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SECSTATE SECTOR SECURITY SEMAAN GABY EID SEN SENC SENG SENS SENU SENV SENVQGR SENVSPL SENVSXE SEP SERBIA SERZH SETTLEMENTS SEVN SEXP SF SFNV SG SGNV SGWI SH SHANNON SHI SHUM SI SILVASANDE SIMS SIPDI SIPDIS SIPR SIPRNET SIPRS SIUK SK SKCA SKEP SKI SKSAF SL SLM SLOVAK SM SMAR SMI SMIG SMIL SMIT SMITH SMRT SN SNA SNAP SNAR SNUC SO SOC SOCI SOCIA SOCIETY SOCIO SOCIS SOCISZX SOCR SOCY SOE SOFA SOI SOIC SOLI SOLIC SOM SOMALIA SOPN SORT SOSI SOVIET SOWGC SP SPAS SPC SPCE SPCVIS SPECI SPECIALIST SPILL SPP SPSTATE SR SREF SRIT SRS SRYI SSA SSH ST STAG START STATE STC STEINBERG STEPHEN HADLEY STET STP STR STUDENT SU SUCCESSION SUFFRAGE SULLIVAN SUMMIT SUR SUSAN SV SW SWHO SWMN SX SXG SY SYAI SYMBOL SYR SYRIA SYSI SYTH SZ TA TAGS TALAL TAUSCHER TAX TB TBI TBID TBIO TBIOZK TBKIO TBO TC TCOR TCSENV TD TDA TE TECH TECHNOLOGY TER TERAA TERFIN TERR TERROR TERRORISM TF TFIN TG TGRY TH THANH THE THERESE THIRDTERM THKSJA THOMAS THOMAS THOMMA THPY TI TIA TIBO TIFA TINT TIO TIP TITI TIUZ TJ TK TL TM TN 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KUIR KUM KUNA KUNC KUNH KUNP KUNR KUS KUWAIT KV KVBL KVIP KVIR KVIS KVPR KVRC KVRP KW KWAC KWAK KWAWC KWBC KWBG KWBW KWCI KWCR KWGB KWHG KWIC KWIM KWIR KWKN KWM KWMJN KWMM KWMN KWN KWNM KWNN KWOMN KWPA KWPB KWPG KWPR KWRC KWRF KWRG KWUN KWWT KWWW KX KY KZ LA LAB LABOR LANSANA LANTERN LARREA LARS LAS LAURA LAVIN LAW LB LBAR LBY LE LEAGUE LEB LEBIK LEGAT LEGATT LEIS LEON LEVINE LEW LG LGAT LH LI LIB LICC LIMA LINE LK LMS LN LO LOG LOPEZ LORAN LOTT LOVE LR LS LT LTG LTTE LU LV LVPR LY LZ MA MAAR MACEDONIA MACP MANUEL MANUEL SERGIO GONZALEZ MAP MAPP MAPS MAR MARAD MARANTIS MARIA MARIE MARINO MARITIME MARK MARQUEZ MARR MARS MARTIN MARV MAS MASC MASS MATT MAYA MB MBM MC MCA MCAP MCAPARR MCAPN MCAPP MCAPS MCAT MCC MCCAIN MCCONNELL MCCP MCGRAW MCRM MCTRE MD MDA MDC MDO ME MEA MED MEDIA MEETINGS MENDIETA MEP MEPI MEPN MEPP MERCOSUR MESUR MEX MF MFA MFO MG MGL MGMT MGOV MGT MGTA MH MHUC MI MIAH MIC MICHAEL MICHEL MIGUEL FELIPE CANAHUATI YACAMAN MIGUEL VARGAS MALDONADO MIK MIKE MIL MILI MILITANTS MILITARY MILLENNIUM MINURSO MINUSTAH MITCHELL MJ MK ML MLS MMAR MMED MN MNLF MNNC MNNUC MNU MNUC MNUCH MNUCWA MNUM MNUN MNUR MNUS MNVC MO MOHAMAD MOHAMED HESHAM ELDIN YOUSSEF MOHAMMAD MOLINA MONTENEGRO MONUC MONY MOOPS MOP MOPP MOPPS MOPS MORALES MORG MOROCCO MORS MOS MOTO MOTT MP MPOL MPOS MPP MPS MQADHAFI MR MRCRE MRRR MRS MRSEC MS MSG MSIG MT MTAA MTAG MTCAE MTCR MTCRA MTCRE MTRCE MTRE MTRRE MTS MU MUC MUCN MUKASEY MULLEN MUNC MURAD MURRAY MV MW MX MY MZ NA NAC NACB NADIA NAFTA NAM NAMSA NANCY NAR NARC NARCOTICS NARR NAS NASA NAT NATEU NATGAS NATIONAL NATO NATOAFGHAN NATOBALKANS NATOIRAQ NATOOPS NATOPOLICY NATSIOS NAVO NB NBTS NBU NC NCCC NCD NCT NCTC NDI NDP NE NEA NEC NEGROPONTE NEI NELSON NEPAD NERG NET NEW NFATC NFMS NFSO NG NGO NGUYEN NH NI NICHOLAS NICOLE NIH NIPP NK NKWG NL NLD NLIAEA NLO NMFS NMNUC NMUC NNPT NO NOAA NOI NOK NON NONE NORAD NOTAG NOVO NP NPA NPG NPT NR NRC NRG NRR NRRC NS NSC NSF NSFO NSG NSSP NT NTDB NTSB NTTC NU NUC NUIN NV NW NZ NZUS OA OAO OARC OAS OASC 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06BOGOTA849 | WEEKLY ELECTION ROUNDUP [...] (U) This is the first in a series of cables chronicling weekly events in the run up to the March 12 Congressional and May 28 Presidential elections in Colombia. Ref B provided a general overview of federal electoral issues. 2. (SBU) Pardo Update: Partially setting aside his public dispu [...] | 2006-01-30 21:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS CO |
06BOGOTA8522 | GOC BACKTRACKS: SAYS NO PROOF MILITARY INVOLVED IN [...] (U) President Uribe clarified on September 10 that the GOC has no solid evidence tying military officers to a recent Bogota bombing that killed one civilian, or to several other bomb plots uncovered in the run-up to Uribe,s August 8 inauguration (see reftel). He said that he and senior GOC l [...] | 2006-09-15 21:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA8623 | PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE UNDER SCRUTINY [...] (C) Press revelations about a psychic on the payroll of the Prosecutor General' Office (Fiscalia) have generated press reports about Prosecutor General Iguaran's weak leadership and management, damaging his credibility and potentially affecting his ability to make principled decisions on cont [...] | 2006-09-19 21:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA871 | FARC LEADER'S MESSAGE TO GUERRILLAS [...] (S) Poloff met with a military intelligence analyst who discretly shared a secret communique sent in January to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) from its Supreme Commander Pedro Antonio Marin, AKA "Manuel Marulanda" or "Tirofijo". (Please protect source and information.) The [...] | 2006-01-31 15:15:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA900 | EXTRADITION: PARAS TRY TO SHIFT PUBLIC PERCEPTION [...] (SBU) On January 21, a large advertisement appeared in Bogota daily El Tiempo purporting to be from concerned families of people detained in Combita (a maximum security prison in Boyaca department, and popularly known as the "waiting room" before extradition to the United States). The cost of [...] | 2006-01-31 21:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KCRM SNAR PGOV PREL KPAO CO |
06BOGOTA9122 | FINAL JUSTICE AND PEACE LAW DECREE TRACKS WITH [...] (C) The final Justice and Peace Law (JPL) implementing decree, published on September 29, closely tracks the Constitutional Court decision issued on May 13. Public comments have generally been positive. The decree incorporates many of the concerns raised by the Ambassador with senior GOC o [...] | 2006-10-03 20:15:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA9217 | EX-PARAS RETAIN INFLUENCE ON THE NORTH ATLANTIC [...] (C) The security situation has improved in Bolivar Department since the paramilitaries demobilized, but labor, Catholic Church, and local government officials said ex-paramilitary influence remains strong. Allegations of ex-paramilitary and FARC criminality are common. Cartagena was one of [...] | 2006-10-05 17:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA9310 | EX-PARAS RETAIN INFLUENCE ON THE NORTH ATLANTIC [...] (C) Magdalena government, Church, and international representatives said the paramilitary reinsertion program in the Department risks failure because it lacks organization and political support. They reported complaints that many ex-paramilitaries remained armed. Residents feared the milita [...] | 2006-10-10 23:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA9376 | GOC CONCENTRATES EX-PARAMILITARY DETAINEES IN LA [...] (C) Rodrigo Tovar Pupo (AKA "Jorge 40") and Freddy Rendon Herrera (AKA "El Aleman) were among four former AUC leaders that President Uribe ordered to be transported to La Ceja October 10. They joined 26 other former AUC representative figures and 34 rank and file members concentrated there. [...] | 2006-10-12 00:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA9377 | NAMES AND ALIASES OF THE 30 PARAMILITARY [...] (U) As of October 11, La Ceja held 30 paramilitary representative members and 34 rank and file. The 30 representative members include: - Salvatore Mancuso Gomez (AKA "El Mono") - Ramon Maria Isaza (AKA "El Viejo") - Carlos Mario Jimenez Naranjo (AKA "Macaco") - Rodrigo Perez Alzate (AKA " [...] | 2006-10-12 00:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA9381 | SECURITY FORCES GOING AFTER EX-PARAMILITARY [...] (C) Minister of Defense Santos said on October 10 that the time for the remaining ex-para leaders to turn themselves in was overdue. President Uribe authorized a USD 40,000 reward for anyone who had information on Castano's location. Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told the Ambassador [...] | 2006-10-12 14:15:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
06BOGOTA9402 | GOC PEACE COMMISSIONER SKEPTICAL OF FARC AND ELN [...] (C) Summary: GOC Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo told the Ambassador October 9 he is skeptical the ELN will commit either publicly or privately to a specific cease-fire date at the October 20-25 negotiating round in Havana. If the ELN does not do so, the GOC may break off talks. He al [...] | 2006-10-12 22:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO CU FR NO SP SZ |
06BOGOTA9779 | PRESIDENT URIBE REVOKES FARC OUTREACH, URGES [...] On October 20, President Alvaro Uribe publicly held the FARC responsible for an October 19 car bomb attack in Bogota and revoked GOC outreach efforts to the terrorist organization. He called for the military to redouble efforts to rescue hostages and urged security forces to capture paramili [...] | 2006-10-23 17:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV MARR KJUS CO |
06BRATISLAVA830 | ANTI-REFORM JUSTICE MINISTER MAY BE DEMOTED TO [...] (C) SUMMARY. Slovakia's anti-reform Justice Minister Stefan Harabin will likely leave his current post to become a justice on the Constitutional Court. Nominated by HZDS, Harabin has proposed closing the Special Court for anti-corruption, forced a Judicial Council vote without providing docu [...] | 2006-10-12 15:28:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KJUS LO |
06BRATISLAVA890 | COALITION DYNAMICS IN SLOVAKIA [...] (C) After four months in office, Prime Minister Robert Fico of the Smer party has demonstrated his strong, personalized control the government. Embassy Bratislava provides its analysis and lessons learned so far: -- Fico makes the final decisions in all matters of importance; his increasing [...] | 2006-11-03 09:14:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KJUS SOCI PINR LO |
06BRATISLAVA927 | TRANSPETROL NOMINEES AND COALITION DYNAMICS [...] (C) Summary - The appointments made to the boards of Transpetrol at the November 20 shareholders meetings have been roundly criticized not only by the opposition parties, but by Prime Minister Fico as well. The most controversial nominees, Julius Rezes and Sergej Zapotocky, have strong ties t [...] | 2006-11-28 12:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | ENRG ECON PGOV PREL KJUS LO |
06BRATISLAVA974 | PM FICO ON AFGHANISTAN, SIS, CORRUPTION, U.S. VISIT [...] (C) On the margins of a three-hour long Christmas party he hosted December 18 for the diplomatic corps, Prime Minister Robert Fico told the Ambassador he was determined to travel to Kahdahar, Afghanistan in mid-January. He reiterated his invitation to the Ambassador to join him (reftel). Me [...] | 2006-12-19 12:43:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS KCOR ETRD AF LO |
06BRATISLAVA98 | US / SLOVAKIA SIGN EXTRADITION AND MLA INSTRUMENTS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-02-07 13:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PREL EU LO |
06BRUSSELS1452 | EU COUNCIL AGREES ON "ROME II" REGULATION [...] EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on April 28 agreed on rules intended to ensure that courts in all EU member states apply the same law in the event of cross-border disputes on non-contractual obligations (Rome II). The Council also reached consensus on a Framework Decision [...] | 2006-05-02 15:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KJUS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS864 | U.S.-EU COUNTERTERRORISM AND JHA AFFAIRS: [...] Summary: The U.S. Mission to the European Union (USEU) will sponsor a two-day conference in Brussels for U.S. officers at posts in the EUR region on U.S. counterterrorism policy in Europe and Eurasia and critical issues in the area of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA). The conference will open [...] | 2006-03-13 15:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PREL PTER CVIS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS934 | U.S.-EUROPEAN CT AND JHA AFFAIRS: CONFERENCE [...] Summary: The U.S. Mission to the European Union (USEU) will sponsor a two-day conference in Brussels for U.S. officers at posts in the EUR region on U.S. counterterrorism policy in Europe and Eurasia and critical issues in the area of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA). The conference will open [...] | 2006-03-17 14:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PREL PTER CVIS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS988 | U.S.-EUROPEAN CT AND JHA AFFAIRS: CONFERENCE [...] Summary: This cable is being retransmitted to ensure it is received by all posts in the EUR region. The U.S. Mission to the European Union (USEU) will sponsor a two-day conference in Brussels for U.S. officers at posts in the EUR region on U.S. counterterrorism policy in Europe and Eurasia [...] | 2006-03-22 08:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KCRM KJUS PREL PTER XG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BUCHAREST111 | FORMER PM NASTASE FACES CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS IN [...] (C) Summary. Former PM Adrian Nastase, whose reputation for shady dealing was already well-established with the Romanian public, is now caught in a political scandal that threatens both his political career and has set off more fierce infighting within the Social Democratic Party (PSD),Roma [...] | 2006-01-20 17:55:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM SOCI ECON RO |
06BUCHAREST1171 | THREE ROMANIAN INTELLIGENCE CHIEFS AND GENERAL [...] (C) Three Romanian Intelligence Chiefs and the General Prosecutor resigned July 20 and 21 amid a media frenzy over Omar Hayssam's disappearance before being prosecuted in court in connection with the 2005 Romanian hostage crisis in Iraq. Romanian Intelligence Service (SRI) Director Radu Timofte [...] | 2006-07-21 17:35:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL PINR PTER RO |
06BUCHAREST1600 | THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN ROMANIA: PASSING [...] (C) Summary: There is some good news in Bucharest these days in the fight against corruption, a longstanding Romanian vice. There is something of a consensus that ongoing anti-corruption efforts are positively impacting both Romanian political life and society. Corruption remains rampant in [...] | 2006-10-17 14:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS RO |
06BUCHAREST1747 | FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER'S VISIT TO ROMANIA [...] (C) Summary: FBI Director Robert Mueller's November 14 visit to Bucharest sent a strong message about our continued commitment to our growing partnership in law enforcement and intelligence. In meetings with President Basescu, Prime Minister Tariceanu, and other key officials, our Romanian interloc [...] | 2006-11-17 16:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | PREL PGOV KCOR PTER PINR KJUS SOCI RO |
06BUCHAREST1883 | COMMUNICATION IN MUNAF CASE [...] (C) DCM accompanied by PolCouns and Resident Legal Advisor met with representatives from the Romanian Ministry of Justice and the Foreign Ministry December 19 to discuss reftel request to streamline communications between the USG and GOR regarding the Munaf case. DCM underscored the need [...] | 2006-12-20 14:56:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC PGOV PREL MARR KJUS IZ RO |
06BUCHAREST239 | ROMANIAN SENATE DEALS SETBACK TO ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) Summary: A controversial vote by the Romanian Senate February 9 to strip the National Anticorruption Department (DNA) of its authority to prosecute MPs has created a potential roadblock to GOR efforts against high-profile corruption cases, at the very time the EU is scrutinizing those effo [...] | 2006-02-11 10:03:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM SOCI ECON SIPDIS RO |
06BUCHAREST289 | ROMANIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION BATTLE HEATS UP -- [...] (C) Summary: The National Anti-corruption Department (DNA) formally indicted former Prime Minister Adrian Nastase February 16 on bribery and corruption charges. Although the DNA has not showed its full hand, some of the charges relate to a suspicious property purchase in central Bucharest at [...] | 2006-02-17 18:10:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM SOCI ECON RO |
06BUENOSAIRES146 | STAFFDEL MACKEY PUSHES AMIA BOMBING CASE [...] (U) This cable is sensitive but unclassified, and not for Internet distribution. 2. (U) This is an action cable. Please see paragraph 14. ------- Summary ------- 3. (SBU) House Committee on International Relations (HIRC) Senior Counsel John Mackey and HIRC Democratic Deputy Chief [...] | 2006-01-19 20:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREF PREL PTER KJUS AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2437 | UPDATE ON AMIA INDICTMENTS [...] (C) Summary: Local press coverage of the October 25 release of the AMIA Prosecutors' report remains relatively low-key. The Iranian Mission here has rejected the Prosecutors' findings, dismissed the report as the work of the CIA and Mossad, and cautioned Argentine officials not to repeat th [...] | 2006-10-27 19:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PREL PGOV AR FBI |
06BUENOSAIRES2455 | AMIA ARREST WARRANTS COULD COME EARLIER THAN [...] (C) Summary: AMIA Prosecutor Alberto Nisman told CDA and EmbOffs that Judge Canicoba Corral could issue arrest warrants for the eight indictees as early as this Friday, November 3. It was expected that Canicoba Corral would not want the case sitting on his desk for any length of time, but ra [...] | 2006-11-01 21:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PREL PGOV AR FBI |
06BUENOSAIRES2630 | AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 27 MEETING WITH ARGENTINE [...] (C) Summary: On November 27, Ambassador discussed judicial reform issues with members of the Argentine Supreme Court, including outgoing President Enrique Petracchi, incoming President Ricardo Lorenzetti, and Justices Juan Carlos Maqueda, Elena Highton, and Carmen Maria Argibay. The Justice [...] | 2006-11-28 19:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS FBI AR |
06BUENOSAIRES2637 | AMIA SPECIAL PROSECUTORS CALL ON AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary: On November 27, AMIA prosecutors Alberto Nisman and Marcelo Martinez Burgos called on the Ambassador to express their deep appreciation for the USG's support for their investigation and publicly for our public support following the release of their report. They noted that their [...] | 2006-11-28 21:40:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PREL PGOV AR FBI |
06BUENOSAIRES2665 | AMIA UPDATE: AMBASSADOR'S CONVERSATION WITH MFA'S [...] (C) At a November 28, event, Ambassador and DCM spoke with Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez, Senior Advisor to Deputy Foreign Minister, Roberto Garcia Moritan, about the MFA's perspective on the AMIA case. Ambassador Gonzalez has been charged with managing AMIA at the MFA. He said the MFA is s [...] | 2006-11-30 18:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS PREL PGOV AR FBI |
06BUENOSAIRES2805 | ARGENTINA: STAFFDEL MEETING WITH MFA ON AMIA, [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 19 DCM, Emboffs, and visiting Staffdel members met with Undersecretary of Foreign Affairs Luis Cappagli to discuss the recent Interpol response to the AMIA case and tri-border issues. Staffdel members underlined the importance of responding to INTERPOL Secretary Gener [...] | 2006-12-21 18:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
06BUENOSAIRES293 | ARGENTINA: COUNCIL OF MAGISTRATES BILL SHOWS [...] (SBU) Summary: The Lower House of Congress will soon vote on a controversial law to reform the Council of Magistrates that regulates Argentina's judicial system that appears likely to pass despite a united opposition effort against the bill. The proposed law would shrink the size of the Counc [...] | 2006-02-08 13:12:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL AR |
06BUENOSAIRES411 | TRANSFER OF ITCY WAR CRIMES INDICTEE MILAN LUKIC [...] Bosnian Serb war crimes indictee Milan Lukic was transferred to the ICTY from Argentina on February 20. Lukic had been detained in Buenos Aires on August 8, 2005, by Argentine authorities after meeting with his wife and youngest child in a local restaurant (reftels). Argentine Federal Judge [...] | 2006-02-21 21:10:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC ICTY KJUS PHUM PGOV PREL BK SR AR |
06BUENOSAIRES452 | COUNCIL OF MAGISTRATES REFORM BILL BECOMES LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: A controversial bill first proposed by Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to reform the Council of Magistrates easily passed in the Argentine Chamber of Deputies to become law on February 23. The bill reduces the size of the Council and will likely increase the Casa Rosada [...] | 2006-02-24 20:42:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KJUS AR |
06CAIRO1009 | GOE OFFICIALS OFFER REBUTTAL TO JUDGES' CLUB ON [...] (C) In a February 19 meeting, senior Egyptian Justice Ministry officials strongly defended the recent move by the Public Prosecution to question four leaders of the Judges' Club, the group which functions as a professional association and lobbying group on behalf of Egypt's judges. 2. (C) A [...] | 2006-02-19 16:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS EG |
06CAIRO2134 | EGYPT: A YEAR ON, GOE-JUDGES CLUB DISPUTE [...] (C) The confrontation between the GOE and Egypt's Judges Club continues to boil as it moves into its second year. The Judges Club has been militating for a new judiciary law that would guarantee independence it asserts is now lacking and has attacked the GOE's record on human rights and democr [...] | 2006-04-06 16:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM EG |
06CAIRO4200 | AG GONZALES MEETING WITH PRESIDENT MUBARAK [...] (C) In a July 1 meeting in his office, a cordial and receptive Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak discussed the ongoing Gaza crisis with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. Mubarak described Hamas leadership as ""untrustworthy,"" and stressed that if the situation continues to escalate, it will [...] | 2006-07-09 04:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS EG |
06CAIRO4201 | ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES MEETINGS IN CAIRO [...] (C) SUMMARY: In warm June 29 meetings with the Egyptian Ministers of Justice, Interior, and the Public Prosecutor, Attorney General Alberto F. Gonzales and his Egyptian interlocutors praised the close CT coordination between the USG and GOE, as well as overall cooperation on criminal and judic [...] | 2006-07-09 04:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS EG |
06CAIRO5709 | INCREASED DETENTIONS OF MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Egyptian regime detained 38 Muslim Brotherhood (MB) members in late August, including two senior members of the organization. These arrests are the latest in an apparent renewed government campaign against the MB that began last spring. Some analysts assess this as a GOE reac [...] | 2006-09-12 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL KJUS EG |
06CAIRO6374 | WE WILL NOT BE SILENT: CAIRO JUDGES CLUB READIES [...] (C) Summary: A leading member of the influential Cairo Judges Club (JC) detailed for poloff in an October 11 meeting JC plans to prepare recommendations regarding upcoming constitutional amendments. He noted that the Judges Club plans to be "activist" during this "critical period of constitut [...] | 2006-10-16 09:10:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS EG |
06CAIRO7034 | TROUBLE BREWING BETWEEN JUDGES CLUB AND JUSTICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Tensions have been on the rise between Egypt's influential Judges Club and the new Minister of Justice for the past several months, with friction centering around the Minister's reported decision to halt payment of government subsidies to the reform-minded Club. Following strong [...] | 2006-12-03 15:35:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS EG |
06CARACAS1661 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICE LOUDLY OBJECTS TO HIS REMOVAL [...] (C) On May 24, the Venezuelan Government's Moral Republican Council suspended Supreme Court Justice Luis Velasquez Alvaray for alleged mismanagement of public funds earmarked to purchase property for the construction of a judicial complex. His case is now with the National Assembly (AN),whi [...] | 2006-06-06 22:22:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM VE |
06CARACAS2275 | CHAVEZ' GUIDE TO DISMANTLING THE JUDICIARY [...] (C) When President Hugo Chavez came to power in 1999, there was general dissatisfaction with the judicial system, which the Venezuelan public viewed as extremely corrupt. He used his mandate and his majority in the National Constituent Assembly to create laws that purported to make the judici [...] | 2006-08-01 19:06:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM VE |
06DAKAR1205 | FOUR HIGH LEVEL POLITICAL ARRESTS IN SENEGAL [...] (U) In the past two months, there have been a series of high profile arrests of political figures. Labor leader Ibrahima Sene (Reftel),Amath Dansokho, Secretary General of the Labor Party (PIT),Jean Paul Dias, head of the center right party BCG, and Pape Diouf, Mayor of the City of Bambey, [...] | 2006-05-18 18:44:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS KJUS SG |
06DAKAR181 | SECK CASE: DOES WADE NOW FEAR A TRIAL? [...] (C) Six months after his arrest, former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck is still in pre-trial detention. However, on January 24, the Government acted on a judge,s recommendation to drop the most serious charge against Seck, that of being a threat to national security. This could pave the way for [...] | 2006-01-25 17:43:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS SG |
06DAKAR185 | SENEGAL ELECTIONS NOW SET FOR FEBRUARY 2007, BUT [...] On January 24, the prosecution dropped for lack of evidence "the threat to national security and defense" charges against former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck (Ref A) and his co-defendants: Hassan Fares, Mbaye Coulibaly, Sandrine Fares, Sandrine Madec, El Hadji Ndary Gueye and Coumba Ngouye Thi [...] | 2006-01-26 07:34:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS SG |
06DAKAR2000 | SENEGAL'S JUDICIARY SHAKEN BY CORRUPTION SCANDAL [...] (U) After protracted, heated debate about the extent of corruption in Senegal, a scandal involving one of the most senior judges has come to light. An investigation launched by the Inspector General for the Judiciary (IGAJ) led to early retirement or transfers of the judges involved and pros [...] | 2006-08-21 10:42:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PHUM KJUS SG |
06DAKAR2030 | DIAS FATHER AND SON ARRESTED, QUESTIONED ABOUT [...] (U) Jean-Paul Dias, head of the center right party BCG, and his son, Barthelemy, leader of the "Socialist Vision" movement within the Socialist Party (PS),were both arrested last week in an unusual display of force. Jean-Paul Dias was detained in Rebeuss Prison until his health failed, at wh [...] | 2006-08-22 18:22:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM CASC PINS KJUS SG |
06DAKAR316 | EX-PM SECK RELEASED FROM PRISON: WHY AND WHY NOW? [...] (C) The Government released former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck from Reubeuss prison on February 7 after charges against him were "partially" dropped. It remains unclear which charges might be held open; one fallback is an accusation of undue accumulation of wealth. Seck was released precisel [...] | 2006-02-08 18:39:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS SG |
06DAKAR433 | PRIME MINISTER SALL COMMENTS ON SECK CASE AND [...] (C) Senegalese Prime Minister Sall remains convinced that former Prime Minister Idrissa Seck embezzled funds and illegally enriched himself at the Senegalese people,s expense. Although Seck,s legal team vehemently denies that Seck and President Wade reached any deal, Sall says that Seck agre [...] | 2006-02-22 14:03:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS PINR KJUS SG |
06DILI112 | TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP COMMISSIONERS PUSH FOR ACCESS TO SCU [...] (C) The bilateral Indonesia-East Timor Truth and Friendship Commission (TFC) has made a surprise request for full access, with necessary redaction to assure witness confidentiality, to the files of the Serious Crimes Unit (SCU). After Prosecutor-General Longuinhos Monteiro refused the request, [...] | 2006-03-11 11:05:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KJUS KAWC PHUM KPKO TT |
06DILI203 | DAS JOHN MEETING WITH PRESIDENT GUSMAO [...] (C) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, along with Ambassador Rees and Emboffs, met with President Xanana Gusmao May 2 to discuss U.S. priorities and concerns in East Timor. The major focus of the discussion was the riots on Friday, April 28 and the subsequent intervention of th [...] | 2006-05-03 11:06:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT |
06DILI210 | DAS JOHN MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER ALKATIRI [...] (SBU) Summary: EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary Eric John, along with Ambassador Rees and Emboff, met with Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri on May 3. DAS John congratulated Alkatiri on the many things that the Government of East Timor (GOET) is getting right, such as their work with the Millennium C [...] | 2006-05-04 15:15:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ASEC MARR PREL KJUS KCRM KAWC ID TT |
06DILI356 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador congratulated newly inaugurated Deputy Prime Minister Estanislau Da Silva and discussed the new Government's priorities. According to Da Silva, who had been the Fretilin leadership's first choice for Prime Minister, the discussions between President Xanana Gusmao [...] | 2006-07-11 11:25:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF KJUS EAID KDEM PINR TT |
06DILI357 | PRESIDENT GUSMAO SAYS RAMOS-HORTA WILL LEAD A REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met today with President Xanana Gusmao, who gave a detailed account of the negotiations that led up to the appointment of the new Government that was sworn in today. The President also expressed his confidence that Prime Minister Jose Ramos-Horta will lead a reform gov [...] | 2006-07-11 15:12:00 | Embassy Dili | SECRET | PREL PGOV PREF KJUS KCRM KDEM PINR TT |
06DILI363 | BISHOP NASCIMENTO IS WORRIED, BUT WILLING TO HELP [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-13 11:06:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM KDEM PINR KPKO TT AS PO |
06DILI381 | CONTINUED TENSIONS OVER NATIONAL POLICE REINTEGRATION [...] (C/NF) Summary: Tensions have continued in recent weeks between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Minister of Interior, Alcino Barris, regarding how to handle the reintegration of East Timor's national police (the PNTL). Each have presented proposals with competing approaches and pr [...] | 2006-07-25 11:05:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPKO PREL PGOV KJUS UN AU TT |
06DILI424 | REDUCED VIOLENCE IN DILI, BUT SERIOUS PROBLEMS REMAIN [...] (SBU) Summary: During the last week there was a significant reduction in the gang-related incidents reported in reftel, but late last week there were several serious incidents and the potential for renewed gang activity remains. Although some of the factors contributing to the resumption of ga [...] | 2006-08-21 02:44:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KPKO PHUM ASEC AU CASC PREF KJUS TT PGOV |
06DILI428 | FRETILIN FACTIONS RESPOND TO COURT DECISION AFFIRMING [...] (U) Summary: The Court of Appeals this week issued its official decision rejecting the argument that the re-election of Mari Alkatiri and Francisco "Lu'olo" Guterres to the Fretilin party leadership at the party congress in May was illegal. The case was brought by members of Fretilin's interna [...] | 2006-08-22 11:07:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KDEM TT |
06DILI487 | PREVIEW OF UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY REPORT ON TIMOR CRISIS [...] (C) Summary. According to one of its principal authors, the UN Special Commission of Inquiry report pulls no punches in naming the direct perpetrators and assessing responsibilities for the April-May crisis. The report recommends prosecution of former Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato and elem [...] | 2006-10-03 07:47:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS KPKO ASEC UN TT |
06DILI518 | RELEASE OF UN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY REPORT ON TIMOR CRISIS [...] Summary: The Report of the United Nations Independent Special Commission of Inquiry for Timor-Leste was released today to the National Parliament of East Timor and to the public. The UN Integrated Mission in Timor-Leste (UNMIT) will now commence with an effort to distribute it widely throughou [...] | 2006-10-17 13:07:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS KPKO ASEC UN TT |
06DILI549 | EXPLAINING LAST WEEK'S UPSURGE OF VIOLENCE IN DILI [...] (C) Summary: While gang-related disturbances have become a regular feature of day-to-day life in recent months, last week's upsurge of violent confrontation was on a greater scale and with more lethal consequences. In addition, these disturbances were accompanied by what appeared to be a conce [...] | 2006-11-03 12:02:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREF ASEC KJUS KPKO AU TT |
06DJIBOUTI90 | DJIBOUTI TAKES FRANCE TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: On January 10 Djibouti formally requested mediation by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) between itself and France over the long-standing and thorny Judge Bernard Borrel Affair (see reftels). The Government of Djibouti (GoD) alleges that France violated its "internationa [...] | 2006-01-22 14:50:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINS KGCN KJUS KLIG DJ FR |
06DUBLIN372 | IRELAND UNLIKELY TO CONTRIBUTE POLICE TRAINERS TO [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-07 16:52:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EI IZ JO KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP PGOV PINR PINS |
06DUBLIN420 | POST NOMINATION FOR USEU COUNTERTERRORISM/JHA CONFERENCE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-19 17:07:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN KCRM PREL PTER CVIS EI KJUS |
06DUBLIN455 | POST NOMINATION FOR USEU COUNTERTERRORISM/JHA [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-26 15:14:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | EUN KCRM KJUS PREL PTER CVIS EI |
06DUBLIN891 | SHANNON FIVE FOUND NOT GUILTY [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 25, a jury found five anti-war protesters not guilty of criminally damaging a U.S. aircraft at Shannon Airport on February 3, 2003. In an unprecedented decision, Judge Miriam Reynolds allowed the accused, who had pleaded not guilty, to argue that they had a "lawful excu [...] | 2006-07-29 05:28:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR PGOV PTER KJUS IZ EI |
06FREETOWN1028 | SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE: NEW SPECIAL [...] (C) The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) recently announced the appointment of Stephen Rapp as the new Special Prosecutor. Mr. Rapp called on the Ambassador December 14. In separate visits by AF/W Director Phil Carter on November 15 and Special Advisor to the Ambassador-at-Large for [...] | 2006-12-18 17:22:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL PGOV PHUM SL |
06FREETOWN1042 | SPECIAL COURT UPDATE: COURT PRESIDENT TO TRAVEL TO [...] (C) President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone Justice George Gelaga King informed the Ambassador December 22 that he planned to travel to New York to meet with the Court's Management Committee on January 22. He also requested Post's assistance to arrange meetings on January 23-24 at t [...] | 2006-12-27 17:12:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL PGOV PHUM SL |
06GEORGETOWN132 | PROPOSAL FOR TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS INCLE PROJECT [...] Below is Embassy Georgetown's proposal for an FY 2006 INCLE funded anti-trafficking in persons program to build the capacity of the Guyanese criminal justice system: A. Title: Technical Assistance Proposal to Increase the Capacity of Guyana's Criminal Justice System to Combat [...] | 2006-02-07 15:29:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM SMIG SNAR KWMN KCRM KJUS GY |
06GEORGETOWN694 | COMMERCIAL COURT RULES AGAINST GOG IN BOND DEFAULT [...] On July 12, 2006, Guyana's newly christened Commercial Court ruled in favor of a plaintiff who had sued the GOG after it defaulted on a $US201,085 bond. The bondholder, Carol Correia, sued the GOG on June 29, 2006 seeking the principal plus 5% interest on the 12-year bond, which matured on May [...] | 2006-07-17 12:00:00 | Embassy Georgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV KJUS ECON GY |
06GUANGZHOU13563 | Guangzhou IPR Officials Tout 2005 Achievements, [...] (U) Summary: In the run-up to National IPR Week, Guangzhou's IP enforcement agencies released a white paper detailing their 2005 accomplishments and some 2006 goals. Guangzhou authorities will focus their resources on specific markets within the city in 2006, and highlighted leather, auto part [...] | 2006-04-28 09:05:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR KJUS KCRM ETRD CH |
06GUANGZHOU14710 | Guangdong IPR: Enforcement Efforts in 2005 [...] (U) Summary: Guangdong officials praised their intellectual property rights (IPR) enforcement efforts and highlighted Guangdong enterprises' IP creation in the annual white paper on IPR enforcement and development. Guangdong courts concluded 94 IPR-related criminal cases in 2005, involving 2 [...] | 2006-05-17 00:10:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR KJUS KCRM ECON ETRD WTRO CH |
06GUANGZHOU15230 | Shenzhen Optical Disc Forensics Lab Clarifies Its [...] (SBU) Summary: Located in Shenzhen but falling under the authority of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS),the Disc Production Source Identification Center (DPSIC) is responsible for etching source identification (SID) codes onto production dies and analyzing optical discs to determine their [...] | 2006-05-23 08:36:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR KJUS KCRM ECON ETRD CH |
06GUANGZHOU30986 | Chinese Authorities Ban AMCIT from Leaving China Pending [...] (SBU) Summary: PRC immigration authorities detained AMCIT Robert Jonathan Carr for 12 hours at the Zhongshan port of entry on October 3 and ordered him to remain in China until the resolution of a civil case brought against him by a manufacturing company in Changsha, Hunan. The Hunan company c [...] | 2006-10-05 05:24:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CJAN ECON EINV KJUS CH |
06GUANGZHOU32273 | Five Shenzhen Judges Arrested on Corruption: An [...] (U) Classified by Consul General Robert Goldberg. Reason 1.4 (d). 2. (C) SUMMARY: Guangdong's Party Secretary Zhang Dejiang, although a Jiang Zemin appointee, is not expected to be affected by the November 10, arrest of five Shenzhen judges - including a rising star - on corruption charg [...] | 2006-11-15 08:50:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS CH |
06GUATEMALA1150 | GUATEMALAN SOLDIERS ALLEGEDLY BEAT STREET KIDS [...] (U) Summary: Allegations surfaced that Guatemala's joint military-police patrols are not operating as designed. Guatemalan Army units are in some instances patrolling without their police counterparts and thus without any legal authority to conduct arrests or detentions. Worse, a respected N [...] | 2006-06-13 19:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KJUS MOPS PGOV EAID GT |
06GUATEMALA1187 | GUATEMALA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT HAS BROAD IMPACT [...] (SBU) Summary: Guatemala's Constitutional Court has a broad mandate to weigh in on political and social issues. The newly-elected court includes some notable legal scholars. The new court portends to be less partisan and more independent than previous courts. End Summary. 2. (U) The pr [...] | 2006-06-16 16:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS ETRD EAID SNAR GT |
06GUATEMALA1313 | SPANISH JUDGE DEPARTS GUATEMALA EMPTY-HANDED [...] Summary: Spanish judicial personnel departed Guatemala without having obtained any official testimony regarding the 1980 burning of the Spanish Embassy and the deaths of two Spanish citizens. They did, however, draw international attention to the lack of activity by the Guatemalan authorities [...] | 2006-07-07 12:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KJUS MASS GT |
06GUATEMALA1386 | GUATEMALA: DEMARCHE ON OAS MLAT OPTIONAL PROTOCOL [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel talking points on the OAS MLAT (mutual legal assistance treaty) Optional Protocol July 13 to Luis Carranza, Deputy Director for UN and OAS Affairs in the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry's Multilateral Relations Directorate. Carranza said Guatemalan ratification of th [...] | 2006-07-18 20:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KJUS OAS GT |
06GUATEMALA1419 | GUATEMALA: CONGRESS APPROVES REVISED ORGANIZED [...] (SBU) Summary: The Guatemalan Congress approved a revised organized Crime Bill on July 19. Passage of the bill was a major victory for the Embassy's efforts over the past three years to get Guatemala to adopt modern law enforcement authorities (a conspiracy statute and provisions for wireta [...] | 2006-07-24 15:01:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS ASEC EAID PTER GT |
06GUATEMALA168 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador Derham hosted a meeting with 10 leaders of the Guatemalan human rights community to share views on security and violent crime. Most agreed that while violence has many sources, the current government does not engage in social cleansing or violence against any sector of [...] | 2006-01-30 15:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM EAID SNAR KJUS GT |
06GUATEMALA198 | GUATEMALAN JUDGE DISMISSES CASE AGAINST RIOS MONTT [...] (SBU) A Guatemalan judge dropped charges of coercion, threats, sedition, and involuntary manslaughter against former army general and de facto head of state Efrain Rios Montt. The charges, tied to his presumed leadership of the "Black Thursday" riots of July 2003, were dropped at the request [...] | 2006-02-01 17:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KCOR GT |
06GUATEMALA247 | GUATEMALAN PROSECUTORS APPEAL RIOS MONTT DECISION [...] (U) Summary. The Guatemalan Public Ministry is appealing a judge's decision to dismiss charges of threats, coercion, sedition, and involuntary manslaughter against FRG leader Rios Montt. It claims the judge was wrong to dismiss the case rather than respond to the prosecutor,s request for "pr [...] | 2006-02-07 22:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KCOR GT |
06GUATEMALA2473 | GUATEMALA SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH UN TO CREATE [...] Summary: The Government of Guatemala (GOG) signed an agreement with the United Nations December 12 to establish the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG). Pending approval and ratification by the Guatemalan Congress, the independent UN-led body will investigate illeg [...] | 2006-12-19 18:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS EAID SNAR KCRM KDEM GT |
06GUATEMALA2486 | GUATEMALAN WOMEN'S GROUP REPORTS DECLINE IN [...] Summary: According to a recent study by Grupo Guatemalteco de Mujeres (GGM),only 11 percent of the total number of murders of women in Guatemala should be labeled "femicide," which GGM considers the most extreme manifestation of violence against women. Based on investigations conducted over [...] | 2006-12-21 22:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KJUS EAID SNAR KCRM KDEM GT |
06GUATEMALA27 | GUATEMALAN REACTION TO HR 4437 [...] AMBASSADOR MET SEPARATELY ON JANUARY 4 WITH VICE PRESIDENT STEIN AND FOREIGN MINISTER BRIZ, AND MADE REF B POINTS ON ADMINISTRATION SUPPORT FOR COMPREHENSIVE IMMIGRATION REFORM INCLUDING A TEMPORARY WORKERS PROGRAM, AND THE IMPORTANCE OF NOT MAKING PUBLIC STATEMENTS THAT UNDERMINE THE PRESIDE [...] | 2006-01-06 16:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PHUM PREL PGOV EAID KJUS GT |
06GUATEMALA453 | GUATEMALAN PERCEPTIONS OF SOCIAL CLEANSING [...] Summary: The phrase "social cleansing" has entered wide usage in Guatemala, even though it is generally used to refer to vigilantism. While no evidence has yet surfaced of a state policy of extrajudicial killings of undesirable elements -- the definition of social cleansing -- the Human Righ [...] | 2006-03-06 22:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KCRM PGOV EAID ASEC SNAR KJUS GT |
06GUATEMALA668 | GUATEMALA TAKING ACTION TO CORRECT FAULTY LANGUAGE [...] (U) The Guatemalan Congress is asking President Berger to veto the organized crime bill (reftel) because of ambiguous language in a last minute amendment that would have cut in half the maximum prison sentences for several types of major crimes, including murder and kidnapping. 2. (U) Pre [...] | 2006-04-04 20:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS ASEC EAID PTER GT |
06GUATEMALA9 | GUATEMALAN VICE PRESIDENT SLAMS U.S. IMMIGRATION [...] Vice President Eduardo Stein used the opportunity of a public address December 29 commemorating the ninth anniversary of the Peace Accords to strongly criticize pending legislation in the U.S. Congress concerning border security (HR4437 "Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigratio [...] | 2006-01-03 22:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PHUM PREL PGOV EAID KJUS GT |
06HANOI1220 | GVN Demarches Embassy on Belgium Catfish Arrest [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 8. 2. SUMMARY: (U) ConsChief received a demarche and diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on May 18 regarding the May 11 arrest in Belgium of BUU, Huy on charges of illegally transshipping catfish into the United States (r [...] | 2006-05-19 09:51:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETRD EFIS KCRM CFED ASEC KJUS VM |
06HANOI1964 | Repatriation Agreement Delivered [...] On August 2, Pol/C delivered the points and revised agreement contained in reftel to Nguyen Huu Trang, Deputy Director General of the MFA's Consular Department. Trang promised to review the revised draft as quickly as possible and inform the Embassy if the GVN will seek any further modificatio [...] | 2006-08-02 23:25:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC CVIS KJUS PREL VM |
06HANOI2582 | GVN Responds on Repatriation Agreement [...] (SBU) On October 6, Embassy received the GVN's response to the draft repatriation agreement post delivered to the MFA on August 2 (Refs A and B). The GVN: seeks to replace the term "relevant authorities/officials" with "competent authorities/officials;" presented for USG consideration a stand [...] | 2006-10-06 08:30:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CVIS KJUS PREL VM |
06HANOI2775 | GVN Responds on Repatriation Agreement [...] (SBU) On October 30, Embassy received the GVN's response to the clarifications requested (Ref A) regarding the draft repatriation agreement Post delivered to the MFA on August 2 (Refs B and C). The GVN agrees with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's interpretation of Article 4, section [...] | 2006-10-31 03:42:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC CVIS KJUS PREL VM |
06HELSINKI1112 | EU-RUSSIA JHA PERMANENT PARTNERSHIP COUNCIL READOUT [...] The EU-Russia Permanent Partnership Council on Justice and Home Affairs met in Helsinki on 30 October. The Finnish Minister of Justice Luhtanen and Minister of the Interior Rajamaki represented the Presidency, German Minister of Justice Zypries and Minister of the Interior Schauble represented [...] | 2006-11-01 06:45:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KJUS PHUM PTER EUN FI RU |
06HOCHIMINHCITY1009 | POPULAR ANGER OVER LAND DISPUTES; PROTESTS IN HCMC [...] (SBU) Summary: Over the past few months, ConGen has observed a steady stream of small, peaceful protests over land, representing disgruntled groups from the Mekong Delta and the HCMC region. HCMC media contacts tell us of popular dissatisfaction over land expropriation policy and associated o [...] | 2006-09-06 10:00:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM SOCI KJUS EAID ECON PREL KIRF PGOV VM |
06HOCHIMINHCITY1014 | STAFFDEL BLANK IN THE MEKONG DELTA: AVIAN INFLUENZA, LOCAL [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to the Mekong Delta province of An Giang August 25 and 26, Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) Staffer Jonah Blank reviewed government efforts to control Avian Influenza, visited a women's shelter and examined the status of the ethnic Cham Muslim community. [...] | 2006-09-07 08:30:00 | Consulate Ho Chi Minh City | UNCLASSIFIED | TBIO KFLU AMED PREL PREF KJUS EAGR SOCI VM |
06HONGKONG1978 | HKG WILL PARTICIPATE IN IPR WORKSHOP, ASKS FOR [...] (C) Summary: On Friday, May 12, Constitutional Affairs Bureau (CAB) Deputy Secretary for Constitutional Affairs Joseph Lai told E/P Chief that although the Hong Kong Government (HKG) would fully participate in Post's IPR Enforcement Workshop (scheduled for May 15 and 16),future "internation [...] | 2006-05-12 11:51:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KIPR KJUS ECON PINR HK CH EINT |
06HONGKONG3154 | HONG KONG PLANS FOR ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: FOLLOWING REF B INDICATIONS THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT (HKG) LIKELY WILL NOT PASS NEW ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING (AML) LEGISLATION UNTIL AFTER THE MARCH 2007 CHIEF EXECUTIVE ELECTION, WE MET RECENTLY WITH COMMISSIONER FOR NARCOTICS ROSANNA URE AND HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY (HKMA) [...] | 2006-08-04 10:56:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EFIN ECON KJUS PGOV PREL CH HK |
06HONGKONG3655 | MACAU OFFICIALS LOOKING FOR RESOLUTION IN BDA CASE [...] (C) Macau's Chief Executive Edmund Ho and the PRC's Ministry of Foreign Affairs Commissioner in Macau Wan Yongxiang told CG James Cunningham in separate meetings on September 5 that they hoped the Banco Delta Asia (BDA) case would be resolved quickly. Noting that Macau's administration of BD [...] | 2006-09-13 03:50:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN HK KJUS KN MC PREL |
06HONGKONG3840 | UNSCR 1695 DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO HONG KONG AND [...] (U) Summary and Action request: This is an action cable, please see paragraphs 8 and 9. 2. (C) Summary. Consulate General Officials delivered Ref A non-paper to Hong Kong and Macau Trade and Finance Authorities and urged continued vigilance to prevent transfers of North Korean financial [...] | 2006-09-26 02:36:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN HK KJUS KN MC PREL |
06HONGKONG4755 | U.S.-MACAU INTERACTIONS EXPANDING, OPPORTUNE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. U.S.-Macau interactions are and will continue expanding rapidly as U.S. investment pours into Macau -- US$2.5 billion in 2006, much of it in the sensitive gaming and entertainment industries. Increasing interactions between the United States and Macau will generat [...] | 2006-12-15 10:56:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS EFIN PREL MC |
06HONGKONG4772 | (S) HKMA PLANS DELICENSING OF BDA SUBSIDIARY DELTA [...] (S) Summary. Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Deputy Chief Executive William Ryback and Executive Director for Banking Supervision Arthur Yuen told the DPO on December 14 that HKMA plans to commence procedures to delicense Banco Delta Asia's Hong Kong deposit-taking subsidiary, Delta Asia [...] | 2006-12-18 10:08:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | SECRET//NOFORN | ECON EFIN KJUS PREL HK MC |
06ISTANBUL598 | ISTANBUL CONFERENCE SHOWCASES INCREASED POLICE [...] (U) Summary: Police chiefs and high-level officers from throughout Turkey participated in a three-day workshop in Istanbul from April 12-14 on combating trafficking in persons. In Turkey,s case, most victims are women lured from eastern European countries by the promise of work, and then for [...] | 2006-04-20 10:47:00 | Consulate Istanbul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | TU BO MD KCRM PGOV KJUS |
06JAKARTA10104 | POSO 3 EXECUTIONS SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 12 [...] (SBU) The executions of the so-called "Poso 3"-Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva and Martinus Riwu-in Central Sulawesi following their 2001 convictions for mass murder, torture and arson, have been scheduled to take place on August 12. The three were found guilty of a series of brutal murders [...] | 2006-08-10 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PGOV KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA10189 | BANK MANDIRI CLOSES DPRK ACCOUNTS [...] (S) Summary. After repeated interventions by the Embassy, Bank Mandiri and Central Bank officials confirmed August 9 and 11 that Bank Mandiri had shut down its relationship with two North Korean banks in July: Korea Daesong Bank and the Foreign Trade Bank of the DPRK. Bank Mandiri did not/not [...] | 2006-08-14 07:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | EFIN ETTC KFTN PREL PTER PARM MNUC KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA10297 | TIMIKA TRIAL SESSIONS PROCEED WITHOUT DEFENDANTS [...] (U) The trial of the seven men accused of killing two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002 crept along August 15 in spite of the defendants' continued refusal to take their assigned seats in the court and the absence of defense attorney Johnson Panjaitan. As the session opened, Judge Nurdin read f [...] | 2006-08-15 10:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA10400 | TERRORISTS RECEIVE MANDATORY PRISON TERM [...] (C) As in previous years, the GOI granted sentence reductions of up to six months to tens of thousands of inmates on Indonesian Independence Day (August 17),including ten terrorists convicted in connection with the Bali bombings of October 2002 and several other high-profile convicts. One pr [...] | 2006-08-18 11:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ID |
06JAKARTA10488 | TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: MANY CONVICTED BUT SENTENCES [...] (SBU) The trials of 15 terror suspects associated with Jemaah Islamiyah terrorist mastermind Noordin Top recently concluded in Jakarta, with all 15 being convicted on at least one count. Sentences were generally short, however, ranging from three to seven years only. The case of terrorist fi [...] | 2006-08-23 10:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KVPR KJUS KISL ASEC CASC AS ID |
06JAKARTA10563 | BA'ASYIR SPOUTS OFF ABOUT SHARIA`, JIHAD AND BALI [...] (C) SUMMARY. Abu Bakr Ba'asyir, the spiritual head of Jemaah Islamiyah and its political wing, the Majelis Mujahiddin Council (MMI),continues to speak publicly on a variety of topics following his release from prison on June 14, 2006. Most notably, Ba'asyir has pontificated about the need [...] | 2006-08-25 06:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KISL KJUS ASEC AS ID |
06JAKARTA10576 | ABB Shunned in West Sumatra [...] (SBU) Summary: In contrast with the relative success Abu Bakar Ba'asyir received in Java, he got a very cool reception during his recent visit to staunchly Muslim West Sumatra, where local religious leaders blocked him from speaking at the largest and most influential mosques and school offici [...] | 2006-08-25 11:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KISL KJUS ASEC AS ID |
06JAKARTA10704 | WITNESS TESTIMONY IN TIMIKA TRIAL TO BEGIN NEXT [...] (U) Chief Judge Nurdin announced that witness testimony would begin next week in the trial of the seven men accused of killing two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002. Beginning on September 5, trial sessions will take place twice a week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, in order to accommodate the number [...] | 2006-08-29 10:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA1078 | INDONESIA REACTS TO RELEASE OF CAVR REPORT [...] (C) Summary. Senior GOI figures and Indonesian politicians have reacted defensively to the allegations of human rights abuses made in the report of East Timor's Committee of Reception, Truth and Verification (reftel). East Timor President Xanana Gusmao presented the report to UN Secretary Gen [...] | 2006-01-26 11:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS ID TT |
