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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
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| 04AMMAN4953 |
LOWER HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT DEBATES COOPERATION WITH [...] (C) The Lower House of Parliament tentatively approved an amendment to a human rights law which bans the National Center for Human Rights from cooperating with organizations belonging to "the Jewish entity and those who support it." Islamist MPs overcame an earlier committee defeat of the ame [...] |
2004-06-17 10:38:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KISL KPAL IS JO KHUM |
| 04AMMAN5086 |
PARLIAMENT REVERSES COURSE ON PROPOSED BAN ON [...] (C) The Lower House of Parliament voted June 20 to remove a controversial amendment to a human rights law that it had earlier approved which banned cooperation with Israeli organizations and "those who support it." While a strong GOJ lobbying campaign succeeded in swaying the votes of former [...] |
2004-06-22 12:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL KPAL PGOV PREL IS JO KHUM |
| 05BOGOTA10178 |
VISA REVOCATIONS: A HARD HIT ON COLOMBIAN CRIMINALS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In recent months, the Consular Section's Fraud Prevention Unit (FPU) revoked a large number of non- immigrant visas (NIV) granted to Colombian nationals who are members of violent gangs and terrorist organizations, wanted and captured narcotics traffickers, family members benefi [...] |
2005-10-28 20:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS ASEC KCRM KWMN SMIG CO KHUM |
| 05SANAA144 |
RECENT JUDICIAL RESHUFFLE: REFORM OR VANDETTA [...] (U) Summary. Most legal experts view a recent reshuffle of the Yemeni judiciary by the Supreme Judicial Council (SJC) more as a vendetta against supporters of rebel cleric Hussein al-Houthi (reftel) than as a serious effort to reform Yemen's weak judiciary. What is required, they note, is a po [...] |
2005-01-25 11:36:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KMPI KMCA KCOR YM KHUM DOMESTIC POLITICS |
| 05SANAA180 |
WITH CHALLENGES AHEAD, YEMENI NGOS LOOK FOR [...] (U) Summary. Yemen has a developing cadre of local NGOs focused on developing civil society and democracy in the country. Leaders of these organizations report that the local NGO community is highly motivated to affect change, but that they are severely lacking in capacity. Skills training, [...] |
2005-02-01 05:33:00 | Embassy Sanaa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KMPI YM KHUM KMCC DEMOCRATIC REFORM |
| 06ADDISABABA1970 |
WORLD BANK PRESIDENT'S VISIT HIGHLIGHTS POSITIVE [...] No summary [...] |
2006-07-19 08:26:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EAID EFIN KHUM PGOV ET |
| 06BANGKOK7501 |
THE NEW PUSH FOR THAI POLICE REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Plans to reform Thailand's notoriously venal and abusive police may be gaining steam, in part due to strong interest from the Prime Minister's office. While many people agree on the need for change--and the legislature is already drawing up plans--the exact prescription for refor [...] |
2006-12-20 08:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PINR KHUM KDEM ASEC TH |
| 06BOGOTA6148 |
COLOMBIA: STATUS OF THREE HIGH PROFILE COURT CASES [...] (C) In three high profile criminal cases, Colombian Army (COLAR) members have been detained in connection with alleged extrajudicial killings of 29 civilians, charged with narco-related corruption that led to the deaths of 10 counternarcotics police, and a former Justice Minister is on trial [...] |
2006-07-10 17:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV CO KHUM |
| 06DUSHANBE2149 |
IN TAJIKISTAN'S WINDY CITY, LOCAL GOVERNMENT WELCOMES NGO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Whether building bridges, running an internet access center, or publishing youth newspapers, international and local NGOs operate effectively and with few bureaucratic barriers in the city and district of Faisobod. District Chairman Ismatullo Zaidov was quick to praise NGO contr [...] |
2006-11-29 05:53:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KHUM KDEM ENRG TI |
| 06JAKARTA13426 |
ACEH: FRONT RUNNERS IN ELECTION [...] (U) Summary: As the official campaign period winds down, no pair of candidates has taken a decisive lead in the race to become Aceh Governor and Vice Governor. Three pairs of candidates -- Malek Raden and Fuad Zakaria, Humam Hamid and Hasbi Abdullah, and Azwar Abubakar and Nasir Djamil -- have [...] |
2006-12-07 04:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL KDEM KHUM ASEC ID |
| 06KATHMANDU315 |
INTERIM TIP ASSESSMENT DELIVERED [...] (SBU) Per ref B, Post delivered Nepal's Interim Assessment report of progress made on anti-trafficking efforts (ref A) on January 31 to Shyam Sundar Sharma, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare, Yadav Kanal, Under Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Parbati T [...] |
2006-01-31 09:42:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KHUM SMIG NP |
| 06KUWAIT4649 |
FILIPINO LABOR ATTACHE SAYS MINIMUM WAGE FOR [...] (C/NF) PolOff met with Filipino Labor Attache Leopoldo De Jesus on December 12 to discuss recent reports that the Philippines intends to increase the monthly minimum wage for Filipino domestic workers from USD 200 to USD 400. De Jesus verified that all domestic workers leaving the Philippine [...] |
