINES TO REVIEW ZHOVTIS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The judicial panel of the Almaty District Court refused on December 10 to review the conviction of prominent human rights advocate Yevgeniy Zhovtis for vehicular manslaughter, thus exhausting the last legal remedy [...]	2009-12-10 09:51:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2148	KAZAKHSTAN: PARTY POLITICS INSIDE AND OUT: TWO POLITICIANS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Charge met on December 5 with the Secretary of the Nur Otan party, Yerlan Karin. In the surprisingly frank three-hour meeting, Karin readily admitted that Nur Otan's monopoly on power tarnishes Kazakhstan's democratic credentials. In his view, single-party rule is not sustai [...]	2009-12-14 10:53:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2153	KAZAKHSTAN: PENITENTIARY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SAYS ZHOVTIS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On December 14, the DCM met with Meiram Ayubayev, Chairman of the Penitentiary Committee, to discuss Zhovtis' November 13 statement, in which he alleges pressure to sign a contract to work in a penal colony enterp [...]	2009-12-15 09:01:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2158	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW KNB CHAIRMAN VOWS TO FOLLOW THE [...] (S) SUMMARY: Newly appointed KNB Chairman Adil Shayakhmetov told the Ambassador on December 12 that he will strive to increase U.S.-Kazakhstan counter-terrorism cooperation, and that the KNB under his chairmanship will work strictly within the law. When the Ambassador raised several cases o [...]	2009-12-17 07:49:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PINR PTER PHUM KZ
09ASTANA2159	KAZAHKSTAN: SCA ASSISTANT SECRETARY BLAKE HEARS REALISTIC [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs Robert Blake and the Ambassador found that civil society in Kazakhstan is alive and well during a roundtable with democracy and human-rights leaders on Decem [...]	2009-12-18 05:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2161	KAZAKHSTAN PUSHES FOR OSCE SUMMIT WITH A/S BLAKE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: State Secretary-Foreign Minister Kanat Saudabayev and President Nazarbayev's foreign policy advisor Kairat Sarybai separately pressed Assistant Secretary Blake for U.S. support for a 2010 summit of the Organizatio [...]	2009-12-19 12:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA2162	KAZAKHSTAN: NUR OTAN'S LIBERAL DEMOCRAT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: Yerlan Karin, the secretary of the President's ruling Nur Otan party, is not shy about criticizing the policies of his party and the government. A former think-tanker who came to the government because he became tired of "criticizing from the sidelines," Karin openly assesses the [...]	2009-12-21 05:12:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM OEXC SCUL KZ
09ASTANA2232	KAZAKHSTAN: GENDER RIGHTS ADVANCE WITH PASSAGE OF TWO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: President Nazarbayev signed into law legislation on domestic violence and gender equality. The gender-equality law introduces for the first time the legal concept of gender and outlaws gender-based discrimination. [...]	2009-12-24 04:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV SOCI KWMN KZ
09ASTANA2234	KAZAKHSTAN: HOT DEBATE ON PRIVACY PROTECTION LAW [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The National Democratic Institute (NDI) in Kazakhstan co-hosted an "expert meeting" roundtable on December 15 with the Majilis (lower house of the parliament) to discuss recently-signed legislation on protection of [...]	2009-12-24 08:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA2238	KAZAKHSTAN: MOJ SUSPENDS PARTY'S REGISTRATION, AGAIN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Kazakhstan's Ministry of Justice (MOJ) suspended the registration of the opposition party "Alga" for the second time, alleging irregularities with the party-member lists. Alga's first registration application was [...]	2009-12-28 08:31:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA240	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV SIGNS MADRID [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) In following through on Kazakhstan's Madrid commitments on democratic reform, President Nazarbayev signed into law new legislation on political parties and the media on February 6 and legislation on elections on February 9. [...]	2009-02-10 11:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA249	KAZAKHSTAN: CHIEF MUFTI CRITICISES EXTREMISM, CAUTIOUSLY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 6 meeting, Chief Mufti and Head of the Spiritual Association of Muslims in Kazakhstan (SAMK) Absasttar Derbisali told the Ambassador that Islam is undergoing a renaissance in Kazakhstan. He shar [...]	2009-02-12 01:06:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KIRF KPAO KZ

09ASTANA250	KAZAKHSTAN: POLITICAL ANALYST SEES INTRA-ELITE WARFARE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a February 5 meeting with the Ambassador in Almaty, Kazakhstani political analyst Dosym Satpayev said that the recent state take-over of two leading banks is part of a larger trend of increased government contro [...]	2009-02-12 01:06:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA260	KAZAKHSTAN: CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL RULES RELIGION LAW IS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 11, Kazakhstan's Constitutional Council ruled that the proposed amendments to the country's religion law are inconsistent with Kazakhstan's Constitution. Before arriving at its decision, the Council st [...]	2009-02-13 01:43:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KIRF KDEM KZ
09ASTANA262	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, FEBRUARY 7 - 13 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to ci [...]	2009-02-13 07:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA266	KAZAKHSTAN: WIFE OF DISAPPEARED BANKER FIGHTS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Armangul Kapasheva, the wife of a missing banker whom Rakhat Aliyev allegedly ordered killed, told us on February 6 that she believes her husband is still alive and that Aliyev knows his whereabouts. She reported that she had given testimony in Austria in the latest "investigatio [...]	2009-02-13 09:42:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PROP KCRM KZ
09ASTANA285	KAZAKHSTAN: CZECH PRIME MINISTER PROMOTES SOUTHERN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Representing the rotating presidency of the European Union (EU),Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek visited Astana on February 12 to discuss European energy security, bilateral trade and investment, and other issu [...]	2009-02-18 10:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR ECON EPET EINV KDEM KZ
09ASTANA286	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION LEADER KOZLOV SEES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a February 4 meeting, Vladimir Kozlov, the head of unregistered opposition party Alga, claimed that ex-BTA bank chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov was ousted from his position for reasons not connected to the bank's financial health. As Kozlov put it, Ablyazov had either grown "too p [...]	2009-02-18 10:25:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL EFIN KDEM KZ
09ASTANA296	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, JANUARY 31 - FEBRUARY 13 [...] 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-ORIENTED ECONOMISTS CRITICIZE DEVALUATION 2. The devaluation of Kazakhstan's national currency, the tenge, dominated t [...]	2009-02-19 10:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA306	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, FEBRUARY 14 - 20 [...] NOTE: This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might intere [...]	2009-02-20 08:04:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA308	KAZAKHSTAN: JUSTICE MINISTER BALIYEVA EXPRESSES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a February 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Minister of Justice Zagipa Baliyeva expressed appreciation for U.S. government assistance to her ministry and asked for further support. She noted in considerable d [...]	2009-02-20 09:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KCRM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA309	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADORS AGREE CIVIL SOCIETY IS WEAK, BUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: At a recent lunch in honor of visiting Dutch Ambassador-at-Large for Human Rights Arjan Hamburger, several Astana-based Ambassadors exchanged views on Kazakhstan's democratic trajectory. All agreed that the recen [...]	2009-02-20 09:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA345	KAZAKHSTAN: DRAFT LAW WOULD EXPAND STATE REGULATION OF [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Mazhilis -- i.e. the lower house of Kazakhstan's parliament -- is currently considering a draft package of amendments that would, if passed in its current form, greatly increase state regulation of Internet co [...]	2009-02-25 06:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA350	KAZAKHSTAN: PRIME MINISTER MASIMOV BECOMES COUNTRY'S MOST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a surprising development, Kazakhstan's Prime Minister Karim Masimov recently posted an edition of opposition paper "Respublika" on his government blog. This is the latest move in Masimov's blogging experiment, [...]	2009-02-25 23:54:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA351	KAZAKHSTAN: UPDATE ON CASES OF YESERGEPOV, ATTACKED [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Several cases recently reported in local and international media have raised concerns about increasing pressure against journalists in Kazakhstans. Three journalists were the victims of physical attacks fro Decem [...]	2009-02-27 01:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KPAO KDEM KZ
09ASTANA353	KAZAKHSTAN: CHIEF MUFTI'S OFFICE EXPRESSES INTEREST IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: As a follow-up to the Ambassador's recent discussion with Chief Mufti and Head of the Spiritual Association of Muslims in Kazakhstan (SAMK) Abasasttar Derbisali (see reftel),Regional English Language Office [...]	2009-02-27 01:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KISL KIRF KPAO EG KZ
09ASTANA358	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION PROTEST FIZZLES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Azat party organized an anti-government protest rally on Saturday, February 21 in Almaty, but it did not draw a large crowd, despite Azat's active efforts to publicize the event. The protest's part [...]	2009-02-27 09:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA366	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, FEBRUARY 21 - 27 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]	2009-02-27 09:43:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA369	KAZAKHSTAN: OPPOSITION PROTEST FIZZLES [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The opposition Azat party organized an anti-government protest rally on Saturday, February 21 in Almaty, but it did not draw a large crowd, despite Azat's active efforts to publicize the event. The protest's part [...]	2009-02-27 10:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA372	KAZAKHSTAN: PRESIDENT ADVISOR YERTYSBAYEV [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the course of a very frank conversation on February 26, Presidential Advisor Yermukhamet Yertysbayev told the Ambassador that he supports early parliamentary elections and establishing a dialogue between the government and opposition. He explained he favors a two-party system [...]	2009-03-02 06:57:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SOCI KDEM RS KZ
09ASTANA380	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, FEBRUARY 17 - 27 [...] 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 PARTIES CRITICIZE THE ELECTION LAW 2. On February 18, four opposition parties -- Azat, the National Social Democratic P [...]	2009-03-03 07:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM CH KZ
09ASTANA412	KAZAKHSTAN: SENATE CHAIRMAN TOKAYEV PROMISES EXPEDITIOUS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Senate Chairman Tokayev promised the Ambassador on March 5 that the Senate would take swift action to pass the Cooperative Threat Reduction (CTR) agreement as soon as it receives the legislation from the Majilis. H [...]	2009-03-05 10:15:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KCRM KDEM KNNP KZ
09ASTANA418	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, FEBRUARY 28 - MARCH 6 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]	2009-03-06 09:28:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PROP ECON EAGR SOCI KISL KDEM KZ
09ASTANA431	KAZAKHSTAN: APPEALS COURT INCREASES FINE TENFOLD AGAINST [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 26, the Almaty City Court ordered the opposition newspaper "Taszhargan" to pay a 30 million tenge (approximately $200,000) damage award to parliamentarian Romin Madinov. This appellate decision increa [...]	2009-03-11 07:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA433	KAZAKHSTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION CHAIRMAN TELLS [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a cordial March 10 introductory meeting with the Ambassador, the Presidential Human Rights Commission (HRC) Chairman Saginbek Tursunov explained that his organization's primary role is to provide advice on and [...]	2009-03-11 10:20:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI OSCE KDEM KZ
09ASTANA436	GOVERNMENT OF KAZAKHSTAN HAS FIRST EVER DIALOGUE WITH CIVIL [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: On February 23, USAID implementing partner Freedom House held a roundtable in Almaty with senior governmental officials and prominent non-governmental organizations working on human rights and the media. The round-ta [...]	2009-03-12 08:29:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KZ
09ASTANA444	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, MARCH 7 - 13, 2009 [...] (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest [...]	2009-03-13 09:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KZ
09ASTANA447	KAZAKHSTAN: AK ZHOL LEADER BAIMENOV SAYS PARTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 5, Alikhan Baimenov, the leader of opposition Ak Zhol party, alleged to us that until recently his party was the target of an "information blockade" by both pro-government and opposition media. The recent easing of this blockade allowed Ak Zhol to re-emerge on the publi [...]	2009-03-13 09:48:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR EFIN KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA479	KAZAKHSTAN: SMOOTH OPERATOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 13, the Ambassador had lunch with Nurbakh Rustemov, the Chairman of the International Affairs, Defense, and Security Committee of the Mazhilis (the lower house of the parliament),and Romin Madinov, the C [...]	2009-03-17 09:23:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAGR SOCI KNNP UZ KG KZ
09ASTANA480	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 2-13 [...] 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." ALMATY MASLIKHAT ELECTIONS 2. Bi-elections for the Almaty maslikhat (local legislature) will take place on March 29. According t [...]	2009-03-17 09:52:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON EFIN ELAB SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA484	KAZAKHSTAN: AMBASSADOR DELIVERS, PUBLISHES DEMOCRACY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 16, the Ambassador delivered a speech on democracy to approximately 100 students and professors at the Kazakh University of Humanities and Law in Astana. The text of the speech was published in full on pa [...]	2009-03-18 00:09:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA498	KAZAKHSTAN: FRENCH AMBASSADOR TO OSCE ENGAGES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: French Ambassador to the OSCE Eric Lebedel briefed a select group of Western Ambassadors on March 19 that he was in Astana to promote the European Union's perspective on the OSCE and to emphasize Kazakhstan's need to take seriously its responsibilities on democracy, human rights [...]	2009-03-20 05:20:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SENV OSCE KZ
09ASTANA523	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, MARCH 14-20 [...] (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest [...]	2009-03-20 10:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KZ
09ASTANA541	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, MARCH 21 - 27, 2009 [...] (U) This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest [...]	2009-03-27 09:07:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KZ
09ASTANA545	KAZAKHSTAN: ADVOCACY GROUP ADDRESSES LETTER TO THE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 4. 3. (SBU) An ad-hoc advocacy group of journalists and NGO activists sent a letter via public mail received at Embassy Astana to the Secretary, expressing concerns about a [...]	2009-03-30 09:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO KZ
09ASTANA556	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 14-27 [...] 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." OPPOSITIONISTS RESERVE THE OPTION TO PROTEST 2. On March 17, the leaders of the opposition parties Azat, the National Social Democr [...]	2009-03-31 11:22:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA559	KAZAKHSTAN: MINISTRY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS SEEKS ASSISTANCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The Ministry of Interior (MVD) sent a letter to the Embassy seeking guidance on how police in the United States handle large public gatherings and uphold public order while ensuring that the civil rights of participants in [...]	2009-03-31 11:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KCRM KZ
09ASTANA58	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMA-ATA INFO EDITOR CHARGED WITH [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 9, the Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper "Alma-Ata Info", Ramazan Yesergepov, was formerly charged with disseminating classified information in an article his paper published on November 21. Yesergepov [...]	2009-01-12 10:41:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KZ
09ASTANA586	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, MARCH 28 - APRIL 3 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]	2009-04-03 10:10:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA587	KAZAKHSTAN: OPINION POLL INDICATES PRESIDENT NAZARBAYEV [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a U.S. Government-funded survey commissioned by the International Republican Institute (IRI) and conducted by Baltic Surveys/The Gallup Organization, 41 percent of respondents had a favorable opinion of the Unit [...]	2009-04-03 10:12:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KPAO RS KZ
09ASTANA588	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE IN A SMALL MINING TOWN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: PolOff visited Ridder, a mining town in East Kazakhstan oblast March 8-12, and had an opportunity to observe the local socio-economic environment. Close to the Russian and Chinese borders, Ridder seems almost lik [...]	2009-04-03 10:19:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON EMIN SENV SOCI CH RS KZ
09ASTANA591	KAZAKHSTAN: JUDICIARY SEEKS TO INCREASE COOPERATION WITH [...] SUMMARY: On March 17, visiting USAID Democracy and Governance Advisor Gavin Helf and other USAID staff met with Abdrashid Zhukenov, Acting Chairman of the Supreme Court and Chairman of the Collegium on Criminal Cases, and Ilyas Ispanov, First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court's Administrati [...]	2009-04-03 12:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA6	KAZAKHSTAN: YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME -- COURTS RULE ON [...] (U)Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) Two Almaty courts ruled on December 26 and 27 on two of the five pending libel cases against the opposition paper Taszhargan (reftel),with one decision in the paper's favor, and one against. On December 26, the Almaty Econo [...]	2009-01-05 08:42:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE KDEM KZ
09ASTANA601	KAZAKHSTAN: STATE SECRETARY SAUDABAYEV CONFIRMS [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 9. 2. (S) SUMMARY: State Secretary Kanat Saudabayev told the Ambassador on April 7 that Kazakhstan is willing to host the international nuclear fuel bank, just as President Nazarbayev had announced to the press on April 6. He said that the ba [...]	2009-04-07 12:35:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR KNNP IAEA AF IR KZ
09ASTANA620	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, APRIL 4-10 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]	2009-04-10 12:49:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ
09ASTANA622	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 2-APRIL 8 [...] SUMMARY: This week Kazakhstani media highlighted what the media believes is a possible visit of President Obama to Kazakhstan, spurred by an invitation from President Nazarbayev that Senate Chairman Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev gave the President during his trip to Turkey. The media also focused o [...]	2009-04-12 07:56:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR SOCI KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA625	KAZAKHSTAN: OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE RELATIVELY [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Soros Foundation's Open Society Institute's (OSI) Executive Director in Kazakhstan judges that the government of Kazakhstan's political will to provide access to government-related information is "spotty but [...]	2009-04-13 09:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA629	KAZAKHSTAN: NEW SUPREME COURT CHAIRMAN TALKS JUSTICE WITH [...] SUMMARY: On April 7, the newly appointed Chairman of the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan, Musabek Alimbekov, met with Paul Magnuson, Judge of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Alimbekov stated that the judiciary in Kazakhstan is independent, and is implementing reforms consi [...]	2009-04-13 11:38:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM EAID SOCI KZ
09ASTANA638	KAZAKHSTAN: MFA REASSURES VISITING SCA/CEN DIRECTOR THAT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: MFA Americas Department Director Askar Tazhiyev told visiting SCA/CEN Director Tom Hushek on April 8 that Kazakhstan is committed to upholding ODIHR's mandate during its 2010 OSCE Chairmanship. Tazhiyev explained [...]	2009-04-14 11:47:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KNNP TU KZ
09ASTANA654	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MARCH 28 - APRIL 10 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the political opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." OPPOSITION LEADER ABILOV OWES TAX DEBT? 3. (U) Bula [...]	2009-04-17 02:17:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA663	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 9 - 15 [...] SUMMARY: Kazakhstani political commentators focused on the domestic political scene this week, weighing the relative merits of the ruling Nur Otan party and its adversaries in the opposition. "Delovaya Nedelya," an independent weekly, published a wrap-up of the G-20 summit in which it mocked [...]	2009-04-17 11:50:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA67	KAZAKHSTAN: UNIFICATION CHURCH MISSIONARY SENTENCED TO [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 9, an Almaty court found Unification Church missionary Yelizaveta Drencheva guilty on charges of "instilling a sense of inferiority in citizens based on their tribal and social association," and sentenc [...]	2009-01-14 10:33:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KDEM KZ
09ASTANA672	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, APRIL 11-17 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]	2009-04-20 11:53:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ
09ASTANA674	KAZAKHSTAN: SCENESETTER FOR FOREIGN MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kazakhstani Foreign Minister Marat Tazhin's May 4-5 visit to Washington is the Obama Administration's first opportunity for face-to-face engagement with the leadership of our most important partner in Central Asia. We have a robust bilateral relationship with Kazakhstan, with cl [...]	2009-04-21 11:45:00	Embassy Astana	SECRET	PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EPET KNNP AF RS KZ
09ASTANA713	KAZAKHSTAN -- MORE EURASIA THAN CENTRAL ASIA -- [...] (C) SUMMARY: From many conversations with top-level officials and other signals, it is clear Kazakhstan is seeking an enhanced relationship with the United States, in part to better balance its relations with especially Russia but also with China. Kazakhstan is different from the other four [...]	2009-04-27 04:08:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINR PHUM ECON RS AF KZ
09ASTANA718	KAZAKHSTAN: CHANGES TO PROTECTION LAW WILL BENEFIT [...] SUMMARY: Changes to Kazakhstan's witness protection law will enable the government to more quickly provide a full range of services to crime victims during lengthy, complex investigations. These changes will benefit victims of trafficking-in-persons and other serious transnational crimes. EN [...]	2009-04-27 10:48:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM SOCI SNAR KCRM KTIP KZ
09ASTANA724	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, APRIL 18-24 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]	2009-04-27 11:25:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ
09ASTANA744	KAZAKHSTAN: "TASZHARGAN" EDITOR ARRESTED AND RELEASED, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Yermurat Bapi, editor of the opposition newspaper "Taszhargan," was arrested on April 23 for failing to pay a 30 million tenge ($200,000) court-ordered damage award to a parliamentarian, but was released the same [...]	2009-04-29 10:26:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA778	KAZAKHSTAN: HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL'S ACTION PLAN LAYS OUT [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 14, Kazakhstan's Presidential Human Rights Commission (HRC) unveiled its National Human Rights Action Plan for 2009-2012. The Action Plan, the first one the Kazakhstani government has ever issued, outlin [...]	2009-05-06 02:13:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA816	KAZAKHSTAN: INTERNET LAW PASSES THROUGH FIRST READING IN [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 29, the Mazhilis (the lower house of the parliament) approved at a first reading a controversial draft law on the Internet. The draft now has to go through a second reading before being presented to the [...]	2009-05-08 02:00:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA818	KAZAKHSTAN: SCIENTOLOGISTS, JEHOVAH'S WITNESSES HAVE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 22, USAID's State and Society Advisor met with representatives of the Church of Scientology and the Jehovah's Witnesses in Almaty. The two organizations offered contrasting views of progress on religious f [...]	2009-05-08 08:59:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID SOCI KIRF KZ
09ASTANA822	KAZAKHSTAN: LIFE ON THE STEPPE, May 1-8 [...] This is another in a series of weekly cables drawn mostly from public media, as well as think-tank, NGO, and opposition web-sites, selected to show the diversity of life in Kazakhstan, and information about it available to citizens of Kazakhstan. Our goal is to choose what might interest and [...]	2009-05-08 11:45:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI SENV KCRM KZ
09ASTANA828	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, APRIL 30 - May 6 [...] SUMMARY: A draft law on Internet regulation, which passed the lower house of Parliament this week, drew a fusillade from opposition and independent media outlets who object to what they see as potential for overbearing government control over new media. Though the Internet law was the hot top [...]	2009-05-12 12:04:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KPAO KMDR KZ
09ASTANA829	KAZAKHSTAN: ISLAMIC LEADERS DISCUSS THEIR WORK, COOPERATION [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) SUMMARY: During the week of April 20, USAID's Regional Society and State Advisor met in Astana with the Deputy Imam of the Nur Astana Mosque, Beibit Alikpekovich Mirzageldiyev, and in Almaty with the Deputy Mufti of Kazakhstan [...]	2009-05-13 01:32:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM EAID KZ
09ASTANA853	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, APRIL 27 - MAY 8 [...] 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'S ABILOV -- THE CHOSEN ONE? 2. Rumors are swirling around Azat party leader Bulat Ab [...]	2009-05-15 11:05:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM ECON SOCI KZ
09ASTANA870	KAZAKHSTAN: ALGA LEADER DISCUSSES ABLYAZOV, TWO [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 18, the leader of the unregistered opposition party Alga, Vladimir Kozlov, told us that he recently met in London with ousted BTA bank chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov, who is Alga's principal financial backer. According to Kozlov, Ablyazov will soon declare himself "in open opp [...]	2009-05-21 04:36:00	Embassy Astana	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON SOCI KDEM KZ
09ASTANA89	KAZAKHSTAN: OIC SPECIAL ENVOY CUMBER DISCUSSES DEMOCRACY, [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: During a January 9 dinner with U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) Sada Cumber, ambassadors and other diplomats from several OIC-member countries and India freely exchanged views [...]	2009-01-16 10:20:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI KDEM KISL KZ
09ASTANA898	KAZAKHSTAN: MAZHILIS HOSTS "PATH TO EUROPE" CONFERENCE [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 21, the Mazhilis (the lower house of parliament) hosted a conference entitled, "Modern Kazakhstan and the Path to Europe." The high-profile event, attended by high-ranking government officials and foreign [...]	2009-05-27 09:37:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM OSCE KZ
09ASTANA929	KAZAKHSTAN: ALMATY NOTES, MAY 11 - 22 [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (U) The "Almaty Notes" series from U.S. Office Almaty focuses on developments in civil society, the media, and the political opposition in Kazakhstan's "southern capital." TRIAL OF OPPOSITION LEADERS ENDS 3. (U) The trial of [...]	2009-06-01 10:36:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KIRF KDEM KZ
09ASTANA953	KAZAKHSTAN: MEDIA REACTION, MAY 22 - 29 [...] SUMMARY: Mukhtar Dzhakishev, the head of the state nuclear company, Kazatomprom, was arrested this week as a part of a continuing government anti-corruption campaign. The other major story was the publication and banning of "Godfather-in-Law," a book written by the former son-in-law of Presi [...]	2009-06-05 05:46:00	Embassy Astana	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL ECON SOCI KDEM KCRM KPAO KMDR AF KZ
09ASUNCION10	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: Alvaro Lopez Cattebecke [...]	2009-01-08 17:00:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION112	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 who are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Carlos Jorge Godoy Uriarte [...]	2009-02-23 12:46:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION117	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT COMMANDER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commander of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and security assistance (refs A-D). Ramon [...]	2009-02-24 20:30:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION129	PARAGUAY'S CONCERNS OVER DOL DRAFT LIST FOR TVPRA [...] (U) Embassy Asuncion thanks the Department of Labor for the opportunity to comment on the draft list of goods believed to be produced by child labor or forced labor in Paraguay as mandated in the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) (ref A). 2. (SBU) Post echoes som [...]	2009-03-03 12:27:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP PA
09ASUNCION132	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 Paraguayan National Police officers are sc [...]	2009-03-04 18:01:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION133	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 who are intended recipients of U.S. training. 2. Candidate name: Selva Noemi Galeano Alvaren [...]	2009-03-04 18:02:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION134	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT COMMANDER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commander of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and security assistance (refs A-D). Rojas [...]	2009-03-04 18:04:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION147	PARAGUAY: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] (SBU) This cable responds to reftel questions regarding anti-trafficking in persons (TIP) efforts in Paraguay. 2. (SBU) THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION A. What are the sources of available information on trafficking in persons? What plans are in place (if any) to undertake further docume [...]	2009-03-09 20:01:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KFRD ASEC PREF ELAB
09ASUNCION149	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 National Police that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend a Crim [...]	2009-03-10 15:40:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION165	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: Patrocino Rivas Ramirez [...]	2009-03-20 13:11:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION17	LUGO'S MEDIA STRATEGY - MARXIST, MUDDLED, OR [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-12 12:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO PHUM ECPS PGOV PA
09ASUNCION172	PARAGUAY: RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR CHILD LABOR [...] (U) This cable responds to the Department of Labor's request for information to determine whether Paraguay is implementing its international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor (ref A). A. What laws have been promulgated on child labor in the country? The 1993 Labor [...]	2009-03-23 15:09:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI USAID PA
09ASUNCION187	PRESS ASSOCIATION GIVES LUGO GOOD MARKS [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA),which held its biannual meeting in Paraguay this month, was harshly critical of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, but Paraguay received good marks. As the IAPA director explained: "Whereas other governments in the region are systematically atta [...]	2009-03-27 13:19:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KPAO PHUM ECPS PGOV PA
09ASUNCION190	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 Pe [...]	2009-03-30 20:06:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION198	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 candidates are scheduled to attend Intelle [...]	2009-04-01 19:44:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION222	PRESIDENT SEEKS COMMUNICATIONS ASSISTANCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: President Lugo is having serious problems with both internal and external communications (reftels). Ambassador Ayalde discussed this with him in a recent meeting including the possibilities of technical assistance. Subsequently, PAO and USAID Director confirmed the Communications [...]	2009-04-08 14:19:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL AID KPAO PHUM ECPS PGOV PA
09ASUNCION228	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 (refs A-D). Many were previously vette [...]	2009-04-13 21:03:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION229	PRESIDENT (AND EX-BISHOP) LUGO FATHERS A CHILD [...] (U) Paraguay's bishop-turned-President is indeed a Father -- in more ways than one. President Fernando Lugo acknowledged during a brief April 13 press conference that he had had a romantic relationship with Viviana Rosalith Carrillo Canete while serving as bishop of San Pedro Department. He [...]	2009-04-13 22:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PA
09ASUNCION233	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 Ru [...]	2009-04-15 18:05:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION239	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. Mr. Valdez Ruiz is scheduled to attend drug enfor [...]	2009-04-20 18:51:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION240	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 Army that are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to attend the Peacekeeping [...]	2009-04-20 18:53:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION241	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 Co [...]	2009-04-20 18:54:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION242	INVITATION TO SECRETARY CLINTON TO SPEAK AT [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph 3. 2. (U) Gloria Rubin, Paraguay's Minister for Women's Affairs, requested that the Embassy forward an invitation to Secretary Clinton inviting her to participate as a keynote speaker during the opening act of the "XXI Specialized Meeting of the [...]	2009-04-20 20:34:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	OVIP OPDC PREL KWMN PHUM SCUL PA
09ASUNCION249	PARAGUAY: UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-22 19:16:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PA
09ASUNCION252	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. This individual is scheduled to attend the Joint [...]	2009-04-23 21:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION253	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 for the Senior C [...]	2009-04-23 21:55:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION264	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 for the Interage [...]	2009-04-30 17:40:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION265	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. This individual is scheduled to attend the Senior [...]	2009-04-30 17:40:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION294	PARAGUAY SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-08 18:02:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL PA