06JAKARTA10924 | INDONESIA STEPS UP EFFORTS TO PASS TIP [...] (SBU) Summary: Indonesia's Parliament (DPR) has completed a new draft of its proposed anti-trafficking legislation. President Yudhoyono has designated the Ministry of Women's Empowerment (KNPP) and the Ministry of Law & Human Rights to prepare executive branch comments on the bill. The Gov [...] | 2006-09-01 10:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL EAID ELAB KJUS KCRM ID |
06JAKARTA10998 | TIMIKA TRIAL STOPPED FOR LACK OF INTERPRETER [...] (U) The trial of the seven men accused of killing two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002 took another turn on September 5 when Judge Nurdin ruled that the defendants were entitled to an interpreter. In a courtroom crowded with spectators and police, defense lawyers interrupted the testimony of t [...] | 2006-09-05 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA11145 | AMCITS TESTIFY AT TIMIKA TRIAL [...] (U) In an emotional session, Amcits Patsy Spier, Kenneth Balk and Steven Emma finally received the opportunity to describe in court what happened on August 31, 2002, when a group of gunmen ambushed the vehicles they were riding in Timika, Papua, killing Amcits Ricky Spier and Ed Burgon. Ms. S [...] | 2006-09-11 00:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA11342 | DEFENDANTS WALK OUT AS FBI AGENTS TESTIFY AT [...] (U) The defendants and their attorneys walked out of the courtroom in protest as FBI Special Agents Ron Eowan and Paul Myers gave testimony at the September 12 session of the trial of seven men accused of killing two amcits in Timka, Papua in 2002. As Eowan was taking the witness stand, defen [...] | 2006-09-12 11:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA11585 | DEFENDANTS' HUNGER STRIKE DELAYS TIMIKA TRIAL [...] (U) On September 19, the Central Jakarta court was scheduled to hear testimony from Indonesian military personnel who arrived on the scene of the August 31, 2002 ambush near Timika, Papua in which two Amcits and one Indonesian citizen were killed. Since the last session, the prosecution decid [...] | 2006-09-19 10:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA11799 | Central Sulawesi: "Poso 3" Executed - Violence [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus Da Silva, and Marinus Riwu were executed September 22. Security situations in Palu, Poso and Tentena remained calm, inspired by a highly visible police and military presence patrolling the streets. Violence erupted in areas of West Timor, Nusa Tenggara [...] | 2006-09-22 10:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PGOV PNAT KJUS CASC ID |
06JAKARTA11845 | TIMIKA TRIAL: TNI PERSONNEL TESTIFY [...] (SBU) On September 19, the trial of suspects charged in the 2002 murder of two Americans and one Indonesian near Timika, Papua, resumed. The defendants had ended their hunger strike (reftel) and were present except for Hardi Sugimol, who was recovering from an illness. Amcit victim witnesses [...] | 2006-09-25 10:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA11889 | EIGHT TERRORISTS ON TRIAL IN CENTRAL JAVA [...] (C) Eight terrorist suspects with links to Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and terrorist mastermind Noordin Top are currently standing trial in Semarang, Central Java. All eight are being charged under the Anti-Terrorism Law. The central figure of the group, Subur Sugiyarto, recruited and trained seve [...] | 2006-09-26 09:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KVPR KJUS KISL ASEC CASC AS ID |
06JAKARTA11892 | TIMIKA TRIAL: WITNESS SNAFU CAUSES DELAY [...] (SBU) On September 26, the trial of suspects charged in the 2002 murder of two Americans and one Indonesian near Timika, Papua, resumed. It emerged that there was either a misunderstanding or a disagreement between the prosecution and defense teams about the order of the day's testimony. The [...] | 2006-09-26 11:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA12099 | TIMIKA TRIAL: LAST DAY OF VICTIM, EXPERT TESTIMONY [...] (SBU) On September 29, Central Jakarta court heard testimony from two victim witnesses and two expert witnesses in the trial of suspects charged in the 2002 murder of two Americans and one Indonesian near Timika, Papua. Amcit victim witness Patsy Spier attended, accompanied by an interpreter [...] | 2006-10-02 10:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA12100 | Eastern Indonesia: Violence Increases After [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The execution of the "Poso 3" on September 22 was immediately followed by an outbreak of violence in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) (Flores and West Timor) and later in Central Sulawesi, where the executions occurred. The reaction was not unexpected by local officials; police in NTT [...] | 2006-10-02 11:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM ID |
06JAKARTA12159 | CT WORKSHOP REACHES AUDIENCE FROM EASTERN INDONESIA [...] (C) The latest in a series of USG-funded CT workshops aimed at improving the performance of Indonesian law enforcement officials in terrorism cases took place in Makassar, South Sulawesi on September 19-20. The event was organized by the CT Desk at the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Leg [...] | 2006-10-03 08:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC ID |
06JAKARTA12161 | TIMIKA TRIAL: DEFENDANTS REFUSE TO TESTIFY [...] (SBU) The trial of the suspects in the 2002 murder of two Americans and one Indonesian near Timika, Papua resumed on October 3. The opening of the session was delayed by an hour because the head judge in the Timika case also served in the morning session of a circus-like, high-profile corrupti [...] | 2006-10-03 11:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA12379 | AMBASSADOR REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR JUSTICE IN MUNIR [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador asked Suciwati, the widow of slain human rights activist Munir, to meet with on him on October 11 in order to reassure her of the USG's continuing support for justice in the wake of the October 4th Supreme Court acquittal of Pollycarpus Priyanto, who had been previo [...] | 2006-10-11 11:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA12492 | TIME TO INITIATE MLAT TALKS WITH INDONESIA [...] (C) We believe it is in the U.S. interest to initiate Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) talks with Indonesia. These negotiations could then be announced in connection with the upcoming POTUS visit to Indonesia (para 10). Conclusion of an MLAT agreement would strengthen the growing ties be [...] | 2006-10-12 09:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PCRM KTIA KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA12544 | PROSECUTORS DELIVER SENTENCING REQUESTS IN TIMIKA [...] Prosecutors delivered their sentencing requests in court on October 13 for seven suspects accused of involvement in the murder of two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002. Prosecutors requested a sentence of 20 years for Antonius Wamang and 15 years for Agustinus Anggaibak and Yulianus Deikme on t [...] | 2006-10-13 10:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA12602 | CT UPDATE: FOUR YEARS AFTER FIRST BALI ATTACKS [...] (C) Summary. In the four years since terrorist attacks first rocked Bali on October 12, 2002, foreign police assistance programs have markedly improved Indonesia's CT capacity. The Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terrorist network, however, remains a serious threat to Western and secular interests in I [...] | 2006-10-16 09:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL ASEC KVPR CVIS |
06JAKARTA12607 | REVISED DRAFT CRIMINAL CODE WORRIES ACTIVISTS [...] (C) Summary: Legal analysts and NGOs told us that the latest draft of the revised Indonesian Criminal Code (KUHP) continues to include controversial provisions on the protection of government officials and state ideology from defamation, and the criminalization of pornography. They feared tha [...] | 2006-10-17 05:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM ID |
06JAKARTA12773 | INDONESIAN TERRORISTS:RECENT RELEASES AND UPCOMING [...] (C) Four years after the 2002 Bali bombing, several individuals convicted of terrorism for their involvement in that attack and the 2003 Marriot bombing are starting to complete their prison terms. According to information obtained from the Australian Embassy, nine convicted terrorists have b [...] | 2006-10-20 09:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID |
06JAKARTA12787 | NORTH SUMATRA POLICE: NEW SENSITIVITY TO HUMAN [...] (C) Summary: The Head of Police Intelligence for North Sumatra, Herman Effendi, described the Indonesian police as increasingly focused on human rights during an Oct.3 meeting in Medan. He attributed this positive development partly to widespread human rights training that has reached the low [...] | 2006-10-23 03:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA12874 | TIMIKA DEFENDANTS REFUSE TO RESPOND TO SENTENCING [...] (SBU) In an October 31 session lasting less than an hour, the defendants charged in the 2002 murders of two Amcits near Timika, Papua refused to respond to the sentencing requests handed down by prosecutors on October 13 (reftel). Their attorney, Johnson Penjaitan, attended the trial as a sp [...] | 2006-10-31 09:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA13007 | INDONESIAN POLICE ASK FOR U.S. HELP IN MUNIR CASE [...] (C) On October 31, General Sutanto, Chief of the Indonesian National Police (INP),formally asked Thomas Fuentes, Special Agent in Charge, FBI Office of International Operations, and Embassy Legatt for the FBI's technical assistance in the ongoing investigation into the 2004 murder of Indonesi [...] | 2006-11-03 10:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS PINR KCRM ID |
06JAKARTA13136 | ABB Preaches in North Sumatra [...] (SBU) Summary: Radical Muslim Cleric Abu Bakar Ba'asyir spoke in North Sumatra October 29 - 31 at a series of engagements on the implementation of Syariah law. Misleading posters advertising the visit masked Ba'asyir's identity and implied sponsorship of mainstream Muslim organizations. Thoug [...] | 2006-11-07 09:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KISL KJUS ASEC KPAO |
06JAKARTA13142 | TIMIKA TRIAL: WAMANG SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON [...] (SBU) On November 7, Judge Adriani Nurdin sentenced Anthonious Wamang to life in prison for premeditated murder in connection with the August 31, 2002 murders of two Americans and one Indonesian in Timika, Papua. Although prosecutors had requested 20 years, Judge Nurdin cited several conside [...] | 2006-11-07 11:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA13191 | JAKARTA EAC MEETING, NOVEMBER 13, 2006 [...] (C) Summary: The Embassy held an Emergency Action Committee meeting on November 13, 2006, to discuss the November 11 detonation of an explosive device at an East Jakarta A&W Restaurant. The RSO and LEGAT told the EAC that only the suspect was injured in the blast, that evidence suggested the [...] | 2006-11-13 08:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL ASEC AS AEMR |
06JAKARTA13372 | YUDHOYONO ALLEGEDLY APPROVES TRYING SOLDIERS IN [...] (C) Summary: According to media reports citing Indonesian Justice and Human Rights Minister Awaluddin, President Yudhoyono has signaled his support for draft legislation which would clear the way for military personnel charged with criminal acts to be tried in civilian courts. The report, if [...] | 2006-12-01 09:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS MARR ID |
06JAKARTA13385 | MUNIR CASE: INDONESIAN POLICE SAY FBI COULD HELP [...] (S) A police team investigating the case of murdered human rights campaigner Munir will visit FBI Quantico December 4-9, accompanied by Embassy Legatt, for technical assistance in retrieving SMS messages among Munir and those implicated in his murder (Ref A). Lead police investigator Anton C [...] | 2006-12-04 07:02:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA13392 | SBY'S CT RECORD AFTER TWO YEARS: A MIXED BAG [...] (C) Two years into the Yudhoyono Administration, Jakarta remains stalwart in its commitment to identify, arrest, and convict terrorist operatives. The combination of strong political support for tactical CT operations and substantial international assistance has enabled Indonesian law enforce [...] | 2006-12-04 10:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KJUS ASEC KISL ID |
06JAKARTA13454 | AGO TASK FORCE BECOMES OPERATIONAL AS POSO TRIALS [...] (SBU) Summary: Less than four months after the group's official inauguration, the Attorney General's Terrorism and Transnational Crime Task Force is now becoming operational. In October, Post delivered $100,000 worth of computers and other office equipment to the Task Force's newly-renovated [...] | 2006-12-08 11:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC ID |
06JAKARTA13503 | INDONESIA: 2006 CHILD LABOR UPDATE FOR TRADE AND [...] This report provides updated information on Indonesia's efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, for the period August 2005 to November 2006. This message updates Jakarta's 2005 report (ref c) and draws in places on Jakarta's March 2006 trafficking in persons report (ref b) and t [...] | 2006-12-18 01:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD EAID PHUM PGOV SOCI KCRM KJUS |
06JAKARTA13538 | TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: 12 MORE CONVICTIONS [...] (C) Summary: The GOI Attorney General's Office continues to win convictions against terrorists at an impressive pace. Over the past 6 weeks, twelve Indonesians were convicted of terrorism in trials in Jakarta and Central and East Java. Nine of the 12 convicted were involved with fugitive terr [...] | 2006-12-20 08:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID |
06JAKARTA13563 | SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS BA'ASYIR TERRORIST [...] (U) The Indonesian Supreme Court announced on December 21 it had overturned the conviction of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) spiritual leader Abu Bakar Ba'asyir. In March 2005, Ba'asyir was sentenced to 30 months in prison for participating in a "sinister conspiracy to cause a fire or explosion that r [...] | 2006-12-21 10:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC CASC ID |
06JAKARTA13581 | IMPLICATIONS OF THE BA'ASYIR DECISION [...] (C) Summary. The decision by Indonesia's Supreme Court to overturn the conviction of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) spiritual leader Abu Bakar Ba'asyir has a number of potential legal and political implications for the GOI's counterterrorism efforts. While the legal basis behind Ba'asyir's 2005 convi [...] | 2006-12-22 08:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID |
06JAKARTA13603 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECLARES ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (U) In a controversial decision, on December 19 the Constitutional Court of Indonesia (CC) ruled that the legal provision which created the Anti-Corruption Court was unconstitutional, but allowed the court to continue functioning for a period of three years. The overturned provision was part [...] | 2006-12-28 03:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PCRM KTIA ID |
06JAKARTA13616 | NO TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION FOR INDONESIA [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 8, the Constitutional Court (CC) scrapped Indonesia,s Truth and Reconciliation Commission, arguing that it was unconstitutional. There are mixed views here about the importance of this decision and the likely impact on the prosecution of past human rights abuses. [...] | 2006-12-29 08:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PGOV ID |
06JAKARTA1453 | INDONESIAN PROSECUTORS TACKLE 12 NEW TERROR CASES [...] (C) Indonesian prosecutors have brought twelve new terrorism trials to the South Jakarta District Court with the case against Abdullah Sunata headlining this latest tranche (ref A). In Sunata's indictment, prosecutors accuse him of financing terrorism as well as providing assistance to Jemaah [...] | 2006-02-03 12:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KVPR KJUS KISL ASEC CASC AS ID |
06JAKARTA1649 | NEW DRAFT RELIGIOUS DECREE WOULD EASE REQUIREMENTS [...] (C) Indonesia's latest draft of the joint ministerial decree on the establishment of houses of worship, if approved, would ease requirements compared with earlier versions (ref a). While Christian religious leaders are still dissatisfied with the requirement of 90 members and 70 supporting si [...] | 2006-02-08 10:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS KIRF KISL ID |
06JAKARTA2112 | INDONESIA-ET TRUTH/FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION FACES [...] (C) Indonesia's senior bureaucrat responsible for human rights in a February 8 meeting described the Indonesia-East Timor Commission on Truth and Friendship (CTF) as "stagnant," due to East Timor's presentation of its human rights report to the UN, the shooting of three Indonesians on the East [...] | 2006-02-16 11:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KAWC TT ID |
06JAKARTA2314 | UNHCR TO ASSIST CUBAN CITIZEN HELD IN WEST TIMOR [...] (SBU) UNHCR/Jakarta informed us February 21 that it plans to assist Ramon Ballesteros Escobar, a Cuban citizen, with refugee assistance after he illegally crossed into Indonesia from East Timor earlier this month. Immigration authorities are holding Escobar at an Immigration detention facilit [...] | 2006-02-21 10:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREF KJUS CU ID |
06JAKARTA2514 | SENATOR FEINGOLD MEETS INDONESIAN HUMAN RIGHTS AND [...] (SBU) Senator Russ Feingold met February 23 with Indonesian human rights and judicial reform NGOs, and expressed strong support for the promotion of human rights in Indonesia and justice for past abuses. Human rights advocates expressed disappointment at lack of progress in accountability fo [...] | 2006-02-24 08:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA2530 | CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS INDONESIAN ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (SBU) Senator Russell Feingold called on Indonesian Attorney General Abdul Rachman Saleh on February 22. The Senator opened with questions regarding the status of the Timika case and received assurance that the Attorney General's Office will follow the evidence and expects to convict those cu [...] | 2006-02-24 10:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS OREP ASEC ID |
06JAKARTA2848 | BA'ASYIR REVIEW MOVES FORWARD WITH AMROZI TESTIMONY [...] (C) Convicted Bali bomber Amrozi testified on behalf of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Emir Abu Bakar Ba'asyir in the months-old Judicial Review request process (ref A). However, the results of his testimony have yet to reach the South Jakarta District Court, which scheduled its next session for March [...] | 2006-03-03 10:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL KVPR ASEC AS ID |
06JAKARTA2849 | INDONESIA ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS (TIP) REPORT, MARCH 2005 TO MARCH 2006 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-03 11:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ELAB KFRD KJUS KWMN PHUM PREF SMIG |
06JAKARTA2985 | TIMIKA CASE NEARING PROSECUTION PHASE [...] (C) Summary. During their February 27 - March 7 deployment to Jakarta, the FBI team investigating the August 2002 murders of two American citizens near Timika, Papua, assisted by U.S. Justice Department prosecutors, supported their Indonesian counterparts in the final stages of preparing the [...] | 2006-03-07 10:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC KJUS CASC PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA3159 | CONTROVERSIAL PORNOGRAPHY BILL POISED TO TARGET [...] (U) Indonesian political interest groups portray the ongoing legislative debate over a pornography law as a struggle for the nation's soul. Some fear that Islamists see the bill as a way to impose a strict "Arabic" ethos while conservatives believe the time as nigh to take a stand against mor [...] | 2006-03-09 11:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM KWMN ID |
06JAKARTA3298 | SUPREME COURT ORDERS EX-MILITIA LEADER TO JAIL FOR [...] (SBU) Indonesia's Supreme Court on March 13 upheld the conviction of former East Timor militia leader Eurico Guterres and reinstated his ten-year prison sentence. Prosecutors said they would immediately jail Guterres, who has remained free pending his appeal. The politically well-connected G [...] | 2006-03-15 03:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KAWC TT ID |
06JAKARTA3347 | UNHCR CONFIDENT CUBAN CITIZEN TREATED FAIRLY [...] (C) UNHCR/Jakarta told us on March 13 that it remains confident that Ramon Ballesteros Escobar, a Cuban doctor who fled from his assignment in East Timor, will be treated fairly (reftel). Shinji Kubo, head of Protective Services at UNCHR in Jakarta said that no one, including the Indonesian [...] | 2006-03-16 01:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREF KJUS CU ID |
06JAKARTA3482 | CODEL FEINGOLD MEETS TNI COMMANDER DJOKO SUYANTO [...] (C) Senator Feingold called on Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) Commander (Panglima) Air Chief Marshal Djoko Suyanto February 24. The Panglima reviewed structural reforms that the military has undertaken over the past several years and affirmed civilian control over the institution. The Panglima [...] | 2006-03-17 11:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KJUS OREP ASEC ID |
06JAKARTA3680 | TIP UPDATE: POLICE RAIDS FREE CHILD PROSTITUTES [...] (SBU) The new head of Indonesia's national police anti-trafficking unit (Unit III) has targeted removal of children from prostitution as his first operational priority. Unit III's chief reports that police units in Surabaya, Batam and Jakarta have freed some 37 child victims in these locatio [...] | 2006-03-21 08:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL EAID KJUS KCRM ID |
06JAKARTA3688 | TRAINING MOBILE BRIGADE PERSONNEL WOULD IMPROVE [...] (C) The deaths of 3 "Mobile Brigade" (Brimob) policemen in Jayapura, Papua on March 16 highlight a major deficiency in our approach to police training in Indonesia. The 2003 ban on the training of Brimob personnel by ICITAP (ref A) prevents us from aiding the unit most in need of assistance [...] | 2006-03-21 11:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM PTER KJUS ASEC ID |
06JAKARTA4365 | CENTRAL SULAWESI: "POSO 3" CLEMENCY APPEAL REJECTED [...] (SBU) Summary: The executions of the so-called "Poso 3"-- Fabianus Tibo, Dominggus da Silva and Martinus Riwu--in Central Sulawesi following their 2001 convictions for mass murder, torture and arson, could take place next week. "Procedural" reasons delayed the executions from their planned Apr [...] | 2006-04-04 09:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PINS PGOV KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA4465 | GROWING WORKER PROTESTS AGAINST CHANGES IN LABOR [...] (SBU) Indonesia experienced its largest labor protest in at least four years, as Indonesian workers took to the streets of Jakarta and other major cities on April 5 to oppose the GOI's plan to amend the basic labor law. The proposed amendments would scale back 2003 concessions to workers and [...] | 2006-04-06 10:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EINV PGOV PHUM KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA4757 | MUNIR CASE: AMBASSADOR SIGNALS CONTINUED U.S. [...] (S) In an April 11 meeting intended to signal continued U.S. concern over the Munir case, Suciwati, the widow of the murdered human rights campaigner, told the Ambassador of her plan to visit Washington in late April as part of a schedule organized by U.S. human rights groups. The visit would [...] | 2006-04-13 12:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA4966 | DECREE ENDS IN COMPROMISE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-19 11:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS KIRF KISL ID |
06JAKARTA4972 | DECREE ENDS IN COMPROMISE [...] (U) On March 23, the Home Affairs and Religious Affairs ministries announced a revised joint ministerial decree on building houses of worship (ref a). Whereas the original decree required an undefined "community approval", the revised decree requires 90 congregation members and 60 supporters [...] | 2006-04-20 06:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KIRF KJUS KISL ID |
06JAKARTA5040 | PROSECUTORS UNFAZED BY AMROZI'S TESTIMONY FOR [...] (S) Convicted Bali bomber Amrozi appeared in the Cilacap District Court on April 19 to testify on behalf of Jemaah Islamiyah Emir Abu Bakar Ba'asyir in the months-old Judicial Review request process. With hundreds of Ba'asyir supporters in tow, Amrozi repeated his previously submitted testimon [...] | 2006-04-20 11:01:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL KVPR ASEC AS ID |
06JAKARTA5484 | BURMESE REFUGEES PUT GOI IN TOUGH SPOT [...] (SBU) A boatload of 77 Burmese men landed April 25 on an island off the coast of Aceh on their way to Malaysia. The Indonesian Navy found the Burmese after a storm blew their boat off course. The government of Indonesian (GOI) is in a tight spot as they weigh the political sensitivities in [...] | 2006-05-01 11:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV KJUS CVIS ID BM |
06JAKARTA5485 | INDONESIAN POLICE KILL, CAPTURE TERRORISTS, BUT [...] (C) On April 29, Indonesian anti-terrorism police killed two terrorists and captured a third in a pre-dawn raid in Central Java in their continuing hunt for terrorist mastermind and recruiter Noordin M. Top. The manhunt then led to the arrest of a second terrorist suspect and the discovery of [...] | 2006-05-01 11:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL KVPR ASEC AS ID |
06JAKARTA5486 | UNIONS USE MAY DAY TO CONTINUE PROTESTS AGAINST [...] (SBU) Indonesian unions used May Day to continue their street protests in Jakarta and other major cities against earlier government plans to amend the 2003 Manpower Act to improve the investment climate. United firmly against any revisions to the law, labor leaders turned out 30,000 or more [...] | 2006-05-01 11:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EINV PGOV PHUM KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA5580 | UNIONS BESIEGE PARLIAMENT (AGAIN),PROTEST TURNS [...] (SBU) Tens of thousands of union-led demonstrators besieged the gates of the Indonesian Parliament (DPR) on March 3 to force Parliament to agree to refuse any amendment to the Manpower Act. The demonstration, with an estimated turnout of 50,000, turned tense in the afternoon as labor leaders [...] | 2006-05-03 11:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON EINV PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC ID |
06JAKARTA5772 | FORCED CHURCH CLOSINGS CONTINUE IN WEST JAVA [...] (SBU) Local Muslim communities, assisted by militant outfits, have forcibly closed 13 small unlicensed churches despite the government of Indonesia's newly promulgated revised decree on the establishment of houses of worship on March 23 (ref E). The new decree legally protects existing unlice [...] | 2006-05-08 09:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF KJUS KISL ID |
06JAKARTA5853 | UNHCR TO ADJUDICATE BURMESE CASES [...] (C) Shinji Kubo, Head of Protective Services at the United Nations High Commission for Refugees told us that UNHCR struck a confidential "gentlemen's agreement" on May 9 with the Immigration office in Jakarta and the head of Immigration in Aceh, to transfer the 77 Burmese refugees currently b [...] | 2006-05-09 10:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PGOV KJUS CVIS EAD ID BM |
06JAKARTA6017 | THE DOWNSIDE OF DECENTRALIZATION: LOCALIZED [...] (C) Summary: Proponents of Islamic Shariah law enjoy growing success exploiting Indonesia's political decentralization to implement "Islamic morality" principles on a local basis. Promulgated by local governments through legislation or executive decrees, Shariah measures or more deceptively-p [...] | 2006-05-12 08:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | KISL PGOV KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA6200 | JAKARTA CT SEMINAR BUILDS ON PARIS PROGRAM, [...] (C) Sixty Indonesian counterterrorism officials participated in an intensive four-day U.S.-funded seminar in Jakarta on CT legislation, marking the next step in U.S-French-Indonesian CT cooperation. Co-hosted by the CT Desk at the Coordinating Ministry for Political, Legal, and Security Affai [...] | 2006-05-16 09:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC AS FR ID |
06JAKARTA6332 | GOI DROPS CORRUPTION CHARGES AGAINST FORMER [...] (C) The Yudhoyono administration appeared inconsistent and confused as prosecutors dropped corruption charges against ailing former President Suharto. The handling of Suharto's case illustrates poor policy coordination at the top level of the GOI, and the outcome appears to have reduced, at le [...] | 2006-05-18 10:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KDEM KJUS KCRM ID |
06JAKARTA6392 | POLICE KILL TWO IN CLASH WITH MOB IN WAMENA [...] (C) Summary. Police reportedly fired on an attacking mob of some 200 villagers in Wamena, Papua, killing two persons. The clash occurred on May 17 when police move to arrest David Hubi, a former district chief who faces corruption charges. Police briefly detained over 100 villagers, including [...] | 2006-05-19 09:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM ID |
06JAKARTA6393 | EXECUTION ORDERS FOR BALI BOMBERS SIGNED, BUT [...] (C) Australian diplomats informed us that the GOI has initiated execution procedures for 2002 Bali bombers Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra, and Ali Gufron alias Muklas; however, the timing remains uncertain, as questions remain regarding the final disposition of pardon requests, Judicial Re [...] | 2006-05-19 11:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL KVPR ASEC AS ID |
06JAKARTA7216 | INDONESIA RESPONDS CONSTRUCTIVELY TO TIP DEMARCHE, [...] (SBU) We delivered the Indonesia TIP report demarche (ref D) to relevant senior GOI officials. Based on the existing strong partnership with the U.S. Mission, the officials responded constructively with a litany of recent and near-term actions. The outlook for passage this year of the anti- [...] | 2006-06-07 11:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL EAID ELAB KJUS KCRM ID |
06JAKARTA7345 | YUDHOYONO ORDERS CRACKDOWN AGAINST MILITANT [...] (C) President Yudhoyono (SBY) has decided to act against militant activities that have increasingly threatened civil society, the rule of law and tarnished Indonesia's image. In the process, he has wrapped himself in a much more traditional nationalist mantle, using Pancasila ideology as a t [...] | 2006-06-09 11:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC AS ID |
06JAKARTA7398 | WHAT'S NEXT FOR ABU BAKAR BA'ASYIR AND JEMAAH [...] (C) On June 14, Jemaah Islamiyah spiritual leader Abu Bakar Ba'asyir will leave Cipinang Penitentiary a free man, having completed his second prison term. Majelis Mujahidin Indonesia (MMI),the political wing of JI, and an interdenominational group of religious leaders plan to greet the cleri [...] | 2006-06-12 10:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL KVPR ASEC AS ID |
06JAKARTA7555 | JEMMAH ISLAMIYAH EMIR ABU BAKAR BA'ASYIR RELEASED [...] (C) Abu Bakar Ba'asyir, the spiritual leader of Jemaah Islamiyah, left Cipinang Penitentiary a free man June 14 at the conclusion of his 25 1/2 month sentence. Family, defense attorneys, and a few hundred supports greeted the cleric in a generally muted public response. Ba'asyir gave a short [...] | 2006-06-14 10:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC AS ID |
06JAKARTA7556 | TIMIKA TRIAL LIKELY IN MID-JULY [...] (C/NF) Summary. A senior official in the General Crimes division of the Attorney General's Office (AGO) assured us on June 14 that the prosecution of seven persons in connection with the August 31, 2002 killings of two Americans in Timika, Papua, is still on track. The prosecution's dossiers [...] | 2006-06-14 10:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA7719 | RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: NO END TO AHMADIYAH PLIGHT IN [...] (SBU) Ahmadiyah followers continue to face difficulties in Indonesia, where many mainstream Muslims consider their sect heretical. Most recently, in West and Central Lombok, mobs from local communities in February and March burned or otherwise destroyed dozens of Ahmadiyah homes in two separat [...] | 2006-06-19 10:19:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KIRF KJUS KISL ID |
06JAKARTA7909 | TIMIKA CASE: PROSECUTION DOSSIERS COMPLETED, SENT [...] (U) Summary. Indonesian prosecutors June 21 turned over the dossiers of Anthonious Wamang and six co-conspirators in the August 31, 2002 murders of two Amcits and one Indonesian to the Central Jakarta District Court. We expect the court within ten days to set a trial date and appoint a panel [...] | 2006-06-23 05:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA8078 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH LAUNCHES REPORT ON TNI [...] (U) Summary: In a June 22 Jakarta event, Human Rights Watch (HRW) Asia launched its research paper on the human rights impact of the Indonesian military's (TNI) business practices. Journalists, human rights defenders, diplomats and several high-ranking military officials attended HRW's pres [...] | 2006-06-27 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS KISL ID |
06JAKARTA8117 | TRIAL OF TIMIKA SUSPECTS TO BEGIN JULY 4 [...] (SBU) Legatt, poloff, and conoff met June 28 with Abdul Hakim Ritonga, Acting Deputy Attorney General for General Crimes, who advised us that the trial of Anthonious Wamang and his co-conspirators would begin on July 4 in Central Jakarta District Court. Wamang faces charges including premedit [...] | 2006-06-28 10:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA8182 | West Nusa Tenggara: Migrant Labor Exodus Creates [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Indonesian province of West Nusa Tenggara (NTB)--comprising Lombok and neighboring Sumbawa-- is one of the leading sources of legal and illegal migrant workers leaving Indonesia, due to weak local economic conditions. The exodus of NTB workers overseas is creating economic [...] | 2006-06-30 03:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ELAB EAID KJUS KCRM ID |
06JAKARTA8383 | OPENING OF TIMIKA TRIAL DEFERRED UNTIL JULY 11 [...] (SBU) The trial of Anthonious Wamang, Agustinus Anggaibak and five other co-conspirators in the 2002 murders of two Amcits in Timika, Papua did not begin in Central Jakarta District Court on July 4 as originally planned (reftel). The suspects accepted the advice of their legal counsel, a team [...] | 2006-07-05 08:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM ASEC KJUS CASC ID |
06JAKARTA8505 | BALI II TRIALS PROGRESS, EXPERIENCED TERRORISM [...] (C) The first four trials resulting from the investigation into the October 1, 2005 Bali bombings are ongoing. Mohammad Cholily, Abdul Aziz, Dwi Widiyarto, and Anif Solchanudin all face primary charges under Articles 6 and 15 of the 2003 Anti-Terrorism Law for participating in terrorist acts, [...] | 2006-07-06 08:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KISL KJUS KVPR PGOV ASEC AS ID |
06JAKARTA8687 | TIMIKA DEFENDANTS STILL REFUSE TO APPEAR [...] (SBU) The trial of Anthonious Wamang, Agustinus Anggaibak and five other co-conspirators in the 2002 murders of two Amcits in Timika, Papua was delayed again when the defendants failed to appear for the second straight week (ref A). Defense lawyers from the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Right [...] | 2006-07-12 00:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA8688 | TIMIKA DEFENDANTS STILL REFUSE TO APPEAR [...] (SBU) The trial of Anthonious Wamang, Agustinus Anggaibak and five other co-conspirators in the 2002 murders of two Amcits in Timika, Papua was delayed again when the defendants failed to appear for the second straight week (ref A). Defense lawyers from the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Right [...] | 2006-07-12 00:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA8929 | BA'ASYIR ENJOYING HIGHER PROFILE AFTER RELEASE [...] (C) Since his release from Cipinang prison on June 14, 2006 (ref A),Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) spiritual leader and Indonesia Mujihadin Council (MMI) Amir Abu Bakar Ba'asyir has used the public spotlight to promote jihad in the Middle East and Shari'a law in Indonesia in an attempt to broaden his [...] | 2006-07-18 01:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KISL ASEC AS ID |
06JAKARTA8954 | MUNIR CASE: JUSTICE STILL ELUSIVE [...] (C) Police investigation into the larger conspiracy behind Indonesian human rights campaigner Munir's death remains at a standstill. Pollycarpus (PC),convicted for the murder of Munir, alleged the police are torturing him for information. Activists are strategizing how to use the upcoming Sup [...] | 2006-07-18 09:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID |
06JAKARTA8958 | TIMIKA TRIAL OPENS [...] (SBU) Anthonious Wamang, Agustinus Anggaibak and five other co-conspirators appeared in Jakarta Central Court on July 18 to face charges in connection with the 2002 murders of two Amcits in Timika, Papua. The three-hour July 18 session was administrative in nature, devoted to identifying the [...] | 2006-07-18 10:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA9575 | INDONESIAN POLICE CHIEF SUTANTO PRESSES REFORMS [...] (C) Indonesian National Police (INP) Chief General Sutanto told the Ambassador July 25 that U.S. assistance was helping to keep the INP out front in Indonesia's democratization process. In a lunch meeting at the Residence, Sutanto said his top priority was creating a high quality, moral police [...] | 2006-07-28 10:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV EFIN ASEC KCRM KHLS KPAO PINS KJUS |
06JAKARTA9697 | TIMIKA TRIAL: DEFENDANTS UNCOOPERATIVE [...] (C) Summary: Defense lawyers appears for the first time at the August 1 session of the trial for the murder of two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002, but defendants continued their refusal to cooperate. Prosecutors say this will not alter the prosecution of the case, and expect to call Amcit w [...] | 2006-08-02 04:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
06JAKARTA9996 | TIMIKA TRIAL: DEFENSE FILES "EXCEPTION MOTION" [...] (U) After several weeks of delay, the trial of the seven men accused of killing two Amcits in Timika, Papua in 2002 took a small step forward as defense attorneys submitted a 24-page "motion for exception" to the charges to the three judge panel. Although essentially just another delay tactic, [...] | 2006-08-08 11:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS ID |
06JEDDAH378 | JEDDAH JOURNAL 12: BINLADEN GROUP ARRANGES HASTY [...] (C) The Saudi construction giant the Binladen Group recently dispatched three Dutch engineers, two Christians and an atheist, to Cairo for expeditious conversion to Islam. According to a Consulate contact who works for the Group, the engineers were urgently needed to work on the Jabal Omar [...] | 2006-05-22 13:16:00 | Consulate Jeddah | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KISL KJUS KWMN PGOV PHUM SA SMIG SOCI |
06KABUL1325 | PRT/LASHKAR GAH - JUDICIAL REFORM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A judicial conference sponsored by the PRT on March 20 revealed that lack of education and corruption are major impediments to improving Helmand's judicial system. Participating judges agreed that those engaged in poppy cultivation should be punished. They also lamented th [...] | 2006-03-26 14:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PREL AF |
06KABUL1573 | PRT/SHARANA - PAKTIKA: THE POLITICS OF LAND [...] (SBU) Summary: Development has expanded rapidly in the last year in Paktika, and so have land disputes. As the pace of development increases, the number of land disputes also increases as parcels of land are identified for schools, roads, and government centers across the province. Paktika [...] | 2006-04-09 08:38:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KJUS EAID AF |
06KABUL1615 | : PSA ASSESSMENT: FARYAB PREY TO WARLORDS, WEAK [...] (C) Summary: Afghan and senior international leaders assess that the roots of conflict in Faryab province stem both from the rivalry between the two factions of Junbesh and Azadi, and from the weak governance that allows those private militias to operate. In a recent Provincial Security Asses [...] | 2006-04-11 11:19:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC KJUS PREL AF |
06KABUL1630 | PRT/LASHKAR GAH - PROSECUTORS DISCUSS THEIR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At a PRT sponsored seminar on March 28, Helmand prosecutors demonstrated a good knowledge of procedures and the applicable sections of the Afghan constitution. They cited lack of evidence and police corruption as the main reasons why many cases are not sent forward to judges. [...] | 2006-04-11 11:27:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS SOCI AF |
06KABUL257 | PRT/QALAH-E NAW: MP BIOS: BADGHIS PROVINCE [...] Summary: This cable provides biographic information on three members of the Afghan National Assembly from Badghis province. Azita Rafat is a young female activist focused on development for her province and with a particular concern about the Badghis custom of selling girls. Yaqub Khan is [...] | 2006-01-18 06:16:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KDEM PINR EAID PHUM KJUS AF KFEM |
06KABUL276 | PRT/TARIN KOWT: DOING HARD TIME IN URUZGAN PROVINCE [...] (SBU) Summary: A USG team visiting Uruzgan Provincial Prison found that the warden and prison guards, although untrained, were paid regularly and were interested in receiving training and improving the facility. The prison and administrative buildings were largely crumbling mud-brick structu [...] | 2006-01-19 12:41:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS AF |
06KABUL2985 | AFGHAN JUDGES TAKE TO AMERICA [...] (U) Summary: Four women judges from Kabul participated in a study trip to the US. During their three-week trip, the judges obtained a bird's eye view of the administration and operations of Vermont,s rural court system and held constructive discussions with key USG officials about the status o [...] | 2006-07-03 12:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KCRM SNAR AF |
06KABUL5299 | INTERNATIONAL DONORS COORDINATE ON RULE OF LAW [...] (U) SUMMARY: Members of the international community met to try to better coordinate donor assistance to rule of law projects in Afghanistan. Major donors discussed the formation of an international justice reform coordination group that could facilitate information sharing and help better addre [...] | 2006-10-31 14:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PGOV PREL AF |
06KABUL5400 | READOUT OF HADLEY MEETING WITH CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (SBU) National Security Advisor Steven Hadley met with Chief Justice Azimi to learn more about the present challenges to rule of law in Afghanistan and provide encouragement for the future. Unqualified judges in office and a lack of trained recruits create a long-term challenge to the justice [...] | 2006-11-07 15:09:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS AF |
06KABUL5888 | ATTORNEY GENERAL SABIT DISCUSSES CORRUPTION, RULE [...] (C) Summary: The Ambassador and the Congressional delegation led by Senator John McCain met with Attorney General Sabit on the evening of December 15th. Sabit cited the absence of the Rule of Law in Afghanistan as the root of other key problems such as drugs, terrorism and corruption. Sabit [...] | 2006-12-18 09:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL AF AF KJUS |
06KABUL874 | PRT/LASHKAR GAH - NAW ZAD PROSECUTOR SAYS [...] (SBU) Summary: Helmand's northern Naw Zad district suffers from both a lack of governance and security. District leadership appears to be engaged in drug trafficking. According to the district's prosecutor, after four years citizens are running out of patience and their loyalty to the gove [...] | 2006-03-01 15:46:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KJUS PTER AF |
06KATHMANDU58 | TREASURY ADVISORY NOTICE ON NORTH KOREA DELIVERED [...] (U) Post delivered the Department of Treasury's advisory notice on North Korean Government agencies and associated front companies' illicit activities to Mr. Yadav Kanal, Under Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and to Mr. Surendra SIPDIS Pradhan, Executive Director of Nepal's Central B [...] | 2006-01-06 07:05:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KJUS KNNP KTFN NP |
06KIGALI1017 | GOR ON TRACK TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY [...] (U) On 17 October Rwandan Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama held a press conference to announce a "nation wide debate" on the abolishment of the death penalty in Rwanda. Although it has not been implemented since 22 genocidaires were shot by firing squads in 1997, the subject has been a k [...] | 2006-10-19 16:03:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS |
06KIGALI1223 | PRESS FREEDOM: END OF YEAR WRAP-UP [...] Issues of press freedom in 2006 remained the subject of much debate and action in Rwanda. A year which began with public criticism of Rwanda's media by President Kagame and of individual reporters by other officials later saw clear signs that senior GOR officials recognize the importance of a [...] | 2006-12-22 11:16:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW |
06KIGALI291 | GOR Discusses Human Rights Report, Promises [...] (SBU) Summary: During a candid meeting March 22 with Ambassador and Embassy poloffs and PD officer on the 2005 Human Rights Report, senior GOR officials raised several issues, including what they characterized as the report's accusatory tone and lack of context. Officials also voiced concern [...] | 2006-03-29 10:12:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS RW |
06KIGALI382 | National Reconciliation a Top Priority for Rwanda [...] Summary: During an April 20 meeting with Ambassador, National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC) Executive Secretary Fatuma Ndangiza described NURC's primary role as promoting national reconciliation through civic education. Since 1999, NURC has conducted surveys, including a nation [...] | 2006-04-24 17:07:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS RW |
06KIGALI393 | Catholic Church of Rwanda Supports Gacaca, [...] (SBU) Summary: During an April 11 meeting with the Papal Nuncio, Ambassador brought up a recent note verbale from the Vatican that criticized gacaca (ref A). Ambassador noted that he is aware of concerns that gacaca is not serving the purpose for which it was created and that the GOR, itself, [...] | 2006-04-26 18:04:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS RW |
06KIGALI405 | Embassy Comments on Vatican Note on Gacaca [...] Summary: Ref (A) Vatican note criticizes the gacaca tribunals in Rwanda for not serving the purposes for which they were created. It characterizes the gacaca process as politically manipulated and procedurally flawed, citing specific concerns. While Embassy recognizes, as does the GOR, tha [...] | 2006-04-28 11:29:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS VT RW |
06KIGALI407 | FORMER PRESIDENT ASKS KAGAME FOR A PARDON [...] (U) Summary. Ex-President Pasteur Bizimungu recently submitted a handwritten letter to President Kagame requesting a pardon for his 2004 conviction for incitement of civil disobedience, formation of a criminal association and embezzlement of public funds. In the letter, Bizimungu maintains th [...] | 2006-04-28 12:24:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | AFSN KDEM KJUS PHUM PREL RW |
06KIGALI411 | Ambassador Urges GOR to Publicly Respond to [...] (U) Summary: Ambassador met April 21 with the recently appointed Minister of Internal Security to discuss bilateral cooperation on security, human rights, and democracy. He urged the Ministry to investigate and publish its findings in response to each reported incident of alleged police hara [...] | 2006-05-02 14:56:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM KJUS RW |
06KIGALI456 | MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT ELIGIBILITY [...] (C) In its recent indicator analysis of Rwanda, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) noted that Rwanda failed four of the six Ruling Justly indicators. Based on consolidated evaluations of third-party institutions, MCC provided Embassy Kigali a summary of Rwanda,s strengths and weakness [...] | 2006-05-12 06:02:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW |
06KIGALI480 | THE STATE OF PRESS FREEDOM IN RWANDA [...] (U) Press freedom in Rwanda--despite the legacy of a media tainted by complicity in the genocide and lingering mistrust between the government and journalists--has in recent years taken root. Several independent radio stations and newspapers currently are operating. While reports of self-cen [...] | 2006-05-18 13:46:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL SOCI KDEM KJUS RW |
06KIGALI687 | FORMER INTEL CHIEF KAREGEYA SENTENCED FOR [...] (U) Summary. On 13 July a Rwandan Military Tribunal ruled that Col. Patrick Karegeya was guilty of insubordination and desertion and sentenced him to a prison term of one year and eight months. Both the prosecution and defense intend to appeal the verdict at the Military High Court. End summ [...] | 2006-07-13 16:00:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM RW UG |
06KIGALI716 | MILITARY PROSECUTOR DISCUSSES HIGH PROFILE CASES [...] (U) Summary. On 19 July poloff met with Major Christophe Bizimungu, Rwandan Defense Force (RDF) Chief Prosecutor, to discuss the status of three high profile cases currently being handled by his office. Bizimungu presented a detailed case against Colonel Patrick Karegeya, former head of the [...] | 2006-07-21 10:47:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC KJUS PGOV RW |
06KINGSTON2409 | JAMAICA: PROPOSED CHANGES TO APIS UNFEASIBLE [...] (C) Summary: On December 18, econoff delivered ref. A talking points to O'Neil Hamilton, Special Advisor to Minister of National Security (MNS) Peter Phillips. On December 19, DCM reiterated the points to MNS Permanent Secretary Gilbert Scott, and econoff followed up with SIPDIS Hamilton o [...] | 2006-12-20 15:37:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR KJUS XL |
06KINSHASA1624 | EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRIES UPDATE [...] (U) Summary. The extractive industries in the DRC have recently been rocked by legal actions, public denouncements and the deaths of several miners. Meanwhile, interest in exploring the DRC's petroleum reserve capacities continues. End summary. GOLD AND DIAMOND SECTORS --------------------- [...] | 2006-10-20 11:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EPET EMIN ENRG KJUS PGOV CG |
06KINSHASA1797 | MILITARY JUSTICE REACTS QUICKLY TO DISCOVERY OF [...] (U) DRC military prosecutors have moved quickly in response to widely-publicized reports of three mass graves found near Bunia in Ituri District. The Military Prosecutor for Ituri, John Penza, arrested two senior officers of the Congolese national army's (FARDC) First Integrated Brigade (1s [...] | 2006-11-28 14:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KJUS CG |
06KINSHASA1932 | WAR CRIMES TRIAL AGAINST FARDC TROOPS BEGINS IN [...] (U) The trial of 14 FARDC soldiers implicated in the deaths of civilians found in mass graves began December 27 in Bunia, Ituri. The mass graves, containing the remains of 32 men, women, and children missing since August, were discovered at a FARDC camp in Bavi November 22 (reftel). The ac [...] | 2006-12-28 13:08:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KJUS CG |
06KINSHASA38 | DRC SATISFIED WITH ICJ RULING, STILL CONSIDERING [...] (C) While delivering demarche January 6 to new Ministry of Foreign Affairs Chief of Staff Jacques Djoli (septel),PolOff and Djoli discussed the December 19 International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruling against Uganda. The Court ruled that Uganda "violated the principles of non-use of force in [...] | 2006-01-09 10:55:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPKO KJUS CG UG |
06KUALALUMPUR1011 | FURTHER MALAYSIA RESPONSE TO TANCHON COMMERCIAL BANK ACCOUNTS [...] (C) Econoff met with Koid Swee Lian, Director of Bank Negara's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and FIU official Rahman Abu Bakar June 2 at their request to discuss the alleged relationship between Tanchon Commercial Bank and Malayan Banking Berhad's (aka Maybank) Singapore branch (Ref A). T [...] | 2006-06-02 10:05:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KJUS KTFN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL SN MY |
06KUALALUMPUR1288 | MALAYSIAN RESPONSE TO TANCHON BANK ALLEGATIONS [...] (U) This is an action message. See paragraph 4. 2. (C) Economic Counselor provided Koid Swee Lian, Director of Bank Negara Malaysia's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) July 12 with Tanchon Bank's listing in Reed's Banker's Almanac, which alleges that Tanchon has a correspondent relation [...] | 2006-07-12 07:42:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN SNAR KJUS KTFN KNNP MY |
06KUALALUMPUR2297 | MALAYSIA ATTORNEY GENERAL COMMITS TO DRAFTING [...] (SBU) Summary: Malaysia's Attorney General told the Ambassador and visiting U.S. Assistant Attorney General Wan Kim on December 12 that he had directed his staff to begin drafting comprehensive legislation to combat trafficking in persons, a move which represents a key component of the TIP a [...] | 2006-12-15 09:52:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KWMN KJUS MY |
06KUALALUMPUR750 | MALAYSIA RESPONSE TO ADDITIONAL TANCHON COMMERCIAL [...] (C) Summary: On April 25, Econoff delivered talking points and non-paper detailing additional information on Tanchon Commercial Bank to Koid Swee Lian, Director of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) at Bank Negara Malaysia, the central bank. Koid responded the next day that neither Malay [...] | 2006-04-26 07:58:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN KJUS KTFN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL MY |
06KUWAIT1347 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: COMMERCIAL BANK OF SYRIA AND [...] No summary [...] | 2006-04-18 12:53:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KFIN KJUS KTFN KNNP MNUC EU KU |
06KUWAIT66 | DELIVERED - GUIDANCE TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ON [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-08 11:56:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN KJUS KNNP KTFN KN |
06LAPAZ1877 | CENTRAL BANK SCANDAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Two MAS congressmen recently accused former government and finance ministry officials of illegally withdrawing USD 153 million from the Central Bank in October 2003, just before the fall of former President Gonzalo "Goni" Sanchez de Lozada. Prosecutor Milton Mendoza is investi [...] | 2006-07-10 19:06:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN KJUS BL |
06LAPAZ2399 | GOB DEFIES COURT DECISION ON HYDROCARBONS CONTRACTS [...] (SBU) Summary: On September 4, the Bolivian Hydrocarbons Chamber issued a press statement to publicize the Constitutional Court's May ruling that the 74 existing shared risk contracts between state oil company YPFB and private investors are legally valid. In response, the Hydrocarbons Minist [...] | 2006-09-06 14:49:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | BL ECON EINV ENRG EPET KJUS |
06LAPAZ3041 | LOWER HOUSE APPROVES FRAMEWORK FOR LAND REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The framework of the Morales administration's controversial bill to modify the 1996 agrarian reform (INRA) law (reftel) was approved by the lower house on November 7, after a week-long march by several hundred indigenous people in the eastern lowlands. The chamber of deputies m [...] | 2006-11-09 20:40:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | EAGR ECON KJUS SMIG SOCI BL |
06LIMA1155 | MRTA LEADER VICTOR POLAY SENTENCED TO 32 YEARS IN [...] (U) On 3/21, Peru's National Anti-Terrorism Court imposed a 32-year prison sentence on Victor Polay Campos, the founder and principal commander of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) terrorist group. Polay was found guilty of multiple counts of murder, bombing, kidnapping and extorti [...] | 2006-03-23 22:41:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KJUS ASEC PE |
