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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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08MEXICO3343 | CNDH AND PGR SQUARE OFF OVER BRAD WILL CASE [...] Summary. Mexico's National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) and its Attorney General's Office have released two separate reports on the shooting of Amcit journalist Brad Will in October 2006 that places the two institutions at odds. CNDH insists its investigation of forensic evidence demonstr [...] | 2008-11-12 13:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | CONS PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM MX |
08MEXICO3595 | PGR MAKES ITS CASE, AGAIN, ON BRAD WILL [...] (SBU) Summary. Mexico's Office of the Attorney General (PGR) provided Emboffs with a three-hour brief on its investigation into the death of Amcit journalist Brad Will who was shot and killed in the course of civil unrest in Oaxaca in October 2006. Much of what PGR presented tracked with p [...] | 2008-12-08 13:37:00 | Embassy Mexico | CONFIDENTIAL | CONS PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM MX |
08MEXICO81 | SCENESETTER FOR THE VISIT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL MICHAEL B. [...] Welcome to Mexico City. Mexico is key to USG success in combating the trafficking of drugs, persons, arms and precursors, terrorism, and other transnational threats. Since entering office last December, Felipe Calderon's government has moved with unprecedented speed to improve public securit [...] | 2008-01-11 16:41:00 | Embassy Mexico | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM SNAR OVIP MUKASEY MICHAEL MX |
08MINSK262 | BELARUS: 2008-2009 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY [...] The following is the submission by Embassy Minsk for Part One of the 2008-2009 INCSR. Please note that post is operating under extreme conditions with only five American staff. Please direct any questions about this report to EUR/UMB. 2. Summary: Belarus remains a transit route for traff [...] | 2008-12-19 17:28:00 | Embassy Minsk | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV KJUS BO |
08MONROVIA476 | LIBERIA'S PRS: PEACE AND SECURITY PILLAR - A [...] (C) Summary: The Liberian National Security Strategy, upon which the security section of the Poverty Reduction Strategy (PRS) is based, has not yet been made public, but the GOL is moving ahead on the basis of the strategy. The PRS process has forced the Liberians to begin to plan long-term, [...] | 2008-06-20 12:42:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PRGOV ASEC MARR MASS CJAN KJUS LI |
08MONROVIA50 | LIBERIA: GIRL'S DEATH REVEALS STRAINS WITHIN [...] (C) SUMMARY. Around 150 students peacefully demonstrated outside of Embassy Monrovia January 11, calling for the USG to pressure the Government of Liberia (GOL) to reinvestigate the suicide of 13-year-old Merideh "Angel" Togba. The girl was found hanging in her guardians' bathroom November 30 [...] | 2008-01-16 15:18:00 | Embassy Monrovia | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KJUS LI |
08MONTERREY558 | NUEVO LEON CASE STUDY: GRAFTING ORAL TRIALS ON TOP OF THE [...] (SBU) Summary. Nuevo Leon was the first Mexican state to experiment with oral trials, but the reform effort has stalled because of limited implementation. The respected NGO Renace conducted an empirical study of how the oral trials reform has fared in Nuevo Leon. Renace found that ora [...] | 2008-12-17 16:03:00 | Consulate Monterrey | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM PHUM MX |
08MONTEVIDEO223 | JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS CONFIRMS COMPROMISE CANDIDATE [...] (U) On April 22, a joint session of the Uruguayan Congress unanimously confirmed Judge Jorge Larrieux as a compromise candidate for the Supreme Court, thereby putting an end to the political turmoil generated by this vacancy (reftel). The vacancy occurred when a Supreme Court Justice reached m [...] | 2008-04-23 13:15:00 | Embassy Montevideo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON SOCI KJUS KDEM UY |
08MOSCOW1043 | ANOTHER PUBLIC OFFICIAL GUNNED DOWN IN INGUSHETIYA [...] (SBU) Summary: On April 13, Ingushetiya's deputy head of the Supreme Court Khasan Yandiyev was killed. While Ingushetiya government officials were quick to tie the shooting to Yandiyev's 2004 prosecution of Islamic terrorists, opponents attributed the murder to the local government's repres [...] | 2008-04-16 07:21:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KJUS ASEC RS |
08MOSCOW1486 | POLICE BRUTALITY IN RUSSIA DOES NOT YET ENGENDER [...] (C) Summary: Recent high profile instances of alleged police brutality have sparked isolated public demonstrations that expert believe are not likely to lead to broader grass-roots political activism among Russians. Our interlocutors point out that many victims fear further harassment or ret [...] | 2008-05-27 13:16:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW1643 | ANTI-CORRUPTION PROGRAMS [...] (SBU) Summary: In response to President MedvedevQs rhetoric about the rule of law and anti-corruption, the EmbassyQs Law Enforcement Section (LES) and Resident Legal Adviser (RLA) conducted two programs last week focused on strengthening RussiaQs capacity to combat corruption. The first, a rou [...] | 2008-06-10 07:28:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL RS KCRM KJUS SNAR |
08MOSCOW1862 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH WARNS GOR ON VIOLENCE IN [...] (SBU) Summary: In a June 25 press conference in Moscow, Human Rights Watch (HRW) warned that if the Russian government continues to use counterinsurgency techniques in Ingushetiya and does not address previous human rights violations, the situation there could deteriorate to the same level t [...] | 2008-07-01 13:01:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PTER KDEM KJUS SOCI RS |
08MOSCOW2041 | KHODORKOVSKIY'S LAWYERS PETITION FOR PAROLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Lawyers for former Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovskiy filed legal papers July 16 with the local court in Chita requesting that he be paroled after serving four and a half years of his eight year sentence. His lawyers took great pains to state that this was a normal legal filing f [...] | 2008-07-17 16:34:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PGOV PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2241 | KHODORKOVSKIY'S WARDEN FILES PAROLE REPORT; [...] (C) Summary: The warden of the prison in which former YUKOS Oil Company head Mikhail Khodorkovskiy is being held submitted to the local court in Chita the parole report required as part of Khodorkovskiy's July 23 request for early release (reftel). His St. Petersburg-based lawyer Yuriy Shmid [...] | 2008-08-01 13:52:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PHUM PINR RS |
08MOSCOW2477 | BUSINESSWOMAN VS CORRUPT DRUG AGENTS [...] (SBU) Summary: Post Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) recently met with Yana Yakovleva, financial director of Sofeks Chemical Company. Yakovleva and her business partner were the subjects of an extortion attempt by the Federal Service for Narcotics Control (FSKN). When they refused, they were char [...] | 2008-08-20 12:20:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL RS KCRM KJUS SNAR |
08MOSCOW2716 | ATTACK OF THE ANTI-RAIDERS [...] (SBU) Summary: Corporate raiding, the takeover of businesses by criminal means, is a plague on the Russian economy (REFTEL A) and combating it must be a central part of any anti-corruption program. Last week, the National Anti-Corruption Committee (NACC),an NGO which has been tasked by the go [...] | 2008-09-10 13:05:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL RS KCRM KJUS SNAR |
08MOSCOW3148 | LUKIN LOOKS FORWARD TO THE END OF HIS TENURE AS RUSSIAN [...] (SBU) Summary: Russian Federation Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin told visiting HFAC Chairman Berman that his term as Ombudsman for the Russian Federation has been a "difficult job of compromises." Lukin said that during his almost five years as Ombudsman, it has been most important for him not to [...] | 2008-10-27 13:37:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KCRM KJUS RS |
08MOSCOW3214 | BAKHMINA CASE TAKES STRANGE TURN [...] (C) Summary: On October 30, Russian daily Vedemosti reported that pregnant jailed Khodorkovsky lawyer Svetlana Bakhmina had withdrawn her request for release and was transferred to a hospital on October 24. According to the article, this was done without the knowledge of her lawyers, who hav [...] | 2008-10-31 13:45:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KJUS PHUM PGOV RS |
08MOSCOW3544 | MEDVEDEV'S JUDICIAL PROPOSALS: WORDS OR ACTIONS? [...] (C) Summary: At the seventh All-Russian Congress of Judges, from December 2-5 in Moscow, Medvedev proposed a series of measures to restore public trust in the legal system. His stated goal was to improve transparency and judicial professionalism and impartiality, which, he said, would have th [...] | 2008-12-08 11:55:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS RS |
08MOSCOW461 | DEMARCHE ON RUSSIAN INCARCERATION POLICIES [...] (C) In addition to previous discussions with MFA North America Director Igor Neverov and to the concerns raised by the Ambassador with Human Rights Ombudsman Vladimir Lukin and Presidential Human Rights Advisor Ella Pamfilova, on February 19 we passed reftel points on USG concern over harsh i [...] | 2008-02-19 16:35:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PINR KJUS RS |
08MOSCOW559 | RUSSIAN OFFICIALS REPORT BETTER TREATMENT FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: GOR officials, including Human Rights Ombudsman Lukin and three members of the Public Chamber visited former YUKOS Vice President Vasiliy Aleksanyan on February 21 in his room in a specialized Moscow hospital. They confirmed that Aleksanyan had initially been chained to his ho [...] | 2008-02-29 05:14:00 | Embassy Moscow | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR KJUS RS |
08MOSCOW635 | KASHIN PROTESTS, BUT NOT TO EMBASSY OR MFA [...] (SBU) Aleksandr Kashin, who was paralyzed from the chest down as a result of a 1998 traffic accident involving then Consul General in Vladivostok Douglas Kent, traveled to Moscow on March 3 where he reportedly continues a hunger strike, apparently initiated to draw attention to his plight and [...] | 2008-03-06 13:30:00 | Embassy Moscow | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM SOCI RS KJUS |
08NAIROBI2667 | KENYANS MOVE AHEAD ON NEW PIRACY PROSECUTION [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 11, the UK's Royal Navy seized eight Somali nationals in international waters off the coast of Yemen after the British responded to a distress call from a Danish ship that the Somalis had attempted to board. After proceeding to Mombasa, Kenya, the British relinquishe [...] | 2008-11-26 12:03:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC PHSA MOPS KCRM KJUS UK SO DA |
08NAIROBI2671 | DRUG TRAFFICKING ON THE RISE IN KENYA [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 21, the British High Commission convened a mini-Dublin Group meeting in Nairobi to discuss the state of the drug problem in Kenya. The meeting was attended by representatives of one of Kenya's three police services, the director of the Kenyan government's anti-drug [...] | 2008-11-26 12:16:00 | Embassy Nairobi | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KCOR KJUS SNAR UK UG KE |
08NAIROBI2869 | UPDATE ON KENYAN PROSECUTION OF SUSPECTED SOMALI [...] This is an action message. Action recommendations and requests are at paragraphs 7, 8, 9, 12, and 16. 2. Summary: On December 11, the eight Somali nationals charged with piracy again appeared before a magistrate judge in Mombasa. The prosecutors asked the magistrate to postpone the trial to [...] | 2008-12-23 12:11:00 | Embassy Nairobi | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV ASEC PHSA MOPS KCRM KJUS SO YM DA |
08OSLO217 | NORWAY INTERESTED IN FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION IN [...] (C) During the visit of Cuba Transition Coordinator Caleb McCarry to Oslo, 11 April, Senior Norwegian MFA officials, including Deputy Director Generals Petter Willie and Johan Vibe, discussed the idea of opening an internet cafe to support dissident access to information. Although they curren [...] | 2008-04-18 14:02:00 | Embassy Oslo | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PHUM PREL NO CU |
08OSLO390 | NORWAY SUPPORTIVE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF [...] (SBU) On July 11, 2008, Poloff spoke with Torfinn Stenseth, Assistant Director General of the Section for Global Security Issues and CIS Countries of the MFA, to deliver reftel demarche. Stenseth said that piracy off the coast of Somalia is a serious issue with which the GON is very concerned [...] | 2008-07-14 12:32:00 | Embassy Oslo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | XA KCRM KJUS EWWT PHSA PREL NO |
08OTTAWA1070 | CANADA SUPPORTS CYBERCRIME CONVENTION, DESPITE [...] (C) Government of Canada counterparts told acting political counselor on August 13 that Canada strongly supports the Council of Europe Cybercrime convention. They described the GOC's position as almost identical to that of the U.S., especially with respect to Russian resistance and gamesmansh [...] | 2008-08-12 19:05:00 | Embassy Ottawa | CONFIDENTIAL | EINT KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL CA |
08OTTAWA1393 | CANADA WELCOMES U.S. - CARIBBEAN SECURITY [...] (U) Action request - please see para 4. 2. (SBU) In response to reftel demarche, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) Deputy Director for Defence and Security Relations Michael Kaduck told pol/miloff on October 29 that Canada is keen to participate in the U.S. - C [...] | 2008-10-30 19:45:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER SNAR KJUS EAID MASS XL CA |
08OTTAWA315 | CANADA AND G8 CASH COURIER INITIATIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2008-02-29 20:56:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA KCRM KJUS OTRA PTER SNAR |
08OTTAWA339 | CANADA FOLLOW-UP RESPONSE TO G8 CASH COURIER [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-06 21:39:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA KCRM KJUS OTRA PTER SNAR |
08OTTAWA635 | THEMES FROM THE 10TH CROSS-BORDER CRIME FORUM [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the 10th Cross-Border Crime Forum, 120 participants led by the U.S. Attorney General and the Canadian Ministers of Public Safety and Justice reviewed progress in eight areas, received a threat assessment, and discussed lessons learned from three case studies. From Mission Ca [...] | 2008-05-08 11:53:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM CA |
08OTTAWA653 | CANADA'S POST-CONFLICT STABILIZATION AND [...] (SBU) Summary: Canada's "Stabilization and Reconstruction Task Force" (START) has become a key component of its foreign affairs architecture. Its Ottawa headquarters works on policy formulation, while inter-agency teams now operate in Haiti, Uganda, Colombia, and Kandahar -- and soon also in [...] | 2008-05-13 18:06:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PINS KDEM KJUS MCAP PGOV CA |
08OTTAWA878 | FEDERAL COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF KHADR INTERROGATION [...] (U) Summary: Canada's Federal Court has ordered the government to release sensitive information, including U.S. documents previously shared with Canadian authorities, to lawyers representing Canadian Guantanamo detainee Omar Khadr. The order derives from a recent Supreme Court of Canada (SCOC [...] | 2008-06-27 13:44:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL KJUS CA |
08OTTAWA961 | UNSCR 1816: CANADA DEPLOYS THREE WARSHIPS [...] (U) Pursuant to UNSCR 1816 (reftel),Canada has announced the deployment of three warships to Somali waters. The deployment will include Task Force 150 flagship the destroyer HMCS Iroquois, the multi-role patrol frigate HMCS Calgary, and the oiler HMCS Protecteur. Visit Canada,s Economy and [...] | 2008-07-15 21:09:00 | Embassy Ottawa | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PREL EWWT KCRM KJUS SO XA XW CA |
08PANAMA446 | PANAMA: "MILITARIZATION" DEBATE RE-SURFACES [...] (C) Panama's ever-smoldering "militarization" debate reignited over the past couple of weeks as Panamanian opinion shapers and leaders -- largely associated with the opposition, at least in opinion -- voiced their concerns that the GOP might be undertaking what they perceived as an ill-advised [...] | 2008-05-30 18:09:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS MARR MASS MOPS PM |
08PANAMA461 | PANAMA: SUPREME COURT PRESIDENT GREENLIGHTS [...] (SBU) Panamanian Supreme Court President Harley Mitchell secured unanimous approval for three of eleven elements of a long-pending USG-GOP anti-corruption program funded by USAID, Mitchell informed USAID Director on April 25, 2008. --------------------------------------------- ----- Mitchel [...] | 2008-06-03 21:00:00 | Embassy Panama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EAID KCRM KJUS PM |
08PANAMA616 | PANAMA: RAUL RODRIGUEZ TO BE NEW ASSEMBLY [...] (C) President Martin Torrijos has chosen Raul Rodriguez to be the new President of the National Assembly, replacing Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG) who is under federal indictment in connection with the 1992 murder of a U.S. serviceman. Sources from both the ruling Democratic Revolutionary Party [...] | 2008-07-28 16:51:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PM |
08PANAMA623 | GOP "DEEPLY CONCERNED" ABOUT US ARREST OF [...] (U) This is an action request; see para 8. ------- Summary ------- 2. (C) The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) is "deeply concerned" about the situation of eight imprisoned Panamanian citizens who were arrested at sea and brought to the U.S. in 2006 after the Panamanian flagged ship M/ [...] | 2008-07-28 20:50:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | KTIA PREL PGOV KJUS PBTS PHSA SNAR |
08PANAMA635 | PANAMA: PRD CONFIRMS RODRIGUEZ CHOICE FOR NA [...] (C) The Democratic Revolutionary Party's (PRD) National Assembly (NA) caucus formally selected Raul Rodriguez on July 29 as their candidate to replace Pedro Miguel Gonzalez (PMG) as President of the National Assembly (see Reftel). The actual election will take place on September 1 when the NA [...] | 2008-07-30 21:39:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PM |
08PANAMA813 | PANAMA: PROSECUTORS UNDER PRESSURE, ASK FOR HELP [...] (C) Panamanian Attorney General Ana Matilde Gomez told the Ambassador October 10 that she wanted to create an infrastructure to facilitate prosecutorial collaboration among Panama, Costa Rica, Colombia and the U.S. to send a strong message to international criminal organizations that they we [...] | 2008-10-17 16:22:00 | Embassy Panama | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM SNAR PM |
08PARIS1337 | FRENCH SUPPORT FOR UNSCR 1816 (SOMALIA PIRACY) [...] (SBU) In response to ref A, MFA Horn of Africa Desk Officer Thierry Caboche reviewed assistance France has been providing to Africa (refs B-C),particularly France's engagement in naval patrols to counter piracy in the Horn of Africa and its efforts to engage Denmark, the Netherlands, and Sw [...] | 2008-07-15 15:29:00 | Embassy Paris | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHAS PREL SO XA XW FR |
08PARIS1519 | SUDAN/DARFUR: EXPLORING THE POSSIBILITY OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French have discussed with Sudan FM Deng Alor things that Sudan could do, in its own interests, that might alleviate pressure stemming from a possible ICC indictment of President Bashir, but have not promised that if Sudan behaved in a certain way that France would try to st [...] | 2008-08-06 07:47:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PHUM UNSC SU FR |
08PARIS1584 | RWANDA: FRENCH REACTION TO GENOCIDE ACCUSATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting MFA Rwanda desk officer Claude Blevin said on August 14 that France was waiting to see if Rwanda would act on the recent Rwandan report accusing France of involvement in the 1994 genocide. He said the report was politically motivated and an attempt by Rwanda to have Fran [...] | 2008-08-18 16:53:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR KJUS RW FR |
08PARIS2099 | RWANDA/FRANCE: ROSE KABUYE'S ARREST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The French expect that Rwandan official Rose Kabuye will be extradited to France from Germany by November 21 at the latest. In France, she will testify before French judges investigating the 1994 Rwandan genocide. The judges will decide, in effect, either to dismiss the case [...] | 2008-11-14 08:21:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KJUS RW FR |
08PARIS2150 | FRANCE/RWANDA: KABUYE CASE MAY OFFER A CHANCE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: Presidential AF Counselor Romain Serman on November 24 said that France and Rwanda were taking steps to use Rwandan official Rose Kabuye's arrest as a basis for cooperation on resolving issues relating to the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Rwanda may allow French investigators to visit [...] | 2008-11-24 15:09:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KJUS RW FR |
08PARIS2251 | SUDAN/DARFUR: DECEMBER 5 P-3 CONSULTATIONS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The President's Special Envoy to Sudan, Ambassador Richard Williamson, met with P-3 counterparts in Paris on December 5 and, separately, with AU-UN Mediator Djibril Bassole to discuss Sudan, Darfur, and the Qatar process. In the P-3 meeting, the UK and France agreed with Willi [...] | 2008-12-11 15:51:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KJUS PINR SU FR |
08PARIS2252 | SUDAN/FRANCE: PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR NOTES EROSION [...] (C) Romain Serman, AF advisor at the French Presidency, on December 10 reviewed Sudan-related issues (discussions of Mauritania and Zimbabwe reported septels). Serman said that ICC prosecutor Moreno-Ocampo had consulted with the GOF earlier the same day. Moreno-Ocampo predicted that the ICC [...] | 2008-12-11 16:01:00 | Embassy Paris | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KJUS SU FR |
08PHNOMPENH1006 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMBODIAN NOMINEES FOR ILEA "SUPERVISORY CRIMINAL INVESTIGATORS COURSE" COURSE IN BANGKOK [...] No summary [...] | 2008-12-18 10:20:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ASEC KJUS PHUM PREL CB |
08PHNOMPENH102 | MFA SECSTATE KAO KIM HOURN DISCUSSES BURMA WITH [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel paid a courtesy call January 18 on Kao Kim Hourn, Secretary of State in charge of ASEAN Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The conversation focused on ASEAN and the situation in Burma. Kao Kim Hourn offered his candid percept [...] | 2008-01-23 06:50:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM PTER KWMN BM CB |
08PHNOMPENH179 | CAMBODIAN ANTI-TIP LAW PASSED AND PROMULGATED [...] (U) Post is pleased to pass on good news from the Royal Government of Cambodia: Cambodia's anti-trafficking in persons law was promulgated on February 15 and went into effect immediately. Passage of the anti-TIP law was one of five high-priority measures for Cambodia to move to a more favora [...] | 2008-02-19 10:26:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS KWMN CB |
08PHNOMPENH399 | HOR NAMHONG, SAM RAINSY SEEK EMBASSY INTERCESSION [...] (C) SUMMARY: Foreign Minister Hor Namhong summoned the Ambassador on May 8 for a one-on-one meeting to explain to the Ambassador his defamation and disinformation cases against Sam Rainsy regarding Rainsy's assertion that Hor Namhong was a former Khmer Rouge prison camp chief. The aged and [...] | 2008-05-13 09:04:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM PHUM PREL KJUS CB |
08PHNOMPENH495 | PRIME MINISTER SECURES OPPOSITION NEWSPAPER [...] (U) Sam Rainsy Party affiliated newspaper editor-in-chief Dam Sith was released June 15 from pre-trial detention (reftel),after Prime Minister Hun Sen submitted a letter to the Phnom Penh Court President the previous day containing a personal guarantee for Dam Sith's release. The letter, whi [...] | 2008-06-16 10:32:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS CB |
08PHNOMPENH499 | THREAT TO SAM RAINSY'S PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A bid by the prosecution in the Sam Rainsy defamation/disinformation case to lift Sam Rainsy's parliamentary immunity has been rejected in yet another rebuff to a court seemingly out of control. The court's request submitted June 16 through the Ministry of Justice to National [...] | 2008-06-18 12:36:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KPAO CB |
08PHNOMPENH628 | CAMBODIA: BAFFLING RELEASE OF CONVICTED PEDOPHILE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a disturbing move, the Sihanoukville Municipal Court on July 21 released a convicted Russian national, Nikita Belov, after suspending his already-light three year sentence on misdemeanor charges of indecent acts against minors. As reported in Post's quarterly TIP report co [...] | 2008-07-31 09:32:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN KJUS CB |
08PHNOMPENH702 | AMBASSADOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON DPM SAR KHENG: [...] (SBU) Summary: During the Ambassador's farewell call, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Sar Kheng expressed his appreciation efforts to expand and strengthen cooperation, and Sar Kheng's desire to maintain cooperation with the U.S. Mission. Sar Kheng stated that he still has se [...] | 2008-08-25 01:57:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KWMN KJUS CB |
08PHNOMPENH841 | CORE DONORS UPDATED ON KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL ARE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Khmer Rouge Tribunal (KRT) Deputy Director Knut Rosandhaug and UNDP Country Director Jo Scheuer October 9 briefed core donors on their recent trip to New York to follow up on the conclusion of ASG David Tolbert's mission to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (E [...] | 2008-10-10 11:50:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PGOV EAID PHUM CB |
08PHNOMPENH883 | SOK AN ON THE KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: As a follow-up to a coordinated donor strategy to engage Royal Government of Cambodia (RGC) officials on corruption allegations in the Cambodian administrative side of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) and in the context of ongoing discussions with othe [...] | 2008-11-03 12:37:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS EAID PHUM CB |
08PHNOMPENH947 | KHMER ROUGE TRIBUNAL: ROCKY ROAD FOR NEW CASES, [...] (C) SUMMARY: The next weeks will see major developments in the work of the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC),as the Khmer Rouge Tribunal is called. In a confidential development, the Cambodian co-prosecutor reportedly disagrees with the submission of additional case f [...] | 2008-11-28 10:38:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PHUM CB |
08PHNOMPENH95 | U.S.-CAMBODIA BILATERAL DIALOGUE STRENGTHENS TIES, [...] (SBU) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary Scot Marciel led U.S. participation in a successful senior-level U.S.-Cambodia bilateral dialogue hosted by the Royal Government of Cambodia Ministry of Foreign Affairs January 17. Both sides opened with statements of enthusiasm for strengthening ti [...] | 2008-01-22 10:53:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID PGOV KJUS PHUM PTER KWMN PREL BM CB |
08PHNOMPENH981 | CAMBODIA'S DRAFT NGO LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: Prime Minister Hun Sen recently told the Council of Ministers in a public address that drafting an NGO law is a priority for the RGC. He indicated that the law may be used as a tool to fight terrorism, and to ensure that NGOs and their workers are paying appropriate taxes. Hu [...] | 2008-12-11 09:40:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM EAID CB |
08PHNOMPENH982 | UN/OLA TEAM BUILDS BRIDGES WITH SOK AN TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During talks in Phnom Penh December 9-10, a delegation from the UN Office of Legal Affairs (UN/OLA) led by ASYG Peter Taksoe-Jensen appeared to make significant progress with Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Council of Ministers Sok An on the issue of establishing an in [...] | 2008-12-11 09:47:00 | Embassy Phnom Penh | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PHUM CB |
08PORTAUPRINCE341 | HAITI IN 2008: FOUR YEARS AFTER ARISTIDE [...] (C) Summary: Four years after the resignation of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Haiti now enjoys a degree of stability not seen here in almost a decade. A democratically elected President and Parliament, a growing national police force, strong international support, led by the United State [...] | 2008-02-29 17:59:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC EAID HA KCOR KCRM KDEM KJUS KPKO PGOV |
08PORTAUPRINCE531 | HAITI MONTHLY: MARCH, 2008 [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified -- please protect accordingly. 2. (U) Summary: This is a monthly report on various topics of interest which do not merit a full reporting cable. End summary. 3. (SBU) PARLIAMENT BEGINS DEBATE ON ARREST AND DETENTION REFORM: The justice com [...] | 2008-04-03 19:41:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | HA PREL PGOV KJUS ECON |
08PORTAUPRINCE886 | GOH RESPONSE TO SAVE THE CHILDREN REPORT OF SEXUAL [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified ) please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) Poloff discussed reftel points June 13 with Ministry of Women's Affairs Director General Myriam Merlet. She commented that the Save the Children report, while informative, did not go far enough in analyz [...] | 2008-06-18 13:37:00 | Embassy Port Au Prince | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS KPKO KWMN UNSC PHUM KCRM |
08PORTOFSPAIN343 | TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO JULY POLITICAL UPDATE [...] (SBU) Much like Washington, the pace in Trinidad and Tobago slows a bit in July and August, due to vacations and school being out. Parliament also will be out of session for August, the lower House already on leave with the Senate to finish its work this week. Despite the somewhat slower pac [...] | 2008-07-29 18:58:00 | Embassy Port Of Spain | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM TD |
08PRAGUE499 | CZECH JUSTICE SYSTEM: INCOMPLETE REFORMS [...] (C) Summary: Almost 19 years after the Velvet Revolution, the Czech Republic's Communist past continues to hamper its justice system . A lack of transparency, lengthy legal proceedings, dependence on the executive branch, and a considerable number of "old regime" judges are all problems that [...] | 2008-07-30 14:29:00 | Embassy Prague | CONFIDENTIAL | EZ KDEM KJUS PGOV PREL |
08PRETORIA1459 | ALLEGATIONS OF JUDICIAL LOBBYING AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Constitutional Court and Cape Judge President John Hlope swapped allegations of breaching judicial protocol and attempts to suborn high court judges in a high-level corruption case. Hlope is alleged to have tried to influence two judges who will preside over aspects of the r [...] | 2008-07-07 12:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KDEM KJUS PGOV SF |
08PRETORIA1463 | ILLICIT ARMS DEALS CONTINUE TO HAUNT ZUMA [...] (U) Press reports indicate the legal saga of ANC President Jacob Zuma and his illicit arms deals with former financial adviser Schabir Shaik continues. While Germany dropped its probe into ThyssenKrupp, a German arms manufacturer, and its deal in the late 1990s involving ANC President Zuma (re [...] | 2008-07-07 14:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS MP PGOV PREL SF |
08PRETORIA1689 | ANC PRESIDENT SUFFERS ANOTHER LEGAL SETBACK [...] (U) On 31 July, the South African Constitutional Court upheld a Supreme Court of Appeal decision and ruled against ANC President Jacob Zuma (and arms manufacturer and co-conspirator Thint) in his attempt to stop seized evidence from being used against him in his upcoming corruption trial. Ni [...] | 2008-07-31 15:27:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS SF |
08PRETORIA2012 | ZUMA ADVISOR THREATENS TO EXPOSE POLITICAL [...] (C) On 28 August, Zuma advisor Mo Shaik told PolOff that Zuma's legal team intends to subpoena "everyone" if Zuma loses his bid to have his case reexamined. Shaik specifically named President Mbeki, suspended National Police Chief Jackie Selebi, former and Acting Head of National Director of [...] | 2008-09-10 13:32:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS SF |
08PRETORIA2013 | CALLS FOR POLITICAL SOLUTION FOR ZUMA GROW [...] (SBU) Calls for a "political solution" to Zuma's legal problems are mounting, with options such as the complete dropping of charges, amending the Constitution to give Zuma some sort of amnesty or immunity from prosecution, or allowing Zuma the opportunity to plea-bargain being proposed. Predi [...] | 2008-09-10 13:34:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS SF |