09ASUNCION30	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: Teresa Concepcion Britez M [...]	2009-01-14 20:40:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION326	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 Antite [...]	2009-05-21 18:23:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION345	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 candidates are scheduled to attend the U.S [...]	2009-05-27 14:18:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA

09ASUNCION355	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: Amalio Rios Rolon DOB: [...]	2009-06-08 12:47:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION356	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. This candidate, who is the new coordinator for th [...]	2009-06-08 21:34:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION376	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. This individual, who is [...]	2009-06-17 20:24:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION377	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. This individual who is a member of the Paraguayan [...]	2009-06-17 20:26:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION378	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 who are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals, who are Paraguayan police offic [...]	2009-06-17 20:27:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION383	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. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]	2009-06-18 19:17:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION384	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. This individual who is a member of the Paraguayan [...]	2009-06-18 19:22:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION385	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 participate i [...]	2009-06-18 19:23:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION402	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 force that is an intended recipient of U.S. training. This individual is scheduled to participate in th [...]	2009-06-30 13:46:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION403	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 unit commanders of the Paraguayan security forces that are intended recipients of U.S. training and/or security assistance (refs A-D). Jose [...]	2009-06-30 13:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION422	HUMAN RIGHTS REVIEW - UNIT COMMANDER OF PARAGUAYAN [...] Embassy has reviewed its internal files and records in accordance with standardized vetting procedures and finds no derogatory information on the following unit commander of the Paraguayan security forces that is an intended recipient of U.S. training and security assistance (refs A-D). This [...]	2009-07-07 11:35:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION423	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 schedule to participate in [...]	2009-07-07 11:37:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION427	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. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]	2009-07-08 17:14:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION428	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 who are an intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participate [...]	2009-07-08 17:16:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION429	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. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]	2009-07-09 18:47:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION451	CHACO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES STRUGGLE UNDER SEVERE [...] (SBU) During a June 18-19 visit to the indigenous communities of the Paraguayan Chaco, PolOff observed very poor living conditions exacerbated by severe drought. Local indigenous leaders said that although many indigenous workers earned less than minimum wages and no benefits, they had no kn [...]	2009-07-17 13:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM ELAB EIND SOCI PA
09ASUNCION456	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 who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participate in [...]	2009-07-21 11:23:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION463	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 who are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participate in [...]	2009-07-24 12:01:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION469	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. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]	2009-07-27 18:42:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION49	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: Felix Raul Benitez Velazqu [...]	2009-01-22 22:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION50	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 a Join [...]	2009-01-22 22:44:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION504	TERMS OF REFERENCE CONCURRENCE FOR MISSION SPA2010TRP502W, [...] (U) The Ambassador, U.S. Office of Defense Cooperation Paraguay (USODC),Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA),US Agency for International Development (USAID),and CHOD Benitez concur with the 1st Psychological Operations Battalion Military Information Support Team (MIST) deployment as outlined here ( [...]	2009-08-07 15:18:00	Embassy Asuncion	SECRET	PHUM MARR PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA MASS
09ASUNCION51	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 will attend the ICT Alumni Even [...]	2009-01-22 22:45:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION515	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. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]	2009-08-17 11:15:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION516	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 who are intended recipients of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participate in [...]	2009-08-17 11:17:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION517	PARAGUAY'S LABOR UNIONS' UNMET HOPES [...] (SBU) Paraguay's unionized labor is fractured and represents only eleven percent of the total labor force. Labor unions have undertaken structural reforms (organizing campesino groups); however, they have had limited success organizing workers and improving labor conditions. President Fernand [...]	2009-08-17 14:25:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ELAB ETRD PGOV PHUM SOCI KTIP PA
09ASUNCION528	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. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]	2009-08-24 11:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION535	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. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]	2009-08-27 10:45:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION544	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. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]	2009-09-01 12:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION546	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. This individual is scheduled to participate in a [...]	2009-09-02 10:57:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION547	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. This individual is scheduled to participate in th [...]	2009-09-02 11:25:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION580	Human Rights Review - Members of Paraguayan Security Forces [...] 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 who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participat [...]	2009-09-15 16:25:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION582	Human Rights Review - Members of Paraguayan Security Forces [...] 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 who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participat [...]	2009-09-15 16:26:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION59	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: Christian Saturnino Centurio [...]	2009-02-02 12:39:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION592	Human Rights Review - Member of Paraguayan Security Forces [...] 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. This individual is scheduled to participate i [...]	2009-09-21 14:19:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION594	Human Rights Review - Members of Paraguayan Security Forces [...] 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 who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participat [...]	2009-09-21 14:21:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION596	Human Rights Review - Member of Paraguayan Security Forces [...] 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. This individual is scheduled to participate i [...]	2009-09-21 14:28:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION598	Human Rights Review - Members of Paraguayan Security Forces [...] 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 who are intended recipient of U.S. training. These individuals are scheduled to participat [...]	2009-09-21 14:29:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION625	UNGA THIRD COMMITTEE PARAGUAY DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-26 15:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV UNGA PREL PA
09ASUNCION638	NATIONAL POLICE END RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR CONVICTED [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-02 16:22:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL PA
09ASUNCION651	PARAGUAY: THIRD COMMITTEE VOTES WILL ALIGN WITH USG POSITION [...] No summary [...]	2009-11-17 19:32:00	Embassy Asuncion	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL UNGA PA IR BM KN
09ASUNCION673	PARAGUAY DEMARCHED ON UNGA DEFAMATION RESOLUTION [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 18:25:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UNGA PHUM PREL PGOV UN PA
09ASUNCION68	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: Adalberto Garcete DOB: [...]	2009-02-05 11:16:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION700	U.S. OFFERS SUPPORT TO INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Ayalde and A/PAO visited newly appointed National Institute of the Indigenous (INDI) President Lida Acuna on October 13. Acuna explained the many challenges INDI faces and accepted the Ambassador's offer to partner with Post on indigenous issues. End summary. 2. [...]	2009-10-22 18:34:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OEXC OIIP SCUL IAII SOCI PHUM PGOV PA
09ASUNCION9	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 candidates are scheduled to attend the Str [...]	2009-01-08 16:59:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION93	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 who are intended recipients of Tactical Commander's ATA training March 2 - March 20, 2009, in As [...]	2009-02-12 13:40:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ASUNCION94	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 who are intended recipients of U.S. training March 9 - 20, 2009 in Lima, Peru. 2. Candidate n [...]	2009-02-12 13:43:00	Embassy Asuncion	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM MARR MASS PGOV SOCI PINS SNAR PA
09ATHENS1023	Pakistan Displaced Persons Crisis-Greek Response [...] (SBU) On June 12 Ambassador Speckhard delivered reftel points to Greek Ambassador Chalistani, Chief of Staff to Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakayiannis. Ambassador Speckhard asked that the information be passed to the Foreign Minister (Note: who was then travelling in Scandinavia). The Ambass [...]	2009-06-18 11:21:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PREF PHUM PK PGOV
09ATHENS1079	GREECE AGREES AN INTERNATIONAL PIRACY COURT IS NOT THE RIGHT [...] (SBU) We delivered ref A non-paper, "An International Piracy Court: Not the Right Direction," to the Greek MFA June 9, and discussed it in a follow-up meeting with D1 Directorate (UN and IO Affairs) Counselor Dimitrios Papandreou and Legal Advisor Fani Livada on June 18. Echoing earlier commen [...]	2009-06-26 07:13:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL GR
09ATHENS113	AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW ALTERNATE MINISTER [...] (C) In a January 15 courtesy call with Christos Markoyiannakis, newly appointed to the key position of Altern!Q% A)"QQQ!Q" QQ Q)Lrder, the Ambassador streQQQ$QQQTQQQ!QQQQQQQbout terrorism and human tQQ"Q "!$ "!Q! QQQQQat both problems were Q!$ Q% Qreed to help work on several specific cases ra [...]	2009-01-29 14:42:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PTER PHUM KTIP KCRM SMIG EFIN TU GR
09ATHENS1153	GREECE SUPPORTS MOVING BEYOND MEMBERSHIP IN CONTACT GROUP ON [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 15:04:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL GR
09ATHENS1155	DEMARCHE TO GREECE ON SUPPORTING NGO INVOLVEMENT AT THE [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-02 15:05:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM GR
09ATHENS1347	Greece: Demarche Delivered on OSCE HumDim Meeting [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-29 12:58:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE GR
09ATHENS1443	GREEK VIEWS ON PIRACY CONTACT GROUP PARTICIPATION [...] (C) MFA Counselor Dimitrios Papandreou commended U.S. efforts to resolve the impasse over participation in the Contact Group for Piracy Off the Coast of Somalia, agreed with excluding North Korea and Iran from participation, and labeled our reftel message "a nice compromise." He noted his und [...]	2009-08-26 14:04:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	EWWT MARR PGOV PHSA PHUM PREL SO GR
09ATHENS1457	GREECE: CONTACT GROUP FOR PIRACY OFF THE COAST OF SOMALIA [...] (SBU) On August 31 we delivered reftel message to Greek MFA D1 Directorate (UN and International Organizations Affairs) Counselor Dimitris Papandreou, inviting Greece to join other countries that are among the 20 largest ship registries to sign the Commitment to Best Management Practices to Avo [...]	2009-09-03 13:47:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EWWT KCRM PHSA PHUM PREL UNSC SO GR
09ATHENS1463	Greek MFA on Jewish Cemetery Issues, Athens Mosque [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 28, the director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) E2 Directorate for Religious and Ecclesiastical Affairs, Amb. Christodoulos J. Lazaris, described GoG actions to address increased anti-Semitic vandalism, the current status of property restitution negotiations [...]	2009-09-09 14:33:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KISL GR
09ATHENS1515	Greece's Surging Far-Right LAOS Party Inches Towards Center [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of their unprecedented success in European Parliament elections in June, the leaders of Greece's surging, far-right Popular Orthodox Rally (LAOS) expect to win 6 to 7 percent of the vote and up to 20 parliamentary seats in October 4 domestic elections and are pre [...]	2009-09-28 15:51:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG KIRF GR
09ATHENS1575	Greek Response to UNGA Third Committee Demarche [...] (SBU) On October 26, Poloff raised reftel points on the UN General Assembly Third Committee with Elias Photopoulos, Director of the MFA D4 Directorate of Human Rights, and with Loukas Tsokos, Second Counselor in the MFA D1 Directorate for the UN and International Organizations. On no-action m [...]	2009-10-26 12:45:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM UNGA GR
09ATHENS1577	Greece on Iran: Wants More Information on Additional [...] (C) In the latest in a series of meetings on Iran, PolCouns and PolOff met 10/16 with representatives from the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs A6 Middle East and D1 International Organization directorates to give a readout of the P5+1 October 1 meeting, underscore the need for vigilance in mo [...]	2009-10-26 13:43:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN	PARM PREL PGOV ENRG IR GR UNGA IAEA RS PHUM
09ATHENS1633	Greece Supports EU Renewal of Belarus Sanctions and [...] (C) PolOff met November 10 with Vassilis Tselios, Deputy Head of the C1 EU External Relations Directorate, to discuss a coordinated Belarus sanctions policy. Tselios - the Greek MFA's point person for EU- Eastern partner affairs - noted that Greece does not have an embassy in Minsk and therefo [...]	2009-11-16 14:11:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BO GR EUN
09ATHENS1685	Greece: New Government Tackles Migration and Asylum Issues [...] (C) SUMMARY: Greece's new PASOK-led government has placed migration and asylum policy reform high on its agenda, announcing new measures to combat organized human smugglers, ease naturalization requirements for immigrants born in Greece, provide status to illegal economic migrants, and transfer Gre [...]	2009-12-04 16:07:00	Embassy Athens	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM PREF PTER SMIG KCRM GR
09ATHENS1723	Ambassador Advocates for U.S. Interests and Mosque with [...] (C) Summary: In a December 17 call on Minister of Education and Religious Affairs Anna Diamantopoulou , Ambassador Speckhard lobbied for American educational institutions operating in Greece, specifically with regard to licensing , recognition of degrees and the granting and vocational rights [...]	2009-12-22 15:10:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	SCUL PGOV PHUM GR
09ATHENS19	FM BAKOYANNIS ON GAZA, AEGEAN ISSUES, OSCE, [...] (C) In a January 7 meeting with Ambassador Speckhard, FM Bakoyannis led off by expressing concern about the situation in Gaza, and emphasizing the need for a "humanitarian truce," and a UN Security Council Resolution. The Ambassador responded that the U.S. was also deeply concerned about the [...]	2009-01-07 17:17:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE GG GR RS TU CVIS CJAN
09ATHENS203	Greece: 2009 TIP Report Submission - Part 1 of 4 [...] (U) This document is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is the first of four cables. After the Summary, the cable text is keyed to REFTEL paragraphs 23 (THE COUNTRY'S TIP SITUATION) and 24 (SETTING THE SCENE FOR THE GOVERNMENT'S ANTI-TIP EFFORTS). ---- [...]	2009-02-17 14:38:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN SMIG ELAB GR
09ATHENS204	Greece: 2009 TIP Report Submission - Part 2 of 4 [...] (U) This document is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is the second of four cables. The cable text is keyed to REFTEL paragraph 25 (INVESTIGATION AND PROSECUTION OF TRAFFICKERS). -------------------------------------------- INVESTIGATION AND PROSECU [...]	2009-02-17 14:43:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN SMIG ELAB GR
09ATHENS205	Greece: 2009 TIP Report Submission - Part 3 of 4 [...] (U) This document is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is the third of four cables. The cable text is keyed to REFTEL paragraph 26 (PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS). ------------------------------------ PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS ----- [...]	2009-02-17 14:46:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN SMIG ELAB GR
09ATHENS206	Greece: 2009 TIP Report Submission - Part 4 of 4 [...] (U) This document is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please protect accordingly. 2. (U) This is the last of four cables. The cable text is keyed to REFTEL paragraphs 27 (PREVENTION),28 (TIP HEROES),and 29 (TIP BEST PRACTICES). TIP point of contact information and an estimate of hours spe [...]	2009-02-17 14:47:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KTIP PREF ASEC KCRM KFRD KWMN SMIG ELAB GR
09ATHENS209	GREECE: POINTS DELIVERED ON DURBAN REVIEW [...] (SBU) Per REFTEL, on February 18 Poloff informed Elias Photopoulos, Director of the Greek MFA D4 Directorate of Human Rights, of our points on the Durban Review Conference Working Group Session. Photopoulos stated that Greece will follow the EU consensus at the Working Group Session. He not [...]	2009-02-18 09:30:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL UNHRC GR
09ATHENS226	TURKISH EMBASSY'S VIEWS ON MIGRANT READMISSIONS [...] (C) According to an official at the Turkish Embassy in Athens, there are two reasons why Turkey is unwilling to permit Greece to return third-country illegal migrants to Turkey at the port of Izmir, as called for in a 2001 bilateral protocol and which the Greeks believe would greatly reduce th [...]	2009-02-20 12:52:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PBTS PHUM PTER TU GR
09ATHENS228	MAURITANIA: GREECE AGREES "100 PERCENT" WITH U.S. [...] (SBU) DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on EU policy toward Mauritania to MFA A9 Africa Directorate deputy head Taxiarchis Christopoulos. Christopoulos said Greek diplomats from Brussels would attend the February 20 EU meeting in Paris. He also said that Mauritania was a regular topic of [...]	2009-02-20 13:39:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL GR EUN MR
09ATHENS241	GREEK RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON U.S. PLANS FOR MARCH [...] (SBU) Hellenic Aid has informed Post that the GoG has made no decisions on attendance and a pledge for the upcoming Donors, Conference for the Palestinian Authority (PA). EconOff delivered reftel points on February 19 to Dr. Nike-Catherine Koutrakou, Hellenic Aid, Director of Emergency Humani [...]	2009-02-24 09:23:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KPAL KWBG EFIN PGOV EAID PTER PHUM GR GZ
09ATHENS252	CODEL DURBIN FOCUSES ON CYPRUS IN MEETING WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In their February 18 meeting with PM Karmamanlis, Senator Durbin and Illinois state treasurer Giannoulias focused primarily on how to achieve progress on Cyprus this year. PM Karamanlis noted improvement in Greek-Turkish relations in many areas, but not on "heavy political i [...]	2009-02-26 12:24:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	OVIP CVIS PHUM NATO UNFCYP GR TU MK CY
09ATHENS286	GREECE/OSCE: BAKOYIANNIS MEETING WITH OSCE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rabbi Andrew Baker, the OSCE Personal Representative for Combating Anti-Semitism (and International Jewish Affairs Director for the American Jewish Committee) told Polofs that the OSCE Chairmanship was focused on security issues, and had not developed an agenda or active plan fo [...]	2009-03-09 10:39:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGO PHUM GR KIRF
09ATHENS315	GREECE: NEW WAVE OF MIGRANT PROTESTS ON POLICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the latest incident in a series of violent immigrant-police confrontations, police clashed with approximately 70 illegal migrants in the port town of Patras on March 3. Media reported that an illegal migrant was injured attempting to stow away on a truck bound for Italy. W [...]	2009-03-13 13:51:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREF KCRM GR SMIG
09ATHENS341	FURTHER INFORMATION ON GREECE'S 5 MILLION USD [...] (U) EconOff delivered reftel points on March 6 to Dr. Nike-Catherine Koutrakou, Director of Emergency Humanitarian and Food Aid Programs, Hellenic Aid. On March 18, Koutrakou advised EconOff that the $5 million pledged by the GoG at the March 2 conference would be used for various reconstruct [...]	2009-03-19 13:23:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	KPAM KWBG EFIN PGOV PHUM PTER GR EAID
09ATHENS513	GREECE SUPPORTS US CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] (U) On April 6, Poloffs delivered reftel points on the U.S. candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to Ambassador Tryphon S. Paraskevopoulos, Director of UN and International Specialized Organizations and Conferences at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and George Panagiot [...]	2009-04-07 08:52:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GR UN
09ATHENS591	Greece reiterates support for the U.S. candidacy to the UN [...] (U) On April 15, poloff delivered reftel points on the formal announcement of United States candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) to George Panagiotidis, Embassy AttachC) for the UN Directorate at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA). In response, Panagiotidis reiterated Greece' [...]	2009-04-15 14:18:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GR
09ATHENS595	Envoy Kennedy Presses Greeks on Holocaust Restitution, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador J. Christian Kennedy, Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, visited Athens March 28-31 to discuss progress on Holocaust property restitution and combating anti-Semitism with Greek officials, the Greek Orthodox Church, and local Jewish community leaders. Ministry of Ec [...]	2009-04-16 07:05:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF GR
09ATHENS62	GREEKS ALERTED TO SIGNING OF U.S.-ISRAEL [...] (C) DepPolCouns delivered reftel demarche on the signing of the U.S.-Israel Anti-Smuggling MOU to MFA A6 Directorate for Middle East Affairs deputy head Maria Zisi. Zisi was grateful for the information but had no substantive comment. 2. (C) It was the opinion of the Embassy Country Team th [...]	2009-01-16 15:55:00	Embassy Athens	CONFIDENTIAL	MARR MASS PARM PREL PBTS PHUM KWBG IS GR
09ATHENS647	Greece Welcomes U.S. Candidacy to the UN Human Rights [...] (U) On April 23, Embassy received a Note Verbale from the D1 Directorate of UN and International Organizations and Conferences at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) expressing its support for the U.S. candidacy to the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) for the 2009-2012 term. Greece "warmly [...]	2009-04-23 12:36:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL GR
09ATHENS901	Greece: Muslim Migrants Protest in Athens, Radicalization [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Violent demonstrations and riots involving Muslim migrants rocked downtown Athens throughout the month of May, bringing relations between migrants and the Greek government to a new nadir and fueling fears of Islamic radicalization in Greece. Muslim community leaders and media re [...]	2009-05-29 13:04:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PTER GR KIRF ASEC ABLD PREF SMIG
09ATHENS933	Terrorism Finance: Greek Response on UN Designation of Abdul [...] (SBU) On May 21, EconOff delivered reftel points to Ioannis Sidiropoulos, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance; Ioannis Papadakis, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Greece (BG); and Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos, Director of Monetary Policy of Banks of the Bank of Greece. EconOff f [...]	2009-06-02 10:32:00	Embassy Athens	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EFIN KTFN PTER ETTC PHUM EAID CH GR
09BAGHDAD1013	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] 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 US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...]	2009-04-13 11:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1029	IRAQI NSC DEBATES DETAINEE RELEASE ISSUES [...] (C) The Iraqi National Security Council, chaired by Prime Minister Maliki, debated detainee issues at its April 5 meeting. During the loosely structured and free flowing 90 minute discussion, several senior GOI officials worried that technical flaws in the vetting process might cause the inad [...]	2009-04-14 15:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PGOV PREL PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD1030	MEK/CAMP ASHRAF: BRINGING DOWN THE TEMPERATURE [...] (S/NF) Summary: In recent weeks, the Government of Iraq (GOI) has steadily increased the pressure on the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK),prohibiting entry of additional categories of supplies and personnel. The GOI recently announced its intention to move the residents of Camp Ashraf from their curr [...]	2009-04-14 17:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US
09BAGHDAD1032	CHARGE AND MOHR DISCUSS MEK, KUWAITI MIAS, HUMAN [...] (C) Minister of Human Rights (MoHR) Wijdan Salim expressed satisfaction with the program G/IWI has planned for her official April 19-26 visit to Washington, D.C., during which she will meet with senior USG officials and human rights organizations. An issue Salim is likely to raise in her U. [...]	2009-04-15 11:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1033	NINEWA: PROVINCIAL COUNCIL ELECTS ALNUJAIFI AND [...] (SBU) Summary. In its first official act, Ninewa,s new Provincial Council elected Al-Hadba leader Atheel Alnujaifi as the province,s new governor. Hadba and its political allies, who control an absolute majority of the seats on the PC, elected Hadba members to all of key political leadership [...]	2009-04-15 11:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM PMIL IZ
09BAGHDAD1053	DPM ESSAWI: GOI LEADERSHIP ON DISPLACEMENT NEEDED [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Essawi told Political-Minister Counselor, Senior Coordinator for Refugees and IDPs, OFDA Representative and Refcoord on April 16 that effective GOI leadership was needed to address Iraq,s displacement crisis, that he would do more within his domain of servi [...]	2009-04-17 17:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD1055	DPM ESSAWI: GOI LEADERSHIP ON DISPLACEMENT NEEDED [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Essawi told Political-Minister Counselor, Senior Coordinator for Refugees and IDPs, OFDA Representative and Refcoord on April 16 that effective GOI leadership was needed to address Iraq,s displacement crisis, that he would do more within his domain of servi [...]	2009-04-17 17:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD1058	DPM ESSAWI: GOI LEADERSHIP ON DISPLACEMENT NEEDED [...] (C) Summary: Deputy Prime Minister Essawi told Political-Minister Counselor, Senior Coordinator for Refugees and IDPs, OFDA Representative and Refcoord on April 16 that effective GOI leadership was needed to address IraqQs displacement crisis, that he would do more within his domain of servi [...]	2009-04-19 05:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD1066	SUPPORT FOR IRAQI WIDOWS AND MINISTRY OF STATE FOR [...] (C) In response to reftel, Post reports below on the current financial status of the Ministry of State for Women's Affairs (MoSWA),MoSWA's efforts to obtain international donor funding, and the poorly run GOI's widows stipend program. While current USAID assistance programs do not specific [...]	2009-04-20 12:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID ECON IO KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1077	JOURNALISTS' RIGHTS DEFENDERS WORRY GOI CLAMPING [...] (C) In the wake of the brouhaha over senior GOI security official Maj. Gen. Qassim Ata's April 13 threat to close the Baghdad office of the pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat and to shut down Sunni satellite channel Al-Sharqiyah (in response to allegations that he had issued orders to arrest ex-detaine [...]	2009-04-21 10:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1091	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. [...]	2009-04-23 04:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1092	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. [...]	2009-04-23 04:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1093	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. [...]	2009-04-23 04:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1102	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. [...]	2009-04-24 12:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1106	MEK/CAMP ASHRAF:MEK COOPERATIVE IN FACE OF NEW GOI [...] (S) SUMMARY: The Government of Iraq (GoI) continued its efforts to establish civil authority over the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) community at Camp Ashraf. The GoI has taken over responsibility for the hospital, and is in discussions to take over electric and water services. The GoI conducted a do [...]	2009-04-24 17:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US
09BAGHDAD1111	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. [...]	2009-04-26 13:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1112	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. [...]	2009-04-26 13:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1117	IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES DETAINEES, AIR FORCE CAPACITY, [...] (C) Summary: During the April 19 Iraqi National Security Council meeting, the Chief Justice complained that there is inadequate coordination between security agencies and the judiciary, resulting in improper handling of evidence and problems prosecuting prisoners and inappropriately lengthy de [...]	2009-04-27 06:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL MARR PHUM IZ

09BAGHDAD113	MEK UPDATE: DEFECTOR CLAIMS MEK HAS CONTINGENCY [...] (C) SUMMARY: A defector from Camp Ashraf, home to the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MeK) in Iraq, says the group's leadership at Camp Ashraf is prepared to order residents to kill themselves to protest any arrests of Ashraf residents. The defector (now under the care of the Ministry of Human Rights a [...]	2009-01-15 16:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR
09BAGHDAD1172	MINISTRY OF JUSTICE RESUMES EXECUTIONS OF DEATH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 3, the Ministry of Justice executed 12 death-sentenced inmates at the Khadamiya prison in Baghdad. There were 13 inmates scheduled for execution on this date, but one sentenced inmate was withdrawn pending an ongoing appeal. Of those executed, 10 were convicted a [...]	2009-05-04 15:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL SNAR IQ
09BAGHDAD118	NINEWA: AL-HADBA CANDIDATES IN WEST NINEWA TELL [...] (C) Summary: Al-Hadba candidates in Western Ninewa told visiting PMIN and MND-N DCG January 7 that the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) is intimidating them and their supporters through arbitrary arrests and beatings. Murad Kishto, a Yezidi from Khanasur, Sinjar district, said that he has b [...]	2009-01-16 13:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD119	NINEWA: AL-HADBA CANDIDATES IN WEST NINEWA TELL [...] (C) Summary: Al-Hadba candidates in Western Ninewa told visiting PMIN and MND-N DCG January 7 that the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) is intimidating them and their supporters through arbitrary arrests and beatings. Murad Kishto, a Yezidi from Khanasur, Sinjar district, said that he has b [...]	2009-01-16 13:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1194	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] 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 US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...]	2009-05-06 13:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1195	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] 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 US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...]	2009-05-06 13:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1198	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] 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 US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...]	2009-05-07 04:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1208	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. [...]	2009-05-09 07:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1209	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. [...]	2009-05-09 07:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD121	NINEWA: HADBA LEADER CLAIMS HIS PARTY IS THE [...] (C) Summary: In a January meeting with PMIN DCG of MND-N, Al Hadba ("The Gathering") leader Atheel al-Najaifi, said his party would score do well in the Ninewa election as it was the only party actively campaigning in all parts of Ninewa. Despite his confidence, Najaifi said he was concerned a [...]	2009-01-16 14:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1210	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. [...]	2009-05-09 07:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1211	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. [...]	2009-05-09 07:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1212	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. [...]	2009-05-09 07:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1213	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. [...]	2009-05-09 07:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1214	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. [...]	2009-05-09 07:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1215	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. [...]	2009-05-09 07:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1288	MINORITY QUOTAS IN UPCOMING IRAQI ELECTIONS [...] (C) Iraq's minority communities will have mandated representation in the Iraqi Kurdish Parliament following the KRG elections, currently scheduled for July 25. For the first time, Kurdish electoral law stipulates that Christians, Turkmen, and Armenians will receive 11 seats of the total 111 [...]	2009-05-17 13:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI
09BAGHDAD1294	ARREST OF SUNNI LEADER HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGES ON [...] (S) Summary: On May 12, the Iraqi Army arrested prominent Sunni Tribal leader Sheikh Mutlab Al-Massari, on suspicion of collaborating in efforts to reconstitute the Ba'th Party. The arrest of Mutlab, who is a close contact of the U.S. Embassy and Coalition Forces, highlights many of the challe [...]	2009-05-18 15:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PTER MARR MOPS IZ
09BAGHDAD1326	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. [...]	2009-05-21 09:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1327	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. [...]	2009-05-21 09:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1328	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. [...]	2009-05-21 09:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1356	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. [...]	2009-05-25 11:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1357	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. [...]	2009-05-25 11:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1359	ICRC DISCUSSES DETAINEES, MASS GRAVES, AND THE MEK [...] (C) In a May 19 meeting with the Ambassador and the Embassy's Senior Coordinator for Refugees, ICRC Head of Iraq Delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer provided an overview of the ICRC's activities in Iraq and praised the close cooperation between the organization and the Embassy. Schaerer highligh [...]	2009-05-25 12:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KREF KJUS IO IZ