06LIMA4262 | REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE WITH EXTRADITION WORKSHOP [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see paragraph 5. 2. (SBU) Summary: President Garcia has called for judicial reform and highlighted extradition as a national priority, but the judiciary's interpretation of our bilateral extradition treaty has obstructed U.S. extradition requests. To s [...] | 2006-11-02 21:17:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS PE |
06LIMA4408 | FORMER FM BLACKER MILLER: PROVISIONAL ARREST [...] (SBU) Summary: This is an action request - please see para 6. The GOP request for the provisional arrest of former Peruvian FM Augusto Blacker Miller for his alleged participation in the 1992 self-coup ("auto-golpe") is not, in our view, politically motivated; that is, we do not believe the [...] | 2006-11-17 18:07:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS PE |
06LIMA748 | MONTESINOS LEGAL REQUEST FOR EMBASSY FILES [...] (U) This is an action request. Please see para 5. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Post has received a four-inch thick legal assistance request from the lawyer representing Vladimiro Montesinos, convicted, ex-intelligence advisor for former President Alberto Fujimori. The 110 page cover letter, also sent [...] | 2006-02-27 13:14:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PE |
06MANAGUA1438 | MANAGUA INL REPORT FOR OCT-MAR, FY 2006 [...] (U) Summary: Over the last six months, INL supported Nicaraguan Navy and Police operations have resulted in substantial seizures and arrests. According to DEA statistics, 9.3 kilos of heroin, 1,538.6 kilos of cocaine and 52 kilos of marijuana were seized. Nicaraguan authorities arrested 41 [...] | 2006-07-03 18:24:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR NU KJUS |
06MANAGUA698 | NICARAGUAN MAGISTRATE CRITICIZES SUPREME COURT [...] (C) Summary: During a recent discussion with RLA, Nicaraguan Supreme Court (CSJ) Justice Guillermo Vargas Sandino expressed dismay regarding the ongoing CSJ leadership crisis that began on March 16 when PLC and FSLN-affiliated justices failed to agree on the appointment of presidents and vice [...] | 2006-03-27 15:08:00 | Embassy Managua | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS NU |
06MANAMA1001 | KING HAMAD APPOINTS FIRST WOMAN JUDGE [...] (U) King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa June 6 appointed prosecutor Mona Jasem Al Kawari to be the first woman judge in Bahrain's history and in the history of the Arab Gulf states. Press reports stated that she would be assigned to the Higher Civil Court. In her public reaction to the appointmen [...] | 2006-06-07 15:05:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KWMN PREL KJUS KMPI BA POL REFORM |
06MANAMA1157 | MINISTER OF JUSTICE DISCUSSES IRAN, POLITICAL [...] (C) Meeting with the Ambassador June 26, Minister of Justice Mohamed Al Sitri talked of his recent official visit to Iran under the auspices of a bilateral agreement on judicial and legal affairs. His meeting with President Ahmedinejad focused on legal issues such as Iranian fishermen jailed [...] | 2006-06-28 09:05:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS BA REGION POL |
06MANAMA184 | AIRPORT RIOTERS SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS IN PRISON [...] (U) Lower Criminal Court judge Ibrahim Al Zayed delivered a guilty verdict February 7 for 12 participants in a December 25 riot at the arrivals hall of Bahrain International Airport following the temporary detention of Shia cleric Shaikh Mohammed Al Sanad upon his return to Bahrain from Iran. [...] | 2006-02-11 08:12:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PHUM KJUS BA POL REFORM |
06MANAMA706 | BAHRAIN: COMMERCIAL BANK OF SYRIA PATRIOT ACT [...] (SBU) Econoff and TreasAtt April 19 delivered reftel demarche to Bahrain Monetary Agency (BMA) Compliance Director Ahmed Bumtaia. Bumtaia promised to review the non-paper and affirmed his commitment to protecting the integrity of Bahrain's financial system. He assured Emboffs there would be [...] | 2006-04-25 05:33:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN KJUS KTFN KNNP MNUC PARM PREL BA REGION |
06MANILA1944 | JAIL MANAGEMENT SEMINAR ADVANCES LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (U) Summary. A week-long S/CT-funded seminar on Advanced Jail Management that concluded on April 28 was a crucial effort in Mission's support of law enforcement reform in the Philippines in general and of the Philippine National Police's ongoing Transformation Project in particular. 2. ( [...] | 2006-05-05 06:43:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KCRM KJUS PREL KCOR PGOV PINS ASEC RP |
06MAPUTO432 | MOZAMBIQUE - REQUEST FOR GUIDANCE RE GRM REQUEST [...] (U) This is an Action Request. 2. (SBU) Action Request: In reftel Post asked for Department guidance on how to respond to a written request for information from the GRM's Central Office for the Combat of Corruption, a department in the Attorney General's Office. The request was for informat [...] | 2006-04-13 11:32:00 | Embassy Maputo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC PREL EFIN KJUS MZ |
06MASERU242 | MEETING WITH FOMIN AND FURTHER DISCUSSION ON ARTICLE 98 [...] (C) Ambassador met with Foreign Minister Moleleki May 16 upon the Minister's return to reiterate that we need a firm deadline on Lesotho's Article 98 position. During the FOMIN's absence, post had checked with the Acting Attorney General (A/AG) following telephone communications with Departme [...] | 2006-05-19 09:59:00 | Embassy Maseru | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KICC KJUS MARR LT |
06MASERU352 | ILEA GABORONE - CORE COURSE SCHEDULE FOR CY 2007 [...] Post submits here, contact details for point of contact (POC) responsible for ILEA program as requested in para 8 of reftel: NAME: THABANG TLALAJOE; DESIGNATION: POLITICAL ASSISTANT; TELEPHONE NUMBER: (266) 22-312666; EXTENSION 4101; FAX NUMBER: (266) 22-310116; [...] | 2006-07-26 10:42:00 | Embassy Maseru | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS LT |
06MEXICO5312 | MEXICO'S GOVERNMENT, MEDIA PROCESS AMBASSADOR'S [...] (SBU) Summary: While certainly not uniformly laudatory, public and private responses to last week's consular announcement and ambassadorial statement on rising border violence have so far been measured. The statements generated predictable criticism from some quarters that we have impinged [...] | 2006-09-19 21:09:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS MX |
06MOSCOW6464 | RUSSIAN MFA ON ICTY PIFWC LIKELY IN RUSSIA [...] (C) Poloff delivered reftel demarche June 19 to Andrey Kalinin of the MFA Legal Department. Kalinin and his superior, Department Section Chief Igor Panin (who was traveling at the time),are the only officials in the MFA with a thorough knowledge of the ICTY and the status of PIFWCs. Russia [...] | 2006-06-19 11:49:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KCRM PREL ICTY KAWC PHUM BK SR RS |
06MUNICH347 | BAVARIAN TIP UPDATE: ARRESTS AND CONVICTIONS; [...] (U) Bavarian police arrested two Romanians and one German May 21 for trafficking in persons (TIP) and pimping in Bavaria and Baden-Wuerttemberg. The arrests were the result of a four-month police investigation launched on the basis of evidence gathered during routine "controls" of brothels in [...] | 2006-06-11 17:22:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS PGOV SMIG ELAB GM RO |
06MUNICH819 | POLICE RAID TURKISH TERRORIST ORGANIZATION DHKP/C [...] (U) In a coordinated effort led by Munich prosecutors, police from Bavaria, Baden-Wuerttemberg, and North Rhine Westphalia raided the apartments and workplaces of alleged supporters of the Turkish terrorist organization "Revolutionary People's Liberation Front" (DHKP/C) on November 28. Accord [...] | 2006-12-01 15:47:00 | Consulate Munich | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KWMN KJUS PTER PGOV ASEC GM TU |
06MUSCAT150 | JUSTICE MINISTER WELCOMES ABA LEGAL TRAINING [...] In a January 30 meeting with a visiting delegation from the American Bar Association (ABA),the Minister of Justice provided enthusiastic feedback re a proposed MEPI-funded training program. He recounted the Ministry's plans to develop a judicial training institute, and solicited Embassy and [...] | 2006-02-06 12:02:00 | Embassy Muscat | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KMPI KJUS OEXC SCUL MU |
06NAIROBI1500 | TERROR SUSPECT OMAR SAID OMAR SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS [...] (SBU) In the first successful Kenyan prosecution of a terror suspect, 2002 Kikambala bombing defendant Omar Said Omar was found guilty April 4 and sentenced to 8 years in prison. Although exonerated in June 2005 for his role in the deadly 2002 terror attacks, Said had been immediately re-arr [...] | 2006-04-04 14:18:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC PREL KJUS PGOV KE |
06NAIROBI3262 | CT Finance; Kenyan Nominees for Regulatory [...] (SBU) Post's main interlocutor for CT finance issues is the GOK's interagency Anti-Money Laundering Task Force. Post approves of the following list of officials proposed by the AML for the September training program in Reftel B. All appear to be well-qualified and working in relevant positions [...] | 2006-07-28 04:49:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS KTFN PTER PREL KE |
06NASSAU1712 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICE CHALLEGES GOVERNMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In two rulings November 7, a Bahamian Supreme Court Justice lashed out at the Government in a forceful assertion of judicial independence, initially generating fears of a temporary shutdown of the Supreme and Magistrate courts. One ruling challenged the Attorney General's implem [...] | 2006-11-15 16:11:00 | Embassy Nassau | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS |
06NEWDELHI2324 | GOI CAUTIOUS ABOUT IRAQ POLICE TRAINING [...] (U) This is an action request for NEA/I. Please see para 8. 2. (C) Summary: In an April 5 meeting with PolCouns and Poloff, MEA Joint Secretary (Gulf) Sanjay Singh conveyed the GOI's cautious willingness to increase its involvement in Iraq's reconstruction. Singh was very interested in [...] | 2006-04-05 14:24:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM KJUS MARR MOPS PGOV PINR PINS PTER |
06NEWDELHI2587 | SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 19 US-INDIA CT JOINT WORKING [...] (C) Summary: The US-India counterterrorism dialogue reflects our shared values and encompasses the range of CT issues in South Asia. New Delhi focuses on combating jihadi terrorism launched from Pakistan, which complicates USG efforts to engage Delhi in a more vibrant intelligence dialogue without [...] | 2006-04-18 07:08:00 | Embassy New Delhi | SECRET | PTER PGOV PINR PREL PINS MASS KJUS KTIA TBIO |
06NEWDELHI7827 | DELHI TRADERS BEND TO RULE OF LAW, FOR NOW [...] (C) SUMMARY The long simmering crisis in Delhi surrounding the "sealing" of illegal businesses seems to be inching towards a dramatic conclusion. On November 6, the Supreme Court (SC) stuck by its earlier decision (reftels),denying a petition by traders seeiing relief and ordered the Municipa [...] | 2006-11-16 13:38:00 | Embassy New Delhi | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EINV KJUS PHUM PREL PINR ASEC SCUL IN |
06OSLO304 | NORWEGIANS WON'T JOIN CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2006-03-14 15:13:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PREL NO |
06OSLO316 | MULLAH KREKAR: GOVERNMENT SAYS EXPULSION SOON [...] (U) Norwegian Labor and Integration Minister Bjarne Haakon Hansen told the press on March 16 that the time was fast approaching for Norway to enter into discussions with Iraq about the conditions for the return of former Ansar al-Islam leader Faraj Ahmed Najmuddin (aka Mullah Krekar). "This i [...] | 2006-03-16 09:18:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PTER PREL NO KJUS |
06OSLO398 | OSLO NOMINEE FOR BRUSSELS CT AND JHA AFFAIRS [...] Post nominates Pol/Econ officer Edward Canuel to attend the Counter-terrorism Policy/Justice and Home Affairs Brussels conference, from May 31 through June 2. 2. Per reftel, the following is the requested information of the nominee: Edward T. Canuel, Pol/Econ Officer, Second Secretary, Phon [...] | 2006-03-31 11:22:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER CVIS NO EUN KCRM KJUS |
06OSLO401 | NORWAY CONSIDERS JORDAN POLICE TRAINING [...] We delivered reftel demarche to MFA Global Security Section advisor Torn Dramdal. Dramdal was pleased to receive our request and promised that Norway would carefully consider providing police instructors to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). 2. Comment: In its Octo [...] | 2006-03-31 12:48:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED | MARR MCAP MOPS PGOV PINR PINS IZ JO NO KJUS KCRM |
06OSLO617 | BELLINGER TAKES ON NORWEGIAN CRITICS [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, Legal Adviser John Bellinger presented U.S. policy on detainees to Deputy Foreign Minister Johansen, parliamentarians, human rights NGOs, Norway's leading foreign policy think tank, Norwegian legal scholars, and in several media interviews. Johansen repeated Norway's v [...] | 2006-05-11 16:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ICRC PHUM PREF PREL NO KPAS KJUS |
06OSLO618 | BELLINGER TAKES ON NORWEGIAN CRITICS [...] (C) Summary. On May 9, Legal Adviser John Bellinger presented U.S. policy on detainees to Deputy Foreign Minister Johansen, parliamentarians, human rights NGOs, Norway's leading foreign policy think tank, Norwegian legal scholars, and in several media interviews. Johansen repeated Norway's v [...] | 2006-05-11 16:01:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | ICRC PHUM PREF PREL NO KPAS KJUS |
06OTTAWA3253 | CANADA GIVES STRONG SUPPORT FOR U.S. SECURITY [...] (C/NF) Summary: U.S. Security Coordinator LTG Keith Dayton met October 19-20 with FM MacKay, Public Safety Minister Day, Defense Minister O'Connor, and other senior officials from CIDA, PCO, PMO, DND, and DFAIT to thank Canada for the contribution it has made to U.S. efforts to improve securi [...] | 2006-10-27 17:16:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | CA IS KJUS PREL XF MEPI |
06OTTAWA37 | OTTAWA: ADVISORY ON BANKING SERVICES TO NORTH [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-05 21:25:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN ECON CA KN KJUS KNNP KTFN |
06PANAMA1586 | PANAMA ORDERS ARREST OF EX-NICARAGUAN PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) Panamanian Judge Adolfo Mejia ordered on 11 August 2006, via Interpol, the arrest of former Nicaraguan President Arnoldo Aleman and three of his accomplices who were ordered to appear in court on 25 August 2006. Aleman is accused of laundering USD 58.2 million through Panamanian banks a [...] | 2006-08-14 22:12:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PM PREL KJUS KCRM |
06PARAMARIBO417 | REQUEST TO CLARIFY EXTRADITION PROCESS UNDER [...] (U) This is an action request; see para four. 2. (SBU) Suriname remains an important transit country for drugs, with estimates of up to 2-4 metric tons per month moving through the country. Stepped up policing efforts suggest that persons of interest to the United States are likely to be [...] | 2006-07-03 18:00:00 | Embassy Paramaribo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS CJAN NS |
06PARIS1224 | MFA GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF U.S. POINTS ON [...] (C) Poloff reviewed reftel points on considerations for an international tribunal for UNIIIC suspects with MFA UN action officer for Middle East issues Selina Grenet February 23. Throughout the discussion, Grenet stressed GoF support for an international tribunal, while emphasizing the need [...] | 2006-02-27 19:11:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SY LE KJUS FR |
06PARIS2200 | COE CYBERCRIME [...] Summary. The first meeting of the Council of Europe's Cybercrime Convention Committee took place March 20-21, 2006. The United States (Betty Shave, U.S. Department of Justice) was selected as vice-chair of the meeting. The key achievement of the meeting was adoption of an interpretation o [...] | 2006-04-04 14:46:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS KCRM ECON ETRD FR COE |
06PARIS2242 | VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES FROM MARCH 1 TO [...] (U) SUMMARY: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales traveled to France from March 1 to 4, 2006. He met with Pierre de Bousquet de Florian, Director of the DST; Nicolas Sarkozy, Minister of the Interior; French Counter-terrorism Officials; Ron Noble, Secretary General of Interpol; Pascal Clement, M [...] | 2006-04-05 15:17:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS FR PREL PGOV KCRM PTER |
06PARIS2318 | SEEKING FRENCH CONTRIBUTION FOR POLICE TRAINERS AT [...] (C) Summary and comment: We received mixed initial responses to our appeals to GoF officials to consider contributing police instructors to the Jordan International Police Training Center (JIPTC). GoF Inter-ministerial Coordinator for Iraq Reconstruction Jean-Pierre Guinhut, in a preliminary [...] | 2006-04-07 16:49:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM KJUS MARR MCAP MOPS EAID EFIN IZ FR |
06PARIS552 | FRENCH "OIL FOR FOOD" INVESTIGATING JUDGE SEEKS [...] (C) Summary: Investigating judge Philippe Courroye met with Poloffs January 24 to request USG assistance regarding his planned trip to Baghdad to question four Iraqi nationals (including Tariq Aziz and Saddam Hussein) in his investigation into the UN's "oil for food" corruption scandal. Courr [...] | 2006-01-27 15:03:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS FR IZ |
06PHNOMPENH1118 | Inaugural Meeting of the Friends of the ECCC [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12, the Japanese and French Ambassadors co-chaired the inaugural Friends of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) meeting. Donors agreed that the Friends group would serve to disseminate information on the ECCC's progress, provide non-judicial adv [...] | 2006-06-15 00:46:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
06PHNOMPENH1362 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL BUILDING MOMENTUM [...] (U) Summary. Following initial criticism of a slow start, progress of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal on a variety of fronts has picked up in July, according to the Open Society Justice Initiative (OSJI). OSJI believes the most significant new development is the court's adoption of the ICC Code o [...] | 2006-07-27 09:03:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS PREL CB |
06PHNOMPENH1374 | REACTION TO KHMER ROUGE LEADER'S DEATH [...] (SBU) Summary. Ung Choeun, widely known as Ta Mok, age 82, passed away on July 21 at a military hospital where he had been hospitalized since June 29. Since his passing, government officials, the media, and civil society leaders have discussed the impact of his death on the proceedings of t [...] | 2006-07-31 06:55:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS PREL CB |
06PHNOMPENH1404 | PROTESTORS DEMAND REOPENING OF CHEA VICHEA MURDER CASE -- A [...] (U) Summary: On August 1 (the first-year anniversary of the convictions),20 armed police officers dispersed protestors who had gathered in front of the Phnom Penh prison holding the two convicted killers of Chea Vichea to demand that their cases be reopened. Protesters also appealed to King [...] | 2006-08-07 02:38:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ELAB PREL KJUS CB |
06PHNOMPENH1405 | CAMBODIAN COURTS FOCUS DISPROPORTIONATELY ON THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Under the spotlight of NGOs, the media, and the Sam Rainsy Party (SRP),the Kompong Cham Provincial Court on August 2 handed down light sentences to three women accused of stealing waste rubber from the private plantation near their village. The women claimed that they were [...] | 2006-08-07 08:46:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
06PHNOMPENH1406 | PHNOM PENH'S CHINESE SEX TOURISM INDUSTRY [...] (U) Summary. Typically shrouded behind legitimate businesses, Phnom Penh's sex establishments catering to the Chinese operate relatively discretely. Generally, Chinese men come to Phnom Penh for business reasons, not for the purpose of sex tourism. Chinese clientele refrain from the low-e [...] | 2006-08-07 08:49:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KJUS CB KWMN SNAR |
06PHNOMPENH1445 | CORRUPTION IN CAMBODIA'S ANTI-TIP DEPARTMENT [...] (U) Summary. On August 8, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court initiated corruption proceedings against Touch Ngim, former Deputy Director of the MOI's Anti-TIP Department. Ngim confessed to taking bribe money to release brothel owners, but claimed that he was acting upon orders of his superior, [...] | 2006-08-15 08:34:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB |
06PHNOMPENH1509 | CAMBODIA'S RENEGADE POLICE CHIEF [...] (C) Summary. On August 2, an arrest warrant was issued for Heng Pov, the powerful former Phnom Penh Municipal Police Chief and Undersecretary of State in the Ministry of Interior, who reportedly was tipped off of the impending arrest and fled the country by the time the RGC moved to arrest [...] | 2006-08-24 01:11:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KJUS CB |
06PHNOMPENH1607 | POLICE ACTION AGAINST PROSTITUTION -- CAUSE FOR [...] (U) Summary: Recently, the police of Toul Kork district started a campaign against prostitution, rounding up 47 prostitutes from nine brothels and other venues in the area and referring them to NGO shelters. Twenty-seven customers and two facilitators were arrested during the operations, b [...] | 2006-09-07 00:08:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB |
06PHNOMPENH1613 | CAMBODIA'S SEASON OF POLITICAL SILLINESS: NO [...] (SBU) Summary. Recently, the Cambodian public has witnessed its National Assembly attempt to outlaw adultery as well as limit its members' freedom of speech in return for pensions and other financial benefits. This was followed by the PM vetoing any future Miss Cambodia beauty contests. Th [...] | 2006-09-07 09:47:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM CB |
06PHNOMPENH1643 | DISINFORMATION/INCITEMENT LAWS: NEW TOOLS TO SUPPRESS [...] (U) Summary: The government's legal means to suppress criticism has not been eliminated despite the partial decriminalization of defamation. Three recent cases, including those of two journalists and a former professor, illustrate that disinformation and incitement laws may be the new tools [...] | 2006-09-12 09:46:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CB KJUS |
06PHNOMPENH1646 | CORRUPTION IN CAMBODIA'S ANTI-TIP DEPARTMENT: THREE [...] (U) Summary: On August 24, the Phnom Penh Municipal Court convicted and sentenced three police officers to five and seven years imprisonment for taking bribes, and ordering them to pay compensation of USD 9,000 to the plaintiffs - brothel owners who bribed the police to release them followin [...] | 2006-09-12 09:59:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS CB |
06PHNOMPENH1691 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ECCC CO-PROSECUTOR; FUNDING [...] (SBU) Summary. On September 15, the Ambassador and A/DCM met with ECCC international co-prosecutor Robert Petit, who discussed latest developments of the Tribunal staffing as well as funding shortfalls. Specifically, the Tribunal lacks money for public outreach, a proper detention facility, [...] | 2006-09-18 10:19:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS EAID CB PREL |
06PHNOMPENH1845 | CAMBODIA'S ECCC MAKING GOOD PROGRESS [...] (SBU) Summary. During an October 1-5 visit to Cambodia, S/WCI and INR officials met with a wide range of interlocutors concerning the work of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC). ECCC officials from the office of Administration underscored budgetary gaps and unfill [...] | 2006-10-10 10:40:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
06PHNOMPENH1983 | RECENT ECCC DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) Summary. Recent meetings concerning the Extraordinary Chambers have highlighted funding gaps and the need for additional support from donors. The role of the judicial police is looming as an issue requiring clarification and possible donor intervention with the RGC to ensure that the [...] | 2006-11-02 11:06:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PREL EAID CB |
06PHNOMPENH2046 | ECCC ISSUES DRAFT INTERNAL RULES [...] (SBU) Summary. The Khmer Rouge Tribunal's (ECCC) Rules Committee released the draft internal rules for public comment on November 3, providing two weeks for civil society and others to give feedback on the proposed rules. Informal soundings from sources within the ECCC, the diplomatic comm [...] | 2006-11-16 11:24:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS EAID CB |
06PHNOMPENH2095 | CAMBODIA'S ECCC STUMBLES AND STALLS [...] (U) Summary. During the ECCC judges' plenary session from November 20-25, international and Cambodian judges were sharply divided over issues concerning the primacy of Cambodian law versus international law. News about the impasse leaked out and appeared on the Internet. Running parallel [...] | 2006-11-28 11:04:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS CB |
06PHNOMPENH2210 | REACTION TO FINNISH VISA FOR CONVICTED CAMBODIAN COP [...] (SBU) Summary. While the Cambodian government has reacted angrily to the Finnish government's decision to offer a visa to convicted senior police official Heng Pov, Cambodian human rights NGOs and the political opposition are pleased with the decision. Following the announcement on December [...] | 2006-12-21 01:20:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KJUS PREF CB |
06PHNOMPENH2221 | HENG POV'S UNCEREMONIOUS RETURN TO CAMBODIA [...] (SBU) Summary. Returned from Malaysia on December 21 by private charter plane, former Phnom Penh police chief Heng Pov is currently in Prey Sar prison outside Phnom Penh. The RGC tried to keep Heng Pov's arrival under wraps for as long as possible, but the media caught wind of the news in t [...] | 2006-12-22 01:19:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL CB KJUS |
06PHNOMPENH493 | CAMBODIA'S LAND DISPUTE AUTHORITY: WILL IT WORK? [...] (C) Summary. The recently proposed national land dispute authority comprised of officials from ten ministries, representatives from the three political parties, and NGO representatives remains a work in progress and has already generated controversy. Three NGOs invited to participate have [...] | 2006-03-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM EAGR KJUS CB |
06PHNOMPENH514 | CAMBODIA'S PM MEETS WITH NGOS TO DISCUSS LAND, [...] (SBU) Summary. On March 15, PM Hun Sen met with representatives of 10 NGOs to discuss land disputes and women's issues. NGO oncerns regarding land issues centered on illegal government concessions of large tracts of land, lack of local community involvement in land development, slowness in [...] | 2006-03-17 08:27:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS CB |
06PHNOMPENH598 | UN HUMAN RIGHTS REP BRIEFS COMS ON MARCH 18-28 [...] (SBU) Summary. UN Special Representative for Human Rights Yash Ghai met with COMs on March 24 to provide an outbrief of his meetings during his recent assessment visit. Ghai is not able to fully assess the political changes since his last visit but is willing to proceed on the assumption th [...] | 2006-03-29 11:21:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS PREL EAID CB |
06PHNOMPENH869 | LAND DISPUTE IN THE SHADOW OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (U) Summary. On May 2, local authorities began the eviction of a 1,367-family community of squatters living near the Tonle Bassac River near the new National Assembly building in Phnom Penh. The community is due to be relocated to a new site that is 22 kilometers from Phnom Penh and inadequa [...] | 2006-05-05 09:50:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS CB |
06PHNOMPENH887 | KRT JUDGES NAMED: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY [...] (C) Summary. On May 7, the Cambodian Government announced the names of the Cambodian and international judges selected by the Supreme Council of the Magistracy and approved by the King. The results are a mixed bag of good, middling, and poor choices. Initial soundings within the diplomati [...] | 2006-05-09 09:48:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL CB |
06PHNOMPENH894 | CAMBODIA: DAS JOHN'S REINFORCES BILATERAL [...] (C) Summary. In a May 4 discussion with visiting DAS Eric John, FM Hor Namhong lauded US-Cambodia bilateral relations and said Cambodia would seriously consider DAS John's request that the RGC support Guatemala's candidacy for the UNSC. The FM was open on Burma and prospects for democratic [...] | 2006-05-10 02:32:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KDEM KJUS PHUM EAID CB |
06PHNOMPENH982 | UN HIGH COMMISSIONER: HUMAN RIGHTS CENTRAL TO [...] (SBU) Summary. During her May 13-19 visit to Cambodia, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour's agenda focused on the consolidation of democracy and rule of law, as well as the independence of the judiciary. She defended the work of UNSYG Special Representative (SRSG) Yash Gha [...] | 2006-05-23 11:48:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
06PORTAUPRINCE1522 | ARISTIDE COLLABORATORS RELEASED [...] (C) The presiding judge on August 14 released Aristide allies and Lavalas activists Anette Auguste, aka So Anne, Paul Raymond, and Yvon Antoine, aka Yvon Zapzap, and dismissed the charges against them for lack of evidence. Over the course of their roughly 18-month detention, prosecutors fai [...] | 2006-08-17 18:07:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE1561 | PREVAL APPOINTS FORMER JEAN DOMINIQUE PROSECUTOR [...] No summary [...] | 2006-08-23 18:05:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM PINR AA |
06PORTAUPRINCE1604 | FL MILITANT RENE CIVIL ARRESTED [...] (C) The Haitian National Police (HNP) on Friday, August 25 arrested Fanmi Lavalas (FL) militant Rene Civil in the upper-class Petionville neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, charging him with carrying an unlicensed firearm, driving a stolen car, and "association with malefactors." Government pro [...] | 2006-08-29 17:53:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KJUS ASEC PINR HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE1734 | ARREST ORDERED FOR NUMBER 3 POLICE OFFICER [...] (U) Judge Napela Saintil on September 12 issued a bench warrant for Michael Lucius, the third highest ranking official in the Haitian police (HNP) who serves as the director of the criminal investigation unit (DCPJ). The warrant stems from charges of "complicity in kidnapping" that Saintil br [...] | 2006-09-14 15:46:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS PINR HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE1755 | MINUSTAH CLOSES IN ON CITE SOLEIL [...] (C) Summary. Under continued prodding from President Preval (ref A),MINUSTAH and the HNP over the past week have taken significant steps to secure the access routes areas immediately adjacent to Cite Soleil and the major north-south artery within the district, route 9. According to MINUSTAH [...] | 2006-09-15 18:19:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE1798 | PM ON COOPERATION/SECURITY/ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Prime Minister Jacques Edouard Alexis on September 19 reviewed with the Ambassador recent developments in the bilateral agenda. The Ambassador congratulated the PM on the previous day's signing of the bilateral aid agreement and pledged to coordinate our assistance with the GoH. [...] | 2006-09-22 13:49:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNGA ASEC KCRM KJUS HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE1881 | ROCKY START FOR DDR [...] (C) Summary. Forty-seven gang members from Cite Soleil on September 26 finished a week-long orientation program for the revamped Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegration (DDR) program (ref A),though follow-on activities remain in doubt as MINUSTAH DDR staff attempt to ensure with the [...] | 2006-09-29 18:34:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE2104 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF INL A/S ANNE W. [...] (C) With your visit approaching, Haiti remains in a kind of suspended animation as its population awaits to see what lasting results are produced by President Preval's initiative to control criminality emanating from the slum area of Cite Soleil and break the power of the Cite Soleil gangs. P [...] | 2006-11-03 14:28:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE2169 | A/S PATTERSON PUSHES FOR COOPERATION WITH GOH [...] (C) Summary. INL A/S Anne W. Patterson urged increased cooperation on law enforcement and intelligence gathering to combat narcotics trafficking through Haiti during her meetings on November 3 with President Preval and senior GoH and MINUSTAH officials. Repeatedly referring to the 1997 ill [...] | 2006-11-13 12:09:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KJUS ASEC KCRM HA SNAR |
06PORTAUPRINCE2187 | JUDICIAL/POLICE BATTLE RAGES [...] (C) Summary. Judge Napela Saintil on November 11 recused himself in the case against the Michael Lucius, the third-ranking member of the Haitian National Police (HNP) and director of its investigative unit (DCPJ). Port-au-Prince prosecutor Claudy Gassant (ref B) on November 13 subsequently a [...] | 2006-11-14 19:52:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM SNAR PINR HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE2207 | HNP NO. 3 LUCIUS RESIGNS [...] (U) Michael Lucius, the third ranking member of the Haitian police (HNP),on November 15 submitted his resignation from his post as head of Haiti,s judicial police (DCPJ) to HNP Director General Andresol. Lucius' resignation comes on the heels of Judge Napela Saintil's recusal from the cas [...] | 2006-11-15 19:30:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE2424 | MINUSTAH/HNP TO MOVE ON CITE SOLEIL [...] (C) Summary: MINUSTAH and the HNP are finalizing plans to move against specific gang leaders in Cite Soleil. Acting UNPol Commissioner Richard Warren and Haitian Police (HNP) Director General Andresol completed an operational plan on December 20 and hope to conduct an operation by December 2 [...] | 2006-12-21 16:59:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE2433 | HIGH ANXIETY OVER SECURITY [...] (C) The recent spate of high-profile kidnappings and the GoH's stumbling response has become the singular issue in Haitian politics and public discourse. While panic has not yet set in, the Port-au-Prince population has begun to alter their work and private routines and much of daily life aga [...] | 2006-12-21 20:13:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS MARR ASEC KCRM KJUS HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE756 | PRESIDENT ALEXANDRE RESISTS RELEASING NEPTUNE [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified -- protect accordingly. Â [...] | 2006-04-27 20:43:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS HA |
06PORTAUPRINCE952 | DEPORTEES RETURN TO HAITI [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-31 13:22:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM HA |
06PORTOFSPAIN1394 | DEALINE LOOMING ON APIS LEGISLATION [...] On December 5, Ambassador Austin delivered Reftel talking points to Minister of National Security Martin Joseph, regarding the urgent need for enactment of legislation relative to the Advance Passenger Information System before December 25. In addition, the Ambassador raised the issue earlie [...] | 2006-12-07 18:25:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | EAIR KJUS PGOV PREL TD XL |
06PORTOFSPAIN1445 | PROPOSED CHANGES TO APIS UNFEASIBLE:T&T RESPONSE [...] Ambassador Austin delivered the points contained in Reftel to Minister of National Security Martin Joseph, discussing them with the minister on three separate occasions. The Ambassador emphasized to Joseph the technical impossibility, at this late stage in the development of the software for [...] | 2006-12-21 14:17:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR KJUS XL TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN152 | TRINIDAD: BI-WEEKLY POLITICAL ROUNDUP [...] PM MANNING MEETS WITH HAITI'S INTERIM PRIME MINISTER 2. JAMAAT-AL-MUSLIMEEN LEADER TO STAND TRIAL FOR TERRORISM 3. OPPOSITION CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVERS 4. PRISONS OFFICER CHARGED 5. PRESIDENT APPOINTS NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE ELECTION AND BOUNDARIES COMMISSION (EBC) -- [...] | 2006-02-01 12:19:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PTER KCRM KJUS TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN615 | T&T BACCHANAL: CHIEF JUSTICE ACCUSED OF [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Chief Justice of Trinidad and Tobago, Satnarine Sharma, stands accused of attempting to influence the outcome of the Panday Integrity Commission case (reftel). Given the seriousness of the situation, PM Manning canceled his trip to Europe for two high-level summits. Info [...] | 2006-05-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN736 | T&T CHIEF JUSTICE SCANDAL CONTINUES [...] The furor over allegations that Trinidad and Tobago's Chief Justice, Satnarine Sharma, sought to improperly influence Chief Magistrate Sherman McNicols in the Panday corruption case (reftel) has not died down. Police investigations, including searches of the Chief Justice's office, are ongoi [...] | 2006-06-13 19:51:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN867 | T&T CHIEF JUSTICE CASE: SYSTEM STRONG BUT TIED UP [...] (U) Political and legal drama continues to swirl around Trinidad and Tobago's Chief Justice, Satnarine Sharma. The recent investigation into allegations that Sharma influenced the decision in the corruption case against former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition, Basdeo Panday (ref A) [...] | 2006-07-24 11:41:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN868 | T&T CHIEF JUSTICE CASE: SYSTEM STRONG BUT TIED UP [...] (U) Political and legal drama continues to swirl around Trinidad and Tobago's Chief Justice, Satnarine Sharma. The recent investigation into allegations that Sharma influenced the decision in the corruption case against former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposition, Basdeo Panday (ref A) [...] | 2006-07-24 11:43:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR TD |
06PORTOFSPAIN922 | CHIEF JUSTICE CASE HEADED TO LONDON [...] (U) T&T continues to be captivated by the convoluted Chief Justice criminal case (ref A). Chief Justice Satnarine Sharma stands accused of perverting the course of justice by inappropriately influencing the decision in the corruption case against former Prime Minister and Leader of the Opposi [...] | 2006-08-04 18:03:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KDEM KJUS PGOV TD |
06PRETORIA4310 | SOUTH AFRICA: VIEWS ON JACOB ZUMA'S POLITICAL [...] (C) INTRODUCTION AND SUMMARY. This is the first in a series of cables that will explore strengths and weaknesses of emerging candidates for the ANC and national presidencies in South Africa. Ref A provided brief profiles of possible contenders. This message presents current views of South [...] | 2006-10-17 13:23:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KHIV KJUS SF |
06PRETORIA4593 | SHAIK APPEALS UNANIMOUSLY DISMISSED [...] (SBU) On 6 November, the Supreme Court of Appeal unanimously rejected Schabir Shaik's appeals against his June 2005 fraud and corruption charges, almost guaranteeing that Shaik will begin his 15-year prison term within the next 72 hours. (Note: Shaik was sentenced to 15 years in prison on eac [...] | 2006-11-06 13:01:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS SF |
06PRETORIA4619 | SHAIK APPELLATE DECISION PAVES ROAD FOR ZUMA [...] (C) SUMMARY. US Department of Justice Intermittent Legal Adviser (ILA) believes that the Supreme Court of Appeal's (SCA) 7 November verdict upholding Schabir Shaik's conviction is legally sound, provides little to nothing for Shaik to credibly challenge, and further bolsters the State's cas [...] | 2006-11-07 15:48:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS SF |
06PRETORIA4838 | ANC RESPONDS TO SEXUAL HARASSMENT ALLEGATIONS [...] (SBU) ANC National Assembly Chief Whip Mbuelo Goniwe was effectively stripped of his powers on 17 November, pending the outcome of a hearing by the party's National Disciplinary Committee (NDC). Goniwe is alleged to have demanded sex from a 21-year-old ANC intern on 25 October after she serve [...] | 2006-11-27 14:54:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM KWMN KJUS SF |
06PRETORIA4993 | MINISTER OF SAFETY AND SECURITY INTERESTED IN MORE [...] (U) Summary. Minister of Safety and Security Charles Nqakula was interested in more U.S. training opportunities for the South African Police Service (SAPS) and was surprised to hear that SAPS had refused previous offers for training by the U.S. Nqakula, who commented that U.S. assistance had [...] | 2006-12-11 10:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KJUS PHUM PREL ASEC SF |
06PRETORIA5018 | ZUMA CAMP REMAINS OPTIMISTIC [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 28, the Durban Consul General met with Rieaz "Mo" Shaik, a former South African diplomat, long-time ANC member, and brother of Durban businessman Schabir Shaik who was convicted of fraud and corruption charges stemming from his relationship with ANC Deputy President J [...] | 2006-12-14 08:19:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS SF |
06PRISTINA1054 | KOSOVO: ARMED MASKED MEN REAPPEAR IN WESTERN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Repeating a pattern we saw last year, armed masked men have sporadically reappeared on the roads of western Kosovo, illegally stopping people and conducting vehicle checkpoints. In 2005, these incidents began as supposed "political statements" but quickly turned into opportuniti [...] | 2006-12-09 12:59:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KCRM KJUS ASEC UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA1057 | KOSOVO: RESPONSE TO NARCOTICS AND CHEMICAL [...] (U) Following is the submission from U.S. Office in Pristina for the narcotics and chemical control sections of this year's INSCR report. 2. (U) Summary. Kosovo is primarily a transit point for heroin originating in Turkey and Afghanistan and destined for Western European countries, but i [...] | 2006-12-11 10:06:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA1059 | KOSOVO: LDK CONVENTION GIVES SEJDIU NARROW VICORY [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) party elected Kosovo President Sejdiu as party president over former Speaker Nexhat Daci in an orderly vote at a December 9 party convention. But when Sejdiu presented his list of candidates for the party's powerful General Council, Dac [...] | 2006-12-11 11:36:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA1064 | KOSOVO: RAIL LINE CONNECTING SOUTHERN SERB [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Kosovo Police Service (KPS) and local media reported an explosion on a railroad bridge near the town of Vushtrri on a line that serves Kosovo's Serb community. The explosion damaged tracks and temporarily disrupted rail service, but no injuries were reported. A train carrying [...] | 2006-12-12 16:42:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM PTER UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA1074 | KOSOVO: TERRORIST LISTS [...] (SBU) Kosovo is administered by the United Nations Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1244. UNMIK does not keep a list of terrorist organizations. Terrorist designations must be done through Administrative Directives issued by the Special Representative of t [...] | 2006-12-15 15:24:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTFN PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA1087 | KOSOVO: PRESIDENT SEJDIU CONSOLIDATES HOLD OVER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the wake of its raucous convention ten days earlier, the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) General Council met on December 19 and swiftly (and peacefully) elected its 25-member party presidency. The body is comprised of solid supporters of President Fatmir Sejdiu, in [...] | 2006-12-19 17:50:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA1088 | KOSOVO: 2006 ANNUAL TERRORISM UPDATE [...] (U) The following submission provides Post's contribution to the Department's "Country Reports on Terrorism 2006." BEGIN REPORT 2. (U) The United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) continues to administer Kosovo pursuant to UN Security Council Resolution 1244, and K [...] | 2006-12-20 09:01:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER ASEC KCRM PGOV KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA1099 | KOSOVO: NEW MISSING PERSONS COMMISSION NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The Kosovo Government's new missing persons commission met for the first time on December 13 to discuss its composition and competencies. While the establishment of the commission is a positive step on a political level, the government is currently unprepared to take on the h [...] | 2006-12-22 17:12:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK EAID PHUM |
06PRISTINA1100 | KOSOVO: PISG CLOSER TO COMPLETING REMAINING CG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Kosovo's Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) are very close to finishing the five remaining priorities for Standards implementation tasked by the Contact Group (CG) in June 2006. Two more standards -- reconstruction of the Serb village of Svinjare in south Mitrovi [...] | 2006-12-22 17:30:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA1118 | KOSOVO: UN SAYS KPC AND KPS WILL REMOVE ILLEGAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: PD/SRSG Schook told us on December 28 that the illegal construction within the Decani Monastery's Special Zoning Area (SZA) will be taken down in a joint KPS/KPC operation within the next 36 hours. Fr. Sava, a moderate Orthodox monk who resides at the monastery, had sought our h [...] | 2006-12-28 14:45:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS EAID KDEM UNMIK YI PGOV |
06PRISTINA280 | KOSOVO: SLOW GOING ON TRANSFER OF LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: As evidenced by the fourth meeting of the stakeholders, UNMIK is in no hurry to transfer competency to the Kosovo government for law enforcement and the European Union is even less anxious to assume UNMIK's oversight role. Since the meeting, the PISG has named ministers of internal [...] | 2006-03-29 13:44:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA282 | RETURNS AND MISSING PERSONS FOREVER LINKED IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Many ethnic Albanians from parts of Kosovo that were subjected to violent ethnic cleansing during the war do not give much thought to the return of their ethnic Serb neighbors, and they doubt that any of the Serbs want to come back. For these Albanians any reconciliation with [...] | 2006-03-29 14:52:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ICTY KCRM KDEM KJUS PGOV PREF PREL SI YI |
06PRISTINA554 | KOSOVO: CONTROVERSY CONTINUES OVER ICTY VISIT; [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Several widows from the Krushe e Vogel/Mala Krusa massacre say they first assisted a visiting UN convoy on May 25, but then grew suspicious when the convoy showed interest in the local Serb graveyard and the homes of former Serb residents. One widow expressed no remorse over [...] | 2006-06-27 16:03:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KCRM KDEM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL YI UNMIK |
06PRISTINA584 | SERBIA REPATRIATES FINAL SETS OF HUMAN REMAINS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In an emotional handover on June 30, Serbia repatriated to Kosovo the final sets of human remains found in known mass grave sites in Serbia. UNMIK's Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) is now working to perform autopsies on the remains and return the few that were i [...] | 2006-07-11 17:52:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI KJUS EAID |
06PRISTINA608 | KOSOVO MISSING PERSONS FORENSICS HAMPERED BY LACK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. UNMIK's Office of Missing Persons and Forensics (OMPF) is faces severe staffing and funding shortages which are hampering its ability to resolve cases of missing persons. Despite fewer leads on potential new grave sites, OMPF is still very busy with a few ongoing exhumations [...] | 2006-07-19 18:00:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM PGOV PINR KDEM UNMIK YI KJUS EAID |
06PRISTINA709 | KOSOVO: SWIFT RESPONSE BY UNMIK AND KFOR CALMS [...] (C) Summary: Swift action by UNMIK, KFOR, and the Kosovo Police Service prevented an escalation of violence following an August 26 grenade attack on a well-known cafe frequented by hard-line Serbs in north Mitrovica. Nine people sustained injuries, though none life-threatening, in the attack [...] | 2006-08-29 18:35:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC KPKO PGOV PHUM KJUS PY |
06PRISTINA762 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO FSN DUBRAVKO BOLSEC [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to S/WCI staff member Dubravko Bolsec to visit Pristina September 15 - September 17, 2006. The purpose of the visit is to accompany Ambassador-at-Large Clint Williamson on consultations with mission, host government and international of [...] | 2006-09-12 14:53:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA KJUS KAWC SR MW AL AU HR |
06PRISTINA764 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED TO AMBASSADOR AT LARGE CLING [...] US Office Pristina welcomes and grants country clearance to Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson and Special Assistant Matthew Lavine to visit Pristina September 15 - September 17, 2006. The purpose of the visit is for consultations with mission, host government and inte [...] | 2006-09-12 14:54:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA KJUS KAWC SR MW AL AU NL HR |
06PRISTINA804 | KOSOVO: ASSEMBLY FINALLY PASSES TURKISH LANGUAGE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Kosovo Assembly passed an amendment to the Law on Languages making Turkish an official language in Prizren. After initially rejecting the measure on September 14 due to infighting within the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK) party, the LDK got its house in order (at l [...] | 2006-09-22 16:17:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA854 | KOSOVO: UNMIK STILL WAIVERING ON THREE-MONTH [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the October 4 meeting of the Steering Group for Future International Arrangements, UNMIK presented a "work in progress non-paper" (forwarded to EUR/SCE) with timelines for transition and identifying an action office for many of the items. According to various UNMIK representa [...] | 2006-10-10 16:13:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA862 | KOSOVO: SERB ORTHODOX BISHOP TEODOSIJE EXPRESSES [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM met October 12 with Bishop Teodisije, the moderate Serb religious leader of Decani monastery, who feared that Kosovo Serbs in the enclaves in south were not prepared for final status. Teodosije asked that the international community do everything possible to encourage and en [...] | 2006-10-13 17:07:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA863 | KOSOVO: KOSOVO PROPERTY AGENCY BOARD MEETING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At an October 10 meeting of the five-member supervisory board of the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA),which includes USOP, KPA head Knut Rosandhaug confirmed that the rental property scheme by which illegal Albanian occupants pay rent to Serb owners had begun on October 2. Rosand [...] | 2006-10-13 17:14:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA881 | SUPPORT FOR KOSOVO'S SOUTHERN SERBS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ensuring that the Serb community can remain and prosper in Kosovo is a key Mission goal and a vital test of Kosovo's commitment to multi-ethnic democracy. The Serb minority in Kosovo is not monolithic; those who live in the northern municipalities of Leposavic, Zubin Potok and [...] | 2006-10-21 12:43:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA906 | KOSOVO: LDK REFUSAL TO DEBATE ASSEMBLY AUDIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ruling LDK party's refusal on October 27 to discuss an audit report highly critical of former Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci caused the opposition to walk out of the Assembly and boycott further participation until the issue was resolved. The problem started when LDK Assembly c [...] | 2006-10-30 14:38:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA921 | KOSOVO: AMB. WISNER REAFFIRMS U.S. RESOLVE ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In Kosovo October 24-26, U.S. Special Envoy Ambassador Frank Wisner delivered a three-part message to the top political leadership: maintain unity through and beyond final status; let the Kosovar people know now what lies ahead; and make certain the machinery of government is in [...] | 2006-11-03 07:11:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA923 | KOSOVO: KPC DEMINING CAPACITY IS IMPROVING, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: There is room for optimism as the 2006 demining season draws to a close. Despite earlier criticism by the international de-mining NGO, HALO Trust, of the demining capabilities of the Kosovo Protection Corps (KPC),an August 2006 study by the International Centre for Humanitari [...] | 2006-11-03 14:44:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA933 | KOSOVO: OPPOSITION RETURNS TO ASSEMBLY AFTER AUDIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: After repeated intercession by USOP, the opposition returned to the Kosovo Assembly after a one-week boycott, as the ruling LDK party finally got its house in order and agreed to discuss the Auditor General's fact-finding report on mismanagement under former Assembly Speaker Nexh [...] | 2006-11-06 16:27:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA967 | KOSOVO: SEJDIU AHEAD IN THE HOME STRETCH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With all local branch elections now complete, Kosovo President Fatmir Sejdiu has a comfortable majority of delegates to be elected president of the ruling Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK). Sejdiu's chief rival, disgraced former Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci, trails by a wide m [...] | 2006-11-14 18:46:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA971 | KOSOVO: MAYORS PRESSED TO ACCEPT DECENTRALIZATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM hosted a November 14 meeting of her Contact Group colleagues, joined by EU and EC reps, with mayors of 10 major Kosovo cities to emphasize the centrality of decentralization in the final status settlement. She urged them as key players in this process to implement decentrali [...] | 2006-11-15 18:10:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA972 | KOSOVO: KICKING THE CONTACT GROUP'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The head of the Kosovo Property Agency (KPA) gave us updated statistics on the KPA's rental property scheme and enforcement of property claims pending implementation -- two of the 13 Contact Group priority standards. Some 361 properties out of a total of approximately 5,400 admi [...] | 2006-11-15 18:16:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK YI |
06PRISTINA973 | KOSOVO: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REMAINS A PROBLEM, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Trafficking in persons (TIP) continues to plague Kosovo, but UNMIK and the Provisional Institutions of Self-Government (PISG) have taken some important steps to combat it, including undercover police operations, adoption of a two-year action plan to combat trafficking in human [...] | 2006-11-16 06:33:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | GTIP KJUS KCRM PGOV UNMIK YI |
06QUITO1112 | FM CARRION CRITICAL OF USG TERRORISM REPORT [...] (C) Summary: FM Francisco Carrion on April 30 publicly regretted the Department's 2005 Country Report on Terrorism for Ecuador. He refuted the report's claim that Ecuador's historical neglect of the region had compounded its current woes, and rejected assertions that Ecuador is neutral in the [...] | 2006-05-04 21:24:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KJUS MARR CASC ASEC EC |