08PRETORIA2025 | ZUMA SUPPORTERS ENERGIZED AHEAD OF KEY RULING [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Ruling African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma's supporters are turning to the streets and intensifying their rhetoric ahead of the Pietermaritzburg High Court decision tomorrow. The court is expected to rule on a petition by Zuma's defense team that calls the cour [...] | 2008-09-11 16:43:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS SF |
08PRETORIA2096 | ANC MAY TAP KGALEMA MOTLANTHE FOR ACTING PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) There are strong indications the African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe may replace President Thabo Mbeki on an acting basis until elections are held within seven months. (Note: Mbeki in a nationally televised speech on September 21 agreed to abide by the AN [...] | 2008-09-22 17:00:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV SF |
08PRETORIA2100 | ANC LAYS THE LEGAL FRAMEWORK FOR KGALEMA MOTLANTHE [...] (SBU) Parliament appears ready to formally nominate African National Congress (ANC) Deputy President and Minister in the Presidency Kgalema Motlanthe to replace President Thabo Mbeki on September 25. ANC National Chairperson Baleka Mbete, who is likely to become the Acting Deputy President, [...] | 2008-09-23 15:52:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV SF |
08PRETORIA2477 | A LOOK AT MOTLANTHE'S CABINET APPOINTMENTS [...] (U) Motlanthe finished making his Cabinet appointments this week by appointing three Deputy Ministers: Andre Gaum was named Deputy Education Minister, Musa Nhlanhla Nene was named Deputy Finance Minister, and Fatima Hajaig was named Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister. In total, Motlanthe made 10 [...] | 2008-11-07 15:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
08PRETORIA2478 | FINAL LIST OF PRESIDENT KGALEMA MOTLANTHE'S CABINET [...] (U) President Kgalema Motlanthe completed his Cabinet appointments November 5. Attached is the completed list of all Cabinet ministers and their deputy ministers. Agricultural and Land Affairs Minister - Lulama Xingwana Agricultural and Land Affairs Deputy Minister - Dirk du Toit Arts an [...] | 2008-11-07 15:39:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
08PRETORIA2541 | "SEEING YOU IN THE WORLDWIND": PALLO JORDAN ON [...] (C) Arts and Culture Minister Pallo Jordan, one of the African National Congress' (ANC) sharpest minds, opened up to a small group of students and professors at a University of Johannesburg lecture on November 13. Jordan began his address by steeping his remarks in a theoretical, Marxist fra [...] | 2008-11-19 08:47:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
08PRETORIA2544 | EMAIL FROM PROFESSOR MEANT TO CONVEY ANC MESSAGE [...] (C) University of South Africa professor Rok Ajulu -- husband of Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu -- sent Poloff an email on November 19 discussing his take on the recent formation of the Congress of the People (COPE) and its prospects for success. Ajulu's message is significant for two reaso [...] | 2008-11-19 13:37:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
08PRETORIA2576 | ANC USING MULTIPLE MEANS TO STALL OPPOSITION [...] (C) The African National Congress (ANC) is undertaking several steps to stall the opposition ahead of the election next year. Although the ANC's efforts to maintain its two-thirds majority in Parliament appear organized and extensive, there are few signs of a coherent strategy for countering [...] | 2008-11-25 15:24:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
08PRETORIA2605 | COURT HEARS STATE'S APPEAL OF ZUMA DECISION, WILL [...] (U) The Supreme Court of Appeal on November 28 reserved judgment until January 12 in the National Prosecuting Authority's (NPA) appeal against a high court ruling that halted the prosecution of African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma. The atmosphere outside the court was reporte [...] | 2008-11-28 16:25:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
08PRETORIA2623 | ANIMOSITY BETWEEN ZUMA, LEKOTA MAKE RETURN OR [...] (C) Personal animosity between African National Congress (ANC) President Jacob Zuma and Congress of the People (COPE) leader and former Defense Minister Mosiuoa Lekota is emblematic of the divisiveness that has created the split of the ruling party and could inhibit cooperation down the road. [...] | 2008-12-02 14:55:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
08PRETORIA2624 | COPE LEADER MOSIUOA LEKOTA MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Congress of the People (COPE) leader Mosiuoa Lekota discussed his party's campaign platform, the broader politics surrounding the election next year, and his party's prospects for success at a lunch with Ambassador Bost, the DCM, Polcouns, and Poloff on December 2. Lekota said his party i [...] | 2008-12-02 15:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
08PRETORIA2641 | WHY CALLS FOR AN ARMS INQUIRY MAY GO UNHEARD [...] (C) Nobel laureates Desmond Tutu and FW de Klerk on December 2 delivered a letter to President Kgalema Motlanthe asking the South African leader to institute an independent and public judicial commission of inquiry into the controversial 1998 arms deal. Their decision to present a letter fol [...] | 2008-12-04 17:13:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
08PRETORIA2649 | AN INTIMATE VIEW INTO THE PRESIDENT'S POLICY UNIT [...] (S//NF) Policy analysts in the Presidency's Policy Unit discussed the challenges of job security, pleasing new policymakers, and crafting effective policies in a meeting with Poloff on December 4. Deputy Director General of Policy Coordination and Advisory Services for the Presidency Vusi Gu [...] | 2008-12-05 14:13:00 | Embassy Pretoria | SECRET | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
08PRETORIA2650 | STRONG INDICATION OF MBEKI INVOLVEMENT IN COPE [...] (S//NF) Former President Thabo Mbeki reportedly had a hand in drafting a six-page policy document for the newly formed Congress of the People (COPE) and has influence in how COPE is drafting a foreign policy vision, according to prominent University of South Africa professor Dirk Kotze. Kotze [...] | 2008-12-05 15:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | SECRET | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
08PRETORIA2689 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S FRAZER'S DECEMBER 18-22 VISIT [...] (SBU) Ambassador Bost warmly welcomes your visit to South Africa. The Mission stands ready to do everything it can to make your trip a success. You are visiting South Africa at a particularly interesting time, just three months after Thabo Mbeki resigned as President under pressure from the [...] | 2008-12-10 15:33:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
08PRETORIA2709 | LEKOTA'S ASSISTANT TALKS PARTY LEADERSHIP AND [...] (C) Mosiuoa Lekota's personal assistant, Dr. Tseliso Phomane, talked with Poloff about the Congress of the People's (COPE) leadership situation and logistics ahead of the party's manifesto conference on December 13. Phomane was confident that Lekota would emerge as the party's leader followi [...] | 2008-12-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
08PRETORIA2715 | THE END OF THE ANC INTELLECTUAL? [...] (C) The ascendancy of African National Congress (ANC) leaders such as Julius Malema, routinely described as "uneducated" and "unpolished" by South Africans across the socio-economic spectrum is raising questions about the future of the ruling party as a place of ideas. The ANC still holds po [...] | 2008-12-15 16:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
08PRETORIA2736 | COPE, ANC SQUARE OFF ON RECONCILIATION DAY IN [...] (C) The Congress of the People (COPE) and the African National Congress (ANC) held events on December 16 in Bloemfontein that indicate where South Africa is headed ahead of the election next year and beyond. COPE's December 13-16 inaugural conference ended on December 16 with the election of [...] | 2008-12-18 16:05:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
08PRETORIA2763 | MOTLANTHE MAKES SOLID FIRST CHOICE FOR [...] (C) President Kgalema Motlanthe is drawing praise from the media and community activists for his appointment of Edwin Cameron to the Constitutional Court, South Africa's highest court. Motlanthe finalized the appointment last week and will have the opportunity to confirm four more justices i [...] | 2008-12-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
08PRETORIA2764 | BIOS FOR COPE'S NEWLY ELECTED LEADERSHIP [...] (U) The newly elected leaders of the Congress of the People (COPE) bring a wide range of experiences to their positions within South Africa's newest opposition party. With the exception of Deputy President Lynda Odendaal, a political novice who was seemingly chosen out of "nowhere," most of t [...] | 2008-12-30 10:30:00 | Embassy Pretoria | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
08PRETORIA2773 | PRESIDENT'S POLICY UNIT DEALS WITH FUTURE, PAST [...] (S//NF) Policy analysts in the Presidency's Policy Unit are working on a host of projects that offer insight into the clash of ideas the South African Government is currently dealing with. The President's Policy Unit, which is the most prestigious and important decision-making body for the g [...] | 2008-12-31 08:41:00 | Embassy Pretoria | SECRET | KJUS PGOV KDEM SF |
08PRETORIA330 | ZUMA CONTINUES TO FIGHT CORRUPTION CHARGES [...] (C) SUMMARY. ANC President (and national presidential hopeful) Jacob Zuma is pulling out all stops in his effort to avoid prosecution for corruption, filing two cases with the Constitutional Court and personally traveling to Mauritius to try to block the handover of documents to South African [...] | 2008-02-15 15:51:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS SF |
08PRETORIA468 | PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE PROVIDES FURTHER [...] (C) SUMMARY: In yet another blow to the embattled Directorate of Special Operations, also known as the Scorpions, the parliamentary Joint Standing Committee on Intelligence (JSCI) has released a report that criticizes the Scorpions for intelligence gathering, among other things, and for puttin [...] | 2008-03-07 08:48:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KDEM SF |
08PRETORIA739 | POSSIBLE PRESIDENTIAL PARDON IN WORKS FOR ZUMA [...] (C) During reftel discussion on 08 April, Mo Shaik received a phone call from SAG Ambassador to the U.S. Welile Nhlapo while sitting with PolOff. He told Ambassador Nhlapo, whom he called "Comrade Willie," that he understood Nhlapo would be the point man for the "issue." Later on in their co [...] | 2008-04-09 12:56:00 | Embassy Pretoria | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KCRM KJUS SF |
08PRISTINA103 | KOSOVO: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR [...] (SBU) Post requests Department assistance, in accordance with the Leahy Amendment, in vetting USOP candidates selected for an EXBS-sponsored strategic enforcement tracking training in Gjakova, Kosovo April 7 - April 11, 2008. Post would greatly appreciate Department's expediting this request s [...] | 2008-03-07 09:42:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM UNMIK KV ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS |
08PRISTINA128 | KOSOVO: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION PART ONE OF TWO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Post's submission for the Eighth Annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report follows. (Note: On February 17, 2008 the Kosovo Assembly declared Kosovo to be an independent state. On February 18, 2008 the United States recognized and formally established diplomatic relations with [...] | 2008-03-12 16:16:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV PHUM ELAB |
08PRISTINA129 | KOSOVO: TIP REPORT SUBMISSION PART TWO OF TWO [...] No summary [...] | 2008-03-12 16:16:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV PHUM SMIG |
08PRISTINA239 | KOSOVO: ICR FEITH CHAIRS SECOND ISG MEETING IN [...] (C) Summary: International Civilian Representative Pieter Feith convened the second meeting of the International Steering Group (ISG) on May 7 in Pristina, at which he polled members on ISG expansion, discussed transition and ICO growth, and previewed the agenda for the May 22 ISG Balkans Di [...] | 2008-05-09 16:53:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
08PRISTINA24 | KOSOVO: COM URGES PM THACI AND PRESIDENT SEJDIU TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: A day after the installation of the new government in Kosovo (reftel),COM and ICOPT head Jonsson paid a call on newly re-elected President Sejdiu, PM Thaci, and Thaci's two deputy prime ministers. COM and Jonsson used the opportunity to urge the government to make its top prio [...] | 2008-01-14 16:50:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
08PRISTINA249 | KOSOVO: THACI GOVERNMENT TAKING KEY STEPS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Since taking office in January 2008, Prime Minister Thaci's government has taken some key steps in the fight against trafficking in persons (TIP) in Kosovo. In hopes of achieving better results in the future, the Kosovo government recently adopted a law enforcement-centered app [...] | 2008-05-19 11:33:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
08PRISTINA28 | KOSOVO: COM EMPHASIZES AHTISAARI LEGISLATION, SERB [...] (C) SUMMARY: At a January 14 meeting, COM encouraged PM Thaci to reach out quickly to new opposition party leaders Bexhet Pacolli and Nexhat Daci and make certain their representatives were included in the preparation of Ahtisaari settlement legislation and of Kosovo's new Constitution, in th [...] | 2008-01-16 17:15:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
08PRISTINA37 | KOSOVO: NEW GOVERNMENT COMMITS TO MAKING AHTISAARI [...] (C) SUMMARY: On January 17 COM joined ICOPT head Jonas Jonsson at an all-ministerial meeting convened specifically to urge PM Thaci's new cabinet to make finalization of Ahtisaari Plan legislation and Kosovo's new Constitution a top priority. The meeting, which included all 15 ministers and t [...] | 2008-01-23 12:36:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
08PRISTINA40 | KOSOVO: NEW MITROVICA MAYOR PROMISES TO URGE [...] (C) SUMMARY: COM met January 22 with former PM Bajram Rexhepi, the newly elected mayor of the divided city of Mitrovica, to urge him to use his moral authority to send a message of restraint and calm to his constituents in the run-up to and aftermath of Kosovo's final status resolution. She [...] | 2008-01-23 13:01:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
08PRISTINA47 | KOSOVO: KOSOVO SPECIAL PROSECUTOR FILES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 2, the U.S.-supported Kosovo Special Prosecutor's Office (KSPO) filed an indictment in the Peja District Court against three Kosovo Albanian men and three Moldovan women for human trafficking, facilitating prostitution, and money laundering. This groundbreaking indic [...] | 2008-01-29 17:38:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
08PRISTINA58 | KOSOVO: UNMIK POLICE MOVES ADDITIONAL OFFICERS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Acting on information that ethnic Serb Kosovo Police Service (KPS) officers are being pressured to accept the Government of Serbia's direction and possibly desert the KPS in the event of a Kosovo declaration of independence (DI),UNMIK Police moved an additional 42 international [...] | 2008-02-05 17:28:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
08PRISTINA633 | (KOSOVO): 2008 COUNTRY REPORTS ON TERRORISM [...] (U) Following is the submission from U.S. Embassy in Pristina for Kosovo's 2008 Counterterrorism Report. 2. (U) The UN Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) administered Kosovo under the authority of UN Security Council (UNSC) Resolution 1244 of 1999 until June 15, when Kosovo's [...] | 2008-12-22 16:49:00 | Embassy Pristina | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER ASEC PGOV KJUS KCRM KV |
08PRISTINA71 | KOSOVO: POLICE RAID UNCOVERS FIVE TRAFFICKING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Following an eight-month long Kosovo Special Prosecutors Office (KSPO) and Kosovo Police Service (KPS) Trafficking in Human Beings Section (THBS) investigation into trafficking rings in Gjakova, police raided six sites connected to Lulzim Thaqi and his uncle Sadik Thaqi on Janua [...] | 2008-02-15 15:30:00 | Embassy Pristina | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCRM EAID KDEM UNMIK KV |
08QUITO1128 | LAUNCH OF U.S.-ECUADOR BILATERAL DIALOGUE [...] (U) Summary: A U.S. delegation led by WHA DAS Christopher McMullen met with Ecuadorian officials in Quito November 24 to launch the U.S.-Ecuador Bilateral Dialogue, a forum to address issues of interest to both sides and to highlight and build on existing cooperation and positive engagement ( [...] | 2008-12-08 16:45:00 | Embassy Quito | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ETRD EINV ECON KJUS SNAR SMIG EC |
08QUITO692 | ECUADOR: POST-ASSEMBLY TRANSITION RULES [...] (C) Summary: Along with the rushed approval of over half the draft constitution, the final two weeks of the Constituent Assembly was marked by the approval of transitional rules that give the government's Proud and Sovereign Fatherland (PAIS) movement greater control over key institutions. I [...] | 2008-07-30 00:19:00 | Embassy Quito | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS EC |
08RABAT819 | MOROCCO: MOJ READY TO SET DATE FOR MLAT [...] (C) Summary: Ministry of Justice (MOJ) Secretary General Mohammed Lididi said that discussions leading toward a renegotiation of the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) currently in force between the Government of Morocco (GOM) and the USG are a "high priority" for his ministry. Although [...] | 2008-09-02 15:31:00 | Embassy Rabat | CONFIDENTIAL | CJAN PREL KJUS KCRM MO |
08RIGA228 | HERE WE GO AGAIN - ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF UNDER FIRE [...] (C/NF) Summary: Two separate events have brought a new focus on anti-corruption chief Aleksejs Loskutovs, whose attempted removal from office last fall brought down the Kalvitis government. Two members of his staff have been sacked for stealing money seized in investigations, and indicted Ven [...] | 2008-05-06 14:19:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR KJUS ASEC LG |
08RIGA322 | CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT THE SUPREME COURT [...] (C) Summary: On June 5 Ivars Bickovics, currently the Chair of the Political Panel in the Supreme Court, was appointed by the Saeima (parliament) to become the next Latvian Supreme Court Chief Justice, replacing Andris Gulans who has had that position since 1994. Gulans, last day is June 13. [...] | 2008-06-06 08:29:00 | Embassy Riga | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR KJUS LG |
08RIGA338 | COMMISSION FORMED: KNAB CHIEF'S FUTURE IS DIM [...] (C) Summary. Following Prosecutor General Janis Maizitis' submission of his report on the KNAB (ref b),Prime Minister Godmanis asked Anti-Corruption Bureau (KNAB) Chief Aleksejs Loskutovs to step down, which he refused to do. According to Latvian law, a Commission has been formed to determine [...] | 2008-06-12 11:14:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS LG |
08RIGA386 | KNAB CHIEF DISMISSED [...] Summary: On Sunday, June 29 the Latvian Saeima (Parliament) dismissed Anti-Corruption Bureau (KNAB) Chief Aleksejs Loskutovs in a secret ballot vote of 52 to 40. The vote followed a four-hour debate, dominated mostly by opposition party members. Opposition party New Era (JL) spearheaded a prote [...] | 2008-06-30 14:34:00 | Embassy Riga | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KJUS LG |
08RIGA507 | ALLEGED CORRUPTION COSTS CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT CHIEF [...] (S/NF) SUMMARY: Valdimirs Vaskevics, head of the law enforcement arm of Latvian customs, has been stripped of his security clearance pursuant to an extensive investigation into corruption allegations. Technically, he can remain in his position, but he can't have access to classified informatio [...] | 2008-08-21 10:42:00 | Embassy Riga | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KCOR KJUS PSNR LG |
08RIGA56 | LATVIA: COURT RULING SUSPENDS DEVELOPMENT OF RIGA [...] (U) Summary. The Constitutional Court of Latvia ruled on 17 January that part of the Riga territorial plan that deals with changes in the Freeport of Riga territory does not comply with the Constitution because several environmental impact procedures had not been followed correctly. The court [...] | 2008-01-31 07:17:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR KJUS EWWT SENV LG |
08RIGA565 | LEMBERGS ON THE TOWN, AND THE JUDICIAL HOT POTATO [...] (C/NF) Summary: Prosecutor General Janis Maizitis has lifted major restrictions limiting Ventspils Mayor (and noted oligarch) Aivars Lembergs, participation in government and freedom of movement. Additionally, two regional courts, citing heavy workloads, have refused to try the case, demonstr [...] | 2008-09-17 12:05:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PINR KCOR KJUS LG |
08RIGA587 | SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE BICKOVICS LIVES UP TO [...] (C) Summary: New Latvian Supreme Court Chief Justice Ivars Bickovics assured the Ambassador that not much would change in the Court, and outlined his initiatives, such as a new judicial council and a strategy for protecting the salaries of judges. He stated that, if the law could be changed, th [...] | 2008-09-23 13:08:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KCOR KJUS LG |
08RIGA700 | VASKEVICS CLOSER TO JUSTICE? [...] (C) Summary: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (KNAB) has forwarded the case of Vladimirs Vaskevics, former head of the Customs Police and current Deputy of the State Revenue Service, to the Prosecutor General's office for prosecution. Proposed charges against Vaskevics include participation in unlaw [...] | 2008-11-14 15:48:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS PSNR LG |
08RIGA709 | ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU STUMBLES [...] (C) Summary: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (KNAB) is a valuable organization that is in a period of transition. Post supports a strong KNAB that can continue to investigate corruption at all levels, but we are troubled with the organization's seeming tin ear for the political efforts to neuter th [...] | 2008-11-20 15:30:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS LG |
08RIGA710 | ANTI-CORRUPTION BUREAU STUMBLES [...] (C) Summary: The Anti-Corruption Bureau (KNAB) is a valuable organization that is in a period of transition. Post supports a strong KNAB that can continue to investigate corruption at all levels, but we are troubled with the organization's seeming tin ear for the political efforts to neuter th [...] | 2008-11-20 15:30:00 | Embassy Riga | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KJUS LG |
08RIYADH1022 | UPDATE ON JAILED POLITICAL ACTIVIST MATRUK AL-FALEH [...] (C) During a June 28 meeting with noted Saudi political and human rights activist Ibrahim al-Mugaiteeb (protect),PolOff spoke by telephone with Jameela al-Ughla, wife of imprisoned Saudi political activist Matruk al-Faleh (Reftel A, B). An emotionally upset al-Ughla told PolOff that she had [...] | 2008-07-01 13:16:00 | Embassy Riyadh | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KMPI PGOV PHUM SA |
08ROME1416 | THE ANTI-CORRUPTION AND TRANSPARENCY SERVICE: AN [...] (C) Summary. Italy abolished its Office of the High Commissioner Against Corruption in June 2008. The Berlusconi Government defended the closure as a cost-cutting move, and said the functions of the office would be subsumed by another, newly created GOI office, the Anti-Corruption and Transpar [...] | 2008-11-20 16:13:00 | Embassy Rome | CONFIDENTIAL | ECON KCOR KJUS PGOV |
08ROME915 | ITALIAN SUPPORT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1816 [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-24 15:23:00 | Embassy Rome | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KCRS KJUS EWWT PHSA PREL IT |
08SANSALVADOR1154 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran National Civilian Police (PNC) personnel slated to participate in the "Personal and Facility Security Course" at ILEA San Salvador, No [...] | 2008-10-02 17:23:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR1331 | YOUR VISIT TO EL SALVADOR [...] (SBU) I'm delighted that you'll be visiting El Salvador. Your presence here will reinforce the importance the U.S. places on maintaining a close, cooperative bilateral relationship with El Salvador. Your visit will also offer a boost to our efforts to address the nation's most pressing proble [...] | 2008-12-03 14:45:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS ES |
08SANSALVADOR1383 | FBI DIRECTOR PRESSES SALVADORANS ON ELECTRONIC [...] (C) Summary: FBI Director Mueller's visit reinforced Post's efforts to push electronic surveillance legislation through the Salvadoran Legislative Assembly. Legislative, Executive and Judicial branch interlocutors agreed on the need to make this important tool available to Salvadoran law enfo [...] | 2008-12-18 21:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS |
08SANSALVADOR428 | EL SALVADOR: COURT AFFIRMS ARREST ORDER OF JOSE [...] (U) On April 3, post received a copy of the March 10 judicial decision of the ad interim 12th Justice of the Peace Mario Mardoqueo Menjivar Miranda, regarding the USG request for the extradition of Jose Marvin MARTINEZ. Justice Mardoqueo affirmed Martinez's provisional arrest order for the pu [...] | 2008-04-09 16:39:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS ES |
08SANSALVADOR444 | 75 YEARS ISN'T LIFE IN EL SALVADOR (BUT IT'S SURE [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Salvadoran Supreme Court ruled this week that a 2001 law which increased the maximum criminal penalty to 75 years imprisonment was consistent with the Salvadoran Constitution. Opponents of the law argued that a 75 year sentence was the equivalent of life imprisonment and ther [...] | 2008-04-11 20:43:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ES KCRM KJUS |
08SANSALVADOR639 | REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran law enforcement and corrections officials slated to participate in INL-funded prison gang intelligence training in Santa Fe, NM, from [...] | 2008-06-03 16:24:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR643 | REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN POLICE OFFICERS [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran National Civilian Police (PNC) officers slated to participate in Anti-Gang Forensics Training at ILEA San Salvador, July 18-26, 2008: [...] | 2008-06-03 20:40:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR719 | REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN MILITARY [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights record of the following Salvadoran Military Personnel who have been nominated to participate in the United Nations Mechanics Course with a start date of July 8, 2008. 1 [...] | 2008-06-17 21:42:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR720 | REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN MILITARY [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights record of the following Salvadoran Military Personnel who has been nominated to participate in the Basic Public Affairs course starting June 19, 2008. 1LT Rebeca Aracel [...] | 2008-06-18 16:16:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR754 | JUDGE CONFIRMS ARREST ORDER FOR JOSE LUIS ALVAREZ [...] On May 30, post received a copy of the April 8 judicial decision of the ad interim 12th Justice of Peace Mario Mardoqueo Menjivar Miranda, regarding the USG request for extradition of Honduran citizen Jose Luis Alvarez. Justice Mardoqueo confirmed Alvarez,s provisional arrest order for extrad [...] | 2008-06-25 16:29:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS ES |
08SANSALVADOR755 | UPDATE ON THE EXTRADITION OF JOSE MARVIN MARTINEZ [...] On May 30th, post received a copy of the April 2 judicial decision of the 12th Justice of Peace Roberto Carlos Calderon Escobar, regarding the USG request for extradition of Jose Marvin Martinez. Justice Calderon did not grant a special hearing as requested by defense attorney Jose Ricardo Ma [...] | 2008-06-25 16:30:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS ES |
08SANSALVADOR758 | REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN MILITARY [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in courses at Stennis Center, Mississippi starting July 8, 2008. Saldana Saldana, Anastacio [...] | 2008-06-25 18:35:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR759 | REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN MILITARY [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in courses at the Inter American Air Forces Academy in San Antonio, TX beginning July 16, 2008 [...] | 2008-06-25 18:36:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR760 | REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN MILITARY [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in courses at Fort Sill in Oklahoma beginning July 1, 2008. Rosales Martell, Julio Oscar Gu [...] | 2008-06-25 18:40:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR767 | REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN MILITARY [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in the Combat Strategic Intelligence course at the Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington DC [...] | 2008-06-26 21:24:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR768 | REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN MILITARY [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in the Riverine Operations course at Stennis Center, Mississippi beginning July 8, 2008. Se [...] | 2008-06-26 21:25:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR769 | REQUEST FOR VETTING OF SALVADORAN MILITARY [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in the Outboard Motor course at Stennis Center, Mississippi beginning July 8, 2008. Rivera [...] | 2008-06-26 21:25:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR793 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in a United Nations Logistics Course in Guatemala beginning July 16, 2008. CPT RIVAS MACA [...] | 2008-07-02 15:53:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR817 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in a Foreign Military Sales course in San Salvador, El Salvador beginning August 12, 2008. [...] | 2008-07-09 19:30:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR831 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in the Sergeant Majors Academy in Bogota, Colombia beginning July 25, 2008. Garcia Tobar, J [...] | 2008-07-11 20:15:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR838 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in a Foreign Military Sales Course in San Salvador, El Salvador beginning August 12, 2008. [...] | 2008-07-14 17:32:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR849 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in the Cuscatlan Battalion XI in Al Kut, Iraq beginning August 8, 2008. ORTIZ, SANTOS ANACL [...] | 2008-07-15 22:24:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR850 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in the Cuscatlan Battalion XI in Al Kut, Iraq beginning August 8, 2008. GARCIA SANTOS, HECT [...] | 2008-07-15 22:24:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR851 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORANMILITARY [...] No summary [...] | 2008-07-15 22:30:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR855 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in an Advance Language Instructor's Course at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX beginni [...] | 2008-07-16 16:56:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR856 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SQADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in a Humanitarian Exercise in Puerto Castilla, Honduras beginning August 16, 2008. RAMOS RI [...] | 2008-07-16 16:57:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR868 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in a Peacekeeping Course in Coban, Guatemala beginning August 1, 2008. OPORTO, JOSE DANIEL [...] | 2008-07-21 22:02:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR875 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in a Peacekeeping Instructor's Course in Creonpaz, Guatemala beginning August 5, 2008. Mont [...] | 2008-07-24 16:20:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR883 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in a Basic Public Affairs Course at the Defense Information School in Fort Mead, Maryland begi [...] | 2008-07-25 20:38:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR894 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights record of the following Salvadoran National Civilian Police Officer slated to participate in a senior executive seminar on immigration and terrorism at the George C. Mars [...] | 2008-07-29 15:00:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR929 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in Panamax Exercise in San Salvador, El Salvador starting August 11, 2008. RUBIO REYES, [...] | 2008-08-07 17:41:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR971 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in the NCO Development Course in Fort Benning, GA beginning September 17, 2008. Hernande [...] | 2008-08-19 20:18:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR972 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in Riverine Operations in Stennis Space Center, MS beginning December 12, 2008. Aleman M [...] | 2008-08-19 20:18:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR973 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in a Corrosion Control course in San Antonio, Texas beginning September 3, 2008. Fuentes [...] | 2008-08-19 20:18:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR974 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in a Helicopter Mechanic Course in San Antonio, TX beginning September 9, 2008. Miranda [...] | 2008-08-19 20:19:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANSALVADOR975 | REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING OF SALVADORAN [...] This cable contains an action request. Please see paragraph two. 2. Post requests Department review of the human rights records of the following Salvadoran Military personnel slated to participate in an Air Craft Maintenance Course in San Antonio, TX beginning September 23, 2008. Esco [...] | 2008-08-19 20:19:00 | Embassy San Salvador | UNCLASSIFIED | ES KJUS PHUM PINR |