09BAGHDAD1363	PRT DIYALA: SUNNI ARAB PC MEMBER ARRESTED [...] C) Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) reputed to be from the Prime Minister's Counter Terrorism Bureau arrested Diyala Provincial Council (PC) member Abd Al Jabbar, a Sunni Arab, on May 18 following a stand-off at the PC Building in Ba'aqubah. The Diyala Governor and PC subsequently condemned the GO [...]	2009-05-25 14:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KREL PTER PGOV PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD137	KARBALA CANDIDATES MANEUVER FOR ADVANTAGE [...] (C) Summary: Few incumbent Provincial Council (PC) candidates are popular, but we expect a number to retain their seats because they are buying votes. The campaign of Governor Aqeel Mahmoud al-Khazali, a member of the Da'wa party, was caught by television reporters in the act of purchasing s [...]	2009-01-19 15:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR SOCI KDEM PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD139	RRT ERBIL: EVENTS ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION [...] This message responds to request for information on the RRT's actions to support the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against women (reftel). 2. The KRG's Ministry of Sports and Youth hosted a cultural celebration to highlight awareness of the U.N.'s International Day for t [...]	2009-01-20 06:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KWMN IZ
09BAGHDAD140	ERBIL RRT: DOHUK IDPS SPEAK ON UPCOMING ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Christian, Yezidi and Arab IDPs in Dohuk Province want to participate in the upcoming provincial elections, but have questions and doubts about the electoral process. Personal experience of fraud in the 2005 elections makes many skeptical of the legitimacy of election results. [...]	2009-01-20 06:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD141	NINEWA: NINEWA IIP LEADER TELLS PMIN THEY ARE [...] (C) Summary: The leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) in Ninewa Province, Mohammad Shaker, told us January 8 that both the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and Al-Qaida Iraq (AQI) routinely intimidate and attack members of his party. The former has largely prevented IIP from campaigning in [...]	2009-01-20 07:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1426	MINORITIES FIND SECURITY IN KURDISTAN BUT [...] (C) Christian and Sabean-Mandean leaders based in the Kurdistan region report that the flow of internally displaced persons (IDPs) into their communities from the rest of Iraq has decreased to a trickle -- an indicator, they believe, that sectarian violence targeting minorities throughout Iraq [...]	2009-06-01 05:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ KDEM KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI
09BAGHDAD1427	NINEWA OPERATIONS COMMAND: SOME DETAINEES FINALLY [...] (C) The Government of Iraq is trying to adequately address problems relating to its detainee population. The Ninewa Operations Command (NOC) is a particularly egregious offender. Although most of the approximately 1,000 people incarcerated at the NOC have had their cases reviewed by an inv [...]	2009-06-01 06:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PJUS PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1428	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. [...]	2009-06-01 07:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1430	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. [...]	2009-06-01 08:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1433	IRAQI JOURNALISTS CONTINUE THE ELUSIVE SEARCH FOR [...] (C) Summary: In a recent roundtable discussion, Iraqi journalists and representatives from various non-governmental organizations (NGOs) provided their views on freedom of the press, access to information and the influence of political parties on Iraqi media. Participants expressed a genuin [...]	2009-06-01 12:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1435	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. [...]	2009-06-01 13:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1436	IRAQ REQUESTS INFORMATION ON ALL IRAQI DETAINEES [...] (U) This is an action request (see para 5). 2. (S/NF) Pol-MilOff met with Mr. Hussain Al-Asady, Director General of the Prime Minister's National Operation Center (PMNOC) May 30 to discuss the transfer of a fifth Iraqi detainee from Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba (GTMO). Four former GTMO [...]	2009-06-01 16:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US
09BAGHDAD1444	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. [...]	2009-06-02 09:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1448	NINEWA: AMBASSADOR HILL MEETS GOVERNOR AND [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador Hill made his first visit to Mosul, meeting the governor, Provincial Council Chairman, and boycotting members of the Kurdish list. During the one-day visit, the Ambassador also hosted a reception at the Mosul Museum, paying homage to Ninewa,s rich history, and greeting [...]	2009-06-02 14:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1449	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. [...]	2009-06-02 15:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1451	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. [...]	2009-06-02 15:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1452	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. [...]	2009-06-02 15:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1453	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. [...]	2009-06-02 15:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1456	IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES HUMAN RIGHTS, CRIMINAL [...] (C) Summary: During the May 31 session of the weekly Iraqi National Security Council (NSC) the Minister of Human Rights aggressively confronted Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the assembled security officials over her concerns over the human rights situation in Iraq, directly refuting his c [...]	2009-06-03 06:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM MARR IZ PTER
09BAGHDAD1475	KIRKUK: ARTICLE 23 COMITTEE UNABLE TO FIND [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 24, the Article 23 Committee (A23C) completed its last meeting in Kirkuk before heading to Baghdad. The A23C is no closer to an agreement on the issues raised under Article 23 of the Provincial Elections Law than it was when it was formed in November 2008. The A23C meeti [...]	2009-06-04 13:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD1484	MEK/CAMP ASHRAF - FORCED ENTRY INTO CITY LIKELY [...] (S/NF) Summary. After weeks of relative quiet, the Government of Iraq (GOI) has once again turned up the heat at Camp Ashraf. Following the forced retirement of former National Security Advisor Mowaffaq Al-Rubaie, Prime Minister (PM) Al-Maliki has reconstituted the GOI Ashraf Committee direc [...]	2009-06-06 15:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US
09BAGHDAD1530	SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF FIFTH GUANTANAMO DETAINEE [...] (S/NF) After receiving information on the remaining Iraqi detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba (GTMO) (REF A),the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) authorized the transfer of a fifth Iraqi detainee from GTMO June 7. In a letter addressed to Commanding General Multi-National Force-Iraq, D [...]	2009-06-11 15:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US
09BAGHDAD1546	A RARE AND VIGOROUS PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE OVER [...] (C) Summary: In another example of increasingly robust parliamentary assertions of oversight under the still new leadership of Speaker Ayad Samaraie, members of parliament slammed the Ministry of Interior for human rights abuses during the Council's June 11 session. Initiated by Sadrists, ot [...]	2009-06-14 14:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PHUM PGOV PREL PTER
09BAGHDAD155	IRAQI HIGH TRIBUNAL WORKING THROUGH FULL DOCKET OF CRIMES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The development of the Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT) as an independent, fully functioning court is illustrated by its full docket of trials. Having recently completed its third trial, the IHT has four other cases currently in trial, two more set to begin shortly, and two cases refe [...]	2009-01-21 12:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PINS PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD1558	RETURNING IDPS TO ABU GHRAIB - PLAN OR PUBLICITY? [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 4, the Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MODM) presented its plan for large-scale returns to Abu Ghraib. The MODM wants to facilitate the return of 11,600 displaced families from Abu Ghraib. According to the MODM, most of Abu Ghraib,s displaced are squatters in [...]	2009-06-16 05:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD1580	EMBASSY BAGHDAD DELIVERS 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (SBU) On June 16, we delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Selim. We informed the minister that the Department had ranked Iraq as a Tier 2 Watch List country rather than categorize it as a special case, as had been done in previous years. W [...]	2009-06-17 15:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KWMN KLPM PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG IZ
09BAGHDAD1585	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. [...]	2009-06-18 07:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1586	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. [...]	2009-06-18 07:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1587	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. [...]	2009-06-18 07:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1588	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. [...]	2009-06-18 07:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1599	UPDATE ON ARREST OF PROMINENT TRIBAL LEADER [...] (C) On June 9, Emboffs conducted a follow-up visit to detainee Sheikh Mutlab al-Massari, a prominent West Baghdad Sunni tribal leader and SOI affiliate who had close cooperation with the Embassy, the Baghdad PRT, and the U.S. Military. As outlined ref B, Mutlab's case is significant in that i [...]	2009-06-18 13:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1607	MODM PROMISES MORE FUNDS AND SUPPORT FOR IDPS AND [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MODM) plans to expand its displaced and returnee assistance programs. MODM Director General of Humanitarian Affairs, Samir al Nahi, claims that the Prime Minister,s Office has promised to supplement the Ministry,s humanitarian assistance [...]	2009-06-19 10:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD161	NINEWA: VICE GOVERNOR CLAIMS KDP WILL WIN A [...] (C) Summary: Vice Governor and KDP leader in Ninewa Province, Khasro Goran, said the KDP is deeply concerned that hundreds of thousands of Kurdish IDPs from before and after 2003 will not be able to vote in provincial elections. Goran said that, despite disenfranchisement of Kurdish IDPs, KDP [...]	2009-01-22 07:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD162	NINEWA ON THE EVE OF ELECTIONS: COUNTERING [...] (S) Summary: Credible provincial elections are key to creating the conditions for sustainable political and economic development in Ninewa Province. They are also critical to the resolution of the disputed internal boundaries (DIBs) issue as well as to Arab-Kurd relations within Ninewa and [...]	2009-01-22 07:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1643	GOI MAKING PROGRESS ON KUWAITI MASS GRAVES [...] (C) Recently returned from the June 1 Tripartite Commission meeting in Kuwait, the head of Iraq's delegation, Arkan Saleh, reported that the talks were constructive and that Kuwait's lead delegate, Ibrahim Shaheen, had agreed in principle to visit Iraq in the next few months. The issue of Kuwa [...]	2009-06-22 09:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV KU IZ
09BAGHDAD1655	EMBASSY DISCUSSES TIP WITH MFA [...] (SBU) On June 22, we delivered the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to Minister Plenipotentiary Mohamed Alhamaimidi, the head of the North America desk at the MFA. We informed Alhamaimidi that the Department had evaluated and ranked Iraq as it does other countries, not as a special ca [...]	2009-06-23 10:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KWMN KLPM PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG IZ
09BAGHDAD1671	Ministerial Committee on the Rule of Law and Detention [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's Chief Judge ordered Iraq's ministries to cooperate in processing detainee cases at the Ministerial Committee on the Rule of Law and Detention June 17. The committee, made up of representatives from the Higher Judicial Council, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Interior, [...]	2009-06-24 07:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM SOCI KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD1673	DETAINEE RELEASES CONTINUE, ALBEIT AT A SLOWER PACE [...] (C) Summary: The release and transfer of detainees held by Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) continues, albeit at a slower pace than when the process began in February. The Detainee Affairs Joint Subcommittee (JSC),established in February by the Security Agreement, continues to hold biwee [...]	2009-06-24 08:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD1695	Trial Begins on Destruction of Marshes and Marsh Arabs [...] (U) Summary: On June 24, the Iraqi High Tribunal began the trial of the Marsh Arabs case, which consists of crimes against humanity committed by Saddam's regime against Arabs living in the southern marshes of Iraq. The military attacks, forced relocation and draining of the marshes destroyed [...]	2009-06-25 14:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD1699	PRISON ABUSE SCANDAL PUTS GOI ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (SBU) The issue of detainee abuse and prison conditions has been transformed into an election-year hot potato following the assassination of Deputy Human Rights Committee Chairman Dr. Harith al-Obeidi, a Sadrist parliamentary bloc report alleging human rights violations by security officials, [...]	2009-06-25 14:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD1702	KRG PARLIAMENT PASSES CONSTITUTION CERTAIN TO [...] (C) Summary. The Iraqi Kurdistan Parliament (IKP) has unexpectedly passed a constitution for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG),and approved its going to a referendum on July 25. The draft contains a number of provisions that may conflict with the Iraqi constitution. Politically, the [...]	2009-06-26 12:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL EPET PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD1730	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-06-28 09:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1733	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-06-28 10:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1753	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-06-30 03:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1782	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-07-02 08:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1786	GOI OFFICIALS SUPPORT TRANSFER OF CIVILIAN [...] (C) Iraq's Ministry of Defense holds thousands of civilians in more than 65 detention facilities throughout the country, often for longer periods than permitted under Iraqi law. Conditions in MOD prisons are among the worst in Iraq, and inmates often remain outside the reach of the judicial [...]	2009-07-02 13:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD1788	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-07-02 14:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1799	KURDS DISMISS USG CONCERNS ABOUT KURDISH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Embassy and RRT Erbil have met with Kurdish COR members and Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials to express serious concern about politically inflammatory provisions in the recently passed Kurdish Constitution and the KRG's apparent rush to submit it to a public ref [...]	2009-07-05 15:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD1801	RRT ERBIL: LOCAL REACTIONS TO KURDISTAN REGION [...] (C) Summary. Public opposition to the newly-passed Kurdistan Region Constitution is primarily being voiced by the Change List, although intellectuals inside and outside of the parties view many articles as problematic. Journalists and physicians outside the parties have also publicly opposed [...]	2009-07-05 17:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD1803	IDPS AND ECONOMIC MIGRANTS STUCK IN SLUMS ADJACENT [...] (U) USAID/OFDA,s program advisor in Iraq conducts regular field visits to locations of displacement and return to assess humanitarian conditions and identify areas of possible intervention by implementing partners. On June 24 and 25 the program advisor met with residents of northeast Baghdad,s [...]	2009-07-06 12:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD181	HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CRITIQUE OF IRAQ COURT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: As the primary tribunal handling terrorism and other serious criminal cases, the Central Criminal Courts of Iraq (CCCI),with courthouses in Karkh and Rusafa, play a key role in promoting Rule of Law in Iraq. A recent report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on the CCCI alleges a nu [...]	2009-01-25 09:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD1811	GOI PLANS ULTIMATUM TO CLOSE ASHRAF [...] (C) Summary. In a series of meetings between GOI and USG officials last week, the GOI committee responsible for the Mujahedin-e-Khalq's Camp Ashraf appeared increasingly intent on closing Camp Ashraf. GOI officials informed acting Pol-Mil Couns that plans are underway to enter the camp, est [...]	2009-07-06 16:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IR IZ PHUM PINR PREL PTER
09BAGHDAD1813	UK REPORTS SOME KURDISH LEADERS AMENABLE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: UK Foreign Office Director for the Middle East, Frank Baker, told the Ambassador July 2 that some senior Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) officials in Erbil expressed support for delaying the referendum on the Kurdistan Region Constitution until after January 2010. Baker said [...]	2009-07-06 17:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD1847	MEK RELOCATION -- GOI APPEARS TO STEP AWAY FROM [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-09 10:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER PINR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1848	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-07-09 10:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1849	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-07-09 10:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1850	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-07-09 10:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1851	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-07-09 10:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1857	HOMOSEXUALS FLEE IRAQ IN THE FACE OF CONTINUED [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-10 07:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD186	PRT DIYALA: LOCAL TECHNOCRATS HOPE NATIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings about upcoming provincial council (PC) elections with poloff January 19-21, local professionals and government officials in Diyala emphatically denounced incumbent national religious parties and politicians in the province, believing them corrupt and inca [...]	2009-01-25 17:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD1860	SABEAN-MANDEANS: UNDER SIEGE BUT HOLDING ON [...] (C) Sabean-Mandean leaders living in Iraq describe their community as desperately wanting to remain and participate in the country's political life rather than emigrate abroad, despite being the frequent targets of criminal elements. These leaders tell us that members of the community who are [...]	2009-07-10 09:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KIRF KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG IZ
09BAGHDAD1889	TO SHIA, "RECONCILIATION" MEANS BA'THIST REVIVAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-13 10:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM SA IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1911	A STEP FORWARD ON HUMAN RIGHTS: MOD TRANSFERRING [...] (C) In response to a recent prison abuse scandal (ref A),the Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MOD) has ordered its operational commands to transfer detainees to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to bring the Iraqi Army in compliance with CPA Order number 10. CPA Order 10 vests full authority and contr [...]	2009-07-14 15:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	KJUS PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD1915	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-07-15 08:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1916	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-07-15 08:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1925	SHIA AGAIN PONDER UIA AS AN ELECTORAL VEHICLE [...] (C) Summary. Local media and Embassy contacts are speculating about the imminent revival of the Unified Iraqi Alliance (UIA) as a coalition for the planned January parliamentary election. The potential revival of the UIA encompasses three main issues: whether the Islamic Supreme Council of Ira [...]	2009-07-16 08:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1933	RRT ERBIL: REFLECTIONS ON A YEAR IN THE KURDISTAN [...] (U) The cable which follows reflects the personal views of the Kurdistan Region Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) leader. 2. (C) Summary: We should be tougher on Kurdish leadership on the slow pace of democracy; less judgmental on hydrocarbons (where Kurdistani initiatives are accomplishi [...]	2009-07-16 17:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV EPET PBTS PHUM EFIN IZ
09BAGHDAD1947	MEK REJECTS GOI PROPOSAL FOR CAMP ASHRAF AND [...] (S) On July 16, 2009, CG TF- 134 (tasked with security oversight of Camp Ashraf) convened a VTC with MEK representatives, headed by Mojgan Parsaie, in Camp Ashraf (Diyala, Iraq) to convey, per reftel, the GOI's plans to: establish a police station in Camp Ashraf; appoint a new Iraqi commande [...]	2009-07-18 13:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL PTER PINR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1951	PM MALIKI: DON'T MAKE HUMAN RIGHTS A POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki used the platform provided by a July 8 symposium on the role of human rights-focused NGOs, sponsored by the Cabinet, to denounce the politicization of human rights issues by critics of the GOI. He laid the blame squarely on the shoulders of the S [...]	2009-07-19 12:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD1971	MEK: GOI AND ASHRAF LEADERS STILL NOT SEEKING [...] (C) Summary. Camp Ashraf residents continue to stubbornly refuse to consider GOI Ashraf proposals. When presented with the message (reftel) from the GOI in a face-to-face meeting on July 19, Madame Mojgan Parsaie, leader of Camp Ashraf, reiterated the non-negotiable nature of placement of a [...]	2009-07-21 12:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER PINR IR IZ
09BAGHDAD1981	IDP RETURNS INITIATIVE IN ABU GHRAIB GATHERS [...] (C) Summary: U.S. personnel arranged a visit by representatives from the Ministry of Displacement and Migration (MoDM) and Deputy Prime Minister Rafi Al-Essawi's staff to Abu Ghraib July 12 to discuss potential for large scale IDP returns to the area with local council members, tribal leaders [...]	2009-07-22 07:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV IZ PHUM PREF PREL
09BAGHDAD199	SUCCESSFUL TRANSFER OF GTMO DETAINEES TO IRAQ; [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. After providing humane treatment and security assurances to the USG, the Government of Iraq (GOI) successfully took custody and control of four former Guantanamo detainees from U.S. forces January 17. The four are currently being detained for investigation into crimes possibl [...]	2009-01-26 18:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US
09BAGHDAD1991	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-07-24 08:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD1992	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-07-24 08:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD200	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 US Government provided training in Washington, DC. Post has no derogat [...]	2009-01-27 03:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2009	MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: CONFRONTATION LOOMING? [...] (S/NF) Summary. In a direct exchange between the GOI Ashraf Committee and the residents of Camp Ashraf, Committee Chairman Ali Abdul Amir al-Yassery announced the imminent arrival of a new site commander, plans to locate an Iraqi police station (IP station) on Camp Ashraf, and future relocat [...]	2009-07-27 15:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PREL PTER PINR IR IZ

09BAGHDAD201	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 29 candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory i [...]	2009-01-27 03:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD202	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 12 candidates of the Iraqi Security Forces who have been nominated for US Government provided training in Little Rock, Arkansas. Post has [...]	2009-01-27 03:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2027	MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: INTRANSIGENCE LEADS TO VIOLENT [...] (C) Summary. Following a stalemate between the GOI and the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) (reftel),Iraqi police and army forces entered Camp Ashraf July 28 to establish an Iraqi police presence, encountering violent resistance from camp residents. According to GOI Ashraf Committee Chairman Ali A [...]	2009-07-29 05:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV IZ IR
09BAGHDAD2028	PRT NINEWA: CHRISTIANS ANXIETY RISE IN NINEWA IN [...] (C) Summary: In the early hours of 13 July 2009, a car bomb exploded in an alley between a Christian church and a Shi'a mosque in the Faisalia neighborhood of east Mosul. The explosion damaged both houses of worship, and killed three Iraqi citizens in nearby homes. According to local Christi [...]	2009-07-29 08:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM KDEM PMIL IZ
09BAGHDAD2032	KRG ELECTIONS AND THE WAY FORWARD [...] (C) Summary. Preliminary results of the Kurdistan elections show the Goran Change List outperformed the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan (PUK) list in PUK's home base of Sulemaniyah, but the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) and PUK are set to retain their hold on power in the north and have struc [...]	2009-07-29 17:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM EPET IZ
09BAGHDAD2033	MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: VIOLENT CLASHES LEAD TO DEATHS [...] (C) Summary. Violent clashes between GOI forces and residents of Camp Ashraf entered their second day. USG officials met with GOI Ashraf Committee Chairman Ali Abdul Amir al-Yassery to stress the importance of the GOI fulfilling its commitment to the USG to treat camp residents humanely and [...]	2009-07-29 18:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV IZ IR
09BAGHDAD2039	MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: U.S. PROVIDING MEDICAL AID [...] (C) Summary. The GOI has agreed to allow U.S. forces to provide medical assistance to the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) and a U.S. team is doing so. The GOI, however, is amassing forces on the perimeters of Ashraf. The GOI have relieved COL Sa'di Habib Hussein al-Dulaymi of command of the forces [...]	2009-07-30 12:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV IZ IR
09BAGHDAD2044	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-07-31 08:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2045	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-07-31 08:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2046	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-07-31 08:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2047	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-07-31 08:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2048	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-07-31 08:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2049	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-07-31 08:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2055	MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS TAKES ISSUE WITH AMNESTY [...] (C) A July 23 report from Amnesty International that nine Iraqi women face imminent execution appears to be exaggerated, according to the Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Selim. While Minister Selim confirmed that three Iraqi women have already been executed in 2009, she told us July 30 that n [...]	2009-07-31 14:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KWMN SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2059	MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: USG OFFICIALS VISIT ASHRAF [...] (C) Summary. On July 31, USG officials visited Ashraf to assess the state of the current standoff. During this visit, USG officials expresed to both the GOI and the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) the need for dialogue and restraint. The GOI fully embraced this message, but the MEK showed no desire [...]	2009-07-31 16:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2068	VISIT TO DETAINED SUNNI TRIBAL FIGURE [...] (C) Summary: Emboffs conducted a prison visit on July 8 to see Sheikh Mutlab al-Massari, a close Embassy and U.S. military contact, prominent West Baghdad tribal leader and Sons of Iraq (SOI) affiliate. Mutlab was detained by the Iraqi Army on May 12, suspected of association with the "New Ba [...]	2009-08-02 06:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD2072	MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: NO GAME PLAN IN SIGHT FOR GOI [...] (C) Summary. On August 2, USG officials met with GOI Ashraf Committee Chairman Ali Abdul Amir al-Yassery to discuss the GOI's near-future plans regarding the standoff with the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) in Ashraf. (Note: The GOI has changed the name of Ashraf to Camp New Iraq. End Note.) Al-Y [...]	2009-08-02 15:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2093	MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: DETAINEES MOVED; RUMORS OF [...] (C) Summary. According to TF-134 local military officials, on August 2, the GOI relocated 36 Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) detainees to a facility in Khalis, making it more difficult for USG officials to ensure that the GOI are abiding by the assurances to treat the MEK in accordance with Iraqi l [...]	2009-08-03 16:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2100	MINISTER SAFA AL-SAFI LAUDS BASRAH RECONSTRUCTION, [...] (C) Summary. Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Safi al-Safi told Poloffs he is proud of his management of Prime Minister Maliki's $100 million reconstruction effort in Basrah province. Contrasting his efforts to the United Kingdom's "economic failure" in Basrah, he said over 80 perce [...]	2009-08-04 10:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ECON EAID PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2102	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-08-04 15:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2103	MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: MEK ON HUNGER STRIKE, REFUSING [...] (C) Summary. On August 4, Iraqi humanitarian situation commander in Ashraf COL Sa'di Habib Hussein al-Dulaymi informed USG officials that he had visited the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) detainees at the detention facility in Khalis on August 3, stating that the MEK detainees have refused food and [...]	2009-08-04 15:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PGOV IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2104	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-08-05 07:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2105	THE LIMITS OF CROSS-SECTARIAN POLITICS BEFORE THE [...] (C) Summary. Iraqi politicians are seeking to brand their parties as non-sectarian amid a whirl of alliance negotiations before the January national parliamentary election. A significant cross-sectarian, national electoral alliance would be a very positive development in Iraqi politics. Forma [...]	2009-08-05 08:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2106	IRAQ'S PROGRESS ON MCC INDICATORS: OUR ASSESSMENT [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's post-conflict economy continues to improve but it remains challenged by deep-rooted problems of corruption, red tape, an ill-equipped workforce, and land disputes. Although the GOI still focuses a lot of energy on the development of its oil sector, future foreign investme [...]	2009-08-05 08:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON IZ KMCA PGOV PHUM PREL
09BAGHDAD2107	IRAQ'S ARMENIAN COMMUNITY: GREATLY REDUCED, BUT [...] (C) The leader of Iraq's Armenian Community, Archbishop Avak Asadourian, tells us that the presence of Armenians in Baghdad has been greatly reduced since 2003, but that the Armenian Church continues to serve its remaining members. On August 5, Poloff traveled to the Armenian Cathedral in Bag [...]	2009-08-05 13:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD2109	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-08-06 05:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2110	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-08-06 05:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2120	MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF: DISPELLING MEK CLAIMS OF [...] (C) Summary. U.S. military medical personnel will enter Ashraf, Diyala Province, in the next 24 hours to determine the extent of the hunger strike (reftel). While the residents of Ashraf have refused food shipments from the GOI, the residents' claims of GOI blockage of food shipments to Ash [...]	2009-08-06 13:16:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PTER IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2127	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. If possible, please expedite this request as the start date of training is this month August 2009. 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 For [...]	2009-08-07 11:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2138	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] This is an action request. If possible, please expedite this request. This is a re-broadcast. 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 t [...]	2009-08-09 15:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD215	PRT SALAH AD DIN: MOD TRIES TO EVICT RESIDENTS OF [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah ad Din reporting cable. (U) Summary ------------ 2. (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Defense (MoD) has issued orders to the 4th Iraqi Army (IA) Division to expel thousands of people, some of them IDPs, from various neighborhoods in Tikrit that MOD considers its prop [...]	2009-01-28 07:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD2151	IRAQI JOURNALISTS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER DRAFT [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On July 31, the Government of Iraq (GOI) announced a draft law purporting to protect journalists' rights and freedom of the press. Many Iraqi and international media rights groups and individual journalists are concerned that, if passed, the law could be manipulated [...]	2009-08-10 14:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PHUM PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2152	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. If possible, please expedite this request as the start date of class is September 2009. 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 [...]	2009-08-10 14:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2179	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. If possible, please expedite this request as the start date of training is September 2009. 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 [...]	2009-08-12 15:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD218	NINEWA: SUNNI ARAB AND KURD POLITICAL ENTITIES [...] (C) Summary. Representatives of the Sunni Arab al-Hadba list, the National Iraqi Project Group (Hewar),and the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) alleged that they are victims of Kurdish Democratic Party (KDP)-inspired intimidation and violence. The KDP has also levied accusations of elections malfeas [...]	2009-01-28 11:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD2186	MEK IN CAMP ASHRAF:MEK DETAINEES VISITED; STILL NO [...] (C) Summary. A U.S. military medical team, with the consent and coordination of the GOI, visited Khalis detention facility in Diyala Province August 11 to perform a welfare check on the Mujahideen-e-Khalq (MEK) detainees currently in GOI custody. TF-134 reported that the MEK detainees appear [...]	2009-08-13 10:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PHUM PGOV IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2242	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. If possible, please expedite this request as training is scheduled to begin September 5, 2009. Our apologies for the late submission. 2. Pursuant to the Leahy Act and Foreign Assistance Act, post requests the Department's assistance in screening the following c [...]	2009-08-18 15:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2285	IRAQI JOURNALISTS PROTEST GOVERNMENT CRACKDOWN ON [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Iraqi journalists took to the streets on August 14 to protest a perceived Government of Iraq (GOI) crackdown on freedom of the press. Estimates of the number of participants in the demonstration range from 150 to 1,500. GOI police provided security for the event, a [...]	2009-08-24 10:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KPAO PHUM PREL PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2293	AMBASSADOR HILL AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE DARA VISIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 12, Ambassador Hill toured the Rusafa Prison Complex with Minister of Justice Dara Noor Al-Deen Baha, Al-Deen. Minister Dara hosted the tour to assess the conditions and treatment of detainees, and to show Ambassador Hill the facility and operation. Ambassador Hill [...]	2009-08-25 13:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	SOCI PGOV PHUM KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD2348	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 Security Forces who has been nominated for training in the United States. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-08-31 13:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD235	UPBEAT MINORITY LEADERS ENCOURAGE PARTICIPATION IN [...] (C) While Christian and other minority leaders still smart over the single-seat minority quotas in the Provincial Elections Law (PEL),they no longer talk of a boycott and are encouraging their constituents in the north and other regions to vote in the provincial elections on January 31. Chri [...]	2009-01-29 13:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2357	NINEWA,S KING-MAKER ARTICULATES NATIONAL AMBITIONS [...] (C) Summary: During an August 26 meeting with PRT Leader, Multi-national Division-North (MDN-N)Deputy Commanding General (DCG),and 3/1 Cavalry Brigade Commander, Sheikh Abdullah al Humaidi, head of the influential Arab Shammari tribe and the major force behind Ninewa,s governing Al Hadba coal [...]	2009-09-01 15:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PTER