2006-12-13 12:43:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KHUM ELAB RP KU TIP |
| 06KUWAIT768 |
FREEDOM AGENDA: KUWAIT NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PASSES [...] Summary: Kuwait's National Assembly ratified on March 6 a new Press and Publications law. It will now be sent to the Cabinet which has one month to approve or reject. If they do not respond, the law will be considered to be in force. The National Assembly approved amendments that the Governm [...] |
2006-03-06 15:50:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KHUM KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
| 06KUWAIT804 |
FREEDOM AGENDA: OPPOSING REACTIONS TO THE NEW [...] (U) Summary and Comment: Reactions to the newly-passed Press and Publications law (reftel) have varied widely and at times tended to hyperbole. One knowledgeable post contact sees it as a great step forward while another fears it will lead to the end of quality journalism in Kuwait. Liberal [...] |
2006-03-08 14:01:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KHUM IR KU FREEDOM AGENDA |
| 06MANAMA1013 |
BAHRAIN: 2006 TIP REPORT AND TIER 2 WATCH LIST [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarches June 5 to MFA Human Rights Coordinator Ali Al Aradi, including Bahrain's 2006 TIP Report and the Tier 2 Watch List Action Plan. Al Aradi expressed optimism that two key items would be accomplished by year's end: passage of comprehensive anti-TIP legislati [...] |
2006-06-10 15:48:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM PHUM KWMN KHUM PREL PGOV SMIG BA HUMRIT |
| 06MANAMA1144 |
MOCK GTMO SOCCER MATCH NIXED BY MINISTRY OF SOCIAL [...] (U) In an attempt to link World Cup fever in the Kingdom with UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture June 26, Bahrain's local chapter of Amnesty International (AI), which is not an officially registered NGO with the Ministry of Social Development, had plans to conduct a mock so [...] |
2006-06-25 14:51:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KHUM BA HUMRIT POL |
| 06MANAMA729 |
GOB MOVES FORWARD ON SHELTER, ANTI-TIP LEGISLATION [...] (C) In an April 26 conversation with PolOff, Chief of Social Welfare Section and Ministry of Social Development representative to Bahrain's interministerial anti-TIP Task Force Afaf Ahmed Al Aseeri reported that the Minister of Social Development Dr. Fatima Al Balooshi had decided on one of t [...] |
2006-04-26 15:23:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM SMIG KHUM KWMN PGOV PREL BA REGION |
| 06MANAMA75 |
NEA TIP: INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR WATCH LIST [...] No summary [...] |
2006-01-21 10:57:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL SMIG BA GR EG KHUM HUMRIT |
| 06MANAMA863 |
BAHRAIN: GOB WILL WORK TO OPEN SHELTER, PASS [...] (C) PolOff delivered reftel demarche May 15 to MFA Human Rights Coordinator Ali Al Aradi, who said that he would discuss the points with MFA Assistant Undersecretary for Coordination and Follow Up Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bin Mubarak Al Khalifa. Al Aradi confirmed that progress toward opening the s [...] |
2006-05-16 08:43:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | KHUM PHUM PGOV BA HUMRIT |
| 06MANAMA973 |
COUNCIL OF REPRESENTATIVES PASSES CONTROVERSIAL [...] (C) Bahrain's Council of Representatives (COR) passed public assembly legislation May 16, following two years of back-and-forth between the COR and government. These amendments to the 1973 law on public gatherings ban demonstrations near hospitals, airports, shopping malls, and other areas s [...] |
2006-06-04 08:50:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KHUM BA HUMRIT POL REFORM |
| 06PARIS2313 |
FRENCH ON HAMAS/COE: GIVE US UNTIL THE 4/10 GAERC [...] (C) SUMMARY: On April 7, post further discussed possible Hamas participation in upcoming Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) meetings with MFA DAS-equivalent for Strategic Affairs Nicolas Niemtchinow (responsible for CoE political affairs) and shared ref A points with DAS-eq [...] |
2006-04-07 16:07:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL IS FR KHUM KTER COE EUN |
| 07ATHENS1416 |
GREECE SCORES VICTORY AGAINST INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On July 8, Greek anti-trafficking police carried out simultaneous raids on 34 different locations in Athens, arresting 11 suspected members of an international trafficking ring and another 62 persons accused of facilitating vice and prostitution. Three women (out of 45 detaine [...] |
2007-07-13 08:13:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KHUM KWMN KCRM SMIG GR |
| 07BANGKOK235 |
SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: DEATH OF TEACHER FOCUSES PUBLIC [...] (C) Summary. The death of a public school teacher working in the South on January 8 has prompted emotional press coverage and may be focusing wider national attention on the violence in the southern provinces. Along with substantial press reporting, the death of Juling Pangamoon has also draw [...] |
2007-01-11 10:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR KDEM KHUM TH |
| 07BANGKOK329 |