08SANTODOMINGO1060 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: PROGRESS ON ASSET FORFEITURE [...] (U) Summary. On June 13, a representative of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Asset Forfeiture-Money Laundering Unit, accompanied by Assistant U.S. Attorneys (AUSAs) from the Districts of Puerto Rico and the Southern District of Florida and a Mexico City-based representative of the Internal [...] | 2008-06-30 21:32:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS KCRM SNAR DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1167 | DOMINICAN SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS BANINTER BANK [...] Summary. On July 11, the Dominican Supreme Court upheld the convictions in the Banco Intercontinental (Baninter) bank fraud case ensuring that the four defendants will spend time in prison. This is an important step forward because it is the first time that significant sentences were given to [...] | 2008-07-18 12:09:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PGOV PREL KJUS KCOR DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1184 | SANTO DOMINGO ECONOMIC-POLITICAL ROUNDUP, JULY 22, [...] Government,s Plan to Address Economic Crisis 2. Fernandez Focused on Constitutional Reform 3. Subsidy Must Keep Pace with Oil Prices or Lights Will Go Out 4. Astwood Extradition Controversy  [...] | 2008-07-22 20:01:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON ENRG KJUS DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1265 | COLOMBIAN AMB DISCUSSES MASSACRE, CONCERNS ON DOM [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Fannin received Colombia's new Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Juan Jose Chaux on August 6 for a courtesy call that quickly turned substantive. Ambassador Chaux's message was that the Dominican Republic must address three key challenges to preserve its democracy: [...] | 2008-08-08 11:40:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM ENRG PGOV PTER KJUS EAID |
08SANTODOMINGO1513 | THE DR'S REFORMISTA PARTY - A PHOENIX OR DEAD [...] (SBU) Summary: The Social Christian Reform Party (PRSC),once the powerful political instrument of President Balaguer, is struggling to rise again after it received less than five percent of the vote during the May 2008 elections. The party is split in various ways and several nominal membe [...] | 2008-09-26 19:01:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1657 | U.S.-CARIBBEAN SECURITY DIALOGUE: DOMINICAN [...] On October 28, the Ambassador delivered Reftel talking points on the U.S.-Caribbean Security Dialogue to Foreign Minister Morales Troncoso. Morales expressed Dominican interest in the meeting and said that he would pass the invitation to Minister of Defense Pena Antonio. In addition, the Dom [...] | 2008-10-29 18:45:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SNAR KJUS PTER EAID MASS MOPS DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1921 | REFORM OF THE REFORMISTA PARTY - THE DREAM IS ALIVE [...] (C) Summary: Poloff met with Victor "Ito" Bisono, a rising star of the falling Reform Party (PRSC) to discuss prospects for the party's revival - an on-going saga (ref A). Although some Dominicans have already dismissed the party as a thing of the past, Bisono has a different vision: He pred [...] | 2008-12-16 20:39:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KCOR KJUS VE DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1950 | DR POLITICS - EX-PRSC STAR GUIDING FEW, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: Eduardo Estrella, a former presidential candidate of the PRSC (Partido Reformista Social Cristiano) offered Poloff a worrying assessment of the DR's political and economic scene much like other politicians and officials have done: Corruption is reaching self-destructive proportio [...] | 2008-12-22 14:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL KJUS SNAR DR |
08SANTODOMINGO1951 | DR POLITICS - EX-PRSC STAR GUIDING FEW, FOR NOW [...] (C) Summary: Eduardo Estrella, a former presidential candidate of the PRSC (Partido Reformista Social Cristiano) offered Poloff a worrying assessment of the DR's political and economic scene much like other politicians and officials have done: Corruption is reaching self-destructive proportio [...] | 2008-12-22 14:11:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR PREL KJUS SNAR DR |
08SANTODOMINGO561 | DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: BANINTER BANKING CONVICTIONS [...] In a key blow to impunity, the 3rd Chamber of the National District's Court of Appeals early this morning upheld the convictions of senior banking officials involved in the disastrous 2003 bankruptcy of Banco Intercontinental (Baninter),made additional findings of guilt for a previously convi [...] | 2008-04-18 18:36:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN KJUS KCOR PGOV DR |
08SANTODOMINGO587 | LEAHY VETTING REQUEST: FBINAA LATIN [...] This is an action request. See para. 2. 2. Post requests Department's assistance in rapidly processing Leahy human rights vetting for the following individual who has been selected for a FBI Retraining Course, located in Santiago, Chile, scheduled for May 19-23, 2008. Post possesses no/no [...] | 2008-04-22 18:43:00 | Embassy Santo Domingo | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KJUS KCRM DR |
08SAOPAULO49 | BRAZIL: INFRASTRUCUTRE COOPERATION AND SECURITY ISSUES: [...] (SBU) Ambassador met January 28 with Sao Paulo Governor Jose Serra to follow up on previous discussions of cooperation between the state government and the USG on law enforcement and public security issues. He also conveyed USG's interest in supporting Brazil's efforts to develop its physical [...] | 2008-02-01 13:54:00 | Consulate Sao Paulo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR EINV EFIN BEXP ASEC KJUS EAIR BR |
08SARAJEVO1056 | BOSNIA - TIHIC THROWS SUPPORT BEHIND DURAKOVIC FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On June 19, the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) announced that it would nominate Camil Durakovic, the notorious leader of the Srebrenica separatist movement and organizer of the Srebrenica tent settlement, as their candidate for mayor of Srebrenica. Several senior SDA members h [...] | 2008-06-23 09:52:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KAWC KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1088 | BOSNIA - CORRUPTION VERDICTS HIGHLIGHT RULE OF LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: Recent verdicts in corruption cases against senior Bosnian political leaders have highlighted the vulnerability of the judiciary to political attacks and the systemic weaknesses in the judicial system that continue to require the attention of the international community. On June [...] | 2008-07-02 15:10:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KCRM KJUS KDEM EAID BK |
08SARAJEVO1090 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: We are looking forward to your July 8-12 visit to Bosnia, and I am pleased that you will be able to join me on July 11 for the commemoration in Srebrenica of the 1995 genocide that took place in and around the municipality. Your participation in the event will signal, particularly [...] | 2008-07-03 12:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR PGOV KJUS KAWC KCRM EAID BK EU |
08SARAJEVO1112 | BOSNIA-SDA MAKES LAST MINUTE SREBRENICA SWITCH [...] (C) SUMMARY: On July 7, the deadline for registering candidates for the October 2008 municipal elections, the Party for Democratic Action (SDA) submitted Osman Suljic to be its candidate for the Srebrenica mayoral race. Following several days of discussions with SDA leadership, SDA President [...] | 2008-07-08 16:59:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KAWC KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1114 | BOSNIA - RUSSIS WALKS OUT OF PIC AND REFUSES TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: At the June 24-25 Peace Implementation Council (PIC),PIC member states, except Russia, reiterated their commitment to a benchmarks-driven approach to determining OHR's closure date. PIC member states also underscored to Bosnian political leaders that they would consider national [...] | 2008-07-09 11:50:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR EAID KJUS KAWC KCRM RU BK |
08SARAJEVO113 | BOSNIA: MEETING WITH NEWLY APPOINTED SIPA DIRECTOR [...] (C) The Charge accompanied by RSO and POLOFF met, January 15, with newly appointed director of the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) Mirko Lujic. The discussion focused on the challenges posed by improving SIPA's performance. The Charge reviewed the history of USG financial su [...] | 2008-01-18 17:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV PINR KJUS MOPS BK |
08SARAJEVO1180 | BOSNIA - REACTIONS TO ARREST OF ICTY FUGITIVE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The arrest of Radovan Karadzic is a critical milestone in the quest for justice for the victims of war crimes committed in Bosnia. It could also constitute an important step on the road to reconciliation in the country depending, in part, on how the International Criminal Tribun [...] | 2008-07-23 07:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KAWC KJUS BK SR |
08SARAJEVO1221 | S/WCI AMBASSADOR WILLIAMSON'S JULY 8-12 VISIT TO [...] SUMMARY: (C) During a July 8-12 visit to Bosnia, Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues, Clint Williamson, met with key justice, political and international representatives to discuss war crimes issues. Officials working with the Bosnian State Court repeatedly expressed the need to exten [...] | 2008-07-29 15:29:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1227 | BOSNIA - A VISIBLY UPSET DODIK DIMISSES USG [...] (C) SUMMARY: Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik responded angrily to a letter from Assistant Secretary Daniel Fried, which outlined USG concerns about statements and actions by Dodik that created the impression that Dodik believed the RS can take a path separate form Bosnia as a [...] | 2008-07-30 15:10:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS PINR EUN BK KDEM PHUM |
08SARAJEVO1236 | BOSNIA - COURT HANDS DOWN STIFF SENTENCES, [...] (U) SUMMARY: On July 29, a first instance panel at the State Court convicted seven individuals accused of killing more than 1000 Bosniak men and boys in the Kravica Farming Warehouse Cooperative on genocide charges, but acquitted four other defendants due to insufficient evidence of their p [...] | 2008-07-31 13:45:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1287 | BOSNIA - THIS LIE HAS LEGS: MEDIA FRENZY OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Radovan Karadzic's claim of an alleged secret deal with Richard Holbrooke, which he outlined in a four-page written statement addressed to the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY),has dominated the news in Bosnia for the past seven days. Despite our d [...] | 2008-08-07 14:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1342 | BOSNIA - BIH CONSTITUTIONAL COURT: A DAYTON [...] (C) SUMMARY. The BiH Constitutional Court has played an important role in helping Bosnia become a stable, functional state, but is now widely perceived within the local and the international community as a Dayton Peace Process success story gone awry. The appointment process for judges has [...] | 2008-08-22 11:37:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1418 | BOSNIA: SCENESETTER FOR DAS JONES' SEPTEMBER 8-9 [...] (C) SUMMARY: You are coming to Bosnia at a time when rising ethnic nationalism, a weakened Office of High Representative (OHR) and threats by Russia to break off cooperation with its partners in the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) have brought reform to a standstill and could potentially t [...] | 2008-09-04 18:07:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1476 | BOSNIA - PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS IN WAR CRIMES [...] (C) SUMMARY: Earlier this month, the State Prosecutor's Office publicly debuted its demographic analysis and new case selection criteria for war crimes cases. The demographic analysis identifies the timeframes and places in which significant numbers of people were killed during the 1992-199 [...] | 2008-09-16 15:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS KCRM BK |
08SARAJEVO1484 | BOSNIA - SERBS AND CROATS ANGRY OVER DELIC VERDICT [...] (U) SUMMARY: The September 15 decision by the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) to acquit Rasim Delic on several charges of murder and cruel treatment and to sentence him to just three years in prison received prominent press coverage in Bosnia. Delic was found guilty on [...] | 2008-09-17 15:04:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM ICTY KAWC KJUS KCRM BK |
08SARAJEVO1492 | BOSNIA - DIVISIONS, DIVISIONS, AND MORE DIVISIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 9, as part of his two day visit to Bosnia, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs Stuart Jones met with Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik and had dinner with political leaders from the six parties that make up Bosnia's state-level go [...] | 2008-09-18 13:31:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PINR PREL KJUS EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1494 | BOSNIA - DAS JONES' SEPTEMBER 8-9 VISIT TO SARAJEVO [...] (C) SUMMARY: During his September 8-9 visit to Sarajevo Deputy Assistant Secretary Stuart Jones met with Republika Srpska Prime Minister (RS PM) Milorad Dodik and attended a dinner hosted by the Ambassador with leaders from coalition parties and the leading opposition party (both events repor [...] | 2008-09-18 15:15:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KJUS PGOV PHUM PINR PREL EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1530 | BOSNIA - PIC SPLITS OVER DODIK CHALLENGE TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) Steering Board Ambassadors (SBA) met on September 26 to discuss its response to the Republika Srpska (RS) government's conclusion that the RS administration and administrative organizations are not obligated to provide SIPA documents in conne [...] | 2008-09-26 15:35:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO1531 | BOSNIA - REPUBLIKA SRPSKA ATTACKS ON MISSING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Republika Srpska (RS) authorities have taken a series of steps that undermine the ability of the state-level Missing Persons Institute (MPI) to locate, exhume, and identify victims of the 1992-1995 war. MPI was designed to search for missing individuals without regard to ethnicit [...] | 2008-09-29 09:59:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KDEM KAWC KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1536 | BOSNIA - DODIK APPEARS TO STEP BACK FROM [...] (C) SUMMARY: On September 26, High Representative Lajcak issued a statement acknowledging written assurances from Republika Srpska (RS) PM Milorad Dodik that his government was willing to honor a subpoena presented by State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) in connection with an inves [...] | 2008-09-29 16:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO1547 | BOSNIA - DODIK RENEGES ON PROMISE TO COOPERATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: After promising publicly on September 28 that the Republika Srpska Government (RSG) would cooperate with state-level law enforcement institutions, RS PM Milorad Dodik informed the State Prosecutor's Office on September 30 that his government would not submit documentation requeste [...] | 2008-10-02 14:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO1559 | BOSNIA - DODIK IMPLIES RS POLICE WILL RESIST [...] (SBU) Commenting on the ongoing standoff between Republika Srpska (RS) and state-level law enforcement and judicial authorities, RS PM Milorad Dodik implied that RS police would prevent the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) from obtaining documentation requested by the State Pro [...] | 2008-10-03 15:24:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO1560 | BOSNIA - DODIK IMPLIES RS POLICE WILL RESIST [...] (SBU) Commenting on the ongoing standoff between Republika Srpska (RS) and state-level law enforcement and judicial authorities, RS PM Milorad Dodik implied that RS police would prevent the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) from obtaining documentation requested by the State Pro [...] | 2008-10-03 15:32:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO1561 | BOSNIA - DODIK IMPLIES RS POLICE WILL RESIST [...] (SBU) Commenting on the ongoing standoff between Republika Srpska (RS) and state-level law enforcement and judicial authorities, RS PM Milorad Dodik implied that RS police would prevent the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) from obtaining documentation requested by the State Pro [...] | 2008-10-03 16:01:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KDEM KJUS KAWC BK |
08SARAJEVO1572 | BOSNIA: FOREIGNERS AFFAIRS SERVICE DETAINS IMAD [...] (S) On October 6 the Foreigners Affairs Service (FAS) and Federation police arrested Syrian born foreign fighter Imad Al-Hussein (better known as Abu Hamza al-Suri) and brought him to the FAS immigration center near Sarajevo. Initial reports indicate that Al-Hussein's detention occurred withou [...] | 2008-10-06 14:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | SECRET | PGOV PREL PINR PTER KJUS KCRM BK |
08SARAJEVO1596 | BOSNIA - DODIK VS SIPA: A TIMETABLE FOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: The State Prosecutor's Office plans to ask the State Court for a seizure order on October 20, which would authorize the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) to obtain documents from the RS Tax Administration and other RS government offices in connection with a State Pr [...] | 2008-10-14 10:48:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO161 | ICTY LEGACY VISIT TO BOSNIA [...] (U) During a January 16-18 visit to Sarajevo, Bosnia Desk Officer Anna Stinchcomb, S/WCI Special Assistant Matt Lavine, Embassy The Hague's Deputy Legal Counselor Denise Manning, and S/WCI Regional FSN Dubravko Bolsec met with key justice officials, representatives from international organiz [...] | 2008-01-29 13:06:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1619 | BOSNIA - DODIK SENDS MIXED MESSAGES TO AMBASSADOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: On October 16, the Ambassador met with Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik and warned him that the U.S. was growing increasingly concerned with his statements and actions, particularly his attempts to undermine state-level institutions. The Ambassador underscor [...] | 2008-10-17 14:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KCRM KDEM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1626 | BOSNIA: STATE PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE MOVES BACK [...] (C/NF) The State Prosecutor's Office delayed plans to request a seizure order from the State Court on October 20, which would have authorized the State Investigation and Protection Agency (SIPA) to obtain documents from RS government in connection with an ongoing investigation (reftel). Inst [...] | 2008-10-20 14:41:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ECON KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1703 | BOSNIA - DODIK FAILS TO DELIVER DOCUMENTS TO STATE [...] (C/NF) SUMMARY: Despite public and private promises, including an October 23 commitment to the Ambassador, Republika Srpska PM Milorad Dodik and his government have yet to comply with a request for RS government documents from the State Prosecutor's Office. The State Prosecutor had reiterat [...] | 2008-11-04 14:20:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1724 | BOSNIA - SCENESETTER FOR NOVEMBER 19-20 PEACE [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Peace Implementation Council (PIC) will meet in Brussels on November 19-20 against the backdrop of continued political deterioration in Bosnia. The major parties continue to focus on their narrow ethnic agenda, not the reforms required for Euro-Atlantic integration. Republika [...] | 2008-11-07 17:52:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KDEM EU BK |
08SARAJEVO1725 | BOSNIA: REPUBLIKA SRPSKA MOVES ON PROPERTY [...] (C) SUMMARY: On November 4, the Republika Srpska National Assembly (RSNA) passed, on its first reading, a draft law on the restitution of property which would address outstanding property issues for victims of expropriation, nationalization, and forcible donation, including properties lost dur [...] | 2008-11-07 18:12:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF ECON PINR KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1734 | BOSNIA - STATE PROSECUTOR REQUESTS TEMPORARY [...] (C/NF) In light of the Republika Srpska (RS) government's failure to submit documents needed for an inquiry into corruption associated with government building and other contracts in the RS, the State Prosecutor's Office on Monday requested a temporary seizure order from the State Court, whi [...] | 2008-11-13 07:54:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1738 | BOSNIA - HIGHREP PROPOSES "NO CONTACT" POLICY WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ongoing confrontation between Republika Srpska PM Milorad Dodik, the RS government and state-level law enforcement and judicial authorities intensified on November 13. The RS government issued a defiant statement asserting that it "had no legal obligation" to comply with a re [...] | 2008-11-13 18:04:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR PREL KJUS KDEM PHUM BK |
08SARAJEVO1789 | BOSNIA: RS GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES PLANS TO APPEAL [...] (C/NF) On November 20, contacts at the State Prosecutor's Office told us that the RS government has not yet complied with the temporary seizure order that was requested by the State Prosecutor's Office for its preliminary investigation into corruption associated with RS government building and [...] | 2008-11-24 17:00:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KJUS KCRM BK |
08SARAJEVO1795 | BOSNIA - POSSIBLE BREAKTHROUGH IN THE RS/STATE [...] (C/NF) We understand from contacts at the State Prosecutor's Office that the Republika Srpska (RS) government handed over today some of the documents requested by the State Prosecutor's Office for its investigation into corruption associated with government building and other contracts to St [...] | 2008-11-26 17:03:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KJUS KCRM BK |
08SARAJEVO1803 | BOSNIA - RS GOVERNMENT FILES CRIMINAL SUIT AGAINST [...] (U) The Republika Srpska government on November 27 filed "criminal charges" with the State Prosecutor's Office against Principal Deputy Representative Raffi Gregorian, Acting Chief Prosecutor Milorad Barasin, and seven other individuals in connection with the State Prosecutor's investigation [...] | 2008-11-28 17:29:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1807 | BOSNIA - SNAPSHOT OF RECENT INL-FUNDED PROGRAMS [...] (U) The INL-funded programs implemented by OPDAT and ICITAP programs are critical to our efforts to strengthen rule of law in Bosnia, and more broadly speaking, the state. In keeping with the Embassy's priorities, much of this assistance is geared to state-level institutions (State Border Po [...] | 2008-12-02 18:18:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EAID EFIN KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1810 | BOSNIA: LATEST DEVELOPMENTS ON SREBRENICA-RELATED [...] (U) SUMMARY: In the past several weeks, the State Court reached verdicts on two Srebrenica-related war crimes cases we have been tracking (Ref A). On November 6, a first instance panel found Mladen Blagojevic, a former member of the RS Military Police who had been deported from the U.S., g [...] | 2008-12-03 17:30:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KAWC KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO1862 | BOSNIA: DODIK CROSSES THE LINE WITH ATTACK AGAINST [...] (C) SUMMARY: The conflict between Republika Srpska Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, his government, and state-level judicial institutions over the State Prosecutor's preliminary investigation into corruption in the RS rose to new heights the week of December 8. Dodik, whose government has been [...] | 2008-12-14 15:22:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO259 | BOSNIA: RS REQUESTS FBI ASSISTANCE IN CAR BOMBING [...] (C) SUMMARY. Republika Srpska (RS) Interior Minister Stanislav Cadjo requested that visiting LEGAT provide FBI assistance in the investigation of the November 2007 car bombing that killed municipal whistleblower, Milan Vukelic. LEGATT also discussed the case with RS Police Director Uros Pena [...] | 2008-02-08 16:21:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | BK KCRM KJUS PGOV PINR PREL |
08SARAJEVO494 | BOSNIA - BRAMMERTZ VISITS BOSNIA; RADMANOVIC [...] (U) SUMMARY: Serge Brammertz, the Chief International Prosecutor at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY),visited Bosnia March 5-8. He met with key government leaders; representatives from the judicial and law enforcement services; representatives from internat [...] | 2008-03-14 17:16:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS BK |
08SARAJEVO747 | BONSIA - DODIK INTENSIFIES ATACKS ON STATE-LEVEL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the beginning of 2008, Republika Srpska (RS) Prime Minister Milorad Dodik, as part of his wider campaign to undermine the state, has intensified his campaign to challenge state-level judicial institutions. The primary focus of his attacks has been the High Judicial and Pros [...] | 2008-04-24 10:38:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KAWC EFIN EID EU BK |
08SARAJEVO870 | BOSNIA - DISCUSSIONS WITH SDA LEADERSHIP ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: On May 15, we met two senior officials from the Bosniak Party for Democratic Action (SDA) -- Federation Vice President Mirsad Kebo and state-level parliamentarian Bakir Izetbegovic -- to discuss the party's plans to the October municipal elections, particularly the steps SDA was t [...] | 2008-05-19 08:47:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM PHUM PTER IR BK |
08SARAJEVO871 | BOSNIA - DISCUSSIONS WITH SDA LEADERSHIP ON [...] (C) Summary: On May 15, we met two senior officials from the Bosniak Party for Democratic Action (SDA) -- Federation Vice President Mirsad Kebo and state-level parliamentarian Bakir Izetbegovic -- to discuss the party's plans for the October municipal elections, particularly the steps SDA was [...] | 2008-05-19 11:15:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS KCRM PHUM PTER IR BK |
08SARAJEVO910 | BOSNIA - DRAFT SALARY LAW THREATENS TO UNDERMINE [...] (U) SUMMARY: During its May 14 session, the House of Representatives postponed voting on a problematic draft law which, while intended to harmonize civil servant salaries, would also eliminate Bosnia's independent judicial salary structure and cause salaries for state law enforcement officers [...] | 2008-05-23 15:23:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI KJUS PREL PINR PTER KCRM KAWC |
08SARAJEVO971 | BOSNIA - A GOOD DAY IN PARLIAMENT FOR RULE OF LAW [...] (C) SUMMARY: During its June 4 session, the BiH House of Representatives (HoR) voted on three initiatives of interest to our rule of law and political-military agendas. It passed a Law on State Salaries that protected U.S. investments in state-level judicial and law enforcement institutions [...] | 2008-06-06 09:52:00 | Embassy Sarajevo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON SOCI PREL PINR PTER KCRM KAWC KJUS |
08SHANGHAI20 | TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL/USA PRESIDENT BOSWELL'S LUNCH [...] (C) Summary: During a January 15 lunch, Transparency International/USA President and CEO Nancy Boswell engaged representatives of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress (SMPC) and an academic specializing in NGO development on ways of improving transparency in the budget process, organizing [...] | 2008-01-16 09:11:00 | Consulate Shanghai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS SOCI ETRD KPAO CH |
08SHANGHAI275 | CHINA SUMMIT ON ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: The China Summit on Anti-Corruption, a private-sector conference aimed at providing U.S. businesses and multi-national companies with information on anti-corruption best practices and strategies to comply with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, took place in Shanghai from July 1 [...] | 2008-07-23 00:47:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS CH |
08SHANGHAI66 | PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION RESEARCH PROJECT [...] (SBU) Summary: In an effort to find ways to amend the Administrative Litigation Law, China's Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has tasked Suzhou University School of Law Professor Huang Xuexian to conduct research on public interest litigation. Public interest litigation occurs when an individual sues [...] | 2008-02-15 02:20:00 | Consulate Shanghai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PINR KJUS SENV CH |
08SINGAPORE1256 | COURT SLAMS DOW JONES FOR CONTEMPT BUT IMPOSES [...] (SBU) Summary. A Singapore judge has fined publisher Dow Jones over US$16,000 for contempt of court, the largest contempt fine ever imposed here. The judge also called Dow Jones a "repeat offender" and ordered the company to pay Singapore's Attorney-General (AG) nearly US$20,000 in legal co [...] | 2008-11-26 09:38:00 | Embassy Singapore | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS SN |
08SKOPJE160 | MACEDONIA 2007 INL END USE MONITORING REPORT [...] This is the CY-2007 report summarizing end-use monitoring of INL provided support in the Republic of Macedonia (reftel). 2. Procedures. Our ICITAP Senior Police Advisors conduct ongoing assessments of the Ministry of Interior police equipment needs. Equipment is donated via a letter of don [...] | 2008-02-27 16:22:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN KJUS MK |
08SKOPJE504 | MACEDONIA: MOJ MAY ATTEND UNCAC INTERGOVERNMENTAL [...] No summary [...] | 2008-08-05 11:44:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM EINT KJUS MK |
08SKOPJE86 | MACEDONIA: MAJOR CORRUPTION PROSECUTIONS UPDATE [...] (SBU) The GOM's anti-corruption efforts are steadily progressing (reftels),including the on-going "big fish" trials of a prominent Macedonian businessman and a former National Bank Governor. The government's corruption-fighting record shows it is willing to investigate and prosecute at least [...] | 2008-02-01 10:16:00 | Embassy Skopje | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KKOR KCRM KJUS PGOV MK |
08SOFIA534 | BULGARIA'S EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT THE CYBERCRIME CONVENTION [...] (SBU) This cable provides post's input on Bulgaria's implementation of the Council of Europe's (CoE) Convention on Cybercrime as requested in reftel A, which Bulgaria signed in 2001 and ratified in 2005. Bulgaria's legal framework largely addresses the Convention's provisions. The scope and [...] | 2008-08-04 15:31:00 | Embassy Sofia | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINT KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL |
08STATE100349 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING COURSE - [...] (SBU) The Deparment of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: September 18, 2008 Training Date for Name: Thomas Ndayisaba Rank: Lieutenant DOB: Januar [...] | 2008-09-19 14:22:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR RW |