09BAGHDAD2369	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S.-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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-09-03 06:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2372	IRAQ CONTINUES TO MAKE PROGRESS ON KUWAITI MASS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraq has made substantial progress recently in its search for mass graves containing the remains of Kuwaitis. Following a successful August 4 Technical Subcommittee meeting in Kuwait, the Government of Iraq (GOI) formally petitioned the International Committee of the Red Cross [...]	2009-09-03 07:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM MARR PGOV IZ KU
09BAGHDAD2384	Are the Iraqi Prisons Working Yet? -- An Assessment of [...] (SBU) In October 2002, Saddam granted unprecedented amnesty to virtually all prisoners in Iraq releasing to the street as many as 100,000 convicted criminals. He publically stated this release was a 'thank you' to his countrymen for endorsing him as President in a national referendum. With t [...]	2009-09-04 08:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PNAT PINS PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD2403	TRAFFICKED UGANDANS REPATRIATED FROM IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: (SBU) From August 18-30, the Embassy and MNF-I, with the assistance of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the GOI, successfully repatriated 14 women to Uganda who had been trafficked into Iraq for the purposes of labor exploitation. The women had escaped from thei [...]	2009-09-07 06:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	KTIP KWMN KLPM PHUM PREL ELAB SMIG UG IZ
09BAGHDAD2427	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-09-09 15:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2428	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. Please expedite as course start date is September 19, 2009. 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 trainin [...]	2009-09-09 15:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2429	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 visit to the United States to meet with OSD and DOS staff. 3. Th [...]	2009-09-09 15:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2430	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-09-09 15:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2431	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 visit to the United States to meet with OSD and DOS staff. 3. Th [...]	2009-09-09 15:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2432	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 visit to the United States to meet with OSD and DOS staff. 3. The na [...]	2009-09-09 15:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2433	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-09-09 15:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2434	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 visit to the United States to meet with OSD and DOS staff. 3. Th [...]	2009-09-09 15:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2435	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 visit to the United States to meet with OSD and DOS staff. 3. Th [...]	2009-09-09 15:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2436	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 visit to the United States to meet with OSD and DOS staff. 3. The na [...]	2009-09-09 15:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2437	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 visit to the United States to meet with OSD and DOS staff. 3. Th [...]	2009-09-09 15:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2438	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-09-09 15:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2439	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING [...] This is an action request. Please expedite as course start date is September 19, 2009. 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 trainin [...]	2009-09-09 15:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2452	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-09-11 10:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2453	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-09-11 10:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2461	REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED [...] This is an action request. 2. Post wishes to confirm the screening of the following individuals 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 nominated for US Government prov [...]	2009-09-12 13:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	ASEC IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2474	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-09-14 05:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2475	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-09-14 05:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2478	MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON MEK, RESOURCES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 7 meeting with the POL M/C, Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim criticized the GOI's handling of the Mujahadeen el-Khalq (MEK) issue, noting that Iraq has already lost the battle for public opinion within the international community. In addition, Salim cited a l [...]	2009-09-14 07:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL KJUS PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2491	MINORITY QUOTAS IN NATIONAL ELECTIONS LIKELY, BUT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minority political leaders tell us that it is increasingly likely that the forthcoming national election law will include reserved seats for Iraq's minority communities. Such a move would continue the trend of providing for minority representation that began in the Provincial Cou [...]	2009-09-15 10:01:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2494	IRAN-RELATED DEMARCHES ON RELEASE OF AMCITS AND [...] (S) Pol M/C raised with Iraqi FM Hoshyar Zebari September 14 points in ref A, regarding the six Americans in Tehran and the points in ref B, regarding key messages for host governments to deliver to Iran. Zebari was amenable to the points raised. He committed to raising the fate of the six [...]	2009-09-15 13:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PHUM CASC PINR PTER PGOV IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2495	FM ZEBARI ON THE MEK [...] (C) In a September 14 meeting with Iraqi FM Hoshyar Zebari, Pol M/C urged caution as the GOI tackled the issue of moving the Mujahideen el-Khalq (MEK) out of Ashraf. While recognizing that the GOI had a sovereign right to act, he pressed for it to delay taking action for a couple of months a [...]	2009-09-15 15:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PTER IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2502	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-09-16 08:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2528	MANDEANS FACE INTERNAL SPLIT EVEN AS THEY SEEK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Sabean-Mandean leaders tell us they are making a united full-court press to secure guaranteed representation in the next Iraqi Parliament, even as current leader Sheikh Sittar Hillo fends off a challenge from a younger rival. While the Mandeans acknowledge that the GOI has taken [...]	2009-09-21 10:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2550	UNAMI ON THE NATIONAL ELECTIONS, KIRKUK AND THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: UNAMI Deputy SRSG Andrew Gilmour discussed with POL M/C the challenges of passing a timely national elections law, suggesting that UNAMI, the Embassy, and others would need to make a major push with Iraqi political players in October to rally support for passage of the law and to [...]	2009-09-23 07:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ IR
09BAGHDAD2554	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-09-23 13:34:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2567	BAHAI CASE TESTS IRAQ'S RESPECT FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Leaders of Iraq's small Bahai community are requesting the assistance of the Ministry of Interior (MOI) in their bid to receive identification documents that would list their religion as Bahai rather than Muslim. Although the MOI issued a small number of ID cards listing the Bahai [...]	2009-09-24 11:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2575	RRT ERBIL: KRG OPPOSITION VOWS CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Change List officials, including both the leaders of their parliamentary bloc and Change Movement leader Nawshirwan Mustafa, pledged to play a constructive role in parliament, focusing on internal KRG governance issues, such as rule of law, [...]	2009-09-25 15:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	IZ PGOV PHUM
09BAGHDAD2599	MOSQUE DISPUTE RAISES SECTARIAN TENSIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: An ongoing dispute over whether a mosque located in the Salman Pak neighborhood of southern Baghdad rightfully belongs to the Sunni or the Shia Endowment is raising sectarian tensions and undermining economic reconstruction efforts in the area. The Prime Minister has appointed a [...]	2009-09-28 08:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2622	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-09-29 15:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2636	RRT ERBIL: KRG OPPOSITION VOWS CONSTRUCTIVE ROLE [...] (U) This is an RRT Erbil cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Change List officials, including both the leaders of their parliamentary bloc and Change Movement leader Nawshirwan Mustafa, pledged to play a constructive role in parliament, focusing on internal KRG governance issues, such as rule of law, [...]	2009-10-01 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PHUM
09BAGHDAD2650	PRT NINEWA: THE GRAINS OF WRATH: NINEWA,S [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-02 12:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	EAGR ECON IZ PHUM
09BAGHDAD2656	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-02 15:02:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2662	ELECTION AND INVESTMENT LAWS WEIGH HEAVILY ON PM'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prime Minister Maliki focused on passage of the election law and an amendment to the investment law in an October 1 meeting with Ambassador and Deputy Commanding General (DCG) Hunzeker. The PM noted that disputes over the distribution of parliamentary seats in Kirkuk still posed a [...]	2009-10-03 14:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON EINV IZ
09BAGHDAD2666	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-04 14:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2683	EVANGELICAL CHURCHES FIND PATH TO OFFICIAL [...] (C) A key Iraqi Evangelical Church leader tells us that Evangelical Churches are unable to obtain official recognition from the GOI because of overly stringent registration requirements imposed by the non-Muslim Endowment, thus preventing these churches from conducting legally sanctioned marri [...]	2009-10-06 09:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD270	IN COUNTRY REFUGEE PROCESSING - RESPONSE [...] (U) Summary: Embassy Baghdad appreciates Department,s interest in the details of the in-country refugee processing and support for expanding capacity to implement the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act. Responses to REF A questions are contained below. We urge Department to work with us to ensure th [...]	2009-02-02 11:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREF IZ
09BAGHDAD2703	36 MEK DETAINEES RETURNING TO ASHRAF AFTER DEAL [...] (C) The 36 detainees from the Muhajideen-e Khalq are set to return to Camp Ashraf on October 7 after agreeing to a deal with the GOI. In a meeting on October 6, the Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Selim and Ashraf Committee Chairman Ali al-Yassery told the Embassy, UNAMI, and ICRC that the GOI [...]	2009-10-07 12:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PREF PREL PINR PHUM IR IZ
09BAGHDAD2706	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-07 15:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2707	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-07 15:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2708	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-07 15:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2710	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-07 15:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2711	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-07 16:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2718	EPRT ANBAR 1: FALLUJAH SHEIKS FEAR SECURITY RISKS [...] (U)This is an ePRT Anbar 1 (Fallujah) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On September 24, Fallujah's city council sheikhs complained that reduced U.S. aid and GoI budget austerity are spurring unemployment and creating fertile ground for Al Qaida recruitment. They lobbied for increased U.S. aid proje [...]	2009-10-10 07:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL ECON EAID EAGR ENRG PTER PHUM ASEC KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD2727	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-10 15:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2730	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-10 15:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2741	PM MALIKI ON THE ELECTION LAW, INVESTMENT [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-12 11:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV KREF EPET PTER IZ IR SY
09BAGHDAD2748	IRAQ'S REMAINING JEWS STAY HIDDEN [...] (C) On October 10, Poloff met with one of the last remaining Jews in Iraq, Khalida Fouad Liahu Moualim (strictly protect),to discuss the current state of the Iraqi Jewish community. Moualim stated that there are now eight remaining members of the Iraqi Jewish community in Baghdad including h [...]	2009-10-13 06:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2751	PM MALIKI ON THE ELECTION LAW, INVESTMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an October 9 meeting with the Ambassador, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki asked the Ambassador to help stave off efforts in the COR to remove the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) Chairman for fear it could dissolve the entire organization and possibly lead to a dela [...]	2009-10-13 09:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PHUM PGOV KREF EPET PTER IR SY IZ
09BAGHDAD2768	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-14 20:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2769	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-14 20:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2770	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-14 20:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2771	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-14 20:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2772	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-14 20:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL

09BAGHDAD2773	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-14 20:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2774	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-14 20:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2775	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-14 20:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2788	SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR RICE'S VISIT TO IRAQ [...] (C) Ambassador Rice, your upcoming trip to Iraq comes at an important time in Iraq's political calendar. Iraqi political leaders are furiously at work negotiating potential alliances in advance of the January 2010 parliamentary elections. The maneuvering will become even more frenetic after [...]	2009-10-16 13:11:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ENRG PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD2793	PM MALIKI ON ELECTIONS LAW, INVESTMENT CONFERENCE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an October 17 meeting, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki expressed his concern to the Ambassador about the elections law and the timing for its passage due to political party manuevering and to continued wrangling within the COR over Kirkuk and open vs. closed lists. The PM expre [...]	2009-10-17 17:09:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL KDEM PGOV PHUM KREF PTER EPET SY IZ
09BAGHDAD2798	PRT NINEWA: AMBASSADOR'S SENIOR ADVISOR FOR [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador,s Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq, Alan Misenheimer, joined Ninewa PRT on September 22-24 for a tour of Ninewa, meeting key political and religious leaders and gaining a first-hand view of the province. In extended conversations, the Senior Advisor heard from Sun [...]	2009-10-18 19:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2804	Dyncorp CP Incident Highlights Need for Additional PSD [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 28, Iraqi soldiers manning an international zone (IZ) checkpoint beat four U.S. citizen members of a Dyncorp International (DI) personal security detail (PSD) convoy. The DI PSD had violated at least two Embassy checkpoint policies, as well as Iraqi instructions. N [...]	2009-10-19 10:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PINS CASC IZ
09BAGHDAD2805	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 to take part in site visits to police and emergency agencies in National [...]	2009-10-19 11:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2806	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 to take part in site visits to police and emergency agencies in National [...]	2009-10-19 11:19:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2807	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 to take part in site visits to police and emergency agencies in National [...]	2009-10-19 11:20:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2808	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 to take part in site visits to police and emergency agencies in National [...]	2009-10-19 11:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2809	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 to take part in site visits to police and emergency agencies in National [...]	2009-10-19 11:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2812	KIDNAPPINGS OF IRAQI CHRISTIANS RAISES CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of high profile kidnappings of Iraqi Christians over the past several months in Mosul, Kirkuk, and Baghdad have raised concerns amongst Christian leaders that the community is being deliberately targeted by criminal gangs. Whether the kidnappings are politically motivated [...]	2009-10-19 12:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KJUS PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2813	GOI REINFORCES COMMITMENT TO CHRISTIAN CHURCHES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Over the past several months, the GOI has reinforced its commitment to Iraq's Christian community by inviting the Assyrian Church to relocate its headquarters back to Baghdad and by returning schools expropriated during the Saddam-era back to the Chaldean Church. At [...]	2009-10-19 12:33:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2816	IRAQ'S PROGRESS REPORT ON MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The GOI's completion of its "Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Monitoring Indicators" report shows that the government may be serious about tracking progress on socio-economic indicators. According to the Central Organization for Statistics and Information Technology's (COSIT's [...]	2009-10-19 16:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAID ECON KMCA PHUM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2821	INCONSISTENCIES IN ARREST OF YEZIDI POLITICIAN [...] (C) Summary. Outspoken critic of Kurdish security forces, Yezidi Progress Party (YPP) Head Wa'ad Hammad Matto was arrested by Iraqi military intelligence at his Ninewa home and continues to be held in communicado. The warrant for his arrest was issued four days after his detainment. According [...]	2009-10-20 13:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	KDEM PHUM PGOV PREL IZ SY
09BAGHDAD286	US LEADERSHIP AND FUNDING NEEDED TO RETURN IRAQ,S [...] (C) Summary: Security gains have started to reverse the tide of displacement in Iraq ) UNHCR estimates that 185,000 IDPs and 23,000 refugees returned in 2008, out of nearly three million Iraqis displaced in 2006 and 2007. If security and other conditions continue to improve, UNHCR estimates [...]	2009-02-04 08:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREF PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD2860	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-25 11:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2861	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-25 11:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2868	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in site visits to police and emergency agencies in the Uni [...]	2009-10-26 09:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD287	GOI ASKS WESTERN COUNTRIES TO RESETTLE MEK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 14. 2. (C) Summary: GOI point person for the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK),National Security Advisor Dr. Mowaffaq Al-Rubaie (in the presence of the Iranian Ambassador),briefed international organizations and countries the GOI believes may have r [...]	2009-02-04 09:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREF PINS PREL IZ IR
09BAGHDAD2870	KURDISH PM CRITICIZES CELEBRATIONS FOR PKK [...] (U) Speaking with reporters in Erbil on October 25, outgoing KRG PM Nechirvan Barzani criticized Kurds in southeastern Turkey for throwing celebrations and giving a hero's welcome to PKK rebels who returned to Turkey on October 19 (reftel) as reported in international press. Barzani opined th [...]	2009-10-26 15:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ PGOV PHUM PREF PTER TU
09BAGHDAD288	ANBAR SHEIKHS ACCUSE IIP OF FRAUD, THREATEN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Post-provincial election tension has arisen in Anbar province as Anbari tribal leaders have accused the (incumbent) Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP) of manipulating election results with the assistance of the allegedly IIP-influenced Governorate Elections Officer (GEO). Conference of t [...]	2009-02-04 12:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ASEC KDEM PINS IZ
09BAGHDAD2886	TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS IN IRAQ [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Senior GOI and judicial officials tell us that trafficking in women and young boys for the purposes of prostitution remains a widespread problem in Iraq, with victims either sold to traffickers by their families or kidnapped by criminal gangs. Iraqi trafficking victims often fi [...]	2009-10-28 10:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KTIP KWMN KLPM PHUM PREL PTER ELAB SMIG SY IZ
09BAGHDAD2895	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. 3. The name of the proposed candi [...]	2009-10-29 12:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2896	KRG PRESIDENT BARZANI WILLING TO COOPERATE ON [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with the Ambassador's Senior Advisor for Northern Iraq, Kurdistan Regional President (KRG) Masoud Barzani expressed his commitment to working with the U.S. and the GOI on a draft election law. He pledged flexibility regarding the terms, but firmly expressed his disa [...]	2009-10-29 13:23:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD2911	LEADER OF SABEAN-MANDEANS SAYS COMMUNITY UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of Iraq's Sabean-Mandean community, Sheikh Sittar Hillo, tells us that the Mandeans have received new death threats from extremist elements over the past ten days and that 10 Mandeans have been murdered over the past year. Hillo complained that the GOI has been neglige [...]	2009-10-31 15:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KIRF KJUS PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD2919	SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FARAH PANDITH'S VISIT TO IRAQ, [...] Summary: On her first visit to Iraq, the Secretary's Special Representative to Muslim Communities Farah Pandith reached out to a broad cross-section of Baghdad's civil society. She emphasized President Obama's promise (as enunciated in his June 2009 Cairo speech) of a renewed U.S. dialogue ba [...]	2009-11-01 15:28:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	SCUL KPAO KISL PHUM EINT IZ
09BAGHDAD2925	ESTABLISHMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION COMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: The GOI has announced members of the Advisory Council for Iraq's Human Rights Commission, marking a step toward the establishment of an independent human rights commission. The 14-member Advisory Council, composed of representatives from the Council of Ministers, Council of Repre [...]	2009-11-02 14:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD2947	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR STATE DEPARTMENT US SPONSORED [...] 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 who have been nominated for Department of State Evidence Training that will be conducted each Wednesday for one to two hours p [...]	2009-11-05 08:03:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2948	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR STATE DEPARTMENT US SPONSORED [...] 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 who have been nominated for Department of State Evidence Training that will be conducted each Wednesday for one to two hours p [...]	2009-11-05 08:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD2996	DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO IRAQI MFA: UNGA COUNTRY [...] (C) On November 11, POL M/C delivered the UNGA Country Specific Human Rights Resolutions demarche per reftel to MFA Chief of Staff, Srood Najib and Senior Policy Advisor Farid Yaseen. Najib and Yaseen were attentive, but noncommittal, saying they would examine our request. Post will report [...]	2009-11-14 09:06:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IZ PHUM UNGA
09BAGHDAD3	SECURITY TRANSITION FOR CAMP ASHRAF - ALL QUIET ON [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 12. 2. (C) SUMMARY. After receiving what Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) leaders at Camp Ashraf described as "three blows" in the last week - a visit by Iraqi National Security Advisor (NSA) Dr. Mowaffak al-Rubaie, an Iraqi NSA press release on the vi [...]	2009-01-03 07:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR
09BAGHDAD3008	AMBASSADOR HILL DISCUSSES SECURITY, DETAINEES, AND [...] (C) Summary: In a November 10 meeting between the Ambassador and ICRC Head of Iraq Delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer, the latter provided an overview of the ICRC's activities related to detainees and the MEK, and introduced his replacement, Magne Barth. Schaerer praised the close cooperation [...]	2009-11-16 15:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KREF KJUS IO IZ
09BAGHDAD3012	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in shipyard site visit, in the United States. Request exp [...]	2009-11-17 04:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3013	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in shipyard site visit, in the United States. Request exp [...]	2009-11-17 04:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3014	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in shipyard site visit, in the United States. Request exp [...]	2009-11-17 04:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3015	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in shipyard site visit, in the United States. Request exp [...]	2009-11-17 04:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3016	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in shipyard site visit, in the United States. Request exp [...]	2009-11-17 04:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3076	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to attend a summit in the United States. If possible, please expedite th [...]	2009-11-24 03:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3093	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to attend a Logistics Seminars in the United States. If possible, please [...]	2009-11-25 14:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3094	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to attend a Logistics Seminars in the United States. If possible, please [...]	2009-11-25 14:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3120	IRAQI REFUGEES AND IDPS: A/S SCHWARTZ AND NSC SR. [...] (SBU) The following is the second of two reporting cables on the visit to Iraq by the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Assistant Secretary Eric Schwartz and National Security Council Senior Director and coordinator for Iraqi refugees and IDPs Samantha Power, who visited the [...]	2009-12-01 12:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3121	NOMINATION FOR 2010 SECRETARY'S WOMEN OF COURAGE [...] (SBU) Per Reftel, Embassy Baghdad is pleased to submit its nominee for the Secretary's 2010 Award for International Women of Courage, keyed to the priorities in the reference. The nominee has been informed of the Ambassador's intention to nominate her and is available to travel in March 2010. [...]	2009-12-01 14:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD3128	CHILDREN BEHIND BARS: IRAQI JUVENILES CHARGED WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Within the past year, there have been several high-profile cases of juveniles charged with terrorism. In the face of increasing detentions of children for serious crimes under Iraqi law, including terrorism, the Iraqi judiciary is ill-equipped to handle the volume and [...]	2009-12-02 12:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KJUS PHUM KCWI IZ
09BAGHDAD3142	U.S. FORCES DETAINEE OPERATIONS ROUND-UP [...] (C) Summary. U.S. military forces continue to meet detainee release/transfer benchmarks and remain on track to either transfer to the GOI or release all legacy detainees currently in U.S. custody no later than September 2010. Multi-National Force Iraq (MNF-I) originally planned to release/tr [...]	2009-12-04 14:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	MOPS PHUM PINS PTER CASC IZ XF
09BAGHDAD3155	IRAQ REFUGEES AND IDPS - BROOKINGS DOHA CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: The November 18-19 Brookings conference "Regional Perspectives on Iraqi Displacement" in Doha brought together representatives of major donor countries, development agencies, humanitarian players, and some regional representatives, but suffered from the absence of any senior Gover [...]	2009-12-07 12:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3166	UNHCR IN IRAQ OUTLINE OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION PLAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Assistance Refugee Coordinator met with UNHCR Deputy Representative Shoko Shimozawa and Senior Program Officer Naomi Kawahara on December 6 to discuss Post's monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plan for the agency in Iraq. In December and January UNHCR will provide Post with a pres [...]	2009-12-09 11:13:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD3177	EXECUTIONS IN IRAQ SET TO INCREASE [...] (C) The GOI appears set to accelerate the number of executions it carries out after the Eid holiday, having received signed death warrants from the Presidency Council for virtually all of the approximately 1,000 prisoners (including 17 women) currently sitting on death row. In a meeting on De [...]	2009-12-10 12:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KWMN SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD3210	PRESSURE MOUNTS TO OUST MOD'S HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past few months, the Ministry of Defense's (MOD) Human Rights Director, Iman Naji, has come under increasing pressure as the Ministry has launched (seemingly baseless) investigations into her conduct on a recent prison inspection as well as her professional/academic crede [...]	2009-12-15 07:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD3211	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in site visits to be conducted in the United States. 3. [...]	2009-12-15 07:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3212	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...]	2009-12-15 07:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3213	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...]	2009-12-15 07:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3214	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...]	2009-12-15 07:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3215	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...]	2009-12-15 07:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3216	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...]	2009-12-15 07:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3217	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...]	2009-12-15 07:43:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3218	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...]	2009-12-15 07:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3219	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in site visits to be conducted in the United States. 3. [...]	2009-12-15 07:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3220	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...]	2009-12-15 07:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3221	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...]	2009-12-15 07:46:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3222	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...]	2009-12-15 07:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3223	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...]	2009-12-15 07:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3224	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in site visits to be conducted in the United States. 3. [...]	2009-12-15 07:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3225	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...]	2009-12-15 07:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3226	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...]	2009-12-15 07:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3227	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 Security Forces who has been nominated to participate in training in the United States. 3. The name of the p [...]	2009-12-15 09:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3256	U.S. FORCES DETAINEE UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY. At the Joint Subcommittee on Detainee Affairs (JSC-DA) meeting held Saturday, December 12, TF-134 commander BG Dave Quantock stated there are 6,358 detainees currently in U.S. custody. Since January 2009, the U.S. has released 7,570 detainees and transferred 1,481 detainees to [...]	2009-12-17 08:27:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	MOPS PHUM PINS PTER CASC IZ XF
09BAGHDAD3259	A/S FELTMAN DISCUSSES MEK, MINORITIES AND LGBT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a meeting on December 14 with NEA A/S Feltman, the Minister of Human Rights, Wijdan Selim, expressed her belief that her Ministry has made progress in inculcating a greater respect for human rights throughout Iraqi society, but that the Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) remain proble [...]	2009-12-17 12:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KIRF IZ