AMBASSADOR'S JANUARY 17 MEETING WITH CONSTITUTION [...] (C) Summary. In a January 17 meeting with the Ambassador, Constitution Drafting Assembly Chairman Noranit Setabutr expanded on ref comments on the timeline for drafting a new constitution, saying "we cannot shorten the process." Drafting the charter will likely take the full four months, fol [...] |
2007-01-17 10:24:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KHUM TH |
| 07BANGKOK3378 |
SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: NEW VIOLENCE STATISTICS; MORE [...] (C) Summary. While the number of violent attacks and deaths in Thailand's southernmost provinces have not dramatically risen in 2007, the casualty rate through April has increased, suggesting a qualitative shift in the violence. Indeed, the insurgents appear to be more confident in their att [...] |
2007-06-18 09:30:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER ASEC PINR KHUM TH |
| 07JERUSALEM112 |
HOME DEMOLITIONS IN 2006 [...] (C) Summary. The Jerusalem Municipality demolished 81 structures, including 63 homes, in East Jerusalem for lack of permits in 2006, according to a report released by the Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD). Activists from ICAHD and the Israeli human rights NGO Ir Amim argue P [...] |
2007-01-22 11:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM120 |
SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE WORK CONTINUES AT NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY. SIGNIFICANT INFRASTRUCTURE WORK IS IN THE E-1 AREA BETWEEN MA'ALE ADUMIM AND JERUSALEM. IN A JANUARY 19 VISIT TO THE SITE, POLOFF SAW SIGNIFICANT NEW GRADING IN THE AREA THAT A PALESTINIAN FOREMAN HAD INDICATED ON DECEMBER 6 WILL BE THE LOCATION OF A POSSIBLE 600-UNIT HOUSING COM [...] |
2007-01-22 15:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM138 |
EXCAVATION BEGUN TO CONNECT SILWAN TO THE OLD CITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE ISRAELI ORGANIZATION ELAD HAS BEGUN EXCAVATION OF A TUNNEL FROM THE POOL OF SILWAN TOWARDS THE WESTERN WALL, ACCORDING TO ISRAELI HUMAN RIGHTS NGO IR AMIN. IR AMIN REPORTS THAT APPROXIMATELY 30-40 METERS OF TUNNEL HAVE ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE PALESTI [...] |
2007-01-24 13:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM153 |
U/S BURNS DISCUSSES NUG AND NEED TO WORK WITH [...] (C) Summary. In a January 20 meeting in Jerusalem with U/S Nicholas Burns, PLC member Salam Fayyad and PLO Executive Committee Member Yasser Abed Rabbo put the Fatah-Hamas struggle in the context of the regional Iranian threat. They discussed the possibility that PA President Mahmoud Abbas ( [...] |
2007-01-26 07:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM155 |
QADURA FARIS AND U/S BURNS: FATAH REFORM [...] (C) Summary. Former PLC member Qadura Faris told U/S Burns in a January 20 meeting in Jerusalem that Fatah needs serious reform and reform-minded leaders must work to restore public confidence in the party and Fatah's ability to administer the PA. He said efforts to establish a National Unity G [...] |
2007-01-26 07:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM184 |
EXCAVATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION NEAR HARAM AL [...] (C) BEGIN SUMMARY. JERUSALEM ARCHAEOLOGISTS TOLD POLOFF JANUARY 26 THAT EXCAVATION AND CONSTRUCTION UNDER THE OHEL YITZHAK SYNAGOGUE IN THE MUSLIM QUARTER OF THE OLD CITY HAS BEEN HALTED, PENDING AN ISRAELI ANTIQUITIES AUTHORITY (IAA) DECISION ABOUT A CRUSADER-ERA HALL BELOW THE SYNAGOGUE. TH [...] |
2007-01-30 11:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM188 |
HOME DEMOLITIONS CONTINUE IN EAST JERUSALEM [...] (SBU) Summary. There have been fifteen demolitions of Palestinian-owned homes in East Jerusalem since the beginning of the year, including three on January 30. The Israeli Committee Against Home Demolitions (ICAHD) held a protest vigil later on January 30 at Jerusalem City Hall. End Summary. [...] |
2007-01-30 15:41:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM204 |
WORK ONGOING AT E-1 [...] No summary [...] |
2007-01-31 15:19:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM225 |
GREEK PATRIARCH: RECOGNITION, BEIT SAHOUR HOME [...] (C) Summary: In a February 1 meeting, the Consul General and Theophilos III, Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church in Jerusalem, discussed the Greek Orthodox Church's role in inter-faith dialogue. Theophilos requested USG assistance to obtain Israeli recognition of him as Patriarch and to pre [...] |
2007-02-02 16:30:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM266 |
WAQF ADMINISTRATOR: EXCAVATIONS AT HARAM [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE CONSUL GENERAL MET WITH WAQF ADMINISTRATOR ADNAN HUSSEINI, GRAND MUFTI MOHAMMED HUSSEIN AND SHEIKH ABDEL AZIZ SALHAB FEBRUARY 8 TO DISCUSS THE MUGHRABI GATE RAMP TO THE HARAM AL-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT. HUSSEINI SAID THE GOI HAD NOT COORDINATED WITH THE WAQF ON THIS PROJECT. HUSS [...] |
2007-02-09 07:55:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PBTS KHUM KWBG KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM274 |
VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT THE HARAM A-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT [...] (C) WORSHIPPERS AT AL AQSA MOSQUE AND ISRAELI POLICE CLASHED FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON THE HARAM A-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT FEBRUARY 9. THE VIOLENCE BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER FRIDAY PRAYERS WHEN 200 ISRAELI POLICE ENTERED THE AREA AROUND AL AQSA MOSQUE. ISRAELI ACCOUNTS INDICATE THAT THE POLICE ACTION CAME IN [...] |
2007-02-09 16:49:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM275 |
VIOLENCE ERUPTS AT THE HARAM A-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT [...] (C) WORSHIPPERS AT AL AQSA MOSQUE AND ISRAELI POLICE CLASHED FOR SEVERAL HOURS ON THE HARAM A-SHARIF/TEMPLE MOUNT FEBRUARY 9. THE VIOLENCE BEGAN SHORTLY AFTER FRIDAY PRAYERS WHEN 200 ISRAELI POLICE ENTERED THE AREA AROUND AL AQSA MOSQUE. ISRAELI ACCOUNTS INDICATE THAT THE POLICE ACTION CAME IN [...] |
2007-02-09 17:26:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM291 |
JERUSALEM MAYOR DELAYS CONSTRUCTION; EXCAVATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: Following several days of clashes in the Old City, Jerusalem Mayor Uri Lupolianski announced February 11 that construction of a new ramp to the Mughrabi Gate would be postponed to allow for discussion of the plans by the Municipalities Planning and Construction committees. Howev [...] |
2007-02-12 16:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM339 |
MUGHRABI GATE: JERUSALEM MAYOR OPEN TO TALKING, [...] (C) SUMMARY: JERUSALEM MAYOR URI LUPOLIANSKI TOLD CONSUL GENERAL FEBRUARY 16 HE IS WILLING TO MEET WITH MUSLIM LEADERS TO TRY TO DISPEL THEIR CONCERNS THE MUGHRABI GATE RAMP. HE NOTED THAT EXCAVATIONS HAVE CONTINUED DESPITE HIS FEBRUARY 12 DECISION TO POSTPONE CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RAMP AT THE [...] |
2007-02-16 14:37:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM367 |
UPDATE ON MUGHRABI GATE [...] (C) Tourists and visitors were allowed access to the Temple Mount/Haram a-Sharif via the Mughrabi Gate February 21 for the first time in more than two weeks. Access had been restricted by Israeli officials following protests and occasional violence surrounding the excavations at the Mughrabi G [...] |
2007-02-22 15:18:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM443 |
WAQF DIRECTOR REPLACED WHILE OUT OF THE COUNTRY [...] (C) Adnan Husseini was replaced March 2 as director of the Waqf by the Jordanian government while he was out of the country trying to gather support in Turkey and Qatar for protests against excavations by the Israeli Antiquities Authority at the Mughrabi Gate ramp. Husseini is being replaced b [...] |
2007-03-05 14:40:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM449 |
PALESTINIAN HOMES ON ROAD TO MA'ALE ADUMIM [...] (C) SUMMARY: TWO PALESTINIAN HOMES IN A-TUR SCHEDULED FOR DEMOLITION MARCH 6 RECEIVED A ONE-WEEK STAY ORDER. FOUR HOMES IN THE SAME AREA WERE DEMOLISHED IN FEBRUARY, AND ACTIVISTS WITH THE ISRAELI COMMITTEE AGAINST HOME DEMOLITIONS (ICAHD) SAID THAT THE HOMES ARE BEING TARGETED BECAUSE OF THEIR [...] |
2007-03-06 13:51:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM460 |
UPDATE ON WORK AT E-1 [...] (C) INFRASTRUCTURE WORK AND GRADING OF THE AREA ADJACENT TO THE ISRAELI POLICE HEADQUARTERS IS CONTINUING IN THE E-1 AREA BETWEEN MA'ALE ADUMIM AND JERUSALEM. POLOFF OBSERVED ON MARCH 8 TWO ADDITIONAL GRADED AREAS ADJACENT TO THE LARGE GRADED AREA SOUTHWEST OF THE POLICE STATION. (NOTE: THE LAR [...] |
2007-03-08 15:09:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM489 |
NEW WAQF DIRECTOR, BUT NO POLICY CHANGE OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: THE NEW DIRECTOR OF THE WAQF SAID MARCH 13 THAT ISLAMIC AUTHORITY WILL CONTINUE TO OPPOSE EXCAVATIONS AT THE MUGHRABI GATE RAMP AND THE EVENTUAL CONSTRUCTION OF A NEW RAMP THERE. HE SAID THAT LIKE HIS PREDECESSOR, NEITHER HE NOR ANY WAQF OFFICIAL WILL MEET WITH JERUSALEM'S MAYOR OR [...] |
2007-03-13 14:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM535 |
NEW CONSTRUCTION NEAR ALFE MENASHE SETTLEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY FOR THE FIRST OF 50 HOUSING UNITS IN NOF HASHARON, NEAR THE WEST BANK SETTLEMENT OF ALFE MENASHE. POLOFF VISITED THE SITE ON MARCH 19. THE MAYOR OF ALFE MENASHE SAYS NOF HASHARON IS A NEIGHBORHOOD OF HIS MUNICIPALITY AND THAT THE NEW CONSTRUCTION IS AN EXT [...] |
2007-03-21 16:25:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM575 |
WAQF DIRECTOR HAS RESERVATIONS ABOUT UNESCO [...] (C) WAQF DIRECTOR AZZAM AL-KHATIB TOLD POLOFF MARCH 27 THAT HE HAS RESERVATIONS ABOUT THE UNESCO REPORT RELEASED ON THE EXCAVATIONS AT THE MUGHRABI GATE RAMP. THE REPORT, RELEASED MARCH 13, RECOMMENDS THAT THE GOI IMMEDIATELY CEASE ALL ARCHAEOLOGICAL EXCAVATIONS AT THE SITE AND DEFINE A PLAN T [...] |
2007-03-28 12:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM576 |
SETTLERS SEEK TO RETURN TO HOMESH [...] (C) According to local press, all of the roughly 300 settler activists who remained at the former settlement of Homesh following a March 26 march to the site had been evacuated by the IDF by mid-morning March 28. Dozens of settler activists burned tires and damaged IDF vehicles March 27 in an [...] |
2007-03-28 13:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM577 |
SETTLEMENT EXPANSION WILL CONNECT WEST BANK [...] (C) Danny Seideman, founder of the Israeli human rights NGO Ir Amim told poloff March 27 that plans to expand the West Bank settlement of Adam, also known as Geve Binyamin, have been approved by the Higher Planning Council. He said the plan would expand the settlement of about 1500 people sou [...] |