08STATE101603 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DOD-SPONSORED [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 10, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Joel Olard Rank: Second Lieutenant Organization: Army-Military Engine [...] | 2008-09-23 17:48:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE101606 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DOD-SPONSORED [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 10, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Joel Olard Rank: Second Lieutenant Organization: Army-Military Engine [...] | 2008-09-23 17:49:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE101608 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DOD-SPONSORED [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 10, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Joel Olard Rank: Second Lieutenant Organization: Army-Military Engine [...] | 2008-09-23 17:50:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE101610 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DOD-SPONSORED [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 10, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Joel Olard Rank: Second Lieutenant Organization: Army-Military Engine [...] | 2008-09-23 17:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE103751 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DOD-SPONSORED [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 10, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Joel Olard Rank: Second Lieutenant Organization: Army-Military Engine [...] | 2008-09-29 14:32:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE103754 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING COURSE - [...] (SBU) The Deparment of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: September 18, 2008 Training Date for Name: Thomas Ndayisaba Rank: Lieutenant DOB: Januar [...] | 2008-09-29 14:34:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR RW |
08STATE103757 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR DOD-SPONSORED [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 10, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Joel Olard Rank: Second Lieutenant Organization: Army-Military Engine [...] | 2008-09-29 14:35:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE105409 | LESOTHO NOMINEES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of date, it possesses no credible information of gross violationsof human rights by the security officers below: a) Name: Seabata NTHABI Gender: Male Date of birth: 17 April, 1968 Passport no.: SA 000205 Date of issue: 01 [...] | 2008-10-02 15:39:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR LT |
08STATE108132 | GUIDANCE ON KOSOVO INDEPENDENCE/ICJ REFERRAL [...] The Department instructs USUN to vote against the resolution introduced by Serbia to refer a question on Kosovo's declaration of independence to the International Court of Justice, scheduled for debate in the UN General Assembly on October 8. USUN should encourage another country to call the [...] | 2008-10-08 23:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNGA PREL KJUS KO |
08STATE126562 | DEMARCHE REQUEST: DPKO MUST NOT LINK EULEX [...] This message is sensitive but unclassified: please protect accordingly. 2. (SBU) The Department requests that USUN demarche the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Secretariat at the highest appropriate levels to review DPKO thinking on any next steps on the interim arrangements l [...] | 2008-12-01 23:38:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA UNMIK PREL KJUS KO |
08STATE16764 | ICTY - INSTRUCTIONS FOR RESOLUTION ON ADDITIONAL [...] The Department requests that USUN join consensus and vote in favor of the following resolution authorizing the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to appoint two additional judges ad litem. 2. Begin resolution text: The Security Council, Recalling its resolutions 1581 (200 [...] | 2008-02-20 01:29:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | UNSC ICTY KJUS YI |
08STATE19187 | LIBREVILLE CANDIDATES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW [...] The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of February 15, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Last Name: Ngo'o Akoulou, Alphonse First Name: Alphonse Rank: Colonel Posotion: Chief of Investi [...] | 2008-02-26 17:45:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE19188 | DRC: REQUEST FOR HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR U.S. [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of February 20, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Mutamba, Kanza Nicole Rank: Captain Position: National Police DOB: June 10, 1962 [...] | 2008-02-26 17:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KJUS PGOV PHUM CG |
08STATE19189 | DRC CANDIDATES FOR ILEA GABORNE - CRIMINAL [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of February 20, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Bankeke, Toussaint Rank: Lieutenant Position: Quick React Police Gender: Male DOB: [...] | 2008-02-26 17:46:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR CG |
08STATE24209 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR AFRICA PARTNERSHIP [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of March 6, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Jerome Noel MOUGOULA-SAGUILIBA Rank: Maitre Principal Position: New pilot (MP) DOB: Dec [...] | 2008-03-07 21:24:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE24211 | HUMAN RIGHTA VETTING FOR ACOTA LESSONS-LEARNED [...] (SBU) The department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of March 6, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Robert Owono Ella Anda Rank: Commandant Major Position: Advisor of the Chief of the Army [...] | 2008-03-07 21:25:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE24214 | VETTING FOR ILEA GABORONE-CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of March 6, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Germin Nestor OKOULA Rank: Liteutenant Position: Chief of Criminal Section, Lambarene DOB [...] | 2008-03-07 21:26:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE25483 | LIBREVILLE CANDIDATES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of March 6, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Handy Dimoni KABANGU Rank: Captain Position: National Police DOB: August 4, 1964 Na [...] | 2008-03-11 19:17:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR CG |
08STATE25866 | LIBREVILLE CANDIDATES FOR ILEA GABORONE - LAW [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of March 10, 2008, it pssesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Galega, Roland Njinouwo Title: Fonctionnaire Gender: Male DOB: November 26, 1967 2. [...] | 2008-03-12 17:12:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR CM |
08STATE39803 | LEAHY VETTING FOR ILEA NEEDS ASSESSMENT CONFERENCE [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of April 16, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Gervais Ndirakobuca Rank: Deputy Director General Position: Burundian National P [...] | 2008-04-16 13:07:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR BY |
08STATE40360 | LEAHY VETTING - CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE CANDIDATES FOR [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of April 17, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Ministry of Security and Public Order: Last name: Makamona First name: Etienne Gender: [...] | 2008-04-17 14:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR CF |
08STATE40362 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR TRIPARTITE PLUS [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of April 17, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the persons listed below: Last Name First Name DOB --------- ---------- --- GASANA Tom 1974 SE [...] | 2008-04-17 14:54:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KJUS SNAR RW |
08STATE59717 | INSTRUCTIONS FOR COSTA RICA DRAFT PRST ON ICC [...] ACTION REQUEST - Costa Rica has circulated the draft text of a Presidential Statement (PRST) in connection with the ICC Prosecutor's report pursuant to UNSCR 1593 on Darfur. USUN should explore with the Costa Ricans and others the option of returning to the text put forward by UKUN last Decemb [...] | 2008-06-04 02:03:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PHUM KJUS UNSC SU |
08STATE62588 | REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON FOREIGN TERRORIST [...] (U) This is an action request, see paragraph 4, 9, and 10. SUMMARY 2. (S/NF) The Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designation of the Palestine Liberation Front (PLF) is subject to a five-year review this year. The Department is collecting and reviewing information about the activi [...] | 2008-06-10 22:03:00 | Secretary of State | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL KCRM KJUS IZ SY IS LY |
08STATE64009 | CAMEROON: HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR CAMEROONIAN [...] (U) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 11, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below. 2. (SBU) Individuals attending Senior Leaders Seminars at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies i [...] | 2008-06-13 15:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR CM |
08STATE66307 | GABON AND SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE: HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of June 19, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below. 2. (SBU) Information of proposed candidates is as follows: Name: Vanziller Menezes Rank: Aspir [...] | 2008-06-19 20:51:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID ECON KCRM KJUS SNAR GB |
08STATE95999 | LEAHY VETTING OF BURUNDI MILITARY FOR AMISOM [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 3, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Name: Floribert Biyereke Rank: Lieutenant Colonel Position: Deputy Chief of Per [...] | 2008-09-08 19:05:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR BY |
08STATE96000 | HUMAN RIGHTS BETTING FOR IMET TRAINING - [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 3, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officer listed below: Name: Tumsifu Semana Rank: Captain DOB: December 12, 1969 2. (U) Post is permitted to [...] | 2008-09-08 19:06:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR RW |
08STATE96693 | HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING FOR IMET TRAINING COURSE - [...] (SBU) The Deparment of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: September 18, 2008 Training Date for Name: Thomas Ndayisaba Rank: Lieutenant DOB: Januar [...] | 2008-09-10 13:52:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR RW |
08STATE96828 | MILITARY PERSONNEL HUMAN RIGHTS VETTING - THE [...] (SBU) The Department of State has reviewed its files and finds that as of September 8, 2008, it possesses no credible information of gross violations of human rights by the officers listed below: Middle Management Course - September 17 - 23, 2008 Name: CNE Messie Ngolla, Jean Vincent [...] | 2008-09-10 15:47:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAID KCRM KJUS SNAR CM |
08STATE97575 | LEAHY VETTING CLEARANCE FOR MONTENEGRO ATTENDEES [...] (U) This cable responds to the guidance request in reftel for the following individuals to participate in a USCG Boarding Officer Course to be conducted at the Port of Bar, Montenegro from 22-26 September. 2. (SBU) The Department of State has vetted the following individuals listed in refte [...] | 2008-09-11 21:14:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MW ASEC KCRM KJUS PHUM PREL SNAR |
08STATE98685 | LEAHY VETTING CLEARANCE FOR MONTENEGRIN ATTENDEES [...] (U) This cable responds to the guidance request in reftel for the following individuals to participate at the Manpower Managament Workshop to be held September 22-24, 2008 in Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina, and at the Program on Advanced Security Studies to be held in a USCG Boarding Officer [...] | 2008-09-15 21:13:00 | Secretary of State | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC KCRM KJUS MW PHUM PREL |
08TASHKENT1280 | UZBEKISTAN INL/ICITAP CONGRESS OF FORENSIC SCIENCE ISTANBUL [...] (U) In support of the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Assistance (INL) and the Department of Justice Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP)-arranged visit and participation of an Uzbek Forensic Expert at the First International Congress of Forensic Sci [...] | 2008-11-06 03:49:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR AFIN KCRM KJUS KFSC UZ |
08TASHKENT1315 | 2008 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL STRATEGY REPORT INCSR [...] SUMMARY UZBEKISTAN: Uzbekistan is primarily a transit country for opiates originating in Afghanistan. Well-established trade routes facilitate the transit of these narcotics to Russia and Europe. There is a growing market for a variety of intravenously administered narcotics and consequently a [...] | 2008-11-17 10:55:00 | Embassy Tashkent | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL UZ |
08TASHKENT926 | UZBEKISTAN: PUBLIC DEFENDER CENTERS IN NEED OF [...] (C) Summary: During a July 26-29 Freedom House conference in Istanbul for Uzbek human rights activists and state-licensed defense lawyers (septel),poloff had the opportunity to meet with several lawyers who work at Public Defender Centers supported by the American Bar Association Rule of Law [...] | 2008-08-12 08:43:00 | Embassy Tashkent | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM EAID KJUS PGOV PREL SOCI UZ |
08TBILISI109 | GEORGIA'S LEGAL EAGLES PROSECUTE ELECTION CRIMES [...] Summary: For the first time in its history, Georgia's Office of Public Prosecution Service (OPP) charged individuals with committing election crimes. U.S.-trained OPP prosecutors charged that two individuals, during the January 5, 2008, election, cast fraudulent ballots. To prepare the OPP fo [...] | 2008-01-23 13:33:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS GG |
08TBILISI2336 | A MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR - - A YEAR OF REGIONAL MOCK JURY [...] Summary: In preparation for the new, Western style Criminal Procedure Code (CPC),the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (DOJ/OPDAT) and the Government of Georgia (GOG) built upon their 2007 "train the trainers" program and conduct [...] | 2008-12-12 10:22:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV PHUM KCRM KJUS GG |
08TBILISI900 | EPISODE III - - THE DEFENSE BAR STRIKES BACK [...] Summary: In 2007, the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (DOJ/OPDAT) and the Government of Georgia (GOG) conducted a series of in-court trial advocacy skills workshops using what will soon be Georgia's new Criminal Procedure Code ( [...] | 2008-05-30 10:21:00 | Embassy Tbilisi | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS GG |
08TEGUCIGALPA1021 | SUPREME COURT ROLLS BACK 2001 CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: The Supreme Court ruled on November 14 to turn back 2001 reforms to the Constitution that established the office of the Vice President. The case effectively abolishes the office and returns Honduras to a system with three presidential designates. Those candidates running for pre [...] | 2008-11-14 20:44:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA1023 | GOH SIGNS ALBA DOCUMENT CONGRATULATING FSLN ON [...] (C) Summary: Presidential Legal Advisor Milton Jimenez announced on November 13 that the GOH had signed the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas' (ALBA) document regarding the Nicaraguan elections. In a telephone call initiated by the Ambassador, President Manuel "Mel" Zelaya explained hi [...] | 2008-11-14 21:36:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM SOCI KJUS NU HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA1063 | AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO HONDURAS' MOSQUITIA COAST [...] Summary. On 12 Nov, the Ambassador visited Puerto Lempira, in the Gracias a Dios region of Honduras accompanied by the Honduran Minister of Health (MoH),Vice Minister of Education (VMoE) and 20 media. The purpose of the visit was to 1) inaugurate USG-funded school facilities, 2) inaugurate a [...] | 2008-11-25 18:55:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | MOPS SNAR PGOV KJUS MARR HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA1080 | MISSION HONDURAS LAUNCHES MERIDA COORDINATION [...] Embassy Honduras has formed a plan to coordinate Merida Initiative efforts both mission-wide and bilaterally. We have created a Merida Working Group that meets monthly and includes senior-level representatives from POL/NAS, DEA, USAID, MILGROUP, DHS/ICE, DAO, RSO, PAS, MCC, JTF-B, RAO and TAT [...] | 2008-12-02 19:26:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PREL KDEM KCOR KCRM MASS EAID ECON KJUS |
08TEGUCIGALPA1135 | AMBASSADOR LLORENS' MEETING WITH MINISTER OF THE [...] (C) Summary: Ambassador Llorens met with Victor Meza, the Honduran Minister of the Interior, on November 17, discussing delivery of humanitarian assistance following recent country-wide floods, the Minister's de-centralization efforts, migration issues, and a recent alien smuggling scandal un [...] | 2008-12-17 16:22:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PGOV SMIG HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA123 | ARRESTS IN CASE OF MURDERED HONDURAN LAWYER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Honduran police arrested two suspects on January 31, 2008, for the killing of human rights lawyer Dionisio Diaz Garcia on December 4, 2006. The two are accused of shooting the lawyer from a motorcycle while the victim was driving a vehicle on his way to prepare a case against th [...] | 2008-02-08 17:37:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA211 | ANOTHER JOINT POLICE-MILITARY OPERATION IN [...] (C) Summary. Police and military authorities were summoned to a late meeting at Casa Presidencial by President Manuel Zelaya on March 4 to discuss measures to combat the current wave of violent crime in Honduras. On March 5, they announced the joint police-military "Operation Hunter," consist [...] | 2008-03-07 17:49:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PGOV SNAR ASEC HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA260 | RASH OF DRUG AND CASH SEIZURES AND ARRESTS IN [...] (SBU) On March 11, Colombian armed forces and police interdicted the Honduran-flagged fishing vessel Captain Cooley while it was docked at San Andres waiting to depart to Honduras. Inside three barrels located in the main cabin, they found bags containing a total of 1,375 pellets filled with [...] | 2008-03-17 23:07:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM KJUS HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA395 | HONDURAN LABOR LEADER GUNNED DOWN IN APPARENT HIT [...] (C) Summary: Honduran Labor Leader Rosa Altagracia Fuentes was gunned down in an apparent assassination in the early hours of April 24. Several thousand dollars' worth of cash and jewelry were left in the vehicle. Also murdered in the car were Yolanda Sanchez, director of the governmental I [...] | 2008-04-24 20:15:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ASEC ALOW PGOV PHUM SOCI KCRM KJUS HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA425 | TWO MAJOR PRISON RIOTS IN HONDURAS IN LESS THAN A [...] Summary: On April 27 a riot broke out in San Pedro Sula penitentiary and 9 inmates were killed. The fight was between "paisas" (non-gang members) and "pesetas" (ex-gang members). Less than a week later, prison authorities began transferring inmates to other prisons throughout Honduras to pr [...] | 2008-05-06 15:56:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KCOR KJUS PGOV SNAR ASEC CASC HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA570 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S BREAKFAST ON THE RULE OF [...] (C) Summary: On June 4, the Deputy Secretary held a breakfast conversation on rule of law issues with Vilma Morales, the Chief Justice of the Honduran Supreme Court, and Leonidas Rosa Bautista, the Attorney General of Honduras. Both Honduran officials, who represent the National Party, empha [...] | 2008-06-16 22:43:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP KCRM KDEM KJUS SNAR PGOV PREL HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA997 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH HONDURAN SECURITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his introductory meeting with Honduran Minister of Security COL Jorge RODAS Gamero (ret.),the Ambassador laid out his vision for a coordinated, bilateral effort to make the most of the Merida Initiative and tackle Honduras' growing crime and security challenges. For his part, [...] | 2008-11-05 21:04:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR KJUS EAID HO |
08TEGUCIGALPA998 | HONDURAN HUMAN RIGHTS GAINS ABETTED-BY STRONG [...] Over 20 non-governmental organizations (NGO) met with the Ambassador on October 28 to discuss the challenges and opportunities they currently face in Honduras. The meeting offered a chance for the most well known organizations that deal with issues related to Human Rights to meet the new Amba [...] | 2008-11-05 21:05:00 | Embassy Tegucigalpa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KDEM KJUS SOCI PGOV HO |
08TELAVIV1021 | THE TALANSKY AFFAIR: JUST ANOTHER OLMERT [...] (C) Summary: PM Olmert held a late night press conference on May 8 to deny allegations of unlawful activity in accepting political contributions from an American fund-raiser, Morris Talansky. Allegations surfaced in the media that Olmert received illicit funds from Talansky over the course o [...] | 2008-05-09 16:20:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS IS |
08TELAVIV159 | THE RIGHT TAKES ON THE JUDICIARY OVER AMBASSADOR'S MEETING [...] (SBU) On the eve of the Annapolis conference in November 2007, a group of right-wing Israeli parliamentarians accused the President of Israel's Supreme Court of violating professional ethics by meeting with the US Ambassador to Israel (reftel) to discuss settlement and separation fence construc [...] | 2008-01-18 12:08:00 | Embassy Tel Aviv | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS KWBG IS |
08THEHAGUE607 | NETHERLANDS/SOMALIA: IMPLEMENTATION OF UNSCR 1816 [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On July 15, Poloffs discussed reftel points with Bob Aal, Dutch MFA Security Policy Department contact for Africa. At the request of the UN, the Dutch protected humanitarian aid convoys to Somalia this spring, but for the moment the Dutch are following the EU lead on responding [...] | 2008-07-18 13:05:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EWWT KCRM KCRS KJUS PHSA PREL NL SO XA XW |
08THEHAGUE924 | HR VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE [...] The following individuals have been selected to attend the 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference 17-20 November, 2008. Consistent with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, there is no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by these individuals. a. NAME - Commodore A.A [...] | 2008-11-03 15:28:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR KJUS ASEC NL |
08THEHAGUE934 | NETHERLANDS: HR VETTING FOR CENTCOM SENIOR [...] The following individual has been selected to attend the 4th Annual Sovereign Challenge Conference 17-20 November, 2008. Consistent with Leahy Amendment vetting requirements, there is no credible evidence of gross violations of human rights by these individuals. NAME - Major General E.H. [...] | 2008-11-07 14:48:00 | Embassy The Hague | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM SNAR KJUS ASEC NL |
08TIRANA579 | PARLIAMENT APPROVES HIGH COURT NOMINEES, ADJOURNS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament ended its session on July 28 on a much-needed quiet note, approving all six of President Topi's nominees for the High Court, along with Prime Minister Berisha's proposed cabinet changes. Parliament's approval of the High Court nominees marked a welcome detente betwee [...] | 2008-07-30 11:10:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS PHUM AL |
08TIRANA675 | PM BERISHA'S DEMOCRATIC BACKSLIDING [...] (C) SUMMARY: Since the Bucharest Summit in April, Prime Minister Berisha has embarkedon eries of attempts to consolidate his powerat the expense of key independent institutions, ncluding efforts to undermine and interfere in te work of the Prosecutor General, obstruct the onging investigatio [...] | 2008-09-05 11:12:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PINR AL |
08TIRANA686 | PM PLAYS NICE, PRESIDENT EXPRESSES CONCERN IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: In separate meetings on September 4 and 5, a conciliatory Prime Minister Berisha and a frustrated President Topi discussed NATO ratification and the draft media, intelligence agency and Prosecutor General laws with Ambassador Withers. In response to the Ambassador's concerns tha [...] | 2008-09-11 05:53:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM PINR ECPS AL |
08TIRANA697 | URGENT ACTION REQUEST FOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENT [...] (SBU) Embassy Tirana requests urgent assistance in responding to a GOA request for help in investigating a September 12 traffic accident that resulted in the death of a key witness in a high profile, ongoing investigation. The GOA has offered to pay for all expenses associated with any U.S. [...] | 2008-09-13 14:15:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC PREL KJUS PINS AL |
08TIRANA752 | BERISHA LAUNCHES RENEWED ASSAULT ON PROSECUTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Beginning on October 10 and continuing over the weekend, Prime Minister Berisha and the Ministry of Justice began a new campaign to intimidate and obstruct the work of the Office of the Prosecutor General. Alleging that the PG's Office had broken the law while trying last week to [...] | 2008-10-14 15:15:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PHUM KCOR KCRM PREL AL |
08TIRANA770 | SCENESETTER FOR EUR DAS STUART JONES' VISIT TO [...] (U) Embassy Tirana warmly welcomes your visit to Tirana, a city you will find unrecognizable since your last visit to Albania 14 years ago. 2. (C) Your visit comes at a time of growing uncertainty for the Albanian public and especially for Albania's political class. Although the past yea [...] | 2008-10-24 09:30:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS ECON MARR AL |
08TIRANA858 | GOA LAMBASTES "POLITICALLY MOTIVATED" INDICTMENT [...] SUMMARY: (C) In recent days the GOA has intensified pressure on the Prosecutor General's (PG) office with two statements, one from the PM and a longer one from the MFA, which harshly criticized both the opposition and the PG for the "politically" motivated indictment of FM Lulzim Basha on Nov [...] | 2008-12-03 16:16:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON PHUM PREL KCOR KJUS AL |
08TIRANA870 | Embassy Tirana Weekly Report [...] (SBU) The legal defense team of Foreign Minister Basha (and former Minister of Transportation) appears determined this week to use any procedural trick possible to keep Basha from facing trial on crimes allegedly committed during the tendering process of the construction of the Durres-Kukes ro [...] | 2008-12-09 15:46:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM KJUS AL |
08TIRANA883 | DRAFT LUSTRATION LAW - A POTENTIAL DISASTER FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: After nearly 8 hours of debate in Parliament, including an opposition walkout and hour-long speech by the Prime Minister, the Speaker of Parliament used a procedural motion to postpone a vote on the draft Lustration Law until next week, claiming that pending amendments made a d [...] | 2008-12-16 13:24:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KDEM PGOV PREL AL |
08TIRANA899 | LUSTRATION LAW PASSES, BUT WHAT NEXT? [...] (C) SUMMARY: On December 22 Parliament passed the controversial Lustration Law by a vote of 74-2, with one abstention. Sixty four opposition MPs boycotted the session. The Lustration Law now moves to the President, who has 20 days to either sign the bill into law, send it back to Parliament [...] | 2008-12-23 14:48:00 | Embassy Tirana | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KDEM PREL PGOV AL |
08TIRANA919 | Embassy Tirana Weekly Report [...] The visit of the Italian PM Berlusconi earlier this month attracted a lot of attention for good and for bad. During the short visit both Berlusconi and Prime Minister Berisha hailed the current bilateral relationship. They agreed on further intensifying economic ties, particularly energy and [...] | 2008-12-31 15:31:00 | Embassy Tirana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ENRG EFIN PREL PHUM KJUS AL |
08TOKYO1622 | DIET PASSES LAW TO AID VICTIMS OF AUM SHINRIKYO [...] The Diet passed a law on June 11 to provide financial compensation from the government to approximately 4,000 victims of crimes committed by the Aum Shinrikyo cult in the 1990's. The law stipulates that the government has the right to seek financial compensation from Aum's successor organizat [...] | 2008-06-13 09:13:00 | Embassy Tokyo | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PTER KJUS JA |
08TOKYO178 | AMB. WILLIAMSON'S MEETING WITH JAPANESE OFFICIALS [...] (C) Summary. The international community will need to convince the Cambodian government that it must take immediate action with regard to the corruption issue at the ECCC, visiting Ambassador at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson told Japanese officials on December 3. Amb. William [...] | 2008-01-23 09:50:00 | Embassy Tokyo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS PHUM JA TH BM CB |
08USUNNEWYORK113 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: COUNTRY CLEARANCE [...] (U) Mission welcomes the proposed visit on February 07 (reftel) of S/WCI Deputy Director Milbert Shin and S/WCI officer Jason Gorey to accompany USUN/MR representative to meeting of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee. This meeting, to be hosted by the Canadian Mission, as Man [...] | 2008-02-07 16:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
08USUNNEWYORK1148 | MISSION CLEARANCE GRANTED FOR S/WCI [...] Mission Clearance is granted for Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Clint Williamson, Deputy Milbert Shin, and Foreign Affairs Officer Brendan Doherty to visit USUN on December 11-12. The purpose is to hold meetings on the margins of the ICTY/ICTR briefings to the UN Security Council, [...] | 2008-12-08 20:02:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS OTRA UNSC XA XH |
08USUNNEWYORK1176 | INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNALS OFFICIALS ADDRESS [...] Summary. The Presidents and Prosecutors of the International Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR) reported to the UN Security Council progress made on prosecutions and administrative matters. Tribunal officials focused on efforts to move forward on the strategy for c [...] | 2008-12-16 23:44:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS UNSC ICTY ICTR PREL |
08USUNNEWYORK1187 | WAR CRIMES TRIBUNALS [...] The Security Council on December 19 adopted (15-0-0) a resolution (Ref B) (SC res 1855) to authorize the International Tribunal for Rwanda to raise the number of ad litem judges from a limit of 9 to 12. 2. The Council also issued a Presidential Statement (Ref A) concerning the completion [...] | 2008-12-19 19:19:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | ICTR ICTY KJUS UNGA |
08USUNNEWYORK132 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: MANAGEMENT [...] (U) SUMMARY: S/WCI Deputy Milbert Shin and USUN/MR represented the U.S. at a February 7 meeting of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee that focused on issues expected to be addressed during the Committee's upcoming February 14-22 trip to The Hague and Freetown. Shin and USUN/ [...] | 2008-02-13 16:34:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
08USUNNEWYORK342 | KHMER ROUGE TRIALS EXPERT BEGINS WORK [...] USUN Legal Adviser met on April 9 with David Tolbert (US),newly appointed UN Assistant Secretary-General and Expert on United Nations Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT),his assistant Michael Pan (U.S.) and Giovanni Basra (Italy) an attorney assigned to the Tribunal in Cambodia. T [...] | 2008-04-11 22:27:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CB KJUS PGOV |
08USUNNEWYORK373 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: LEGACY PROJECT [...] SUMMARY: Former U.S. Ambassador to Sierra Leone Joe Melrose (Ret.),currently serving as a consultant to the Sierra Leone Special Court on legacy issues, briefed members of the Special Court Management Committee on April 22 regarding possible uses of the Court facilities in Freetown once the [...] | 2008-04-24 15:46:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
08USUNNEWYORK44 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: FINANCIAL [...] SUMMARY: USUN and other members of the Sierra Leone Special Court Management Committee met January 15 to discuss ongoing challenges facing the Court, including uncertainties over the source of adequate voluntary contributions to sustain Court activity throughout 2008 and continued tensions b [...] | 2008-01-17 15:03:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
08USUNNEWYORK70 | UN/SIERRA LEONE SPECIAL COURT: PROSECUTOR RAPP [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Sierra Leone Special Court Chief Prosecutor Stephen Rapp (American),in New York for press briefings, meetings with UN officials, and non-Court business, met January 22 with members of the Special Court Management Committee, including USUN. Rapp reported that the prosecution w [...] | 2008-01-23 15:07:00 | USUN New York | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL UNSC KJUS KDEM PGOV SL XA |