09BAGHDAD3260	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING, USA [...] 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 Ministry of Interior (MOI),who have been nominated to witness two IA systems and observe a functional and effic [...]	2009-12-17 13:08:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3262	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING, USA [...] 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 Ministry of Defense (MOD) Security Forces, who have been nominated to participate in the C-130 Refresher Simulat [...]	2009-12-17 15:26:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3289	POST REQUESTS FY 2011 FUNDING FOR CORRECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The corrections advisor program in Iraq is needed to ensure humane treatment of detainees turned over to the GOI as well as to bolster GOI institutional capacity through December 2011. MNF-I will provide partial funding for the continuation of the corrections advisory program fo [...]	2009-12-21 14:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS KCRM IZ PGOV
09BAGHDAD3315	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING, USA [...] 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 Ministry of Defense (MOD) Security Forces, who have been nominated to participate in the Swiftboat Training and [...]	2009-12-23 09:12:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3316	NEA A/S FELTMAN'S MEETING WITH PRESIDENT TALABANI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a wide-ranging discussion with visiting NEA A/S Feltman on December 14, President Talabani underscored the importance for Kurds of the POTUS/VPOTUS telephone calls with Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) President Barzani, the December 7 White House statement on Iraq's electio [...]	2009-12-23 09:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL SY TU EG IR IZ
09BAGHDAD3317	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING, USA [...] 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 Ministry of Defense (MOD) Security Forces, who have been nominated to participate in the Swiftboat Training and [...]	2009-12-23 09:57:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3318	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING, USA [...] 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 Ministry of Defense (MOD) Security Forces, who have been nominated to participate in the Swiftboat Training and [...]	2009-12-23 10:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD3325	GOI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE URGING IRAN TO RESOLVE [...] (S) Acting DCM delivered demarche points contained reftel to FM Zebari on December 23 (other topics covered septel). Zebari said he had discussed the issue of the Amcits being held by Iran in some detail with Iranian FM Mottaki on the margins of the Manama dialogue earlier in December. Zebari [...]	2009-12-23 16:55:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL CASC PHUM PINR PTER IZ IR
09BAGHDAD3366	MINISTRY OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ACCUSES KRG OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent Ministry of Human Rights (MOHR) report on its inspection of prisons in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR) documents allegations by detainees that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is responsible for the illegal arrest and detention of Arabs from territories outside of [...]	2009-12-30 11:39:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD3373	PRT DIYALA: CENTER OF GRAVITY FOR IRAQ'S PROBLEMS [...] (U) This is a PRT Diyala message. 2. (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT With its long border with Iran, Diyala remains a strategically vital focal point for some of Iraq's most pressing problems, yet its Provincial Government remains ill-equipped to confront the challenges facing it. Although Diyala [...]	2009-12-30 16:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PREL PGOV KTER PTER KDEM PINR PINS PHUM PREF
09BAGHDAD35	KBR SUBCONTRACTOR SUSPECTED OF TIP VIOLATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: During an early December inspection visit, Emboffs confirmed media reports of some 1,000 third country nationals (TCN) living in transit housing facilities, "man camps," near the Baghdad airport while waiting for employment with MNF-I contractors. Many of the TCNs have been [...]	2009-01-07 15:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB IZ PGOV PHUM PREL
09BAGHDAD358	MOHR REPORTS ON 2008 STATS ON AMNESTY, DETAINEES, [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Human Rights has released and will soon publish its annual reports on detention facilities and victims of terrorism. According to the detentions report, 7,542 detainees were released on amnesty release orders during the year. The victims of terrorism report as [...]	2009-02-11 14:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD367	RRT ERBIL: LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR RULE OF LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Regional Reconstruction Team (RRT) Erbil has launched a QRF-funded project to survey RoL institutions in the Region and develop a strategic plan for improving the administration of justice in the region over the next five-ten years. The project is supported by Prime Ministe [...]	2009-02-12 13:35:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD37	IRAQ PROVIDES WRITTEN ASSURANCES FOR ACCEPTANCE OF [...] (S) The Government of Iraq (GOI) provided written security and humane treatment assurances for the transfer of four Iraqi detainees from Guantanamo, Cuba (GTMO) January 7. Mr. Hussain Al-Asady, Director of the Prime Minister's National Operation Center (PMNOC),signed the assurances with auth [...]	2009-01-08 07:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US
09BAGHDAD377	ICRC DISCUSSES DETAINEES, MEK, AND OPERATIONS WITH [...] (S) Summary: In a February 4 meeting with the Ambassador and Commanding General (CG) Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I),ICRC Iraq Head of Delegation Juan-Pedro Schaerer thanked the USG for its cooperation with ICRC over the last year and hoped that the ICRC's recent report on USG arrests an [...]	2009-02-13 09:45:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KREF KJUS IR IZ
09BAGHDAD378	PM MALIKI: STRENGTHENED CENTER OR EMERGING [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-13 10:42:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS KDEM KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD379	PM MALIKI: STRENGTHENED CENTER OR EMERGING [...] (C) With the strong performance of the Da'wa Party in the January 31 provincial council elections, Prime Minister Maliki will claim a public mandate. While many media analyses have tended to overstate this case (as Maliki won no more than 38 percent in two provinces, and less elsewhere) it is [...]	2009-02-13 11:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINS KDEM KISL IZ
09BAGHDAD405	MEK DEFECTORS TO BE RESETTLED IN TURKEY [...] (S/NF) Summary: According to the GOI's lead in Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) resettlement issues, Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim, Iranian officials, contrary to recent public statements (ref A),do not want to repatriate MEK defectors to Iran. Instead, the Iranian Embassy will issue passp [...]	2009-02-16 14:29:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PREL KREF TU IR IZ
09BAGHDAD41	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. [...]	2009-01-08 14:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD420	MEK/CAMP ASHRAF UPDATE: MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: As the Iraqi National Security Staff and some of the internal security forces agitate for rapid movement against the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) at Camp Ashraf, Minister of Human Rights Widjan Salim has moved to a more prominent position on the GOI Ashraf Committee. She visited C [...]	2009-02-18 10:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR
09BAGHDAD428	PRT KIRKUK: ARTICLE 23 COMMITTEE - LIMITED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Article 23 committee of the Council of Representatives followed up on its initial visit to Kirkuk last week (REFTEL) by returning on February 17. A promising agenda proposed by UNAMI covering voter registries, land issues and power sharing was derailed by the Committee's del [...]	2009-02-18 23:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD429	RRT ERBIL: THE SILENT IMAMS, DEALING WITH EXTEMIST [...] (C) Summary: A number of Muslim leaders in the Kurdistan region took to the pulpit in December/January to denounce Israeli actions in the Gaza strip and call for the destruction of the Israeli state and death to Jews. In response, the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) banned these Imams fr [...]	2009-02-18 23:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PRL PHUM PTER SOCI PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD46	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 [...]	2009-01-08 15:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KBCT ABLD PHUM AL ECON AMGT ASUP AFIN IZ
09BAGHDAD486	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. [...]	2009-02-25 10:04:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD487	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. [...]	2009-02-25 10:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD488	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. [...]	2009-02-25 10:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD489	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. [...]	2009-02-25 10:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD491	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. [...]	2009-02-25 10:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD493	BAGHDAD TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS RESPONSES [...] (SBU) Summary and recommendations: This is Post's summary of trafficking in persons (TIP) activities for the period April 2008-February 2009. Some progress has been noted since the previous report in that a few GOI officials privately acknowledge the existence of a TIP problem. In additio [...]	2009-02-25 15:14:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP KWMN PHUM ELAB KCRM KFRD PREF SMIG
09BAGHDAD498	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. [...]	2009-02-26 12:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD499	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR 9 CANDIDATES FOR US SPONSORED [...] 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. [...]	2009-02-26 12:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL

09BAGHDAD511	SHIFT TO IRAQI PRIORITIES IN FIFTH ANNUAL RULE OF LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Embassy Rule of Law Coordinator's Office (ROLC) and the Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) Staff Judge Advocate's Office co-hosted the Fifth Annual Rule of Law Conference at the New Embassy Compound February 17-18. The purpose of the conference was two-fold. The first day [...]	2009-02-27 04:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ US
09BAGHDAD528	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. [...]	2009-03-01 14:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD533	PARLIAMENT LIFTS MEMBER'S IMMUNITY AS SUNNI ARABS [...] (C) Summary: On February 25, the Council of Representatives (CoR) voted to remove parliamentary immunity from Mohamed al-Daeni, from the Sunni Arab Hewar party, the second time in six months that it has voted to lift immunity from a member. In the other case, in September, Parliament voted to [...]	2009-03-02 10:21:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PTER PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD536	MOD HOSTS INAUGURAL HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Defense's (MOD) first-ever conference on human rights on February 10 highlighted the actions the Ministry has undertaken to promote respect for human rights, including: education and training programs for soldiers; establishment of internal procedures to handle [...]	2009-03-02 11:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD54	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 [...]	2009-01-09 14:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KBCT ABLD PHUM AL ECON AMGT ASUP AFIN IZ
09BAGHDAD543	MOHR ON NEW MINISTERS, MASS GRAVES, MP AL-DAINI [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim told us on February 24 that she expects the newly appointed Judge Dara will be an effective Minister of Justice, once he negotiates his learning curve. By contrast, she expressed concern about the new Acting Minister of State for Women's A [...]	2009-03-02 14:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KWMN PTER KU IZ
09BAGHDAD544	DETENTION OF DIYALA SUNNI ARAB PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The circumstances surrounding the arrest and subsequent five month detention of a high-ranking government official in Diyala Province, Dr. Hussein al-Zubaydi, raise questions as to whether it is politically motivated. A Sunni Arab provincial council member, Dr. Hussein was ar [...]	2009-03-02 15:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV SOCI
09BAGHDAD553	MEK/CAMP ASHRAF - THE WAY AHEAD [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) faces a difficult position in Iraq as the GOI has made clear it considers the group a terrorist organization and seeks the closure of the Camp Ashraf facility and the departure of all the residents from Iraq. It plans to prosecute some members of t [...]	2009-03-04 05:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US
09BAGHDAD554	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. [...]	2009-03-04 07:58:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD556	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] 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 US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...]	2009-03-04 11:25:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD563	PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS JUDGE DARA NOOR-ELDEEN AS NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 19, the Iraqi Parliament voted by an overwhelming majority to confirm the appointment of Judge Dara Noor-Eldeen Baha,-Eldeen as the new Minister of Justice. Subsequent to the vote, Judge Dara Baha,-Eldeen took the oath of office and was sworn in as the Minister of [...]	2009-03-05 06:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KJUS SNAR IQ
09BAGHDAD578	IRAQ'S MINORITIES [...] (U) Summary: Iraq's minorities have a long and colorful history in the "Land Between the Two Rivers." While their numbers have declined significantly in recent years, those who remain contribute significantly to the cultural and political fabric of Iraq. Most minority communities are loca [...]	2009-03-05 17:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	KIRF PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD589	Status of Sabaeans in Kirkuk Province [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: PRT officers traveled to the Sabaean temple in Kirkuk City in December to meet with Sabaean leaders. The Sabaeans, numbering approximately 173 families in Kirkuk province, listed cultural and linguistic preservation, unemployment, and inclusion in governmental jobs as their pri [...]	2009-03-07 12:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD590	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR VIP [...] 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 US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...]	2009-03-08 05:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD592	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. [...]	2009-03-08 06:30:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD594	INFLUENTIAL SUNNI ARAB SHEIK HOSTS PRT AT HIS HOME [...] (C) SUMMARY: At his country home on 24 February, Sheikh Abdullah Sami al-Assi hosted a diwan attended by the PRT and Sunni Arab tribal sheikhs and notables in the area. Among the main questions and concerns raised by the assembled Arabs were the future status of Kirkuk province, detentions, [...]	2009-03-08 07:44:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD611	IRAQI NSC DISCUSSES FALSE ACCUSATIONS AND THE [...] (C) Summary: At the March 1 National Security Council meeting, Chief Justice Medhat briefed the NSC on issues involving false accusations in the justice system, as well as the use of secret informants. The PM directed that a press conference be organized to discuss false accusations, includin [...]	2009-03-09 13:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	IZ MARR PGOV PHUM PREL
09BAGHDAD612	CHRISTIAN PARLIAMENTARIANS ASSESS PROVINCIAL [...] (C) Summary: Key Christian politicians acknowledge that the January 31 provincial elections were generally well organized and that security was excellent, and are pleased that nationalist and secular parties gained at the expense of major Islamic parties. They complained, however, that int [...]	2009-03-09 15:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD65	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. [...]	2009-01-11 14:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD66	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. [...]	2009-01-11 15:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD677	IRAQI ARMY CONFRONTS MEK AT CAMP ASHRAF [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-15 14:50:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US
09BAGHDAD680	NINEWA: BIO OF LIKELY INCOMING NINEWA GOVERNOR [...] (C) Summary: Ninewa,s likely future Governor, Atheel Alnujaifi, is a sophisticated politician and astute businessman, but also a polarizing figure in a province where Arab and Kurdish Iraq meet along a legally, ethnically and geographically blurred line. He has deep links to former Ba,ath p [...]	2009-03-15 17:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TU IZ
09BAGHDAD681	IRAQI ARMY CONFRONTS MEK AT CAMP ASHRAF [...] (SBU) Summary: Although tensions have escalated at the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) Camp Ashraf in Iraq, press reports may exaggerate the situation on the ground. After failure to resolve a three-week long discussion, Iraqi Army (IA) elements at Camp Ashraf moved to seize control of a building on [...]	2009-03-15 18:17:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US
09BAGHDAD682	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. [...]	2009-03-16 05:31:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD719	NINEWA PROVINCIAL ELECTION RESULTS NOT DIRECTLY [...] (C) Summary: Ninewa's January 31 provincial election results may be a starting point for discussions on the resolution of the disputed internal boundaries issue but should not be considered a de facto Article 140 referendum. The largest minority in the DIBs region, the Yezidis, returned a m [...]	2009-03-17 12:51:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PREL TU IZ
09BAGHDAD721	JOURNALISTS ASSESS IRAQ'S PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Local and international media gave a mixed press freedom grade to Iraq's January 31 provincial elections. While many journalists cited the event as a noteworthy step forward in the country's push toward greater freedom of the press, they also complained that overly restricti [...]	2009-03-17 15:40:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM IZ
09BAGHDAD722	Judicial Training a Potential Change Agent for Iraq's Rule [...] SUMMARY: Speaking before the U.S. Embassy-hosted Rule of Law (ROL) Community Forum, the Dean of the Judicial Training Institute (JTI),created in the wake of the Baathist "bloodless revolution" of 1968 as part of the Ministry of Justice, advocated increasing the institute's resources and upd [...]	2009-03-17 15:47:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD729	GOI TO MOVE FORWARD ON KUWAITI MASS GRAVES [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Minister of Human Rights told us that she regrets the delays the GOI has caused in the ICRC-assisted effort to find Kuwaiti missing persons and open Kuwaiti mass graves. Noting that the GOI has worked out the internal issues that had stymied progress, Salim said she has [...]	2009-03-18 08:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS KU IZ
09BAGHDAD730	MEK/CAMP ASHRAF - GOI MISHANDLING UNDERLINES NEED [...] (U) This is an action request (see para 11). 2. (S/NF) Summary: The GOI is expressing increasing frustration with the Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) residents of Camp Ashraf. In response to GOI assertions that the MEK are "breaking the rules," more stringent controls have been placed on personne [...]	2009-03-18 10:48:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PTER PHUM PINR PREF PREL IZ IR US
09BAGHDAD742	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] 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 US Government provided VIP Protection Course training in Iraq. Post [...]	2009-03-18 15:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD750	NINEWA: SONGS IN THE KEY OF AIN SIFNI [...] (C) Summary: What do you get when a US Army band plays an Eastern Orthodox wedding hall in a Yezidi town with Arab, Christian and Kurdish musicians under the watchful gaze of the Barzani patriarch, a crucifix, and the Iraqi flag, plus a banner celebrating the anniversary of an anti-Saddam up [...]	2009-03-19 08:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM SOCI IZ
09BAGHDAD778	RRT Erbil: Nawshirwan Mustafa on Free Press, Elections [...] (SBU) During a March 17 visit to Sulaimaniyah, legendary Peshmerga commander and Talabani political rival Nawshirwan Mustafa gave RRT officers an impromptu tour of his Kurdistan News Network (KNN),the Region's first private TV station. KNN is finishing its test broadcast phase and will soon g [...]	2009-03-22 08:32:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI PGOV PINR IZ
09BAGHDAD797	ICRC PRESIDENT DISCUSSES SECURITY, DETAINEES, MEK [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Iraq for the first time since May 2003, ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger praised relations with the Embassy and Multinational Forces-Iraq (MNF-I) in a meeting with the Charg and MNF-I CG Odierno on March 17. Kellenberger noted that ICRC is involved in many protection [...]	2009-03-23 13:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KREF KJUS IO IZ
09BAGHDAD805	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] 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 US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...]	2009-03-24 11:38:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD836	COORDINATION, CAPACITY AND BUDGET, MISSING IN GOI [...] (C) Summary: The Government of Iraq's (GOI) efforts to support returns of internally displaced persons and refugees suffer from a chronic lack of coordination, capacity and resources. The GOI cut the Ministry of Displacement and Migration's (MODM) budget for benefits to the displaced by 80 [...]	2009-03-27 14:54:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PHUM PREL EAID IZ
09BAGHDAD840	MEK DEFECTOR GOES TO TURKEY DUE TO LIMITED ICRC [...] (S/NF) Summary: Frustrated at the restrictive support provided to him in Iraq and afraid of returning to Iran, one of the two current Mujahedin e-Khalq (MEK) defectors has moved to Istanbul. ICRC met regularly with the defectors (most recently on March 12) and offered to assist them to ret [...]	2009-03-28 15:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM KREF IO IZ IR
09BAGHDAD85	IRAQ PROVIDES ADDITIONAL ASSURANCE TO ALLOW ACCESS [...] (S) The Government of Iraq (GOI) provided written security and humane treatment assurances for the transfer of four Iraqi detainees from Guantanamo, Cuba January 7 (REF A). Mr. Hussain Al-Asady, Director of the Prime Minister's National Operation Center, who had signed the assurances with aut [...]	2009-01-13 13:59:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PREL PTER PGOV PHUM PINR KDRG IZ US
09BAGHDAD857	IRAQ'S PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS: AN IRAQI SHOW, BUT [...] (C) Summary: Although the GOI was in the lead on the successful January provincial elections, U.S. assistance greatly facilitated the elections logistically and helped the GOI to conduct the voting in a manner approximating international norms. Our support for the Iraqi provincial election [...]	2009-03-30 09:10:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD871	MUTHANNA INTEGRITY COMMISSION: A TOOTHLESS TIGER [...] This is a Muthanna PRT reporting cable 2. (C) Summary: Muthanna PRT Team Leader met with the province's Commission on Public Integrity (CPI) representative to better understand that organization's function, limitations and track record. This group has been largely ineffective due to a la [...]	2009-03-30 14:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM EFIN IZ
09BAGHDAD872	PRT SALAH AD DIN: FIRST JUDICIAL CONFERENCE SINCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 12 - 14, the Salah ad Din (SAD) judiciary held its first conference since 1999. The conference enhanced esprit de corps and exchange of information among the judges, and helped facilitate improved relations between the judiciary and police. The Iraqis gladly gave up [...]	2009-03-30 14:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD883	THE GROWTH OF IRAQ'S HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER AND HER [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Human Rights has grown into a stronger and more independent ministry under the leadership of Minister Wijdan Salim, particularly during the last year. In her almost three years as minister, Salim has increased the capacity of her staff, giving them the resource [...]	2009-03-31 11:22:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM KJUS IZ
09BAGHDAD884	DETAINEE RELEASES: BALANCING SECURITY WITH [...] (S) Summary: Aside from its compelling humanitarian aspects, the detainee issues continues to be a serious obstacle hindering nation-wide political accommodation. The GOI has a legitimate interest in safeguarding its citizens and establishing control throughout the country's cities and rur [...]	2009-03-31 11:53:00	Embassy Baghdad	SECRET	PHUM KJUS PGOV IZ
09BAGHDAD910	PRT SALAH AD DIN: MOI HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a March 24 meeting, Idris Ahmed Khalaf, Deputy Chief of the Salah ad Din (SaD) Office of Human Rights, told the PRT that overall conditions in Ministry of the Interior (MOI) Detention facilities have "marginally" improved but are still severely overcrowded. Idris said that al [...]	2009-04-02 07:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD912	LIKELY REACTIONS TO UNAMI'S DIBS REPORTS AND [...] (C) Summary: Likely reactions to the release by UNAMI of its reports on the Disputed Internal Boundaries (DIBs) areas in mid-April, absent diplomatic intervention by us, will range from public outrage to suspicious dismissal to private relief. In our recent, very light conversationswith Kurd [...]	2009-04-02 11:00:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD92	NINEWA: IHEC SAYS IDP VOTING MAY CAUSE PROBLEMS [...] (C) Summary: The Ninewa Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) representative, Abdel Khaleq al-Dabbagh, said he foresees Election Day complications, including possible voting disruptions, due to unresolved issues surrounding Ninewa IDPs who now reside in the KRG. Dabbagh claimed that N [...]	2009-01-14 08:07:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM IZ
09BAGHDAD947	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] 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 US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...]	2009-04-07 07:24:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD951	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] 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 US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...]	2009-04-07 11:05:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD961	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. [...]	2009-04-08 07:52:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD964	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] 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 US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...]	2009-04-08 08:36:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD965	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. [...]	2009-04-08 08:37:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD968	HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR US SPONSORED TRAINING FOR IP [...] 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 US Government provided training in Iraq. Post has no derogatory info [...]	2009-04-08 11:49:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD990	WHO IS BEHIND LGBT PERSECUTION IN IRAQ? [...] (C) The London-based Iraqi LGBT (Lesbian-Gay-Bisexual-Transgender) organization's March 30 claim that the GOI planned to execute over 100 gay men in the near future has sparked a storm of protest from gay rights activists around the world. Post has rigorously investigated the Iraqi LGBT cla [...]	2009-04-10 15:41:00	Embassy Baghdad	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL IZ
09BAGHDAD992	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. [...]	2009-04-11 07:56:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAGHDAD998	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. [...]	2009-04-12 08:15:00	Embassy Baghdad	UNCLASSIFIED	IZ MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PREL
09BAKU106	FM MAMMADYAROV LETTER TO SECRETARY CLINTON [...] (SBU) Azerbaijan Foreign Minister Elmar Mammadyarov passed the following letter to Ambassador Derse February 4 for transmittal to Secretary Clinton. The letter was faxed February 5 to EUR/CARC. Begin Text: Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan February 3, 2009 H [...]	2009-02-09 13:44:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU125	AZERBAIJAN REGISTERS ADVOCACY GROUPS FOR REFERENDUM [...] (SBU) Summary: Azerbaijan,s Central Election Commission (CEC) approved the petitions of nine organizations to function as "advocacy groups" ahead of the March 18 referendum on constitutional changes. Those approved include the President,s political party, as well as two opposition groups. F [...]	2009-02-13 13:01:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PINR PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU13	PATTERN OF GOAJ CONFUSION OR DECEPTION ON FOREIGN [...] (C) SUMMARY: During the two months from October 31 when the National Television and Radio Council (NTRC) first announced that it may ban foreign broadcasts from FM frequencies until the Council's December 30 final decision to do so, USG officials actively advocated against the decision. GOA [...]	2009-01-09 07:58:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
09BAKU14	YOUNG IRANIANS GET CRAZY AT IRANIAN ROCK STAR [...] On December 14 Swedish-based Iranian pop star Arash Labaf (originally from Iranian Azerbaijan) gave a concert at the Heydar Aliyev Sports complex in Baku. Although similar concerts have occurred in Dubai, this was the first-ever performance in Azerbaijan of an internationally known Iranian r [...]	2009-01-09 10:05:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	AJ IR PGOV PHUM PINR
09BAKU141	AZERBAIJAN: NINTH ANNUAL TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (U) Per reftel instructions, Embassy submits answers to reftel questions on Trafficking in Persons in Azerbaijan. Point of contact is Conoff Scott Whitmore, phone 994-50-206-5617, email: whitmoresl@state.gov. Estimated number of hours spent on report is 50 hours. Number/letter format follows [...]	2009-02-23 08:30:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP PHUM PREF ELAB KCRM KWMN KFRD SMIG AJ
09BAKU153	STAFFDEL SOCHA'S VISIT TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) Summary: On 15-17 February 2009, Embassy Baku hosted Senior Policy Adviser Chris Socha and Legislative Assistant Jack Julson from the staff of Senator DeMint (R-SC). Staff del expressed interest in energy issues; security issues, particularly vis-a-vis Russia and Iran, and the effectiven [...]	2009-02-27 10:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ IR KISL PGOV PHUM PREL TU
09BAKU154	AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER UNDER FIRE AS [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan,s Minister of Internal Affairs continues his lawsuit against human rights defender Leyla Yunus, though the case seems to have lost momentum. Baku,s Yasamal District Court may resume hearings on March 2, even though some senior officials may privately be expressing res [...]	2009-02-27 11:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PINR PREL KDEM PHUM AJ PGOV
09BAKU157	PRESIDENTIAL APPARAT EXPLAINS RADIO LIBERTY [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Apparat insider Elnur Aslanov complained that Radio Liberty's content is unfair and unbalanced, presenting a poor view of Azerbaijan and government officials. Content was markedly pro-opposition during the 2008 presidential campaign, he said. Aslanov, with help fr [...]	2009-02-27 13:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM KPAO PGOV PHUM PREL
09BAKU159	AZERBAIJAN: POST FINDINGS ON COTTON CHILD LABOR [...] (SBU) Embassy Baku contacted NGO's and local experts to discuss child labor in Azerbaijan's cotton fields in accordance with reftel. Agriculture experts in Azerbaijan note that cotton production in the country has significantly/massively declined since Soviet times, continuing that trend in r [...]	2009-02-27 14:52:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EAGR EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI AJ
09BAKU16	CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS REFERENDUM UPDATE [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan's Parliament and Constitutional Court have cleared the way for a referendum to be held on March 18 on 29 proposed amendments to Azerbaijan's Constitution on a wide range of topics. While some amendments appear to be benign, such as protecting wildlife, several challe [...]	2009-01-12 12:33:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU168	LAWSUIT DROPPED AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER LEYLA YUNUS [...] (SBU) The Minister of Internal Affairs dropped his lawsuit against human rights defender Leyla Yunus scheduled at the Yasamal District Court. The hearing, the first since the trial was moved from the Nasimi District Court, was set to start at 11:00 a.m. on March 2. The announcement about the [...]	2009-03-04 08:23:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ECON KBIO AJ
09BAKU169	IRANIAN SCHOOLTEACHER RELATES STUDENT PROTESTS AND [...] (C) An Iranian schoolteacher from XXXXXXXXXXXX told Iran Watcher that the vast majority of Iranians (but not necessarily the regime) want good relations with the United States, though most are too caught up with their daily problems to focus on this. She described Iranian intellectuals as "c [...]	2009-03-04 08:52:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SCUL SNAR AJ IR
09BAKU17	ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTERS DETAINED-- SOME RELEASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 2 approximately 150-200 people, largely young religious people, attempted to protest Israel's actions in Gaza outside the Israeli Embassy in Baku. About 150 were temporarily detained, and 25 were charged with violations of the administrative code. Journalists and re [...]	2009-01-12 13:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
09BAKU172	IRANIAN FILM DIRECTOR ON IRANIAN ROCK, DRUGS, AND [...] (C) An Iranian film Director told Iran watcher that Iranian society is becoming more liberal even as the regime becomes more "backward." He described a widespread youth culture, embracing all regions and classes, in which underground rap and rock music bands are proliferating and "classic ro [...]	2009-03-04 12:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM SCUL SNAR AJ IR
09BAKU184	TWO AZERI VIEWS OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY [...] (SBU) Summary: International Women's Day presented two opportunities to observe the role that women play in Azerbaijani society. The State Committee for Family, Women, and Children's Affairs held an expensive reception which awarded only women who hold high positions in the Aliyev regime. P [...]	2009-03-10 11:49:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	KWMN PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU188	WHY NOW FOR CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS REFERENDUM? [...] (C) Summary: The GOAJ's announcement to hold a referendum on changing the constitution to remove, inter alia, the two-term limit on the presidency was rushed through parliament just two months after President Ilham Aliyev overwhelmingly won a second five year term in office. The speed of th [...]	2009-03-11 12:09:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU205	PARLIAMENT RESTRICTS MEDIA IN AMENDED LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 6 Azerbaijan's parliament passed three changes to the "Law on Media." There are also several proposed amendments to the Constitution, to be voted on in a referendum on March 18, which will also affect the media environment. Taken together, these legal changes are likel [...]	2009-03-17 04:44:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
09BAKU206	NGO LEADERS DEBATE REFERENDUM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On February 25 the Ambassador held a roundtable discussion with leaders of Azerbaijani NGOs and youth groups. The discussion centered on the environment surrounding the March 18 referendum on changes to the constitution. The participants felt the public has little information a [...]	2009-03-17 09:59:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
09BAKU210	RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON AZERBAIJAN'S CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Ambassador delivered reftel points to Presidential Administration International Relations Advisor Novruz Mammedov on March 17. Mammedov received the demarche agreeing that we need to find the right approach under the new administration to constructively and productively address issues of [...]	2009-03-17 14:49:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ KDEM PGOV PREL PHUM