06QUITO492 | CONSTITUTIONAL TRIBUNAL AND JUDICIAL COUNCIL [...] (SBU) Summary: Coastal parties voted together on February 22 to select a new Constitutional Tribunal, excluding the main highland party, the Democratic Left (ID). The process followed constitutional guidelines and fulfills a key benchmark in our democracy promotion strategy. Important cases [...] | 2006-02-24 20:46:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS EC |
06QUITO87 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-13 12:46:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV EFIN MOPS MASS KJUS KCRM EC |
06QUITO89 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-13 12:46:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV EFIN MOPS MASS KJUS KCRM EC |
06QUITO90 | 2005-2006 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-13 12:46:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV EFIN MOPS MASS KJUS KCRM EC |
06SANAA143 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON PROVISION OF BANKING [...] No summary [...] | 2006-01-28 08:56:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ECON EFIN KJUS KNNP YM DEMARCHE |
06SANAA2451 | YEMEN'S NOMINEES FOR FDIC CT FINANCE REGULATORY [...] In response to reftel request, Embassy Sanaa nominates the following three candidates for the September CTF training program to be held at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Training Center: Nagib Abdullah al-Dabashi Cell: (967) 711096475 Off: (967) 4-508544 Email: abdu5050@hotmail [...] | 2006-08-20 07:03:00 | Embassy Sanaa | UNCLASSIFIED | FDIC KJUS KTFN PREL PTER YM |
06SANSALVADOR1012 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in March 2006. Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics refer to the month of March 2006. ------ ILEA ------ 2. (U) From March 20 to 22, two Congressional staffers from the House International Relations Committee visited Post in or [...] | 2006-04-19 21:03:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PINR SNAR KCRM KJUS ES |
06SANSALVADOR1228 | EL SALVADOR'S NEW SUPREME COURT JUSTICES [...] (U) Summary: As one of their final acts before conclusion of the Legislative Assembly session, the 2003-2006 Assembly on April 30 elected five new members to the Supreme Court (CSJ). The new justices appear ready to confront the problems of the judicial system and undertake needed reforms. [...] | 2006-05-10 15:05:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ES |
06SANSALVADOR1260 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in April 2006. ------ ILEA ------ 2. (U) From April 4 to 6, the PNC hosted the second annual regional gang conference attended by representatives from Mexico, Central America, and the United States. The conference provided a forum to [...] | 2006-05-12 15:03:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PINR PINS PREL SNAR KCRM KIPR KJUS ES |
06SANSALVADOR1352 | REDUCING THE MURDER RATE COMPLICATED BY POLITICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The citizens of El Salvador are outraged by numerous murders occurring daily in this country. Police Director Avila is trying to professionalize his police force, but he lacks sufficient manpower and equipment. Yesterday, President Saca announced that his administration will seek [...] | 2006-05-23 15:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KCRM KJUS ES ASEC |
06SANSALVADOR1618 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in May 2006. ------ ILEA ------ 2. (U) On May 22, ILEA began the presentation of its six week core program (LEMDP) to police officers from Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and El Salvador. Post has received and processed the NSDD-38 for [...] | 2006-06-22 13:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | APER SNAR KCRM KIPR KJUS ES |
06SANSALVADOR1823 | NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL MAKING A GOOD FIRST IMPRESSION [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 20, 2006, the Salvadoran Legislature elected Felix Garrid Safie as Attorney General of the Republic (FGR). Safie was nominated after his predecessor, Belasario Artiga, failed to garner enough support for his reelection bid. With only two months on the job, Safie has a [...] | 2006-07-18 17:23:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS ES |
06SANSALVADOR1909 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in June 2006. ------ ILEA ------ 2. (U) On June 30, ILEA hosted a ceremony for the graduates of its six week core program (LEMDP) which was attended by police officers from Panama, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and El Salvador. Ambassador Bar [...] | 2006-08-02 13:05:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SNAR KCRM KJUS ES |
06SANSALVADOR2034 | EL SALVADOR: DEMARCHE ON PRESIDENT BUSH'S [...] Pursuant to reftel B, poloff on August 11 delivered White House press release and Department's one-page overview of the President's national strategy to internationalize efforts against kleptocracy to Felix Ulloa, deputy of the MFA's Office of Multilateral Affairs. Embassy INL Director also [...] | 2006-08-17 20:11:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EINV ES KCRM KJUS KPOW PGOV PREL |
06SANSALVADOR2193 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in July 2006. ------ ILEA ------ 2. (U) ILEA staff continued supervising the renovation of the ILEA - Santa Tecla facility, and made preparations to host two ILEA courses in August 2006. ----------------------- NARCOTICS INTERDICTI [...] | 2006-09-07 15:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EFIN PINR PTER SNAR KCRM KJUS ES |
06SANSALVADOR2249 | SALVADORAN LAW ENFORCEMENT OVERWHELMED BY VIOLENTSTREET [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-13 18:05:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PINR PINS KCRM KJUS ES |
06SANSALVADOR2267 | EL SALVADOR: CANINE PROGRAM BEARING FRUIT [...] (U) In November 2004, Post INL financed the construction of a canine training facility at Planes de los Renderos located just outside San Salvador. We have continued to invest in the canine program by purchasing training aids and sending instructors to NAS Colombia and NAS Guatemala for train [...] | 2006-09-14 20:06:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC PINS PTER SNAR KJUS ES |
06SANSALVADOR2369 | EL SALVADOR: NEW ANTI-TERRORISM LAW A MESSAGE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Late on September 21, the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly passed new counterterrorism legislation; the ruling ARENA party and their center-right PCN allies were joined by the Christian Democrats (PDC) for a total of 50 votes in favor of the new law, despite vociferous opposition [...] | 2006-09-27 12:54:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ES KJUS PGOV PTER KTFN |
06SANSALVADOR2639 | EL SALVADOR: CHARGE DELIVERS DEMARCHE ON PRISONER [...] (C) Accompanied by DOJ Attache and Acting polcouns, Charge met October 30 with Acting Foreign Minister Margarita Escobar and delivered reftel demarche regarding El Salvador's possible accession to the OAS Prisoner Transfer Treaty. While Escobar was receptive to pursuing the OAS route, she and [...] | 2006-11-01 19:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS CASC |
06SANSALVADOR2661 | PRESIDENT SACA ESTABLISHES ANTI-CRIME COMMISSION [...] (C) In the wake of the Ambassador's October 16 speech calling for immediate action to stop crime, followed by pressure from leading members of the business community and ex-President Calderon Sol, the Saca administration has inaugurated a new Anti-Crime Commission, which will make recommenda [...] | 2006-11-03 20:52:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KJUS ES |
06SANSALVADOR2750 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in October 2006. ------ ILEA ------ 2. (U) ILEA staff continued supervising the renovation of the ILEA - Santa Tecla facility, and made preparations to host an ILEA course in November 2006. ----------------------- NARCOTICS INTERDI [...] | 2006-11-14 14:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EFIN PINR PTER SNAR KCRM KJUS ES |
06SANSALVADOR2900 | EL SALVADOR TO ACCEPT E TRAVEL DOC, STILL UNSURE [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 4 the Ambassador, accompanied by poloff notetaker, met with Foreign Minister Lainez to follow up on the two major proposals the USG has presented to the GOES on the issue of the deportation of Salvadoran criminals. Lainez agreed orally to accept the ICE-E Travel Docum [...] | 2006-12-05 20:33:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS CASC KHLS |
06SANSALVADOR450 | EL SALVADOR: ALL BUT ONE SUSPECT IN SOTO MURDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: A sentencing tribunal on February 17 absolved two of three suspects accused in the November 5, 2004 murder of AmCit labor activist Gilberto Soto. One man was convicted in the crime and will likely be sentenced Friday. Prosecutors will appeal the court's findings to the Supreme [...] | 2006-02-22 21:00:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ES KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL |
06SANSALVADOR454 | SALVADORAN POLICE SHIFT STRATEGY AGAINST DRUG [...] (C) On February 18, elements of the Salvadoran Anti-Narcotics police arrested 155 low-level drug dealers for trafficking in narcotics. This raid occurred as part of a larger operation designated Plan Hawk (Halcon),which has netted 426 drug dealers in the last six weeks. Normally, ninety per [...] | 2006-02-23 15:20:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS SNAR KCRM KJUS ES |
06SANSALVADOR956 | EL SALVADOR: INL MONTHLY ACTIVITIES REPORT FOR [...] (U) The following summarizes Embassy INL activities in February 2006. Unless otherwise indicated, all statistics refer to the month of February 2006. ------- ILEA ------- 2. (U) From February 20 to 24, instructors from ICE presented ILEA-sponsored training on financial crimes investiga [...] | 2006-04-11 13:20:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PINR KCRM KJUS ES |
06SANTIAGO1061 | COURT GRANTS FUJIMORI PROVISIONAL LIBERTY; [...] The Chilean press reported mid-afternoon on May 18 that Chile's Supreme Court had granted former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori provisional liberty earlier in the day. In announcing its 4-1 decision, the Court said granting provisional liberty did not constitute a "danger for society or t [...] | 2006-05-18 21:24:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KJUS PE CI |
06SANTIAGO211 | MEDIA REACTION -LUCIA PINOCHET [...] On January 28-31 Santiago dailies had extensive coverage of Lucia Pinochet's decision to withdraw her request for political asylum in the United States. A significant part of that coverage focused on describing the Arlington detention center in which Pinochet was detained and highlighting that [...] | 2006-01-31 21:20:00 | Embassy Santiago | UNCLASSIFIED | OPRC KMDR KPAO PHUM PREL KJUS CI |
06SANTODOMINGO1468 | U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL GONZALES AT OAS JUSTICE [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 24 and 25, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales attended the 6th Regular Meeting of Ministers of Justice and Attorneys General of the Americas (REMJA-VI),held in Santo Domingo. A hour-long conversation with President Leonel Fernandez provided suggestions for improv [...] | 2006-05-04 11:15:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL PTER SNAR KCRM KJUS OAS DR TD VE |
06SANTODOMINGO168 | HAITIAN MIGRANT DEATHS REVEAL WEAK BORDER CONTROLS [...] (C) Summary. The January 11 death by suffocation of 24 illegal Haitian migrants has triggered a Dominican Government response that includes a formal apology to Haitian authorities, a presidential promise to seek justice with the formation of a "blue-ribbon" investigative committee, and the ne [...] | 2006-01-13 23:12:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | DR ELTN HA KJUS MARR PREF PREL SOCI |
06SANTODOMINGO1955 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC EMBRACES IACHR: PLACES JUDGE [...] (U) Long-time Foreign Ministry professional Dr. Radhys Abreu de Polanco was elected from among 6 candidates during the recent OAS General Assembly (June 4-6) to serve a term as judge on the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACHR). She is one of six judges; each has a term of six years wit [...] | 2006-06-12 20:16:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS OAS DR HA |
06SANTODOMINGO2195 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC GATHERING COMMENTS ON OAS MLAT [...] Using reftel talking points, Embassy delivered on July 3 a demarche suggesting Dominican signature and ratification of the Inter-American Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (OAS MLAT) and associated Optional Protocol to Minister-Counselor Carmen Contreras of the Ministry of Fo [...] | 2006-07-05 14:00:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS DR |
06SANTODOMINGO2785 | CALL ON NEW DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL RADHAMES [...] (SBU) On August 22, Ambassador Hertell, accompanied by DCM, poloff, NAS, RSO, and representatives from DHS, FBI, USAID, and the U.S. Marshals Service, met recently sworn-in Attorney General Radhames Jimenez Pena in a one-hour courtesy call also attended by members of the media. Jimenez, who l [...] | 2006-08-29 10:37:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SNAR KCRM KJUS DR JIMENEZ |
06SANTODOMINGO2941 | DOMINICAN SUPREME COURT PRESIDENT SUBERO ISA CONFIRMS CORRUPTION, COMPLEMENTS COOPERATION [...] No summary [...] | 2006-09-13 16:45:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS KJUS KCOR DR |
06SANTODOMINGO3398 | LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENT PROJECT PERIODIC [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Santo Domingo Law Enforcement Development program has continued to make significant progress in assisting the Dominican National police's (DNP) transition to a professional civilian authority. Police reform initiatives launched within the last year are consistent with n [...] | 2006-10-30 19:26:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS DR |
06SANTODOMINGO344 | DOMINICAN ATTORNEY GENERAL TO RUN FOR SENATE; [...] (C) Summary: On January 26 Dominican Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito previewed for the Ambassador that, at the request of his political party (the ruling PLD),he will take a three-month leave of absence to run for senator from Santiago in the May 16 election. He is responding to [...] | 2006-02-01 13:57:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV DR SNAR KJUS KCOR EFIN PHUM NU HA |
06SANTODOMINGO3601 | DOMINICAN POLITICS III, 11: SANTIAGO: CRIME, PARTY [...] (C) Summary. The early November visit of POLOFFs to Santiago (est. population 700,000),the Dominican Republic's second largest city, provided some surprises, but also confirmed many of the trends we see in Santo Domingo. The Mayor openly admitted having "ghost employees" on the payroll, whil [...] | 2006-11-29 20:13:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS VE DR |
06SANTODOMINGO657 | DOMINICAN PRESIDENT FERNANDEZ ON HAITI, BORDER [...] (C) Summary: On February 16 President Fernandez told the Ambassador he expects Haitian President-elect Preval will pay his first foreign visit to the Dominican Republic. Fernandez expressed keen interest in the possibility of President Bush's attendance at a May 30-31 regional summit in Santo [...] | 2006-02-24 20:58:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL DR HA EXIM SNAR KCOR KJUS PHUM ETRD |
06SANTODOMINGO778 | CORRECTED: PROPOSAL FOR LABOR JUSTICE ACTIVITIES [...] Summary: This is the corrected 2006 Embassy request for funding of a Dominican Republic Labor Justice capacity building program to support implementation of the Free Trade Agreement between the Dominican Republic and the United States and enforcement of the Dominican Labor Law. This program [...] | 2006-03-03 23:08:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EAID ETRD KJUS DR |
06SAOPAULO1197 | AUSTR EISSENSTAT VISIT TO SAO PAULO [...] (SBU) Summary. Following their attendance at the Bilateral Consultative Mechanism Meeting in Brasilia on October 16 (Reftel B),AUSTR for Latin America Everett Eissenstat, AUSTR for Industry Meredith Broadbent, and USTR Brazil and Southern Cone Director Sue Cronin visited Sao Paulo. They met [...] | 2006-11-16 17:52:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON EINV KJUS BR |
06SAOPAULO1206 | FAVORABLE TRENDS IN FIGHTING IPR PIRACY IN SAO PAULO [...] (U) Econoff met recently with Marcio Vaz Guimaraes de Souza Netto, the head of the Sao Paulo State Interagency Council to Combat Piracy, to discuss recent activities of the organization and new developments in the fight against piracy. The Council has been reaching out to law enforcement in o [...] | 2006-11-21 17:22:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON KJUS BR |
06SAOPAULO207 | Destruction of Pirated Software in Sao Paulo [...] (U) On 21 February 2006, the Business Software Alliance (BSA) sponsored the destruction of more than 500,000 pirated software discs outside Sao Paulo's Pacaembu Stadium. The contraband was displayed publicly and then ceremoniously destroyed by feeding discs into a wood chipper. This event hig [...] | 2006-02-23 19:27:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD KJUS BR |
06SAOPAULO55 | IPR Advocacy Efforts Pay Dividends [...] Summary: In response to sustained Consulate advocacy efforts, Sao Paulo Governor (and possible PSDB presidential candidate) Geraldo Alckmin launched an Interagency Committee to Combat Piracy (CICP),which will improve coordination among local, state and federal copyright piracy enforcement off [...] | 2006-01-19 18:51:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD KJUS BR |
06SAOPAULO577 | Building on Momentum: Sao Paulo Forms IPR Working Group [...] (U) Through sustained outreach over the last year, Post has successfully raised the profile of IPR problems in the consular district and forged relationships with local business and law enforcement interlocutors as effective means for encouraging improved IPR protection. To build on recent su [...] | 2006-05-24 09:42:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD KJUS EIND EAGR BR |
06SAOPAULO910 | BRAZIL'S NATIONAL PLAN TO COMBAT PIRACY: AN UPDATE ON [...] SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED; PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY 2. (U) Summary. At the July 26 Sao Paulo meeting of Brazil's National Council to Combat Piracy and Intellectual Property Crimes, the public-private Forum Against Piracy and Illegality (FNCP) officially became an autonomous unit of the [...] | 2006-08-18 15:04:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON KJUS BR |
06SARAJEVO1148 | BOSNIA: POLICE REFORM FOUNDERING ON ROCKY SHORES [...] (C) SUMMARY. On May 3, the Police Reform Directorate (PRD),by majority vote, approved a plan for a a single police structure consisting of two tiers (state and local) with budget and legislation at the state-level (BiH Parliament). Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik has publicly oppose [...] | 2006-05-22 17:25:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER KCRM KJUS BK |
06SARAJEVO1235 | BOSNIA: POLICE REFORM STATE OF PLAY [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Police Reform Directorate (PRD) held its 12th and 13th meetings on May 24 and 31 with the Republika Srpska (RS) representative (RS police director Smajlovic) in attendance solely as an observer. RS PM Dodik revoked full RS participation in the PRD, in part because of its Ma [...] | 2006-06-02 09:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER KCRM KJUS BK |
06SARAJEVO1451 | BOSNIA: NEW REPUBLIKA SRPSKA POLICE DIRECTOR - [...] (C) The Republika Srpska (RS) confirmed the appointment of relatively unknown Uros Pena as the new RS Police Director on June 23, replacing controversial former director Dragomir Andan. Andan resigned in April under pressure from ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte, who accused Andan of cr [...] | 2006-06-27 14:55:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PTER PGOV PINR PREL BK |
06SARAJEVO1664 | BOSNIA: ORGANIZED CRIME AND CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ten years after the war, Bosnia remains in many ways a traumatized, post-Communist, post-war society. Crime and corruption are serious problems and touch nearly every aspect of life. Criminal clans aligned with politicians and political parties are still prospering and are desc [...] | 2006-07-25 10:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | PINR KJUS MOPS PGOV PREL PTER KCRM BK |
06SARAJEVO1747 | BOSNIA: POLICE REFORM AND RS PM DODIK [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Police Reform Directorate (PRD) held its 16th meeting on July 26 and is close to an agreement on the basic model, but without Republika Srpska (RS) input, because the official RS representative is an observer-only. Prior to the meeting, the Ambassador discussed police reform [...] | 2006-08-03 17:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER KCRM KJUS BK |
06SARAJEVO1852 | BOSNIA - OPERATION STORM STIRS UP A TEMPEST [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: The airing of two videos allegedly documenting war crimes committed against Serbs during Operation Storm in 1995 has set off a political firestorm in Bosnia. The intensity of the political firestorm has been fueled in part by Serb accusations against a prominent Bosniak war he [...] | 2006-08-14 09:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KAWC KJUS PGOV PINR PREL |
06SARAJEVO1980 | BOSNIA - HIREP LAYS OUT POLICE REFORM STRATEGY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On August 24, OHR High Representative Schwartz-Schilling and Head of the EU Police Mission Coppola briefed key Ambassadors, including the U.S., about police reform. Schwartz-Schilling announced that he planned to conduct political negotiations on police reform, but only on the ba [...] | 2006-08-29 10:09:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KCRM KJUS BI |
06SARAJEVO2199 | BOSNIA - SERB PARTIES SET BACK OUR BRCKO AGENDA [...] (SBU) The final pre-election session of the State-level House of Representatives (HoR) took place on September 18. The HoR had been scheduled to take up amendments to the Law on the Council of Ministers (CoM) that would provide a permanent legal basis for the Brcko District Office (BDO) in Sar [...] | 2006-09-19 15:29:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS BK |
06SARAJEVO2725 | BOSNIA'S STATE COURT CONVICTS MAJOR PIFWC [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On October 27, the State Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina sentenced suspected PIFWC Karadzic financier Momcilo Mandic and former Serb Republic official Milorad Govedarica to prison for abuse of office and banking fraud. The men were acquitted of more serious war crimes-related c [...] | 2006-11-02 15:28:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | BK KCRM KDEM KJUS PGOV ICTY KWAC |
06SARAJEVO2918 | COVIC CONVICTED [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On November 17, Dragan Covic, ousted Croat member of the Bosnian Tri-Presidency and Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ-BiH) President, was convicted on one count of abuse of office. Covic was taken into custody immediately to serve his sentence of five years. Covic's six [...] | 2006-11-17 17:31:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV BK |
06SARAJEVO2999 | BOSNIAN POLICE REFORM: A TROUBLED PROCESS COMES [...] (C) Summary: The Office of the High Representative (OHR) has proposed a third initiative, in as many months, to salvage the stalled police reform process by facilitating political talks in Banja Luka and on the margins of the December PIC in Brussels. The new OHR strategy seeks to simultaneou [...] | 2006-11-27 16:36:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET//NOFORN | BK KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL EUN |
06SARAJEVO3057 | BOSNIAN RESPONSE CONCERNING EXTRADITION OF OSMAN [...] On November 29,2006, Post received an official response concerning the Department's inquiry into whether Osman Sabic would be able to appeal his 1999 conviction in absentia for murder if extradicted to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) Una Sana Canto [...] | 2006-11-30 15:00:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM KJUS BK |
06SARAJEVO3060 | CORRECTED COPY: BOSNIAN RESPONSE CONCERNING [...] This message corrects an error in paragraph two of Sarajevo 3057 that incorrectly identified the date of the letter from Velika Kladusa Municipal Court. This message supercedes Sarajevo 3057 (REF. A). 2. On November 29,2006, Post received an official response concerning the Department's inq [...] | 2006-12-01 09:46:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | CJAN CVIS KCRM KJUS BK |
06SARAJEVO3185 | BOSNIA - FEDERATION POLICE CHIEF FACES OUSTER [...] (C) Longstanding political and personal feuds between Zlatko Miletic, Director of the Federation Police, and members of the Federation government have resulted in procedural attempts to remove Miletic from his position. Miletic has been an effective mission counterpart on security issues and h [...] | 2006-12-18 11:58:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM PTER BK |
06SARAJEVO3209 | BOSNIA - GBIH OPTS FOR UNILATERAL ACTION ON [...] (C/NF) Summary: After several years of lobbying the United Nations to revise its stance on police officers decertified by the United Nations International Police Task Force (UNIPTF),the Bosnian Government has opted for unilateral action. Rather than accept a UN proposed compromise to allow t [...] | 2006-12-20 17:05:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS EUN BK |
06SARAJEVO3271 | BOSNIA: POLICE REFORM DIRECTORATE REPORT COMPLETE [...] (C) Summary: The Police Reform Directorate (PRD) issued its final report on December 22, but the process of political approval and implementation remains at an impasse despite US and EU warnings that without agreement Bosnia cannot sign a Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA) until poli [...] | 2006-12-29 13:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KCRM KJUS EUN BK |
06SARAJEVO768 | BOSNIA: CONTROVERSIAL REPUBLIKA SRPSKA POLICE [...] (C) SUMMARY. Controversial Republika Srpska (RS) Police Director Dragomir Andan tendered his resignation April 7th. The immediate catalyst for his resignation was a letter sent to RS PM Milorad Dodik and the High Rep by ICTY Chief Prosecutor Carla del Ponte. The letter alleges lack of coope [...] | 2006-04-12 10:59:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL PTER KCRM KJUS BK |
06SHANGHAI6861 | CHINESE LEGAL EXPERTS CALL FOR REFORM [...] (C) Summary: Chinese Prosecutors, judges and legal scholars attending the 2006 China Litigation Law National Conference in Hangzhou from September 27-28 urged that amendments to the Criminal Procedure Law include provisions to protect human rights and constrain governmental power through due p [...] | 2006-10-25 09:31:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM SOCI KJUS CH |
06SINGAPORE274 | DPM JAYAKUMAR ON MLAT AND TERRORISM [...] (SBU) Summary: On January 26, the Ambassador raised the U.S. interest in concluding a Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) and Minister for Law S. Jayakumar. DPM Jayakumar noted the recent efforts by the GOS to amend its Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters [...] | 2006-02-02 01:09:00 | Embassy Singapore | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PTER KIPR ECON KJUS KTIA KCRM SN |
06SOFIA1661 | ANTI-OC TRAINING CENTER: BULGARIA READY TO HOST [...] (SBU) Introduction and Summary: Mission strongly supports establishment of a South Eastern European Regional Organized Crime Training Center (SEEROCTC). We believe a center located in Bulgaria will advance U.S. rule of law objectives here and regionally. A center in Bulgaria would build on an [...] | 2006-12-13 11:13:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KCRM EAID KJUS KCOR SNAR KPAO BU |
06SOFIA249 | PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES APPROVE BULGARIAN MISSION [...] The parliamentary committees on foreign policy and defense voted in a joint session February 15 to approve the proposal to send Bulgarian military personnel to Camp Ashraf in Iraq. Four MPs from the ultra-nationalist Ataka party voted against the proposal as expected, and the other 14 MPs re [...] | 2006-02-16 15:14:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM EU IZ BU |
06SOFIA250 | BULGARIAN CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS: TOO FAR OR NOT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Bulgarian parliament is currently considering a package of proposed constitutional amendments aimed at implementing judicial reform and responding to EU criticism of the judicial system. While most observers view the package as essentially well-meaning, concerns have been r [...] | 2006-02-17 07:52:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM EU BU |
06SOFIA267 | PARLIAMENT APPROVES BULGARIAN MILITARY DEPLOYMENT [...] (SBU) Bulgaria's ruling three-party coalition won parliamentary approval February 22 to send 155 Bulgarian military personnel to Camp Ashraf, Iraq. The vote was 151 to 14 with one abstention. This decision clears the final hurdle in the GOB's political approval process for the mission and hi [...] | 2006-02-22 16:06:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM EU IZ BU |
06SOFIA468 | BULGARIAN TROOPS LEAVE FOR IRAQ [...] (U) A contingent of 153 soldiers departed Bulgaria March 30 to begin its mission at Camp Ashraf, located 70 kilometers north of Baghdad. The unit will replace a U.S. Army military police company, providing security for defectors from the Mujahedeen-e-Khalq (MEK),an Iranian opposition group. [...] | 2006-03-30 13:45:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM EU IZ BU |
06TEGUCIGALPA139 | HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENQL [...] (U) Summary: New Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, will face a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. There were national elections for a new President, the unicameral Congress, and all 298 municipalities on November 27, 2005; Congress will b [...] | 2006-01-24 01:28:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON MOPS SNAR PTER KJUS HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA192 | HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA'S INAUGURATION GOES WELL [...] (SBU) Summary: On Thursday, January 26, 2006 a U.S. Presidential Delegation, led by Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, arrived in Tegucigalpa to attend the inauguration of Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales. While the weeks and days leading to the events were plagued with confusion and inde [...] | 2006-01-31 22:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL ETRD ECON KJUS SNAR PINR HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA193 | HONDURAN PRESIDENT ZELAYA HOLDS FIRST BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Directly after his swearing-in ceremony on Friday, January 27, 2006, President Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales met with Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales and the rest of the official U.S. Presidential Delegation. While a variety of issues were discussed in a short time, it [...] | 2006-01-31 22:08:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV ETRD ECON KJUS SNAR SMIG PINR HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA268 | HONDURAN IMMIGRATION: THE PROBLEMS PERSIST, BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. Post worked closely with the outgoing Maduro Administration during its final months in office to both urge and assist reform of the Honduran immigration service. Post has presented the GOH with solid evidence of ongoing corruption in the immigration service that is directly ab [...] | 2006-02-13 19:12:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PGOV PREL ETRD PINS KCRM KJUS ASEC HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA271 | NEW HONDURAN TELECOM LAW PUT ON HOLD [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the face of rising opposition, a new draft telecommunications law designed to open the market to competition and meet CAFTA requirements was not introduced to Congress. A last-minute attempt to introduce competition specifically into international calling was also derailed. K [...] | 2006-02-13 22:03:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON ECPS ELAB HO KJUS KPRV PGOV PINR |
06TEGUCIGALPA33 | HONDURAS: 13 PRISONERS KILLED BY OTHER [...] Summary: On January 5, at approximately 3pm local time, A violent conflict occurred in which 13 prisoners were killed and up to 38 prisoners injured within Tamara National Penitentiary outside of Tegucigalpa, Honduras. This was reported by both the press and by Embassy sources. It was report [...] | 2006-01-06 23:41:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM SNAR KCRM KJUS CASC ASEC HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA432 | Proposal for Strengthening Honduran Judicial [...] Summary: As per the referenced cable, Congress appropriated $40 million ($20 million in ESF and $20 million in DA) in FY 2006 for trade capacity building in CAFTA-DR countries to be used in the areas of labor and the environment. This proposal is the third of three USAID/Honduras responses to [...] | 2006-03-06 20:27:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD EAID ECON PGOV KJUS HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA459 | HONDURAS TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT 2005/2006 [...] (SBU) The following is the 2005/2006 Anti-Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report input for Honduras, responding to questions posed in ref A. Post point of contact is Political Officer Swati M. Patel, phone: (504) 236-9320, ext. 4394, IVG phone: 539-4394, fax: (504) 238-4446, and unclassified and [...] | 2006-03-08 23:58:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG KJUS ASEC PREF ELAB HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA575 | HONDURAN IMMIGRATION: THE ZELAYA ADMINISTRATION [...] (SBU) Summary. The Consul General (CG) met on March 6 and 14 with senior officials in the Honduran Immigration Service and they presented a picture of continued confusion and corruption at the Immigration Service. President Zelaya told the Ambassador on March 14 that a new Director of Immigr [...] | 2006-03-23 18:49:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PGOV PREL ETRD PINS KCRM KJUS ASEC HO |
06TEGUCIGALPA743 | HONDURAS SCENESETTER FOR DAS WHA MADISON, VISIT TO [...] (U) Summary: New Honduran President, Jose Manuel "Mel" Zelaya Rosales, will face a difficult task leading one of the poorest countries in Latin America. On November 27, 2005, there were national elections for a new President, the unicameral Congress, and all 298 municipalities; a new (and ov [...] | 2006-04-21 17:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PREL PGOV ECON ECIN MOPS SNAR PTER KJUS |
06TEGUCIGALPA872 | POTUS Meeting June 5 With Honduran President Mel [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: One hundred days into his term, President Mel Zelaya remains somewhat of an enigma. On the positive side, he has strongly supported CAFTA; cooperated fully with the DHS/ICE deportation of illegal immigrants (nearly 200 daily); acted - with limited resources - to combat the expl [...] | 2006-05-12 12:19:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV EPET SNAR EAID SENV KJUS HO |
06TELAVIV2621 | ISRAELI MINISTER OF JUSTICE CONCERNED WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 28 meeting with Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, Minister of Justice Haim Ramon encouraged the United States to take action at the United Nations regarding Khalid Misha'al, whom Israel believes is behind the kidnapping of an Israeli soldier at Kerem Shalom. Ramon also [...] | 2006-06-30 09:40:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KPAL KJUS IS GTIP GOI INTERNAL ISRAELI PALESTINIAN AFFAIRS ISRAEL RELATIONS |
06TELAVIV3366 | SENATOR SPECTER AND ISRAELI CHIEF JUSTICE BARAK [...] (SBU) SUMMARY Senator Arlen Specter (R-PA) met with Israeli Supreme Court Chief Justice Aharon Barak at the Supreme Court Building in Jerusalem on August 20. Justice Barak, who is retiring in September, dropped several hints that he might be expecting a call to lead a commission of inquiry if [...] | 2006-08-24 11:17:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PREL IS |
06TELAVIV3705 | POWERS OF INQUIRY: THE PROPOSED WINOGRAD COMMITTEE V. A [...] Summary and Introduction: After several false starts (reftels),Prime Minister Olmert proposed and the government approved a "Government Review Committee" to "examine the functioning of both the political leadership and the security establishment regarding the campaign in the north." The Gov [...] | 2006-09-18 10:34:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KJUS IS LE |
06TELAVIV4155 | ISRAEL PASSES NEW TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS LAW [...] (SUMMARY) The Knesset approved October 17 a law to strengthen and broaden penalties for human trafficking, an objective that Post has been advocating for and that the Olmert government strongly embraced. MK Zehava Gal-On (Meretz) drafted the law, which was supported by the government and pa [...] | 2006-10-20 04:52:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB GTIP PHUM IS KCRM KJUS |
06TELAVIV4675 | TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT FOR ISRAEL [...] (Summary) The Government of Israel has taken several important actions to combat human trafficking since the 2006 TIP Report was written. On October 19, it amended Israel's trafficking in persons law to include labor trafficking, the most serious deficiency noted in the TIP report. The gov [...] | 2006-11-29 16:10:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB GTIP PHUM IS KCRM KJUS |
06TELAVIV4742 | THE PROPER ORDER OF GOVERNMENT: CORRUPTION AND THE ROLES [...] The proliferation of allegations and investigations into the conduct of public sector officials recently prompted questions as to whether Israel's norms of public life have indeed reached an unprecedented nadir, or whether oversight in the person and functioning of the Attorney General and the [...] | 2006-12-06 12:41:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KJUS IS |
06TELAVIV5005 | SENATOR SPECTER'S MEETING WITH LIKUD LEADER [...] (C) Summary: Senator Arlen Specter (PA) and the Ambassador met with former prime minister (PM) and current Likud Party leader Binyamin Netanyahu on December 27 to discuss Syria and the Iranian nuclear threat. Senator Specter reported on Syrian President Asad's interest in negotiations with [...] | 2006-12-29 14:37:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER IS IR SY KJUS IN |
06THEHAGUE1628 | OUTREACH ON DETAINEE POLICY MAKES INROADS [...] No summary [...] | 2006-07-27 13:20:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KAWC KJUS KPAO PHUM NL |
06THEHAGUE2277 | SCENESETTER FOR ATT... [...] (SBU) We warmly welcome your visit to the Netherlands, the first by an Attorney General since Attorney General Aschroft visited in September 2004. There are four important issues where you can advance our law enforcement agenda: (1) Establish a strong working relationship with new Minister o [...] | 2006-10-19 15:25:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OVIP PTER SNAR PREL PGOV KJUS PINR NL |
06THEHAGUE2301 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR USEU DELEGATION TO [...] Country clearance is granted for Mark Richard, James McAnulty, Thomas Scarantino and Kathleen Conway to visit the Netherlands from October 24-26, 2006 to attend attend meetings at Europol and attend selected sessions of the cyber-crime Conference. 2. Embassy control officer for the visit [...] | 2006-10-24 14:47:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA EUN KCRM KJUS NL |
06THEHAGUE427 | NETHERLANDS/CHINA: PROPOSED JOINT DEMARCHE ON [...] (C) On February 24, Poloff delivered reftel demarche regarding a proposed joint demarche on certain Chinese prisoners cases to Sandra Pellegrom in the Dutch MFA's Human Rights and Peacebuilding Department. According to Pellegrom, the GONL is not opposed, in principle, to such joint efforts. [...] | 2006-02-27 16:22:00 | Embassy The Hague | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PREL CM NL |
06TIRANA559 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AFFIRMS JUDICIAL Q@%Q@AQQN(U) Under the Albanian [...] No summary [...] | 2006-05-26 13:53:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS AL |
06TIRANA798 | PARLIAMENT VOTES TO DISMISS PROSECUTOR GENERAL; [...] (C) SUMMARY: As expected, Parliament approved the Special Investigative Committee report recommending that President Moisiu dismiss Prosecutor General Sollaku. The ball is now in Moisiu's court. The President is determined not to dismiss Sollaku, but he is seeking international cover for [...] | 2006-07-28 12:58:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM AL |
06USUNNEWYORK1093 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] SUMMARY: Members of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee communicated May 25 via videoconference with Court Registrar Lovemore Munlo and other Court officials to discuss the proposed $26.8 million budget projected for July 2006-June 2007, progress in the three trials now underw [...] | 2006-05-31 18:51:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
06USUNNEWYORK1180 | ICTY/ICTR PRESIDENTS, PROSECUTORS BRIEF SECURITY [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: The Presidents of and Prosecutors for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) briefed the Security Council June 7 on their progress toward implementation of the Completion Strategy of the re [...] | 2006-06-09 19:47:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICTY KJUS UNSC ICTR |
06USUNNEWYORK1197 | SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1687 [...] No summary [...] | 2006-06-13 22:57:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICTR KJUS UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK1283 | SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES INTERNATIONAL LAW [...] BEGIN SUMMARY: Security Council members joined by 16 other representatives of UN Missions debated the topic of the Security Council and international law on June 22, 2006. Nicolas Michel, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, and President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ),Ro [...] | 2006-06-29 13:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KJUS UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK1779 | SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT PROSECUTOR CANDIDATES - [...] As instructed reftel, USUN Legal Adviser contacted UN Deputy Legal Counsel Larry Johnson to share US views on candidates to replace Desmond de Silva as Prosecutor for the Sierra Leone Special Court. Earlier in the day, the same information had been passed to UK Legal Adviser Huw Llwellyn who [...] | 2006-09-11 21:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS |
06USUNNEWYORK2177 | SELECTION OF PROSECUTOR FOR SPECIAL COURT SIERRA [...] USUN Legal Adviser contacted UN Assistant Secretary General for Legal Affairs Johnson on November 20 to raise the issues (reftel) pertaining to the selection of a new Prosecutor for the SCSL. Johnson confirmed that the UN has recommended a candidate to fill this position to the Government o [...] | 2006-11-22 00:21:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS SL USUN |
06USUNNEWYORK387 | SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS AMENDMENTS TO THE YUGOSLAV [...] The Security Council, February 28, adopted (15-0-0) resolution 1660 (reftel),which amends the statute of the Tribunal to allow for the appointment of reserve judges from among the ad litem judges . The reserve judges would be present at each stage of a trial to [...] | 2006-02-28 23:52:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICTY KJUS UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK514 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] USUN management-reform (M/R) officer joined other Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee members in a formal meeting March 13 to discuss the Committee's upcoming trip to Freetown, the Court's precarious financial future, and the need to prod the Court's judges to increase judicial ef [...] | 2006-03-16 14:31:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
06USUNNEWYORK669 | YUGOSLAV WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL BRIEFS ON MILOSEVIC [...] At the request of the Russian Federation, the President of the Yugoslav War Crimes Tribunal (ICTY) Fausto Pocar briefed SC members via videoconference on the investigation of the deaths of Milan Babic and Slobodan Milosevic. After Pocar's report, Russia's representative asked a series of que [...] | 2006-04-03 14:10:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC ICTY KJUS UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK748 | YUGOSLAV TRIBUNAL REQUESTS AN EXTENSION FOR A JUDGE [...] Action Request. Para 1. On March 27 the Secretary General forwarded to the Security Council a request from the President of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia to extend the term of Judge Canivell to enable him to complete a trial. At SC consultations today, the SC Presid [...] | 2006-04-07 19:35:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICTY KJUS UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK750 | YUGOSLAV TRIBUNAL (ICTY) REQUESTS AN EXTENSION FOR [...] As instructed reftel, USUN joined consensus on the draft resolution to extend the term of an ICTY judge to enable him to complete the Krajisnik trial. The draft was adopted (15-0-0) as SC resolution 1668. 2. After the vote, the Russian Federation stated that they had joined consensus but [...] | 2006-04-10 20:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC ICTY KJUS UNSC |
06USUNNEWYORK973 | PRESS REPORTS AMERICAN ARRESTED IN SIERRA LEONE [...] (SBU) UN LEGAL OFFICE INFORMED USUN MAY 11 THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED REPORTS FROM THE SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT REGISTRAR, LOVEMORE MANLO,THAT AMERICAN CITIZEN MICHAEL CHEMIDLINE HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH "CONSPIRACY TO ENGAGE IN A PURPOSE PREJUDICIAL TO THE STATE OF SIERRA LEONE" UN [...] | 2006-05-12 20:58:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS SL |
06VIENNA811 | BERN PROCESS: AUSTRIAN/EU VIEWS ON CHINESE [...] (C) EconPolOff delivered reftel points on March 14 to Engelbert Theuermann, MFA A/S-equivalent for Human Rights and Thomas Unger, Human Rights Bureau desk officer. (Unger participated in the December 1-2 Bern Process meetings in Brussels). Theuermann and Unger, speaking for the EU Presidency [...] | 2006-03-17 08:24:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KJUS CM AU EUN |
06VILNIUS355 | RUSSIAN BANKER BABENKO'S PRISON TIME EXTENDED; [...] A Vilnius court extended the imprisonment of former Russian banker Igor Babenko for three months on April 7. After the Vilnius court ruled on September 8, 2005, to extradite Babenko (reftel),the Migration Department subsequently granted asylum status on January 30. The Prosecutor General app [...] | 2006-04-12 10:27:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ENRG EFIN KCRM KJUS PHUM LH RS |
06VILNIUS379 | PROSECUTORS APPEAL SENTENCING OF CONVICTED NAZI [...] Lithuania,s Prosecutor General,s Office appealed on April 14 the lack of a sentence for convicted Nazi collaborator Algimantas Mykolas Dailide. The 85 year-old Dailide was convicted of crimes against Jews for his collaboration with the Nazis on March 27, but the court imposed no sentence due [...] | 2006-04-21 14:08:00 | Embassy Vilnius | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PHUM CPAS LH |
06WARSAW1570 | OPERATION PROMISED LAND - ITALIANS AND POLES TAKE [...] Summary: On July 18, Polish and Italian police made simultaneous arrests of 25 individuals allegedly involved in the trafficking and forced labor of an estimated 1000 Polish citizens in the Apulia region of southern Italy. PolOff and LegAtt met with the Polish police officers involved in the [...] | 2006-08-02 08:49:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KJUS KCRM PGOV PL |
06WARSAW2511 | POLAND: GOVERNMENT STEPS UP EFFORTS VS. FORCED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In the months since stories broke of Poles trafficked to Spain and Italy for forced labor (Reftel) the Polish government has stepped up efforts in the fight against human trafficking. The Polish National Police (PNP) has supplemented the five person Central Anti-Trafficking Uni [...] | 2006-12-06 15:45:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS KCRM PGOV IT PL SP SW UK |
06YEREVAN1419 | ARMENIA NARROWLY AVOIDS A MAJOR MISSTEP IN PROPOSED LEGAL [...] (SBU) A recent attempt by the Armenian Ministry of Justice to propose judicial reforms in the chaotic area of expert witnesses came perilously close to making a bad situation worse in criminal, civil, and administrative legal proceedings. During the week of September 11-15, 2006, representativ [...] | 2006-10-11 09:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS AM |
06ZAGREB1334 | MAINTAINING BILATERAL MOMENTUM AFTER PM'S WHITE [...] (C) SUMMARY: As discussed at PM Sanader's October 18 lunch with the Vice-President, the Ambassador and FM Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic began a series of regular reviews of outstanding bilateral issues October 27. State Secretary Hidajet Biscevic and DCM also attended. Embassy provides this overv [...] | 2006-11-06 11:48:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAIR ETRD PHUM KJUS HR |
06ZAGREB1338 | CROATIA INCSR 2006 - PART ONE [...] (U) Below please find per reftel request, part one of post's submission for the annual International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. Part two on money laundering will be submitted septel. I. Summary Croatia is not a producer of narcotics. However, narcotics smuggling, particularly heroi [...] | 2006-11-06 14:52:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL KJUS KCRM HR |
06ZAGREB348 | NEW JUSTICE MINISTER PUSHES FOR REFORM RESULTS [...] (C) SUMMARY and COMMENT: In a March 2 introductory call on new Justice Minister Ana Lovrin, Ambassador Frank urged the continuation of Croatia,s ambitious judicial reform program. Lovrin said that the judicial reforms started by her predecessor would be continued, and that she expected to see [...] | 2006-03-14 15:51:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS CASC CJAN HR |
06ZAGREB384 | NEW CROATIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY LATEST [...] (SBU) On March 16 the GoC approved and sent to the Sabor for ratification a new Strategy for the Battle Against Corruption. In presenting the Strategy to the public the previous week, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader emphasized that the battle against corruption is a permanent war that the Governme [...] | 2006-03-22 14:20:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM HR |
06ZAGREB475 | CROATIA,S ANTI-TIP AND POLICE REFORM EFFORTS GET [...] (U) Ambassador Frank and Minister of Interior Ivica Kirin gave Croatia,s anti-TIP efforts a strong push on April 11 with a public ceremony to mark the handover of FBI-funded computer equipment to the Croatian police (MUP). Most of the major print media covered the donation, and several local [...] | 2006-04-13 13:14:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL ETTC HR |
06ZAGREB526 | CROATIA SEEKS POLICE COOPERATION AGREEMENT [...] (U) This is an action request for EUR/SCE. SUMMARY and ACTION REQUEST -------------------------- 2. (C) In an April 11 meeting, Minister of Interior Ivica Kirin asked the Ambassador to support the signing of a bilateral police cooperation agreement. As per ref A which provided the Depar [...] | 2006-04-26 11:16:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KCRM PTER PREL ASEC HR |
06ZAGREB846 | JUSTICE MINISTER - PROPERTY RESTITUTION ONE STEP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a July 12 introductory call on Justice Minister Ana Lovrin, Ambassador Bradtke stressed the importance the USG places on Croatia's continued judicial reforms and on creation of a fair and transparent process in dealing with property restitution claims from the time of the for [...] | 2006-07-14 13:41:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS CASC CJAN HR HUMAN RIGHTS |
07ABUDHABI1824 | Supporting Argentina's Request for Interpol Approval of Red [...] (S) On November 1, DCM spoke with UAE's designated representative at November 5-8 INTERPOL General Assembly in Marrakech, Ministry of Interior Director of Interpol, Lt. Col. Ali Salem Al Khayal, strongly supporting message conveyed on October 28 by Argentinian ambassador to the UAE, Ruben Edwa [...] | 2007-11-01 15:24:00 | Embassy Abu Dhabi | SECRET | PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR AE |
07ABUJA1153 | President Yar'Adua's First Appointments [...] Summary: President Yar'Adua made some of the first official appointments to his government on May 30. He announced that Ambassador Babagana Kingibe is the new Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF),while Major-General Abdullahi Mohammed retains the post of Chief of Staff and Ma [...] | 2007-06-07 13:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR KJUS NI |
07ABUJA1397 | NIGERIA: ELECTION TRIBUNALS (PART I) [...] According to the Nigerian Constitution and 2006 Electoral Act, any aggrieved political party or candidate may contest the conduct or result of the April elections, including the gubernatorial and presidential races. Special election tribunals, located in the Federal Court of Appeal for the p [...] | 2007-07-02 16:10:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KJUS KDEM NI |
07ABUJA1440 | NIGERIA: ELECTION TRIBUNALS (PART II) - [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The results of the April 14 gubernatorial elections are being contested in specially established state election tribunals (Ref. A). While most gubernatorial election tribunals have yet to convene, petitions from aggrieved candidates and parties, including the ruling People's D [...] | 2007-07-06 13:22:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR KJUS KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
07ABUJA1467 | NIGERIA: ELECTION TRIBUNALS (PART III) - [...] (C) SUMMARY: PolOff met with a legal advisor to Buhari and Atiku, former Kaduna High Court Justice Usman Mohammed (strictly protect) who provided insight into the legal strategies Buhari and Atiku's counsels are employing as they head to the Presidential Election Tribunal, currently underway [...] | 2007-07-11 11:50:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KDEM NI ELECTIONS |
07ABUJA1534 | NIGERIAN JTF EXACERBATES CHEVRON'S OIL BUNKERING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ambassador Campbell on June 18 met with Chevron's Chief Nigeria Security manager Peter Williams (strictly protect) to discuss Chevron's operations in the Niger Delta region and security challenges facing oil production. Williams remarked many Nigerian security operators were not [...] | 2007-07-18 12:39:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC EPET KJUS ENRG NI |
07ABUJA1535 | EFCC ARRESTS FORMER GOVERNORS [...] (U) The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested four former governors on allegations of money laundering, diversion of public funds for private use, conspiracy to steal, and abuse of office. Former governors Orji Kalu of Abia State and Saminu Turaki of Jigawa State were [...] | 2007-07-18 13:21:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR NI |
07ABUJA1626 | JULY 2007: NORTHERN NIGERIA POLITICAL TIDBITS [...] (U) This cable is a roundup of recent political developments across northern Nigeria. --------------------------------------------- GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION TRIBUNAL UPDATE --------------------------------------------- - 2. (SBU) As noted in Ref. A, election tribunals across the country ha [...] | 2007-07-27 12:26:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KISL KJUS NI |
07ABUJA1693 | YAR'ADUA LAWYER ON PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TRIBUNAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a conversation with PolOff that appeared at times incongruent and contradictory, Kabiru Turaki, a member of the legal team representing President Yar'Adua in the on-going Presidential Election Tribunal, averred that all petitions against the President would be jettisoned for la [...] | 2007-08-07 14:56:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI |
07ABUJA1749 | BUHARI LAWYER ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION TRIBUNAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Buhari's attorney Mike Ahamba (strictly protect) expressed displeasure at the pace of the Presidential Election Tribunal proceedings, averred that his case is solid, and maintained hope in the impartiality of the tribunal process. When the tribunal's substantive hearing begins in [...] | 2007-08-14 15:57:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI |
07ABUJA1750 | SENATE PRESIDENT AT RISK OF LOSING SEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY. Senate President David Mark is at risk of losing his seat to the opposition candidate from the ANPP, Alhaji Usman Abubakar. Abubakar filed a petition to have Mark's victory annulled and based on the evidence submitted and the reputation of the presiding judge, there is a good po [...] | 2007-08-14 16:07:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KCOR KJUS NI |
07ABUJA1833 | NIGERIA: ATIKU SPOKESMAN MEETS WITH CONGRESSMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an August 20 meeting with HIRC Africa Subcommittee Chair Donald Payne, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar's spokesman Garba Shehu reproached the U.S. government for not stepping in to resolve Nigeria's electoral crisis and failing to censure Yar'Adua's administration for wha [...] | 2007-08-23 14:34:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KDEM NI |
07ABUJA1854 | NIGERIA: ATIKU SPOKESMAN MEETS WITH CONGRESSMAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: At an August 20 meeting with HIRC Africa Subcommittee Chair Donald Payne, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar's spokesman Garba Shehu reproached the U.S. government for not stepping in to resolve Nigeria's electoral crisis and failing to censure Yar'Adua's administration for wha [...] | 2007-08-24 11:45:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI |
07ABUJA1949 | BUHARI INSIDER ON ANPP INTRIGUES, POSSIBLE MASS [...] (C) SUMMARY: All-Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari confidante retired Air Vice Marshal Mouktar Mohammed disclosed that Buhari's lingering distrust of the ANPP has been justified, in part, following the party's imminent withdrawal of its petition at the pres [...] | 2007-09-07 09:36:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS NI |
07ABUJA2082 | EFCC-AG RIFT SPELLS TROUBLE FOR EFCC [...] (C) SUMMARY. Immediately following assurances by Secretary to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission SIPDIS (EFCC) Emmanuel Akomaye that the rift between the EFCC and the Attorney General (AG) is not a problem, Chief of the EFCC External Cooperation Unit Ibrahim Mohammed pulled Poloff [...] | 2007-09-27 13:09:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS NI |
07ABUJA2229 | NIGERIA: BUHARI CONFIDENT IN ELECTORAL TRIBUNAL [...] (C) All Nigeria People's Party (ANPP) presidential candidate, Muhammadu Buhari, still believes that, given a fair judiciary with a just Chief Justice at its helm, the Presidential Electoral Tribunal will rule in Buhari's favor and overturn the April 21 election of President Umaru Yar'Adua. In [...] | 2007-10-19 15:02:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KJUS NI |
07ABUJA2439 | NIGERIA: SEEKS INCREASED COOPERATION DURING INL [...] (SBU) Summary. During INL Assitant Secretary (A/S) Thomas Schweich,s November 4-6 visit to Lagos and Abuja, Nigeria, GON Law Enforcement Officials expressed a strong interest in increasing bilateral cooperation and an equally strong desire for a strengthened relationship in order to tackle th [...] | 2007-11-26 15:48:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KCRM KJUS ECON PGOV SNAR NI |
07ADDISABABA1104 | ETHIOPIA: BENCH RULES CUD LEADERS MUST ANSWER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. In a series of rulings between April 4-9, the High Court dismissed charges of "attempted" genocide and treason against all defendants in the nearly year-long trial of opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, independent journalists and civil society represent [...] | 2007-04-12 15:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA1105 | AMIR MESHAL: REQUEST FOR DEPARTMENT GUIDANCE [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: see paragraph 6. 2. (S/NF) The Government of Ethiopia plans to hold an initial hearing on Friday, April 13, for most of the remaining suspected foreign fighters caught in Somalia by Ethiopian troops, or transferred from Kenya to Ethiopia via Somalia's Transitional Federa [...] | 2007-04-12 15:50:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PINR CASC PTER ET SO KWCI KJUS KHLS |
07ADDISABABA1131 | SOMALI AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES DETAINED FOREIGN [...] (U) SUMMARY. In an April 11 press conference in Addis Ababa, Transitional Federal Government of Somalia (TFG) Ambassador to Ethiopia Abdikarin Farah acknowledged that 41 suspected foreign terrorists had been captured in Somalia and were in Ethiopian custody, and that another 200 were being de [...] | 2007-04-13 15:46:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PHUM KISL KAWC KJUS SO ET |
07ADDISABABA1420 | ETHIOPIA: IMPRISONED CUD LEADERS AND PRIME [...] (C) SUMMARY. On April 30, a signed admission by detained Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) Chairman Hailu Shawel and Addis Ababa mayor-elect Berhanu Nega, accepting collective responsibility for their membership's actions which led to loss of life and damage to property during the civil [...] | 2007-05-09 16:38:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS ET |
07ADDISABABA1436 | ETHIOPIA: DEFENDANTS PONDER DEFENSE IN CUD TRIAL [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The 49 remaining defendants in the case against opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, independent journalists and civil society representatives are now contemplating whether to defend their case. The group had previously indicated that they "do not recogn [...] | 2007-05-11 06:09:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA1684 | ETHIOPIA: DETAINED CUD OPPOSITION LEADER UNDERGOES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On May 29, detained Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) chairman Hailu Shawel underwent eye surgery as a follow-up to treatment he received in February 2006 for a detached retina. As there are no properly trained ophthalmologic surgeons in Ethiopia, and there was a risk of [...] | 2007-06-01 15:06:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA170 | ETHIOPIA SENTENCES DERGUE LEADERS TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT [...] SUMMARY: Ethiopia's 12-year trial of former Dergue officials concluded on December 12, 2006, with the conviction of dictator Mengistu Hailemariam and 56 other members of his Communist regime on charges of genocide and murder. A single defendant was acquitted. During their 17-year reign, the De [...] | 2007-01-23 05:34:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PINR KAWC KJUS ET |
07ADDISABABA1767 | ETHIOPIA: AMBASSADOR AND SENIOR EPRDF OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a June 1 meeting, Minister Bereket Simon, Special Advisor to PM Meles, praised Ambassador for his work in strengthening bilateral ties, emphasizing that the relationship is currently stronger than it had been in years. Bereket said the GoE hoped to use this trajectory to enhan [...] | 2007-06-06 11:52:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA1818 | ETHIOPIA: CUD LEADERSHIP FOUND GUILTY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 11, Ethiopia's High Court returned an unexpectedly sudden guilty verdict against 38 opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, independent journalists, and civil society representatives, detained since November 2005, including CUD Chairman Hailu Shawel and [...] | 2007-06-11 16:32:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA192 | ETHIOPIA: PROSECUTION RESTS IN CUD TRIAL - A [...] (C) SUMMARY. On November 29, 2006, the prosecution rested its case against detained opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, independent journalists and civil society representatives, ending a 7-month presentation of evidence. The next court session will be on February 19, [...] | 2007-01-24 04:43:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA2005 | ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER MELES TO RELEASE [...] (C) SUMMARY. On June 22, the many months of shuttle diplomacy on the part of Professor Ephraim Isaac to secure release of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) political detainees reached an important milestone. Nearly two weeks after the High Court announced their conviction on crimin [...] | 2007-06-26 15:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA2030 | U.S. SOLDIER BASED AT EMBASSY INVOLVED IN FATAL MOTOR [...] (U) On June 25, 2007, at approximately 0950 hours, an Amcit active duty U.S. Army soldier (E-4 Specialist) based at the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa was involved in a fatal motor vehicle accident resulting in the death of a Ethiopian national pedestrian (female, 40 to 50 years of age). 2. (U [...] | 2007-06-28 05:14:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KJUS MASS ODIP ET |
07ADDISABABA2049 | ETHIOPIA: PRIME MINISTER OUTLINES SOMALIA [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY. In a June 28 address to Parliament, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles highlighted successes in Somalia, stressing that the upcoming National Reconciliation Congress (NRC),anticipated African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) expansion, and enhanced security for Somalia's Transit [...] | 2007-06-28 16:56:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS ET SO ER |
07ADDISABABA2137 | ETHIOPIA: PROSECUTION RECOMMENDS DEATH PENALTY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 9, the prosecution recommended the death penalty for the 38 opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders and journalists found guilty on June 11 on charges of subversion. However, final sentencing has been postponed until July 16. Meanwhile, the negotiation [...] | 2007-07-09 16:01:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA2177 | ETHIOPIA: PROSECUTION RECOMMENDS DEATH PENALTY FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY. On July 9, the prosecution recommended the death penalty for the 38 opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders and journalists found guilty on June 11 on charges of subversion. However, final sentencing has been postponed until July 16. Meanwhile, the negotiation [...] | 2007-07-12 09:13:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA2195 | ETHIOPIA: ELDERS ANTICIPATE JULY 16 AMNESTY [...] (C) SUMMARY. Professor Ephraim Isaac, the lead negotiator from the team of Ethiopian Elders working on release of the CUD detainees, has returned to Addis Ababa for the conclusion of the trial, and the anticipated pardon announcement by the GoE. During a July 12 meeting with PM Meles, Ephraim [...] | 2007-07-13 14:00:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA2203 | (C-AL7-01035) ETHIOPIA: SOMALI REGION SUPREME [...] (C/REL UK) SUMMARY. The acting President of the Supreme Court for Ethiopia's Somali Region, Abdurahman Rega, denies any increase in detentions resulting from the GOE's ongoing counterinsurgency campaign against suspected Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) rebels in the Ogaden. A former [...] | 2007-07-16 04:44:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PINS MOPS ET |
07ADDISABABA2245 | ETHIOPIA: CUD LEADERS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON; [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 16, in the final session of the trial of the CUD leaders, CUD members, and journalists convicted on June 11, 30 of the 38 defendants were sentenced to life in prison, with the remaining receiving sentences from one to 18 years. The High Court judges noted that while the [...] | 2007-07-16 16:10:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA2284 | ETHIOPIA: CUD LEADERS FREED FROM PRISON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 20, the 38 Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) leaders, CUD members and journalists that had been convicted on charges including "Outrages Against the Constitution," were granted a Presidential pardon and released from prison. The release is a result of months of neg [...] | 2007-07-20 15:28:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA2393 | REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION: PARDONED ETHIOPIAN [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Per 9FAM 40.21(a) N10 "Political Offenses," and Ref B, Post requests formal determination from CA/VO/L/A that the convictions of Berhanu Nega and Yacob Hailemariam constitute "political offenses." These individuals have applied for reinstatement of their LPR status, but f [...] | 2007-07-30 16:04:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA2635 | REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION: PARDONED ETHIOPIAN [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Per 9FAM 40.21(a) N10 "Political Offenses," Post requests formal determination from CA/VO/L/A that the convictions of Birtukan Mideksa, Gizachew Shiferaw, Hailu Araya and Biruk Kebede constitute "political offenses." These individuals have applied for NIVs, but are pending [...] | 2007-08-24 13:02:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA2738 | REQUEST FOR ADVISORY OPINION: PARDONED ETHIOPIAN [...] (C) ACTION REQUEST: Per 9FAM 40.21(a) N10 "Political Offenses," Post requests formal determination from CA/VO/L/A that the conviction of Kifle Tigneh constitutes "political offenses." This individual applied for an NIV on September 5. The applicant, a member of the Federal Parliament, is a [...] | 2007-09-06 15:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA2813 | ETHIOPIA: CUD LEADERS EXPLORING FUTURE OF PARTY AT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since their pardon and release from prison in July and August, the members of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD) Supreme Council have begun actively working to reestablish themselves as the recognized leadership of the CUD. After nearly two years in prison, the former lea [...] | 2007-09-17 13:37:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ET |
07ADDISABABA956 | ETHIOPIA: VISIT TO WEST OROMIYA REVEALS POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A four-day visit to Ethiopia's western Oromiya region to assess the political climate in anticipation of local elections scheduled for the end of the year found that tension between opposition parties and local government officials remains high. Recent clashes with security servi [...] | 2007-03-29 15:40:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ET |
07ADDISABABA961 | ETHIOPIA: PM MELES DISCUSSES TRAJECTORY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Meles told visiting Assistant Secretary Lowenkron on March 15 that governance issues remain a priority for the GOE. While Meles admitted that the GOE made mistakes before the May 2005 national elections as well as in responding to June and November 2005 anti-government demons [...] | 2007-03-30 09:30:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ET |
07ALGIERS892 | LAWYERS' SIT-IN PAYS OFF [...] (C) SUMMARY: After organizing a 400-lawyer sit-in at the National Courts on June 18, the Algerian National Bar Association (BNA) was able to secure a meeting with the justice ministry to air its grievances. On June 20, BNA President Abdelmajid Sellini met with the ministry's secretary genera [...] | 2007-06-25 09:02:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV AG |
07ALGIERS966 | FORWARD WITH MEPI IN ALGERIA: FEWER BUT DEEPER [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Middle East Partnership Initiative programming is the best tool we have to undermine support for extremism in Algeria. We reported in ref A the activities and progress we are making on the education, media, political and economic tracks. It is an uneven picture. Understanding [...] | 2007-07-07 16:52:00 | Embassy Algiers | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KMPI KDEM KJUS AG |
07ANKARA1674 | TURKEY SUPPORTIVE OF AFGHAN RULE OF LAW CONFERENCE [...] (C) Summary: In keeping with the high priority it attaches to Afghanistan, the Turkish Government plans to send Under Secretary Apakan (D equivalent) to the Rome Conference. Although Turkey will be supportive of Rule of Law initiatives it will not be in a position to pledge additional monies f [...] | 2007-06-28 14:00:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS EAID AF TU |
07ARAJEVO753 | BOSNIA - BOSNIAK POLITICAL LEADERS WARY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 29 and April 2, we met separately with Bosniak member of the Tri-Presidency Haris Silajdzic, President of the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) Sulejman Tihic, and President of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) Zlatko Lagumdzija to discuss the situation in Srebrenica and [...] | 2007-04-06 07:52:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KAWC KJUS BK |
07ASHGABAT1035 | TURKMENISTAN: CONDITIONS IN OWADAN PRISON [...] (C) A longtime Embassy contact, whose brother was imprisoned for the 2002 attack on the presidential motorcade, spoke recently with one of the 11 individuals granted clemency in August. (NOTE: The contact did not specify which one. END NOTE.) This person told our contact that rumors she ha [...] | 2007-09-26 12:58:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS TX |
07ASTANA2993 | (C) DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO KAZAKHSTAN ON INTERPOL [...] (C) Poloff delivered to Murat Tashibayev, Director of the International Organizations and Multilateral Cooperation Department of the Kazakhstan MFA, reftel demarche on supporting Argentina,s request for INTERPOL approval of red notices against Iranian officials charged in the AMIA bombing. [...] | 2007-11-02 09:05:00 | Embassy Astana | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER AR IR KJUS PREL |
07ASTANA3317 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO KAZAKHSTAN - MISSING AMCIT [...] (S) Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche on missing Amcit Robert Levinson to MFA America's Desk Director Talgat Kaliyev on December 14. Per demarche instructions, he requested that Kazakhstan make inquiries to Iran about Levinson and press Iran to cooperate with Levinson's family, share r [...] | 2007-12-14 07:55:00 | Embassy Astana | SECRET | PREL CASC KJUS IR KZ |
07ASUNCION456 | JournalistsQ Union Backs Down on Backing Chavez [...] Responding to a fierce backlash over its defense of Chavez decision not to renew RCTVQs license, the SPP reversed course on the communiqu issued May 29th (reftel). The majority of SPP members voted 6/1 to issue a new communiqu that rejects Qthe attack on press freedom. 2. The new communiqu [...] | 2007-06-05 12:14:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED | OIIP PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL PA |
07ATHENS2159 | GREECE LIKELY TO SUPPORT ARGENTINE REQUEST FOR [...] (S) Following consultations with Argentine Embassy Political Minister Counsellor Laura Bernal, DepPolCouns delivered reftel points supporting Argentina's request for Interpol approval of Red Notices against Iranian officials to MFA D1 International Organizations Directorate Counsellor Photis B [...] | 2007-11-02 16:41:00 | Embassy Athens | SECRET | PTER ASEC PREL PGOV KJUS IR GR |
07ATHENS2335 | GREECE: STATUS OF EXTRADITION AND MLAT AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Embassy Political section and LEGATT discussed the status of the Greek ratification process of the 2003 U.S.-EU Agreements on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance with several contacts in the MFA and Ministry of Justice. Greek legal experts were of the opinion that the agreements@o be [...] | 2007-12-11 14:26:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIA PREL KCRM KJUS EUN GR |
07ATHENS2351 | GREECE: STATUS OF EXTRADITION AND MLAT AGREEMENT [...] (SBU) Embassy Political section and LEGATT discussed the status of the Greek ratification process of the 2003 U.S.-EU Agreements on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance with several contacts in the MFA and Ministry of Justice. Greek legal experts were of the opinion that the agreements the [...] | 2007-12-13 16:03:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIA PREL KCRM KJUS EUN GR |
07BAGHDAD1 | JAM INFLUENCE IN MOJ/IRAQI CORRECTIONS SERVICE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Although the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has enjoyed a reputation for running safe and humane prisons, Embassy officers have catalogued a number of recent incidents that indicate increased influence and infiltration of Jaysh-al-Mahdi (JAM) elements within the MOJ, specifically in th [...] | 2007-01-01 06:16:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM KJUS PGOV PHUM |
07BAGHDAD1161 | AMBASSADOR CONCLUDES AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: During his final hours in Baghdad, Ambassador Khalilzad helped to conclude an agreement between President Talabani and Prime Minister Maliki on de-Baathification reform, formally known as the "Accountability and Reconciliation Law" (text below). Talabani and Maliki signed a cove [...] | 2007-04-04 12:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KJUS PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD1165 | AMBASSADOR CONCLUDES AGREEMENT ON [...] (C) Summary: During his final hours in Baghdad, Ambassador Khalilzad helped to conclude an agreement between President Talabani and Prime Minister Maliki on de-Baathification reform, formally known as the "Accountability and Reconciliation Law" (text below). Talabani and Maliki signed a cove [...] | 2007-04-04 13:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KJUS PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD1213 | HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER ON DEATH PENALTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Upon returning to Iraq after a three week trip abroad, Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim on March 27 clarified to PolOff her announcement of GOI's intention to eliminate the death penalty (made during a March 14 UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva). She said she believe [...] | 2007-04-08 07:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV KJUS KWAC IZ |
07BAGHDAD1282 | BAGHDAD POLICE COLLEGE: MORE THAN THE SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Multinational Security Transition Command-Iraq continues efforts to establish a quality police training facility at the Baghdad Police College by this summer. Ongoing efforts include remedial construction at eight cadet barracks, facilities made infamous last fall because of [...] | 2007-04-14 18:11:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ASIG IZ KJUS MCAP MOPS PGOV |
07BAGHDAD1355 | DE-BAATHIFICATION LEGISLATION UPDATE: CHALABI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In an April 9 meeting, IIP CoR members expressed some dismay that the Higher National De-Baathification (HNDBC) draft law had been accepted by the CoR De-Baathification Committee at the expense of a Tawafuq version. They had insisted on amendments to the HNDBC draft and said the [...] | 2007-04-20 12:18:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KJUS PGOV IZ |
07BAGHDAD1356 | UIA OFFICIALS DISCUSS POSITION ON DE-BAATH REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. In an April 15 meeting, VP Mehdi told A/DCM that the UIA leadership had discussed the PM-President de-Baathification reform draft law at length, and accepted the general principles of the draft. He stressed that the Shia leadership's main concern was security implications of all [...] | 2007-04-20 12:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM KJUS PGOV |
07BAGHDAD1377 | HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE INTERIOR MINISTRY; DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Interior (MoI) Human Rights Director Mazen Kamel Al-Qoraishy (strictly protect) on March 27 complained that he receives little support within his ministry in addressing serious human rights problems in MOI detention facilities. He also reported an assassination attem [...] | 2007-04-23 09:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV KJUS MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD1483 | MINISTRY OF HUMAN RIGHTS EMPLOYEE REPORTS TORTURE, [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: On April 22, Ministry of Human Rights (MoHR) employee Amar Sabrih (strictly protect) told PolOff Iraqi police tortured him and nine other detainees at a Baghdad police station near the Khadra area of Baghdad (Mahalla 639) during March 21 to 25. According to Sabrih, they conce [...] | 2007-05-02 07:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV KJUS MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD153 | MINOIL RESPONDING TO PRESSURES TO ADVANCE [...] (C REL GBR) Summary: On January 14, emboffs and USG hydrocarbon legal advisor met with Minister of Oil Husayn al-Shahristani and senior Ministry of Oil (MinOil) officials to discuss the status of the national hydrocarbon law. Shahristani has stepped-up efforts to produce a draft for presentat [...] | 2007-01-15 15:48:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS |
07BAGHDAD2255 | KHADHAMIYA WOMEN'S PRISON: NO SIGNS OF ABUSE, BUT [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: On July 3, PolOff and representatives from the Department of Justice's (DOJ) International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP) found no evidence of torture or rape during an unannounced visit to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Khadhamiya Women's Prison. I [...] | 2007-07-08 07:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM KDEM PGOV PINR KJUS KWMN IZ IS |
07BAGHDAD2297 | PRT MOSUL: NINEWA'S COUNCIL CHAIR DETAINED ON CPI [...] (C) Ninewa Provincial Council Chair Salim Haji Issa was detained for questioning on financial malfeasance charges 2 July under a Commission for Public Integrity (CPI) warrant. Issa insists his arrest was motivated by his failure to respond to Kurdish Alliance directives; Ninewa Vice Gover [...] | 2007-07-11 11:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN PBTS KJUS KDEM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2396 | NINEWA: CPI HARD AT WORK AND AFTER PC CHAIR [...] (SBU) PRT Team Leader Knight and other PRT representatives met the Director of the Commission for Public Integrity (CPI) for Northern Iraq and Judge Mohammad Najim (responsible for pursuing CPI cases) on 10 July for a wide-ranging technical discussion of CPI organization and operations. The [...] | 2007-07-18 15:12:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2473 | NINEWA: CHRISTIAN PC MEMBER ARRESTED IN CPI SWEEP [...] (C) Prominent Christian politician and provincial council (PC) member Gevara Zia Youkhana (Assyrian Democratic Movement - ADM) was arrested July 18 by the Iraqi Police (IP) in conjunction with a Commission for Public Integrity (CPI) investigation into misuse of public funds charges. ADM chai [...] | 2007-07-26 06:43:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR KDEM KJUS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2476 | NINEWA GOVERNOR TELLS AMBASSADOR HE EXPECTS [...] (C) In a July 18 meeting with the Ambassador, the Ninewa Governor agreed that the security situation in Ninewa province is good and that security could be transferred to Provincial Iraqi Control soon, provided the Iraqi Police's key equipment needs are met. The Governor said he did not belie [...] | 2007-07-26 10:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PBTS PINR PREL KJUS MOPS IZ |
07BAGHDAD2608 | AMBASSADOR CROCKER AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER'S [...] (S) SUMMARY: During an August 2 meeting with Ambassador Crocker, USAID Mission Director Bambi Arellano, and Rule of Law (RoL) Coordinator Jim Santelle, Human Rights Minister Wijdan Salim discussed the following subjects: -- problems within the Iraqi detention system (including alleged disappea [...] | 2007-08-06 11:10:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | IZ KJUS MOPS PGOV PHUM PREL |
07BAGHDAD2687 | BAGHDAD'S CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM -- OVERTAXED AND [...] (U) This is a Baghdad PRT reporting cable. 2. (SBU) Summary: Judicial investigators and investigative judges, and personnel at the Iraqi Bar Association (IBA),the Iraqi Jurists Union (IJU),local police stations, and provincial courthouses consistently tell the PRT Baghdad Rule (ROL) of La [...] | 2007-08-13 07:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KJUS PGOV PINS PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2817 | HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER VISITS RULE OF LAW COMPLEX [...] (C) SUMMARY: Minister of Human Rights (MOHR) Wijdan Salim stressed on August 13 that the jurisdiction of judges at the Rule of Law Complex (ROLC) in Baghdad's Rusafa district should be expanded to include processing of all detainees held onsite at the Rusafa detention center to prevent indefi [...] | 2007-08-22 12:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS IZ |
07BAGHDAD286 | BAGHDAD SUNNI NEIGHBORHOOD LEADERS COMPLAIN ABOUT [...] (C) Summary. Three neighborhood council members representing the Sunni-dominant Doura sub-district in South Baghdad told Emboffs January 24 that Ministry of Interior abuse against residents was a common occurrence and included alleged torture, extortion, and killings. Representatives Hashim M [...] | 2007-01-28 14:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV KJUS IZ |
07BAGHDAD288 | JUDICIAL EFFECTIVENESS RETURNS TO NINEWA [...] (C) Major Crimes Court (MCC) judges TDY from MCC-Baghdad have begun trials of insurgent cases in Ninewa Province. This visiting judges program was proposed and facilitated by our PRT in partnership with our Coalition maneuver commands, the Chief of Police and Governor of Ninewa Province, and [...] | 2007-01-28 15:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KJUS PHUM IZ |
07BAGHDAD2922 | DCM'S AUGUST 28 MEETING WITH HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Human Rights Minister Wijdan Salim told the DCM on August 28 that she will remain in the Maliki government as an independent, despite Iraqiyya bloc leader Ayad Allawi's reported plan to return to Baghdad. The Minister noted she has not yet received a pre-publication copy of th [...] | 2007-08-31 12:38:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PREL PGOV KIRF KJUS IZ |
07BAGHDAD301 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES HYDROCARBON LAW, FUEL ISSUES [...] (C REL GBR) Summary. Ambassador Khalilzad met January 28 with Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) Barham Salih, Oil Minister Shahristani and the PM's oil adviser Thamir Ghadhban to discuss how to resolve final differences in the draft Hydrocarbon (HC) Law, as well as fuel supply issues and the IMF's r [...] | 2007-01-29 19:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EPET IZ KJUS KCOR PGOV EINV PBTS |
07BAGHDAD3062 | CDA AND HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER DISCUSS SULTAN [...] (S) Human Rights Minister Wijdan Salim told CDA Butenis and PolCouns September 8 that there would be significant public outrage if Sultan Hashim, formerly Saddam Hussein's Minister of Defense, were executed -- especially without the approval of the Presidency Council. The Iraqi people, she no [...] | 2007-09-11 17:32:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PINS PREL PGOV KJUS KAWC IZ |
07BAGHDAD3124 | PRT TIKRIT: MAJOR CRIMES COURT OPEN FOR BUSINESS [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din cable. 2. (U) Summary. On September 9, the Salah ad Din Province Major Crimes Court (MCC) was opened pursuant to an order signed by the Chief Justice of Iraq. The key question is whether local judges will effectively carry out their duties or if inti [...] | 2007-09-17 10:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRS KJUS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3182 | SURGE-RELATED DETENTIONS STRAIN IRAQI JUDICIAL [...] (C) Summary: The detainee population at the GOI's Rusafa Detention Facility (RDF) is growing at a steady pace due to security operations and detainee transfers from other facilities. With very few cases reaching the trial stage, the population is approaching maximum capacity. The conditions [...] | 2007-09-22 10:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PTER IZ |
07BAGHDAD3441 | PRT TIKRIT: MCC HOLDS FIRST TRIALS [...] (U) This is a PRT Tikrit, Salah ad Din reporting cable. ------- SUMMARY ------- 2. (SBU) The key concern during the initial cases heard by the new ad Din Province Major Crimes Court was whether local judges would have the courage to carry out their duties or whether they would succumb t [...] | 2007-10-16 18:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRS KCRM KJUS SNAR KWMN OTRA ECON IZ |
07BAGHDAD3572 | NINEWA: TERRORISM COURT AT A TIPPING POINT - [...] (C/REL ACGU) The Ninewa Major Crimes Court, which tries the most difficult terrorism and corruption cases, is failing due to Chief Justice (CJ) Medhat's September 13 decision to abruptly end the province's "traveling judges" program. While the overall justice system in Ninewa functions effect [...] | 2007-10-28 12:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KJUS IZ |
07BAGHDAD3754 | MOI HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR ON FOLLOW-UP TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Ministry of Interior (MoI) Human Rights Director Mazen Kamel Al-Qoraishy on November 5 described measures he took to follow-up on a severely burned detainee and a juvenile that were found during a Coalition-supported, bilateral inspection of the MoI Criminal Investigations Direct [...] | 2007-11-15 02:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KDEM PGOV KJUS KWMN IZ |
07BAGHDAD508 | IRAQI PARLIAMENTARIANS DISCUSS STATUS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a series of meetings on February 5, CoR members updated poloffs on the current status of draft proposals and party strategies for approaching de-Baathification reform. A CoR de-Baathification committee member confirmed that the committee was now meeting regularly to consider [...] | 2007-02-14 09:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM KJUS PGOV |
07BAGHDAD780 | NINEWA: DCM DISCUSSES FUEL SHORTAGE, JUSTICE, WITH [...] (C) Ninewa PRT hosted Embassy Baghdad Deputy Chief of Mission Daniel Speckhard to assess current conditions in Ninewa Province and Ninewa PRT operations. DCM Speckhard was accompanied by National Coordination Team Director Olson and Acting USAID Director Harvey. At DCM Speckhard's meeting [...] | 2007-03-04 17:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON EPET PTER KJUS IZ |
07BAGHDAD798 | VP MAHDI DISCUSSES DE-BAATHIFICATION REFORM, [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a February 28 meeting with the Ambassador, Iraqi Vice President Adil Abd al-Mahdi described the assassination attempt against him, calling it a "well organized inside job." He discussed the issue of de-Baathification reform and stressed the importance of addressing the needs [...] | 2007-03-05 15:47:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KJUS PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD807 | CHIEF OF STAFF DISCUSSES IRAQI PM ROLE IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. In a March 5 meeting with DCM and PolCouns, PM Chief of Staff Tariq Abdullah said that the PM preferred a de-Baathification policy that targeted only those involved in criminal activities rather than entire classes of members, but cautioned that the matter was exclusively reserved [...] | 2007-03-06 17:25:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KDEM KJUS PGOV PREL |
07BAGHDAD995 | U.S. SOLDIERS AND IRAQI POLICE ON THE BEAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: Discussions with both U.S. military and Iraqi police at a Baghdad police station indicate that Iraqi security forces, with coalition assistance, are progressing and growing in confidence despite inadequate facilities, poor logistical systems, and insufficient arms. Despite these [...] | 2007-03-22 06:42:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | IZ KJUS MOPS PGOV PHUM PINS PTER |
07BAKU327 | INDEPENDENT MP POSSIBLY ARRESTED, STRIPPED OF IMMUNITY [...] (U) A March 16 parliamentary session on Prime Minister Rasizade's annual report on the government's performance was disrupted by a scuffle between MPs that resulted in the apparent March 19 arrest of independent MP Hussein Abdullayev. During the March 16 session, Abdullayev harshly criticized [...] | 2007-03-19 13:07:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS PINR AJ |
07BAKU330 | AZERBAIJAN: EIGHT AMERICAN FAMILIES CAUGHT IN [...] (C) Summary: Intercountry adoptions in Azerbaijan have effectively stopped since the end of 2006 due to changes to the adoption legislation which made no provision for completing currently pending cases. A number of American prospective parents have been caught in the resulting legal vacuum. W [...] | 2007-03-19 13:31:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | AJ CASC GG KJUS PREL TSPL |
07BAKU468 | PRESIDENTIAL PARDON DECREE INCLUDES YOUTH ACTIVIST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-19 12:05:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS AJ |
07BAKU533 | AZERBAIJAN'S BOOMING ENERGY SECTOR HIDES DIFFICULT [...] (C) Summary: Azerbaijan's stunning GDP growth of 34 percent -- fueled largely by the energy sector -- is accompanied by severe corruption and weak rule of law, that since early 2006 appear to be having an increasingly negative impact on firms operating outside the protection of the energy sec [...] | 2007-05-02 06:23:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON EFIN ETRD PREL KCOR EINV KCRM KJUS AJ |
07BAKU64 | DEPUTY PROSECUTOR GENERAL UPDATES ON FARHAD [...] (C) In a January 11 meeting with Poloff, GOAJ First Deputy Prosecutor General Rustam Usubov provided an update on the investigation into the alleged October 2005 coup plot involving former ministers Farhad Aliyev and Ali Insanov and other former GOAJ officials. Usubov said that ten persons re [...] | 2007-01-29 04:22:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AJ |
07BAKU95 | AZERBAIJAN: KIDNAPPING AND EXTORTION GANG LEADER [...] (U) In a January 19 verdict, former Chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Criminal Investigation Division Haji Mammadov was sentenced to life in prison. Nine members of Mammadov's 26-member murder, kidnapping and extortion gang also received life sentences. One of the accused, the owner of [...] | 2007-01-19 14:27:00 | Embassy Baku | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM SOCI KCOR KCRM KJUS AJ |
07BANDARSERIBEGAWAN333 | BRUNEI NON-COMMITTAL ON ARGENTINA INTERPOL REQUEST [...] (S) Ambassador delivered reftel points on October 27 to Pehin Zainuddin Jalani, Chief of Police of Brunei and head of Brunei's delegation to the Interpol meeting. Zainuddin was well briefed on the issue, telling the Ambassador that both sides are strong and adament on their respective position [...] | 2007-11-06 07:40:00 | Embassy Bandar Seri Begawan | SECRET | KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR BX |
07BANGKOK1492 | THAKSIN REPORTEDLY BIDING HIS TIME [...] (C) Deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has canceled some media interviews and wants to lower his profile, according to Noppadol Pattama, Thaksin's lawyer and spokesman. Noppadol told us Thaksin wanted to signal his commitment to quit politics, in order to boost the chances that he and [...] | 2007-03-13 10:59:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH |
07BANGKOK1538 | THAI RAK THAI LEADER WORRIED ABOUT THE FUTURE [...] (C) Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Party Leader Chaturon Chaiseng fears the coup leaders will not allow a free election if that would result in a TRT victory. In a March 13 meeting at the Ambassador's residence, Chaturon said the Army's own polling showed high popular support for TRT; TRT's continuing p [...] | 2007-03-15 04:07:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH |
07BANGKOK16 | THAI FOREIGN MINISTER DISCUSSES BOMBINGS [...] (C) Thai Foreign Minister Nitya "Nit" Pibulsonggram told the Ambassador the cabinet was consumed with speculation about the New Year's Eve bombings and believed former Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh to be involved. Nit expressed low confidence that the RTG could build a case against the [...] | 2007-01-03 10:31:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINS KISL KJUS KCRM ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK2280 | AMBASSADOR AND CNS GENERAL WINAI DISCUSS POLITICAL [...] (C) A top military officer expressed concern that opposition politicians are fomenting trouble, including by manipulating opposition to the draft Constitution. In an April 20 meeting, Council for National Security (CNS) Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul told the Ambassador that SIPDIS de [...] | 2007-04-23 10:28:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KDEM KJUS ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK2304 | DEMOCRAT OFFICIAL WARNS OF SONTHI'S AMBITIONS, [...] (C) There is mounting evidence of serious rifts between PM Surayud and junta leader General Sonthi. An experienced politician told us on April 23 that Sonthi has at least considered replacing Surayud. Democrat Party (DP) Secretary General Suthep Thaugsuban recounted a discussion in early Apr [...] | 2007-04-24 10:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK2956 | THAILAND'S UPCOMING PARTY DISSOLUTION RULINGS [...] (C) The Constitution Tribunal on May 30 will announce its decision in cases involving alleged "undemocratic acts" committed in 2006 by Thailand's two largest political parties. The Tribunal has the authority to dissolve the parties and may ban their executive board members from politics. Imp [...] | 2007-05-29 09:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK2993 | THAI TRIBUNAL CLEARS DEMOCRAT PARTY; TRT RULING [...] (U) Thailand's Constitutional Tribunal has cleared the Democrat Party (DP) of all alleged wrongdoing in connection with the April 2006 elections (reftel). Due to the time required to read the verdict, which includes a summary of the positions of all sides in the case, the Tribunal's follow-on [...] | 2007-05-30 11:21:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK2994 | TRIBUNAL DISSOLVES THAI RAK THAI, STRIPS [...] (C) The Constitutional Tribunal on May 30 ruled that the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party committed undemocratic acts in the April 2006 election; the Tribunal ordered the party's dissolution and stripped all members of the executive board of their political rights for five years. Leading TRT figures [...] | 2007-05-31 09:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK3058 | AMNESTY FOR THAI RAK THAI? TRIAL BALLOON POPS [...] (U) In public remarks on the evening of June 1, Council for National Security (CNS) Chairman General Sonthi Boonyaratglin expressed support for the idea of an amnesty for some Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party executives who lost their political rights as a result of the May 30 Constitutional Tribunal [...] | 2007-06-04 10:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK3115 | THAI GOVERNMENT RELAXES POLITICAL PARTY [...] (U) Following a cabinet meeting on June 5, a government spokesman announced the cabinet's decision to lift with immediate effect a prohibition on political parties' conduct of political activities. The cabinet also decided to draft a bill to lift or modify a ban on the registration of new pol [...] | 2007-06-06 10:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK3166 | FORMER TRT LEADER DISCUSSES POLITICAL SITUATION [...] (C) Former Thai Rak Thai (TRT) Party Leader Chaturon Chaiseng told the Ambassador he aimed to re-register the dissolved TRT party before the next elections. At least one sizeable group of his colleagues, however, appears likely to throw its lot in with the Council for National Security (CNS). [...] | 2007-06-07 10:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK3191 | GENERAL WINAI: TRT THREAT DIMINISHED, ELECTIONS ON [...] (C) Council for National Security (CNS) Secretary General Winai Phattiyakul told the Ambassador the CNS had accomplished its main objectives; with Thaksin deposed and his party weakened, the CNS would readily leave power and restore democratic governance. In a June 8 meeting with the Ambassad [...] | 2007-06-08 10:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ECON EINV ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK3387 | PRO-THAKSIN DEMONSTRATIONS FAIL TO GAIN STEAM [...] (C) Demonstrations of support for deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra have drawn large crowds to Bangkok's Royal Grounds (Sanam Luang),but have yet to acquire momentum akin to that of the 2006 rallies that helped pave the way for Thaksin's ouster. Political officers and local staff obs [...] | 2007-06-18 23:52:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK3442 | THE POST-THAI RAK THAI POLITICAL MAP [...] (C) It remains unclear which party or figure will fill the void left by the dissolution of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin's Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party. The Democrat Party (DP) currently appears unlikely to draw power brokers from TRT strongholds, but the DP seems to have laid the foundation for [...] | 2007-06-21 09:08:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK3530 | THAKSIN TO REMAIN ABROAD, FIGHT EXTRADITION [...] (C) Deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra intends to remain abroad, based in the United Kingdom, and fight any upcoming extradition request. According to his lawwyer, Noppadol Pattama, Thaksin, who faces corruption charges and investigation for other offenses, cannot receive a fair trial [...] | 2007-06-26 11:10:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH UK |
07BANGKOK3764 | CNS LEGAL ADVISOR DISCUSSES CONSTITUTION, POLITICS [...] (C) A leading jurist told the Ambassador that the constitution appeared likely to pass in the upcoming referendum, despite efforts to mobilize opposition by associates of deposed Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. During a July 6 dinner in honor of visiting Senator Webb, leading legislator Bor [...] | 2007-07-09 09:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM ECON EINV KDEM KJUS TH |
07BANGKOK3784 | LEADING THAI POLITICAL PARTIES SUPPORT NEW [...] (C) Thailand's largest political parties have publicly expressed support for the constitution, viewing it as imperfect but conducive to the fastest possible return to democratic governance. A group of former Thai Rak Thai figures has publicly announced its opposition to the constitution, but [...] | 2007-07-10 10:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH |
07BANGKOK4091 | THAI ANTI-JUNTA GROUP LEADERS ARRESTED AFTER [...] (SBU) Summary: The leaders of the demonstration against GEN Prem (reftel) were detained by police on July 26 and denied bail. Thai officials briefed the diplomatic community, emphasizing that they would respect the right of citizens to peaceful protest, but would not allow violence, or disrupt [...] | 2007-07-27 10:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK55 | FURTHER REACTION TO BANGKOK BOMBS: SURAYUD [...] (S/NF) Prime Minister Surayud publicly backed away from his January 1 assertion that opposition political figures had orchestrated the December 31 bombings. A leading Army General continued to implicate former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, however, and promised "harsh measures" against p [...] | 2007-01-04 10:06:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV PINS ASEC KJUS KCRM TH |
07BANGKOK5765 | AMBASSADOR RAISES KEY ISSUES IN FAREWELL CALL ON [...] (C) The Ambassador expressed concern about the draft Internal Security Act in a November 9 farewell call on Justice Minister Charnchai Likhitjittha. The Ambassador encouraged fair treatment for residents of southern Thailand detained by the Army, conveyed concern for an intimidated Australian [...] | 2007-11-13 07:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC TH |
07BANGKOK6159 | ELECTION COMMISSION FOCUSING ON PRO-THAKSIN PARTY [...] (C) The Election Commission (EC) has begun investigating two high-profile complaints about acts of the pro-Thaksin People's Power Party (PPP). The investigations will take weeks, and a top PPP lawyer assured us PPP could not be found to be at fault. He also told us PPP remains on track to win [...] | 2007-12-14 12:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH |
07BEIJING1322 | TWO FORMER PRISONERS DESCRIBE PRISON LABOR [...] (C) Summary: Two former prison inmates recently discussed their prison labor experiences with Laboff. Although at completely different prisons, their accounts were similar. Both reported that labor was involuntary, and consisted of light industrial work for private companies that made outso [...] | 2007-03-01 02:07:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS ELAB PGOV ETRD CH |
07BEIJING1700 | COURT AND PROCURACY REPORTS STRESS ANTI- [...] (SBU) During his March 13 presentation of the Supreme People's Court Work Report at China's annual legislative session, Court President Xiao Yang discussed death penalty reforms and made repeated reference to the need for supervision of the judiciary. Procurator-General Jia Chunwang highligh [...] | 2007-03-14 10:12:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM ECON KJUS KIPR CH |
07BEIJING1885 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: CHINESE QUESTIONS ON EXPANSION, [...] (SBU) This message contains an action request at para. 2. 2. (SBU) China is pleased to see expansion of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism and particularly welcomes the announcement that Ukraine has joined the Initiative, MFA Arms Control Department official Yu Dunhai told [...] | 2007-03-20 10:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RU CH |
07BEIJING2152 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHES ON EXPANSION, ANSWERS [...] No summary [...] | 2007-04-02 07:16:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RU CH |
07BEIJING2484 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: CHINESE QUESTIONS ON EXPANSION [...] (C) MFA Arms Control Department Deputy Director Zhang Junan called in poloff and Russian Embassy poloff April 13 to raise questions about the process for expansion and admission of new members in the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (the Initiative). China agrees that the most im [...] | 2007-04-14 06:17:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH |
07BEIJING2555 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHES ON EXPANSION, [...] (SBU) China welcomes ref A information about the expansion of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism to include Armenia, Romania, Cambodia and Macedonia, MFA Arms Control Department Deputy Director Zhang Junan told poloff April 17. Poloff noted that we did not yet have any informat [...] | 2007-04-18 06:02:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH |
07BEIJING3120 | GLOBAL INITIATIVE: DEMARCHES ON EXPANSION, [...] (SBU) China welcomed refs A and B information about expansion of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GI) to include ten new members, MFA Arms Control Department official Yu Dunhai told poloff May 10. China continues to urge that the process for adding new members be refined, as [...] | 2007-05-10 11:19:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH |
07BEIJING3998 | EXPANSION OF GLOBAL INITIATIVE TO INCLUDE ALBANIA, [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-14 07:48:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KGIC MCAP PTER KJUS RS CH |
07BEIJING4010 | JUNE 14 MFA PRESS BRIEFING: SIX-PARTY TALKS, [...] Key points at the June 14 MFA Press Conference were: -- China has taken note of reports indicating the imminent transfer of North Korean funds from Macau's Banco Delta Asia and hopes relevant parties take steps toward denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. -- Not responding directly to [...] | 2007-06-14 11:53:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EFIN KJUS KS KN RS PO VM NU IZ |
07BEIJING4325 | CHINA: DEMARCHE RESPONSE TO ROME RULE OF LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-27 09:08:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS SA AF IBRD CH |
07BELGRADE477 | SERBIAN COURT CONVICTS FOUR FOR SREBRENICA-RELATED WAR [...] (sbu) Summary: On April 10, the Belgrade Special War Crimes Court handed down convictions to four former members of the "Scorpions" paramilitary unit for their roles in the execution of Muslim civilians in Trnovo, Bosnia, on July 17, 1995. Chief war crimes prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic said [...] | 2007-04-12 14:03:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS PGOV PREL SR |
07BELGRADE605 | RESPONSE TO OSCE PROJECT PROPOSALS [...] (U) After consulting with local OSCE officials in Belgrade, and internally with relevant Mission agencies, post recommends the following projects for funding. The projects selected represent a number of mission and OSCE priorities including democratization, counter-terrorism and the resolut [...] | 2007-05-07 16:22:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN EAID ECON KCRM KJUS OSCE PHUM PREL |
07BELGRADE785 | Verdict in the Djindjic Case [...] (SBU) Summary: The Special Court in Belgrade rendered its verdict in the case of the March 12, 2003 assassination of former Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic, convicting all twelve defendants and sentencing them to harsh penalties by Serbian standards. Even though the verdict is subject to appea [...] | 2007-06-04 16:45:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KJUS SR |
07BERLIN114 | SCENESETTER: SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S VISIT TO BERLIN [...] (C) Mr. Secretary, your visit to Berlin will enable you to seek solutions to our bilateral and U.S.-EU challenges with a government and with a Minister who see things a lot like we do and who have the will and the authority to improve the status quo. Our key suggestions for your January 26 d [...] | 2007-01-19 17:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KHLS KJUS PTER PGOV PREL GM EU |
07BERLIN1190 | GERMANY - MFA RESPONSE TO 2007 TIP REPORT [...] (U) CONTAINS REQUEST FOR ACTION -- PLEASE SEE PARA 6. 2. (SBU) Emboffs delivered demarche contained in ref and passed an advance copy of the 2007 Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report country narrative for Germany to Axel Kuechle, MFA Deputy Director for International Cooperation against Orga [...] | 2007-06-13 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV ASEC |
07BERLIN1767 | TERRORISM ARRESTS DEMONSTRATE THREAT OF HOMEGROWN [...] (C) The September 4 arrests of three terrorist suspects, two of whom are German citizens who converted to Islam, has given Germany its first high-profile case of homegrown Islamic terrorism and focused attention on the southern German area of Ulm/Neu-Ulm, which authorities have long identified [...] | 2007-09-19 10:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KHLS KJUS GM |
07BERLIN1772 | CHANCELLERY REACTS SKEPTICALLY TO JUSTICE [...] (C) New draft anti-terrorism legislation proposed by Justice Minister Zypries (SPD) has come under fire from the other side of the governing grand coalition. Chancellery Director General for Interior and Legal Affairs Michael Wettengel told EMIN September 18 that the new draft counterterroris [...] | 2007-09-19 13:34:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PREL KHLS KJUS GM |
07BERLIN1846 | GERMAN PROSECUTORS SUSPECT RUSSIAN [...] (C) German prosecutors suspect Atomstroyexport, the Russian state-owned nuclear power equipment and services exporter, played a leading role in efforts to circumvent Germany's export control laws by diverting German-manufactured technology to Iran's nuclear program via Russian front companies [...] | 2007-10-05 10:42:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KCRM KNNP PARM PREL MNUC KJUS IR RS GM |
07BERLIN200 | EL MASRI: MUNICH PROSECUTOR ANNOUNCES ARREST [...] (C) SUMMARY. The Office of the Munich Prosecutor announced January 31 the issuance of 13 arrest warrants for the alleged kidnappers of Khaled El-Masri, a Lebanese-German national who claims he was abducted from Macedonia and taken to Afghanistan in 2004. The thirteen individuals named are th [...] | 2007-01-31 18:38:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER PGOV GM |