08USUNNEWYORK872 | CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS DOMINATE KHMER ROUGE TRIALS [...] (C) Summary. On September 24, USUN attended a meeting of the steering committee of the UN Assistance to the Khmer Rouge Trials (UNAKRT). While all participants praised the progress made by the UN special expert David Tolbert and the recently appointed Deputy Director (UNAKRT Administration [...] | 2008-09-29 14:57:00 | USUN New York | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL PHUM CB |
08VATICAN34 | CUBA DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Ambassador Glendon delivered reftel demarche -- regarding the recent trip to Cuba of the Holy See's Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarciso Bertone, and his reference to Raul Castro's comments on the five Cuban spies imprisoned in the US -- to Monsignor Pietro Parolin, the Holy See's Undersecr [...] | 2008-04-03 14:55:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KIRF KJUS CU VT |
08VATICAN38 | HOLY SEE HAS RECOGNIZED KOSOVO "DE FACTO", SAYS VATICAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Holy See is not ready to formally recognize Kosovo but will continue to promote dialogue in a way that implicitly acknowledges and respects Kosovo's de facto independence. The Holy See's diplomatic objectives are to balance relations with Serbia and the Serbian Orthodox Churc [...] | 2008-04-30 10:15:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF KIRF KJUS UN UNMIK YI EU VT |
08VATICAN58 | LEVINSON CASE UPDATE [...] (SBU) As reported in ref. A, Monsignor Franco Coppola, Director for the Middle East at the Holy See Secretariat of State, informed A/DCM on July 4 that the Holy See Nuncio in Teheran, Archbishop Jean Paul Gobel, has sent a diplomatic note to the Government of Iran requesting a meeting to discus [...] | 2008-07-30 14:38:00 | Embassy Vatican | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC KJUS PREL PHUM PTER KIRF IR VT |
08VATICAN72 | (SBU) IRANIANS CHASTISE HOLY SEE ON LEVINSON [...] (SBU) According to Monsignor Franco Coppola, Director for the Middle East at the Holy See Secretariat of State, the Government of Iran recently informed the Holy See Nuncio in Teheran that it does not have any information about the whereabouts of U.S. citizen Robert Levinson. The GOI informed [...] | 2008-10-02 15:20:00 | Embassy Vatican | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KJUS PREL PHUM PTER KIRF IR VT |
08VIENNA1059 | AUSTRIA: CYBERCRIME CONVENTION RATIFICATION; [...] (U) Summary. Austrian plans to seek ratification of the Cybercrime Convention in the second half of 2008 have been delayed by the collapse of the government and call for early election. Ratification is now likely in the first half of 2009. Austria would welcome bilateral consultations on th [...] | 2008-07-25 14:50:00 | Embassy Vienna | UNCLASSIFIED | EINT KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL AU |
08VIENNA1878 | AUSTRIAN INTERIOR MINISTRY ON NEGOTIATING [...] (C) Summary. Resolution of outstanding data protection issues -- whether with the EU or on a bilateral basis -- remains key to concluding U.S.-Austria VWP-related HSPD-6 and PCSC agreements, according to Austrian Interior Ministry Bilateral and Multilateral Affairs Director Kurt Hager (strict [...] | 2008-12-22 14:20:00 | Embassy Vienna | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS KJUS PGOV PTER AU |
08WARSAW1327 | INCSR/POLAND - POST INPUT FOR 2008-2009 [...] (SBU) Per ref A guidance, the following is Embassy Warsaw's submission for Part I of the 2008-2009 International Narcotics Strategy Report (INCSR). Post's submission for Part II will follow septel. 2. (SBU) Begin text: ---------- I. Summary ---------- Poland has traditionally bee [...] | 2008-11-20 06:47:00 | Embassy Warsaw | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS PL |
08WELLINGTON327 | NEW ZEALAND AND THE SERBIAN ICJ RESOLUTION [...] (C) In an October 6 meeting with Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Deputy Secretary Caroline Forsyth and European Affairs Division policy officer Rob Little, Charge d'Affaires Keegan summarized the points in reftel. He noted that the USG position remains that referring the question of K [...] | 2008-10-06 04:10:00 | Embassy Wellington | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS NZ |
08YAOUNDE236 | CAMEROON: FOREIGN MINISTER CALLS IN AMBASSADOR [...] (C) Summary. Cameroon's Foreign Minister on March 5 told Ambassador that comments about domestic politics, such as the ruling party's plan to amend the constitution and eliminate presidential term limits, violate "diplomatic law." He nonetheless reaffirmed our mutual ties, leaving us wonderin [...] | 2008-03-11 12:04:00 | Embassy Yaounde | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CM KJUS PGOV PHUM |
08YEREVAN1010 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL WITH NEW CASSATION [...] (C) On December 2, the Ambassador had an introductory meeting with Judge Arman Mkrtumian, the newly appointed President of Armenia's Cassation Court, and Karen Matevosian, Head of the Judicial Department of the Court. The judicial officials briefed the Ambassador on planned reforms to the Cas [...] | 2008-12-16 14:10:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN1020 | AUTHORITIES DROP COUP CHARGES AGAINST FOUR [...] (C) On December 17, Armenia's Special Investigative Service (SIS) announced it was dropping its charges against four prominent opposition politicians who supported Levon Ter-Petrossian in February's disputed presidential election. A senior SIS official said he dropped the charges due to a lack [...] | 2008-12-18 14:37:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN1038 | OPPOSITIONISTS' "COUP" TRIAL OFF TO CHAOTIC START [...] (C) The controversial trial of seven prominent opposition figures charged with an attempted coup d'etat during Armenia's post-election unrest has gotten off to a chaotic start. After a relatively peaceful first hearing on December 19, the second hearing on December 22 nearly erupted into fist [...] | 2008-12-24 14:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN1046 | EMBASSY PRESSES GOAM ON "CASE OF SEVEN" [...] (C) The Ambassador spoke with a presidential adviser and met with the Prosecutor General to register USG concerns over the GOAM's handling of the "Case of Seven," which has gotten off to a tumultuous start (reftel). In observing the first three hearings of the trial so far, Emboffs have witnes [...] | 2008-12-30 15:35:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN106 | ELECTION SEASON HUMAN RIGHTS ROUND-UP (JANUARY-FEBRUARY) [...] (SBU) In light of the current presidential election in Armenia, scheduled for Tuesday, February 19, this issue of Yerevan's Human Rights Round-up is exclusively dedicated to reported and alleged election-related violations. Reports are organized chronologically. This issue's headlines: [...] | 2008-02-11 12:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL EAID SOCI KDEM KPAO KJUS KWMN AM |
08YEREVAN199 | ARMENIAN SUPREME ALLEGES FIXED DECISION AGAINST LTP [...] (S) Late on March 6, Valery Poghossian, one of Armenia's nine Constitutional Court justices, secretly approached the Embassy for an urgent meeting at his home. Poghossian alleged to Emboffs that President Kocharian has fixed the court's upcoming March 8 decision to decide against the complain [...] | 2008-03-07 14:00:00 | Embassy Yerevan | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM ASEC KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN226 | ARMENIA'S CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS [...] (SBU) In a March 8 decision, Armenia's Constitutional Court found that while there were irregularities in the conduct of the February 19 presidential election, they were not sufficient to alter the outcome of the vote won by Prime Minister Serzh Serzh Sargsian. The plaintiffs in the court cas [...] | 2008-03-14 14:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN228 | GOAM'S SPIN CYCLE UNDER STATE OF EMERGENCY [...] (C) The suspension of independent media in Armenia following the March 1 imposition of a State of Emergency has allowed the GOAM to construct its own narrative of recent events without the inconvenience of opposition challenge or independent scrutiny. Not surprisingly, the GOAM has used this [...] | 2008-03-14 15:08:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL ASEC KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN296 | ARMENIAN GENERAL'S SON ALLEGEDLY INVOVLED IN MURDER, BUT [...] (SBU) Armenia's Association of Investigative Journalists has reported that the son of a notorious retired army general and Member of Parliament, Seyran Saroyan, has escaped justice for his alleged participation in the March 13 murder of a youth from Edjmiadzin. The murder allegedly took place a [...] | 2008-04-07 03:02:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN304 | CLOUDINESS SURROUNDING ARMENIA'S MARCH 1-2 DEATH TOLL [...] (SBU) It has been difficult to obtain detailed information on the deaths of the eight people killed in the March 1-2 clashes between protesters and security services. Besides the total number killed, official information on the specifics of the deaths has been sparse. The lack of a full, publ [...] | 2008-04-09 03:07:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN331 | ARMENIA: MARCH 1 DEATH TOLL HITS TEN [...] (SBU) The official death toll of the March 1-2 clashes between protesters and security services in Yerevan has reached ten. Local media report the April 11 death of 19-year-old policeman Tigran Abgarian, who had suffered a gunshot wound in his neck that damaged his spinal cord. 2. (SBU) On [...] | 2008-04-14 12:51:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC AM |
08YEREVAN363 | DAS BRYZA WARNS OF MCC SUSPENSION IN DISCUSSIONS [...] (C) During his April 9 visit to Yerevan to attend President-elect Sargsian's inauguration, EUR Deputy Assistant Secretary Matthew Bryza discussed Armenia's political crisis SIPDIS with pro-government and opposition figures. Prominent politicians from Sargsian's recently announced coalition [...] | 2008-04-29 11:56:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS ASEC AM |
08YEREVAN392 | ONE YEAR LATER: LEVON GULYAN DEATH CASE SMELLS OF [...] (SBU) One year on from Levon Gulyan's death, the court seems set to rule against a Gulyan family appeal of authorities' questionable official interpretation. The appeals came one month after the newly formed State Investigative Service (SIS) called the case closed and exonerated police in the [...] | 2008-05-14 02:43:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN406 | LTP RETURNS WITH LONG-TERM STRATEGY TO CHALLENGE [...] (C) LTP returned to Armenia's political ring on May 2, addressing 2,000 supporters in his first outing in two months. LTP blamed ex-President Kocharian for the March 1 events, attacked the West's assessment of the presidential election, and said new polls were the only way out of the crisis. [...] | 2008-05-19 12:13:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN414 | NOTORIOUS SYUNIK GOVERNOR ACCUSED OF BEATING A TEENAGER [...] (SBU) The new Prime Minister ordered a political inquiry into opposition press allegations that the Syunik governor viciously beat a teenager after a skirmish with the governor's son. The probe was led by the governor's supervisor, the Territorial Administration minister, who unsurprisingly fo [...] | 2008-05-20 12:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN425 | PROMINENT HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST ATTACKED [...] (C) On May 21 the leader of a marginal right-wing political party with reputed connections to Armenia's National Security Service, assaulted Mikhail Danielian, one of Armenia's most prominent human rights activists, shooting him with an air pistol. While multiple people witnessed the attack, [...] | 2008-05-23 13:59:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN431 | ARMENIA'S OMBUDSMAN ISSUES REPORT CRITICAL OF [...] (C) On April 25, Armenia's Ombudsman issued a critical report on election-related developments in Armenia that called into question the legality of actions taken by ex-President Kocharian on March 1. The report also criticized Armenia's first president Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) for exploitin [...] | 2008-05-27 19:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KCRM KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN438 | YOUTH MOVEMENT LEADER SEVERELY BEATEN [...] (C) On May 28, several unidentified assailants attacked and severely beat in broad daylight Arsen Kharatian, leader of the HIMA (NOW) youth movement. Kharatian was hospitalized and placed in intensive care, but left the hospital on his own recognizance on May 29. Kharatian told Emboff he is s [...] | 2008-05-29 13:38:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN473 | RUNDOWN ON POST-ELECTION TRIALS OF OPPOSITIONISTS [...] (C) Armenian authorities continue their post-election prosecution of oppositionists in the court of law. Approximately 150 people aligned with the opposition movement led by ex-President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) have been charged with crimes, with convictions resulting in all of the cases ad [...] | 2008-06-09 02:05:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN479 | COURT UNEXPECTEDLY ORDERS REOPENING OF SUSPICIOUS DEATH [...] (SBU) Catching human rights observers by surprise, a Yerevan first instance court judge on June 6 ordered the reopening of the investigation into the suspicious May 2007 death of Levon Gulian by Armenia's Special Investigative Service (SIS). The Prosecutor General's Office (PG),which had appr [...] | 2008-06-10 11:26:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN489 | DIRECT SOURCE CONFIRMS SYUNIK GOVERNOR'S ASSAULT [...] (C) A direct source recently approached the Embassy confidentially to confirm the credibility of reports that Syunik Governor Suren Khachatrian in late April viciously assaulted a 16-year-old teenager in his office, in retaliation for the latter's alleged beating of his son (reftel). Artashe [...] | 2008-06-13 14:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KCRM KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN507 | SCENESETTER FOR A/S KRAMER VISIT TO YEREVAN, JUNE [...] (C) Your visit comes during a critical phase in post-independence Armenia's political development, and democracy and human rights are at the top of the U.S. agenda here. After significantly flawed and hotly disputed presidential elections February 19, violent clashes, a 20-day state of emerge [...] | 2008-06-19 11:42:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PREL OTRA OVIP KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN511 | ARMENIA'S RESPONSES TO PACE RESOLUTION 1609 ... SO [...] (SBU) The Co-Rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) visited Armenia June 16-17 to assess the political and human rights situation prior to PACE's scheduled June 23-27 session where Armenia's compliance with PACE Resolution 1609 will be considered. With the sp [...] | 2008-06-20 11:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN514 | ARMENIA'S OMBUDSMAN HOLDS HIS OWN AT PARLIAMENTARY [...] (SBU) In late May Armenia's Prosecutor General and Minister of Justice finally responded to the critical April 25 report issued by Armenian Human Rights (Ombudsman) Armen Harutiunian that assailed the authorities for the violent March 1-2 post-election crackdown that left ten citizens dead (re [...] | 2008-06-23 14:42:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN515 | UNSANTIONED LTP RALLY PROCEEDS PEACEFULLY, DRAWS [...] (SBU) In defiance of the authorities who rejected his applications to hold a large opposition rally, former President Levon Ter-Petrosian (LTP) nonetheless drew approximately 20,000 supporters on June 20 in his first rally appearance since the fatal March 1-2 clampdown. The rally, which proce [...] | 2008-06-23 15:21:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN533 | SECOND OPPOSITION YOUTH ACTIVIST ATTACKED IN [...] (SBU) On June 25, two unknown men assaulted 20- year-old Armenian citizen Narek Hovakimian, an active member of the pro-opposition HIMA (Now) youth movement that emerged in response to Armenia's disputed February presidential election. Hovakimian, who was hospitalized with head and stomach in [...] | 2008-06-27 14:12:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN551 | DOJ HOLDS TOPICAL CRIMINAL LAW SEMINAR IN ARMENIA [...] (SBU) The Armenian criminal justice system is in need of virtually a complete overhaul, as it is institutionally corrupt, with almost no rights being afforded to suspects or defendants. Moreover, the situation has grown worse since March 1 as the presidential authorities have gone after politic [...] | 2008-07-07 11:11:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN553 | A/S KRAMER URGES ARMENIAN REFORM; AUTHORITIES [...] (C) During his June 23-25 visit to Yerevan, DRL A/S Kramer pressed authorities on steps to help "put Armenia back on a democratic path." GOAM officials refuted Kramer's view of Armenia's political crisis, denied the existence of political prisoners, and defended their violent and repressive res [...] | 2008-07-07 14:27:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS OTRA OVIP AM |
08YEREVAN564 | FM NALBANDIAN PREVIEWS ISSUES FOR WASHINGTON VISIT [...] (C) SUMMARY: CDA called on FM Eduard Nalbandian July 10 at the FM's request to compare issues to be raised during Nalbandian's July 17 meeting with Secretary Rice and other high-level meetings in Washington that week. Nalbandian fenced with CDA in classic Soviet style on Armenia's democracy [...] | 2008-07-11 13:49:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM OVIP KDEM KJUS TU AM |
08YEREVAN571 | AUTHORITIES ADMIT SWEEPING INVESTIGATIONS OF OPPOSITION [...] (SBU) On July 1, at a rare press conference, opposition leader Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP) publicized an internal government order to round up participants of the opposition rallies in Yerevan, wiretap their phone conversations, collect personal data about them and much more. Special Investigat [...] | 2008-07-16 03:09:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN596 | APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS ORDER FOR PROSECUTION TO RE-OPEN [...] (SBU) On July 21 Manushak Petrosian, judge of the Appeals Court, upheld the June 6 decision of the first instance court, ordering the re-launch of the investigation into the circumstances of Levon Gulian's death in police custody (refs A, B). It is still unclear whether the Prosecutor General' [...] | 2008-07-25 12:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN599 | ROAD RAGE ATTACK ON DUTCH BUSINESSMEN EMBLEMATIC [...] (SBU) BUSINESSMEN ASSAULTED: On Saturday, July 12, two pedestrians, Hans Boon and Jurgen Dolstra -- Dutch nationals who are senior executives of the semi-privatized postal corporation Haypost -- were attacked and beaten by two motorists in a road rage incident. The incident occured at about [...] | 2008-07-28 14:10:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC CASC PGOV EINV KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN638 | SERIES OF VIOLENT INCIDENTS SPOTLIGHTS STRAINS ON [...] (C) SUMMARY: Separate incidents of serious violence -- one fatal -- July 14 and 16 related to property disputes over Yerevan apartments which had been sold. In both cases, the former owners of the properties sought to intimidate the new owners into giving back apartments they had rightfully p [...] | 2008-08-08 12:59:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ASEC EINV CASC PGOV KCRM KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN744 | COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF AMCIT PLAINTIFFS IN CRIMINAL [...] (U) On September 15, Yerevan's city court ended five years of legal proceedings by ruling in favor of U.S. citizen plaintiffs Carolann and George Najarian, granting them the disputed property and convicting Grigor Igityan, their former business partner in Armenia, to four and a half years impri [...] | 2008-09-17 13:04:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EINV PGOV CASC KJUS KDEM AM |
08YEREVAN758 | DOJ HOLDS CRIMINAL LAW SEMINAR FOR ARMENIAN JUDGES [...] (SBU) The U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Overseas Prosecutorial Development, Assistance and Training (OPDAT) held a seminar on "Rules of Evidence in Adversarial Proceedings" on September 13-14, 2008, in Armenia. The conference was attended by Armenian judges, judicial candidates and of [...] | 2008-09-22 10:44:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN773 | ABRUPT SHAKE-UP AT ARMENIA'S CASSATION COURT [...] (SBU) The Head of Armenia's Cassation Court Hovhannes Manukian abruptly resigned September 16 and was subsequently replaced September 17 by one of his deputies, Arman Mkrtumian, who chaired the Cassation Court's Civil and Administrative Chamber. Local media have speculated as to the reasons f [...] | 2008-09-26 13:21:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL AM |
08YEREVAN823 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES TIP POINTS WITH DEPUTY PRIME [...] (C) During her introductory call on Deputy Prime Minister Armen Gevorgian, the Ambassador pressed the GOAM to prosecute official complicity in trafficking of persons (TIP). Gevorgian pledged that the GOAM would strengthen its anti-trafficking efforts now that he has been appointed to chair the [...] | 2008-10-08 14:19:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCOR KCRM KJUS KWMN SMIG AM |
08YEREVAN913 | SUCCESSFUL DOD BTRP NEGOTIATIONS IN ARMENIA [...] (SBU) Summary: Representatives of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visited Armenia October 27-29, 2008 to conduct final negotiations on the text for the Biological Threat Reduction Implementation Agreement. DoD negotiators met with representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) a [...] | 2008-11-14 08:03:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM MARR KDEM KJUS ASEC AM |
08YEREVAN939 | EMBATTLED REGIONAL TV STATION SCORES LEGAL VICTORY [...] (SBU) The regional GALA TV company scored a legal victory on October 31 when Armenia's Cassation Court overruled a lower court's verdict ordering the removal of GALA's antenna from a Soviet-era broadcast tower. While welcoming the victory on the antenna, GALA was less pleased that the Cassation [...] | 2008-11-20 10:47:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM KJUS KPAO AM |
08YEREVAN953 | DAS BRYZA MEETS ARMENIAN PM AND DEFENSE MINISTER [...] (C) On November 17 EUR DAS Matt Bryza met separately with Prime Minister Tigran Sargsian and Defense Minister Seyran Ohanian. Acknowledging Armenia's failing MCC indicators and the upcoming MCC board meeting, the PM asked for time and understanding from Washington, warning that a program susp [...] | 2008-11-26 05:45:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL EAID KDEM KJUS MARR MOPS |
08YEREVAN971 | AMBASSADOR RAISES POLITICAL DETAINEES/PRISONERS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Ambassador's November 10 introductory call on Justice Minister Gevorg Danielyan focused on a review of his priorities and recent reform efforts, as well as a discussion on opposition-linked prisoners/detainees from the March 1 events. The Ambassador asked about the possibili [...] | 2008-12-02 11:36:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN974 | COURTS RELEASE SOME DETAINEES, BUT RULE AGAINST [...] (SBU) In the second half of November, several Armenian courts issued rulings on cases involving high-profile opposition supporters of ex-President Levon Ter-Petrossian (LTP). Two of these cases resulted in the release of opposition supporters. In one of these, Armenia's Cassation Court vacate [...] | 2008-12-02 15:26:00 | Embassy Yerevan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM |
08YEREVAN999 | AUTHORITIES CONTINUE TO DENY VENUES FOR MEETINGS [...] (C) On December 3, 13 NGOs issued a public statement condemning the repeated refusal of meeting space to civil society organizations on the grounds that the meetings carried a political nature. Since the end of the State of Emergency in late March, there have been at least twenty reported ins [...] | 2008-12-12 10:57:00 | Embassy Yerevan | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS AM |
08ZAGREB15 | LEAHY VETTING OF DRAGO MATANOVIC [...] No summary [...] | 2008-01-11 12:58:00 | Embassy Zagreb | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KJUS HR |
08ZAGREB771 | HR VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE CONFERENCE - [...] (U)This cable responds to request in reftel. 2. (U) Embassy Zagreb has vetted the proposed names and has found no evidence of "gross violations of human rights" as per Leahy Amendment vetting requirements that would disqualify the candidates from attending the 4th Annual Sovereign Challeng [...] | 2008-11-03 12:38:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PHUM PREL |
08ZAGREB775 | VETTING FOR SOVEREIGN CHALLENGE CONFERENCE - [...] (U) This cable is an additional response to request in reftel. Embassy Zagreb was asked to vet an additional individual from Croatia, Zeljko Cepanec, for the Sovereign Challenge Conference. 2. Embassy Zagreb has vetted the proposed name and has found no evidence of "gross violations of h [...] | 2008-11-04 12:57:00 | Embassy Zagreb | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS PHUM PREL HR |
09ABIDJAN346 | IVOIRIAN WOMEN HELD BACK BY SOCIETY, POVERTY AND [...] (U) Summary. Ivoirian jurisprudence puts women on an equal footing with men and protects their rights. However, these laws are infrequently enforced due to ignorance of the law or societal pressures. Ivoirian women from diverse sectors of society told Emboffs that Ivoirian women, especially [...] | 2009-06-02 13:14:00 | Embassy Abidjan | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KWMN SOCI KJUS IV |
09ABUJA309 | AMBASSADOR'S COURTESY CALL ON NEW MINISTER OF [...] (SBU) Summary. The Ambassador met with newly appointed Minister of Police Affairs Dr. Ibrahim Yakubu Lame on February 10. Dr. Lame presented the Nigerian Government,s (GON) efforts to reform the police in order to improve Nigerian internal security as part of President Yar,Adua,s Seven Point [...] | 2009-02-20 12:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KCRM PGOV PREL NARC NI |
09ABUJA312 | ILEA ROSWELL - Advanced Management Course, March 23-April [...] The following 12 Nigerian personnel from the Nigeria Police force, Nigeria Customs Service and The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency are nominated for attendance for the above referenced ILEA Training Name DANDAURA Mustapha DOB January 15 1963 Gender Male Rank Chief Superintend [...] | 2009-02-20 13:20:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM ASEC KJUS EAID NI IZ |
09ABUJA325 | NIGERIA: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING JUDGE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-23 13:59:00 | Embassy Abuja | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PGOV |
09ABUJA600 | NIGERIA'S NON-MILITARY SECURITY CHALLENGES AND [...] (U) The following is U.S. Mission Nigeria's collective response to questions posed in reftel regarding the assessment of law enforcement and judicial training needs of the non-military security apparatus of the Government of Nigeria (GON). Given the poor performance of Nigeria,s top anti-graf [...] | 2009-04-07 16:13:00 | Embassy Abuja | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI KCRM SNAR KCOR KTIP KJUS KTFN KIPR |
09ACCRA524 | DEMARCHE ON UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-05 10:36:00 | Embassy Accra | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09ADDISABABA1753 | ETHIOPIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION REPORTS ON [...] (C) The Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) released its first-ever thematic report on prison conditions in Ethiopia in December 2008. The report sheds light on inadequate prison conditions - including overcrowding, unhygienic conditions, insufficient medical care, food, water, and educa [...] | 2009-07-23 13:00:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS PREL ET |
09ADDISABABA2639 | UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION: [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-05 16:11:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09ADDISABABA737 | INSIDE ETHIOPIA'S JAILS [...] (C) Recent interviews with individuals who have been held in non-traditional detention facilities have shed anecdotal light on beatings and abuse by Ethiopian security officials against civilians in country. While we cannot confirm the scope or persistence of such mistreatment, these first-han [...] | 2009-03-30 10:59:00 | Embassy Addis Ababa | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PGOV KDEM PREL ET |
09AITTAIPEI1188 | TIME TO BEGIN EXTRADITION TALKS WITH TAIWAN [...] (C) Summary: Starting extradition agreement negotiations as soon as possible would advance key U.S. law enforcement interests and, perhaps just as important, would serve as a low-risk way to underscore our commitment to strong ties with Taiwan. People of all political persuasions on Taiwan hav [...] | 2009-10-02 07:11:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KCRM KJUS TW |
09AITTAIPEI528 | TAIWAN FOREIGN MINISTRY MULLING NEXT STEPS ON [...] (C) Summary. Taiwan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) is consulting with other agencies to prioritize Taiwan's international space needs and develop recommendations on next steps now that Taiwan has been invited to observe at this year's World Health Assembly. MOFA International Organizati [...] | 2009-05-01 08:48:00 | American Institute Taiwan, Taipei | CONFIDENTIAL | EAGR ECON ELAB EPA ILO IMO IO KJUS PGOV PREL |
09ALGIERS210 | ALGERIA: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] We delivered reftel to MFA U.S. Desk Officer Ali Drouiche on February 28, asking for Algerian support for the nomination of Judge Mark Painter to the UN Appeals Tribunal. Drouiche gave no substantive comment, but was aware of the Tribunal and ongoing efforts to systemize responses to staff gri [...] | 2009-03-01 13:44:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09ALGIERS818 | DEMARCHE U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-13 15:48:00 | Embassy Algiers | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA AG |
09AMMAN1266 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 15:20:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA JO |
09AMMAN1397 | JORDAN: PENAL CODE AMENDMENTS FEATURE LIMITATIONS [...] (SBU) A package of over 100 amendments to Jordan's penal code will be discussed in parliament's extraordinary session that began on June 11 (Ref A). The Ministry of Justice has led a lengthy inter-ministerial consultative and drafting process over the past year that resulted in proposed compr [...] | 2009-06-22 12:22:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KISL KJUS JO |
09AMMAN1509 | JORDANIAN LEADERS REVEAL DIVISIONS ON HONOR CRIMES [...] (S/NF) Summary: The issue of honor crimes was a central theme in the parallel visits of Codel Schiff and a Nodel of Congressional staffers sponsored by the MFA in late June. King Abdullah noted his deep concern with the issue, but blamed poor leadership in the judiciary for lack of action. F [...] | 2009-07-06 13:00:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV KWMN KJUS SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1529 | JORDAN: POET'S PRISON SENTENCE FOR "SLANDERING [...] (C) Summary: Jordanian poet Islam Samhan was sentenced on June 22 to one year in prison and fined 14,000 USD for using Koranic verses in his published book of poetry. He was charged with "slandering Islam" and "insulting religious sentiment," although he says many of the prosecution's witness [...] | 2009-07-08 10:50:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF KDEM KJUS JO |
09AMMAN1561 | JORDAN WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-09 14:16:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA JO |
09AMMAN1618 | JORDAN: TWO NEW HONOR CRIME KILLINGS [...] (U) On July 9, two Jordanian women were killed at the hands of their brothers "in defense of family honor." In the first case, the woman had previously been placed in protective custody by Jordanian authorities. She was then released into the custody of her brother in East Amman after he pro [...] | 2009-07-20 05:14:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KWMN KJUS EAID JO |
09AMMAN1673 | JORDAN: FAMILIES THAT KILL AND THE LAW THAT [...] (SBU) Summary: Reform of the penal code to ensure that perpetrators of honor crimes face harsher prison sentences has long been a topic of discussion in Jordan. Recently, however, judges have abandoned the use of Article 98, which permitted sentences as low as six months when the perpetrator [...] | 2009-07-27 08:41:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS KMPI JO |
09AMMAN1674 | WHY JORDAN'S PARLIAMENT WILL LIKELY DEFEAT OR [...] (S) Summary: Despite royal and government support, Jordan's parliament is likely to defeat amendments to the penal code which would increase the penalties associated with honor killings. The amendments related to honor crimes are part of a larger penal reform package which includes a reduct [...] | 2009-07-27 08:44:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET | PHUM PGOV KWMN KJUS JO |