09BAKU212	AZERBAIJAN: REFERENDUM SITREP #1 [...] (C) Azerbaijan's polling stations opened largely on time (08:00 local time) on March 18, with observers noting an orderly process with minimal technical violations or issues, and very high voter turnout with in the first hour. As of 13:00 Baku time, there were no reports of violence or wides [...]	2009-03-18 08:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU216	AZERBAIJAN: REFERENDUM SITREP #2 [...] (C) As of 16:00 local time, Azerbaijan's referendum on 29 changes to its Constitution continued peacefully, without any reports of large demonstrations. The Central Election Commission (CEC) announced after 1200 local time that more than 25% of registered voters had already voted across the [...]	2009-03-18 13:03:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU217	AZERBAIJAN: REFERENDUM SITREP #3 [...] (U) Polls in Azerbaijan's referendum closed on time at 1900 local time and the counting process began immediately thereafter. No results are available yet, as counting and tabulation is likely to take many hours. CLOSING PROCEDURES ------------------ 2. (C) In the nine precincts obser [...]	2009-03-18 16:47:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU238	AZERBAIJAN: TURNING AWAY FROM DEMOCRACY [...] (C) SUMMARY: All 29 proposed changes to Azerbaijan's constitution were passed in a referendum held on March 18. Embassy observers and other international and domestic monitors found serious flaws in the voting process, but these likely did not change the outcome. The passage of the amendment [...]	2009-03-30 11:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU256	AZERBAIJAN: YOUTH ASK U.S. HELP IN EDUCATION, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 31 the Ambassador held a discussion with leaders of Azerbaijani youth groups. While these young people agree that their compatriots are largely apathetic towards politics and the referendum reflected a clear turn away from democratic reform, they have many ideas on ways [...]	2009-04-02 11:27:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
09BAKU26	YOUNG IRANIAN ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT [...] (C) A young Iranian women's rights activist and writer studing in Baku discussed women's rights issues in Iran with Baku Iran watcher. The activist, forced to study in Azerbaijan due to politically-motivated withdrawal of her university acceptance in Iran, discussed recent incidents of Irani [...]	2009-01-14 10:53:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR AJ TU IR
09BAKU27	YOUNG IRANIAN ACTIVIST SPEAKS OUT [...] (C) A young Iranian women's rights activist and writer studing in Baku discussed women's rights issues in Iran with Baku Iran watcher. The activist, forced to study in Azerbaijan due to politically-motivated withdrawal of her university acceptance in Iran, discussed recent incidents of Irani [...]	2009-01-14 11:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV PINR AJ TU IR
09BAKU287	AZERBAIJAN: RELEASE OF IMPRISONED JOURNALIST [...] (U) Imprisoned opposition journalist Mirza Sakit (Sakit Zahidov) was released from the prison the morning of April 9. Zahidov benefited from an amnesty bill proposed by First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva, also a member of parliament, although his release appeared to be complicated by administrative d [...]	2009-04-10 03:43:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KIRF AJ
09BAKU291	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL INTERVENTION REVERSES JOURNALISTS' [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary: On April 9, the Court of Appeals in Baku reversed the April 7 convictions and sentences of the editor of the Tezadlar newspaper Asif Marzili and the freelance writer Zumrud Mammadova. The two were sentenced to [...]	2009-04-10 12:21:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV AJ
09BAKU322	ANOTHER AZERBAIJANI JOURNALIST FACING COURT [...] (U) SUMMARY: In what press freedom advocates are characterizing as another attempt to crush dissent, Azerbaijani authorities continue the prosecution of opposition daily "Yeni Musavat" columnist Mahal Ismayiloglu. The charges of hooliganism and intentional infliction of bodily harm brought ag [...]	2009-04-21 10:22:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KPAO KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU341	AZERBAIJAN: DON,T FORGET ABOUT OUR INTERESTS IN [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Administration National Security Advisor Novruz Mammedov relayed to DAS Matt Bryza April 24 in Baku the nervousness and skittishness that some in Azerbaijan are feeling on the heels of Turkey,s and Armenia,s decision to initial a roadmap on normalization, and Washing [...]	2009-04-24 14:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM AJ
09BAKU342	AZERBAIJAN: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR HAS LITTLE NEWS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 24 the Ambassador met with Presidential Advisor on Social-Political Affairs Ali Hasanov to discuss the intergovernmental agreement (IGA) proposed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) to return Voice of America and Radio Liberty to FM frequencies. Hasanov began t [...]	2009-04-24 14:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ KDEM PGOV PHUM PREL
09BAKU352	AZERBAIJAN: SHOOTING AT OIL ACADEMY [...] (SBU) At approximately 09:30 local time gunfire was reported at the Azerbaijan Oil Academy, located in central Baku. This location is in between the Embassy Chancery and the Landmark Annex buildings. No Embassy personnel were at the site of the shooting or otherwise involved. Embassy prelimi [...]	2009-04-30 09:53:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
09BAKU360	AZERBAIJAN: POLICE VIOLENCE AGAINST ANS TV [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 27 three employees of ANS TV channel were subject to physical attack while investigating a story of the destruction of a mosque. The reporters' equipment was damaged during the struggle. The incident sparked outrage both among some government officials and from domesti [...]	2009-05-01 09:55:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM AJ
09BAKU366	AZERBAIJAN: OIL ACADEMY SHOOTING UPDATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 1, the day after the shooting at the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy which has left 13 people dead, several large protests were held. The demonstrators seemed to be expressing both sadness over the incident and some anger at the GOAJ over its decision not to announce an offi [...]	2009-05-04 12:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU37	IRANIAN STUDENT ACTIVIST ON IRANIAN YOUTH, [...] (C) Maryam, an Iranian women's rights activist studying medicine here, met on two occasions recently with Baku Iran watcher to discuss her views of the women's rights movement in Iran (ref A),and of the lifestyle and attitudes of Iranian students in Baku and of Iranian youth generally (the s [...]	2009-01-16 13:15:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PINR AJ IR
09BAKU392	AZERBAIJAN: ERDOGAN SAYS NK RESOLUTION FIRST, [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev called Turkish PM Erdogan's May 13-14 visit to Baku "very productive," applauding the PM's strong public messages on Turkey-Armenia reconciliation and resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. Erdogan, addressing Azerbaijan's Parliament and in a joint press c [...]	2009-05-14 12:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU
09BAKU394	AZERBAIJANI PRESIDENT REACTS MILDLY TO OBAMBA [...] (C) Summary: President Aliyev complained of double standards on democracy and human rights, based on President Obama's recent statement on press freedom. The President joked that it was probably just copied reflexively from last year's statement and he hoped this would not continue to be emp [...]	2009-05-14 13:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU
09BAKU396	AZERBAIJAN: DESTRUCTION OF YASAMAL DISTRICT MOSQUE [...] (C) Summary: On 26-27 April 2009, the Yasamal District Executive Authority (YDEA) and the District Police destroyed a newly constructed mosque in Baku. As noted reftel, several journalists were harassed while documenting the event. The leader of the Yasamal District religious community, Mir [...]	2009-05-15 07:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ IR KISL PGOV PHUM PREL
09BAKU401	AZERBAIJAN: APPARAT, MFA, SOCAR, TURKISH EMBASSY [...] (C) Summary: The Turkish Embassy DCM confirmed May 14th that press reports on PM Erdogan's May 13-14 Baku visit, which characterized meetings as "very productive," were accurate. The PM's private message to Azerbaijan's leadership was the same as the public message -- that Turkey will not fin [...]	2009-05-15 14:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV ETRD EPET ENRG PHUM KDEM AJ AM TU
09BAKU405	AZERBAIJAN: PARLIAMENT PASSES AMENDMENTS TO THE LAW ON [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU)Summary. On May 8 the Milli Majlis (Parliament) passed an amended Law on Freedom of Religion. According to the latest available text of the amendments to the Law, some of the amendments contradict international human r [...]	2009-05-19 10:37:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM AJ
09BAKU411	AZERBAIJAN: OIL ACADEMY SHOOTING INVESTIGATION CONTINUES [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. (SBU) Summary: On May 15 the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) and the Prosecutor General issued a public statement announcing further evidence uncovered in the investigation of the April 30 shooting at the State Oil Academy (reftels). This evidence backs [...]	2009-05-20 13:12:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM AJ
09BAKU415	AZERBAIJAN: HEAD OF STATE COMMITTEE FOR WORK WITH [...] Summary: POLOFF met with Hidayat Orucov, head of the State Committee for Works with Religious Structures (SCWRS) in April to discuss his role in leading the Government of Azerbaijan (GOAJ) delegation to the Alliance of Civilizations (AOC) event in Turkey on 06-07 April 2009. The primary pur [...]	2009-05-21 07:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL IR KIRF KISL PGOV PHUM AJ
09BAKU473	AZERBAIJAN: EXTRAORDINARY PARLIAMENTARY SESSION HELD [...] (U) Sensitive But Unclassified. 2. (SBU) Summary: On June 9 the Milli Mejlis (Parliament) of the Republic of Azerbaijan held an extraordinary session to discuss several important, but disturbing, topics. The ruling party, ahead of 2010 municipal elections, continues to push for a new law on [...]	2009-06-12 05:21:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM AJ
09BAKU475	AZERBAIJAN: DRAFT LAW WOULD RESTRICT NGO ACTIVITY [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-12 10:57:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU477	AZERBAIJAN: DRAFT LAW WOULD RESTRICT NGO ACTIVITY [...] (C) This is an action request. See paragraph 8. 2. (C) Summary: On June 8 the Presidential Administration delivered draft changes to the law on non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to parliament. These draft changes would restrict the activities of both foreign and domestic NGOs in a nu [...]	2009-06-12 11:34:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU487	AZERBAIJAN: CIVIL SOCIETY WANTS TO HELP SOLVE NK [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 6. 2. (C) Summary: On June 8 human rights defender Arzu Abdullayeva asked the Ambassador for USG help in organizing a dialogue between Azerbaijani and Armenian civil society actors, with a view to helping solve the Nagorno-Karabakh (NK) [...]	2009-06-18 12:08:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL AM AJ

09BAKU488	AZERBAIJAN: RESPONSE TO NGO LAW DEMARCHE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 18 DCM spoke to Head of the Presidential Administration's Office of Legal Policy Shahin Aliyev regarding proposed changes to Azerbaijan's NGO Law. Poloff also delivered Embassy concerns to Head of the Human Rights Protection Unit in the Department of Work with Law Enforce [...]	2009-06-18 12:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU494	AZERBAIJAN: A/S GORDON MEETS CIVIL SOCIETY [...] (C) Summary: On June 11 EUR Assistant Secretary Philip Gordon met with five prominent members of Azerbaijan's civil society. The group explained that civil society has increasingly less freedom to act within Azerbaijan, and that newly proposed changes to the law on NGOs would be a death knel [...]	2009-06-22 07:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AM AJ
09BAKU496	AZERBAIJAN: NEW RESTRICTIONS ON PRINT MEDIA TO BE [...] (SBU) Summary: Proposed amendments to the "Law on Mass Media," which will likely be up for debate and vote in the Azerbaijani Parliament on June 30, would further stifle the media situation in Azerbaijan by severely restricting the country's remaining independent and opposition press. Charact [...]	2009-06-22 08:57:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM KDEM AJ
09BAKU504	AZERBAIJAN: PARLIAMENT POSTPONES DEBATE ON NGO LAW [...] (C) Summary: On June 19 the GOAJ held a second extraordinary session of parliament to discuss a long 13- item agenda of legislative changes. Items 12 and 13 were changes to the law on religious freedom, mass media and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) -- all of which were controversial ( [...]	2009-06-23 11:51:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU505	AZERBAIJAN: INPUT FOR OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING [...] (SBU) As requested reftel, this cable identifies areas of concern in Azerbaijan's human rights performance that could be discussed with the GOAJ in the run-up to the September 28-October 9 OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM),in the hopes of securing greater progress. Since Az [...]	2009-06-23 12:01:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	OSCE PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM AJ
09BAKU507	AZERBAIJAN: UPDATE ON THE HUMAN DIMENSION [...] (C) Summary: On June 9 poloff hosted a meeting of western embassies and international organizations including the EU (Council and Commission),the OSCE and the Council of Europe accredited in Baku in order to discuss a wide range of issues related to democracy and human rights-- the human di [...]	2009-06-24 07:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	OSCE PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KIRF AJ
09BAKU508	IRANIAN ELECTION: IRANIAN POLITICAL SOURCES REPORT [...] (S/NOFORN) Baku Iran watcher was in contact Tuesday night with four well-connected sources who shed light on the ongoing situation in Iran. Two sources were wealthy Baku-based Iranian businessmen with allegedly extensive contacts in Tehran including to Mousavi's circle. The other two are in [...]	2009-06-24 13:10:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM ECON AJ IR
09BAKU512	AZERBAIJAN: CONTROVERSY ON NGO LAW MAY YIELD [...] (C) Summary: Discussion of the amendments to the Law on NGOs continues fast and furious in Baku. Embassy officials have delivered the reftel demarche to the Presidential Advisor on Legal Policy Shahin Aliyev and to the Deputy Head of the Yeni Azerbaijan Party Ali Ahmadov. Both GOAJ official [...]	2009-06-25 12:11:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR AJ
09BAKU526	AZERBAIJAN: NGO LAW PASSES WITH MAJOR REVISIONS [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan's parliament passed a revised version of amendments to the law on NGOs and mass media June 30, as well as previously debated changes on the law on religious freedom. The revised amendments to the NGO law largely exclude the controversial provisions previously discusse [...]	2009-06-30 13:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU529	AZERBAIJAN'S SECOND CITY A MICROCOSM OF DIFFICULT [...] (C) Summary: Ganja, Azerbaijan's historic capital and second largest city, has experienced economic stagnation since the end of the Soviet Union. Endemic corruption and brain drain have exacerbated this decline. There is little hope that reform will come through involvement of opposition p [...]	2009-07-01 08:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU557	YOUTH ACTIVISTS BEATEN IN SUSPICIOUS ALTERCATION [...] (SBU) Summary. In a suspicious episode, two young, well-known Azerbaijani political activists were beaten up in public and later detained by police. Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade were accosted in a downtown Baku cafe by two burly men who provoked a physical confrontation. Milli, Hajizade an [...]	2009-07-09 12:43:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM AJ
09BAKU574	IRAN VIEW FROM BAKU: TWENTY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE [...] (C) Baku Iran watcher has conducted approximately thirty interviews since the June 12 Iranian presidential elections with Iranians (both Baku-based and resident in Iran) and Azerbaijani Iran experts. Interviews dealt with reactions to, and analyses of, the election results; subsequent protes [...]	2009-07-21 13:25:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM AJ IR
09BAKU575	IRAN VIEW FROM BAKU: TWENTY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE [...] (C) Baku Iran watcher has conducted approximately thirty interviews since the June 12 Iranian presidential elections with Iranians (both Baku-based and resident in Iran) and Azerbaijani Iran experts. Interviews dealt with reactions to, and analyses of, the election results; subsequent protests; pro [...]	2009-07-21 13:46:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL PHUM AJ IR
09BAKU594	AZERBAIJAN: CONTINUED EFFORTS TO ADVOCATE FOR THE [...] (C) Summary: International and local efforts continue in Azerbaijan to encourage the GOAJ to release detained youth activists Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade. Deputy Foreign Minister (and uncle of the First Lady) Hafiz Pashayev told the Charge that has already once tried to get the President t [...]	2009-07-29 13:02:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU598	OSCE HUAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE [...] (C) On July 30 the Charge delivered the demarche on the upcoming OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (reftel A) to Deputy Foreign Minister Mahmud Mammadguliyev. Mammadguliyev thanked the Embassy for sharing these points early in the process, and stated that he would study them, inform [...]	2009-07-30 11:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	KDEM PREL PHUM OSCE AJ
09BAKU614	AZERBAIJAN: TOUGH TALK ON U.S. DEMOCRACY POLICY [...] (C) Summary: In a July 31 meeting with poloff, opposition leader Isa Gambar explained that democratic forces in Azerbaijan have diminishing confidence in the United States and its ability to or interest in promoting democracy and human rights in Azerbaijan. Gambar outlined a number of specif [...]	2009-08-04 11:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU62	AZERBAIJAN: OPPOSITION HARASSED COLLECTING [...] (C) Summary: Across the country, members of opposition parties collecting signatures to register as campaign "advocacy" groups for the March referendum report being harassed by police. Several say they were detained for hours at police stations and had their signature sheets confiscated. T [...]	2009-01-26 12:28:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU624	AZERBAIJAN: ANOTHER YOUTH ACTIVIST ARRESTED [...] (C) Summary: On August 3 Agasif Shakiroglu, the leader of a small youth group, was arrested and sentenced to one month of pre-trial detention for evading military service. According to Shakiroglu, he is not in breach of his military obligation and this arrest is an attempt by the GOAJ to sile [...]	2009-08-06 08:20:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU637	AZERBAIJAN: ARRESTS SUCCEED IN SUPPRESSING SOME [...] (C) Summary: Youth activist Agasif Shakiroglu was released from detention on August 7, and immediately conscripted into the army, despite the normal August break in conscriptions. Detained bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade remain in detention, however, and their lawyers indicate that th [...]	2009-08-13 12:35:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU644	AZERBAIJAN: DAS BRYZA ENGAGES PRESIDENT ALIYEV ON [...] (C) Summary: During his August 12 visit to Azerbaijan, outgoing EUR DAS Matthew Bryza discussed the case of arrested youth group leaders Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade (reftel A) with President Aliyev. The President took a more positive tone in this discussion than he had previously with Europ [...]	2009-08-17 04:36:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU674	AZERBAIJAN: HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ROUNDUP, AUGUST [...] (U) This cable is the first of a regular series that will summarize major ongoing human rights issues in Azerbaijan. This series aims to pull together many different sources of information into one readable biweekly summary of human rights cases, with the aim of giving a fuller picture of Azer [...]	2009-08-26 11:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KTIP AJ
09BAKU677	AZERBAIJAN: COMBATING TIP UPDATE FROM MIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) Anti-trafficking Unit is open to dialogue with the USG on the issue of combating trafficking in persons (TIP). On August 25 poloff met with the deputy head of the Unit, who offered an update on the many activities it is conducting in all thr [...]	2009-08-28 08:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR KTIP AJ
09BAKU678	IRAN: IRANIAN MARTIAL ARTS COACH CLAIMS MARTIAL [...] (C) Hooshang, a licensed martial arts coach and trainer from Tabriz currently visiting Baku (protect),told Baku Iran watcher that private martial arts clubs and their managers are under intense pressure to cooperate with Iranian intelligence and Revolutionary Guard organizations, both in tr [...]	2009-08-28 08:14:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AJ IR
09BAKU687	IRAN: NINJA BLACK BELT MASTER DETAILS USE OF MARTIAL ARTS CLUBS FOR REPRESSION; SAYS TABRIZIS "PRAGMATIC," CONFLICTED ON POST-ELECTION PROTESTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-01 05:38:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AJ IR
09BAKU722	GOAJ: THE NEXT GENERATION [...] (C) Summary: Ireli Public Union, formerly the Ireli Youth Movement, is a pro-government NGO focused on "developing Azerbaijani youth." In a September 2 meeting, Ireli's leadership explained the various projects the group is conducting, including summer camps, IT training, and a small grants [...]	2009-09-10 06:18:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR AJ
09BAKU724	VIOLATIONS WITNESSED IN FIRST HEARING FOR JAILED [...] (C) Summary: A pre-trial procedural hearing was held on September 4 in the case of jailed youth activists and bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade (reftels). Embassy officials were able to observe the hearing, unlike earlier hearings in this case, but many people, including officials from [...]	2009-09-10 12:43:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU731	HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ROUNDUP, AUGUST 25-SEPTEMBER 11 [...] (U) This cable is part of a regular series that will summarize major ongoing human rights issues in Azerbaijan. This series aims to pull together many different sources of information into one readable biweekly summary of human rights cases, with the aim of giving a fuller picture of Azerbaija [...]	2009-09-11 12:42:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KIRF AJ
09BAKU738	AZERBAIJAN: SUMMER 2009 MOSQUE CLOSURES, [...] (C) Summary: Through open source reporting and communication with embassy contacts, Post provides a list of specific allegations regarding mosque closures and destruction over the last four months. Much has been made in the press regarding these closures, with some alleging a trend of religio [...]	2009-09-16 08:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	AJ IR KISL PGOV PHUM PREL
09BAKU742	AZERBAIJAN: TRIAL CONTINUES FOR JAILED BLOGGERS [...] (C) Summary: The first hearing on evidence in the trial of youth activists and bloggers Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade was held on September 16. Before the hearing began, six well-known youth activists were arrested for wearing t-shirts saying "I am also a hooligan." All were released after t [...]	2009-09-17 13:07:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU743	AZERBAIJAN'S DIASPORA SMALL, NOT POLITCALLY ACTIVE [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan's diaspora of permanent migrs is small, although there are possibly 2 million labor migrants in Russia and Turkey. The diaspora has not been active in affairs in Azerbaijan or in the United States, but two new groups have recently formed: one pro-government and one pro [...]	2009-09-18 06:05:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SMIG AJ
09BAKU744	"LORDS OF THE MOUNTAINS" WILL FIGHT NO MORE FOREVER [...] (C) The Kashgai are a little-studied, semi-nomadic Turkic minority in Iran with a history of anti-government resistance. Recent interviews with Kashgai members, supplemented with information from other Iranians, suggest that most of the 1.5 million Kashgai, while still poorly educated and impo [...]	2009-09-18 06:32:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ECON EAGR AJ IR
09BAKU745	IRAN: ALLEGED OPPOSITION STRATEGY: DEMONSTRATIONS, [...] (S) A Baku Iran watcher contact with a wide range of energy sector, government, and Mousavi advisor contacts, briefed Iran watcher on his recent trip to Tehran and Isfahan, where he met with Moussavi advisors, influential notables, and key economic figures. He related that current opposition [...]	2009-09-18 10:02:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV ECON ENRG PHUM KISL AJ IZ IR
09BAKU759	PRIVATE IRAN COMMENTS OF SISTANI, MALIKI, AND ALI [...] (S) A prominent Sh'ia cleric just returned from Iraq and Iran shared some of the Iran-related content of his recent meetings with Ayatollah Sistani, Prime Minister Maliki, and Ali Khomeini (a grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini). The cleric related that Maliki regards recent factional in-fighting [...]	2009-09-24 07:07:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PREL KISL PHUM AJ IZ IR
09BAKU777	HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ROUNDUP, SEPTEMBER 11-28 [...] (U) This cable is part of a regular series that will summarize major ongoing human rights issues in Azerbaijan. This series aims to pull together many different sources of information into one readable biweekly summary of human rights cases, with the aim of giving a fuller picture of Azerbaija [...]	2009-09-30 06:26:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU790	3 MONTHS AND COUNTING: JAILED BLOGGER CASE DRAGS ON [...] (C) Summary: On September 18, 29 and October 1 three more hearings were held in the trial of jailed youth activists Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade (reftel). The defense lawyers continued to question prosecution witness intensely, while state prosecutor Jeyhun Kazimov continued to object forcef [...]	2009-10-05 11:56:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU799	AZERBAIJAN: CHILD LABOR SHIFTING FROM COTTON TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Following the release of the Labor Department's report on International Child Labor, which documented the presence of child labor in Azerbaijan's cotton industry, Embassy Baku spoke with local NGOs in Baku, Berda, and Imishli, as well as Baku representatives of the ILO and UNIC [...]	2009-10-06 13:25:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ECON ETRA EINV EIND PHUM AJ
09BAKU802	FORMER YOUTH LEADER JOINS THE OPPOSITION [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 6 Emboffs met with Razi Nurullayev, the newly elected deputy-chairman of the Azerbaijan Popular Front (PFP) to discuss the party's plans for the December municipal elections. Nurullayev stated that the six major opposition parties would not/not be running as a bloc. He [...]	2009-10-07 13:35:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM PINR AJ
09BAKU813	LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Azerbaijan's municipal elections will be held on December 23 this year. The Central Election Commission (CEC) is working hard to prepare all necessary regulations for the election, although choosing this late date looks suspiciously like the GOAJ is trying to avoid international [...]	2009-10-14 09:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU836	AZERBAIJAN'S PARLIAMENT DEBATES TURKEY-ARMENIA [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the first session of parliament in three weeks, MPs debated the recent signing of the protocols between Turkey and Armenia. Several opposition MPs criticized the recent anti-Turkish rhetoric used by the GOAJ, including the removal of Turkish flags from public parks. High-level [...]	2009-10-20 13:11:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL TU AM AJ
09BAKU85	Letter to President Obama from Chairman of the Caucasus [...] (U) Below is the text of a letter from Sheykh-ul-Islam Haji Allahshukur Pashazade, Chairman of the Caucasus Muslim Board, which the Embassy has been asked to forward to President Barack Obama: BEGIN TEXT: No. 022 January 23, 2009 To the President of the United States of America H. E [...]	2009-02-02 11:02:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL KDEM KISL SCUL SOCI AJ
09BAKU856	AZERBAIJAN: LARGE TRAFFICKING RING OF BOSNIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 28 poloff and OSCE were introduced by a local NGO to a house full of victims of trafficking for labor exploitation. There are about 346 Bosnian Serb men who were brought over the last six months to Azerbaijan to work on construction projects. According to their stories [...]	2009-10-29 20:02:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR KTIP BK SR AJ
09BAKU86	EU COMMISSIONER FERRERO-WALDNER TRIP TO AZERBAIJAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 21 EU Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner visited Baku. Her first point in her meeting with President Aliyev was media freedom; President Aliyev took the opportunity to criticize sharply the content of Radio Liberty while suggesting that he had [...]	2009-02-02 12:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU863	AZERBAIJAN: LARGE TRAFFICKING RING OF BOSNIAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 28 poloff and OSCE were introduced by a local NGO to a house full of victims of trafficking for labor exploitation. There are about 346 mostly Bosnian Serb men who were brought over the last six months to Azerbaijan to work on construction projects. According to thei [...]	2009-11-02 09:32:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR KTIP BK SR AJ
09BAKU865	HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES ROUNDUP, OCTOBER 1-30 [...] (U) This cable is part of a regular series that will summarize major ongoing human rights issues in Azerbaijan. This series aims to pull together many different sources of information into one readable biweekly summary of human rights cases, with the aim of giving a fuller picture of Azerbaija [...]	2009-11-02 13:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU868	DAS KAIDANOW DISCUSSES POLITICAL REFORM WITH CIVIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: EUR DAS Tina Kaidanow met with six leaders of Azerbaijan's civil society on October 23. All six agreed that Azerbaijan is headed in the wrong direction on democracy and human rights, and that USG support was needed on this issue. They highlighted support of youth as critical, in [...]	2009-11-04 06:01:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU87	NAKHCHIVAN: A WORLD UPSIDE DOWN [...] (C) Summary: On January 27 Poloff visited the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (AR) along with Claire Delessard, the Political Advisor to the EU Special Representative for the South Caucasus. Nakhchivan is the ancestral home of late president Heydar Aliyev, and has been run essentially as a fi [...]	2009-02-02 13:10:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV KDEM PHUM AJ
09BAKU892	AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE ON UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C)On November 13 poloff delivered reftel demarche to Jala Ibrahimova of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office of International Security, which coordinates all UN votes for Azerbaijan. Ibrahimova stated that a final decision on Azerbaijan's votes on these resolutions was not yet made, and sh [...]	2009-11-13 12:48:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM PGOV AJ
09BAKU898	REACTIONS TO BLOGGER GUILTY VERDICT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The EU, the OSCE, and the Council of Europe, in addition to the Norwegian and German governments, have issued statements of concern regarding the November 11 guilty verdict and sentencing of youth activists Emin Milli and Adnan Hajizade. EU Special Envoy Peter Semneby raised it [...]	2009-11-17 12:46:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL AJ
09BAKU904	AZERBAIJAN: EUSR VISIT DISCUSSION OF BLOGGERS, [...] (C) Summary: On November 18, the political advisor to Peter Semneby, EU Special Representative (EUSR) for the South Caucasus, briefed poloff on Semneby's recent trip to Baku and Yerevan that concluded November 16 and included meetings with both Presidents, the Azerbaijani FM and Russian Ambass [...]	2009-11-19 12:45:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM ENRG RU TX AM TU AJ
09BAKU906	AZERBAIJAN WILL LIKELY BE ABSENT FROM UNGA VOTE ON [...] (C) Azerbaijani MFA Attache Jaleh Ibrahimova informed poloff of Azerbaijan's voting decision on the reftel votes at UNGA. Azerbaijan will abstain from all resolutions on the DPRK and will vote against all resolutions on Burma, as they had in the past. While the final decision has not been mad [...]	2009-11-20 11:38:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM KDEM PGOV AJ
09BAKU907	IRANIAN ACTIONS AGAINST SAUDI ARABIA, NEW ANTI-US [...] (S/NOFORN) Baku Iran watcher met on Thursday evening November 19 with an Iranian-Azerbaijani journalist/magazine editor who has reported reliably in the past. The Iranian provided the following information that he claimed to have received from a network of sources, including staff of members [...]	2009-11-20 12:24:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL KISL PHUM PROP SA YM AJ IR
09BAKU909	IRANIAN ACTIONS AGAINST SAUDI ARABIA, NEW ANTI-US [...] (S/NOFORN) Baku Iran watcher met on Thursday evening November 19 with an Iranian-Azerbaijani journalist/magazine editor who has reported reliably in the past. The Iranian provided the following information that he claimed to have received from a network of sources, including staff of members [...]	2009-11-20 12:58:00	Embassy Baku	SECRET	PGOV PREL KISL PHUM PROP SA YM AJ IR
09BAKU911	AZERBAIJAN: TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] (U) In response to reftel A, post provides the following information for the interim assessment of Azerbaijan's progress on combating trafficking in persons. Implementing the NRM and Identifying Victims for Assistance --------------------------------------------- -------------- 2. (SBU) T [...]	2009-11-23 14:03:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL PINR KTIP AJ
09BAKU917	AZERBAIJAN: NOMINATION FOR 2009 INTERNATIONAL WOMEN OF [...] (SBU) Full Name: Leyla Yunusova Job Title/Association: Director, Institute for Peace and Democracy Date of Birth: December 21, 1955 Place of Birth: Baku, Azerbaijan Citizenship: Republic of Azerbaijan Address: 38-2 Sh.Badalbeily St., Baku 370014 Azerbaijan Phone number: +99412 497-32-00 Ema [...]	2009-11-25 09:41:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM KWMN AJ
09BAKU924	VIOLATIONS REPORTED IN MUNICIPAL ELECTION REGISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary: Major opposition parties Umid ("Hope") and Musavat ("Equality") reported to Embassy officials a number of violations of election procedures in the registration process for the December 23 municipal elections, including pressure on their candidates. These parties have also filed [...]	2009-11-25 11:49:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM AJ
09BAKU939	AZERBAIJAN: DEFAMATION OF RELIGIONS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-07 12:16:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED	UN PHUM UNGA AJ
09BAKU955	AZERBAIJAN: MPS DEBATE NK AND DEMOCRATIC REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a lively, sometimes heated, discussion on December 3, Members of Parliament from different political parties talked about the major problems facing Azerbaijan with Ethan Goldrich, visiting Director of the State Department's Office of Caucasus Affairs and Regional Conflicts. Al [...]	2009-12-11 10:44:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL SZ AJ
09BAKU979	AZERBAIJAN: US COUNCIL ON INTL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM [...] (C) Summary: From 07-12 December 2009, Embassy Baku hosted Catherine Cosman and Mary Zeng from the staff of the U.S. Council for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF). Cosman and Zeng met a wide range of official and religious contacts before attending a 10-11 December human rights confere [...]	2009-12-21 13:04:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM KISL IR AJ
09BAKU981	AZERBAIJAN: MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN VERY QUIET [...] (SBU) Summary: Azerbaijan will conduct municipal elections December 23. Embassy Baku will field several teams of election observers, mainly in Baku city and immediate regions, but will not issue a statement on the free or fair nature of the vote. OSCE/ODIHR will not monitor the election. Cam [...]	2009-12-22 11:57:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KDEM AJ
09BAKU990	Azerbaijan (Sort of) Celebrates Muharram, Ashoura [...] (SBU) On December 18, Muslims worldwide started celebrations for the holy month of Muharram. In Azerbaijan, the date was marked by a simple statement, without fanfare, from the Caucasus Muslim Board. For Shi'a Muslims, including those in Azerbaijan and neighboring Iran, Muharram has a special [...]	2009-12-24 08:51:00	Embassy Baku	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PGOV KISL SCUL SOCI AJ IR
09BAKU994	INFORMATION ON IRAN OPPOSITION ARRESTS; HARSH [...] (C) Baku-based Iranian contacts with known contacts with opposition figures provided Baku Iran watcher with a validated arrest list of some key opposition figures arrested late on December 27 and early on December 28. The list is not comprehensive but does provide a sense of the breadth of wha [...]	2009-12-29 08:57:00	Embassy Baku	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM AJ IR
09BAMAKO111	BLACK TAMACHEKS LOBBY FOR ANTI-SLAVERY LAW IN MALI [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 16:52:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM SOCI ELAB ML