07BERLIN2222 | IRANIAN PROCUREMENT NETWORKS PUT GERMAN EXPORT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Recent German and international media reports have focused on Iran's extensive efforts to procure nuclear- and missile-related dual-use technology in Germany. Although some press accounts have asserted that Iran has been able to exploit weaknesses in Germany's export control regim [...] | 2007-12-19 15:54:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL KJUS KSCA KNNP MNUC PGOV IR GM |
07BERLIN2239 | GERMAN COURT TO RESUME TRIAL AGAINST A.Q. [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: A federal court in Stuttgart announced November 14 that trial proceedings would resume in early 2008 against Gotthard Lerch, a German citizen allegedly linked to the A.Q. Khan nuclear proliferation network. The trial was suspended in July 2006 pending resolution of jurisdictio [...] | 2007-12-21 13:31:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM KNNP KJUS KCRM PREL MNUC ETTC GM |
07BERLIN229 | DHS SECRETARY CHERTOFF'S DISCUSSIONS IN BERLIN ON [...] (C) Summary: DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, in January 26 meetings with German Interior Minister Schaeuble, Justice Minister Zypries and Chancellery Head de Maiziere, reiterated USG interest in enhanced counter-terrorism information-sharing. The German side agreed that data-privacy concern [...] | 2007-02-05 17:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KHLS PTER CVIS PREL PGOV GM |
07BERLIN230 | AL-MASRI UPDATE -- NEXT STEPS ON ARREST WARRANTS [...] (S/NF) Summary: The MFA's Acting Legal Adviser told emboffs Feb. 5 the German Government fully understands the USG's strong desire that international arrest warrants not be issued in the al-Masri case. She noted, however, that such warrants are routinely issued ("99.99 percent of the time") [...] | 2007-02-05 18:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | KJUS PTER PREL PGOV GM |
07BERLIN242 | AL-MASRI CASE -- CHANCELLERY AWARE OF USG CONCERNS [...] (S/NF) In a February 6 discussion with German Deputy National Security Adviser Rolf Nikel, the DCM reiterated our strong concerns about the possible issuance of international arrest warrants in the al-Masri case. The DCM noted that the reports in the German media of the discussion on the issu [...] | 2007-02-06 17:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | KJUS PTER PREL PGOV GM |
07BERLIN251 | US-EU INFORMAL JHA HIGH LEVEL MEETING, JANUARY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. The U.S. and EU, under the chair of the German Presidency, met in Berlin January 22-23 for the Informal Senior Level Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Meeting. Led by INL DAS Elizabeth Verville, DOJ Deputy Assistant Attorney General Bruce Swartz, and DHS Acting A/S for Internati [...] | 2007-02-08 06:47:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GM KJUS PREL PTER SMIG KHLS CVPR EU |
07BERLIN317 | BUNDESTAG INVESTIGATIVE COMMITTEE SEEKS USG [...] (U) On February 9, 2007 Ambassador Timken received a letter from the chairman of the Bundestag committee investigating the detention in Guantanamo of the German-born Turkish national Murat Kurnaz. In the letter, Chairman Siegfried Kauder asks whether the USG would be willing to allow an Amer [...] | 2007-02-15 15:36:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | GM KJUS KLIG PGOV PINS PREL |
07BERLIN321 | REPORT OF FIRST G-8 LYON-ROMA MEETING OF GERMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The first meeting of the G-8 Lyon-Roma Anti-Crime and Terrorism Group (LR/ACT) under the German Presidency was held in Berlin from February 12-15, 2006. The U.S. delegation was co-chaired by INL DAS Elizabeth Verville and S/CT Director for Trans-Regional Affairs Roopa Rangaswa [...] | 2007-02-16 06:52:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM OTRA PTER UNGA KJUS GM |
07BERLIN457 | NSA HADLEY'S MEETING WITH GERMAN INTERIOR MINISTER [...] (C) Summary. Interior Minister Schaeuble told National Security Advisor Hadley February 23 Germany and the U.S. need to share information to combat terrorism, but the European Parliament is concerned about civil liberties. Schaeuble sought U.S. agreement for a U.S.-EU-Russia trilateral meetin [...] | 2007-03-06 15:50:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS AF LE IZ SR RS GM |
07BERLIN459 | GERMANY - 2007 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] (SBU) The following is Mission Germany's submission for the seventh annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report. The entire report should be treated as sensitive but unclassified. Mission points of contact are Craig Conway SIPDIS (email: conwaycm@state.gov; tel: 49-30-8305-2127) and Caroli [...] | 2007-03-07 09:17:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM PHUM KWMN KJUS SMIG ELAB PREL PGOV ASEC |
07BERLIN493 | DEMARCHE TO GERMANY ON ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR USG [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-09 16:55:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS ASEC GM AR IR LE |
07BERLIN524 | MURAT KURNAZ: ANOTHER BUNDESTAG REQUEST FOR [...] (SBU) On March 2, 2007 Ambassador Timken received another letter from the chairman of the Bundestag's Committee of Inquiry looking into allegations of renditions, the activities of the German intelligence services related to the war in Iraq, and the detention in Guantanamo of the German-born T [...] | 2007-03-15 11:14:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KLIG PREL GM |
07BERLIN60 | GERMAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS EU DATA PROTECTION AND [...] (C) Summary. German Ministry of Interior (MOI) DG for Police and Counterterrorism Gunther Krause told a DHS-DoJ-USEU delegation the EU draft framework decision on sharing police and judicial information is unsatisfactory; Germany plans to re-write it during its 2007 EU Presidency. Concerning [...] | 2007-01-10 16:44:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KHLS KJUS PTER PGOV EU GM EAIR |
07BERLIN61 | GERMAN PROSECUTOR REQUESTS ASSISTANCE IN KURNAZ [...] (U) This Cable contains an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) The State Prosecutor's Office in Tuebingen has contacted the Staff Judge Advocate, Stuttgart Law Center, asking for further information in connection with events Murat Kurnaz -- a Turkish citizen resident in Germany -- [...] | 2007-01-11 07:30:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KLIG KJUS MARR MOPS GM |
07BERLIN730 | AL MASRI CASE UPDATE: MUNICH PROSECUTOR TO MAKE [...] (SBU) Following up on April 7 media reports indicating the Munich State Prosecutor's Office planned to take a "new legal step" in the Al Masri case, Mission approached both the prosecutor's office in Munich and the Federal Justice Ministry. The Munich Deputy District Attorney told ConGen Mun [...] | 2007-04-10 17:25:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER PREL GM |
07BERLIN80 | TSA OFFICIALS DISCUSS AVIATION SECURITY WITH [...] (SBU) Summary. In meetings with German Interior and Transportation officials December 19, TSA representatives pushed for more access by USG inspectors to Germany's airports and to air carriers that fly to the U.S. The TSA reps also voiced concerns about Germany's failure to re-screen carry- [...] | 2007-01-12 16:02:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR KJUS PREL PTER GM |
07BERLIN806 | REPORT OF SECOND G-8 LYON-ROMA MEETING OF GERMAN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The second meeting of the G-8 Lyon-Roma Anti-Crime and Terrorism Group (LR/ACT) under the German Presidency was held in Berlin from April 16-19, 2007. The U.S. delegation was co-chaired by INL DAS Elizabeth Verville and S/CT Deputy Coordinator Virginia Palmer and included repr [...] | 2007-04-20 10:27:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS OTRA PTER SNAR UNGA GM AF |
07BERLIN865 | GERMAN PROSECUTOR DROPS LEGAL COMPLAINT AGAINST [...] (U) Summary. German Federal Prosecutor decided April 27 not to pursue a full investigation into senior U.S. officials for alleged "war crimes" at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. As first reported in ref A, the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights, acting through German attorney Wolfgan [...] | 2007-04-27 18:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KLIG PTER GM |
07BERLIN92 | GERMAN PROSECUTOR FOLLOWS UP: KURNAZ CASE [...] (U) This Cable contains an Action Request. Please see para 4. 2. (SBU) Further to reftel, the State Prosecutor's Office in Tuebingen has written the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, Stuttgart Law Center, asking for further information in connection with events Murat Kurnaz -- a Turkish [...] | 2007-01-17 07:00:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KLIG KJUS MARR MOPS GM |
07BERN151 | SWISS CABINET AUTHORIZES A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION [...] No summary [...] | 2007-02-16 07:35:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER MOPS KJUS SZ |
07BERN609 | SWISS JUSTICE MINISTER BLOCHER PREVIEWS VISIT TO [...] No summary [...] | 2007-07-03 16:31:00 | Embassy Bern | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KJUS SZ |
07BISHKEK526 | EMBASSY BISHKEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OSCE EXTRA [...] Embassy Bishkek would like to endorse the following extrabudgetary proposals: 2. High Priority: -- Preparation of Guidebook for Controlled Deliveries (no project number): The issue of controlled deliveries is a hot topic in Central Asia, and is the most discussed aspect of any regional [...] | 2007-05-08 11:55:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN EAID ECON KCRM KJUS OSCE PHUM PREL |
07BISHKEK527 | EMBASSY BISHKEK'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR OSCE EXTRA [...] Embassy Bishkek would like to endorse the following extrabudgetary proposals: 2. High Priority: -- Preparation of Guidebook for Controlled Deliveries (no project number): The issue of controlled deliveries is a hot topic in Central Asia, and is the most discussed aspect of any regional [...] | 2007-05-08 12:07:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | ABUD AFIN EAID ECON KCRM KJUS OSCE PHUM PREL |
07BISHKEK542 | DECENTRALIZATION SUCCESSES IN KYRGYZSTAN [...] Summary: Since 1998 USAID has been helping Kyrgyz cities to become more transparent and accountable to their citizens and more effective leaders with skills in municipal property management, financial management, and service delivery. As a result, local leaders have accomplished many firsts, [...] | 2007-05-11 10:36:00 | Embassy Bishkek | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PGOV KMDR KG |
07BOGOTA1033 | NEW CRIMINAL GROUPS ARE LAW ENFORCEMENT THREAT, [...] (C) The GOC and OAS say the new criminal groups that have appeared in certain regions lack the organization, reach, and military capacity of the former AUC. Rather, they are primarily decentralized criminal operations that have used some demobilized paramilitaries, as well the former AUC's i [...] | 2007-02-13 17:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO SNAR PREF |
07BOGOTA1141 | URIBE ORDERS SEIZURE OF PARAMILITARY ASSETS [...] (SBU) On February 1, President Uribe instructed GOC agencies to seize assets belonging to former paramilitaries. Two-days later, the GOC took possession of 10 properties belonging to former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso. National Judicial and Police Intelligence Director, General Osca [...] | 2007-02-16 14:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA1142 | URIBE ORDERS SEIZURE OF PARAMILITARY ASSETS [...] (SBU) On February 1, President Uribe instructed GOC agencies to seize assets belonging to former paramilitaries. Two-days later, the GOC took possession of 10 properties belonging to former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso. National Judicial and Police Intelligence Director, General Osca [...] | 2007-02-16 14:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA1455 | PROSECUTOR GENERAL TO INTERROGATE 69 SOLDIERS OVER [...] (SBU) On February 22, the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) summoned 69 soldiers - an entire company from the 17th Brigade - to a formal interrogation hearing into the February 21 2005 massacre of eight members of San Jose de Apartado peace community. The summons to a formal hearing do [...] | 2007-03-02 20:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA1558 | PEACE COMMISSIONER RESTREPO ON PARAMILITARIES, ELN [...] (C) Summary: Peace Commissioner Luis Carlos Restrepo said he is talking to the former paramilitary leaders in Itagui prison to encourage them not to disrupt the Justice and Peace Law process. President Uribe is concerned by his security forces, failure to capture Vicente Castano and other re [...] | 2007-03-08 16:40:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA1629 | CHARGE RAISES JUSTICE AND PEACE LAW, HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Charge Milton Drucker met March 8 with National Prosecutor General (Fiscal) Mario Iguaran to offer U.S. assistance in developing a database to manage and access victims, testimony in the Justice and Peace Law process, and to stress the need for results in key human rights cases. Drucker pr [...] | 2007-03-09 22:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA1810 | REPRESENTATIVE MCGOVERN MEETS WITH DEFENSE [...] (SBU) Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos told Representative James McGovern (D-MA) on March 4 that the Justice and Peace Law was an example of security advances under Uribe, but voiced concerns that revelations of para-political ties would be viewed negatively by the U.S. Congress. Santos [...] | 2007-03-20 19:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PMIL PHUM PTER PREL ELAB VE CO |
07BOGOTA2256 | GOC CAPTURES KEY FUGITIVE EX-PARAMILITARY LEADER [...] GOC security forces arrested fugitive ex-paramilitary leader Ever Veloza-Garcia (AKA "HH") on April 3 in Antioquia department. Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos confirmed Veloza did not qualify for Justice and Peace Law benefits and was subject to extradition. Veloza was an instrumental f [...] | 2007-04-04 20:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA2392 | GOC PROTECTS LAND RIGHTS ACTIVIST [...] (C) Cordoba department land activist Eloina Gaspar told us on March 25 she was being threatened by people who had identified her as the replacement for Popular Housing Organization founder Yolanda Izquierdo, murdered in late January (ref A). On April 1, the Prosecutor General's Office moved [...] | 2007-04-11 17:47:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA2464 | SUCRE, NEW SPACES OPENING POST PARAMILITARY [...] (C) Our March 26-27 visit to Sucre showed a department starting to recover from years of paramilitary domination and economic decline. The paramilitary demobilization--and increased GOC security presence--has provided a growing sense of security, allowing displaced people to return to their [...] | 2007-04-13 21:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA2528 | SOME PROGRESS IN CORDOBA POST PARAMILITARY [...] (C) Our March 25-26 trip to the former paramilitary heartland Cordoba showed some positive changes following paramilitary demobilization: violence had decreased, security improved, and new spaces for civil society activity had opened. The demobilization and para-political scandal had delegit [...] | 2007-04-17 17:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA2529 | BACKGROUND ON THE "CONVIVIR" SELF-DEFENSE GROUPS [...] (SBU) The "Convivir" self defense groups were authorized by President Gaviria 1994 and abolished by President Samper in 1998. Their original purpose was to enable citizens to defend themselves from terrorist attacks and to supply intelligence to the security forces. During their brief exist [...] | 2007-04-17 17:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA2575 | BOLIVAR'S SECURITY SITUATION STILL A CONCERN POST [...] (C) On March 20, Poloff visited the former conflict-ridden Bolivar department where the overall security, political, and economic situation has improved sharply since 2002. Still, an increase in common crime and other security-related problems remain a challenge. The security and social sit [...] | 2007-04-19 17:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA2593 | URIBE CALLS PETRO'S PARA-POLITICS DEBATE ON [...] (SBU) President Uribe called leading opposition Polo Democratico Senator Gustavo Petro's accusations during the para-politics debate in congress on Antioquia department a personal slander. The nine-hour debate on April 17--in which Petro spoke for over two-hours--focused primarily on allegat [...] | 2007-04-19 20:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA2633 | URIBE RESPONDS TO PARAMILITARY ACCUSATIONS AND [...] (C) President Uribe used an hour and forty-five minute live press conference on April 19 to address Senator Petro's allegations against Uribe, his family and his administration. Uribe's press conference was prompted by his concern that Petro's claims were damaging Colombia's image abroad, as [...] | 2007-04-20 21:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA269 | FISCALIAS PREPARES TO RESUME SALVATORE MANCUSO'S [...] (C) The Prosecutor General's (Fiscalia) Justice and Peace Unit Chief Luis Gonzalez told us on January 12 his office is preparing the second round of questions for ex-paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso once his &version libre" or voluntary confession resumes on January 15. Gonzalez said th [...] | 2007-01-12 22:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA2837 | PETRO DENOUNCES ATTEMPTED OFFICE SEARCH AND [...] (C) At a Senate hearing on April 24, leading opposition Polo Democratico Senator Gustavo Petro denounced an April 23 attempt by police to search his office for documents linked to an old espionage case involving a military officer. Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran conceded a low-level prosecu [...] | 2007-04-27 21:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA3093 | CESAR ATTEMPTING TO SHAKE-OFF PARAMILITARY LEGACY [...] (C) During two trips to former paramilitary-dominated Cesar department in March and April, community leaders said local sympathy for the paramilitaries has turned into resentment. The demobilization of 5,000 paramilitaries led by Cesar strongman Rodrigo Tovar Pupo, AKA "Jorge 40," reduced vi [...] | 2007-05-04 14:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA3133 | MAGDALENA IMPROVING, BUT THREATS FROM EMERGING [...] (C) Community leaders in Magdalena told poloff the paramilitary demobilization and President Uribe's democratic security strategy have led to improvements in security and the local economy. Still, instances of rearmament of ex-paras are worse in Magdalena than in other north Atlantic coast d [...] | 2007-05-04 22:58:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA3189 | DISPLACED FAMILIES PLAN RETURN TO SAN JOSE DE [...] (C) Over 1,300 displaced families plan to return to San Jose de Apartado in light of improved security. Local authorities and community leaders told Poloff the families have growing faith in the GOC's ability to provide security and basic government services. Remaining challenges include re [...] | 2007-05-08 12:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA3237 | DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE'S MEETING WITH HUMAN [...] (U) May 8, 2007, 0800, residence of Charge d'affaires, a.i. 2. (U) Participants: United States The Deputy Secretary WHA A/S Thomas P. Shannon CDA Milton K. Drucker D staff assistant Mary Sue Conaway Political Counselor John S. Creamer D/polcouns Scott I. Hamilton (notetaker) Co [...] | 2007-05-09 20:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS PTER CO |
07BOGOTA3307 | GUAJIRA'S UNIQUE SOCIAL PROBLEMS CONTINUE POST [...] (C) Community leaders and local officials said security had improved in Guajira since the paramilitary demobilization, but some ex-paramilitaries continued their criminal activities. Several said most of the department's problems were not security related, but reflected entrenched social pro [...] | 2007-05-10 21:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA3448 | CARAMAGNA SAYS "DE-PARAMILITARIZATION" OF REGIONS [...] (C) OAS Mission to Support the Peace Process in Colombia (MAPP/OAS) Director Sergio Caramagna told PolCouns the mission's ninth quarterly report would characterize the demobilization process as positive, with the potential to lead to the "de-paramilitarization" of former paramilitary strongho [...] | 2007-05-16 13:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA3581 | TELLING COLOMBIA'S STORY [...] President Uribe's democratic security policy -- and the paramilitary demobilization -- has saved the lives of over 40,000 Colombians, strengthened Colombia's democratic institutions, and led to substantial improvements in human rights protection. The establishment of GOC territorial control [...] | 2007-05-18 13:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS MARR CO |
07BOGOTA3618 | MANCUSO ALLEGES PARAMILITARY TIES TO POLITICIANS, [...] (U) Former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso claimed in his May 15-16 voluntary testimony that retired generals, top government officials (including the vice-president and defense minister),members of congress, local government representatives, and companies had collaborated with paramili [...] | 2007-05-18 20:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA3620 | JUSTICE AND PEACE LAW PROCESS BEGINS TO SHOW [...] (SBU) The Prosecutor General's (Fiscalia) Justice and Peace Unit Chief Luis Gonzalez told poloff on May 16 voluntary testimonies of ex-paramilitary leaders have so far helped to identify the perpetrators of over 200 murders and have been instrumental in helping the GOC create new mechanisms t [...] | 2007-05-18 20:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA3778 | PRESIDENT URIBE TO RELEASE FARC PRISONERS, SEEKS [...] (C) President Alvaro Uribe announced two significant proposals designed to further peace processes in Colombia. On May 25, he said he would release FARC prisoners before June 7 for "reasons of State." On May 22, Uribe outlined a truth-for-freedom proposal that would allow those accused of cr [...] | 2007-05-25 21:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA3879 | FARC PRISONER RELEASE EXPECTED [...] (C) The Presidency's Legal Advisor Mauricio Gonzalez told polcouns May 26 the GOC was preparing a decree to regulate the transfer and release of a significant number of FARC prisoners. Gonzalez linked the initiative to President Uribe's conversation with newly-elected French President Nichol [...] | 2007-05-31 17:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS MARR PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA3891 | DEFENSE MINISTER SANTOS DEFENDS RECORD IN CONGRESS [...] Defense Juan Manuel Santos faces a June 6 vote on a congressional censure motion against him. If a majority of both houses of Congress votes in favor of the motion, Santos would be removed from office. Pro-Uribe supporters have the votes to defeat the motion, and the president publicly backe [...] | 2007-05-31 20:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA3903 | HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS DISCUSS LAND, AFRO-COLOMBIAN [...] Human rights groups, including representatives of indigenous and Afro-Colombian groups, addressed human rights, Afro-Colombian, and indigenous rights issues at a May 25 lunch hosted by Polcouns. Justicia y Paz urged higher-level GOC involvement in talks with human rights groups, and respect [...] | 2007-05-31 21:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA4029 | PRESIDENT URIBE EXPLAINS UNILATERAL RELEASE OF \ [...] (C) President Uribe explained in a radio and television \ news conference on June 4 that his unilateral FARC prisoner \ release was a goodwill gesture to gain the freedom of 56 \ political hostages held by the FARC, including the three U.S. \ hostages. XXXXXXXXXXXX told Polcouns \ President Uribe [...] | 2007-06-05 18:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA413 | CATHOLIC PRIEST ON HUMANITARIAN ACCORD, ELN-FARC [...] (C) Secretary General of the Commission on National Reconciliation Father Dario Echeverri told us on January 17 he is trying to reach senior FARC leaders to discuss a possible humanitarian accord based on the December 2005 European proposal, but he has not received a response. Echeverri said [...] | 2007-01-19 16:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA416 | CATHOLIC PRIEST ON HUMANITARIAN ACCORD, ELN-FARC [...] (C) Secretary General of the Commission on National Reconciliation Father Dario Echeverri told us on January 17 he is trying to reach senior FARC leaders to discuss a possible humanitarian accord based on the December 2005 European proposal, but he has not received a response. Echeverri said [...] | 2007-01-19 19:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA4329 | GOC EFFORTS TO WORK WITH JUSTICE AND PEACE VICTIMS [...] The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia),Inspector General's Office (Procuraduria),Ombudsman (Defensoria),and National Reconciliation and Reparations Commission have to date helped over 80,000 victims of violence to come forward with information on crimes allegedly committed by former pa [...] | 2007-06-15 22:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA4471 | PARA-POLITICAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK NOT ON LEGISLATIVE [...] (C) Presidential Legal Advisor Mauricio Gonzalez told polcouns June 15 the GOC proposal to provide for reduced, alternative sentences for politicians, front men (testaferros),ranchers, and others who were linked to the paramilitaries but were not United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) [...] | 2007-06-20 23:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA449 | SALVATORE MANCUSO BEGINS TO REVEAL CRIMES; VERSION [...] (U) Ex-AUC leader Salvatore Mancuso admitted to committing or ordering 336 murders from the early 1990s to 2003 in his January 15-16 voluntary confession, or version libre, in Medellin. He discussed paramilitary infiltration of government institutions and paramilitary interference in local a [...] | 2007-01-23 13:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA4614 | HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REINTEGRATION FRANK PEARL [...] (SBU) The High Commissioner for Reintegration's Office (HCR)--which replaced the Reinsertion Program managed by the Minister of Interior and Justice last September--has changed the process to improve its effectiveness. The changes extend the program's educational and employment services--as w [...] | 2007-06-26 17:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA4615 | CODEL MEEKS MEETS WITH OPPOSITION LEADERS [...] (U) June 4, 2007; 300PM, U.S. Embassy 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) Polcouns John Creamer Pol officer (notetaker) COLOMBIA Former President and Liberal Party leader Cesar Gaviria [...] | 2007-06-26 17:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA4653 | CODEL MEEKS MEETS WITH PROSECUTOR GENERAL IGUARAN [...] (U) June 4, 2007; 200PM, U.S. Embassy 2. (U) Participants: U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-NY) Rep. Mike Honda (D-CA) Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-OH) Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) CDA Milton Drucker Pol officer (notetaker) COLOMBIA Prosecutor General Mario Iguaran Human Rights Unit Director [...] | 2007-06-26 20:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA4677 | NEW DEFENSE MINISTRY DIRECTIVE PROHIBITS USE OF [...] (C) Minister of Defense Juan Manuel Santos issued a June 21 directive banning the incorporation of demobilized individuals into the "red de cooperantes" (voluntary informant networks) run by the military and police. Charge Drucker and OAS Observation mission (MAPP/OAS) head Sergio Caramagna [...] | 2007-06-28 01:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA5116 | NEW FARC ATROCITIES DRAW INTERNATIONAL CRITICISM. [...] On Friday July 6, members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) executed Blanca Ines Marin Osorio, the mayor of San Jose del Palmar, on the road connecting Valle de Cauca and Choco, near the Pacific coast. Marin was a vocal supporter of the Uribe administration, and had won nu [...] | 2007-07-13 22:09:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PHUM PREL KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA5530 | COLOMBIAN SUPREME COURT RULING THREATENS LEGAL [...] Summary: On July 25, President Uribe announced the GOC would introduce a bill in Congress to reverse a July 11 Supreme Court (SC) decision that removes the legal basis for pardoning 18,000 demobilized paramilitaries for their membership in the United Self-defense Forces of Colombia (AUC) and [...] | 2007-07-30 23:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA5672 | SAN JOSE DE APARTADO VISIT HIGHLIGHTS SECURITY, [...] (C) On August 1, Poloffs met with members of the 17th Brigade, local police, the Peace Community (PC) and the Human Rights Ombudsman in San Jose de Apartado to highlight concern over recent violence and press security forces to respect human rights. The 17th Brigade and the San Jose de Apart [...] | 2007-08-03 15:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA5742 | PROSECUTOR GENERAL MOVES TO INSULATE PARAPOLITICAL [...] (U) On August 6, the Supreme Court's Criminal Chamber of Appeals announced it will select a judge in Bogota to try former Sucre Department Senator Jairo Merlano who is accused of collaborating with paramilitary groups. This follows the November 28, 2006 decision by the Supreme Court--at the r [...] | 2007-08-06 23:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA581 | MEDELLIN SETS THE PACE ON SUCCESSFUL [...] (C) Secretary of Government for Medellin Gustavo Villegas said on January 16 security in the city had improved dramatically over the last three years. Even regular criminal group members want to "demobilize." Still, Medellin faced security challenges associated with ex-paramilitary power st [...] | 2007-01-26 20:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA5986 | OAS DELEGATION INSPECTS HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN [...] (U) Summary: Poloff accompanied an international delegation organized by the OAS Mission to Aid the Peace Process (MAPP/OAS) to hear concerns of the San Jose de Apartado Peace Community (PC). PC members reiterated their distrust of the GOC justice system and concerns about security. Apartado [...] | 2007-08-16 12:58:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA6020 | URIBE PROPOSES BILL TO CHARGE PARAS FOR CRIMINAL [...] (U) On August 15, Interior and Justice Minister Carlos Holguin officially presented a bill in Congress that would charge the 18,000 demobilized paramilitaries--who have been in legal limbo since the July 11 Supreme Court that para crimes were common, not political offenses--with "simple consp [...] | 2007-08-16 22:27:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA6106 | BUDGET INCREASE FOR PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE [...] Minister of Interior and Justice Carlos Holguin said in an August 13 interview in Semana magazine the GOC would provide an additional 80 billion pesos (40 million USD) to the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) in the 2008 budget. This would enable the Fiscalia to add 497 new personnel to [...] | 2007-08-20 23:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA6329 | REPRESENTATIVE BLUNT MEETS WITH VICE PRESIDENT [...] Summary: Representative Roy Blunt (R-MO) met with Vice President Santos on August 22 to discuss counter narcotics cooperation and prospects for U.S. congressional approval of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Santos voiced optimism regarding degradation of the FARC's network and cont [...] | 2007-08-29 14:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA6382 | SENTENCING OF SOLDIERS IN ARAUCA LABOR CASE [...] A Bogota court sentenced four Colombian soldiers to 40 years each for murdering three union leaders in Saravena, Arauca department on August 5, 2004. The court ruling, announced August 28, found the soldiers guilty of executing labor leaders Jairo Eduardo Prieto Chamucero, Hector Alirio Mart [...] | 2007-08-30 21:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA6383 | COLOMBIA TO EXTEND UN HIGH COMMISSIONER'S OFFICE [...] (SBU) The Government of Colombia (GOC) and the UN High Commission on Human Rights (UNHCHR) have agreed on the renewal of the UNHCHR mandate in Colombia through 2010. The agreement will be signed during the September 8-9 visit of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour. Juan [...] | 2007-08-30 21:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA6400 | REPRESENTATIVE BLUNT MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: President Uribe thanked Representative Blunt for his support, and outlined GOC efforts to protect union members, prosecute human rights violators, combat emerging new criminal groups, and address Colombia's socio-economic problems. Uribe explained that he had begun to review t [...] | 2007-08-31 16:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PGOV ETRD PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA6594 | UNHCHR INTERNAL REPORT ASSESSES SAN JOSE DE [...] (C) Summary: A local United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR) report on San Jose de Apartado (SJDA) highlights differences between the Peace Community's (PC) version of recent killings and accounts provided by the Prosecutor General (Fiscalia),Human Rights Ombudsman (Defenso [...] | 2007-09-11 18:35:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA6697 | CODEL PRICE MEETS WITH PRESIDENT URIBE [...] (SBU) Summary: In an August 28 meeting with Codel Price, President Uribe explained the Justice and Peace Law and reiterated his commitment to extradite former paramilitaries who violate their peace process obligations. He reviewed GOC efforts to reintegrate former paramilitaries -as well as [...] | 2007-09-13 15:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ETRD KJUS PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA6746 | COLOMBIA: TRACKING CONVICTIONS IN LABOR VIOLENCE [...] The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) created a special sub-unit in October 2006 to focus on prosecuting "priority" cases of violence against trade unionists. Working with the three main labor confederations, the Fiscalia identified 204 "priority" cases and pledged to prosecute the perpe [...] | 2007-09-17 15:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV PHUM PTER KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA6789 | MAJOR SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS FOR 1999 MASSACRE IN [...] On September 15, the Colombian Supreme Court found Major Luis Fernando Campuzano Vasquez guilty of complicity in the August 21, 1999 massacre of 27 people in La Gabarra, Norte de Santander. The court ruled that Campuzano, a lieutenant at the time, ordered the withdrawal of military patrols an [...] | 2007-09-18 23:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA6948 | COLOMBIA'S EFFORTS TO ENSURE FAIR ELECTIONS IN [...] During a pre-elections visit to Sucre and Cordoba departments, politicians, local authorities, and victims, groups all told us the safer environment created by the demobilization of paramilitaries resulted in a dramatic increase in the participation of newer political parties. However, some v [...] | 2007-09-25 04:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA6966 | AMBASSADOR'S SEPTEMBER 21 MEETING WITH PRESIDENT [...] (C) The Ambassador briefed President Uribe on the latest developments on the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA),urged the GOC to coordinate closely with the USG on the efforts of Senator Cordoba and President Chavez to achieve a humanitarian exchange with the FARC, and outlined likely shift [...] | 2007-09-25 17:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA6998 | THREE AIR FORCE OFFICERS SENTENCED FOR SANTO [...] The 12th Circuit Penal Court in Bogota sentenced two pilots and a technician to six years under house arrest on manslaughter charges stemming from the accidental bombing of a community in Tame (Arauca),which killed 17 people during an operation against the FARC on December 13, 1998. Captain [...] | 2007-09-26 12:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA7038 | NGO CONSULTATION FOCUSES ON AFRO-COLOMBIAN AND [...] Summary: On September 14, we hosted a discussion of Afro-Colombian and indigenous issues with human rights groups. Participants criticized the GOC's "democratic security" policy as a pretext to transfer lands traditionally belonging to indigenous and Afro-Colombian communities to large commer [...] | 2007-09-27 23:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA7104 | AMBASSADOR BROWNFIELD'S SEPTEMBER 26 MEETING WITH [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Interior and Justice (MOIJ) Holguin told the Ambassador on September 26 that the Justice and Peace Law (JPL) process faced difficult challenges as it addresses the legal status of 18,000 rank and file demobilized paramilitary. The recent victims protection decree will [...] | 2007-10-03 12:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PINR PHUM PTER CO |
07BOGOTA7193 | PRE-ELECTIONS CLIMATE IN SUCRE: NEW SPACE [...] (U) Politicians, local authorities, and victims groups in Sucre report the paramilitary demobilization has opened new political space, allowing increased participation by new political parties and social groups ahead of the October elections. Still, some victims, groups and candidates complai [...] | 2007-10-04 20:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA7223 | CORDOBA PRE-ELECTIONS REPORT: INCREASED [...] (U) New parties and community groups are taking advantage of the greater political space created by the paramilitary demobilization and jailing of elected officials with paramilitary ties to participate actively in the October local elections in Cordoba. Still, candidates fear new criminal gr [...] | 2007-10-05 19:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA7224 | SHOOTING VICTIMS REQUEST INVESTIGATION AND [...] (C) On September 17, Miguel and Ualberto Hoyos, leaders of a resettlement effort for displaced persons near Curvarado and Belen de Bajira, Choco department, were shot outside their home by a man believed linked to new criminal groups and local ranchers. The Hoyos brothers believe they were ta [...] | 2007-10-05 20:01:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM CO |
07BOGOTA7238 | HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS IN CARTAGENA INVOLVE NEWLY [...] (U) Summary: Displaced community members told a visiting international delegation organized by UNHCHR that threats by newly emerging criminal bands are on the rise. A community leader was shot on July 16, and 15 other human rights and community leaders received threats this year. The local Hum [...] | 2007-10-09 12:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA7323 | TRANSPARENT ELECTION PROCESS AND GREATER POLITICAL [...] Local candidates and officials in Apartado (Antioquia department) told us preparations for the October elections are proceeding in a transparent manner. Local candidates said the current environment allowed a broader "political space" to campaign freely and had few complaints about how local [...] | 2007-10-11 15:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA7395 | GOC TAKING CONCRETE STEPS TOWARDS INVESTIGATING [...] (SBU) Summary: An international human rights group coalition claims there were 955 extrajudicial killings by Colombian security forces between July 2002 and June 2007. The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) is formally investigating 189 allegations of extrajudicial killings involving 388 [...] | 2007-10-15 18:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA7397 | PRE-ELECTIONS CLIMATE IN VALLEDUPAR: CRIMINAL [...] (U) Summary: Candidates and officials in Valledupar, capital of the northern Cesar Department, report some paramilitary influence in local campaigns and isolated security threats against candidates, but note an overall improvement in openness and transparency this election season. The GOC is [...] | 2007-10-15 20:14:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA7481 | AMBASSADOR'S OCTOBER 11 MEETING WITH [...] (C) In an October 11 meeting, the Ambassador and Vice-President Santos reviewed prospects for U.S. approval of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA),agreed on the need to work closely to deflect efforts by President Chavez and the FARC to make the USG and GOC look intransigent in humanita [...] | 2007-10-19 14:15:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER VZ CO |
07BOGOTA7483 | PRE-ELECTIONS CLIMATE IN CUCUTA: CRIME AND BORDER [...] (U) Cucuta, the capital of Norte de Santander, is a major transit point to Venezuela, making it a magnet for illegal armed groups trying to control legal and illegal commercial activity. Its mayor was arrested in September for paramilitary ties, but he remains highly popular. Election preparat [...] | 2007-10-19 15:27:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PINR PTER CO |
07BOGOTA7623 | MAPP/OAS CONCERNED OVER ALLEGED EXTRAJUDICIAL [...] (C) An internal MAPP/OAS report outlined concerns about the disappearance of eleven young men in Sucre department, allegedly involving the 11th brigade. Six of the men (ages 16-22) were found dead days after their disappearance; the 11th brigade claimed they were killed in combat. Five remain [...] | 2007-10-22 22:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS MARR CO |
07BOGOTA7671 | GOC'S POSSIBLE SHIFT ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL [...] (C) During an October 17 meeting with Luis Moreno Ocampo, chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC),President Uribe suggested the GOC would revisit whether to continue delaying the application of the ICC war crimes provision. The GOC exempted itself from the provision for se [...] | 2007-10-24 22:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA7695 | DRAFT MAPP/OAS TENTH QUARTERLY REPORT ON PEACE [...] (C) The MAPP/OAS draft Tenth Quarterly Report on the peace process recognizes GOC progress in the reintegration of demobilized paramilitaries, as well as in combating new criminal groups, but urges it to do more to prevent narcotraffickers, the FARC, and other criminal groups from exploiting [...] | 2007-10-25 17:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | CO PHUM PGOV KJUS PREL |
07BOGOTA7718 | SECRETARY GUTIERREZ AND U.S. REPRESENTATIVES' [...] (SBU) In an October 13 breakfast meeting with Commerce Secretary Gutierrez and an accompanying congressional SIPDIS delegation, President Uribe thanked the group for U.S. support and urged them to support the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA). He said the FTA will complement Plan Colomb [...] | 2007-10-26 22:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ELAB ETRD KJUS OVIP PGOV PHUM PTER EC |
07BOGOTA7761 | GOC CONSIDERING CHANGES IN REPARATIONS IN JUSTICE [...] (SBU) The GOC announced October 23 it is considering a proposal by the National Commission of Reparations and Reconciliation (CNRR) to change the reparations process from the current judicial procedure--which has proved extremely slow in identifying victims and assets--to an administrative p [...] | 2007-10-30 22:31:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA791 | FISCALIA INDICTS, ARRESTS SEVEN SOLDIERS IN HIGH [...] (U) On January 31, the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) announced the indictments and arrests of seven soldiers on homicide charges in the January 21, 2006 killing of Edilberto Vasquez Cardona of the Arenas Alta Peace Community in San Jose de Apartado. The seven soldiers, two noncommiss [...] | 2007-02-06 11:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA7987 | RECOMMENDATION TO RESTORE ASSISTANCE TO AIR COMBAT [...] (C) The Department of State suspended U.S. assistance to Colombian Air Force Air Combat Command-1 (CACOM-1) in Puerto Salgar (Cundinamarca) in January 2003 due to the Air Force's refusal to accept responsibility for the bombing of the village of Santo Domingo (Arauca) on December 13, 1998 by a [...] | 2007-11-08 14:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA8025 | AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 6 MEETING WITH CNRR [...] (U) National Commission for Reconciliation and Reparations (CNRR) President Eduardo Pizarro thanked the Ambassador for USG support, reviewed CNRR progress in addressing legitimacy, organizational and coordination challenges, and outlined his future priorities in a November 6 meeting. He noted t [...] | 2007-11-13 14:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS AR CI GM SP SZ CO |
07BOGOTA8044 | MILITARY JUSTICE WORKING GROUP HEARS REFORM [...] (SBU) Military Criminal Justice (MPJ) director Luz Marina Gil and National Director for Prosecutors of the Prosecutor General's office (Fiscalia) Alicia Ledesma outlined their plans for greater military-civilian cooperation on human rights investigations, including extrajudicial killings, to a [...] | 2007-11-13 23:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA8045 | AMBASSADOR'S NOVEMBER 1 MEETING WITH FORMER [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-14 00:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ETRD PGOV PHUM PINR PREL PTER KJUS FR NU VE |
07BOGOTA8056 | RECENT HUMAN RIGHTS CASES DEMONSTRATE PROGRESS [...] The Prosecutor General's office (Fiscalia)--supported by the GOC ans using evidence generated by the Justice and Peace Law (JPL)--has made progess on human rights. The Fiscalia is considering asking the Supreme Court to re-open proceedings against retired military generals Rito Alejo del Rio [...] | 2007-11-14 19:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA8080 | FISCALIA SPECIAL COMMISSION INVESTIGATING [...] The Prosecutor General's office (Fiscalia) has sent a special commission to Antioquia, Cordoba, and four other departments to review the backlog of alleged extrajudicial killing and to spur action on investigations. Human Rights unit prosecutor William Arteaga--based in Medellin--heads the co [...] | 2007-11-15 19:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA8117 | USG SUPPORT FOR GOC EFFORTS TO COMBAT [...] (C) The Colombian Government has made ending extrajudicial killings (EJES) a top priority, with Defense Minister Santos and Prosecutor General Iguaran instituting steps to facilitate civilian investigation of combat deaths, end jurisdictional disputes between military and civilian courts, and [...] | 2007-11-19 17:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS MARR PTER UN CO |
07BOGOTA8367 | MINISTRY OF DEFENSE DIRECTIVE TAKES STRONG [...] The Ministry of Defense (MOD) issued a directive on November 20 ordering military commanders to give greater weight to the demobilization or capture of illegal combatants than to kills (bajas) in evaluating the success of military operations. The directive addresses human rights groups' conc [...] | 2007-12-05 19:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA8368 | PROSECUTOR GENERAL TO APPEAL ACQUITTAL OF GENERAL [...] On November 28, civilian judge Oscar Jaimes acquitted General Jaime Humberto Uscategui, former commander of the 7th Brigade, of homicide, kidnapping and omission charges in connection with the July 1997 paramilitary massacre of an estimated 50 people in Mapiripan, Meta department. Uscategui, [...] | 2007-12-05 19:27:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA8384 | PRESIDENT URIBE SPEAKS TO REID DELEGATION ON TPA, [...] (SBU) During a November 28 meeting with the U.S. Congressional Delegation led by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, President Alvaro Uribe outlined Plan Colombia's accomplishments and stressed the importance of continued U.S. support. Uribe said passage of the U.S.- Colombia Trade Promotion A [...] | 2007-12-06 20:14:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PTER PHUM PGOV KJUS VE CO |
07BOGOTA8400 | ARMY CAPTAIN CHARGED IN FEBRUARY 2005 MASSACRE OF [...] On November 22, the Prosecutor General's office (Fiscalia) ordered the detention of Army Captain Guillermo Gordillo for his participation in the massacre of eight civilians near San Jose de Apartado in February 2005. Captain Gordillo is in preventive detention, charged with homicide of protec [...] | 2007-12-07 17:18:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BOGOTA8434 | PROSECUTOR GENERAL DATA SKETCHY BUT SHOWS MOST [...] The Colombian Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) reports that since 2001, it has resolved 59 cases of violence against labor union members, resulting in the sentencing of 126 individuals. Eleven of the cases, leading to 20 convictions, were prosecuted by the special subunit set up by the [...] | 2007-12-10 17:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KJUS PGOV PHUM PTER CO |
07BOGOTA8508 | ILO COMMISSION GAINS TRIPARTITE PERSPECTIVES IN [...] A high-level International Labor Organization (ILO) commission visited Colombia November 25-28 to encourage progress on implementation on the June 2006 Tripartite Agreement (ref A). The commission released its report--which the local ILO report called positive--to the GOC, unions, and employe [...] | 2007-12-13 20:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KJUS PGOV PHUM PTER CO |
07BOGOTA8662 | GOC MOVES TO EXPEDITE CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF [...] In response to concerns identified by the International Labor Organization (ILO),the GOC has introduced bills in Congress that would bring Colombia's laws closer to ILO standards. The proposed legislation would: transfer authority for declaring whether a strike is legal from the executive t [...] | 2007-12-27 13:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KJUS PGOV PHUM PTER CO |
07BOGOTA870 | INL A/S PATTERSON MEETS WITH MINISTER OF INTERIOR [...] (C) In a January 30 meeting, INL A/S Anne Patterson asked Minister of Interior and Justice Carlos Holguin to continue expediting consultations with indigenous communities regarding aerial eradication in reserves. Holguin expressed frustration with the conflicting SIMCI and CNC numbers on hec [...] | 2007-02-07 20:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO SNAR |
07BOGOTA871 | INL A/S PATTERSON MEETS WITH REINTEGRATION CZAR [...] (C) In a February 1 meeting, Reintegration Commissioner Frank Pearl told INL A/S Anne Patterson of his efforts to increase the program's credibility in Colombia and with the international community. He noted the GOC pays 96 percent of the Reintegration Program's budget, while the internation [...] | 2007-02-07 20:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PINR PREL PTER CO |
07BOGOTA923 | VIOLENCE AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS ON [...] (U) On January 31, unknown gunmen killed human rights activist Yolanda Izquierdo, who had been warning the GOC of death threats against her. The killing followed violence, threats, and arson against other groups involved with human rights, displaced persons, and paramilitary victims' rights o [...] | 2007-02-08 19:18:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
07BRASILIA2070 | SUBJECT: BRAZIL: PROBABLY WILL SUPPORT ARGENTINA [...] (C) On 29 October, Poloffs delivered reftel demarche to director of the Brazilian Ministry of External Relations (Itamaraty) Office of Transnational Crimes, Virginia Toniatti. While Toniatti was familiar with the AMIA case and the upcoming Interpol General Assembly vote, and noted Brazil,s con [...] | 2007-10-31 10:05:00 | Embassy Brasilia | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KJUS PGOV PREL IR BR |
07BRIDGETOWN1021 | ST. LUCIAN HOUSING MINISTER RICHARD FREDERICK MAY [...] (C) SUMMARY: St. Lucian Housing Minister, Richard Frederick, returned for police questioning on July 18 as part of an investigation against Frederick's alleged customs violations. Various authorities and observers are concerned that the Director of Public Prosecutions will not pursue the cas [...] | 2007-08-15 18:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN669 | ST. LUCIA: FREDRICK INVESTIGATION AND MLAT [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a May 17 television talk show, a prominent news personality leaked the details of a standing evidence request made under the U.S.-St. Lucia Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) concerning Richard Fredrick, St. Lucia's Housing Minister suspected of ties to drug trafficking [...] | 2007-05-25 21:21:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS KTIA KCOR PREL PGOV PINR SNAR ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN749 | ST. LUCIA CABINET RESHUFFLE, A STEP TOWARD A NEW [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 6, St. Lucia Prime Minister Sir John Compton reshuffled his cabinet, firing Foreign Minister Rufus Bousquet, demoting Home Affairs Minister Keith Mondesir, and giving their portfolios to Acting Prime Minister Stephenson King. Given Compton's health problems, it is widely [...] | 2007-06-08 18:58:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR AORC OVIP KSUM KJUS KTIA ST XL |
07BRIDGETOWN810 | ST. LUCIA HOUSING MINISTER FREDRICK HELD FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: St. Lucia Housing Minister Richard Fredrick was questioned on June 18 by St. Lucian authorities for his alleged involvement in customs duty evasion. After six hours, he was released and asked to return on July 18 for further questioning. Contacts stated that the Director of Pub [...] | 2007-06-20 18:52:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KJUS KTIA ST XL |
07BRUSSELS2150 | NO FIRM DECISION ON BELGIAN PLEDGE AT ROME RULE OF [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-29 14:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS |
07BRUSSELS2951 | EU APPOINTS DE KERCHOVE AS NEW CT COORDINATOR [...] EU ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA Council) on September 18 concurred on the designation of Gilles de Kerchove, a senior Belgian official in the Council Secretariat, as the EU's new Counter-Terrorism Coordinator. Ministers also endorsed a compromise plan for sharing criminal data [...] | 2007-09-20 09:17:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS PINR PREL EUN |
07BRUSSELS3543 | WAR CRIMES DEPUTY ASKS EU FOR HELP ON GUANTANAMO [...] (C) Summary: Milbert Shin, Deputy for War Crimes Issues, met with EU officials Dec. 12-13 to request EU assistance in facilitating U.S. agreements with European states to accept transferees from Guantanamo. While obtaining no commitments, he did receive assurances from officials in the Council [...] | 2007-12-28 10:17:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS CB EUN |
07BUCHAREST104 | RFG: MUNAF'S CASE IN UNHCR; ROMANIA SEEKS US VIEWS [...] (SBU) This is a request for Action. Please see para. 7. 2. (C) MFA State Secretary Adrian Vierita asked to meet with DCM and Acting Polcouns on January 30 to discuss a complaint filed with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on behalf of dual Iraqi/US citizen Mohammad Munaf, who wa [...] | 2007-02-01 15:13:00 | Embassy Bucharest | SECRET | CASC KJUS MARR PGOV PREL UNHCR IZ RO |
07BUCHAREST1215 | STATE TV NEWS EDITOR SANCTIONED FOR REVEALING [...] (C) Summary: Press freedoms appear to have been caught in the political backlash against the release of footage of a Romanian Agriculture Minister caught accepting a bribe. Romanian journalists complain of political pressure as the public television editors who broadcast the footage of high-le [...] | 2007-10-25 13:59:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL PINR PTER RO |
07BUCHAREST1230 | CRIMINAL CODE REVISIONS: A PARLIAMENTARY [...] (C) Summary: Prosecutors and NGOs complain that parliament's amended draft Criminal Code and Criminal Procedures Code, if signed into law, would exculpate a wide variety of criminal acts by nullifying evidence gained outside of its new, highly restrictive procedures. In attempting to absolve [...] | 2007-10-31 16:05:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR PREL RO |
07BUCHAREST1267 | ROMANIA: AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH PROSECUTOR [...] (C) Summary. In a meeting with the Ambassador, Prosecutor General Kovesi expressed concern that new amendments to the Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code would affect all court cases and turn Romania into a "paradise for crime." Kovesi expected parliament to override the president's veto [...] | 2007-11-09 05:52:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL RO |