09AMMAN1746 | JORDAN: GOVERNMENT TAKING ACTION TO COMBAT TORTURE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Jordanian government, with assistance from several European donors, has embarked on an extensive reform program designed to root out torture in the prison system. The reform plans are impressive and include a wide range of initiatives including placement of the prison system [...] | 2009-08-03 14:27:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM CACS KJUS SOCI JO |
09AMMAN1821 | JORDAN: SPECIALIZED HONOR CRIME TRIBUNAL [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 28, the Chief Judge of Jordan's Criminal Courts unveiled plans for a special criminal court tribunal to hear all honor crime cases. Many activists see the creation of the tribunal as a step forward to unify verdicts in these cases and ensure perpetrators are prosecuted [...] | 2009-08-12 17:52:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN KJUS KMPI JO |
09AMMAN1884 | JORDAN: HONOR CRIMES 101 [...] (SBU) This cable serves as an overview of honor crimes in Jordan, Post efforts to address the issue, and an analysis of the Jordanian establishment's response to the problem. More detailed reporting has been provided by post in reftels. End Summary. Defining Honor Crimes ----------------- [...] | 2009-08-20 13:56:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KWMN KJUS PREL KMPI JO |
09AMMAN1885 | JORDAN: POTENTIAL HONOR CRIME VICTIMS JAILED FOR [...] (SBU) Summary: During a visit to Jordan's Juwedeh women's prison on July 23, PolChief, Consul, RSO, and Emboffs met with the prison warden and prisoners to discuss Jordan's practice of administratively detaining women at risk of becoming victims of honor crimes. Jordan uses its Crime Preventi [...] | 2009-08-20 14:21:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN KJUS KMPI JO CASC |
09AMMAN2216 | THE BATTLE OVER JORDAN'S ISLAMIC CENTER SOCIETY [...] (S/NF) Summary: The Islamic Center Society (ICS) was the charitable wing of the Jordanian Muslim Brotherhood (JMB) until it was seized by the government in 2006. Legally questionable corruption allegations against members of the ICS board allowed the government to appoint a "temporary" boar [...] | 2009-10-01 13:25:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KISL KDEM KJUS JO |
09AMMAN2227 | JORDAN: CONVICTED POET DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] (C) Post delivered reftel points to Prime Minister Nader Al-Dahabi, Justice Minister Ayman Odeh, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs Americas Bureau Chief Samer Naber. In advance of reftel, the Ambassador stressed to Royal Court Chief Nasser Lozi the need to find a suitable solution as the poet's [...] | 2009-10-05 11:53:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KIRF KJUS KWMN KTIP JO |
09AMMAN2307 | JORDAN: HONOR CRIME TRIBUNAL SETS NEW PRECEDENT: [...] (C) Summary: On October 12, Jordan's newly formed honor crimes tribunal issued a 15-year sentence in its first verdict. This is the first time a lower court has issued a full 15-year murder sentence in an honor crime case without reducing the sentence for "mitigating circumstances." Only a ye [...] | 2009-10-15 14:45:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWMN KJUS KMPI JO |
09AMMAN2324 | JORDAN: 20TH HONOR CRIME IN 2009; PUBLIC AWARENESS [...] On October 18, local media reported the twentieth honor crime in Jordan to date in 2009. A man handed himself into the police after stabbing his 24-year old daughter allegedly to "cleanse the family's honor." The incident took place in the Jordan Valley and the father alleged that his single [...] | 2009-10-19 13:25:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KJUS JO |
09AMMAN2339 | JORDAN: JUDGES AND PROSECUTORS RECEIVE TRAINING ON [...] For the first time, Jordan's judges and prosecutors are being trained on international and local legislation related to trafficking-in-persons (TIP) and best practices in investigating and prosecuting TIP cases. The training, being implemented in two phases, was developed by Post in coordinat [...] | 2009-10-21 11:08:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KTIP KJUS ELAB KWMN JO |
09AMMAN2451 | JORDAN: RIOTS IN EAST AMMAN HIGHLIGHT LARGER [...] (S) Summary: Riots broke out in the Haj Al Tafaileh neighborhood on November 8 upon the death of Saddam Sa'ud, who died as a result of injuries sustained during a beating while he was in police custody. The Public Security Department (PSD) announced that two police officers have been arreste [...] | 2009-11-09 16:58:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KJUS SOCI JO |
09AMMAN2490 | JORDAN: TRIBAL CLASHES WITH POLICE ERUPT IN MA'AN [...] (C) Summary: In response to the death of a local resident due to police abuse, rioters fired upon policemen and set ablaze police property in the East Bank tribal town of Ma'an on November 14. Ma'an is viewed as a bellwether for East Bank opinion and has a history of riots in protest of gover [...] | 2009-11-16 16:20:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM KCRM KJUS SOCI JO |
09AMMAN2553 | JORDAN: INTERIOR MINISTER DEFENDS ADMINISTRATIVE [...] (C) Minister of Interior Nayef Al Qadi defended the use of administrative detention during a November 21 workshop with the country's governors. Governors have the authority under the 1954 Crime Prevention Law to administratively detain citizens who "pose a danger to the public" without trial o [...] | 2009-11-23 15:43:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS JO |
09AMMAN2603 | JORDAN: TWENTIETH REPORTED HONOR KILLING FOR 2009 [...] (U) The latest honor killing in Jordan occurred on November 29 when a 19-year-old girl was repeatedly shot and ultimately killed by her uncle. The perpetrator told police that the victim had been missing for two weeks. When found with a man, she was brought home to be confronted by her famil [...] | 2009-12-03 06:43:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KJUS JO |
09AMMAN2624 | JORDAN: TWENTY FIRST REPORTED HONOR KILLING FOR [...] (U) The twenty first honor killing for 2009 was reported in the local press. On December 4, a 34-year-old woman who was 9-months pregnant was stabbed to death by her older brother. The perpetrator stabbed her 7 times and went to the nearest police station, claiming family honor as his motive [...] | 2009-12-06 13:25:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KJUS JO |
09AMMAN2741 | JORDAN: HONOR CRIME TRIBUNAL HANDS DOWN ANOTHER [...] (U) On December 8, Jordan's new honor crime tribunal sentenced a man to a full 15 year murder sentence for shooting and killing his 26-year-old daughter on her wedding day in April 2007. The perpetrator reportedly celebrated in front of wedding attendees the cleansing of the family's honor, w [...] | 2009-12-18 13:11:00 | Embassy Amman | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KCRM KWMN KJUS JO |
09AMMAN529 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: US CANDIDATE FOR UN APPEALS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 05:41:00 | Embassy Amman | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC KJUS KUNR JO |
09AMMAN613 | JORDAN'S JUSTICE MINISTER OUTLINES WAY FORWARD ON [...] (U) This is an action request. See paragraph seven. 2. (S/NF) Summary: In a recent meeting with Ambassador, Minister of Justice Ayman Odeh offered a way forward on the long-standing issue of the 1995 U.S.-Jordanian extradition treaty. The treaty, which was never ratified by parliament, [...] | 2009-03-05 09:08:00 | Embassy Amman | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL KJUS JO |
09ANKARA807 | TURKEY UNDECIDED ON ICSC THIRD CANDIDATE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 05:44:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TU |
09ANTANANARIVO136 | SUPPORTING UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL NOMINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-26 14:22:00 | Embassy Antananarivo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA MA |
09ASHGABAT1080 | TURKMENISTAN: A STEP TOWARDS ESTABLISHING AN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Turkmenistan's parliament recently passed new laws on courts, the Procuracy, and a new Criminal Procedure Code, and the government plans further changes to the legal system in the near future. While most of the changes introduced in these laws focus on administrative procedure an [...] | 2009-08-27 12:50:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM TX |
09ASHGABAT1108 | TURKMENISTAN: SOME TRANSPARENCY IN DRAFTING A NEW [...] (SBU) The Government of Turkmenistan has been working with the British Embassy and the German development agency Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) for the last year and a half to rewrite Turkmenistan's Criminal Code. This effort is part of a range of legal reforms that the Turkm [...] | 2009-09-01 13:11:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL PGOV KCRM TX |
09ASHGABAT1389 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 10:40:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TX |
09ASHGABAT251 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 09:48:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TX |
09ASHGABAT675 | TURKMENISTAN: DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-01 13:35:00 | Embassy Ashgabat | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TX |
09ASTANA1453 | KAZAKHSTAN: STILL MULLING OVER AMCIT CANDIDACY FOR [...] (U) Sensitive but unclassified. Not for public Internet. 2. (SBU) On August 19, we followed up with Azat Matenov, Attache with the MFA's Department of Multilateral Cooperation, on Kazakhstan's position on the candidacy of Ms. Lucretia Myers for the International Civil Service Commission ( [...] | 2009-09-02 01:50:00 | Embassy Astana | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS UNGA KZ |
09ASUNCION531 | SUPREME COURT SHAKE-UP IN PARAGUAY [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Via a controversial political deal between opposition parties, the Senate elected August 20 a new Supreme Court Justice to fill a two-year old vacancy and rejected reconfirmation of two Supreme Court Ministers. With three vacancies at stake, the Colorado Party, UNACE and a seve [...] | 2009-08-25 14:47:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS PA |
09ASUNCION623 | PARAGUAY WILL SUPPORT LUCRETIA MYERS IN ICSC VOTE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-26 15:58:00 | Embassy Asuncion | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | UNGA PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PA |
09ATHENS141 | NEW JUSTICE MINISTER SIGNS OFF ON U.S.-EU MUTUAL [...] (C) During an introductory call by the Ambassador January 27, new Greek Justice Minister Nikos Dendias confirmed that he had recently signed out to Parliament a legislative package for Greek ratification of the U.S.-EU Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) and Extradition agreements. Securing ratific [...] | 2009-02-02 15:32:00 | Embassy Athens | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KCRM KTIP CVIS KJUS GR |
09ATHENS157 | 17 NOVEMBER APPEALS TRIAL POSTPONED TO OCTOBER [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-04 15:26:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PREL KJUS GR |
09ATHENS243 | UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL: AMCIT NOMINATION DEMARCHE [...] (SBU) Poloff delivered reftel demarche to George Panagiotidis, Embassy Attache in the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, UN Directorate, on 23 February. Panagiotidis indicated that it would be given due consideration, but we have not yet received a response. MCCARTHY [...] | 2009-02-24 14:23:00 | Embassy Athens | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER PREL UNGA KAWC KJUS KUNR |
09BAGHDAD1359 | ICRC DISCUSSES DETAINEES, MASS GRAVES, AND THE MEK [...] (C) In a May 19 meeting with the Ambassador and the Embassy's Senior Coordinator for Refugees, ICRC Head of Iraq Delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer provided an overview of the ICRC's activities in Iraq and praised the close cooperation between the organization and the Embassy. Schaerer highligh [...] | 2009-05-25 12:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KREF KJUS IO IZ |
09BAGHDAD1414 | JOINT COORDINATION COMMITTEE CONVENES TO ADDRESS IRAQ [...] SUMMARY: The President of the Iraq Higher Judicial Council (HJC),Chief Judge Medhat al-Mahmoud, and the President of the Kurdistan Judicial Council (KJC),Chief Judge Ahmad Zobair, along with representatives of their respective judiciaries, met on April 28 to discuss issues of judicial feder [...] | 2009-05-31 09:01:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1491 | ANTI-CORRUPTION FIGHT CLAIMS FIRST KARBALA VICTIM [...] (U) According to a national radio station, former Acting Provincial Council (PC) Chairman Abd al-Al al-Yasiri was arrested on corruption charges on June 1. Radio Nawa reported that Yasiri (ISCI) was charged with abuse of authority stemming from a complaint filed with the provincial Public Int [...] | 2009-06-07 12:51:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCOR KJUS IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD1546 | A RARE AND VIGOROUS PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE OVER [...] (C) Summary: In another example of increasingly robust parliamentary assertions of oversight under the still new leadership of Speaker Ayad Samaraie, members of parliament slammed the Ministry of Interior for human rights abuses during the Council's June 11 session. Initiated by Sadrists, ot [...] | 2009-06-14 14:40:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PHUM PGOV PREL PTER |
09BAGHDAD1671 | Ministerial Committee on the Rule of Law and Detention [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's Chief Judge ordered Iraq's ministries to cooperate in processing detainee cases at the Ministerial Committee on the Rule of Law and Detention June 17. The committee, made up of representatives from the Higher Judicial Council, Ministry of Justice, Ministry of Interior, [...] | 2009-06-24 07:08:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV PHUM SOCI KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD1673 | DETAINEE RELEASES CONTINUE, ALBEIT AT A SLOWER PACE [...] (C) Summary: The release and transfer of detainees held by Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I) continues, albeit at a slower pace than when the process began in February. The Detainee Affairs Joint Subcommittee (JSC),established in February by the Security Agreement, continues to hold biwee [...] | 2009-06-24 08:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD1699 | PRISON ABUSE SCANDAL PUTS GOI ON THE DEFENSIVE [...] (SBU) The issue of detainee abuse and prison conditions has been transformed into an election-year hot potato following the assassination of Deputy Human Rights Committee Chairman Dr. Harith al-Obeidi, a Sadrist parliamentary bloc report alleging human rights violations by security officials, [...] | 2009-06-25 14:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1786 | GOI OFFICIALS SUPPORT TRANSFER OF CIVILIAN [...] (C) Iraq's Ministry of Defense holds thousands of civilians in more than 65 detention facilities throughout the country, often for longer periods than permitted under Iraqi law. Conditions in MOD prisons are among the worst in Iraq, and inmates often remain outside the reach of the judicial [...] | 2009-07-02 13:59:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1860 | SABEAN-MANDEANS: UNDER SIEGE BUT HOLDING ON [...] (C) Sabean-Mandean leaders living in Iraq describe their community as desperately wanting to remain and participate in the country's political life rather than emigrate abroad, despite being the frequent targets of criminal elements. These leaders tell us that members of the community who are [...] | 2009-07-10 09:13:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM KIRF KJUS PGOV PHUM SOCI SMIG IZ |
09BAGHDAD1911 | A STEP FORWARD ON HUMAN RIGHTS: MOD TRANSFERRING [...] (C) In response to a recent prison abuse scandal (ref A),the Iraqi Ministry of Defense (MOD) has ordered its operational commands to transfer detainees to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to bring the Iraqi Army in compliance with CPA Order number 10. CPA Order 10 vests full authority and contr [...] | 2009-07-14 15:00:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | KJUS PHUM PGOV SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD1951 | PM MALIKI: DON'T MAKE HUMAN RIGHTS A POLITICAL [...] (C) Summary: Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki used the platform provided by a July 8 symposium on the role of human rights-focused NGOs, sponsored by the Cabinet, to denounce the politicization of human rights issues by critics of the GOI. He laid the blame squarely on the shoulders of the S [...] | 2009-07-19 12:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD2055 | MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS TAKES ISSUE WITH AMNESTY [...] (C) A July 23 report from Amnesty International that nine Iraqi women face imminent execution appears to be exaggerated, according to the Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Selim. While Minister Selim confirmed that three Iraqi women have already been executed in 2009, she told us July 30 that n [...] | 2009-07-31 14:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KWMN SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2293 | AMBASSADOR HILL AND MINISTER OF JUSTICE DARA VISIT [...] (U) SUMMARY: On August 12, Ambassador Hill toured the Rusafa Prison Complex with Minister of Justice Dara Noor Al-Deen Baha, Al-Deen. Minister Dara hosted the tour to assess the conditions and treatment of detainees, and to show Ambassador Hill the facility and operation. Ambassador Hill [...] | 2009-08-25 13:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | SOCI PGOV PHUM KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD2478 | MINISTER OF HUMAN RIGHTS ON MEK, RESOURCES AND [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 7 meeting with the POL M/C, Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim criticized the GOI's handling of the Mujahadeen el-Khalq (MEK) issue, noting that Iraq has already lost the battle for public opinion within the international community. In addition, Salim cited a l [...] | 2009-09-14 07:09:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL KJUS PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2551 | GOI INCREASES CAPACITY OF IRAQI JUDICIARY [...] (U) SUMMARY: In September, 66 new judges graduated from the entry-level judicial education program at the Iraqi Judicial Training Institute (JTI),which is administered by the Ministry of Justice. These newly graduated judges are evidence of the Iraqi judiciary,s advancement as an instituti [...] | 2009-09-23 07:58:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD2709 | AUGUST 19 BOMBINGS DEMONSTRATE NEED FOR INCREASED [...] (U) SUMMARY: During the past year, Embassy Baghdad has seen a dramatic increase in the utilization of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) Attach office with regard to explosives and post- blast investigation in support of the Government of Iraq (GOI) and in accordanc [...] | 2009-10-07 15:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS IZ KCRM PTER |
09BAGHDAD2714 | DISTURBANCE AT BAGHDAD CENTRAL PRISON LEADS TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In the aftermath of a disturbance at Baghdad Central Prison (formerly Abu Ghraib) on September 10, the US Embassy and MNF-I facilitated the Ministry of Justice,s transfer of 2,630 inmates and 273 Iraqi Correctional officers (ICOs) to the recently completed USG funded Chamchamal [...] | 2009-10-08 07:27:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD2718 | EPRT ANBAR 1: FALLUJAH SHEIKS FEAR SECURITY RISKS [...] (U)This is an ePRT Anbar 1 (Fallujah) cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: On September 24, Fallujah's city council sheikhs complained that reduced U.S. aid and GoI budget austerity are spurring unemployment and creating fertile ground for Al Qaida recruitment. They lobbied for increased U.S. aid proje [...] | 2009-10-10 07:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ECON EAID EAGR ENRG PTER PHUM ASEC KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD2784 | PRT ANBAR: SUNNI ENDOWMENT TO SUPPORT ELECTIONS FROM THE [...] (U) This is a PRT Anbar (Ramadi) cable. 2. (U) SUMMARY: Sheikh Riyad Ziad al-Zobayee, a religious sheikh and deputy head of the Sunni Endowment in Anbar, briefed PRT on the Endowment's current and future activities in support of the electoral process. Among several efforts by the Endowment, [...] | 2009-10-15 14:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER PGOV ASEC PREL EAID KJUS KCRM KDEM IZ |
09BAGHDAD2801 | DESIGNATION OF EMBASSY BAGHDAD CONTACTS FOR EUJUST [...] (SBU) Per reftel, Post supports the EUJUST LEX training and mentoring mission in Iraq, and designates Senior Advisor to the Rule of Law Coordinator Robert Ogburn and Civilian Police and Judicial Affairs Officer Jenifer Moore as the US Embassy Rule of Law Points of Contact for discussions with [...] | 2009-10-19 08:36:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PGOV KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD2812 | KIDNAPPINGS OF IRAQI CHRISTIANS RAISES CONCERNS [...] (C) SUMMARY: A series of high profile kidnappings of Iraqi Christians over the past several months in Mosul, Kirkuk, and Baghdad have raised concerns amongst Christian leaders that the community is being deliberately targeted by criminal gangs. Whether the kidnappings are politically motivated [...] | 2009-10-19 12:33:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KJUS PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2883 | BATTERED AND BRUISED BUT CARRYING ON: BAGHDAD IN [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Two car bombs detonated in close succession in Baghdad on October 25, heavily damaging the Ministry of Justice and the Baghdad Provincial Council building. As of October 27, the Ministry of Interior told MNF-I that 93 Iraqis were killed and 641 injured in the xplosion [...] | 2009-10-27 18:30:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KJUS ECON IZ |
09BAGHDAD2884 | BAGHDAD BOMBINGS: INVESTIGATION CONTINUES AS MOJ, [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the wake of the October 25 car bombings at several key GOI buildings, Embassy law enforcement personnel have visited both sites and are working with MOI investigators. Despite heavy damage, the MOJ and Higher Judicial Council (HJC) have resumed partial operations both at the h [...] | 2009-10-28 09:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ASEC PINS PREL PTER PNAT KCRM KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD2911 | LEADER OF SABEAN-MANDEANS SAYS COMMUNITY UNDER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The leader of Iraq's Sabean-Mandean community, Sheikh Sittar Hillo, tells us that the Mandeans have received new death threats from extremist elements over the past ten days and that 10 Mandeans have been murdered over the past year. Hillo complained that the GOI has been neglige [...] | 2009-10-31 15:56:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | KIRF KJUS PHUM SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD2924 | PRESSING FM ZEBARI OVER DFI, SADDAM-ERA VICTIMS' [...] (C) Summary: Pol M/C raised points contained in reftel with FM Zebari on October 23 regarding a final one-year extension of the arrangements for the Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) and the need to settle Saddam-era claims of U.S. victims. Zebari expressed overall support for the approach, i [...] | 2009-11-02 14:06:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL UNSC KJUS IZ KU |
09BAGHDAD2927 | ICCTF COMBATS CONTRACT FRAUD AND CORRUPTION IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: To address corruption and fraud that pervaded the government procurement process during the initial stages of the USG's Iraq reconstruction effort, DOJ created the International Contract Corruption Task Force (ICCTF) in March 2006. The ICCTF is a joint law enforcement task forc [...] | 2009-11-02 14:23:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI IZ KCRM KJUS |
09BAGHDAD2946 | INL Baghdad October Highlights [...] (SBU) Summary: Embassy Baghdad's International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) office supports the development of rule of law in Iraq through police, judiciary, corrections, and anti-corruption programs. In response to challenges facing the GOI, INL Baghdad has worked throughout October t [...] | 2009-11-05 03:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD2986 | Iraqi Women Plant Flag As First Female Police Officers [...] (SBU) Summary: Coordinator for Assistance Transition Patricia Haslach attended Baghdad Police College's graduation ceremony, including its first class of 50 female police officers on November 9. Recruited from around Iraq, the new first lieutenants will serve at Ministry of Interior (MOI) a [...] | 2009-11-12 10:21:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD3008 | AMBASSADOR HILL DISCUSSES SECURITY, DETAINEES, AND [...] (C) Summary: In a November 10 meeting between the Ambassador and ICRC Head of Iraq Delegation Juan Pedro Schaerer, the latter provided an overview of the ICRC's activities related to detainees and the MEK, and introduced his replacement, Magne Barth. Schaerer praised the close cooperation [...] | 2009-11-16 15:26:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KREF KJUS IO IZ |
09BAGHDAD3128 | CHILDREN BEHIND BARS: IRAQI JUVENILES CHARGED WITH [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Within the past year, there have been several high-profile cases of juveniles charged with terrorism. In the face of increasing detentions of children for serious crimes under Iraqi law, including terrorism, the Iraqi judiciary is ill-equipped to handle the volume and [...] | 2009-12-02 12:35:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PHUM KCWI IZ |
09BAGHDAD3141 | SUSTAINED CORRECTIONS ADVISEMENT CRITICAL FOR [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The U.S. military will transition several thousand mid-to-high threat coalition security detainees to the Government of Iraq (GOI) in 2010. Task Force 134, which is charged with detainee operations, stresses the need to maintain a sufficient number of corrections advisors in s [...] | 2009-12-04 12:29:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PGOV PTER IZ |
09BAGHDAD3177 | EXECUTIONS IN IRAQ SET TO INCREASE [...] (C) The GOI appears set to accelerate the number of executions it carries out after the Eid holiday, having received signed death warrants from the Presidency Council for virtually all of the approximately 1,000 prisoners (including 17 women) currently sitting on death row. In a meeting on De [...] | 2009-12-10 12:49:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KWMN SOCI IZ |
09BAGHDAD3210 | PRESSURE MOUNTS TO OUST MOD'S HUMAN RIGHTS DIRECTOR [...] (C) SUMMARY: Over the past few months, the Ministry of Defense's (MOD) Human Rights Director, Iman Naji, has come under increasing pressure as the Ministry has launched (seemingly baseless) investigations into her conduct on a recent prison inspection as well as her professional/academic crede [...] | 2009-12-15 07:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD3289 | POST REQUESTS FY 2011 FUNDING FOR CORRECTIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The corrections advisor program in Iraq is needed to ensure humane treatment of detainees turned over to the GOI as well as to bolster GOI institutional capacity through December 2011. MNF-I will provide partial funding for the continuation of the corrections advisory program fo [...] | 2009-12-21 14:50:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS KCRM IZ PGOV |
09BAGHDAD3340 | PM ADVISOR ON PRESIDENCY COUNCIL, IHEC, ADDITIONAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: PM Advisor Sadiq Rikabi told A/DCM December 21 that according to the Iraqi constitution, the Presidency Council would expire with the current government and that any constitutional fix to extend it would be extremely difficult. He expressed uncertainty about whether the Presiden [...] | 2009-12-27 12:44:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM UNSC KJUS IZ SY |
09BAGHDAD3348 | TRAINING FOR COMMISSION ON INTEGRITY INVESTIGATORS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: With the expanded capacity of Iraq's primary anti-corruption enforcement agency, the Commission on Integrity (COI),the U.S. has begun working with the agency's managers to extend training programs for investigators in selected provincial locations. The first session was deliv [...] | 2009-12-28 13:07:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD3353 | IRAQ: INCSR Report Part I - Drug and Chemical Control [...] (SBU) Summary: Senior Iraqi Government officials acknowledge that illicit drugs enter Iraq from Iran, some to be used by Iraqis, but most transshipped south out of Basra or north through Iraqi Kurdistan. However, officials deny that illicit narcotics are a major problem in Iraq. Indeed, faced w [...] | 2009-12-29 04:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD3354 | IRAQ: INCSR Report Part II - Money Laundering and Financial [...] (SBU) Summary: Iraq's economy is primarily cash-based, and there is little data available on the extent of money laundering in the country. Smuggling is endemic, involving consumer goods, cigarettes, and petroleum products. Bulk cash smuggling, counterfeit currency, trafficking in persons, and [...] | 2009-12-29 04:14:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV IZ |
09BAGHDAD3366 | MINISTRY OF HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT ACCUSES KRG OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: A recent Ministry of Human Rights (MOHR) report on its inspection of prisons in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region (IKR) documents allegations by detainees that the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) is responsible for the illegal arrest and detention of Arabs from territories outside of [...] | 2009-12-30 11:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD3377 | PRT SALAH AD DIN: GOI INTERFERENCE IN PROVINCIAL [...] (U) This is a PRT Salah Ad Din reporting cable. 2. (C) SUMMARY: Following a two month standoff with the GOI central Government, the Salah Ad Din (SaD) Provincial Council (PC) is poised to forcibly remove the former Provincial Governor (PGOV) of SAD--which it voted from office on October 27 [...] | 2009-12-31 15:28:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PTER KDEM KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD358 | MOHR REPORTS ON 2008 STATS ON AMNESTY, DETAINEES, [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Human Rights has released and will soon publish its annual reports on detention facilities and victims of terrorism. According to the detentions report, 7,542 detainees were released on amnesty release orders during the year. The victims of terrorism report as [...] | 2009-02-11 14:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD374 | KRG JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AT ISSUE IN DRAFT LAW [...] (U) SUMMARY: The Kurdistan National Assembly (KNA) will consider a draft bill to establish a Judicial Institute in the Kurdish region, similar to the Judicial Training Institute of Baghdad, after their winter recess in January. Rule of Law representatives from the Erbil RRT and Baghdad PRT a [...] | 2009-02-13 07:37:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD377 | ICRC DISCUSSES DETAINEES, MEK, AND OPERATIONS WITH [...] (S) Summary: In a February 4 meeting with the Ambassador and Commanding General (CG) Multi-National Force-Iraq (MNF-I),ICRC Iraq Head of Delegation Juan-Pedro Schaerer thanked the USG for its cooperation with ICRC over the last year and hoped that the ICRC's recent report on USG arrests an [...] | 2009-02-13 09:45:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM KREF KJUS IR IZ |
09BAGHDAD436 | POSSIBLE FTO DESIGNATION FOR ASA'IB AHL AL HAQ [...] (U) In response to reftel, post provides the following response. 2. (S/NF) Regarding Kata,ib Hizballah (KH),post considers this group an irreconcilable Iranian proxy and supports its designation as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). Post believes the summary provided is accurate and [...] | 2009-02-19 13:39:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER ASEC PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD500 | KARBALA: DA'WA-SADRIST DEAL ON CASE REVIEWS BEING [...] (C) As reported in reftels, Da'wa -- in order to guarantee the Sadrists' continued political quiescence in Karbala -- has offered to expedite the closure of criminal cases stemming from the deadly violence that marred the Shabaniyah observances in August 2007. In the crackdown that followed, [...] | 2009-02-26 12:24:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD543 | MOHR ON NEW MINISTERS, MASS GRAVES, MP AL-DAINI [...] (C) Summary: Minister of Human Rights Wijdan Salim told us on February 24 that she expects the newly appointed Judge Dara will be an effective Minister of Justice, once he negotiates his learning curve. By contrast, she expressed concern about the new Acting Minister of State for Women's A [...] | 2009-03-02 14:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KWMN PTER KU IZ |