09BAMAKO112	JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES IN KITA DISCUSS 2008 CHILD [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-24 16:56:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM KCRM KJUS KTIP PGOV ML
09BAMAKO138	MALI: PARTICIPATION IN UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-06 06:47:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PREL ML
09BAMAKO141	AQIM TACTICS FORCE RED CROSS TO RECONSIDER [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-06 11:20:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PTER PINS PINR ASEC ML
09BAMAKO194	FORM OVER FUNCTION: MALI'S FIGHT AGAINST [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-30 13:02:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KTIP ML
09BAMAKO211	TUAREG LEADER: FORGET THE ACCORDS, JUST GIVE US [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-06 13:39:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS PINR PREL ASEC PTER ML
09BAMAKO213	LIFE TO GO: RWANDAN GENOCIDAIRES DOING TIME IN MALI [...] (SBU) Summary: Mali's penitentiary system is home to 14 Rwandans, including former Prime Minister Jean Kambanda and two other Ministers, convicted of genocide by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Eight of the Rwandans in Mali are serving life sentences. Under the term [...]	2009-04-08 11:03:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV KDEM PREL PHUM ML
09BAMAKO232	MALI ARRESTS ITS OWN AUDITOR GENERAL [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-16 13:40:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KCOR PHUM ML
09BAMAKO234	Eager Malian Audiences Learn about U.S. Civil Rights from [...] Summary. From March 22 - 27, ARS/IIP Speaker Sheldon Austin delighted Malian audiences with lectures on the American Civil Rights movement from the early days of slavery through the inauguration of President Obama. Whether part of an audience of 600 students or at a roundtable of journalists, [...]	2009-04-17 09:16:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PHUM KPAO ML
09BAMAKO24	GAO POLICE BLOTTER: MORE GRENADES AND CARJACKINGS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-13 16:27:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV ASEC PINS PINR PHUM ML
09BAMAKO246	MALI RELEASES SOME TUAREG PRISONERS AND ONE MURDER [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-20 16:58:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINS PINR PREL PGOV ASEC ML
09BAMAKO247	MALI: DEMARCHE ON DURBAN REVIEW DELIVERED [...] The Embassy delivered reftel demarche to Hamadou Albachir Toure, Chief of the Europe and Americas Desk at the Malian Foreign Ministry, on April 21. Mr. Toure thanked the Embassy for relaying this information but made no further comment. LEONARD [...]	2009-04-21 15:20:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL SOCI AORC KISL PHUM KDEM ML
09BAMAKO257	TUAREG CLAIMS HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS AS ICRC [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-27 09:27:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PINR PREL PTER PGOV ML
09BAMAKO317	MALIAN POLICE PREVENT MEETING OF HOMOSEXUALS IN [...] Summary: On April 13 Malian police prevented a gay and lesbian group from holding a meeting on the margins of an HIV/AIDS conference supported by a local NGO in Bamako. Although police dissuaded the group from meeting, erroneous local newspaper reports to the contrary prompted a group of sen [...]	2009-05-27 14:44:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV KISL ML
09BAMAKO37	ONE OF EIGHT CAPTURED TUAREG REBELS DIES IN [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-16 14:58:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PINS ML
09BAMAKO383	ARMED ASSAILANTS ASSASSINATE COL. LAMANA OULD BOU [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-11 15:41:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PTER PINR PINS PHUM PGOV ASEC ML
09BAMAKO402	ATT'S ANNIVERSARY PRESS CONFERENCE: "NO KIDDING, [...] No summary [...]	2009-06-19 09:54:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PTER PINR KDEM ML
09BAMAKO44	YOUTH GROUP LEADER ARRESTED AFTER CALLING FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-22 15:22:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINS PHUM ML
09BAMAKO5	AN INTERIM ASSESSMENT OF MALI'S ANTI-TIP EFFORTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-07 14:36:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML
09BAMAKO509	ARBITRARY DETENTION: ATT ORDERS ACQUITTED MAN TO [...] (C) Summary: On May 27, the Supreme Court of Mali reversed the conviction for embezzlement of Mamadou Baba Diawara, the former CEO of one of Mali's largest banks, and ordered that he and an accomplice be released from prison. The Minister of Justice, on orders from President Amadou Toumani Tou [...]	2009-07-31 09:39:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KDEM ML
09BAMAKO551	MALI APPROVES NEW FAMILY CODE: ISLAMISTS UPSET [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-18 16:28:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ML
09BAMAKO580	NOT SO FAST: ATT SENDS FAMILY CODE BACK TO [...] No summary [...]	2009-09-02 15:47:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ML
09BAMAKO642	MALIAN VIEWS ON GUINEA CRISIS [...] (C) Mali is increasingly concerned with the situation in Guinea. High-level meetings have taken place over the past few days, most recently in the Foreign Ministry on the morning of October 5, with participants at the Deputy and Under-Secretary-equivalent level. Americas Bureau Chief Albachi [...]	2009-10-06 07:28:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PREF XY GV ML
09BAMAKO643	MALI REACHES OUT TO ITS DIASPORA [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-06 11:53:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	BEXP BTIO EAID OEXC OIIP PGOV PHUM PREL SCUL
09BAMAKO666	COSMETIC CHANGES IN STORE FOR THE MALIAN JUDICIARY [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-16 13:02:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM KJUS PHUM ML
09BAMAKO680	MALI'S LARGEST PARTY PREPARING FOR 2012 [...] (SBU) Summary: Although the next presidential elections are over two years away, Mali's political scene is already gearing up for what is expected to be a wide-open campaign. As the first declared candidates announce the start of their campaigns, Mali's largest political party, the Alliance for [...]	2009-10-20 18:47:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV KDEM PHUM ML
09BAMAKO686	A TRIP TO GAO HIGHLIGHTS MISSION OBJECTIVES [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-22 09:25:00	Embassy Bamako	SECRET	MARR ML PGOV PHUM
09BAMAKO694	MANEUVERING CONTINUES AROUND FAMILY CODE [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 16:27:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ML
09BAMAKO695	THE HIGH ISLAMIC COUNCIL - A VIEW FROM THE [...] (SBU) In a recent conversation with the Embassy, Kidal's representative to the national High Islamic Council (HCI),Moussa ag Ali, noted the presence of internal tensions between the provincial and national level of the HCI and between ethnic groups represented in the HCI. Moussa's account i [...]	2009-10-27 16:30:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM SOCI ML
09BAMAKO701	MALI: 64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, 3RD COMMITTEE 2009 [...] (SBU) PolCouns delivered reftel demarche to Americas Bureau Director Albachir Toure on Oct 26. Toure did not have substantive comments regarding the upcoming votes on human rights resolutions in the UNGA Third Committee, however, he said he would pass the message to Mali's UN representatives. [...]	2009-11-02 08:30:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ML
09BAMAKO711	MALI ADDRESSES LOW TIP RANKING [...] Summary: Over the past several weeks, the Embassy held meetings with GOM officials to address Mali's Tier 2 Watchlist ranking in the 2009 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report. Mali's anti-TIP standing has been affected by the GOM's failure to prosecute alleged traffickers. A Justice Ministry [...]	2009-11-02 16:50:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML
09BAMAKO741	MALI: DEMARCHE ON COUNTRY SPECIFIC HUMAN RIGHTS [...] POL Chief previously delivered the message contained in reftel on two separate occasions to MFA Americas Chief Albachir Toure and Director of Political Affairs Sekouba Cisse. POL also provided to MFA STATE/IO-drafted non-papers in French on the country specific resolutions. MFA has informed [...]	2009-11-18 10:48:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM UNGA ML
09BAMAKO77	LAW ENFORCEMENT, PRISONS, AND JUSTICE IN MALI: A [...] (SBU) Summary: During a recent visit to detention centers in Bamako, Mali's Public Prosecutor for the Court of Appeals Mahamadou Boire met with staff and inmates to verify prison conditions, identify areas of concern, and propose potential solutions to the two most pressing problems facing [...]	2009-02-06 09:07:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM SOCI PGOV ML
09BAMAKO788	RESPONSE TO ACTION REQUEST: SEEKING CANDIDATES FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-04 09:49:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ML
09BAMAKO806	MALI'S SECOND LARGEST UNION LEFT OUT IN THE COLD [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-15 14:02:00	Embassy Bamako	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM ML
09BAMAKO839	ARREST AND RELEASE OF A CHILD TRAFFICKER IN NIORO [...] (SBU) On December 17, Enda-Tiers Monde, an NGO that combats trafficking in children in west Africa, informed the Embassy that Malian authorities in Nioro du Sahel, Koulikoro Region arrested child trafficker Sidamar ag Cherif and rescued eight Tuareg children originally from Kidal. Ag Cherif w [...]	2009-12-30 07:32:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PGOV ELAB KFRD SOCI ML
09BAMAKO842	MALI: 2009 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] The following constitutes Embassy Bamako's responses for the 2009 country report on terrorism for Mali per reftel. 2. In contrast to 2008, 2009 saw offensive terrorist activity on Malian soil. On May 31, Al-Qa,ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) executed a British citizen, Edwin Dyer, who had [...]	2009-12-31 08:34:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	KDEM PGOV PHUM ML
09BAMAKO9	MALI'S UPDATE ON WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOR [...] In response to reftel, this cable provides the 2008 update of the worst forms of child labor information. ---------------------------------- A) CHILD LABOR LAWS AND REGULATION ---------------------------------- 2. Article 187 of the Malian Labor Code of 1992 and Article 20 of the Malia [...]	2009-01-07 16:36:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM USAID ML
09BAMAKO96	2008 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT - MALI [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-19 15:04:00	Embassy Bamako	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB KCRM KFRD KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG ASEC ML

09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN172	BRUNEI'S REACTION TO 2009 TIP REPORT [...] No summary [...]	2009-07-17 04:42:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	KTIP ELAB KWMN PGOV PHUM BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN185	SCENESETTER FOR CODEL NELSON VISIT TO BRUNEI DARUSSALAM [...] (SBU) Senator Nelson: Your August 16-18 visit to Brunei comes at an opportune moment. Our bilateral relationship with Brunei continues to improve as The Government of Brunei (GoB),lead by His Majesty the Sultan, seeks closer ties with the United States. Particular attention is focused on expa [...]	2009-08-04 08:42:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PREL PHUM ECON ETRD BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN191	BRUNEI SUPPORTS ASEAN STATEMENT ON ASSK CONVICTION BUT [...] (SBU) Per Reftel, Charg delivered demarche to Sheikh Fadillah, Director, Political Affairs I, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Fadillah stated that Government of Brunei (GoB) fully supports the ASEAN Chair's statement on Burma and the conviction of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK). He note [...]	2009-08-14 00:47:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED	PHUM PGOV PREL BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN256	BRUNEI'S ONLY POLITICAL PARTY WELCOMES U.S. ELECTION LAW [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-27 02:51:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM PREL BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN258	BRUNEI'S PRISONS: CURRENT CONDITIONS AND FUTURE PLANS [...] No summary [...]	2009-10-30 06:10:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM CASC BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN262	BRUNEI'S STILL REVIEWING POSITION ON GLADSTONE REPORT [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Florence Chong, Director, International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Ms. Chong noted Brunei is still developing its position on the Gladstone Report. Ms. Chong provided Brunei's UN delegation with U.S. positions, as noted i [...]	2009-11-04 07:58:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER KPAL IS BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN263	DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THIRD COMMITTEE [...] (SBU) DCM delivered reftel demarche to Florence Chong, Director, International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT). Particular emphasis was placed on cooperation with U.S. on human rights issues, OIC defamation of religion resolution, and improving UN voting coincidence. [...]	2009-11-04 07:58:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UN BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN49	BRUNEI DISTANCING ITSELF FROM ROHINGYA ISSUE [...] (SBU) Deputy Chief of Mission met with Brunei Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) to discuss Brunei's position regarding the Rohingya refugee issue. Reading primarily from a prepared text, MFA Deputy Director, Politics I, Haji Mulok Jamat, stated that the Brunei's position is this is an issue [...]	2009-03-13 07:15:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL BM BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN59	BRUNEI-MALAYSIA TERRITORIAL SETTLEMENT OVERSHADOWED BY [...] No summary [...]	2009-03-24 07:54:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM ECON BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN69	BRUNEI SUPPORTIVE OF TCG EFFORTS IN BURMA [...] (C) Per Reftel, CDA McIntyre noted USG concerns regarding adverse actions taken by the Burmese government against the Tripartite Core Group's (TCG) existing authority in a March 26th meeting with Government of Brunei (GoB) officials. CDA urged GoB to discourage the recent restrictive conditions [...]	2009-03-26 07:53:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	EAID PGOV PHUM PREL BM BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN71	AMBASSADOR TODD HOLDS WIDE RANGING DISCUSSION WITH [...] (C) Ambassador Todd met with Brunei Deputy Foreign Minister, Pehin Lim Jock Seng, on March 19th at Pehin Lim's request. Ambassador Todd pressed USG concerns regarding religious freedom, especially at private religious schools. Pehin Lim Jock expressed surprised and consternation that this iss [...]	2009-03-27 07:57:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PINR PHUM PREL KIPR BX
09BANDARSERIBEGAWAN81	BRUNEI LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL: STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS [...] No summary [...]	2009-04-03 07:58:00	Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PINR PHUM ECON BX
09BANGKOK1012	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to participate in the abo [...]	2009-04-22 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1028	LAO HMONG: THAIS OPEN INFORMAL DIALOGUE ON NONG [...] (C) On April 22, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs invited representatives from the four countries that have received UNHCR referrals of the 158 recognized refugees detained for over two years in the Nong Khai Immigration Detention Center - the U.S. (70 referrals),Australia (47),Canada (16) [...]	2009-04-24 05:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM TH LA
09BANGKOK1053	Local Broadcast Media Comes Under Fire During Songkran [...] (SBU) Summary: Local broadcast media was attacked from both sides of the political spectrum for its coverage of the recent anti-government protests in Thailand. Pro-Thaksin sympathizers heavily criticized local television stations for their allegedly one-sided coverage of the violent events th [...]	2009-04-29 05:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL PGOV KPAO TH
09BANGKOK1061	TARGETED KILLINGS FEED CLIMATE OF FEAR AND [...] (C) Summary: Targeted killings of religious leaders, former detainees, alleged informants and collaborators, and human rights activists, with both security forces and insurgents to blame for cases that usually go unsolved, are exacerbating an environment of distrust and fear in Thailand's deep [...]	2009-04-29 10:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PHUM PINS PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK1101	CROWD CONTROL DURING RECENT PROTESTS IN THAILAND [...] (C) The Thai Army, rather than the police, played the leading role in quelling angry demonstrations in Bangkok April 12-14. The Thai government's decision to rely on the Army may have stemmed from several factors, including the political views of leading Army and police officers, as well as l [...]	2009-05-01 09:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KJUS KDEM ASEC MOPS TH
09BANGKOK1103	THAILAND: ASSISTANCE NGO TO LEAVE LAO HMONG [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 24, the NGO Doctors Without Borders (MSF) informed us of its plans to leave the detention center in Petchabun within the next two to four weeks. MSF cited Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) interference with its work providing medical care, food and water/sanitation. The B [...]	2009-05-01 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK1119	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 23 individuals listed below, who have been selected to participat [...]	2009-05-06 09:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1121	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 24 individuals listed below, who have been selected to participat [...]	2009-05-06 09:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1133	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-05-07 08:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1134	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-05-07 08:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1135	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-05-07 08:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1136	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-05-07 08:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1137	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-05-07 08:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1167	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: LOCAL OFFICIALS' VIEWS OF THE [...] (C) Summary: A range of provincial government and security officials gave us differing views about the security situation in the deep south, the state of the Malay Muslim insurgency, and possible government countermeasures during a mid-March trip to southern Thailand. A Narathiwat vice govern [...]	2009-05-14 02:51:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK1188	THAI FM KASIT SENDS LETTER TO BURMESE FM ON ASSK; [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Thai Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya told Ambassador on May 12 that he would engage the Burmese government on Aung San Suu Kyi's (ASSK) situation, on behalf of both Thailand and ASEAN. Kasit's personal aide told us late May 14 that Kasit had signed a letter to the Burm [...]	2009-05-14 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM
09BANGKOK1197	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: FAMILIES OF DETAINEES VOICE [...] (SBU) Summary: The plight of families in the deep south that have had members detained as the result of counterinsurgency operations was the focus of a seminar at Prince of Songkhla University in Pattani that we attended in early May. The seminar organizer, the Cross Cultural Foundation (CCF [...]	2009-05-15 09:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK121	THAI RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON TRIPARTITE CORE GROUP [...] (SBU) We delivered reftel points regarding the Tripartite Core Group (TCG) to Jirusaya Biranada of the Department of East Asia Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) on January 15. We explained that the TCG has played a critical role in facilitating post-cyclone Nargis assistance in [...]	2009-01-16 09:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM BM TH
09BANGKOK1219	THAILAND ISSUES AN ASEAN CHAIR STATEMENT CALLING [...] (SBU) Summary: In the absence of ASEAN consensus over the arrest/trial of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),Thailand issued an ASEAN Chair statement May 18 calling for the immediate release of ASSK. FM Kasit circulated the statement under the cover of a letter to ASEAN FMs and SecGen Surin May 18; on [...]	2009-05-19 10:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1225	LAO HMONG IN PETCHABUN: NGO PULLS OUT, ARMY [...] (C) Summary: NGO Doctors with Borders (MSF),the only outside organization in the military-run camp for Lao Hmong in Petchabun, announced its decision to case humanitarian assistance citing army interference in its work. There is clear evidence that Thai authorities are preparing to return a [...]	2009-05-21 03:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL SMIG TH LA
09BANGKOK124	AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ALLEGES TORTURE IN SOUTHERN [...] (C) Amnesty International (AI) released a report entitled "Thailand: Torture in the Southern Counter-Insurgency" on January 13. The report cited 34 accounts of alleged torture in the four southernmost provinces, including four cases that resulted in the death of the detainee. The report claim [...]	2009-01-16 10:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK1246	ASEAN DEBATES ASSK DETENTION [...] (C) EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary (and U.S. Ambassador to ASEAN) Scot Marciel attended the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) in Phuket May 19-20. He had a brief encounter with his Burmese counterpart, Director General for ASEAN Affairs U Than Tun, on the margins and [...]	2009-05-21 10:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TH BM
09BANGKOK125	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: NEW PM ABHISIT'S PLAN FOR [...] (C) In a press conference for the Foreign Correspondents, Club of Thailand on January 14, Prime Minister Abhisit said resolution of the conflict in southern Thailand was among his government's top policy priorities. He said his government would restore the rule of law in all of Thailand, incl [...]	2009-01-16 10:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK1259	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-05-26 05:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1267	THAI MFA CLARIFIES ASEAN STATEMENT ON ASSK; AIPMC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In response to Burmese criticism of the May 18 ASEAN Chair Statement calling for Aung Saan Suu Kyi's (ASSK) release (reftel),the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) released a clarification May 26 (text below). The ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Myanmar Caucus (AIPMC) convened [...]	2009-05-26 10:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM
09BANGKOK1276	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: ACADEMICS AND NGOS REFUTE [...] No summary [...]	2009-05-27 10:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK1290	THAI MFA ISSUES STATEMENT ON DPRK NUCLEAR TEST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) issued a statement May 26 condemning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) May 25 nuclear test and expressing support for continued Six-Party Talks. Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya attended the Asia-Europe (ASEM) m [...]	2009-05-28 09:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH KN
09BANGKOK1291	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: COORDINATED ARSON ATTACKS IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Suspected insurgents conducted a series of coordinated bomb and arson attacks on commercial targets close to Yala city center, in Yala province early May 27. All though there were no casualties, press sources as well as independent analysts believe this was the largest coordinate [...]	2009-05-28 09:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK1302	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-06-01 09:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1303	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-06-01 09:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1304	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-06-01 09:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1306	THAILAND TO CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC [...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of International Organizations official Ranoppun Kapittai on June 1 and conveyed reftel's points seeking support for Lucretia Myers' election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) during the upcoming 64th UN Gene [...]	2009-06-01 09:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA KUNR KJUS KAWC
09BANGKOK1315	THAI SENATORS ASK GENERAL THAN SHWE TO RELEASE [...] (SBU) Thirty Thai Senators, led by Bangkok Senator Rosana Tositrakul, signed a May 25 letter to the Burmese State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) Chairman Senior General Than Shwe, requesting that the GOB free Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and create a better democratic environment in Burma. Th [...]	2009-06-02 09:26:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM
09BANGKOK1320	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: TAK BAI DEATHS - NO ONE [...] (C) The Songkhla Provincial Court on May 29 ruled that security forces were not responsible for the deaths of 78 Malay Muslim Thais who died after security forces put down a demonstration at the Tak Bai police headquarters in 2004. The court decided that officers were merely performing their d [...]	2009-06-02 10:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK1354	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-06-04 07:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1355	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-06-04 07:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1358	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-06-04 10:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1360	THAI FM PRESSES CASE AGAINST BURMA AT ASEAN-EU [...] (C) Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of ASEAN Affairs Director Suchart Liengsaengthong on June 2 provided us with a readout of the ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM) on May 27-28 in Phnom Penh (ref A). Suchart highlighted for us the efforts of Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya to add [...]	2009-06-04 10:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM
09BANGKOK1374	THAI HOUSE MEMBERS PUBLICLY CALL ON BURMA TO [...] (SBU) Twenty-two Thai women members of the House of Representatives issued an open letter to the media on June 3 calling on Burma to unconditionally release Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) and other political prisoners. All but one of the 22 MPs are members of the Democrat Party. MP Pusadee Tamthai [...]	2009-06-08 09:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM
09BANGKOK1376	Thai Government Plans Migrant Worker Amnesty [...] (SBU) Summary: Thailand will soon implement an "amnesty" plan to register illegal migrants from Burma, Laos, and Cambodia who are employed in certain sectors of the Thai economy: fishing, fisheries-related work, construction, farming and livestock, and domestic work. While details of the plan [...]	2009-06-09 00:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM BM TH
09BANGKOK1388	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: TWELVE KILLED IN MOSQUE ATTACK [...] (C) Summary: In one of the most lethal recent acts of violence, gunmen on June 8 entered a mosque during evening prayers in Cho Airong District of Narathiwat province (bordering Malaysia) and killed 12 people. The killings follow a surge in violence that appears to have resulted from the May [...]	2009-06-09 10:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK139	THAI GOVERNMENT REACTS QUICKLY TO CRITICISM OF [...] (SBU) In a January 19th meeting with local human rights activities, Royal Thai government (RTG) Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva responded to international press criticism of treatment of Rohingyas "boat people" entering Thai territory. Recent press reports by the South China Morning Post and [...]	2009-01-20 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF SMIG PHUM TH BM
09BANGKOK140	THAI COURT SENTENCES AUSTRALIAN TO THREE YEARS FOR [...] (C) The Thai Criminal Court sentenced Australian author Harry Nicolaides January 19 to three years imprisonment for the criminal offense of lese majeste, or offense to the monarchy, related to remarks in his 2005 novel Verisimilitude. Nicolaides had remained imprisoned without bail since bein [...]	2009-01-20 10:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK1401	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: FOREIGN VIEWS OF THAI [...] (C) The brutal June 8 attack by unknown perpetrators on a mosque in Narathiwat province (reftel) may set back efforts to ameliorate the conflict in southern Thailand. Over the past weeks, various foreign observers privately expressed divergent views about the likelihood and possible modalities [...]	2009-06-10 09:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER PINS TH MY
09BANGKOK1415	ASEAN SYG SURIN DISCUSSES ASSK TRIAL AND OTHER [...] (C) Embassy Rangoon Charge d'Affaires Dinger met in Bangkok with ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan June 10. Surin sees the ASEAN Charter as already building political will in the region. He praised ASEAN Ministers for spending an hour at the recent ASEAN-EU Ministerial Meeting (AEMM) in [...]	2009-06-12 07:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM TH BM
09BANGKOK1417	SIX THAI POLICEMEN CHARGED WITH TEEN'S 2004 MURDER [...] (C) The Department of Special Investigations (DSI) has charged six Royal Thai Police (RTP) officers with the July 2004 premeditated murder of 17-year-old Kiattisak Thitboonkrong. Kiattisak is just one of over 20 young men who died suspiciously in Kalasin Province from 2003-2005 in what appear [...]	2009-06-14 23:45:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM TH
09BANGKOK1428	Thai Immigration Makes Arrests in Labor Trafficking Case [...] (SBU) On May 17, the Thai Immigration Police (raided a small garland-making factory (located in a home) in Samut Sakhon, rescuing nineteen Laotian girls and young women, ages 12-20, who the police consider victims of human trafficking. The Immigration police arrested the two factory owners, M [...]	2009-06-15 23:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM KTIP TH
09BANGKOK147	EMBASSY BANGKOK COMMENT ON DOL DRAFT LIST FOR [...] No summary [...]	2009-01-21 08:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI KTIP TH
09BANGKOK1480	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the 12 individuals listed below, who have been selected to participate in [...]	2009-06-19 03:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1485	ENGAGEMENT ON LAO HMONG ISSUE YIELDS CONTINUED [...] (C) Summary: U.S. Ambassador to Laos, Ravic Huso, met with Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) International Organizations Deputy Director General Ittiporn Boonpracong, and Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) Border Division Chief LTG Niphat Thonglek on June 11 and 12 to discuss the ongoing cu [...]	2009-06-19 09:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM PREF TH LA
09BANGKOK1508	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE JUNE 8 [...] (S) Summary: The cycle of violence and reprisals in southern Thailand continues to spike in the aftermath of the May 29 Tak Bai post mortem inquest ruling which determined that security forces were merely performing their duties according to their responsibilities when 78 Malay Muslims died in [...]	2009-06-24 10:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK159	THAILAND CONFIRMS ASEAN SUMMIT'S DATES AND VENUE, LOOKS [...] (SBU) This is an action request; see para 9. 2. (SBU) Summary. Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) ASEAN Deputy Director-General (DDG) Manasvi Srisodapol confirmed to us in a mid-January discussion that the ASEAN Summit's venue and dates were set from February 27-March 1 to be held in Hua H [...]	2009-01-22 05:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM MARR TH
09BANGKOK164	PUSHING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, THAI PM LIGHTS FIRE [...] (C) Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva ordered top police officers to accelerate investigations into unsolved high-profile crimes during a closed-door meeting on January 21. Abhisit flagged several Thaksin-era cases, including the 2004 disappearance of Muslim lawyer Somchai Neelaipaijit and th [...]	2009-01-22 11:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK165	THAILAND'S HANDLING OF ROHINGYA "BOAT PEOPLE" OFF [...] (C) Summary: Thai military officials and villagers along Thailand's southern Andaman Sea coast described push-back actions of ethnic Rohingya to RefCoord January 22, but maintained that Thai civil defense volunteers and fishing boats, not Thai military officials, had been involved. UNHCR rep [...]	2009-01-22 12:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL TH
09BANGKOK1686	LAO HMONG: CONGRESSIONAL STAFFDEL VISITS PETCHABUN [...] (C) Summary. A House Foreign Affairs Committee Staffdel visited Thailand July 2-4 in a fact-finding trip relating to Thai policy towards Lao Hmong detained in the army-run camp in Petchabun, and a smaller group of UNHCR-recognized refugees in an immigration detention center in Nong Khai, Thai [...]	2009-07-14 07:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM SMIG TH LA
09BANGKOK172	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individuals listed below, who have been selected to participate in the a [...]	2009-01-23 02:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1720	SCENESETTER FOR GENERAL CASEY'S MEETING WITH THAI [...] (C) Summary. General Casey, your meeting with Thai Army Commander General Anupong will afford the opportunity to highlight the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests and emphasize our support for important areas of our mil-mil relationship. Our military relationship provide [...]	2009-07-16 23:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1771	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below, who has been selected to participate in the [...]	2009-07-24 08:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1776	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below, who has been selected to participate in the [...]	2009-07-24 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1777	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below, who has been selected to participate in the [...]	2009-07-24 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1778	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below, who has been selected to participate in the [...]	2009-07-24 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1779	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the commanders and units listed below, who have been selected to particip [...]	2009-07-24 10:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1820	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-07-29 09:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1822	THAILAND: EAP A/S CAMPBELL'S MEETING WITH DPM [...] (C) Summary. During a July 21 meeting, Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban told EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell and the Ambassador that the Abhisit Vejjajiva government was committed to resolving the political conflict via the rule of law and democracy. The government would not be [...]	2009-07-29 10:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PBTS PHUM PTER TH CB
09BANGKOK1844	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-07-31 02:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1853	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-07-31 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1854	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals below, who have been selected to attend the below-mention [...]	2009-07-31 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1855	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-07-31 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1856	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-07-31 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK186	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to participate in the abo [...]	2009-01-26 07:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1868	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-08-03 08:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK187	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to participate in the abo [...]	2009-01-26 07:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1870	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals below, who have been selected to attend the below-mention [...]	2009-08-03 09:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1871	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the additional individual below, who has been selected to attend the bel [...]	2009-08-03 09:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1874	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-03 09:50:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1876	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-08-04 03:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1894	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the additional individual below, who has been selected to attend the bel [...]	2009-08-05 08:21:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1919	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the units and the commanders listed below, who have been selected to atte [...]	2009-08-06 09:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1920	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals below, who have been selected to attend the below-mention [...]	2009-08-06 09:34:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1939	THAILAND: AMBASSADOR ENGAGES FM KASIT ON US-THAI [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador engaged Thai FM Kasit Piromya August 6 on U.S.-Thai relations, DRPK and the ARF Chair Statement, Burma and Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK),Cambodian border issues, the Lao Hmong, and Viktor Bout's extradition. Ambassador and Kasit agreed on the need to elevate the nature of t [...]	2009-08-07 09:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PREF PHUM BM TH