2007-03-28 13:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM639 |
ISRAELI ACTIVISTS ENTER TEMPLE MOUNT/HARAM [...] (C) WAQF DIRECTOR AZZAM AL-KHATIB TOLD POLOFF ON APRIL 6 THAT RIGHT-WING ISRAELI ACTIVISTS ENTERED THE TEMPLE MOUNT/HARAM A-SHARIF COMPOUND ON APRIL 4 AND 5. AL-KHATIB SAID ON APRIL 4 SIXTY ACTIVISTS ENTERED THROUGH THE MUGHRABI GATE AND TOURED THE COMPOUND FOR ABOUT AN HOUR, ESCORTED BY ISRA [...] |
2007-04-06 12:46:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM649 |
CONSTRUCTION ON BARRIER AND POLICE STATION [...] (C) Summary: PolOff observed April 6 that construction is active and ongoing on two sections of the separation barrier around the Ma,ale Adumim/E-1 settlement bloc. In addition, grading continues at the E-1 police station. (Note: Photos of the barrier construction and of E-1 sent by email to N [...] |
2007-04-10 14:28:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM815 |
AZARIYAH: POSSIBLE LAND CONFISCATION [...] (C) Summary: Azariyah Mayor Isam Far'un told PolChief on April 23 that the route of the separation barrier will divide the town, east of Jerusalem, from 2000 dunums (about 510 acres) of its municipal land. Of this land, 800 dunums (205 acres) is a hill that the municipality zoned for commercia [...] |
2007-05-07 13:06:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM867 |
NEW ROADS, GRADING AND TERRACING AT E-1 POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: POLOFF OBSERVED MAY 10 THAT CONSTRUCTION IN THE E-1 AREA BETWEEN MA'ALE ADUMIM AND JERUSALEM HAS CONTINUED AT A HEIGHTENED PACE SINCE POLOFF'S APRIL 27 VISIT. SUBSTANTIAL ROADWORK HAS BEGUN, TWO NEW AREAS HAVE BEEN GRADED, AND ONE NEW AREA HAS BEEN TERRACED. (NOTE: PHOTOS SENT TO [...] |
2007-05-11 12:11:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07JERUSALEM93 |
NEW HAR HOMA HOUSING UNITS PART OF "VERY OLD PLAN" [...] (C) Summary: The construction of 1000 new housing units in Har Homa southeast of Jerusalem, announced January 8, are part of an existing plan and are not the result of the cancellation of the "Safdie plan" to build 20,000 housing units in the hills west of Jerusalem, according to both the For [...] |
2007-01-18 15:05:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KWBG PBTS KHUM KPAL IS |
| 07KINSHASA178 |
TRIAL OPENS IN ANVIL MINING CASE [...] (U) Summary. The criminal trial of three civilians and several FARDC soldiers in a Katanga military court is increasing attention on the DRC's extractive industries. A GDRC military court in Lubumbashi, Katanga province is hearing preliminary matters in the case, which arises from the widely- [...] |
2007-02-14 14:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | EMIN EINV KHUM PGOV CG |
| 07KUWAIT220 |
NOMINATION OF MA'ASOUMA AL-MUBARAK FOR [...] (U) Post nominates Dr. Ma'asouma Al-Mubarak, Minister of Communications, for the International Woman of Courage Award. 2. (U) Dr. Ma'asouma became the first woman in Kuwait's history to be appointed to the cabinet when she was named Minister of Planning and Minister of State for Administ [...] |
2007-02-15 12:40:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KWMN KHUM KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 07KUWAIT271 |
LIBERAL KUWAITI WOMEN SEE NEW LAW AS MEANS TO KEEP [...] (SBU) Aisha Al-Reshaid, a women's activist, journalist, and former candidate for parliament, told PolOff on February 19 that the proposed new law on women's social and civil rights (reftel) is an Islamist project to buy women's support while at the same time keeping them out of public life. [...] |
2007-02-21 14:27:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KHUM KWMN KU WOMEN POLITICAL RIGHTS |
| 07PRAGUE933 |
CZECHS TO INQUIRE ABOUT DPRK RELIGIOUS PRISONER [...] No summary [...] |
2007-08-13 07:55:00 | Embassy Prague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KHUM KN EZ |
| 07PRETORIA2906 |
APARTHEID-ERA PROSECUTION REOPENS WOUNDS [...] (C) SUMMARY. On 17 August, former Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok, former police chief Johann van der Merwe, and three lower-ranking officers pleaded guilty to the charge of attempted murder of anti-apartheid activist Reverend Frank Chikane in 1989. The National Prosecuting Authority's (N [...] |
2007-08-17 14:50:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KHUM SF |
| 07RIYADH460 |
POTENTIAL ABUSE IN PROPOSED ORGAN DONATION LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following imminent approvals from the Saudi Organs Transplant Center (SOTC), the Prince Salman Charitable Center for Kidney Diseases, and the Medical Services Council (MSC), the SAG will implement a new organ donation regulation allowing for live donors to donate their organs to u [...] |
2007-03-06 09:55:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KHUM TBIO |
| 07SANTODOMINGO840 |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EXTENDS INVITATION TO REGIONAL [...] Embassy has received a letter from Dominican Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena inviting U.S. participation in an upcoming conference on regional penitentiary practices and penitentiary reform to be held in Santo Domingo, June 20-22, 2007. Post requests notification regarding USG intent t [...] |