09BAGHDAD563 | PARLIAMENT CONFIRMS JUDGE DARA NOOR-ELDEEN AS NEW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On February 19, the Iraqi Parliament voted by an overwhelming majority to confirm the appointment of Judge Dara Noor-Eldeen Baha,-Eldeen as the new Minister of Justice. Subsequent to the vote, Judge Dara Baha,-Eldeen took the oath of office and was sworn in as the Minister of [...] | 2009-03-05 06:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS SNAR IQ |
09BAGHDAD729 | GOI TO MOVE FORWARD ON KUWAITI MASS GRAVES [...] (C) Summary: Iraq's Minister of Human Rights told us that she regrets the delays the GOI has caused in the ICRC-assisted effort to find Kuwaiti missing persons and open Kuwaiti mass graves. Noting that the GOI has worked out the internal issues that had stymied progress, Salim said she has [...] | 2009-03-18 08:52:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS KU IZ |
09BAGHDAD797 | ICRC PRESIDENT DISCUSSES SECURITY, DETAINEES, MEK [...] (C) Summary: Visiting Iraq for the first time since May 2003, ICRC President Jakob Kellenberger praised relations with the Embassy and Multinational Forces-Iraq (MNF-I) in a meeting with the Charg and MNF-I CG Odierno on March 17. Kellenberger noted that ICRC is involved in many protection [...] | 2009-03-23 13:15:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KREF KJUS IO IZ |
09BAGHDAD883 | THE GROWTH OF IRAQ'S HUMAN RIGHTS MINISTER AND HER [...] (U) Summary: The Ministry of Human Rights has grown into a stronger and more independent ministry under the leadership of Minister Wijdan Salim, particularly during the last year. In her almost three years as minister, Salim has increased the capacity of her staff, giving them the resource [...] | 2009-03-31 11:22:00 | Embassy Baghdad | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS IZ |
09BAGHDAD884 | DETAINEE RELEASES: BALANCING SECURITY WITH [...] (S) Summary: Aside from its compelling humanitarian aspects, the detainee issues continues to be a serious obstacle hindering nation-wide political accommodation. The GOI has a legitimate interest in safeguarding its citizens and establishing control throughout the country's cities and rur [...] | 2009-03-31 11:53:00 | Embassy Baghdad | SECRET | PHUM KJUS PGOV IZ |
09BAKU128 | AZERBAIJAN PASSES MONEY LAUNDERING/TERRORIST FINANCING LAW [...] SUMMARY: On February 10, 2009, the Azerbaijani Parliament passed an Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) law during the law's third Parliamentary reading. The next step in formalizing the law is for President Aliyev to sign it. This is a step forward in Azerbaijan's [...] | 2009-02-17 05:05:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SNAR KJUS OTRA KCRM KCOR AJ |
09BAKU130 | AZERBAIJAN PASSES MONEY LAUNDERING/TERRORIST FINANCING LAW [...] SUMMARY: On February 10, 2009, the Azerbaijani Parliament passed an Anti-Money Laundering (AML)/Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) law during the law's third Parliamentary reading. The next step in formalizing the law is for President Aliyev to sign it. This is a step forward in Azerbaijan's [...] | 2009-02-17 06:31:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SNAR KJUS OTRA KCRM KCOR AJ |
09BAKU450 | AZERBAIJAN: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON CRITICAL UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 08:15:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS AORC APER PREL |
09BAKU476 | AZERBAIJAN: PROSECUTOR GENERAL'S OFFICE SHOWS NEW [...] SUMMARY: A long period of inaccessibility to the Prosecutor General of Azerbaijan by the Embassy appears to have ended after the October 2008 elections. After a fruitful and warm meeting with the Ambassador and the DOJ Resident Legal Advisor, the Prosecutor General asked the RLA to travel th [...] | 2009-06-12 11:12:00 | Embassy Baku | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN SNAR KJUS OTRA KCRM KCOR AJ |
09BAMAKO112 | JUDICIAL AUTHORITIES IN KITA DISCUSS 2008 CHILD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 16:56:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KJUS KTIP PGOV ML |
09BAMAKO266 | MALI ANSWERS INTERPOL'S CALL BY ARRESTING DRUG [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-30 09:48:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KJUS PREL ML |
09BAMAKO375 | STRIKE OUT! MALI'S MAGISTRATES RETURN TO WORK [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-09 16:29:00 | Embassy Bamako | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM KJUS ML |
09BAMAKO666 | COSMETIC CHANGES IN STORE FOR THE MALIAN JUDICIARY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-16 13:02:00 | Embassy Bamako | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS PHUM ML |
09BANGKOK1004 | THAI PRIME MINISTER ABHISIT AIMS FOR [...] (C) The Ambassador recommended to a top MFA official on April 21 that the RTG lift the state of emergency (SOE) in Bangkok as soon as possible. RTG officials tell us that they understand our view and are eager to rescind the SOE, but they are concerned about a continuing possibility of destab [...] | 2009-04-21 09:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK1034 | THAI PRIME MINISTER LIFTS STATE OF EMERGENCY, [...] (C) The RTG at mid-day April 24 rescinded the state of emergency that had existed in Bangkok since April 12. Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, meeting with Charge and visiting civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, said he hoped that Secretary Clinton would be able to sign an instrument for U.S [...] | 2009-04-24 10:12:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS KDEM ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK1059 | THAKSIN'S REVOLUTIONARY RHETORIC [...] (C) In the run-up to mid-April riots in Bangkok, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra used increasingly incendiary rhetoric. Although Thaksin has subsequently asserted he supports only peaceful measures, his public call for a "revolution" and for the supremacy of "the people" over sometim [...] | 2009-04-29 10:33:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK1101 | CROWD CONTROL DURING RECENT PROTESTS IN THAILAND [...] (C) The Thai Army, rather than the police, played the leading role in quelling angry demonstrations in Bangkok April 12-14. The Thai government's decision to rely on the Army may have stemmed from several factors, including the political views of leading Army and police officers, as well as l [...] | 2009-05-01 09:43:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINS PHUM KJUS KDEM ASEC MOPS TH |
09BANGKOK114 | NEW "THAI PRIDE" PARTY (PHUMJAI THAI) BECOMES [...] (SBU) As legislators from dissolved political parties develop new party affiliations, it appears a faction of former People's Power Party legislators will comprise the second-largest coalition partner of the Democrat Party. This faction, loyal to Buriram politician Newin Chidchob, is at the c [...] | 2009-01-15 10:01:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK124 | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL ALLEGES TORTURE IN SOUTHERN [...] (C) Amnesty International (AI) released a report entitled "Thailand: Torture in the Southern Counter-Insurgency" on January 13. The report cited 34 accounts of alleged torture in the four southernmost provinces, including four cases that resulted in the death of the detainee. The report claim [...] | 2009-01-16 10:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK1306 | THAILAND TO CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC [...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of International Organizations official Ranoppun Kapittai on June 1 and conveyed reftel's points seeking support for Lucretia Myers' election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) during the upcoming 64th UN Gene [...] | 2009-06-01 09:22:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA KUNR KJUS KAWC |
09BANGKOK1367 | VIKTOR BOUT CASE: URGENT REQUEST TO RETAIN LOCAL [...] (U) ACTION REQUESTED - see para 4. 2. (SBU) In an effort to delay his extradition to the United States, international arms trafficker Viktor Bout has filed a criminal complaint in Bangkok against three U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents (ref B). Bout's meritless complaint is based [...] | 2009-06-05 08:54:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KLIG PREL KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK140 | THAI COURT SENTENCES AUSTRALIAN TO THREE YEARS FOR [...] (C) The Thai Criminal Court sentenced Australian author Harry Nicolaides January 19 to three years imprisonment for the criminal offense of lese majeste, or offense to the monarchy, related to remarks in his 2005 novel Verisimilitude. Nicolaides had remained imprisoned without bail since bein [...] | 2009-01-20 10:50:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK1417 | SIX THAI POLICEMEN CHARGED WITH TEEN'S 2004 MURDER [...] (C) The Department of Special Investigations (DSI) has charged six Royal Thai Police (RTP) officers with the July 2004 premeditated murder of 17-year-old Kiattisak Thitboonkrong. Kiattisak is just one of over 20 young men who died suspiciously in Kalasin Province from 2003-2005 in what appear [...] | 2009-06-14 23:45:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM TH |
09BANGKOK1549 | VIKTOR BOUT CASE: EMBASSY DELIVERS DIPNOTE AND [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Per reftel instructions, the Acting Deputy Chief of Mission (ADCM) on June 29 handed over to Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Director of the Legal Affairs Division Chatri Archjananun the criminal complaint and court summons for three DEA Special Agents, which had been delivered [...] | 2009-06-30 03:04:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KLIG PREL AMGT KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK164 | PUSHING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, THAI PM LIGHTS FIRE [...] (C) Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva ordered top police officers to accelerate investigations into unsolved high-profile crimes during a closed-door meeting on January 21. Abhisit flagged several Thaksin-era cases, including the 2004 disappearance of Muslim lawyer Somchai Neelaipaijit and th [...] | 2009-01-22 11:39:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK206 | AMBASSADOR AND CROWN PRINCE DISCUSS POLITICS, [...] (U) The Ambassador had a private New Year's audience with Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn for 45 minutes at the Amporn Palace in Bangkok on January 26. The Crown Prince's consort, Princess Srirasmi, also attended. Political Scene --------------- 2. (C) The Crown Prince noted it was clear to [...] | 2009-01-27 09:55:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON ETRD KJUS KCRM TH |
09BANGKOK208 | ONE MONTH CHECK: AMBASSADOR'S INTERLOCUTORS [...] (C) One month into the government of PM Abhisit Vejajjiva, a series of interlocutors shared generally positive impressions of the new PM's initial weeks in office with Ambassador but seemed more animated discussing the opposition, particularly ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra's lingering influence fro [...] | 2009-01-27 10:18:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK247 | OPPOSITION PARTY AND ACTIVISTS PUT PRESSURE ON [...] (C) Pro-Thaksin legislators and activists have criticized Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and his administration on issues ranging from substantive to petty. Abhisit's critics have focused substantial attention on his appointment of figures linked to the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) [...] | 2009-01-30 09:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK26 | PLOTTER CONVICTED IN 2004 KILLING OF THAI [...] (C) The Criminal Court sentenced provincial lawyer Thanu Hinkaew to death on December 31 for allegedly orchestrating the 2004 killing of environmental activist Charoen Wataksorn; the court also acquitted two co-defendants due to lack of evidence. Thanu remained in court custody, pending an ap [...] | 2009-01-07 07:58:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK2806 | THAILAND WILL SUPPORT GERMANY, ITALY, AND GREECE [...] (C) PolOff engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Department of International Organizations official Ranoppun Kapittai November 3 to follow up a meeting we had October 28 with Department of International Organizations Deputy Director-General Medha Promthep to seek support for Lucretia Myer [...] | 2009-11-03 11:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UNGA KUNR KJUS KAWC |
09BANGKOK325 | THAILAND: LESE MAJESTE ARRESTS AND ACTIONS AGAINST [...] (C) Legal action in the courts and against websites on grounds of lese majeste, or offense to the monarchy, have seemingly increased under the new Democrat-led coalition government, with both the Justice Minister and the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Minister having stated pub [...] | 2009-02-06 10:19:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK364 | HOPING FOR JUSTICE: FOLLOWING UP ON CASES [...] (C) There has been some movement in three of the four "cold cases" highlighted by PM Abhisit in January as priorities for resolution to restore a sense of accountability: the 2004 disappearance of Muslim lawyer Somchai; the 2003 murder of a witness in a possible tax evasion case by former PM T [...] | 2009-02-12 07:40:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK458 | THAI POLITICAL ROUNDUP: DEMONSTRATION, [...] (SBU) Anti-government "redshirt" protesters plan a large rally at Government House on February 24. Opposition legislators unsuccessfully floated the idea of a "national reconciliation" bill that would provide amnesty to disenfranchised politicians. Opposition figures continue to file complai [...] | 2009-02-23 10:32:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM TH |
09BANGKOK483 | THAILAND WILL CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department for Treaties and Legal Affairs First Secretary Pakvipa Arvipanh February 24 urging Thailand to support the candidacy of Judge Mark P. Painter for the UN Appeals Tribunal (reftel). Pakvipa stated that the RTG had drawn up a short list [...] | 2009-02-25 10:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09BANGKOK484 | THAILAND WILL CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department for Treaties and Legal Affairs First Secretary Pakvipa Arvipanh February 24 urging Thailand to support the candidacy of Judge Mark P. Painter for the UN Appeals Tribunal (reftel). Pakvipa stated that the RTG had drawn up a short list [...] | 2009-02-25 10:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09BANGKOK485 | THAILAND WILL CONSIDER U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] (SBU) We engaged Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Department for Treaties and Legal Affairs First Secretary Pakvipa Arvipanh February 24 urging Thailand to support the candidacy of Judge Mark P. Painter for the UN Appeals Tribunal (reftel). Pakvipa stated that the RTG had drawn up a short list [...] | 2009-02-25 10:56:00 | Embassy Bangkok | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09BANGKOK520 | THAI MFA PERMSEC RAISES LESE MAJESTE WITH [...] (C) EAP Deputy Assistant Secretary and U.S. Ambassador for ASEAN Affairs Scot Marciel engaged Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) Permanent Secretary Virasadki Futrakul February 28 on the sidelines of the ASEAN Summit in Cha-am/Hua Hin regarding U.S.-bilateral relations and ASEAN issues ( [...] | 2009-03-03 03:15:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK567 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES DEPUTY PM SUTHEP ON VIKTOR BOUT [...] (S) Summary: The Ambassador on March 4 pressed Thai Deputy Prime Minister Suthep Thaugsuban to ensure retraction or rebuttal of false court testimony in the extradition proceedings of Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout, which resume March 6. Suthep said Prime Minister Abhisit had previously [...] | 2009-03-05 10:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | SECRET | PTER PREL PARM PGOV ECON KCRM KJUS TH RU |
09BANGKOK610 | THAILAND: LESE MAJESTE DEBATE ENTERS PUBLIC [...] (C) Issues associated with implementation of the lese majeste (offense to the monarchy) provisions of the Thai Criminal Code continue to generate headlines and controversy. The police Crime Suppression Division (CSD) arrested Executive Director Chiranuch Premchaiporn of Prachatai.com, an onli [...] | 2009-03-10 10:00:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK636 | FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF DISAPPEARED THAI HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) March 12 is the fifth anniversary of the disappearance of noted human rights lawyer Somchai Neelapaichit, widely presumed to have been kidnapped and murdered by the Thai police in 2004. The Working Group for Justice and Peace (WGJP),headed by Angkhana Neelaphaichit, Somchai's widow, co [...] | 2009-03-12 11:27:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK706 | AIT CHAIRMAN BURGHARDT AND FM OU DISCUSS BILATERAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Extradition, an FTA and visa waiver are Taiwan's top bilateral priorities, FM Ou told AIT Chairman Burghardt during their March 18 meeting. Although the leadership in Beijing has tacitly accepted Taiwan's diplomatic truce and mutual non-denial, this is not the case at lower lev [...] | 2009-03-20 04:14:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | ASEC PHUM PTER SNAR PREL PARM PGOV KCRM KJUS |
09BANGKOK78 | THAI SOUTHERN VIOLENCE: RECENT COURT RULINGS ON [...] (C) A Thai civilian court recently ruled that a local Muslim leader from southern Thailand suspected of being an insurgent facilitator died while in Army custody in March 2008, but the court failed to assign responsibility for the death; the case appears headed for further proceedings in a mil [...] | 2009-01-12 10:26:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KPAO KJUS TH |
09BANGKOK974 | BANGKOK CALM, SOME REDSHIRT LEADERS ARRESTED [...] (C) Bangkok is calm after the April 12-14 confrontations between soldiers and protestors supportive of the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD). Some leading UDD figures remain detained by police, while others remain at large. Some Thais predict UDD protests may eventually r [...] | 2009-04-16 10:25:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK982 | LEADING ANTI-THAKSIN ACTIVIST SONDHI SHOT IN [...] (SBU) Unidentified gunmen shot a leading "yellowshirt" political activist in Bangkok in the early morning hours of April 17. As of mid-day, the victim, Sondhi Limthongkul, was recovering from surgery. Sondhi previously led protests against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra but maintai [...] | 2009-04-17 09:53:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KDEM ASEC TH |
09BANGKOK991 | THAI GOVERNMENT VS. THAKSIN: ARREST WARRANTS, PASSPORT REVOCATION, AND OVERTURE TO NICARAGUA [...] (SBU) The RTG has formally informed the Embassy via diplomatic note of new measures against former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra: the issuance of a new arrest warrant for inciting mob violence, and the revocation of Thaksin's Thai passport. These steps follow the eruption of mob violence in Pat [...] | 2009-04-20 09:47:00 | Embassy Bangkok | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR CVIS CPAS KJUS NU TH |
09BANGUI115 | CARG TO VOTE YES FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL [...] (U) On the 4th of June, 2009, POLOFF delivered the referenced demarche concerning Lucretia Myers' candidacy for the UN International Civil Service Commission to Central African Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (DMFA),Ambrosine Kpongo. During the meeting, the DMFA said that the Ministry would [...] | 2009-06-09 14:55:00 | Embassy Bangui | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA CT |
09BEIJING2773 | POST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ASSESS RELATIONS [...] (C) Summary: U.S.-China law enforcement cooperation, while increasingly important to broadening bilateral ties, continues to face considerable challenges. The Chinese have yet to establish a record of reliable and productive law enforcement cooperation. Notwithstanding some limited joint la [...] | 2009-09-25 10:28:00 | Embassy Beijing | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KCRM KFRD KJUS SOCI CH |
09BEIJING3040 | PRC AGREES TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC; [...] (SBU) The PRC agrees to support the candidacy of Ms. Lucretia Myers for election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC),MFA International Organizations and Conferences Department UN Division Officer Liu Bing reported to PolOff November 4. In affirming PRC support for Myers' [...] | 2009-11-04 06:00:00 | Embassy Beijing | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA CH |
09BEIRUT101 | LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER CONFIDENT SPECIAL [...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar informed the Ambassador that he expected the four Lebanese judges on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) to spend approximately two weeks in The Hague in March to approve the procedural code for the Tribunal. He also believed the four generals, currently [...] | 2009-01-26 17:06:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS KTIP SOCI |
09BEIRUT1130 | THE SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON AS POLITICAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) is still a political football, with opposition-aligned figures striving to discredit it and the majority pledging its support for the STL's mission of bringing to justice those responsible for the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik [...] | 2009-10-14 14:49:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS UNSC PTER PREL SOCI PINR LE SY |
09BEIRUT1181 | LEBANON REQUESTS ICAO VOTE IN EXCHANGE FOR IMO AND [...] (C) We delivered ref A demarche regarding the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on September 30 and ref B demarche on the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) (ref B) on October 23 to both MFA Americas desk officer Reina Charbel and Acting Director General of the MFA Depart [...] | 2009-10-28 15:26:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KJUS KUNR PHSA PREL UNGA |
09BEIRUT1318 | HARIRI'S DAMASCUS TRIP COMPLICATED BY SYRIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanese Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar confirmed on December 10 that the GOL had received "warrants" for 23 former and current Lebanese officials and journalists to appear before the Syrian judiciary. The warrants were issued in connection with a case brought in a Syrian court b [...] | 2009-12-14 16:36:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR KJUS LE SY |
09BEIRUT263 | LEBANON: NEW MOU WITH TRIBUNAL PROSECUTOR MAY BE [...] (C) Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar said that the Special Tribunal for Lebanon's (STL) Prosecutor asked for an MOU with the GOL so that he could continue his investigation in Lebanon. Najjar, a March 14 minister but not known as a political figure, presented the draft MOU in the February 26 [...] | 2009-03-05 14:57:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR UNSC KJUS SY LE |
09BEIRUT463 | LEBANON: JUSTICE MINISTER WILL TAKE STL'S CUE ON FOUR GENERALS' DETENTION [...] (C) In an April 22 meeting, Justice Minister Ibrahim Najjar confirmed that the GOL had transferred all of its files related to former PM Rafiq Hariri's assassination and the ensuing political assassinations to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL). He expects to learn by April 27 whether STL [...] | 2009-04-23 13:16:00 | Embassy Beirut | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PINR KJUS UNSC AE SY LE |
09BELGRADE1534 | FY 2009 PROJECT PROPOSAL SOLICITATION FOR INL LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: This is a Response to Action Request that solicited and provided instructions for preparing criminal justice-related project proposals to be funded with FY 2009 INCLE, ESF, Support for Eastern European Democracy Act (SEED) and FREEDOM funds. The response encompasses proposals f [...] | 2009-12-22 13:24:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS SNAR SR |
09BELGRADE212 | SERBIA: TADIC TARGETS ORGANIZED CRIME [...] (SBU) President Tadic has declared that the Serbian government will take on entrenched organized crime groups in order to break their linkages with business and the state, and thereby enable Serbia to cope with the economic crisis. The message, which marks a distinct shift in the government's [...] | 2009-03-12 16:10:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KJUS KV SR |
09BELGRADE32 | SERBIA DELAYS CHANGES TO CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE [...] (SBU) Serbia will not implement the proposed 2006 amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) that would have introduced improvements to criminal investigations. Instead, the government continues to work on a complete revision of the CPC which will introduce more reforms. At the same time [...] | 2009-01-12 15:30:00 | Embassy Belgrade | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KTIP KCRM KJUS SOCI SR |
09BERLIN1167 | DATA PRIVACY TRUMPS SECURITY: IMPLICATIONS OF A [...] (C) Summary: Current polling data suggest that the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and the Free Democratic Party (FDP) could receive sufficient votes in the September 27 national elections to form a governing coalition. The FDP are strong defenders of citizens' privacy rights and these views ha [...] | 2009-09-21 08:26:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS KHLS GM |
09BERLIN1176 | MERKEL VS. STEINMEIER? WHAT DO THE GERMAN [...] (C/NF) This is not a "change" election. The German public does not see the September 27 parliamentary elections as decisive, and on many foreign policy fronts, including Afghanistan, arms control, and Russia, we do not foresee significant or distinct policy differences between the two most fe [...] | 2009-09-22 13:45:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ECON EFIN EINV ENRG ETRD GM KJUS PGOV PREL |
09BERLIN1377 | SECURITY TAKES BACKSEAT AS NEW JUSTICE MINISTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany's new Federal Justice Minister, Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, has strong views on individual liberties and personal privacy that are likely to lead to complications with the USG concerning law enforcement security cooperation and data sharing. Leutheusser-Schnarrenb [...] | 2009-11-02 07:05:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS KHLS GM |
09BERLIN1393 | GERMANY'S NEW INTERIOR MINISTER FACES STEEP [...] (C) SUMMARY: Germany's new federal interior minister, Thomas de Maiziere, is known for being a competent administrator who performed effectively over the past four years as the Chancellery Chief of Staff. De Maiziere is a close confidant of Chancellor Merkel, their professional relationship d [...] | 2009-11-04 12:15:00 | Embassy Berlin | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PTER PREL KHLS KJUS GM |
09BERLIN1528 | COALITION TESTED AS US-EU TFTP/SWIFT AGREEMENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: German Federal Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere overruled Justice Minister Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger and abstained from voting at the November 30 COREPER vote in Brussels on an interim U.S.-EU agreement to continue the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program. De Maiziere' [...] | 2009-12-03 10:19:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL KJUS KHLS GM |
09BERLIN1590 | S/CT AMBASSADOR BENJAMIN PUSHES FOR MORE DATA [...] (C) SUMMARY: Counterterrorism Coordinator Daniel Benjamin urged German interlocutors to support a variety of programs to increase U.S.-European and U.S.-German counterterrorism-related information sharing. Ambassador Benjamin specifically called on Germany to support the U.S.-EU agreement to [...] | 2009-12-16 07:16:00 | Embassy Berlin | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV KHLS KJUS GM |
09BERLIN230 | GERMANY WILL SUPPORT AMCIT JUDICIAL NOMINATION [...] (SBU) In response to Reftel demarche, Michael Fabri-Weiland of the German MFA United Nations desk informed Econoff that Germany "will gladly support" the candidacy of Judge Mark Painter for a position on the UN Appeals Tribunal. Fabri-Weiland also requested U.S. support of German candidate [...] | 2009-02-25 10:48:00 | Embassy Berlin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09BERN91 | UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL: LIECHTENSTEIN TO SUPPORT [...] (SBU) Liechtenstein: On February 27, acting POL/E Counselor followed up on the request for support for the U.S. UNAT candidate (reftels) with Ambassador Hubert Buechel, COM at the Embassy of Liechtenstein in Bern. Ambassador Buechel expressed understanding for the importance of the matter to [...] | 2009-02-27 17:52:00 | Embassy Bern | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC KAWC KJUS UNGA SZ LS |
09BOGOTA1027 | JUSTICE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS PROPOSE WAY FORWARD [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-31 14:14:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PTER SNAR CO |
09BOGOTA1047 | MARCH HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (U) Bogota's Superior Court issued the first conviction of a participant under the Justice and Peace Law. Fliers calling for "social cleansing" have appeared in over 20 cities. The Supreme Court reopened the case of retired General Rito Alejo del Rio for alleged paramilitary collaboration in [...] | 2009-04-01 16:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1120 | GOC PROCEEDS WITH PRIVATIZATION OF PROTECTION [...] (C) The Ministry of Interior and Justice (MOIJ) is privatizing its protection program, which covers nearly 11,000 at risk human rights defenders, unionists, journalists and other threatened individuals. Program Director Rafael Bustamante told us a well-established security company has been c [...] | 2009-04-03 15:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KJUS PHUM PREL PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA1208 | COLOMBIA: PROPOSED ACTION PLAN TO ENSURE CONTINUED [...] (C) The Colombian Supreme Court's recent denial of seven U.S. extradition requests marked the Court's shift to a more restrictive interpretation of Colombia's constitutional limits on extradition. The shift reflects a longstanding debate in Colombian judicial circles, a nationalist backlash [...] | 2009-04-08 21:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1252 | NEW INTELLIGENCE LAW CREATES UNIFIED FRAMEWORK AND [...] (C) The Colombian Congress recently passed Law 1288 which sets up a unified legal framework for domestic intelligence gathering, establishes a Joint Intelligence Council to facilitate intelligence sharing, and creates a congressional intelligence oversight committee. GOC officials say the law [...] | 2009-04-16 17:58:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PINR PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1294 | COLOMBIA AND BRAZIL MOVING AHEAD ON JOINT SECURITY [...] (C) The GOC is reaching out to Brazil and Peru to raise its regional profile and improve trade and security relations with its neighbors. Colombian and Brazil recently concluded an agreement to jointly monitor each other's airspace to combat illegal armed groups (the FARC) and narco-traffickin [...] | 2009-04-20 20:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR |
09BOGOTA1352 | SENATE INVESTIGATION INTO SOACHA FALSE POSITIVE [...] (C) A public meeting convoked by the Colombian Senate on the Soacha killings turned heated when Senator Galan challenged Defense Minister Santos' claim that extrajudicial killings stopped after the GOC's high-profile dismissal of 27 military officers for the Soacha murders on October 30 last y [...] | 2009-04-24 18:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS MOPS MARR PTER MASS CO |
09BOGOTA1364 | GOC CELEBRATES DON MARIO'S ARREST, BUT CONCERNS [...] (C) GOC officials celebrated the April 15 arrests of major narcotraffickers Daniel Rendon Herrera (aka "Don Mario") and Jose Leonardo Munoz (alias "Douglas"),noting that the detentions will disrupt drug flows in northern Colombia and send an important message to the public that no one is invi [...] | 2009-04-27 22:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER SNAR PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1369 | CONGRESS MOVES TOWARDS APPROVAL OF CONTROVERSIAL [...] (SBU) Summary: Victim's of Colombia's conflict have suffered death, kidnapping, rape, and the loss of land and other assets. The Justice and Peace Law (JPL) was the GOC's initial attempt to provide reparations to victims. Still, to date almost no victims have received reparations under the [...] | 2009-04-28 15:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1385 | SUPREME COURT ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT [...] (C) After more than one hundred votes and a four month delay, the Supreme Court elected Augusto Ibanez as its new President. The delay reflected divisions between magistrates who favor a confrontational approach toward the executive and those who want lower Court-Executive tensions. Ibanez co [...] | 2009-04-29 20:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1412 | DAS DOMESTIC SPYING SCANDAL DEEPENS [...] (C) Colombia's leading newsweekly "Semana" broke new details on domestic spying by the Department of Administrative Security (DAS),alleging the DAS maintained an extensive illegal surveillance program against GOC opponents and Supreme Court magistrates. "Semana" claims the DAS has had a uni [...] | 2009-05-04 19:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1415 | DAS DOMESTIC SPYING SCANDAL DEEPENS [...] (C) Colombia's leading newsweekly "Semana" broke new details on domestic spying by the Department of Administrative Security (DAS),alleging the DAS maintained an extensive illegal surveillance program against GOC opponents and Supreme Court magistrates. "Semana" claims the DAS has had a uni [...] | 2009-05-04 19:50:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1442 | APRIL HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] The Prosecutor General (Fiscalia) asked for a 60-year sentence against ex-Senator Alvaro Garcia Romero for his role in facilitating paramilitary massacres, and charged former Cesar Governor Alvaro Araujo Noguera and his son, ex-Senator Alvaro Araujo Castro, for conspiring with paramilitaries t [...] | 2009-05-05 20:40:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS PTER CO |