09BANGKOK1948	INITIATIVES TO COUNTER TORTURE IN THAILAND [...] (SBU) Summary: In the wake of Thailand's accession to the United Nations Convention Against Torture (UNCAT) in October 2007, the RTG has launched a number of initiatives to improve awareness of and implementation of UNCAT. Most focus domestically is on the situation in the Deep South, which i [...]	2009-08-07 10:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM DRL TH
09BANGKOK1949	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the below-me [...]	2009-08-09 23:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1950	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the below-me [...]	2009-08-09 23:57:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK1955	CONCURRENCE ON THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR'S UPDATE OF [...] The Embassy appreciates the Department of Labor's consultation with diplomatic posts abroad on its draft revised list of products that have been "mined, produced or manufactured using forced or indentured child labor" pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 13126. Post concurs with the list, as rele [...]	2009-08-10 07:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI TH
09BANGKOK2000	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals below, who have been selected to attend the below-mention [...]	2009-08-13 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2001	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-08-13 10:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2003	THAILAND ISSUES ASEAN CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT IN [...] (C) Summary and comment. Thailand issued an ASEAN Chairman's statement on August 11 reiterating the call for the release of Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) as well as all other political prisoners, with the goal of allowing them to participate in the 2010 general elections and paving the way for nati [...]	2009-08-13 10:55:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PREL TH BM
09BANGKOK2018	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals below, who have been selected to attend the below-mention [...]	2009-08-14 10:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2019	UNESCO DEMARCHE DELIVERED; THAI MFA SHARES ITS [...] No summary [...]	2009-08-14 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM AORC UNESCO UN TH

09BANGKOK2041	PRM PDAS WITTEN OPENS DOOR ON LAO HMONG IN THAILAND [...] (C) Summary. During a busy July 28-August 1 visit to Thailand, PRM PDAS Samuel Witten met with senior Royal Thai Government (RTG) civilian and military officials on the Lao Hmong issue, and toured the two sites in Thailand where a total of almost 5,000 Lao Hmong are being held. Witten push [...]	2009-08-18 06:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM SMIG TH LA
09BANGKOK2042	FIRST U.S.-THAI-LAO DISCUSSION ON LAO HMONG IN [...] (C) DCM and RefCoord traveled to Petchabun on August 7 to participate in closed discussions with Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) Deputy Chief of Joint Staff General Vorapong Sa-nga-net, Director of Border Affairs Lt. General Nipat, and Lao counterparts Brigadier General Bouaxieng Champaphahn [...]	2009-08-18 06:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PREL PHUM SMIG TH LA
09BANGKOK2045	SENATOR WEBB FOCUSES ON BURMA WITH PM AND FM; [...] (C) Summary. During the course of August 17 meetings with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and Foreign Minister Kasit Pirmoya, Senator Jim Webb (D-VA) shared the details of his recent visit to Burma and outlined his thoughts on breaking the impasse with the regime. Both Kasit and Vejjajiva not [...]	2009-08-18 08:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER TH BM RS
09BANGKOK2107	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals below, who have been selected to attend the below-mention [...]	2009-08-21 10:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2109	LAO HMONG AT PETCHABUN: RECENT MOVEMENTS INCLUDE [...] (SBU) In an unusual early morning repatriation on August 18, 45 Lao Hmong men, women and children resident in the Petchabun camp were returned to Laos. Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) personnel involved in the movement told RefCoord that all departed voluntarily. The NGO Catholic Organization [...]	2009-08-21 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM TH LA
09BANGKOK213	U.S.-THAI RELATIONS: SUSTAINING OUR IMPORTANT [...] (C) Summary. As one of five U.S. treaty allies in Asia and straddling a major force projection air/sea corridor, Thailand remains crucial to U.S. interests in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Underpinning our strong bilateral relations is the U.S.-Thai security relationship, which is base [...]	2009-01-28 07:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2149	SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: MIDDAY BOMB ATTACK IN [...] (S) Summary: A car bomb exploded August 25 in front of a restaurant in the deep southern province of Narathiwat, injuring over 40 people; no one was killed, however. The incident bears many of the hallmarks of an insurgent style attack, though mid-day bombings are still rare for an insurgency [...]	2009-08-26 10:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK2208	THE ASEAN INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COMMISSION ON HUMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ASEAN plans to launch its newly-developed human rights body, the ASEAN Inter-Governmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR) at the 15th ASEAN Summit in October in Thailand. Although local and international NGOs have already described the Terms of Reference (ToR) adopted by Fore [...]	2009-08-31 12:18:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM DRL TH
09BANGKOK2226	SOUTHERN THAILAND: CONFLICT, CONFLICTING GOALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Issues of identity, language, violence against teachers, and quality of instruction are some of the key challenges facing the educational environment and its impact on life in southern Thailand, according to academic, government, and NGO interlocutors we engaged in southern Thai [...]	2009-09-02 10:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK2286	EXECUTIONS RESUME IN THAILAND AFTER SIX YEAR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On August 24, the Royal Thai Government (RTG) executed two Thai drug traffickers by lethal injection after their request for a King's pardon was rejected; these were the first executions in Thailand since 2003. The overall Thai reaction was a shrug; there remains high societal [...]	2009-09-09 04:24:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM DRL TH
09BANGKOK2307	SOUTHERN THAILAND: NOT ALL VIOLENCE INSURGENT [...] (SBU) Summary: The violence in Thailand's Deep South cannot exclusively be attributed to the insurgency, according to a range of academic, government, and NGO contacts we engaged on an August 16-19 trip to Thailand's southern three provinces. Other key factors behind incidents of violence/mur [...]	2009-09-10 08:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK2311	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-09-11 06:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK233	ROHINGYA BOAT PEOPLE: THAI GOVERNMENT MEETS [...] (C/NF) Summary: On January 29th, UNHCR Regional Representative Raymond Hall met with FM Kasit in a meeting Hall described to us as "positive overall." The encounter, heavily covered by local media, was the first direct meeting by UNHCR with Thai officials on the Rohingyas issue. After hearing [...]	2009-01-29 10:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM KTIP SMIG TH BM
09BANGKOK2342	"KILL THE CHICKEN TO WARN THE MONKEY": NEW LESE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Thai judiciary sentenced red political activist Daranee "Da Torpedo" Charnchoengsilpakul to 18 years in prison August 28 for lese majeste offenses committed in a series of speeches at red-shirt rallies in June-July 2008. The handling of the case demonstrated both the sensitivi [...]	2009-09-15 10:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM DRL TH
09BANGKOK237	THAILAND CHILD LABOR INFORMATION FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT [...] This report provides information as requested by the Department of Labor to determine if countries eligible for trade benefits under the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) program are implementing their international commitments to eliminate the worst forms of child labor as required unde [...]	2009-01-30 02:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM KTIP TH
09BANGKOK2388	PAPER AIRPLANE AND PANDA NAMING CONTEST WINNERS [...] (U) Summary: Two recent high profile feel-good cases involving stateless children winning nationwide contests with overseas trip prizes have drawn attention to the plight of those in Thailand who lack citizenship. Mong Thongdee, the Chiang Mai-born son of Burmese migrants, won a national paper [...]	2009-09-18 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM PREL PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2403	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the 4 individuals listed below, who have been selected to participate in [...]	2009-09-21 11:10:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2409	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-09-22 07:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK248	OHCHR BANGKOK REGIONAL OFFICE FAVORS PROMOTION OF [...] (C) In response to reftel, we queried employees of NGOs, diplomatic missions, and the legal community for an assessment of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Bangkok, the regional office for Southeast Asia. Many viewed OHCHR as focused on the promotion of human ri [...]	2009-01-30 09:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2518	THAILAND DECLARES CANDIDACY FOR UNITED NATIONS [...] (SBU) The Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) sent a Diplomatic Note (Dipnote) to the U.S. Embassy September 15 announcing its decision to submit its candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) from 2010-2013 in elections to be held in May 2010 and asking for U.S. support. The dipnote [...]	2009-10-02 07:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM UN UNGA TH
09BANGKOK252	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the above-mentio [...]	2009-02-02 05:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK253	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the above-mentio [...]	2009-02-02 05:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK254	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the above-mentio [...]	2009-02-02 05:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2540	WHERE ARE THEY NOW? TWO THAI MUSLIMS CONVICTED IN [...] (C) Summary: Two ethnic Malay Muslim Thai nationals sentenced to life in prison in Cambodian court in 2003 after being convicted of providing material support to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) returned quietly to Thailand in July following negotiations between Bangkok and Phnom Penh. Both men are livi [...]	2009-10-05 09:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK255	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the above-mentio [...]	2009-02-02 05:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2555	AMBASSADOR MEETS DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER; VIKTOR [...] (C) Summary: On October 6, the Ambassador met with Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban to discuss the latest political developments in Thailand, including Secretary General Niphon Promphan's recent resignation. Suthep characterized the resignation decision as hard to explain and expressed [...]	2009-10-06 10:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL PHUM PTER TH BM RS
09BANGKOK256	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the above-mentio [...]	2009-02-02 05:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2560	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-10-07 07:43:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2569	LAO HMONG IN PETCHABUN: TENSIONS FLARE IN CAMP, [...] (SBU) On October 6 at approximately 7:30 pm local (Bangkok) time, a small group of Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) soldiers in the military-run camp for Lao Hmong in Petchabun fired their weapons in the air to disperse a crowd. Employees of an NGO in the camp described hearing (but not witnes [...]	2009-10-07 10:23:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREF PHUM SMIG TH LA
09BANGKOK2588	THAI POLICY TOWARDS BURMA: THAI OFFICIALS, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Thai officials, academics, and activists debated Thailand's position, role, and policy vis-a-vis its problematic western neighbor Burma at Chulalongkorn University's Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) October 6. The speakers covered the wide array of issu [...]	2009-10-09 00:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM
09BANGKOK2596	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the 5 individuals below, who have been selected to attend the below-ment [...]	2009-10-09 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK26	PLOTTER CONVICTED IN 2004 KILLING OF THAI [...] (C) The Criminal Court sentenced provincial lawyer Thanu Hinkaew to death on December 31 for allegedly orchestrating the 2004 killing of environmental activist Charoen Wataksorn; the court also acquitted two co-defendants due to lack of evidence. Thanu remained in court custody, pending an ap [...]	2009-01-07 07:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK263	SCENESETTER FOR SENIOR MILITARY VISITORS TO [...] (C) Summary. Coming visits by component commanders, and other senior leaders of various U.S. military commands will afford a chance to affirm the United States Government's commitment to working with a democratically elected Thai government, to promoting a continued strong bilateral relations [...]	2009-02-02 08:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK265	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the above-mentio [...]	2009-02-02 09:13:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2683	URGING ASEAN ON BURMA: THAILAND TO ENGAGE BURMA ON [...] (C) The Charge October 20 conveyed reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Americas and South Pacific Director-General Chirachai Punkrasin. Chirachai told the Charge that the RTG realized the seriousness of the new U.S. effort on Burma and would do all it could to urge the Burmese to r [...]	2009-10-20 10:06:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH BM
09BANGKOK2689	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the units and the commanders listed below, who have been selected to part [...]	2009-10-21 08:48:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2712	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF THAI CHIEF OF DEFENSE [...] (C) Summary. The visit of Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) Chief of Defense Forces General Songkitti Jaggabartra to the PACOM-sponsored Chiefs of Defense conference and to Washington to meet with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mullen affords a chance to affirm support for our im [...]	2009-10-22 09:42:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2724	THAI ARMY: REMAINING LAO HMONG TO BE DEPORTED FROM [...] (C) Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF) General Nipat Thonglek, head of the Thai delegation to the bilateral Thai-Lao committee handling the Lao Hmong in Petchabun, unexpectedly told Charge on October 26th that all remaining 4,221 Lao Hmong in the facility would be deported to Laos in early Novem [...]	2009-10-26 11:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM SMIG TH LA
09BANGKOK2771	DEMARCHE DELIVERED: THAILAND REVIEWING POSITION ON [...] (C) PolCouns October 28 conveyed reftel points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations Deputy Director-General Medha Promthep and pressed for RTG support for upcoming U.N. Third Committee resolutions on human rights in Iran, Burma, and DPRK, as well as thematic [...]	2009-10-30 06:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2779	THAILAND EMBASSY/STATE DEPARTMENT HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment; see Para. 2. 2. (U) JUSMAG Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals below, who have been selected to attend the below-mention [...]	2009-10-30 09:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2791	THAILAND: TWO NETIZENS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Royal Thai Police (RTP) arrested two Thai citizens November 1 for allegedly contributing to the panic that triggered the Thai stock market to plunge in mid-October (Ref A). RTP personnel detained Teeranun Wipuchanin and Katha Pajariyapong on suspicion of violating Thailand' [...]	2009-11-02 11:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL DRL TH
09BANGKOK2792	SOUTHERN THAILAND: MALAYSIAN PM NAJIB WADES INTO [...] (C) Summary: When it comes to discussing the insurgency-related violence in Thailand's majority ethnic Malay Muslim Deep South provinces, two of the most sensitive issues are suggestions of outside involvement and proposals for autonomy. Armed with an invitation from Thai PM Abhisit to make a [...]	2009-11-03 00:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH MY
09BANGKOK2806	THAILAND WILL SUPPORT GERMANY, ITALY, AND GREECE [...] (C) PolOff engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of International Organizations official Ranoppun Kapittai November 3 to follow up a meeting we had October 28 with Department of International Organizations Deputy Director-General Medha Promthep to seek support for Lucretia Myer [...]	2009-11-03 11:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA KUNR KJUS KAWC
09BANGKOK2808	THAILAND LIKELY TO ABSTAIN OR SUPPORT U.N. [...] (SBU) Poloff conveyed reftel Goldstone report points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department of International Organizations official Chonvipat Changtrakul November 4, urging Thailand to oppose a U.N. General Assembly resolution or other efforts to pressure the Security Council on the matter [...]	2009-11-05 00:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PHUM PTER IS KPAL TH
09BANGKOK2817	GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO CRITICISMS OF MIGRANT WORKER [...] (SBU) Summary: In July of this year, the Thai government began implementing an amnesty program for illegal migrant workers in Thailand. Employed migrants from Laos, Cambodia, and Burma may apply for temporary work permits and must have their nationality verified by their government. Those wh [...]	2009-11-05 03:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM BM TH
09BANGKOK2821	GOVERNMENT RESPONDS TO CRITICISMS OF MIGRANT WORKER [...] (SBU) Summary: In July of this year, the Thai government began implementing an amnesty program for illegal migrant workers in Thailand. Employed migrants from Laos, Cambodia, and Burma may apply for temporary work permits and must have their nationality verified by their government. Those wh [...]	2009-11-05 03:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM BM TH
09BANGKOK2842	THAILAND AND LAO HMONG: PM ABHISIT PUSHES [...] (C) Summary. During a November 5 call by Peace Corps Director Aaron Williams on Prime Minister Abhisit, the Ambassador raised concerns regarding Lao Hmong in Petchabun and stressed the need for transparent processing of the "screened-in" Hmong. PM Abhisit told the Ambassador that he had push [...]	2009-11-05 09:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM SMIG TH LA
09BANGKOK2844	SOUTHERN THAILAND: CHAVALIT'S "PATTANI CITY" [...] (C) SUMMARY: Opposition Puea Thai Party's new Chairman Chavalit Yongchaiyut's November 2 suggestion that a separate administrative unit be established for Thailand's insurgency-plagued southernmost provinces elicited immediate opposition from many quarters, from officials to political cartooni [...]	2009-11-06 01:29:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK2851	THAI FM KASIT AND DAS MARCIEL REVIEW BURMA AND [...] (C) Summary. During a November 5 meeting with Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya, EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel reviewed objectives for U.S. Burma policy as well as developments from the November 3-4 visit to Burma led by EAP Assistant Secretary Kurt Campbell. DAS Marciel and FM Kas [...]	2009-11-06 11:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV PREF MASS TH BM
09BANGKOK291	STAFFDEL LUSE, THAI OFFICIALS DISCUSS HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: In a December 12 discussion with Professional Staff Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Keith Luse, who was in Thailand to explore alleged trafficking issues, Thai forensic science expert Porntip Rojanasunan claimed that ten thousand unidentified bodies turn up in Tha [...]	2009-02-04 04:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	ELAB KTIP PREL PHUM PGOV TH
09BANGKOK2916	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the Unit and the Commander listed below, who has been selected to attend [...]	2009-11-17 10:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2917	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the 2 individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the bel [...]	2009-11-17 10:03:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK2955	SOUTHERN THAILAND: A VIOLENT WEEK, EVEN BY [...] (U) Summary: It has been an active week on the southern Thai front. On November 16 and 17, there were two separate school bus shootings in Pattani. On November 17, a prolonged standoff and gunfight took place between government security forces and insurgents, ending in the death of six insurg [...]	2009-11-19 09:54:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK3006	SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF GENERAL NORTH AND [...] (C) General North and Brigadier General Crowe, Embassy Bangkok welcomes your visit to Thailand during the celebration of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 82nd birthday. Your visit signals the United States' appreciation for the long-standing bilateral relationship, which has facilitated shared bene [...]	2009-11-25 09:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PREL MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK3016	CONVICTION IN ANOMA SHRIMP FACTORY LABOR TRAFFICKING CASE [...] (SBU) On November 26, a Thai criminal court convicted and sentenced the two defendants in the forced labor-related human trafficking (TIP) case involving the "Anoma" shrimp-peeling factory. According to the case prosecutor with whom we spoke November 27, the judge sentenced one offender to fi [...]	2009-11-27 08:44:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ELAB PHUM KTIP TH
09BANGKOK3020	THAILAND HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR: DEA, JIATF/WEST LEATHER [...] (U) This is an action request for human rights verification required by the Leahy Amendment. 2. (U) DEA/JIATF West Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the above-mentio [...]	2009-11-30 08:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK3044	LAO HMONG: AMBASSADOR PUSHES THAI FM ON NO FORCED [...] (C) The Ambassador, in a meeting with Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya the evening of December 1 at the Foreign Ministry, stressed that the Thai government should not forcibly repatriate Lao Hmong at Phetchabun and Nong Khai, per Ref A. Recalling Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva's assurances to [...]	2009-12-02 09:53:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM SMIG TH LA
09BANGKOK3063	THAILAND TO VOTE IN FAVOR OF UN DEFAMATION OF [...] (SBU) We conveyed reftel Defamation of Religions points to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of International Organizations official Chonvipat Changtrakul December 3, urging Thailand to reverse its initial vote in favor once the resolution reached the U.N. General Assembly (UNGA) R [...]	2009-12-03 10:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	UN PHUM UNGA PGOV TH
09BANGKOK3066	RUSSIA LOOKS TO REINVIGORATE BILATERAL RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The Thai-Russia bilateral relationship blossomed earlier this decade after years of stagnation during the Cold War but has had little forward momentum since then, despite a November 27 visit to Bangkok by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sobyanin and Thai pledges that the Prime Minister a [...]	2009-12-04 08:28:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM PGOV RU TH
09BANGKOK3074	LAO HMONG: DCM STRESSES USG POSITION ON HMONG, [...] (C) Summary: The DCM, in a December 4 meeting with Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters (RTARF) Director of Border Affairs Lieutenant General Nipat Thonglek, emphasized USG concern regarding plans to accelerate the return to Laos of the Hmong at Phetchabun and Nong Khai. In particular, the DC [...]	2009-12-04 09:52:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM SMIG TH LA
09BANGKOK3104	SOUTHERN THAILAND: INSURGENTS WELCOME MALAYSIAN PM [...] (U) Summary: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Rajak's joint visit with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva to southern Thailand on December 9, ostensibly to promote Malaysia's support for peaceful resolution to the unrest in the border provinces, was marred by multiple insurgent attacks elsewhe [...]	2009-12-09 08:05:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH MY
09BANGKOK3113	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the two individuals listed below, who have been selected to attend the b [...]	2009-12-11 05:27:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK313	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the Commander and Battalion listed below, who has been selected to partic [...]	2009-02-05 10:07:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK314	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to participate in the abo [...]	2009-02-05 10:09:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK3145	THAILAND: A KEY, IF SOMETIMES RELUCTANT, PARTNER [...] (C) Introduction: Thailand is one of our closest partners on refugee affairs, having hosted perhaps the largest number of long-term refugees in the world over the past four decades. Over the past thirty-five years, some half-million refugees have moved through Thailand to resettle in third countrie [...]	2009-12-15 09:41:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM TH BM
09BANGKOK3164	THAILAND TACKLES POLICE CORRUPTION AND BRUTALITY [...] (SBU) In a major victory for police reform efforts and accountability in Thailand, a Bangkok district court found eight members of the 41st Border Patrol Police (BPP) unit guilty on charges of assault, illegal detention and extortion. The unprecedented December 8 district court ruling followe [...]	2009-12-16 09:20:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM DRL TH
09BANGKOK3166	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-12-16 09:39:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK3174	AMBASSADOR FOR GLOBAL WOMEN'S ISSUES MELANNE [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer's December 4-7 visit to Thailand energized RTG and NGO interlocutors on women's issues and highlighted the invaluable role USG initiatives play in promoting women's empowerment in Thailand. During the first leg of her trip in t [...]	2009-12-17 03:37:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PGOV PHUM PREL KTIP KWMN KPAO TH
09BANGKOK3179	SCENESETTER: A/S SCHWARTZ VISIT TO THAILAND [...] No summary [...]	2009-12-17 08:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM TH LA
09BANGKOK3196	SCENESETTER: A/S SCHWARTZ VISIT TO THAILAND [...] (SBU) Assistant Secretary Schwartz: Embassy Bangkok warmly welcomes you to Thailand and looks forward to working with you on the objectives you have outlined. Though it is the long-standing issue of the Lao Hmong refugee community that brings you here, the U.S. has many refugee and migrant-re [...]	2009-12-18 09:08:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM TH LA
09BANGKOK3248	THAILAND FORCIBLY RETURN PETCHABUN HMONG TO LAOS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Thai government December 28 began forcibly returning Lao Hmong at Petchabun back to Laos in an operation anticipated to result in the return of all 4,351 Hmong from the Huay Nam Khao camp by the end of the day. There were no public or NGO reports of significant resistance or [...]	2009-12-28 10:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PGOV PREL PHUM SMIG TH LA
09BANGKOK325	THAILAND: LESE MAJESTE ARRESTS AND ACTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Legal action in the courts and against websites on grounds of lese majeste, or offense to the monarchy, have seemingly increased under the new Democrat-led coalition government, with both the Justice Minister and the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Minister having stated pub [...]	2009-02-06 10:19:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET//NOFORN	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK345	THAILAND SCENESETTER FOR ADMIRAL KEATING [...] (C) Admiral Keating: we look forward to welcoming you to Thailand. Your visit, particularly the planned meeting with PM Abhisit Vejjajiva on February 17, will afford the opportunity to highlight the importance of Thailand to our regional security interests as new governments settle in in both [...]	2009-02-10 07:30:00	Embassy Bangkok	SECRET	PGOV PTER MARR MOPS PINS PHUM TH
09BANGKOK364	HOPING FOR JUSTICE: FOLLOWING UP ON CASES [...] (C) There has been some movement in three of the four "cold cases" highlighted by PM Abhisit in January as priorities for resolution to restore a sense of accountability: the 2004 disappearance of Muslim lawyer Somchai; the 2003 murder of a witness in a possible tax evasion case by former PM T [...]	2009-02-12 07:40:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH
09BANGKOK392	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the above-mentio [...]	2009-02-17 07:59:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK396	THAI SECURITY FORCES RAID OFFICE OF OUTSPOKEN [...] (SBU) Summary: Military and police officers raided and searched the Pattani office of the Working Group on Justice for Peace (WGJP),a Thai NGO that advocates for the human rights of Malay Muslims in southern Thailand and is harshly critical of security force efforts to combat the insurgency i [...]	2009-02-17 10:38:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER TH
09BANGKOK433	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-02-20 03:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK434	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-02-20 03:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK435	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the above-mentioned [...]	2009-02-20 03:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK443	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the Commanders and the Units below, who have been selected to attend the [...]	2009-02-20 10:12:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK445	THAILAND MFA'S COMMENTS ON DURBAN REVIEW [...] (SBU) We engaged Ittiporn Boonpracong, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Deputy Director-General for the Department of International Organizations, February 20 regarding the Durban Review Conference Working Group Session, renewed U.S. participation, and issues of concern (reftel). Ittiporn stated t [...]	2009-02-20 10:22:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PREL PGOV PHUM UNHRC TH
09BANGKOK458	THAI POLITICAL ROUNDUP: DEMONSTRATION, [...] (SBU) Anti-government "redshirt" protesters plan a large rally at Government House on February 24. Opposition legislators unsuccessfully floated the idea of a "national reconciliation" bill that would provide amnesty to disenfranchised politicians. Opposition figures continue to file complai [...]	2009-02-23 10:32:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM TH
09BANGKOK48	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for Commanders and Units listed below, which have been selected to participat [...]	2009-01-08 05:33:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK486	THAI PROTEST UPDATE: REDSHIRTS RALLY AT GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) As many as 10,000 anti-government protesters loyal to former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, also known as "Redshirts", continued to protest at Government House on February 25. The Redshirts began their protest on February 24, when a group of 10,000 to 15,000 marched to the Governmen [...]	2009-02-25 10:56:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PGOV PHUM TH
09BANGKOK495	THAI FARMERS: TRYING TO STAND OUT IN A SEA OF RED [...] (SBU) Around 5,000 Thai farmers gathered in front of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Land Reform Office in central Bangkok on February 24 in an effort to place the concerns of farmers on the national agenda. The weather-beaten and somewhat somber group contrasted sharply with the more aff [...]	2009-02-26 11:02:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	PREL PHUM PGOV EAGR ELAB TH
09BANGKOK498	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals below, who have been selected to attend the below-mention [...]	2009-02-27 05:58:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK499	THAILAND: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT - 2008 [...] No summary [...]	2009-02-27 08:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	ASEC ELAB KCRM KFRD KTIP KWMN PGOV PHUM PREF SMIG TH
09BANGKOK505	ASEAN SUMMIT SHOWDOWN: SECGEN SURIN CHALLENGES [...] (C) Summary and Comment. The runup to the February 27-March 1 ASEAN Summit in Thailand has provided a fascinating window in the evolving nature of the ASEAN community, including efforts by some to give voice to ASEAN civil society and life to the ASEAN Charter, contrasted by efforts by others [...]	2009-02-27 12:14:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PGOV PHUM ASEAN TH
09BANGKOK517	ASEAN SUMMIT MAKES HEADWAY ON FLESHING OUT PROMISE [...] (SBU) Summary: The delayed 14th annual Summit meeting of ASEAN leaders took place February 27 - March 1 between the seaside towns of Cha Am and Hua Hin. The primary focus was promoting the promise the new ASEAN Charter holds for creating a peoples-centered community by 2015 based on three pil [...]	2009-03-02 11:16:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREL PHUM ASEAN ECON EFIN TH
09BANGKOK52	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for individual listed below, who has been selected to attend the above-mentio [...]	2009-01-08 09:25:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK520	THAI MFA PERMSEC RAISES LESE MAJESTE WITH [...] (C) EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary and U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel engaged Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Virasadki Futrakul February 28 on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Cha-am/Hua Hin regarding U.S.-bilateral relations and ASEAN issues ( [...]	2009-03-03 03:15:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS TH
09BANGKOK521	THAI MFA NOTIFIED OF US OBSERVER STATUS AT UN HRC [...] (SBU) Post conveyed reftel A points to First Secretary Namol Yuthavong of the MFA Department of International Organizations (IO) on March 2. Namol told us that she would officially register the change in U.S. position within the MFA, and that she would conduct a further review of our views on [...]	2009-03-03 04:49:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY	PHUM PREL TH
09BANGKOK522	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the below-mentioned [...]	2009-03-03 05:00:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK523	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individuals below, who have been selected to attend the courses liste [...]	2009-03-03 05:01:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK535	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the course listed b [...]	2009-03-04 01:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK536	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the courses listed [...]	2009-03-04 01:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK537	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the courses listed [...]	2009-03-04 01:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK538	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the course listed b [...]	2009-03-04 01:47:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK561	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the course listed b [...]	2009-03-05 08:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH
09BANGKOK562	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 Bangkok has requested that the Embassy/State Department complete human rights vetting request for the individual below, who has been selected to attend the course listed b [...]	2009-03-05 08:46:00	Embassy Bangkok	UNCLASSIFIED	MASS MARR MOPS PREL PHUM TH

09BANGKOK595	PROTECTING THE ROHINGYA BOAT PEOPLE [...] (C) Summary and Recommendation: We have repeatedly raised Ref A,s points with Thai officials from the PM down to provincial security personnel, as well as with wider public audiences. Such pressure reversed the temporary maritime push-back policies in place in December and early January. T [...]	2009-03-09 09:36:00	Embassy Bangkok	CONFIDENTIAL	PREF PHUM TH BM

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