2007-04-13 19:10:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KJUS KHUM OTRA DR |
| 07STATE130159 |
BELARUS: AMBASSADOR HINTS AT POLITICAL PRISONER [...] No summary [...] |
2007-09-17 12:40:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KHUM BO |
| 07STATE164397 |
THE SECRETARY'S DECEMBER 3 MEETING WITH BELARUS [...] (U) Participants: U.S. --- The Secretary Ambassador Karen Stewart Deputy Assistant Secretary David Kramer EUR Stephen Gee (notetaker) Belarus ------- Enira Bronitskaya, Human Rights Advocate Dmitriy Fedaruk, Acting Leader of NGO, "Youth Front" Sergey Kalyakin, Leader of Belarusian Pa [...] |
2007-12-06 23:38:00 | Secretary of State | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KHUM |
| 08ABUJA1914 |
NIGERIA: FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES CLOSURE OF CHANNELS TV [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. On September 19, Ambassador Sanders called Foreign Minister Ojo Maduekwe to discuss his upcoming visit to the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA). In a side conversation, the Ambassador raised concerns about the way in which Channels TV was summarily shut down, saying it fell [...] |
2008-09-24 08:23:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ECON KHUM NI |
| 08ABUJA1957 |
NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTEES TAKE AN OATH OF [...] (U) On September 23 some seventy political office holders within the presidency publicly took an oath of secrecy at the insistence of President Yar'Adua. On September 24, presidential spokesman Olusegun Adeniyi downplayed the oath, maintaining some of the advisors were never formally sworn in [...] |
2008-10-06 07:06:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KHUM NI |
| 08BAGHDAD997 |
MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON NEW CLAIMS COMMITTEE, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 25, the Ambassador met with Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim. They discussed a variety of issues, including the impending establishment of a central claims committee; the need for minorities to be represented in the elections and in the provincial councils; allega [...] |
2008-04-01 08:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KHUM KDEM IZ |
| 08BEIJING3780 |
CHINA CONSIDERS ACCESSION TO UN PALERMO PROTOCOL [...] (C) China is seriously considering acceding to the UN Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, according to a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official. China will hold a symposium October 23-24, co-hosted by the UN Inter-Agency Project on Hum [...] |
2008-09-29 07:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KTIP KHUM KWMN KCRM CH |
| 08CONAKRY7 |
DISCORD BETWEEN PM AND PRESIDENT INCRASES [...] (C) SUMMARY. Political tension in Guinea appears o have intensified over the last few days. Repots of strained relations between the president ad the prime minister, rumors of Conte possibly dsmissing Kouyate, and union leaders saying that hey are considering resuming nationwide labor strkes [...] |
2008-01-03 17:01:00 | Embassy Conakry | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ELAB KHUM KDEM PREL |
| 08FREETOWN381 |
LABOR UNIONS AND STUDENT CLASHES: TENSION ON [...] (U) Summary: On July 9, protests by the University of Sierra Leone Junior Workers, Union at Freetown campuses interrupted the final examination period. The primary cause of the strike, which generally occurs once a year, was to protest the failure of the government and universities to provide [...] |
2008-08-01 11:47:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGO ELAB KHUM SL |
| 08GENEVA925 |
USG RESPONSE TO WHO-OHCHR RIGHT TO HEALTH "FACT [...] As requested reftel, Mission officers met with WHO and OHCHR officials to deliver copies of letters from IO Assistant Secretary Hook on the recent publication of the WHO-OHCHR "fact sheet" on the "right to health." 2. Mission Health Attache met October 23 with WHO Deputy Director-General [...] |
2008-11-05 12:10:00 | US Mission Geneva | UNCLASSIFIED | KHUM EAID PHUM WHO |
| 08KINGSTON409 |
JAMAICA: VETERAN OPPOSITION PARTY ORGANIZER [...] (C) Dave Anderson, the former Special Advisor to ex-Minister of National Security Peter Phillips and a veteran People's National Party (PNP) political organizer: (A) predicts that Prime Minister (PM) Bruce Golding will call a snap general election in July, and that his ruling Jamaica Labour [...] |
2008-05-09 17:42:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC SOCI PINR KHUM KCOR JM XL |
| 08KUWAIT637 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP AND RIHS DESIGNATION WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's introductory meeting June 3 with newly appointed Minister of Social Affairs and Labor (MOSAL), Bader Al-Duwaila, coincided with the planned June 4 release of the 2008 TIP report and Kuwait's downgrade to a Tier 3 ranking. Ambassador urged immediate action to me [...] |
2008-06-04 11:21:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR GTIP KTFN KHUM KU |
| 08MAPUTO220 |
FM AGREES TO BILATERAL POLITICAL DIALOGUE, AND TO [...] (U) Note: This report was written February 26 but final transmission was delayed. While FM Abreu was dismissed from her duties on March 10, this conversation and the issues discussed will serve as a basis for our first meeting with the new Foreign Minister. End Note. 2. (U) Summary: In [...] |