07BUCHAREST1298 | ROMANIA: AMBASSADOR'S SPEECH, BRITISH CRITICISM OF [...] (C) Summary: Although President Basescu announced on November 20 that he is returning a package of controversial amendments to the Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code to Parliament, only a simple majority of parliamentarians is needed to enact the amendments into law over his veto, notwi [...] | 2007-11-23 21:00:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL RO |
07BUCHAREST157 | COMMUNICATION FROM ROMANIAN MINISTRY OF JUSTICE ON [...] (U) ACTION REQUEST: Post received a note dated February 2, 2007 from the Romanian Ministry of Justice International Law and Treaty Department seeking assistance in AmCit Mohammad Munaf's case. It represents a follow-up to request for assistance in reftels A and C. Post seeks guidance from [...] | 2007-02-13 16:02:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC PGOV PREL MARR KJUS IZ RO |
07BUCHAREST17 | ROMANIAN MOJ REQUEST FOR MUNAF HEARING FROM IRAQ [...] (SBU) The Ministry of Justice sent Embassy Bucharest a request on December 29 for judicial assistance in connection with two cases involving Mohammad Munaf, held in custody in Iraq. This letter is the first received pursuant to reftel guidance establishing a single formal channel for requests [...] | 2007-01-05 15:25:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PTER PGOV PREL RO |
07BUCHAREST452 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW INTERIOR MINISTER CRISTIAN DAVID [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with new Interior Minister Cristian David to review and maintain major areas of cooperation. David assured the Ambassador of the government's continued commitment to anti-corruption reforms in Justice and Home Affairs. He also requested additional U.S. assistance o [...] | 2007-04-19 15:04:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL PINR PTER RO |
07BUCHAREST469 | EXPERTS QUESTION NEW JUSTICE MINISTER'S COMMITMENT [...] (C) Summary: Embassy contacts working to advance anticorruption and justice reform expressed doubts concerning new Justice Minister Tudor Chiuariu's commitment to reform. Two experts, one with the European Commission Delegation in Romania and the other from the Ministry of Justice, evinced ne [...] | 2007-04-27 07:54:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL RO |
07BUCHAREST47 | ANTI-TRAFFICKING BEST PRACTICES: IMPROVING [...] (SBU) Summary: In continuing efforts to work with the Romanian Government on Trafficking in Persons issues, one "best practice" established by Embassy BucharestQs Department of Justice office (RLA) has been the creation of a victim/witness coordination program. The Romanian National Anti-Tr [...] | 2007-01-12 14:04:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS PREL SOCI RO |
07BUCHAREST491 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NEW JUSTICE MINISTER [...] (C) Summary: The newly appointed Liberal Justice Minister Tudor Chiuariu appeared confident and eager to signal his readiness to fight corruption and support judicial reform. He insisted that he would be more effective than his predecessor, the popular Monica Macovei, because he would work mo [...] | 2007-05-02 14:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL RO |
07BUCHAREST52 | LUSTRATION: SECURITATE RECORDS HANDED OVER BUT [...] (SBU) Summary. President Basescu announced December 29 that the intelligence services have completed the transfer of the archives of the former communist political police, the Securitate, to the National Council for the Study of Securitate Archives (CNSAS). At his urging, the Supreme Council f [...] | 2007-01-17 12:47:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR SOCI KJUS RO |
07BUCHAREST556 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH ANTICORRUPTION DIRECTORATE CHIEF DANIEL MORAR [...] (C) Summary: In a May 14 meeting, National Anticorruption Directorate Chief Daniel Morar described to Ambassador the negative effects of recent actions by Parliament and the new Romanian Justice Minister in undercutting the effectiveness of anticorruption prosecutions. Morar said parliamentarians w [...] | 2007-05-16 04:42:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCOR KJUS RO |
07BUCHAREST574 | FALSE START: JUSTICE MINISTER ATTEMPTS TO DISMISS [...] (C) Summary: A heavy-handed attempt by Justice Minister Chiuariu to remove Romania's top anti-corruption prosecutor has been blocked for now by the Superior Council of Magistracy (CSM) . The CSM decision effectively prevents the anti-Basescu coalition from gaining control over anticorruption [...] | 2007-05-21 04:31:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS KCOR RO |
07BUCHAREST747 | EC FRUSTRATED BY NEW ROMANIAN CORRUPTION AGENCY'S [...] (C) Summary. Romania's National Integrity Agency (ANI),the last major anti-corruption effort that the GOR promised before acceding to the EU, was formally established last month. While the European Commission is unhappy with Romanian backsliding in the fight against corruption, its monitor [...] | 2007-06-27 15:46:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL RO |
07BUCHAREST784 | PARTING SHOT: FORMER JUSTICE MINISTER CRITICIZES [...] (C) Summary: Former Justice Minister Macovei provided a downbeat assessment of recent GOR efforts on the anticorruption front, alleging attempts to weaken the National Anticorruption Directorate; to direct state funds toward private interests; and to use anticorruption funding from the EU and [...] | 2007-07-06 14:28:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS KCOR MA RO |
07BUCHAREST858 | JUSTICE MINISTRY'S NOTE REQUESTING ASSISTANCE ON [...] (SBU) Embassy received by fax on July 20, the below note regarding the case of Mohammad Munaf from the Romanian Justice Ministry (MOJ) sent to us upon the recommendation from the MFA. The MOJ note cites the 1999 bilateral agreement with the United States on judicial assistance in seeking U,S, [...] | 2007-07-25 15:22:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC IZ PGOV PREL KJUS RO |
07BUCHAREST911 | LASZLO TOKES CHALLENGES UDMR LEADERSHIP AND [...] (C) Summary: Romania's ethnic Hungarian party (UDMR),the Liberals' coalition partner government, risks failing to meet the five percent electoral threshold in upcoming elections, starting with this fall's European Parliamentary race. The candidacy of controversial Bishop Laszlo Tokes could di [...] | 2007-08-10 14:45:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS PREL RO |
07BUDAPEST1793 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST [...] (S) LEGATT discussed subject with Lt Colonel Zoltan Dani, Chief, International Relations Department, Hungarian National Police on 31 October. Dani, commenting that Argentina Embassy representatives previously raised the subject with the National Police, stated Hungary will support the Argenti [...] | 2007-11-05 09:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR HU |
07BUDAPEST1795 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST [...] (S) LEGATT discussed subject with Lt Colonel Zoltan Dani, Chief, International Relations Department, Hungarian National Police on 31 October. Dani, commenting that Argentina Embassy representatives previously raised the subject with the National Police, stated Hungary will support the Argenti [...] | 2007-11-05 09:51:00 | Embassy Budapest | SECRET | KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR HU |
07BUENOSAIRES1283 | ACTIVE ABROAD, STYMIED AT HOME; ARGENTINA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On June 26, Ambassador Wayne met with head of the Office of Anticorruption, Dr. Abel Fleitas Ortiz de Rozas to discuss possible increased cooperation on anti-corruption issues. Fleitas highlighted his office's very active participation in international anti-corruption conventio [...] | 2007-07-02 17:58:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PGOV PTER SNAR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1327 | AMBASSADOR MEETING WITH AMIA FRIENDS AND FAMILY [...] (C) Summary. On July 10, Ambassador Wayne, accompanied by Legal Attache and poloff, met with representatives from the Friends and Families of victims of the 1994 Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) terrorist attack (FAV). The Ambassador praised the FAV's efforts to keep the memory o [...] | 2007-07-11 17:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI IS |
07BUENOSAIRES1416 | PUT THEM ON TRIAL: SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS PARDONS [...] (C) Summary and Comment. On July 13, the Argentine Supreme Court overturned a 1989 presidential pardon granted by then President Carlos Menem to General Santiago Omar Riveros, former military official who is accused of crimes against humanity for heading up clandestine detention centers dur [...] | 2007-07-20 22:14:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS MARR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1448 | ARGENTINA: CONFIDENT THEY WILL COMPLETE UNCAC CHECKLIST BY [...] (U) Nicolas Raigorodsky, the Director of Transparency Policies in the Office of Anticorruption, confirmed to post that he and his team have received the Spanish version of the checklist and that Argentina would complete the UNCAC checklist before the August 15 deadline. Raigorodsky expressed a [...] | 2007-07-26 19:08:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PGOV PTER SNAR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1468 | Judicial Branch feels pressure, appreciates U.S. program [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 18, Ambassador lunched with key members of Argentina's judicial branch. They expressed deep appreciation for exchanges, speakers, and seminars which the Embassy has sponsored for the last six years. They described the stark need of the judicial branch in Argentina to [...] | 2007-07-30 18:04:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PGOV AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1802 | ARGENTINA: AMIA DICUSSES INTERPOL GA VOTE STRATEGY [...] (C) Summary. On September 4, Ambassador Wayne met with the President of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association (AMIA) Luis Grynwald and other AMIA officials to discuss AMIA's strategy to ensure that the INTERPOL General Assembly (GA) votes to uphold its Executive Committee's (EC) decision [...] | 2007-09-10 17:25:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
07BUENOSAIRES182 | CLASH AT INTERPOL LEADS TO HEIGHTENED TENSIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT. On January 22, an Argentine delegation, led by MFA Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez and including AMIA special prosecutors, met at Interpol headquarters in Lyon with Secretary General Noble and other Interpol officials to argue their case for issuing Red Notices for the [...] | 2007-01-31 17:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
07BUENOSAIRES184 | ARGENTINA: SCENESETTER FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (C) Introduction and Summary: Embassy Buenos Aires warmly welcomes you and your delegation to Argentina February 6-7. While the Kirchner administration does not always see eye to eye with the USG, it continues to be an important partner in fighting transnational crime, drug and human trafficki [...] | 2007-01-31 20:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER SNAR KJUS PHUM AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1850 | Argentina's Anticorruption Office: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Despite being ranked 93rd (low) on Transparency International's corruption perception index, Argentina has an active anti-corruption office. The office has both a policy-promotion mission and an investigatory function. Despite a heavy investigatory workload, the office has yet [...] | 2007-09-14 19:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KCOR KCRM KJUS PGOV PTER SNAR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES1951 | ARGENTINA: CHIEF JUSTICE TO SEEK JUDICIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador met with Argentine Supreme Court President Ricardo Lorenzetti, on the eve of his first official visit to Washington, to discuss his agenda and judicial reform in Argentina. Lorenzetti shared the details of his October 1-5 Washington schedule and his hope to pr [...] | 2007-09-28 19:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM SNAR EAID KDEM AR PINR |
07BUENOSAIRES1964 | ARGENTINE JUSTICE MINISTER PROPOSES OVERHAUL OF [...] (C) GoA Justice Minister Alberto Iribarne briefed the Ambassador September 26 on his draft proposal to reform the federal criminal justice system (other discussion topics reported Ref A and septel). The reforms, based on the recommendations of a Special Commission, aim to alter the rules of e [...] | 2007-10-02 13:55:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON SNAR KJUS KCRM EAID KCOR PHUM |
07BUENOSAIRES2033 | ARGENTINA CONVICTS PRIEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) Christian Von Wernich, a Roman Catholic priest and ex-chaplain of the Buenos Aires Police during Argentina's 1976-1983 Dirty War, was convicted October 9 of being an accomplice in several cases of murder, torture and illegal imprisonment. Von Wernich is the third ex-military official fro [...] | 2007-10-11 16:53:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS AR |
07BUENOSAIRES205 | AMIA UPDATE: ARGENTINA LIKELY TO REQUEST QUIET USG [...] (C) SUMMARY. DCM met February 1 with MFA Ambassador Guillermo Gonzalez (who has the lead on the AMIA case) to discuss GOA strategy to prepare for the March Interpol Executive Committee meeting that will likely decide whether Red Notices will be issued for the arrest of the nine suspects in t [...] | 2007-02-02 20:15:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
07BUENOSAIRES2119 | ARGENTINE JUSTICE MINISTER DISCUSSES TIP, MONEY [...] (C) Introduction: This cable covers and provides updates on issues that Justice Minister Alberto Iribarne and the Ambassador discussed during their recent meeting (reftels). They include: 1) status of Trafficking in Persons legislation and Justice Ministry efforts to push for its passage; 2) [...] | 2007-10-26 16:43:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON KTFN SNAR KJUS KCRM PHUM KWNM |
07BUENOSAIRES2121 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH INCOMING BUENOS [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Wayne met former federal judge Guillermo Montenegro, who was enthusiastic about his new position as Minister of Security-elect of Buenos Aires City, outlining political and bureaucratic challenges he anticipates in his "first executive assignment." He spoke openly abo [...] | 2007-10-26 18:18:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KJUS PGOV PREL AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2240 | ARGENTINA SEEKS U.S. SUPPORT FOR AMBITOUS JUDICIAL REFORM [...] (U) SUMMARY: Ambassador Wayne met with Argentine Supreme Court President Dr. Ricardo Lorenzetti on November 15 to discuss Lorenzetti's October trip to Washington, learn more about Lorenzetti's proposed national judicial management reform plan, and identify areas for enhanced cooperation on deep [...] | 2007-11-20 15:13:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PHUM SOCI PREL EAID AID JUS AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2300 | ARGENTINA: CODEL SANCHEZ DISCUSSES ANTI-TIP AND CN EFFORTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a meeting with Ambassador Wayne and U.S. Representatives Sanchez and Bartlett, Argentine Interior Minister Anibal Fernandez noted that anti-TIP legislation is still stuck in the national Congress, but expressed confidence that it would pass once President-elect Cristina Fernan [...] | 2007-12-06 11:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KWMN PREL SMIG SNAR KJUS PHUM AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2345 | ARGENTINE FUROR CONTINUES OVER U.S. ALLEGATIONS [...] (C) The GOA has repeatedly suspended Ministerial-level contacts and has cut off some law enforcement contacts with the USG in wake of the continuing furor (ref a) over DOJ allegations that $800,000 intercepted August 4 by Argentine officials was a BRV cash contribution for Cristina Kirchner's (CFK) [...] | 2007-12-14 19:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR CJAN ECON ASEC KJUS VE AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2346 | ARGENTINE AUTHORITIES STAY IN ATTACK MODE, [...] (SBU) Action Request: Embassy requests clearance of proposed talking points in paras 7-14 for use in backgrounding the media in response to GOA allegations. 2. (SBU) Summary and introduction: Following extensive positive media coverage on December 14 and 15 of the Ambassador's December 14 [...] | 2007-12-16 19:05:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR CJAN KJUS ASEC KPAO VE AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2359 | BOTH KIRCHNERS NOW ON THE WARPATH: "WE WILL NOT [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) and her husband, former president Nestor Kirchner (NK),came out swinging against the United States -- she in Montevideo, he in Buenos Aires -- on December 18, hours before the Ambassador was scheduled to meet with [...] | 2007-12-18 18:46:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL SNAR CJAN KJUS ASEC KPAO VE AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2361 | G7 AMBASSADORS ON MIAMI ARRESTS: [...] (C) Summary. Ambassador briefed the Ambassadors and Charges of Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, and the United Kingdom on the December 11 arrest of three Venezuelans and one Uruguayan in Miami on charges of operating as unregistered foreign agents. Ambassado [...] | 2007-12-19 12:49:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR CJAN KJUS ASEC KPAO VE AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2372 | ARGENTINE CONGRESS CONDEMNS U.S. ALLEGATIONS, [...] (SBU) Summary: The Kirchner-controlled Congress moved with exceptional alacrity December 19 to repudiate the U.S. for offending Argentina, and former president Nestor Kirchner continued to berate the USG, but singling out former WHA A/S Roger Noriega for vitriol. Meanwhile, according to press [...] | 2007-12-20 18:47:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL CJAN SNAR KJUS ASEC VE AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2374 | ARGENTINA'S AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO THE U.S. TERMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine media broadcast remarks critical of the U.S. by the GOA's Ambassador-designate to Washington (ref C),Hector Timerman, who said "politically relations with the U.S. are very bad" because certain "sectors linked to DOJ and U.S. intelligence agencies" were troubled by Ar [...] | 2007-12-20 19:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OFDP PREL CJAN SNAR KJUS ASEC KCOR VE AR |
07BUENOSAIRES2375 | ARGENTINA'S AMBASSADOR-DESIGNATE TO THE U.S. TERMS [...] (SBU) Summary: Argentine media broadcast remarks critical of the U.S. by the GOA's Ambassador-designate to Washington (ref C),Hector Timerman, who said "politically relations with the U.S. are very bad" because certain "sectors linked to DOJ and U.S. intelligence agencies" were troubled by Ar [...] | 2007-12-20 19:57:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | OFDP PREL CJAN SNAR KJUS ASEC KCOR VE AR |
07BUENOSAIRES422 | (C) SUPPORTING THE AMIA TERROR INVESTIGATION AT [...] (C) In anticipation of a senior level interagency meeting early this week, I would like to restate the importance of the USG supporting the efforts of Argentina's prosecutors to pursue justice in the 1994 AMIA terrorist bombing case. I understand the need for full debate of the sensitive issue [...] | 2007-03-05 21:52:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
07BUENOSAIRES520 | ARGENTINE GOVERNMENT WELCOMES AMIA DECISION [...] (C) Summary: On March 15, Interpol Executive Committee (EC) recommended by consensus the issuance of Red Notices against five Iranian officials and one Hizballah - Islamic Jihad Organization (IJO) leader wanted in connection with the July 18, 1994 suicide bombing of the Argentine-Israeli Mutua [...] | 2007-03-19 09:24:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KJUS AR FBI |
07BUENOSAIRES754 | ARGENTINA: DEMARCHE ON UN CORRUPTION AND CRIME [...] ConOff delivered reftel talking points to Advisor Mauricio Alice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Officer of the Legal Advisor (OLA). Alice stated that he would pass on our concern about the checklist and our offer of assistance to the agencies involved in the process. He noted that t [...] | 2007-04-19 09:17:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PGOV PTER SNAR AR |
07BUENOSAIRES881 | MEETINGS WITH ARGENTINE JUSTICE MINISTER AND [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador met separately with Minister of Justice Alberto Iribarne on April 24 and Prosecutor General Esteban Righi on April 27 to discuss upcoming USDOJ consultations and training seminars; GOA efforts to introduce judicial reform; trafficking in persons (ref A); and passage [...] | 2007-05-04 21:06:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS FBI AR |
07CAIRO1170 | SNAPSHOT OF UPCOMING LEGISLATION [...] (C) SUMMARY: EGYPT'S PARLIAMENT WILL CONSIDER AN ARRAY OF SIGNIFICANT POLITICAL LEGISLATION DURING ITS CURRENT SESSION (WHICH ENDS APRIL 24 FOR THE SHURA COUNCIL, AND JULY 15 FOR THE PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY),AS WELL AS IN THE SUBSEQUENT SESSION (BEGINNING NOVEMBER 15). SEVERAL OF THE LAWS ARE THE L [...] | 2007-04-19 16:32:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PREL KJUS PTER EG |
07CAIRO1395 | ALEXANDRIA JUDGES CLUB CHIEF ON ELECTIONS [...] (SBU) Summary: In a recent meeting, Mahmoud Khodiry (head of the Alexandria Judges Club, a respected judicial figure and frequent critic of the GOE),criticized the curtailment of a judicial role in Egypt's elections, opining that, "the government has no interest in truly free elections, so has [...] | 2007-05-13 09:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KDEM EG |
07CAIRO2438 | SOLICITATION FOR OVERSEAS FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS [...] FULL NAME AND TITLE 2. SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER 3. PHONE NUMBER AND SUPERVISOR 4. CURRENT POST OF DUTY 5. FAX NUMBER IF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS NEEDED, PLEASE CONTACT PROGRAM COORDINATOR, SUPERVISORY SPECIAL AGENT DENNIS LINDSEY BY FIREBIRD (DENNIS LINDSEY) OR TELEPHONE AT 703-632 [...] | 2007-08-07 13:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS KDEM EFIN ECON ASEC AMGT OTRA EG |
07CAIRO2808 | ANOTHER EGYPTIAN COURT RULES AGAINST MILITARY [...] (SBU) Following on three previous rulings by other courts, another Egyptian civil court has ruled against the GOE's use of military tribunals against the Muslim Brotherhood (MB). On September 10, the Cairo Court of Summary Jurisdiction reportedly rejected the Egyptian government's appeal of a M [...] | 2007-09-17 10:02:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KISL KJUS EG |
07CAIRO2841 | MUBARAK'S LEGAL ADVISOR ON UPCOMING LEGISLATION [...] (C) In a September 19 meeting, presidential legal advisor Mohamed Dakroury discussed a range of upcoming legislation with DCM and poloff. In addition to his influential position as "the president's lawyer," through which he appears to have a drafting or oversight role for virtually all new Egy [...] | 2007-09-19 15:26:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM PTER KJUS EG |
07CAIRO3155 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR JOHN PISTOLE [...] (S) The Egyptians, and I, will warmly welcome you to Cairo. Despite strains in the relationship over the past several months, our partnership in law enforcement and mutual security affairs remains solid. Your visit provides the opportunity to review and reinforce our law enforcement cooperation [...] | 2007-10-30 05:00:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM KJUS |
07CAIRO3223 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED IN SUPPORT OF ARGENTINA'S [...] (U) As requested in reftel, Embassy has confirmed that an Egyptian Ministry of Interior (MOI) delegation is attending the Interpol General Assembly meeting in Marrakech, Morocco from November 5 to 8. 2. (C) On November 7, Poloff spoke to Argentina's Ambassador to Egypt, Luis Enrique Cabba [...] | 2007-11-07 16:11:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV EG IR |
07CAIRO3348 | FBI DEPUTY DIRECTOR MEETS WITH HEAD OF STATE [...] (C) Summary: In a wide-ranging November 4 meeting, State Security Investigative Service (SSIS) head Hassan Abdul Rahman and visiting FBI Deputy Director John Pistole discussed increased fingerprint sharing, the GOE's views on the Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian concerns about terrorist returnees from [...] | 2007-11-28 09:30:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PTER KJUS ECPS IZ EG |
07CAIRO3526 | REFORMIST JUDGE ON NEW JUDICIARY LAW, SUCCESSION, [...] (C) Summary: In a December 11 meeting Hisham Bastawisi told us that new legislation focused on financing of the judiciary must, by law, be passed by June 2008. One of the two judges at the center of the spring 2006 judges' crisis and a vocal advocate for judicial independence, Bastawisi under [...] | 2007-12-23 13:43:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PHUM KDEM EG |
07CARACAS361 | VENEZUELA: CHAVEZ PICKS NEW CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (C) On February 7, Chavez' hand-picked candidate, Luisa Estella Morales, was elected Chief Justice of the Venezuelan Supreme Tribunal of Justice (TSJ). Morales, who also sits on the President's constitutional reform committee, retained the presidency of the TSJ Constitutional Chamber and, as [...] | 2007-02-20 02:02:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS VE |
07CARACAS363 | SUPREME COURT JUSTICE: "THERE IS NO JUSTICE IN [...] (C) Perhaps the sole remaining opposition-leaning Supreme Court Justice Blanca Rosa Marmol bluntly told Poloff during a February 13 meeting that justice no longer existed in Venezuela, as the BRV had fired, intimidated, or co-opted once independent judges, and packed the judiciary with sympat [...] | 2007-02-21 11:20:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS VE |
07COLOMBO836 | INTERVIEW PANEL SELECTS MALAYSIAN CANDIDATE FOR NEXT [...] On Monday, June 11, the Colombo Plan Council Selection Panel, comprised of representatives from Australia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Maldives, Myanmar, Pakistan, Thailand, and the United States, met to interview candidates for the position of Colombo Plan Secretary General. The four candidates [...] | 2007-06-13 02:31:00 | Embassy Colombo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SNAR KJUS ASEC CE |
07COLOMBO898 | SRI LANKA REQUESTS U.S. HELP ON THAI EXTRADITION [...] (C) Further to a June 13 conversation the Ambassador had with Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Bogollogama in which the Minister briefed on the GSL's efforts to work with partners in Southeast Asia to stop LTTE weapons procurement and transfer (reftel),Acting Foreign Secretary Maduwegedera contac [...] | 2007-06-22 09:50:00 | Embassy Colombo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PTER CE |
07CONAKRY1214 | RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON INTERPOL APPROVAL OF RED [...] (S) According to contacts, the Government of Guinea (GoG) sent two delegates to the Interpol General Assembly in Marrakech, Morocco, which included Guinea's Chief of Interpol. In response to reftel request, DCM contacted counterparts at the Brazilian, German and U.K. embassies regarding Arge [...] | 2007-11-05 14:01:00 | Embassy Conakry | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER IR ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV GV |
07COTONOU838 | BENIN WILL SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 10:46:00 | Embassy Cotonou | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV IR |
07DAKAR1452 | HISSENE HABRE PROSECUTION STALLED [...] (C) International and domestic press are reporting accusations by human rights groups that Senegal is &dragging its feet8 on prosecuting former Chadian President Hissene Habre. Stephen Rapp, Special Prosecutor for Sierra Leone, discussed the issue during March 2007 meeting with Ambassador Ja [...] | 2007-07-11 11:13:00 | Embassy Dakar | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PINR SG CD |
07DAKAR1966 | International Donor's Conference for the Habre trial [...] (SBU) The Government of Senegal had initially planned to hold a donor's conference for a future trial of former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre on September 17 with Minister of Foreign Affairs Gadio and Minister of Justice Sy chairing it. That plan was abandoned and no new dates have been dete [...] | 2007-10-02 11:31:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS KAWC SG CD |
07DHAKA309 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR RLA NANCY LANGSTON [...] Country clearance is requested for Nancy Langston, Regional Legal Advisor with the Department of Justice, to travel to New Delhi, India, from February 27 - March 2, 2007, in connection with the Indo-US Counterterrorism Working Group meeting. 2. Traveler information follows: Name: Nancy L [...] | 2007-02-26 03:17:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA KJUS BG |
07DHAKA38 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR RLA NANCY LANGSTON [...] This is an action request (please see paragraphs 2 - 5). 2. Country clearance is requested for Nancy Langston, Regional Legal Advisor with the Department of Justice, to travel to Kathmandu, Nepal to prepare a Trafficking in Persons (TIP) program from January 14 - 20, 2007. 3. Country cle [...] | 2007-01-09 09:58:00 | Embassy Dhaka | UNCLASSIFIED | OTRA KJUS BG |
07DILI110 | AUSTRALIAN AND PORTUGUESE INTERESTS CONVERGE [...] (C/NF) Summary: In separate discussions, the Portuguese and Australian ambassadors downplayed concerns about support for military dissident Major Alfredo Reinado in the western districts. Their views converge on one matter, that Alfredo is a fugitive from justice who should surrender or be ca [...] | 2007-03-15 02:14:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KPKO MOPS PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM UN TT |
07DILI14 | SUSPECTED INTERNATIONAL HUMAN TRAFFICKERS DETAINED [...] (C) Summary: UNPOL has arrested a Nigerian and a Lebanese national in Dili suspected of involvement in an apparent attempt to traffic young Timorese women to Syria, possibly for prostitution. The Nigerian detainee, found in possession of a large number of fraudulent documents, is confirmed to [...] | 2007-01-16 11:23:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KPKO KCRM ASEC UN SY NI LE TT |
07DILI143 | ALKATIRI CONFIDENT HIS MAN WILL WIN [...] (C) Summary: In an April 5 meeting with Charge d'Affaires, ruling Fretilin party Secretary General and former Prime Minister Mari Alkatiri strongly asserted Fretilin would not be involved in any violence surrounding the presidential campaign, and expressed confidence that Fretilin candidate Fra [...] | 2007-04-06 07:58:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MARR TT |
07DILI15 | PRELIMINARY HEARING OF F-FDTL SUSPECTS IN APRIL-MAY [...] (U) Summary: On January 12, a preliminary hearing was held for 12 suspects in the April-May, 2006 violence, 11 of whom aQ members of the armed forces (F-FDTL). This marked the first judicial step that has been taken to date vis-`-vis any member of the F-FDTL. As a result of the hearing, three [...] | 2007-01-16 11:26:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ID UN TT |
07DILI219 | POLITICIZATION, CRONYISM PERSIST IN NATIONAL POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Following the disintegration of the Dili District-based National Police (PNTL) in late May 2006, and numerous allegations of PNTL officers being involved in the violence that beset Dili at that time, the new United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT) put into place a [...] | 2007-06-05 07:59:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KPKO KJUS UN TT |
07DILI220 | POLITICIZATION, CRONYISM PERSIST IN NATIONAL POLICE [...] (C) Summary: Following the disintegration of the Dili District-based National Police (PNTL) in late May 2006, and numerous allegations of PNTL officers being involved in the violence that beset Dili at that time, the new United Nations Integrated Mission in Timor Leste (UNMIT) put into place a [...] | 2007-06-05 08:00:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KPKO KJUS UN TT |
07DILI232 | PROMULGATION OF PROBLEMATIC AMNESTY LAW UNLIKELY FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: The National Parliament on June 4 approved a Law on Truth and Measures for Clemency for Various Infractions, stipulating that amnesty be provided for a wide array of offenses so long as they were committed between April 20, 2006 and April 30, 2007. If promulgated, the law would ha [...] | 2007-06-20 10:38:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS TT |
07DILI3 | LOBATO TRIAL TO RESUME AMID RUMORS OF DEMONSTRATIONS [...] (C) Summary: The trial of former Minister of Interior Rogerio Lobato on charges of illegal arms distribution is due to resume on January 9. It had originally opened on November 30, but was adjourned the same day and delayed until this month, apparently because key witnesses / co-defendants had [...] | 2007-01-05 09:34:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS ASEC TT |
07DILI338 | COMMISSION ON TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP HOLDS HEARINGS IN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-05 06:51:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KAWC TT ID |
07DILI8 | EAST TIMOR: OBSTACLES TO ACCOUNTABILITY [...] (C) Summary. While there are indications that East Timor's Prosecutor-General genuinely desires to pursue justice for crimes related to the April-May 2006 events, he is said to be under strong pressure from the political elite not to do so, and to fear for his personal safety. He is therefore [...] | 2007-01-12 12:12:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ID UN TT |
07DILI92 | EX INTERIOR MINISTER LOBATO FOUND GUILTY, FOR NOW [...] (U) Summary: A Dili District Court on March 7 sentenced former Interior Minister Rogerio Lobato to seven and a half years in prison on murder and weapons charges. His co-defendants, Francisco Salsinha, Francisco Xavier Viegas, and Marcos Piedade, each received a four month suspended sentence. [...] | 2007-03-07 10:36:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KPAO ASEC TT |
07DILI95 | GUSMAO EXPOUNDS ON REINADO, ELECTIONS [...] (C) Summary: In a March 8 meeting, President Xanana Gusmao told Charge d'Affaires (CDA) he will no longer talk directly with Major Alfredo Reinado because of Reinado's history of stubbornness and duplicity in the President's direct negotiations with the rebel soldier. The strategy remains for [...] | 2007-03-08 10:52:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV MAAR KDEM KJUS KPKO UN AU TT |
07DILI96 | DILI BISHOP SYMPATHIZES WITH REINADO [...] (C) Summary: Bishop of Dili Alberto Ricardo da Silva told us in a March 9 meeting that he was reluctant to get involved in convincing dissident military leader Major Alfredo Reinado to surrender because he feared for the safety of Reinado if he surrenders to GOET authorities, and that the Cath [...] | 2007-03-09 10:24:00 | Embassy Dili | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS UN AU VT TT |
07DOHA1046 | SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL [...] (C) Poloff approached the MFA International Organizations, Conferences and Treaties Department October 28 regarding Government of Qatar (GOQ) participation in the November 5-8 INTERPOL General Assembly in Marrakech, Morocco and inquired about GOQ thinking regarding Argentina Red Notices (reft [...] | 2007-11-05 13:50:00 | Embassy Doha | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PTER ASEC PGOV IR QA |
07DUSHANBE1731 | EMBASSY DUSHANBE,S RULE OF LAW PROGRAM [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Dushanbe,s rule of law priorities have become more sophisticated as we learn the depth to which reforms are necessary. An inter-agency advisory team recently visited Tajikistan to assess the criminal justice sector, and the team will soon provide recommendations on prog [...] | 2007-12-06 06:37:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM TI |
07DUSHANBE1735 | EMBASSY DUSHANBE,S RULE OF LAW PROGRAM [...] (U) This cable is being retransmitted to correct the classification from Confidential to Sensitive But Unclassified. SIPDIS 2. (SBU) Summary: Embassy Dushanbe,s rule of law priorities have become more sophisticated as we learn the depth to which reforms are necessary. An inter-agency ad [...] | 2007-12-07 07:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV PHUM TI |
07DUSHANBE1752 | DEMARCHE REQUEST - MISSING AMCIT ROBERT LEVINSON [...] (S) PolOff delivered a demarche regarding Robert Levinson on December 14 to Ismatullo Nasredinov, Head of the Foreign Ministry,s Department of European and American Affairs. He said he would forward the information on Levinson to his colleagues at the Department of Asian and African Affairs, w [...] | 2007-12-14 12:09:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | SECRET | CASC KDEM KISL KJUS KPRP PGOV PREL |
07DUSSELDORF30 | DUESSELDORF COURT CARVES OUT NICHE IN TERRORISM CASE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court has emerged as one of Germany's major legal institutions for trying high profile terrorism and other sensitive cases (e.g. mafia, espionage). Following the "Caliph of Cologne" and al-Tawhid trials in recent years and an Al-Qaeda insurance f [...] | 2007-10-05 16:05:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS KLIG KISL KCRM KOMC IR GM |
07DUSSELDORF34 | IN LANDMARK CASE, DUESSELDORF COURT CONVICTS THREE FOR [...] (U) After a trial lasting more than 18 months, the Duesseldorf Higher Regional Court on December 5 convicted Syrian national Ibrahim Mohamed Khalil (32) and the Palestinian brothers Yasser Abu Shaweesh (34) and Ismail Abu Shaweesh (30) for belonging to and/or supporting al-Qaeda -- AQ (Ref B). [...] | 2007-12-06 16:26:00 | Consulate Dusseldorf | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS KLIG KISL GM |
07EFTOOTTAWA1217 | CANADA: DEMARCHE REQUEST FOR ROME RULE OF LAW [...] No summary [...] | 2007-06-22 18:58:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS IBRD AF CA |
07FREETOWN143 | SCSL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REVIEWS COURTS OPERATIONS [...] (C) The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) Management Committee (MC) traveled to Freetown February 18-22 to meet with SCSL staff to discuss the Court's Completion Strategy and budget, ongoing concerns about identifying adequate sources of voluntary contributions to sustain the Court, the s [...] | 2007-03-02 12:59:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KJUS PGOV PREL UNSC SL |
07GABORONE1341 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED FOR ARGENTINA [...] (SBU) After speaking with Argentinian Ambassador R. Carlos Sersale di Cerisano, who is accredited to Botswana but is resident in Pretoria, Poloff delivered on October 30 Reftel demarche to the GOB's Director of Multilateral Affairs in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperarti [...] | 2007-11-02 05:13:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PTER ASEC PREL PGOV BC |
07GUADALAJARA226 | SECRETARY GENERAL ENDORSES ORAL TRIALS FOR JALISCO [...] On April 30, 2007, the Consul General met with Jalisco's recently-appointed Secretary General (Lt. Governor) Fernando Guzman Perez Pelaez, to seek his formal endorsement for judicial reform efforts in the state, particularly oral trials. Guzman expressed support for this initiative and agreed [...] | 2007-05-09 21:13:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS EAID PGOV MX |
07GUADALAJARA351 | PROGRESS ON JUDICIAL REFORM IN JALISCO [...] Jalisco is moving forward on judicial reform under the new government of Emilio Gonzalez Marquez. With our encouragement back in April, Jalisco's Secretary General Fernando Guzman finally sent a letter dated June 17 in which the Government of Jalisco formally committed itself to pursue the im [...] | 2007-07-13 22:58:00 | Consulate Guadalajara | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV EAID MX |
07GUANGZHOU806 | China Rule of Law: Improving Legal Efficiency [...] (U) SUMMARY: In late June conversations with local judges, academics, and lawyers in Guangdong Province, Embassy Beijing Resident Legal Advisor Ronald Cheng discussed ways to improve the efficiency of legal process, responded to inquiries about U.S. legal culture, and the problems related to le [...] | 2007-07-16 07:51:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS CH |
07GUANGZHOU946 | Guangzhou -- A Hub for the Illegal Drug Trade [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In an unusually candid late July meeting, senior provincial and municipal anti-drug officers briefed Poloff on the rising tide of drug trafficking in Guangdong Province. Centered on Guangzhou, growing numbers of foreign drug dealers and traffickers -- many from Africa and the Mid [...] | 2007-08-23 08:04:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV CH |
07GUATEMALA1043 | GUATEMALA WITHDRAWS NOMINEE FOR INTER-AMERICAN [...] No summary [...] | 2007-05-29 22:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV SNAR KCRM KDEM KJUS OAS GT |
07GUATEMALA1148 | GUATEMALA REQUESTS U.S. SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN [...] (U) Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on June 11, notifying Embassy of Guatemala's candidacy for the UN Human Rights Council for 2010-2012 and requesting U.S. support for the elections in May 2010. 2. (U) Guatemala is currently an active member of the Co [...] | 2007-06-12 22:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS KDEM KCRM GT |
07GUATEMALA115 | GUATEMALAN UNION LEADER MURDERED [...] (U) Summary: On January 15 unidentified gunmen assassinated Pedro Zamora, General Secretary of the Guatemalan Dock Workers Union of Puerto Quetzal (STEPQ),as he was driving home with his children. Zamora was shot 20 times and killed at point-blank range. At the time of his death, Zamora wa [...] | 2007-01-19 18:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM SNAR ASEC EAID GT |
07GUATEMALA1199 | COALITION OF U.S.-BASED NGOS IN GUATEMALA [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador met with representatives of a coalition of U.S.-based NGOs with a significant presence in Guatemala to discuss human rights. The NGOs expressed concern over recent threats against human rights defenders and discussed the impact of mining in indigenous populated ar [...] | 2007-06-18 19:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS SNAR KCRM KDEM EAID GT |
07GUATEMALA1208 | INTERNATIONAL JUSTICE MISSION ASSISTS IN [...] (U) Summary: International Justice Mission representatives discussed with us the organization's successes in assisting the Guatemalan Attorney General's Office in prosecuting child sexual abuse cases. They estimated a 90 percent conviction rate in Guatemala for the select group of cases it a [...] | 2007-06-19 18:37:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS EAID KDEM KCRM PGOV GT |
07GUATEMALA1328 | THREATS AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN GUATEMALA [...] (U) Summary: The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) called for investigation of threats and other acts of intimidation against human rights defenders and protective measures during a presentation on the current situation of human rights defenders in Guatemala. Civil society repre [...] | 2007-07-05 17:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS EAID KCRM KDEM GT |
07GUATEMALA1418 | GOG REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR RE-ELECTION TO COMMITTEE [...] Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs requesting USG support for the re-election of Francisco Cali Tzay as a member of the UN Committee for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination for the period 2008-2011. Elections will be held in 2008. Embassy recommends [...] | 2007-07-17 00:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PHUM PGOV KDEM SOCI PREL GT |
07GUATEMALA1515 | ELECTIONS: COLOM RETAINS LEAD IN FINAL STRETCH AMID VOTER [...] Summary: As the election campaign enters its final 45 days, voter tendencies remain unchanged; Alvaro Colom (UNE) and Otto Perez Molina (PP) continue to maintain a significant lead in the polls over second-tier candidates, and there remains a large undecided segment of the electorate. A rece [...] | 2007-07-30 22:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KJUS PREL KCRM SOCI GT |
07GUATEMALA1517 | PARTIDO PATRIOTA'S PLAN OF GOVERNMENT AIMS TO RESTORE [...] (U) Summary: Presidential candidate Otto Perez Molina of center-right Partido Patriota (PP) presented his plan of government July 26, focusing on five priority areas: democratic security and justice, economic development, rural development, health and food security, and education. He pledged [...] | 2007-07-30 23:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KJUS PREL KCRM SOCI GT |
07GUATEMALA1541 | GUATEMALAN CONGRESS APPROVES CICIG AS MATTER OF NATIONAL [...] Summary: On August 1, the Guatemalan Congress voted to approve the GOG-UN agreement to establish the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) as a matter of national urgency. The agreement will be sent to the Executive for final approval by the president. End summary. [...] | 2007-08-01 22:58:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS EAID SNAR KCRM UN OECD PREL KDEM GT |
07GUATEMALA184 | GUATEMALAN LABOR UNION AND HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS [...] (U) Summary: During a recent outreach visit by embassy officials to Quetzaltenango in western Guatemala, representatives of the local Chamber of Commerce, a Catholic bishop, labor union leaders, and human rights activists described the current situation of human rights and labor conditions. [...] | 2007-01-30 22:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM EAID GT |
07GUATEMALA185 | LOBBYING FOR APPROVAL OF UN-LED INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) Summary: Vice President Stein is leading highly visible efforts to obtain Congressional approval of the agreement establishing the UN-led International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) (reftel). Timing will be critical -- if CICIG is not approved by May at the latest, it [...] | 2007-01-31 00:05:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS EAID SNAR KCRM KDEM GT |
07GUATEMALA1916 | GUATEMALA'S INPUT FOR PRESIDENT'S 2007 UNGA HUMAN [...] Per reftel, post submits the following information to help inform the discussion at the President's 2007 UNGA Democracy and Human Rights Roundtable. 2. Post strategy for promoting human rights and democracy in Guatemala focuses on helping the government strengthen its democratic institution [...] | 2007-09-20 22:28:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL ELAB KCRM KJUS KDEM EAID SOCI PGOV |
07GUATEMALA194 | GUATEMALA: LIST OF MOST INFLUENTIAL WOMEN [...] Per reftel request, Embassy has identified the following individuals as the most influential women in Guatemala in the fields of politics, civil rights, and education for the S/WE roster of women leaders worldwide. -- Wendy de Berger, First Lady, oversees the First Lady's Office of Social Wo [...] | 2007-01-31 22:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL KDEM PGOV KJUS EAID GT |
07GUATEMALA1944 | EMBASSY OFFICERS GIVE PRESENTATION ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Embassy officers gave a presentation, entitled "Human Rights Advocacy: The Roles of the USG, Other Governments, and Human Rights NGOs," on September 19 to first and second-year international relations and journalism students at Francisco Marroquin University in Guatemala City. The presentation [...] | 2007-09-25 23:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM PHUM PREL KPAO SOCI KJUS EAID GT |
07GUATEMALA1957 | USG-FUNDED LABOR PROJECT DONATES VEHICLES TO [...] USDOL-funded Proyecto Cumple y Gana donated three new vehicles to the Ministry of Labor (MOL) to support and strengthen labor inspections by the MOL's regional offices in Quetzaltenango, Escuintla, and Chimaltenango. 2. Embassy participated in the September 11 donation ceremony, presenting [...] | 2007-09-26 23:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM KJUS EAID KDEM GT |
07GUATEMALA2016 | CICIG: NEWLY APPOINTED COMMISSIONER VISITS [...] (U) Summary: The newly appointed head of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) visited Guatemala September 17-23 to discuss initial steps for establishing CICIG. Commissioner Carlos Castresana met with President Berger, Vice President Stein, and other senior gove [...] | 2007-10-09 13:35:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PHUM PGOV EAID SNAR KCRM UN OECD KDEM GT |
07GUATEMALA2017 | CICIG: NEWLY APPOINTED COMMISSIONER VISITS [...] (U) Summary: The newly appointed head of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) visited Guatemala September 17-23 to discuss initial steps for establishing CICIG. Commissioner Carlos Castresana met with President Berger, Vice President Stein, and other senior gove [...] | 2007-10-09 13:38:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PHUM PGOV EAID SNAR KCRM UN OECD KDEM GT |
07GUATEMALA2070 | HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN OUTLINES FIVE-YEAR [...] (U) Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales highlighted his accomplishments during his first term in office and presented his strategic plan of action and priorities for the next five years to the international donor community at a recent forum. He thanked the community for its support and annou [...] | 2007-10-15 16:06:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS SNAR KCRM KDEM GT |
07GUATEMALA2101 | GUATEMALA'S NOMINEE FOR 2008 SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] Embassy is pleased to nominate Carolina Roca, Superintendent of the Guatemala Tax Authority (SAT),as Guatemala's "Woman of Courage" for the 2008 Secretary's Award (reftel) in recognition of her outstanding courage and leadership in modernizing the SAT and advocating for tax reform in Guatemal [...] | 2007-10-18 23:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PREL KPAO PHUM KDEM ECON KJUS GT |
07GUATEMALA2121 | PARLACEN MURDER UPDATE: 16 PRISON GUARDS RELEASED [...] Sixteen prison guards, accused of facilitating the February 25 murder of four National Civil Police (PNC) officers in El Boqueron prison, were released for insufficient evidence. The four murdered PNC officers had been incarcerated in the maximum security prison in Santa Rosa as suspects in t [...] | 2007-10-24 13:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC ES GT |
07GUATEMALA2123 | DEMARCHE ON NEXT STEPS ON OAS INDIGENOUS RIGHTS [...] Poloff delivered reftel demarche on October 22 to Luis Carranza, Director of Multilateral Policy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Carranza commented that Guatemala will not be able to support suspension of negotiations on the text of the OAS Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, [...] | 2007-10-24 17:19:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KDEM PHUM SOCI KJUS GT |
07GUATEMALA2161 | GUATEMALA TO SUPPORT ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-30 13:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR AR GT |
07GUATEMALA2164 | CICIG ON TRACK FOR JANUARY INAUGURATION [...] (U) Summary: During a second visit to Guatemala that concluded October 19, Commissioner of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) Castresana met with local authorities and the international community to advance preparations for installing CICIG. Castresana reviewed [...] | 2007-10-30 18:28:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PHUM PGOV EAID SNAR KCRM UN KDEM GT |
07GUATEMALA2172 | BANANA WORKERS UNION LEADER MURDERED [...] (SBU) Summary: Banana workers union leader Marco Tulio Ramirez Portela was murdered on September 23 by unidentified assailants on a farm in Los Amates, Izabal owned by Bandegua, a subsidiary of Del Monte. Embassy Labor Officer met with SITRABI leaders and Bandegua management October 1-2 to di [...] | 2007-10-31 17:09:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV GT |
07GUATEMALA2186 | GUATEMALAN GOVERNMENT PROMISES ADDITIONAL SECURITY [...] (U) Embassy Labor Officer met October 29 with the Secretary General of the Guatemalan food workers federation SIPDIS (FESTRAS),Secretary General of the Banana Workers Union of Izabal (SITRABI),Regional Secretary of the Geneva-based International Union of Food Workers (UITA),and AFL-CIO S [...] | 2007-11-05 22:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV GT |
07GUATEMALA2193 | GUATEMALA REQUESTS USG SUPPORT FOR CANDIDACY FOR [...] Embassy received a diplomatic note from the Guatemalan Embassy in Washington, notifying Embassy of Guatemala's candidacy for the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) and requesting USG support during elections in January 2008. We understand that Department already [...] | 2007-11-06 17:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KDEM PHUM KJUS GT |
07GUATEMALA2206 | FORMER GANG YOUTH SEEK BETTER LIFE THROUGH [...] On October 30, USAID, in collaboration with the major private sector organization CACIF, launched the second phase of its Youth Alliance Program's "Desafio 100: Peace for Guatemala" pilot project for former gang youth. This innovative project paired 44 young former gang members with 32 local [...] | 2007-11-08 16:36:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM SNAR SOCI EAID PHUM KJUS KDEM GT |
07GUATEMALA2238 | VIGILANTE GROUPS FILL PUBLIC SECURITY VOID IN [...] (SBU) Summary: Vigilante groups reportedly operate in the Santiago Atitlan area, targeting criminals and those suspected of engaging in witchcraft. According to UN representatives, these vigilante groups are not unique to Santiago, but operate in many areas of the country in response to inef [...] | 2007-11-14 23:33:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KCRM SNAR ASEC PGOV SOCI KJUS GT |
07GUATEMALA248 | GUATEMALA'S NOMINEE FOR SECRETARY'S AWARD FOR [...] Per reftel request, Embassy is pleased to nominate Maria Eugenia Morales, Deputy Human Rights Ombudsman, as Guatemala's "Woman of Courage" for the Secretary's Award for International Women of Courage in recognition of her exceptional courage and leadership in advocating for women's rights and [...] | 2007-02-08 23:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | KWMN PHUM PREL KPAO KJUS KCRM KDEM GT |
07GUATEMALA305 | GUATEMALAN FM ROSENTHAL WRITES THE AMBASSADOR [...] Summary: Guatemalan Foreign Minister Rosenthal wrote the Ambassador urging the prompt investigation and prosecution of those responsible for the February 8 armed attack on a group of undocumented immigrants in a desert area near Tucson, Arizona. One Guatemalan was killed, while another Guatema [...] | 2007-02-14 15:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM PHUM SMIG GT |
07GUATEMALA375 | GUATEMALA: POLICEMEN ARRESTED FOR ASSASSINATION [...] (SBU) In a February 21 press conference, Guatemalan Minister of Government Carlos Vielmann announced the arrests of four members of the Guatemalan Civilian National Police (PNC) on charges of committing the brutal murders of three Salvadoran representatives to the Central American Parliament [...] | 2007-02-22 20:02:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PHUM KJUS ASEC PETER SNAR GT ES |
07GUATEMALA403 | GUATEMALA: MURDER OF FOUR POLICEMEN ARRESTED FOR [...] (SBU) Four members of the Civilian National Police (PNC) in detention for alleged involvement in the February 19 assassination of three Salvadoran parliamentarians (reftels) were brutally murdered in a Guatemalan prison on February 25. According to media reports, at least two of the PNC suspe [...] | 2007-02-27 00:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM PHUM KJUS ASEC PTER SNAR GT ES |
07GUATEMALA426 | CICIG AGREEMENT SENT TO GUATEMALAN CONGRESS FOR [...] (U) Summary: In the wake of last week's highly publicized and brutal killings of three Salvadoran parliamentarians and four Guatemalan police officers suspected of carrying out the killings, the Berger Administration delivered to the Guatemalan Congress the agreement to establish the Internat [...] | 2007-03-01 18:32:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS SNAR EAID PTER ASEC KCRM GT ES |
07GUATEMALA487 | CICIG AGREEMENT SENT TO CONSTITUTIONAL COURT [...] (U) On March 6, the Guatemalan Congress sent the CICIG agreement (refs) to the Constitutional Court for an opinion on its legality, which will further delay ratification. At the request of the Foreign Relations Committee and with majority support of Congress, including representatives of ruli [...] | 2007-03-07 22:45:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV SNAR EAID PTER ASEC KCRM KJUS GT |