2008-03-12 12:36:00 | Embassy Maputo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON ETRD KHUM EAID MZ ZI KPKO |
| 08PRETORIA1000 |
MBEKI AND ADVISORS REVEAL BIAS AGAINST MDC (AND [...] (C) British diplomat Marianne Young (protect) told PolOff on 09 May that President Mbeki's chief strategist, Joel Netshitenzhe, has bought Mugabe's argument that the MDC is a western puppet "hook, line, and sinker." Young had just returned from a meeting with an unnamed source in the presiden [...] |
2008-05-09 15:38:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KHUM KDEM SF ZI |
| 08PRETORIA812 |
MDC UNDECIDED ABOUT RUNOFF [...] (C) SUMMARY. MDC advisor Kathi Walters (strictly protect) told PolOff on 15 April that MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai is still in Johannesburg, having received death threats. She does not believe Tsvangirai is afraid to go back, but could not say if or when he was going to return. Today, Tsvan [...] |
2008-04-16 15:03:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KHUM KDEM SF ZI |
| 08PRETORIA966 |
MDC LEADER ALLEGEDLY RETURNING TO HARARE [...] (C) SUMMARY. After traveling for most of the past month, MDC Leader Morgan Tsvangirai will finally return to Harare on 10 May to address the nation, lay out signposts, and start a "victory/campaign" tour, according to Institute for Democracy in South Africa analyst Sydney Masamvu and a British [...] |
2008-05-07 14:53:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KDEM KHUM ZI |
| 08STATE32535 |
BELARUS: RESPONSE TO MINSK GUIDANCE REQUEST [...] (S) SUMMARY AND ACTION REQUEST. In response to Reftel, the Department has determined that a five-person embassy is not tenable in the hostile environment of Belarus. Embassy Minsk would need to be closed entirely if Belarus forces the issue and requires us to operate with five American staff. [...] |
2008-03-28 23:35:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET | PREL PGOV AMGT KHUM ODIP OFDP BO |
| 08USUNNEWYORK559 |
SYG BAN AND UNSC MEMBERS DISCUSS SOMALIA, SUDAN, [...] (SBU) Summary. As President of the UN Security Council for June, Amb Khalilzad hosted SYG Ban Ki-Moon for the monthly lunch with UNSC Ambassadors on June 23, for a discussion that focused mostly on Zimbabwe, Somalia, Sudan, and Burma. Based on his conversations with African leaders, Ban said [...] |
2008-06-24 23:16:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM PGOV PTER KPKO KHUM SU BM AF |
| 09BAKU10 |
PRESIDENTIAL LEGAL ADVISER ADVISES POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: On January 8 the Charge and the British Charge met with Shahin Aliyev, head of the legal department of the Presidential Administration, regarding the closure of Radio Liberty, Voice of America, and the BBC. Aliyev in large part stuck to talking points we have heard previously: t [...] |
2009-01-08 13:18:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KHUM AJ |
| 09BAKU21 |
NAKHCHIVAN UPDATE: MORE HR VIOLATIONS AND RETURN [...] (C) Summary: The authorities of the Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic continue to pressure ordinary citizens attempting to protect their rights. On January 4 an elderly blind man was imprisoned, and possibly put into a mental institution, for complaining about the police beating his son. Separa [...] |
2009-01-13 12:48:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KHUM AJ |
| 09BAKU3 |
CLOSURE OF FOREIGN RADIO BROADCASTS: STATIC ON FM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 30 2008, the Azerbaijan National Television and Radio Council (NTRC) announced that as of January 1 it revoked the broadcast licenses for operations on FM frequencies of the Voice of America, Radio Liberty (Radio Azadliq), and of the BBC. The decision came as a surpris [...] |
2009-01-05 12:34:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KHUM AJ |
| 09BAKU6 |
MORE GOAJ HARASSMENT OF RADIO LIBERTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology is threatening to cut the Azerbaijan office of Radio Liberty's satellite connection to Radio Liberty's headquarters in Prague. This action appears to be illegal, as Radio Liberty has a functioning agreement with the Minis [...] |
2009-01-06 12:57:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KHUM AJ |
| 09BAKU7 |
PRESIDENTIAL POLITICAL ADVISER HOLDS OUT HOPE FOR [...] (C) Summary: After listening to warnings from UK Ambassador and the Charge that the ouster of VOA, Radio Liberty and the BBC from Azerbaijan's FM airwaves could seriously harm relations with the EU and the USG, Presidential Administration Social Policy Chief Ali Hasanov replied that "we are n [...] |
2009-01-07 12:09:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KHUM AJ |
| 09BRASILIA1391 |
PERES AND ABBAS VISITS IN PERSPECTIVE [...] (C) Summary. The November visits by Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, both shortly in advance of Iranian President Ahmadinejad's visit (ref A), led to few substantive results but helped Brazil craft its narrative as a hopeful emerging player in the Middl [...] |
2009-12-02 17:40:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KHUM KPAL IS IR |
| 09DAMASCUS641 |
IRAQI REFUGEES EXPRESS CONCERN OVER DETERIORATING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Iraqi refugees serving as community outreach organizers for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) expressed concerns about the recent deterioration in Syrian-Iraqi relations and the withdrawal of the countries' respective ambassadors from Baghdad and Damascus [...] |
2009-09-02 13:12:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KHUM PREL PGOV SY IZ |
| 09KABUL402 |
KARZAI URGES CODEL PELOSI TO SUPPORT AFGHAN ARMY, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Accompanied by the Ambassador, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and seven other House Democrats breakfasted with President Karzai at the Presidential Palace on 2/21. Karzai claimed Afghanistan was progressing much better than portrayed in the Western media and expressed optim [...] |
2009-02-24 08:12:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KHUM KDEM AF |
| 09KABUL789 |
OPPOSITION LEADERS ANNOUNCE TWO OPTIONS FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On March 28 opposition leaders announced that they had agreed among themselves on two possible options for resolving the post-May 22 presidential continuity issue to a gathering of diplomatic representatives: a transitional mechanism based on political consensus or a caretaker go [...] |
2009-03-30 15:15:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV AF PREL KHUM |
| 09KUWAIT608 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES TIP WITH NEW MINISTER OF [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-21 15:12:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR GTIP KTFN KHUM KU |
| 09KUWAIT686 |
AMBASSADOR PRESSES NEW JUSTICE MINISTER ON TIP [...] (C) Summary: During a cordial July 8 introductory meeting, Ambassador raised Kuwait's Tier III Trafficking in Persons (TIP) status with newly-appointed Minister of Justice Rashed Al-Hammad and outlined steps the GOK should take to address outstanding TIP concerns. Ambassador also queried the [...] |
2009-07-09 11:04:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PINR GTIP KTFN KHUM KU |
| 09KUWAIT700 |
AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES FTA; IPR; KUWAIT'S INVESTMENT [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met on July 9 with newly appointed Minister of Commerce & Industry Ahmad Rashed Al-Haroun. Ambassador applauded the GOK's efforts to implement IPR enforcement but stressed the need to implement legislation. The Minister was optimistic that with a more "approachable" [...] |
2009-07-13 10:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER PINR GTIP KTFN KHUM KU |
| 09LIBREVILLE547 |
GABON: PRESIDENT BONGO TO STRENGTHEN COOPERATION [...] (c) Summary: In a December 4 meeting with the Ambassador, Gabon,s President Ali Bongo Ondimba said he would like to strengthen the good bilateral cooperation that already exists with the U.S., and pledged to stay involved in facilitating solutions to regional conflict. President Bongo comment [...] |
2009-12-15 12:34:00 | Embassy Libreville | CONFIDENTIAL | KHUM KTIP PGOV PREL GB |
| 09MANAGUA576 |
ORTEGA PROVIDES ASYLUM TO PERUVIAN INDIGENOUS LEADER [...] (SBU) On June 9, Tomas Borge, Nicaragua's Ambassador to Peru, announced that President Daniel Ortega would grant asylum to Peruvian indigenous leader Alberto Pizango. The Nicaraguan government argued that Pizango was a victim of political persecution and granted him asylum based on humanitar [...] |
2009-06-11 18:55:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KHUM KDEM PE NU |
| 09NOUAKCHOTT323 |
AMBASSADOR'S LUNCHEON WITH ANTI-COUP POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: During a lunch with the Ambassador, RFD and FNDD political leaders talked about repression of demonstrations, President of the Senate Ba M'Bare's "presidency," and the role played in the political crisis by Mauritania's neighbors. The FNDD and RFD asked the U.S. to pressure Fra [...] |
2009-05-11 16:12:00 | Embassy Nouakchott | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KHUM MR |
| 09RPODUBAI140 |
IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN - MARCH 25, [...] [S/NF] Qalibaf Planning to Deliver US Goods in Time for Election?: The Tehran Municipality's interest in US agricultural trade continues, but now appears driven by a more overtly political agenda. IRPO Officer and Dubai-based regional Ag Attache met for a second time with two UAE-based Irania [...] |
2009-03-25 12:33:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KHUM EAGR IR |
| 09RPODUBAI143 |
CORRECTION - IRAN REGIONAL PRESENCE OFFICE - WINDOW ON IRAN [...] (S/NF) REF A, (RPO DUBAI 140) WAS TRANSMITTED ON 05/25/2009. A DUPLICATE MESSAGE, REF B (RPO DUBAI 141), WAS TRANSMITTED AFTERWARDS. REF A IS CORRECT COPY. PLEASE DISREGARD AND DELETE/DESTROY ALL COPIES OF REF B. ASGARD [...] |
2009-03-26 12:17:00 | Iran RPO Dubai | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KHUM EAGR IR |
| 09USUNNEWYORK854 |
UNSC: MONTHLY MEETING ON THE MIDDLE EAST SEPTEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: UN Special Coordinator for the Peace Process Robert Serry briefed the Security Council during its monthly meeting on the Middle East on 17 September. He focused on the prospects for a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict. Serry noted efforts aimed at the deve [...] |
2009-09-23 21:14:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KHUM KBIO UN IS LE IV SO |