07GUATEMALA569 | LETTER TO THE SECRETARY REGARDING INVITATION TO [...] This is an action request, see para 3. 2. We received from the Guatemalan Foreign Ministry a letter addressed to the Secretary that requests U.S. attendance at a regional conference on armed violence and development to be held in Guatemala on April 23-24. The conference, which is being o [...] | 2007-03-20 18:54:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PRELPLS PARM MASS EAID KJUS KCRM PHUM ASEC |
07GUATEMALA612 | GUATEMALA: BERGER REPLACES MINISTER OF GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) President Berger annnounced on March 26 that he had accepted the resignation of Minister of Government (Interior) Carlos Vielmann as well as those of Civilian National Police (PNC) Director General Erwin Sperissen and Prison System Director Victor Rosales. On March 27, Berger named Adel [...] | 2007-03-27 21:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KCRM PHUM KJUS ASEC PTER SNAR GT |
07GUATEMALA694 | GUATEMALA LABOR LEADER ARRESTED ON MONEY [...] (U) Guatemalan labor leader Nery Barrios was arrested April 9 and detained on charges of money laundering, tax evasion, and embezzlement following four months of investigation by the Prosecutor General's Office. The charges allege that Barrios, leader of the Labor and Popular Action Unit (UAS [...] | 2007-04-12 17:51:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM SNAR ASEC CVIS GT |
07GUATEMALA772 | INL DAS MCCAMPBELL MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS DURING [...] (SBU) Summary: INL Deputy Assistant Secretary Christy McCampbell met April 18 with UNHCHR, the Myrna Mack Foundation, and the Human Rights Ombudsman's Office during a four-day visit to Guatemala that also included meetings with the National Civilian Police and the new Minister of Government (s [...] | 2007-04-24 17:12:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS EAID SNAR KCRM KDEM GT |
07GUATEMALA859 | GUATEMALAN LABOR LEADERS AND WORKERS COMMEMORATE [...] Summary: Guatemalan workers and labor activists commemorated International Labor Day with a march and speeches in the capital. Labor leaders demanded greater respect for their rights, improvement in labor conditions, and an end to political persecution against union leadership. Representat [...] | 2007-05-04 19:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM GT |
07HAMBURG1 | MOTASSADEQ SENTENCED TO 15 YEARS [...] On January 8, the Hamburg Regional Court gave 9/11 cell member Mounir el-Motassadeq a 15 year prison sentence. (Note: This is the maximum sentence that can be imposed under the German Penal Code for the crime of accessory to murder. End Note.) Motassadeq's attorneys announced that they will [...] | 2007-01-09 15:34:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS PREL ASEC GM |
07HAMBURG36 | MOTASSADEQ LOSES FINAL APPEAL [...] (U) On May 11, the German Federal High Court in Karlsruhe announced its decision to reject 9/11 cell member Mounir el-Motassadeq's appeal of the January 8 verdict of the Hamburg Regional Court that convicted Motassadeq of membership in a terrorist organization and of 246 counts of accessory to [...] | 2007-05-18 13:39:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS PREL ASEC GM |
07HAMBURG52 | AL QAEDA ACCOMPLICE AWAITING TRIAL IN SCHLESWIG, GERMANY [...] (U) SUMMARY: After German Police arrested Redouane El-Habhab July 6, 2006 at the Hamburg Dammtor train station, the Federal Prosecutor charged him April 25, 2007 with nine counts of supporting the foreign terrorist organizations Al-Qaeda and Al-Qaeda in Iraq as well as four counts of acting aga [...] | 2007-07-09 09:33:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS PREL ASEC KVPR GM |
07HAMBURG53 | GERMANY'S FIRST "CYBER JIHADIST" INDICTED IN LOWER SAXONY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: German police arrested Ibrahim Rashid on October 10, 2006 near Osnabrueck, Lower Saxony under a warrant issued by the German Federal High Court on September 28, 2006. On June 28, 2007 the Federal Prosecutor charged him with 28 separate counts of recruiting members and supporters [...] | 2007-07-20 10:44:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS PREL ASEC KVPR GM |
07HAMBURG61 | TERRORISM TRIAL AGAINST GERMANY'S FIRST "CYBER JIHADIST [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The trial against alleged "cyber jihadist" Ibrahim Rashid opened on September 26 before the Higher Regional Court in Celle, Lower Saxony. According to the prosecution, these procedures are unique in that it is the first time that someone in Germany has been charged for jihadis [...] | 2007-10-22 14:27:00 | Consulate Hamburg | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER KJUS PREL ASEC KVPR GM |
07HANOI815 | IPR PROGRAM REVEALS BASIS FOR CLOSER COOPERATION WITH THE [...] (SBU) Summary. On April 3-6, USAID Star Vietnam and the United States Patent Trademark Office (USPTO) hosted a program in Hanoi focused on criminal enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPR) with the Supreme People's Procuracy. During the week, IPR experts from the U.S. Department of J [...] | 2007-05-04 10:10:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR VM |
07HELSINKI885 | FINLAND: STATUS OF EXTRADITION AND MLAT AGREEMENTS [...] (U) On Dec. 11, the Finnish Parliament ratified the US-EU Agreements on Extradition and Mutual legal Assistance between the United States and the European Union, which had been signed in Washington on June 25, 2003. Parliament also approved the implementing bilateral instruments. Tuomo Antil [...] | 2007-12-14 13:33:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS CJAN KTIA EUN FI |
07HONGKONG2244 | RULE OF LAW IN HONG KONG [...] (C) Summary: Since its 1997 reversion to the PRC, Hong Kong has retained its common law system and strong rule of law under the "one country two systems" principle enshrined in the Basic Law. All ordinances, rules of equity, subordinate legislation, and customary law previously enforced by th [...] | 2007-08-28 09:52:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR SOCI CH HK KJUS |
07HONGKONG2250 | HONG KONG VIEWS ON PRC LEGAL REFORM (C-AL7-00894) [...] (C) Summary: Contacts and cooperative arrangements between Hong Kong law schools, academics, and executive and judiciary branch officials and their mainland counterparts have accelerated in recent years. The Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA) has provided a similar boost for Hong K [...] | 2007-08-29 09:38:00 | Consulate Hong Kong | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS SOCI CH HK |
07ISLAMABAD4573 | POLITICAL ROUNDUP: BHUTTO CAMPAIGNING; MUSHARRAF [...] (C) Summary: Despite ongoing security concerns, Pakistan People's Party leader Benazir Bhutto announced October 25 that she would travel to Larkhana on October 27 where tens of thousands are expected to welcome her. Pakistan's Supreme Court continues to hear the case against Musharraf's re-el [...] | 2007-10-25 13:43:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL PK |
07ISLAMABAD4625 | MORE SIGNS THAT SUPREME COURT MAY RULE IN FAVOR OF [...] (C) Summary: President Musharraf's inner circle is still very concerned about a Supreme Court decision against Musharraf's eligibility to run for re-election, but, according to a senior attorney who initially argued the case against Musharraf, the Court will probably not rule against President [...] | 2007-10-29 15:59:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL PK |
07JAKARTA1005 | CT TRAINING PROGRAM PROMOTES COOPERATION IN [...] (C) On April 2-4, Post co-sponsored the latest in a series of CT training workshops, this time at the Jakarta Centre for Law Enforcement Cooperation (JCLEC) in Semarang, Central Java. Other sponsors included the Embassies of Canada and New Zealand, with the French Embassy providing a French CT [...] | 2007-04-10 06:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID |
07JAKARTA1011 | GOVERNMENT CT EXPERT RECEIVES POSITIVE ATTENTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: National security hearings in late February and the ASEAN CT ministerial in early March temporarily renewed a public counterterrorism (CT) dialogue in Jakarta and reenergized the GOI's National CT Coordinator, (ret) Police Inspector General Ansya'ad Mbai. Mbai told us that his la [...] | 2007-04-11 00:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV PINS KJUS KISL ASEC KVPR CVIS ID |
07JAKARTA1050 | POSO CHRISTIANS CHARGED WITH TERRORISM [...] (U) Trials opened in Jakarta the week of April 2 in the cases of 17 Christians from Poso, Central Sulawesi. The men are charged with terrorism and pre-meditated murder in the killings of two Muslims in September 2006. The killings were reportedly a reaction to the execution just days earlier [...] | 2007-04-13 07:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID |
07JAKARTA12 | MUTED INDONESIAN REACTION TO SADDAM'S EXECUTION [...] Reaction to Saddam Hussein's execution has been muted in Indonesia, largely overshadowed by media coverage of domestic air and maritime transport tragedies that claimed the lives of more than 500 people this holiday weekend. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DEPLU) released a short statement o [...] | 2007-01-03 09:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KISL KJUS IZ ID |
07JAKARTA1223 | PROGRESS IN THE MUNIR CASE [...] (C) Summary. The Indonesian police have intensified their investigation into the murder of Indonesian human rights leader Munir, making new arrests and reopening the case against the Garuda airlines pilot already acquitted. It is headed by the recently appointed chief of the Internal Invest [...] | 2007-05-01 07:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA138 | 2002 BALI BOMBER ATTORNEYS BOYCOTT COURT SESSION [...] (U) The defense attorney for three men sentenced to death for the 2002 Bali bombings - Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Ali Gufron alias Muklas - walked out of the Denpasar court on January 11 without presenting any evidence during a hearing requested by the defense to overturn the conv [...] | 2007-01-17 09:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID |
07JAKARTA152 | Central Sulawesi: Police, Laskar Mujahiddin Clash After [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Central Sulawesi police and Detachment 88 raided two safe houses in Poso, Central Sulawesi on the morning of January 11, 2006 killing two and capturing 4 members of Laskar Mujahiddin (LM) on their "most wanted" list of 29 terrorists operating in the province. A Poso police offic [...] | 2007-01-18 09:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PGOV PNAT PHUM KJUS KISL CACS ID |
07JAKARTA1566 | INDONESIA AND SINGAPORE SIGN BILATERAL AGREEMENTS [...] (U) Summary: The bilateral Defense Cooperation Agreement (DCA) and Extradition Treaty (ET) signed by Indonesia and Singapore on April 27 achieve long-sought objectives and potentially will sustain that cooperation over the next 25 years. Strategically paired from the beginning to balance res [...] | 2007-06-06 10:55:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA1620 | INDONESIAN POLICE TAKE DOWN KEY JI OPERATORS [...] (S) Summary. On-going Indonesian National Police (INP) counterterrorism operations in Central Java since Saturday, June 9, have netted the senior-most Indonesian terrorists arrested in the last several years. Among those arrested were Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) Emir Ustad Syahroni (aka Mbah aka N [...] | 2007-06-11 12:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC KVPR CVIS ID |
07JAKARTA163 | NEW MUNIR CASE EVIDENCE GIVES WIDOW HOPE [...] (S) Summary: Suciwati, widow of murdered human rights activist Munir, asked the Ambassador January 18 about press reports that the FBI was examining cell phones connected to the Munir case to extract information. Ambassador Pascoe confirmed the FBI had indeed extracted information from the [...] | 2007-01-19 08:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA1718 | TRIALS UPDATE: THREE CONVICTED OF TERRORISM IN [...] (U) Summary. Three men were recently found guilty of violating the Anti-terrorism Law by courts in Semarang, Central Java. Beny Irawan and Agung Setyadi were sentenced to 5 years and 6 years respectively for their roles in providing a laptop computer to imprisoned Bali bomber Imam Samudra in [...] | 2007-06-21 09:17:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID |
07JAKARTA1726 | NEW LAW MINISTER TO PUSH CRIMINAL CODE REFORM [...] SUMMARY (C) In a June 20 meeting with the Charge, newly- appointed Minister of Law and Human Rights Andi Mattalatta expressed his commitment to revising Indonesia's Criminal Procedure Code prior to the 2009 elections, and gave his support to continued engagement with the USG on this and other [...] | 2007-06-22 07:34:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
07JAKARTA1859 | NEW HIGH SECURITY PRISON HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary. A brand new "super-maximum security" prison on Nusa Kambangan Island in Central Java highlights the deficiencies of Indonesia's prison system. The new prison exhibits security and prisoner management systems that are sorely lacking in most Indonesian prisons where overcrowding [...] | 2007-07-09 09:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID |
07JAKARTA1909 | East Java - Joint Police Anti-Human Trafficking Operations [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: ConGen Surabaya launched a joint operation with local police May 29 targeting East Java human trafficking (TIP) rings. The primary goal is rescuing some of the thousands of child prostitutes in Surabaya and arresting traffickers, pimps and child sex tourists. Operation XXX init [...] | 2007-07-13 00:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PGOV PHUM ELAB EAID KJUS KCRM KCOR ID |
07JAKARTA1920 | PROSECUTORS FILE CORRUPTION CASE AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indonesian Attorney General has reopened the legal battle to recover former Indonesian president Suharto's allegedly ill-gotten wealth with a civil lawsuit against the Suharto-linked Supersemar Foundation. The case, which seeks the recovery of $1.66 billion plus property, d [...] | 2007-07-13 07:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN KJUS KCOR ID |
07JAKARTA194 | CENTRAL SULAWESI: POLICE ATTACK LASKAR MUJAHIDDIN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over 500 members Qthe Central Sulawesi police and Detachment 88 raided the Laskar Mujahiddin (LM) stronghold area of Gebang Rejo Subdistrict, Poso City, Central Sulawesi on the morning of January 22, 2007, resulting at the latest count in 16 dead, 18 injured and 24 captured LM mem [...] | 2007-01-23 10:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC ID KISL KJUS KPAO PGOV PHUM PINS PNAT |
07JAKARTA2101 | POSO CHRISTIANS CONVICTED IN 2006 KILLINGS OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta court has found 17 men from Poso in Central Sulawesi guilty of terrorism in the killings of two Muslims in September 2006. The 17 are the first Christians to be convicted under the GOI's Anti-Terrorism Law. The convictions should help the GOI defend itself against all [...] | 2007-08-03 08:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID |
07JAKARTA2122 | MUNIR CASE: ATTORNEY GENERAL FILES APPEAL BASED ON [...] (S) Summary. The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has requested a case review of the December 2006 acquittal of Pollycarpus in the September 2004 murder of human rights leader Munir. While this appeal is unusual, the appeal cites case precedent as well as "the principal of justice," accordin [...] | 2007-08-06 11:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA2201 | MUNIR CASE: SENATE STAFFER GETS UPBEAT APPRAISAL [...] (SBU) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY. Indonesian police expressed optimism that new evidence they have submitted to the Attorney General's Office (AGO) in the case of murdered human rights leader Munir will lead to successful prose [...] | 2007-08-13 09:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA2229 | NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL MAKING THE RIGHT MOVES ON [...] (C) Summary: Since his appointment in May 2007, Attorney General Hendarman Supandji has made prosecuting anti- corruption cases his top priority. A career prosecutor with a well-deserved reputation for integrity and effectiveness, Supandji has added top-level staff to the Special Crimes Divi [...] | 2007-08-15 09:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KJUS PINR KCOR ID |
07JAKARTA2263 | GOI ANNOUCES REMISSIONS FOR PRISONERS, INCLUDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: As in previous years, the GOI granted sentence reductions of up to six months to tens of thousands of inmates on Indonesian Independence Day, August 17. As many as six convicted terrorists (none of them major figures) may be released in coming days as a result. For the second s [...] | 2007-08-20 10:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC ID |
07JAKARTA229 | POSO REMAINS CALM AFTER POLICE RAID [...] (C) Summary. Poso, Central Sulawesi is currently calm several days following the raid by police and Detachment 88 of the Muslim militant stronghold of Gebang Rejo Subdistrict. Reaction from the local and national Muslim community has been muted although even moderate Muslim figures are gene [...] | 2007-01-26 09:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PGOV PHUM PINS PNAT PTER KJUS KPAO KISL |
07JAKARTA2301 | Indonesian National Police IPR Raids Create Stir [...] (SBU) Summary: The impact from the largest recorded counterfeit pharmaceutical raid in the world that took place in Jakarta on July 23 is still reverberating within the Government of Indonesia (GOI). The pharmaceutical industry is reacting positively and proactively with pledged assistance, a [...] | 2007-08-22 11:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KIPR ETRD ECON SNAR KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA2311 | MUNIR CASE: STUNNING REVELATIONS AT HEARING [...] (C) Summary: Witnesses and documentation presented in court August 22 implicated the Indonesian Intelligence Agency (BIN) in a conspiracy to murder human rights activist Munir. Prosecutors still face an uphill battle in proving their case in the face of witnesses recanting previous statements [...] | 2007-08-23 09:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA2346 | TRIALS KICK OFF FOR JI-LINKED MILITANTS FROM POSO [...] (C) Summary: Trials of nine alleged JI-linked terrorists from Poso, Central Sulawesi, have begun. The accused have been indicted for several Poso-area attacks, including: the bombing of a market; the beheading of three schoolgirls; and the assassination of two pastors. All nine suspects face [...] | 2007-08-27 09:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID |
07JAKARTA2376 | BALI BOMBER DEATH SENTENCES REPORTEDLY UPHELD [...] (C) A reliable source at the Supreme Court has told us that the Court has denied the Judicial Review request submitted by Amrozi bin Nurhasyim, Imam Samudra and Ali Gufron alias Muklas. The three men were sentenced to death in 2003 for their roles in the 2002 Bali bombings. The Court has dec [...] | 2007-08-29 08:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID |
07JAKARTA2408 | MUNIR: PROSECUTORS CONTINUE TO PRESSS HARD [...] (C) Summary: In an August 29 hearing, prosecutors in the case of murdered human rights activist Munir presented testimony to refute a key witness who had recanted his statement to police. A forensic expert also confirmed the time that police say the alleged murderer, Pollycarpus, poisoned M [...] | 2007-08-31 07:38:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA2411 | CORRUPTION ERADICATION COMMISSION SELECTING NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Selection Committee is evaluating new commissioners for a four-year term beginning late December 2007. The new commissioners will lead the KPK at a critical time, determining the future direction of the KPK and the larger anti-corrup [...] | 2007-08-31 09:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA2464 | MEASURED PROGRESS IN EFFORT TO REJUVENATE [...] (C) Responding to a Constitutional Court ruling, a Ministry of Law drafting team has endorsed a proposal which would preserve key elements of the Anti-Corruption Court. The new draft competes with an earlier proposal which would basically pull down the pillars, eliminating aspects of the court [...] | 2007-09-06 09:52:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA EAID ID |
07JAKARTA248 | GOI GAINING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR POSO ACTIONS [...] (C) Summary. Over the past several days the GOI has done better in publicly justifying its January 22 actions against armed militants in Poso and in gaining the support of some national Muslim leaders in bringing calm to the situation. In particular, Vice President Jusuf Kalla met with Musl [...] | 2007-01-30 09:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PINS PGOV PNAT PHUM KJUS KISL ASEC ID |
07JAKARTA2610 | U/S JEFFERY BRIEFED ON ANTI-CORRUPTION REFORM SUCCESSES, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leaders told visiting Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs Reuben Jeffery III September 10 that they have "caught some big fish" (e.g. former governors),but anti-corruption reform will take decades. [...] | 2007-09-18 00:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA2648 | CONVICTED ON CORRUPTION COUNTS, LEGISLATOR--WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: After his conviction on corruption charges, Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR) member Nurdin Halid was jailed in Jakarta, September 18. He is slated to serve a two-year jail term. Halid--who has resigned from the DPR--maintained close links with Vice President Kalla. Hi [...] | 2007-09-19 10:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KJUS KCOR ID |
07JAKARTA2674 | IMPLICATED IN CORRUPTION CASE, PRESIDENTIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: A special unit within the Attorney General's office has reportedly implicated T.B. Silalahi--an influential adviser to President Yudhoyono--in an ongoing corruption investigation. According to media reports, Silalahi allegedly received a house from a contact. Silalahi has heat [...] | 2007-09-21 06:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
07JAKARTA2680 | AMBASSADOR REASSURES MUNIR'S WIDOW SUCIWATI OF USG [...] (C) Summary: Suciwati, wife of murdered human rights activist Munir, called on the Ambassador September 20, expressing appreciation for U.S. support. The Ambassador emphasized to Suciwati how solving this case is of paramount importance to the USG and how we have expressed these views to th [...] | 2007-09-21 08:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA2715 | INDONESIA PREPARES TO HOST UN CORRUPTION CONFERENCE - ASSET [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Asset recovery will be the GOI's top priority as host of the second Conference of State Parties (COSP) for the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC),to be held in Bali on January 28-February 1 2008. A ministerial-level inter-agency national team led by the Ministry of Foreig [...] | 2007-09-26 06:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA2717 | Indonesian National Police - An Historical Overview [...] (U) This information is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: Founded in 1945, the Indonesian National Police (INP) separated from the Armed Forces in 2000 and began a period of reform, reinventing itself as a modern, civic-minded force that responds to t [...] | 2007-09-26 07:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER SNAR KJUS ASEC ID |
07JAKARTA2753 | CAUGHT IN THE ACT -- MEMBER OF JUDICIAL ETHICS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Agents of a key anti-corruption body this week arrested a member of the Judicial Commission on ethics who had apparently just accepted a sizable bribe. The dramatic arrest--which netted substantial media coverage--is an acute embarassment to the Commission, which already has com [...] | 2007-09-28 08:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID |
07JAKARTA2852 | TRIALS KICK OFF FOR FORMER JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH [...] (C) SUMMARY: Trials of seven defendants linked with the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) terror network have begun in Jakarta. Six were operatives of an important Java-based terror cell and the other played a key role in a 2005 Sulawesi bombing. All seven face charges under the Anti-Terrorism Law. The [...] | 2007-10-10 06:54:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS ASEC PTER PINR ID |
07JAKARTA2864 | SUPREME AUDIT BOARD SETTING VISION, LACKING CAPACITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Supreme Audit Board (BPK) presented its semiannual audit report to Parliament on October 10, documenting 1,543 cases that caused $854 million in losses to the state. The BPK performs key government oversight functions, yet lacks the resources, capacity, and cooper [...] | 2007-10-11 03:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA2869 | MUNIR CASE -- NEW CHARGES FURTHER IMPLICATE [...] (C) SUMMARY -- Prosecutors have filed charges against two former employees of Garuda Airlines in the murder of prominent human rights activist Munir. The charges--which received widespread media play--further implicate the National Intelligence Agency (BIN) in the 2004 killing. Human rights [...] | 2007-10-11 06:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PHUM PINS ID |
07JAKARTA2874 | YOGYAKARTA: CHALLENGES, OPPORTUNITIES FOR DECENTRALIZATION [...] (SBU) Summary and Introduction: Yogyakarta's decentralization framework is robust, yet its implementation and results incomplete. Following major earthquake damage and economic decline in 2006, the Special Province of Yogyakarta is working to attract investment and improve the investment climat [...] | 2007-10-11 09:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV KJUS KPAO ID |
07JAKARTA2875 | YOGYAKARTA - PROMOTING ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Yogyakarta provincial leadership has instituted several initiatives to promote greater accountability and more responsive local government. The Governor established public and private ombudsman offices and a regional oversight body to promote better governance. Despite some [...] | 2007-10-11 09:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS KPAO ID |
07JAKARTA2892 | GOI--REACTING TO CONCERNS--ADJUSTS REMISSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: In response to international concerns, the GOI has quietly adjusted its sentence remission policy for those convicted of terrorism-related offenses. Instead of applying the annual holiday-timeframe remissions policy for all prisoners indiscriminately, the GOI will take time to [...] | 2007-10-12 06:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA2916 | BOWING TO PRESSURE, GOI ANNOUNCES TOUGHER [...] (C) SUMMARY -- The GOI's formal revision of its criminal sentence remission policy has taken effect. The new regulation makes it more difficult for certain groups of convicts--notably terrorists--to receive the annual sentence reductions traditionally given to most prisoners in Indonesia. Th [...] | 2007-10-16 10:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KJUS PREL ID |
07JAKARTA292 | REQUEST APPROVAL TO TRAIN MOBILE BRIGADE PERSONNEL [...] (U) This cable contains an urgent action request (see Para 8). 2. (C) Summary: Recent counterterrorism operations by Indonesian National Police (INP) units in Central Sulawesi highlight a deficiency in our approach to police training in Indonesia. Specifically, the 2003 ban on using Inter [...] | 2007-02-02 08:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KCRM KHLS KPAO PGOV PINS KJUS KISL |
07JAKARTA2939 | GOI TO BALI BOMBERS -- MAKE CLEMENCY REQUEST OR [...] (C) SUMMARY -- The Indonesian Attorney General has given the three convicted Bali Bombers one month to request clemency from the President. If they don't--and the three have repeatedly said they won't, they face execution. If they make the clemency request, the process could drag on for some [...] | 2007-10-19 08:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC PTER ID |
07JAKARTA2953 | INDONESIA'S SUPREME COURT -- LACK OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Supreme Court has made progress in implementing reforms designed to improve the efficiency and professionalism of the judiciary. The Court's potential remains unfulfilled, however, largely due its reluctance to tackle the issue of judicial accountability. While movin [...] | 2007-10-22 09:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA EAID ID |
07JAKARTA2969 | TIME MAGAZINE FIGHTING TO OVERTURN DEFAMATION RULING IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: TIME magazine will soon file for judicial review - its last available legal option - in the Suharto defamation case. The Supreme Court ruled on August 30 that TIME must pay $111 million to former President Suharto due to defamation of character caused by a May 1999 TIME cover sto [...] | 2007-10-23 12:10:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ECON KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA2974 | CORRUPTION NEWS -- MAKING STRIDES IN GOI [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest news related to corruption, the GOI continues to make strides in improving inter-agency coordination in anti-corruption cases. In a controversial case, the Supreme Court has overturned convictions against 10 local politicians. A civil case against a Suharto-linked [...] | 2007-10-24 06:46:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA EAID ID |
07JAKARTA3001 | MUNIR UPDATE -- POLICE CONTINUE TO PRESS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The murder case of well-known human rights activist Munir Thalib is moving forward with ongoing police investigations and trials of new suspects. Human rights lawyer Usman Hamid continues to be upbeat about police efforts to pursue current and former Indonesian Intelligence Age [...] | 2007-10-26 09:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINS KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA3039 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2007-10-31 10:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS SNAR CASC PTER ID |
07JAKARTA3043 | INDONESIAN CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: In a highly anticipated October 30 ruling, the Indonesian Constitutional Court affirmed the constitutionality of capital punishment under Indonesian law. The ruling came in a case involving two [...] | 2007-10-31 11:47:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS SNAR CASC PTER ID |
07JAKARTA3069 | INDONESIA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT -- FOCUS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Constitutional Court Chief Justice Jimly Asshiddiqie--in a meeting with DCM--styled himself a reformer, including in the area of civil liberties. He added, however, that--in his opinion--reform of Indonesia's court system would require at least another decade. Asshiddiqie expres [...] | 2007-11-05 06:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL EAID ID |
07JAKARTA3109 | COUNTER-TERRORISM -- PROSECUTORS PRESS CASE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Prosecutors have requested 20-year sentences for two alleged terrorists for a string of 2004-05 attacks in the Poso region of Sulawesi. Both men are being tried in Jakarta under the 2003 anti-terrorism law. Proc [...] | 2007-11-08 10:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA3117 | MUNIR MURDER -- POLICE CONTINUE INVESTIGATION OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Intelligence Agency (BIN) for the first time has publicly acknowledged that it is being investigated by police for the 2004 murder of well-known human rights activist Munir Thalib. Meanwhile, trials for two suspects continue with witnesses revealing likely intelli [...] | 2007-11-08 11:08:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA312 | Indonesian Police Capture Key Militants [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesian National Police (INP) units in Poso, Central Sulawesi nabbed three key militants on February 1 in on-going operations there. Shortly afterward, two other militants sought by the INP surrendered to authorities. The lead suspect, Basri, one of the most violent figures [...] | 2007-02-06 09:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PINS PGOV PNAT KJUS KISL ASEC ID |
07JAKARTA3134 | ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION LEADING INDONESIAN REFORM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) leads the anti-corruption movement in Indonesia through its high-level investigations, vigorous prosecutions, and highly respected reform-minded leadership. Our legal, law enforcement, and NGO contacts broadly agree that the KPK's leade [...] | 2007-11-13 02:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA3135 | SUCCESS OF INDONESIA'S MCC THRESHOLD PROGRAM [...] Summary: Indonesia's two-year, $55 million Threshold Program focuses on the Control of Corruption ($35 million) and Immunization Coverage ($20 million),two areas where Indonesia fell short on its FY 2006 MCC indicator Scorecard. The Threshold Program projects, operational since April 2007, h [...] | 2007-11-13 04:32:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KMCA KCOR KJUS TBIO ID |
07JAKARTA3173 | CORRUPTION UPDATE -- DIPLOMATS, FORMER MINISTERS, [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate Medan. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: November's corruption highlights include: a credible media report alleges corruption at the Foreign Ministry; a former minister has been named a suspect in a corruption case involving the sale of two crude oil tankers; [...] | 2007-11-15 09:43:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID |
07JAKARTA3175 | INDONESIA - STOLEN ASSET RECOVERY INITIATIVE TO FOCUS ON [...] (SBU) Summary: The UN-World Bank Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) initiative will make recommendations for a technical assistance program in Indonesia. Indonesia has limited technical capacity and uneven political will to recover assets internationally. Managing expectations of StAR is critical a [...] | 2007-11-15 10:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KMCA KCOR ECON KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA3182 | RULE OF LAW -- PROSECUTORS GET CLOSE LOOK AT U.S. [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Accompanied by poloff and DOJ/OPDAT, 11 Indonesian prosecutors from a key task force participated in a November study visit to the U.S. The USG-funded program gave the participants both a broad [...] | 2007-11-16 08:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KJUS PGOV PTER ID |
07JAKARTA3263 | TERRORIST TRIALS -- NEW FUNDING NEEDED FOR COURT [...] (S) SUMMARY: Over the past two years, a locally contracted Court Monitor has provided valuable information on the trials of Indonesia's most dangerous terrorists. With current funding nearly exhausted, Mission seeks new Department funding to continue this productive relationship. Supported b [...] | 2007-11-28 06:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | SECRET | PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC ID |
07JAKARTA3312 | COUNTERTERRORISM -- SIX CONVICTED FOR ATTACKS [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Prosecutors have won convictions against six terrorists for a series of attacks in 2005-06. Verdicts in three other terrorist-related trials are expected soon. The Supreme Court has also upheld the convict [...] | 2007-12-04 10:00:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS ASEC PTER ID |
07JAKARTA3326 | LEGISLATURE CALLS ON PRESIDENT TO TESTIFY RE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Parliament (DPR) has moved to summon President Yudhoyono to answer questions regarding a complex financial case. Abuse of Central Bank liquidity funds--issued to assist depositors at distressed banks--caused billions of dollars in losses to the state. The Attorney Ge [...] | 2007-12-05 10:56:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV EFIN KJUS KCOR ID |
07JAKARTA3331 | ENGAGING A KEY POLICE UNIT [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see para 10. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The INL-funded DOJ ICITAP (police training) program is ready to begin to work with the Mobile Brigade in use of force, disaster relief, and critical-incident response. Mobile Brigade is a critical component of the police [...] | 2007-12-06 07:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PTER PGOV ID |
07JAKARTA3348 | HUMAN RIGHTS -- PROTECTING CIVIL LIBERTIES IN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's new democracy continues to tackle thorny issues. A coalition of civil society groups has been lobbying hard to ensure that the new draft criminal code adequately protects civil lib [...] | 2007-12-07 10:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS PHUM PREL EAID ID |
07JAKARTA3349 | INDONESIAN PARLIAMENT SELECTS CONTROVERSIAL ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament selected five new commissioners for the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) for the 2007-2011 term. Civil society leaders have expressed disappointment with the choices, but remain cautiously optimistic that two or three commissioners will be able to quietly lead K [...] | 2007-12-07 10:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR ECON KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA3375 | COUNTERTERRORISM -- INDONESIA RACKS UP MORE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A Jakarta court has handed down guilty verdicts to four more terrorists involved in a series of attacks in Central Sulawesi in 2004-06. The sentences were consistent with those handed out the previous week [...] | 2007-12-12 09:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PTER ID |
07JAKARTA3378 | CORRUPTION UPDATE -- SOLDIERS, LEGISLATORS IN THE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In December's corruption highlights: 15 soldiers have been convicted of involvement in illegal logging; parliament is investigating bribery allegations involving several members; more allegations of corruption have been levied against Tommy Suharto; and, controversy continues [...] | 2007-12-12 10:27:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
07JAKARTA3391 | COUNTERTERRORISM -- TRIAL OF KEY MILITANT KICKS [...] (C) SUMMARY: The trial of senior Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militant Abu Dujana opened in Jakarta on December 12. Dujana was indicted on four separate counts under the Anti-Terror Law. Top prosecutors from a key task force are handling the case. Several other militants are expected to appear in [...] | 2007-12-13 09:53:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PTER ID |
07JAKARTA3419 | LAW ENFORCEMENT -- INCREASING COOPERATION WITH THE [...] (C) SUMMARY: In recent meetings, French Embassy contacts have underscored their interest in an enhanced working relationship with the U.S. on transnational crime and counter-terrorism issues. Mission has already enjoyed a productive relationship with the French in terms of anti-human traffi [...] | 2007-12-18 05:33:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER KJUS ID FR |
07JAKARTA3426 | COUNTER-TERRORISM: MORE MILITANTS GO ON TRIAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six more Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) militants--including senior leader Zarkasih--have been formally charged with terrorism. JI co-founder Abu Bakar Ba'asyir has also been in the news, making a none-too-veiled threat after meeting the three jailed Bali bombers. Few people believe, h [...] | 2007-12-18 10:25:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PTER ASEC ID |
07JAKARTA3451 | EXECUTION NEARING FOR BALI BOMBERS? [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: The three terrorists who carried out the first Bali bombing are another step closer to execution. A Bali court has formally received the Supreme Court's ruling upholding the death sentence imposed on the t [...] | 2007-12-21 09:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PTER ID |
07JAKARTA3461 | HUMAN RIGHTS -- COURT CONTINUES REVIEW OF KEY CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY -- Indonesia's Supreme Court reconvenes in January to review the case file of the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Thalib. A ruling on whether to overturn the 2006 acquittal of a key suspect is due in early 2008. In ongoing proceedings, prosecutors have called in a fo [...] | 2007-12-26 05:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS ID |
07JAKARTA3469 | SUPREME COURT UNDER FIRE [...] (U) This message was coordinated with Consulate General Surabaya. 2. (C) SUMMARY: A recent Supreme Court decision ordering new provincial elections in South Sulawesi has revived allegations of incompetence and political influence peddling at the Court. Critics of the decision--which has [...] | 2007-12-27 07:04:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA ID |
07JAKARTA3484 | CONTROVERSIAL EX-MINISTER MAKES A COMEBACK [...] (C) SUMMARY: Six months after his removal from the Cabinet in the wake of corruption allegations, former minister Yusril Mahendra is making a political comeback. The Palace recently appointed Yusril to be a Presidential legal adviser. There are also reports that he may be nominated to beco [...] | 2007-12-28 08:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KISL ID |
07JAKARTA353 | FIRST ROUND OF U.S.-INDONESIA MLAT NEGOTIATIONS [...] Summary. (U) On January 23-25, delegations from the U.S. and Indonesia met in Jakarta for a first round of negotiations aimed at conclusion of a mutual legal assistance treaty (MLAT) between the two countries. The discussions were friendly and productive. All participants agreed that an MLA [...] | 2007-02-09 02:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS CJAN KTIA ID |
07JAKARTA510 | CRIMINAL PROCEDURE REFORM PROCESS TAKES A NEW DIRECTION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY On February 21, Minister of Law and Human Rights Hamid Awaludin met with the DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) to discuss a more fundamental approach to revising the criminal procedure code. Awaludin expressed his belief that the current drafting efforts have been too cons [...] | 2007-02-26 05:18:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR PHUM ID |
07JAKARTA514 | JUDICIAL COMMISSION FAILS TO ADVANCE REFORM [...] (SBU) The Judicial Commission, formed in 2005 to strengthen the accountability and integrity of the judiciary, has fallen far short of expectations and has yet to play a constructive role in judicial reform. The Commission's primary task, to monitor the behavior of judges and recommend sancti [...] | 2007-02-26 06:12:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PCRM KTIA KCOR ID |
07JAKARTA754 | JUSTICE CONTINUES TO ELUDE VICTIMS OF 1998-1999 [...] (C) Summary: On March 7, the Indonesian parliament's (DPR) consultative council rejected the legal affairs committee's (Commission III) recommendation to set up an ad-hoc human rights court on the 1998-1999 killings of 29 civilian protestors by the Indonesian military (TNI) at Trisakti Univer [...] | 2007-03-15 08:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS KCRM ID |
07JAKARTA821 | CONSTITUTIONAL COURT DECISIONS GENERATE POLITICAL [...] (SBU) Indonesia's Constitutional Court, created in 2003 to improve rule of law and act as a check on Legislative and Executive power, has been the subject of intense criticism by the media and public after a series of controversial decisions overturned important pieces of legislation. Court d [...] | 2007-03-22 05:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
07JAKARTA826 | TERROR TRIALS UPDATE: POSO TERRORISTS CONVICTED [...] (U) Three Indonesians involved in the October 2005 beheading attacks in Poso, Central Sulawesi, were convicted of terrorism in Jakarta on March 21. They were sentenced to 20, 14 and 14 years respectively. The sentences imposed, while less than the maximum, appear to be the result of the defe [...] | 2007-03-22 09:03:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PGOV KJUS ASEC CASC ID |
07JAKARTA827 | INDONESIAN CT UNITS ARREST TERROR SUSPECTS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On March 20-21, Indonesian National Police (INP) units, including Detachment 88 officers trained by DS/ATA, carried out CT operations in Central Java that resulted in the arrest of at least five suspected terrorists. INP units fatally shot one suspect in a shootout Tuesday night [...] | 2007-03-22 09:16:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER CASC PGOV PINS KJUS KISL ASEC AS AEMR |
07JAKARTA897 | JAKARTA HIGH COURT UPHOLDS VERDICTS IN TIMIKA CASE [...] (SBU) On March 7, the Jakarta High Court announced that it had upheld the Central Jakarta District Court's guilty verdicts (reftel) of Anthonius Wamang and his co-conspirators Agustinus Anggaibak (AKA Johnny Kasomol),Yulianus Deikme, Ishak Onawatme, Esau Onawatme, and Yairus Kiwak in connectio [...] | 2007-03-28 09:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ASEC CASC KJUS PHUM ID |
07JERUSALEM1536 | NEW PA JUSTICE MINISTER'S PRIORITY IS "SERVICES TO [...] (C) Summary. At a July 23 meeting in Ramallah, Justice Minister (MoJ) Ali Khassan told USAID Country Director Sumka and PolOff that he is concentrating on rebuilding the MoJ and instilling a focus on provision of services to the people. He said he is developing plans to build the MoJ into a s [...] | 2007-07-24 15:17:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | KWBG PGOV KDEM IS KJUS |
07KABUL125 | DUBAI MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN JUSTICE COORDINATION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The December 4-6 Justice Sector Coordination meeting in Dubai re-invigorated justice reform efforts in Afghanistan. The meeting resulted in a new initiative to organize international efforts over the next few months and to develop a consolidated framework for justice reform at t [...] | 2007-01-13 09:31:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PREL PGOV PTER KCRM SNAR SOCI AF |
07KABUL173 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES RULE OF LAW CONFERENCE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Ambassador and Embassy Rule of Law (ROL) Coordinator met January 15 with Italian Ambassador Sequi and a delegation from Rome led by Italian Deputy Foreign Minister Vernetti. The meeting produced an agreement that the upcoming Rome ROL Conference would be held in April with a [...] | 2007-01-18 10:55:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS PTER KCRM AF |
07KABUL427 | CORRUPT HEAD OF CORRUPTION COUNCIL WASIFI [...] (S) The Ambassador raised with President Karzai February 6 the unsuitability of former governor Wasifi as head of the Corruption Council. Karzai well knows that Wasifi was convicted of drug-dealing in the US and accused of corruption when he was governor of Farah. Karzai seemed mildly surpri [...] | 2007-02-08 06:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KCOR KJUS PGOV PREL AF |
07KABUL643 | DIAG: STALLED AND SEARCHING FOR MOMENTUM [...] (C//REL/) Summary: President Karzai chaired a meeting of cabinet ministers and international community representatives February 7 to review progress made to date by the Disbandment of Illegally Armed Groups (DIAG) program and to approve formally the new DIAG Action Plan. While the revised [...] | 2007-02-27 09:57:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MARR KJUS ASEC PTER AF |
07KATHMANDU1719 | NEPAL'S FIRST NATIONAL ANTI-TRAFFICKING DAY [...] (U) The Government of Nepal and private groups took advantage of the first national Anti-Trafficking Day on September 6 to publicize the newly passed Human Trafficking Control Act. The day also witnessed commitments by politicians to fight trafficking. The U.S. Mission held its observation a [...] | 2007-09-12 11:29:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ELAB EAID KCRM KJUS KWMN NP |
07KATHMANDU1935 | SUPPORTING ARGENTINA'S REQUEST FOR INTERPOL [...] (C) On October 31 Post contacted the Embassy of the Argentine Republic in New Delhi as the mission responsible for relations with Nepal regarding Argentine's effort to persuade the International Criminal Police Organization's (INTERPOL) General Assembly to confirm the issuance of six Red Notic [...] | 2007-11-01 09:45:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER ASEC KJUS PREL PGOV IN AR NP |
07KIGALI391 | RWANDA PETITIONS THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE [...] (U) Rwanda on April 18 petitioned the International Court of Justice (ICJ) regarding the November 2006 issuance of arrest warrants by French judge Jean-Louis Bruguiere against nine senior Rwandan officials. These officials, according to an investigation conducted by Bruguiere, were allegedly [...] | 2007-04-25 13:23:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS RW |
07KIGALI915 | GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES ON BWINDI DEFENDANTS [...] (SBU) Embassy has reviewed the September 17 letter from Department of Homeland Security ICE A/S Julie Myers to A/S Frazer, detailing the immigration judge's decision in regard to one of the three Bwindi defendants. In her letter, A/S Myers requested the Department of State to offer a "prefer [...] | 2007-10-10 14:15:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KJUS RW |
07KINGSTON1462 | JAMAICA: CRIME AND CORRUPTION CHALLENGES FACING [...] No summary [...] | 2007-09-25 16:14:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SOCI SNAR PHUM ASEC KCOR KCRM KJUS |
07KINGSTON1626 | JAMAICA/BAHAMAS: ARGENTINA IS APPROACHING HOST [...] No summary [...] | 2007-11-01 20:59:00 | Embassy Kingston | SECRET | PTER ASCEC KJUS PREL PGOV IR JM XL |
07KINGSTON343 | ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: CONTRACTOR GENERAL OF [...] Summary: Please see the action request in paragraph 12. Currently, the Mission is exploring mechanisms for encouraging the Government of Jamaica (GOJ) to curb corruption. In keeping with the Mission's evolving strategy plan on anti-corruption, we are meeting with heads of Jamaican governmen [...] | 2007-03-12 20:01:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED | JM KCOR KCRM KJUS PGOV |
07KINGSTON380 | ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: JAMAICA'S POLICE [...] No summary [...] | 2007-03-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Kingston | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PGOV KCOR JM |
07KINGSTON389 | ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC [...] (U) Begin Summary: On March 8, Acting Narcotics Affairs Director (NASDIR) met with Kent Pantry, Jamaica's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP),principally to acquaint him with the embassy's interest in assisting the Government of Jamaica to fight official corruption. NASDIR also wanted to get [...] | 2007-03-20 19:24:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS SNAR KCOR JM |
07KINGSTON394 | ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY: AUDITOR GENERAL [...] (SBU) BEGIN SUMMARY: IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE EMBASSY'S PLAN TO PROMOTE ANTI-CORRUPTION MEASURES, ACTING NARCOTICS AFFAIRS DIRECTOR (NASDIR) CALLED ON JAMAICA'S AUDITOR GENERAL, ADRIAN STRACHAN, IN ORDER TO GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF HIS ROLE IN COUNTERING CORRUPTION BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS. N [...] | 2007-03-21 14:18:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR KJUS PGOV JM |
07KINSHASA1031 | NEWS REPORTS OF BRAVO MIXED BRIGADE DEPREDATIONS [...] (U) Reuters reported August 22 that MONUC peacekeepers had found the half-buried bodies of at least six people at two abandoned North Kivu military camps, recently vacated by soldiers of the FARDC Bravo "Mixed" Brigade. Bravo, one of several units that include unintegrated FARDC troops and s [...] | 2007-08-30 12:27:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV MARR KJUS CG |
07KINSHASA1236 | PROGRAM UPDATE: GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN THE DRC [...] Gender-Based Violence continues to be a threat to stability and affects the most vulnerable populations - women and children-in Eastern Congo. Recent reports indicate the problem is worsening, particularly in the province of North Kivu, but the problem is also severe in South Kivu, Maniema, a [...] | 2007-10-31 12:26:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SOCI KWMN KJUS CG |
07KINSHASA129 | CONGOLESE MILITARY JUSTICE FIGHTING AN UPHILL [...] (SBU) Summary. The numerous obstacles to effective application of military justice in the Congo are in stark evidence in the province of Katanga. Military courts are fighting an uphill battle against crumbling infrastructure, poor facilities, and the lack of legal training for practitioners [...] | 2007-02-01 14:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PHUM KPKO CG |
07KINSHASA179 | DRC'S COURTS SLOW TO RESOLVE ELECTORAL DISPUTES [...] (SBU) Summary: More than 100 electoral disputes over seats in the DRC's National Assembly remain unresolved nearly seven months after the July 30 vote. The Supreme Court has been largely incapable of handling the large number of challenges filed, leading to a delay of more than three months in [...] | 2007-02-14 16:28:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KJUS CG ELECTIONS |
07KINSHASA226 | GIZENGA ADDRESSES DRC NATIONAL ASSEMBLY [...] (SBU) Summary. DRC Prime Minster-designate Gizenga presented his government's program during a 75-minute address to the National Assembly February 22. He called for a re-foundation of the republic and emphasized justice and good governance as the two essential conditions for achieving this. [...] | 2007-02-23 15:24:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KJUS CG |
07KINSHASA275 | DRC SUPREME COURT CLOSING OUT BACKLOG OF NATIONAL [...] Summary. The DRC Supreme Court is closing out the final cases challenging the results of the July 30 National Assembly elections. Several prominent names were included in a group of decisions announced at the end of February. The large number of cases highlights the necessity of electoral [...] | 2007-03-06 14:57:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM KJUS CG ELECTIONS |
07KINSHASA279 | PROSECUTION RESTS IN NLANDU TRIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Military prosecutors rested their case against Bemba ally Marie-Therese Nlandu and nine co-defendants February 7. They presented three main pieces of evidence: grenades allegedly in the possession of her co-defendants, videos of Nlandu alledgedly calling for the burning of t [...] | 2007-03-08 06:29:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS CG |
07KINSHASA280 | MONUC AND NGO COLLABORATION WITH MILITARY LEADS TO [...] (U) Summary. MONUC-Bunia human rights officers and local NGO Justice Plus played major roles in the successful prosecution of two prominent Ituri District human rights cases. A military court handed down judgments in both cases February 19, convicting 14 Congolese military (FARDC) soldiers [...] | 2007-03-08 14:54:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV MOPS KPKO KJUS CG |
07KINSHASA502 | NLANDU AND NINE OTHERS ACQUITTED ON INSURRECTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese politician Marie-Therese Nlandu and nine co-defendants were acquitted April 30 of all charges related to the November 2006 burning of the Supreme Court building. A military court found that the prosecution had not presented evidence sufficient to prove their guilt. T [...] | 2007-05-04 10:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS CG |
07KINSHASA527 | AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MARIE THERESE NLANDU [...] (SBU) Summary. Bemba attorney and unsuccessful presidential candidate Marie Therese Nlandu gave an exclusive interviewto Poloff in which she outlined her side of the vents that led to her arrest on charges of insurretion and weapons possession. She also explained why she thought she was acq [...] | 2007-05-11 12:56:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KJUS CG |
07KINSHASA816 | NLANDU'S COURT BATTLE MAY NOT YET BE OVER [...] (U) Congolese lawyer and opposition figure Marie-Therese Nlandu, who was acquitted April 30 on charges of insurrection and weapons possession (reftel),could find herself back in court at the urging of prosecutor Homere Nkulu Katenda. The Kinshasa military appeals court filed an appeal June 2 [...] | 2007-07-14 11:35:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS CG |