09BOGOTA145 | HOMICIDES CONTINUE ON DOWNWARD TREND IN COLOMBIA [...] (U) The GOC's preliminary numbers for 2008 showed that homicides dropped from 16,318 in 2007 to 15,200 in 2008, a 6.8 percent decrease. Atlantico and Meta saw a ten percent reduction due to an increase in Police operations and military presence. Still, some regions -- including Medellin -- [...] | 2009-01-15 21:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1506 | URIBE PLEDGES TO PROTECT JUSTICES FROM ILLEGAL [...] (C) President Uribe met with the heads of Colombia's highest courts following press revelations that Colombia's Department of Administrative Security (DAS) had conducted illegal surveillance and harassment of Supreme Court magistrates. The press reported that the magistrates left the meeting [...] | 2009-05-13 14:28:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1618 | DAS REVELATIONS KEEP COMING [...] (C) The DAS scandal returned to the headlines on May 13 with media reports that the Department of Administrative Security (DAS) had spied on leading opposition figures in the 2006 elections and that a former DAS official linked high-ranking GOC officials to the illegal surveillance of Supreme [...] | 2009-05-22 17:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1624 | DAS SCANDAL REIGNITES URIBE-COURT FEUD [...] (C) The longstanding feud between Colombia's judicial and executive branches reignited on May 14 after media reports claimed a former Department of Administrative Security (DAS) official had testified about high-level GOC involvement in the illegal surveillance and monitoring of Supreme Court [...] | 2009-05-22 20:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1813 | BANANA-SECTOR NEGOTIATIONS CONCLUDE POSITIVELY [...] (U) A strike that paralyzed banana exports for 13 days concluded on May 20 with an agreement to increase workers' salaries by 8% in the first year of a new collective bargaining agreement, and by the change in the local Consumer Price Index (CPI) in the second. Approximately 18,000 workers p [...] | 2009-06-04 17:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KJUS PHUM PREL PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA1824 | ARBITRARY DETENTION FOCUS OF HUMAN RIGHTS [...] Post's biannual certification consultations with human rights groups focused primarily on arbitrary detention. Participants reported the rate of detentions had declined under the new accusatory system. Still, they said the Colombian National Police (CNP) frequently abuse its right to provisi [...] | 2009-06-05 18:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS ELAB CO |
09BOGOTA1826 | MAY HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (C) Local United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Deputy Director Javier Hernandez told us extrajudicial killings by security forces fell 50% from 2007 to 2008. He said UNHCHR does not consider Defense Ministry Directive 29 to have been a factor in "false positive" cases, [...] | 2009-06-05 21:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS PTER ELAB CO |
09BOGOTA1845 | MILITARY HUMAN RIGHTS ADVANCES FACE GROWING [...] (C) President Uribe is increasingly sensitive to the need for further human rights progress within the military, publicly praising the efforts of former Defense Minister Juan Manuel Santos in this regard. Current GOC human rights initiatives have garnered results: reducing extrajudicial kil [...] | 2009-06-09 16:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS PREL MOPS MCAP CO |
09BOGOTA1879 | BOTH SIDES UP THE ANTE IN EXECUTIVE-COURT FEUD [...] (C) The ongoing feud between the executive and judicial branches heated up in the wake of the Supreme Court's June 4 conviction of two former congressmen for accepting bribes from GOC officials to help President Uribe's first reelection initiative. The Casa de Narino responded on June 7 by re [...] | 2009-06-11 19:19:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1894 | MEDELLIN'S MURDER RATE CONTINUES TO SOAR [...] (C) The murder rate in Medellin continues to soar, despite a late January GOC push to stem the increase. Medellin Secretary of Government Jesus Ramirez told us murders rose 80% in the city during the first five months of the year, compared with the same period in 2008. Ramirez and others att [...] | 2009-06-12 16:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1975 | SUPREME COURT AND GOC UPDATE POSTIIONS ON [...] (C) The Ambassador met separately with leaders of Colombia's Supreme Court and with Interior and Justice Minister Valencia Cossio to discuss extradition-related issues. The Ambassador stressed the USG's desire to keep positive relations with the Court, and said the Court might find USG input [...] | 2009-06-18 18:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA1982 | SUPREME COURT DENIES MARTIN SOMBRA'S EXTRADITION [...] (C) The Supreme Court denied our request for the extradition of FARC member Eli Mejia Mendoza ("Martin Sombra"),who was involved in the hostage-taking of the three American contractors rescued last July. The Court concluded that our request failed to meet the necessary "extraterritorial" req [...] | 2009-06-18 23:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PREL PTER SNAR CO |
09BOGOTA2015 | RAPPORTEUR SEES PROGRESS ON EXTRAJUDICIAL [...] (U) United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Executions Philip Alston released his initial findings June 18. He praised the GOC's efforts to address 'false positives,' noting allegations of military extrajudicial killings have fallen sharply over the last 6-9 months, but called f [...] | 2009-06-22 21:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS PREL CO |
09BOGOTA2016 | CTI INVESTIGATION INTO ILLEGAL DAS SURVEILLANCE [...] (C) A preliminary Prosecutor General Office (Fiscalia) report confirms media claims of extensive spying on human rights groups, journalists, and opposition leaders by the Department of Administrative Security (DAS). Investigators found evidence that the DAS--probably illegally--set up a secre [...] | 2009-06-23 18:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA2019 | CTI INVESTIGATION INTO ILLEGAL DAS SURVEILLANCE [...] (C) A preliminary Prosecutor General Office (Fiscalia) report confirms media claims of extensive spying on human rights groups, journalists, and opposition leaders by the Department of Administrative Security (DAS). Investigators found evidence that the DAS--probably illegally--set up a secre [...] | 2009-06-23 20:04:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA2050 | ARMY IG ORDERED TO STOP 'FALSE POSITIVE' [...] (C) Army Inspector General General Carlos Suarez told us on June 23 that Army Commander General Oscar Gonzalez Pena had ordered him to temporarily stop investigating 'false positive' cases. Gonzalez claimed the investigations were undermining officers' morale and leading to fewer combat kil [...] | 2009-06-25 22:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS MOPS MCAP CO |
09BOGOTA2052 | COLOMBIAN CONGRESS FREES 19,000 AUC FROM LEGAL [...] (SBU) The Colombian Congress passed a law on June 15 allowing the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) to apply the 'principle of opportunity'--a plea bargain which allows suspension of criminal investigations--to 19,000 demobilized rank-and-file paramilitaries. The 19,000 demobilized in t [...] | 2009-06-26 13:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS PREL CO |
09BOGOTA2062 | URABA SECURITY UPDATE [...] (C) Local security officialstold us major drug trafficker Daniel Rendon's (Don Mario's) capture has not affected local crime rates, and that narcotrafficking remains an enormous problem. The FARC, ELN, and criminal groups grow coca in the region's national parks, ship drugs out through the G [...] | 2009-06-26 21:10:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PHUM PREF PREL PTER CO |
09BOGOTA2065 | BOTH SIDES SEE SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE IN VICTIMS' [...] (U) Citing exorbitant costs, the Uribe coalition voted down the final version of the Victim's bill--which would have provided financial and land reparations to all victims--on June 18. Victims' groups considered the loss a relative victory since the GOC-sponsored Victims' bill--which require [...] | 2009-06-26 22:29:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS PREL CO |
09BOGOTA2088 | FISCALIA CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD ON SOACHA CASES [...] (U) The Fiscalia has formally charged 75 individuals--72 army and 3 civilians--for the 'false positive' murders of thirteen Soacha residents. In courtroom statements, prosecutors have attributed the motive to the military's informal bodycount system. Victims' families report receiving thre [...] | 2009-07-01 20:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS PREL CO |
09BOGOTA2089 | JUNE HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (SBU) The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) continues to make progress in 'false positive' investigations, with 75 people charged for involvement in the Soacha scandal and seven members of the Army convicted in older cases. The Fiscalia is currently investigating 1056 cases--involving [...] | 2009-07-01 20:59:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS PTER CO |
09BOGOTA2156 | URIBE PICKS FOR TOP PROSECUTOR FACE COURT SCRUTINY [...] (C) President Uribe nominated former Colombian Permanent Representative to the OAS Camilo Ospina, former Council of State magistrate Juan Angel Palacio, and long-time Uribe associate Virginia Uribe Betancur to replace Mario Iguaran as Prosecutor General. The Supreme Court will question all thre [...] | 2009-07-08 19:43:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA2173 | FISCALIA: NO PATTERN OF ARBITRARY DETENTION, BUT [...] (U) Advisor to the National Director of Prosecutors Maria Ximena Rincon told us the Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) is reviewing 32 cases documented in a recent Human Rights First (HRF) report on alleged baseless prosecutions and arbitrary detentions of human rights defenders. The re [...] | 2009-07-09 15:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS PTER CO |
09BOGOTA2186 | PORT DEMONSTRATIONS TURNOUT LOW, STRIKE NOT VIABLE [...] (U) Port laborers in Santa Marta, Cartagena, and Buenaventura marched July 3 to protest the GOC's alleged failure to meet its November 2008 promises. Low turnout and widespread fear of reprisals forced labor leaders to realize a planned strike July 13 was not viable. Ministry of Social Pro [...] | 2009-07-09 21:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KJUS PHUM PREL PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA2246 | THE URIBE COALITION: LESS THAN SOLID [...] (C) President Uribe's legislative coalition is focused on changing the Constitution to allow Uribe to run for a third term in 2010, but the House and Senate must reconcile differing versions of the reelection bill before it can go forward. After Congressional approval, Colombia's Constitution [...] | 2009-07-15 20:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA2472 | JULY HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] The GOC launched its administrative reparations program; President Uribe issued reparations to victims of paramilitary, FARC and ELN violence in Popayan, Monteria and Medellin. To date, 230,000 individuals have registered to receive administrative reparations. United Nations Special Rapport [...] | 2009-08-03 19:07:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS PTER CO |
09BOGOTA2526 | COLOMBIA MOVES TO EXPEDITE IDENTIFICATION OF [...] (U) Summary. The GOC presented on August 5 a new state policy aimed at improving efforts to identify the remains of victims of forced disappearances. The policy will dedicate $48.3 million in investment and operations over five years, which is projected to increase the GOC's capacity for gene [...] | 2009-08-11 23:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS PREL CO |
09BOGOTA2629 | ARMY IG STILL BLOCKED, BUT NEW MOD SPARKS HOPE [...] (C) Army Inspector General Suarez reports his recommendations for administrative dismissals of those implicated in 'false positive' murders are blocked. Suarez expressed frustration at the pace of criminal and disciplinary investigations and pointed to the immediacy of administrative dismis [...] | 2009-08-21 18:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS MOPS MCAP CO |
09BOGOTA2714 | GOC SHARES LESSONS WITH MEXICO, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (C) Colombia is deepening its cooperation with Mexico and sharing the hard-won lessons it learned combating narcotraffickers under Plan Colombia. The two governments used Mexican President Felipe Calderon's August 12-13 Bogota visit to announce increased GOC training of Mexican police, while [...] | 2009-08-25 21:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR ECON PTER KJUS CO MX |
09BOGOTA2715 | GOC SHARES LESSONS WITH MEXICO, BUT CHALLENGES [...] (C) Colombia is deepening its cooperation with Mexico and sharing the hard-won lessons it learned combating narcotraffickers under Plan Colombia. The two governments used Mexican President Felipe Calderon's August 12-13 Bogota visit to announce increased GOC training of Mexican police, while [...] | 2009-08-25 21:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SNAR ECON PTER KJUS CO MX |
09BOGOTA2765 | LATEST AWA MASSACRE INCITES SWIFT RESPONSE, BUT [...] (C) Unknown actors murdered 12 Awa indigenous--including six minors--in their home the morning of Wednesday, August 26. Four people reportedly survived the attack. One of the victims, Tulia Garcia Guanga, was allegedly the sole witness to the May 25 'false positive'--military homicide repo [...] | 2009-08-28 21:26:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS PREL MOPS MCAP CO |
09BOGOTA2787 | FARC BLAMED FOR ATTACK ON U.S.-FUNDED JUSTICE HOUSE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Colombian national police blamed the FARC for an August 19 attack on a U.S.-funded justice center in Cauca department. There were no reported injuries, but approximately 80% of the structure was destroyed by the blast. USAID had invested $150,000 in the new justice house, [...] | 2009-09-01 13:52:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KJUS ASEC CO |
09BOGOTA2839 | AWA MASSACRE: MANY ALLEGATIONS, FEW CLEAR FACTS [...] (C) Prosecutor General Human Rights Unit Director Castro said the unit has no suspects and has made no arrests in conjunction with the August 26 massacre of 12 Awa near Tumaco (Narino). Another source close to the investigation discounted military or Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FA [...] | 2009-09-03 20:27:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS PREL MOPS MCAP CO |
09BOGOTA2908 | VFM FORERO GIVES AMBASSADOR READOUT ON UNASUR MEETING; AGREES TO LOWKEY DCA SIGNING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-09 17:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | CO HO KJUS KTIA MARR PGOV PHUM PREL VZ XM |
09BOGOTA2920 | AUGUST HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (C) The Acting Prosecutor General announced September 7 that members of the military are not suspects in the August 26 murder of 12 Awa indigenous in Narino. The United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Chief of Mission told us privately he is concerned military public posturin [...] | 2009-09-10 14:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS PTER PREL ELAB CO |
09BOGOTA2921 | DAS ONCE AGAIN EMBROILED IN DOMESTIC SPYING SCANDAL [...] (S/NF) The Administrative Department of Security (DAS) is once again under fire with illegal recordings of Colombian magistrates leaked to the press and airing on the radio. Press article contend that recent scandals and subsequent investigations have not stopped the GOC from monitoring domest [...] | 2009-09-10 15:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA2958 | AMBASSADOR MEETS WITH HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP TARGETED [...] (C) Ambassador Brownfield visited the prominent Colombian human rights NGO, the Colombian Commission of Jurists (CCJ) on September 4 to launch the Embassy's new human rights strategy. CCJ Director Gustavo Gallon attributed responsibility for illegal intelligence collection by the Administrati [...] | 2009-09-15 21:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS PREL CO |
09BOGOTA2963 | AMBASSADOR AND VP SANTOS DISCUSS RESPONSE TO DAS [...] (S/NF) The Ambassador met with Vice President Francisco Santos and Administrative Department of Security (DAS) Director Felipe Munoz on September 15 to discuss DAS wiretapping scandals (reftel). The Ambassador made clear that the USG was close to severing all relations with the DAS. He stressed [...] | 2009-09-16 15:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PREL PHUM PINR KJUS ASEC CO |
09BOGOTA3016 | COLOMBIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-18 19:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER PREL UNGA KAWC KJUS KUNR CO |
09BOGOTA3018 | URIBE SET TO DISMANTLE DAS [...] (U) President Uribe announced on September 17th that he favored dismantling the wiretapping scandal-ridden Administrative Department of Security (DAS). In a much-anticipated move (reftels),Uribe proposed a much smaller entity managed by the Colombian National Police (CNP) that would focus on [...] | 2009-09-18 21:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS PREL PHUM PINR ASEC CO |
09BOGOTA3027 | GETTING OUT IN FRONT ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (SBU) Our review of the principal human rights issues in Colombia has prompted Embassy Bogota to adopt a new human rights strategy that will more clearly state the USG's support for human rights here and those who defend them. We will adopt a rigorous agenda of meetings at the Ambassadorial an [...] | 2009-09-21 19:56:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS ELAB PREL CO |
09BOGOTA3035 | Uribe Informs Ambassador of DAS Investigation Developments [...] (S/NF) President Alvaro Uribe emphasized to the Ambassador and DCM on September 21 that he is determined to get to the bottom of the scandals surrounding the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) (see reftels). New evidence indicates that the orders for improper wiretaps, including of an [...] | 2009-09-22 13:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV KJUS PREL PHUM PINR ASEC CO |
09BOGOTA3043 | (C/NF) COLOMBIAN SENATOR CLAIMS DEATH THREATS BY URIBE [...] (C/NF) Opposition Senator Rodrigo Lara told us he received death threats that he believes emanate from influential supporters of President Alvaro Uribe. Lara - son of a crusading Justice Minister slain by Pablo Escobar's Medellin Cartel - claims his own anti-corruption efforts unearthed corrup [...] | 2009-09-23 15:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PTER KJUS SNAR |
09BOGOTA3051 | Supreme Court Refuses To Appoint Uribe Nominee for [...] (C) Tensions between President Alvaro Uribe and the Supreme Court flared September 16 when the Court refused to accept Uribe's slate of three nominees for Prosecutor General. Questioning the suitability, honesty, and independence of the proposed candidates, the Court voted to declare that the [...] | 2009-09-24 20:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3057 | Supreme Court Refuses To Appoint Uribe Nominee for [...] (C) Tensions between President Alvaro Uribe and the Supreme Court flared September 16 when the Court refused to accept Uribe's slate of three nominees for Prosecutor General. Questioning the suitability, honesty, and independence of the proposed candidates, the Court voted to declare that the [...] | 2009-09-25 06:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3073 | THE AWA ARE PLEASED WITH RESPONSE TO MASSACRE, WELCOME USG [...] (C) On September 15 the DCM and several USG officials met with the president of the Awa Indigenous People's Unity Association (UNIPA),Gabriel Bisbicus, and several representatives of the Awa community. Bisbicus said the Prosecutor General's investigation into the killing of 12 Awa by unknown [...] | 2009-09-25 22:08:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PGOV PTER KJUS MOPS CO |
09BOGOTA3075 | QUARTERLY HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATION FOCUSES ON "OFFENSIVE [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires Brian Nichols hosted the Embassy's quarterly consultations with human rights groups on September 14. As agreed previously with the groups, the discussion focused on issues dealing with general criteria for the Human Rights Certification process. The groups focused on the i [...] | 2009-09-28 14:32:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS ELAB PTER CO |
09BOGOTA3093 | COLOMBIA-ECUADOR TIES THAWING [...] (C/NF) Colombia and Ecuador announced on September 24 that they had begun the process of re-establishing diplomatic relations, which Ecuador severed in March 2008 after a Colombian military raid against a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) camp in Ecuadorian territory. The two sides [...] | 2009-09-29 15:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ETRD OAS CO EC |
09BOGOTA3127 | COURTS CONSIDER TWO CONTROVERSIAL STRIKES AT DRUMMOND AND [...] (C) Two controversial court cases concerning strikes in the coal sector have reached the highest levels of the Colombian judicial system. The National Mining and Energy Industry Workers' Union (SINTRAMIENERGETICA) initiated the first strike over work-safety issues at Drummond's La Loma coal mi [...] | 2009-10-05 15:53:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB EAID ETRD KJUS PHUM PREL USTR CO |
09BOGOTA3129 | SEPTEMBER HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (C) The United Nations Special Rapporteur for human rights defenders called on the GOC to increase dialogue with civil society and to allocate resources for criminal investigations into threats against defenders at the conclusion of her visit September 7-18. The United Nations Children's Fund p [...] | 2009-10-05 16:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS ELAB PREL CO |
09BOGOTA3145 | CRITICS CHARGE URIBE THIRD TERM BAD FOR DEMOCRACY [...] (C) President Alvaro Uribe's approval ratings remain steady at around 70% and he is expected to secure approval from the Constitutional Court for a referendum on reelection. Critics from across the ideological spectrum argue that a third term for President Uribe would further erode the quality [...] | 2009-10-08 16:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM CO |
09BOGOTA3185 | UPDATE ON ILLEGAL WIRETAP SCANDALS [...] (S/NF) Colombian Government officials continue to engage in damage control in the wake of wiretap scandals embroiling the Administrative Department of Security (DAS) and the Prosecutor General's Office. The Prosecutor General's Office is investigating alleged crimes by former DAS officials as [...] | 2009-10-13 23:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM PINR KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3231 | UNHCHR PROPOSES PURGING INTELLIGENCE FILES, MONITORING [...] (C) United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Chief of Mission Christian Salazar requested on October 8 that the Ambassador support two UNHCHR proposals: a multi-year purging of intelligence files and a two-year monitoring of the military's implementation of its human rights pol [...] | 2009-10-19 19:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA3241 | GOC MAKES INITIAL ARRESTS IN AWA MASSACRE [...] (C) The Colombian National Police (CNP) arrested five members of the criminal band "Cockroaches" ("Las cucarachas") for their alleged involvement in the August 26 murders of 12 Awa indigenous. United Nations High Commission for Human Rights (UNHCHR) Chief of Mission Christian Salazar said prose [...] | 2009-10-20 22:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3254 | EXTRADITION APPROVED FOR PYRAMID SCHEME MASTERMIND [...] (SBU) On October 14, the Colombian Supreme Court approved the extradition of David Murcia Guzman, head of the Colombian financial services firm DMG and the prime suspect in one of the largest pyramid schemes in Colombia. The ruling comes a month after the Court denied the U.S. extradition requ [...] | 2009-10-15 23:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL SNAR KJUS KCRM EFIN CO |
09BOGOTA3265 | COLOMBIA CONFIRMS SUPPORT FOR US CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 21:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER PREL UNGA KAWC KJUS KUNR CO |
09BOGOTA3269 | JUAN MANUEL SANTOS DISCUSSES PRESIDENTIAL PROSPECTS WITH [...] (C) Former Minister of Defense and pre-candidate for President Juan Manuel Santos told Ambassador October 23 he believes President Alvaro Uribe is leaning toward reelection but may fail to fulfill the legal and electoral steps to achieve it. While promoting the third term for Uribe, Santos is [...] | 2009-10-27 23:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM CO EC VE |
09BOGOTA3271 | CNP HYPOTHESIS AS TO ILLEGAL WIRETAPS MASTERMINDS [...] (S/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX told PolCouns and XXXXXXXXXXXX Colombia DeskOfficer on October 21 that the analysis of cell phone calls made by the six signers of mala fide judicial telephone intercept orders (see reftels) submitted to the Prosecutor General's Office pointed to an individual named XXXXXXX [...] | 2009-10-27 23:05:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PTER PINR PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3277 | Judicial Institutions' Family Feuds [...] (SBU) Colombia's dizzying array of judicial institutions has always made understanding and navigating its judicial system complicated and time-consuming. Moreover, recent turf battles have frozen the implementation of some policies and threaten to plunge the judicial system into crisis. Inspe [...] | 2009-10-28 21:42:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS SOCI KWMN PGOV CO |
09BOGOTA3283 | Supreme Court Still Pressing Uribe for New Prosecutor [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Supreme Court remains at an impasse with President Uribe regarding the selection of a new Prosecutor General (Fiscal General),maintaining its position that Uribe's slate of candidates ("terna") for the position are unqualified. Despite Uribe's recent nomination of administra [...] | 2009-10-29 23:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3287 | GOC REACTS CALMLY TO MASSACRE IN VENEZUELA, BUT WORRIES [...] (C/NF) The GOC has little information on the apparent massacre of nine Colombians (along with one Peruvian and one Venezuelan) whose bodies were discovered on October 24 in the Venezuelan state of Tachira. GOC officials say the GBRV has shared little and has paid no heed to Colombian offers of [...] | 2009-10-30 19:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER CO VE |
09BOGOTA3305 | Court Orders Further Investigation Into Santo Domingo [...] (C) The Twelfth Circuit Trial Judge of Bogota convicted two pilots of murder on September 24 for their involvement in the 1998 bombing of the village of Santo Domingo, Arauca that left 17 dead. The presiding judge ordered an investigation into then Major Sergio Garzon Velez, now a Colonel and t [...] | 2009-11-03 19:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS MOPS MASS CO |
09BOGOTA3313 | A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS HEATS UP COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA [...] (C/NF) The GOC is remaining cool in the face of rising bilateral tensions with Venezuela, with President Uribe and Foreign Minister Bermudez publicly calling for calm on November 4. However, observers worry Venezuelan actions reveal an aggressive intent. The GBRV blames alleged Colombian param [...] | 2009-11-05 18:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS PTER ETRD VE CO |
09BOGOTA3333 | Ambassador Discusses DAS Scandal and Judicial Cooperation [...] (C) SUMMARY: Supreme Court President Augusto Ibanez thanked the Ambassador for USG support in ensuring a successful U.S. visit for Colombian judges and emphasized the Court's desire for ongoing collaboration. The Ambassador impressed upon Ibanez the need for continued exchange programs between [...] | 2009-11-09 13:40:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS PHUM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA3335 | URIBE HEARS WAR DRUMS IN VENEZUELA [...] (S) Just after meeting with President Uribe and the military high command, Minister of Defense Gabriel Silva called the Ambassador on the evening of November 8. They believe that Venezuelan President Chavez' public declarations earlier that afternoon represented a major ratcheting up of war rhetori [...] | 2009-11-09 15:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PREL PGOV PINR KJUS MOPS OAS CO VE |
09BOGOTA335 | COLOMBIA RAISING ITS REGIONAL PROFILE, STARTING [...] (C) High-level meetings between Colombian and Mexican officials in recent months highlight the GOC's growing willingness to take on a leadership role in the region in combating terrorism, narcotics and other criminal activity. The two countries are working more closely than ever to fight narc [...] | 2009-02-03 21:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO SNAR |
09BOGOTA3365 | OCTOBER HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (C) On October 26, the DCM addressed a labor event and conveyed the USG's strong support for the work of labor leaders and other activists. The Prosecutor General's Office obtained convictions and issued arrest warrants in cases involving military extrajudicial executions and paramilitary mass [...] | 2009-11-13 14:57:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM KJUS PGOV PTER ELAB MOPS CO |
09BOGOTA3373 | URIBE REELECTION BID HITS ANOTHER SPEED BUMP [...] A sub-panel of Colombia's National Electoral Council (CNE) on November 12 announced it had invalidated the signatures on the nationwide petition that initiated the process of reforming the Constitution to allow President Uribe to run for a third term (ref A). The CNE's investigation began in [...] | 2009-11-13 20:16:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3375 | PROSECUTOR SINKS CASE AGAINST CORRUPT ADMIRAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) and the Inspector General's Office (Procuraduria) unexpectedly reversed course and called for all charges to be dropped in the case against retired Rear Admiral GarbrielArangoBacci for alleged links with narco-trafficking. In addition, b [...] | 2009-11-13 20:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3393 | MOD OVERULES ARMY COMMANDER'S TRANSFER OF KEY HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (C) Minister of Defense (MOD) Gabriel Silva Lujan countermanded a transfer order from the army commander that would have sent the reform-minded army inspector general to the defense attache post in Chile -- and to an early retirement. Instead, Army Inspector General (IG) Major General Carlos S [...] | 2009-11-17 16:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS MCAP CO |
09BOGOTA3405 | COLOMBIA IN THE POLITICAL DOLDRUMS [...] (C) Colombian politics have entered a holding pattern while President Uribe awaits the next step of his quest for a third term. Scandals over agricultural subsidies and illegal surveillance have slightly tarnished Uribe's popularity but public concern over Venezuela's saber-ratting may bump him [...] | 2009-11-17 18:46:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3421 | COLOMBIANS SEE UBIQUITOUS VENEZUELAN THREAT [...] (C/NF) Colombian officials and observers are increasingly concerned about the long-term threat Venezuela poses to their country. Experts inside and outside the government worry that any small incident along the tense border could spark a costly confrontation, given the decrease in communication and [...] | 2009-11-20 16:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KJUS ETRD OAS CO VE |
09BOGOTA3441 | XXXXXXXXXXXX TO AMBASSADOR: GOC ANGRY AT USG SILENCE ON VENEZUELA; PROBLEMS WITHIN MOD; NO NEW PROSECUTOR GENERAL [...] (S/NF) XXXXXXXXXXXX told the Ambassador on November 24 that President Uribe was angry with the USG for its lack of response to Venezuela's aggressions towards Colombia. XXXXXXXXXXXX also said the GOC was interpreting the cancelation of Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg's December 1-3 v [...] | 2009-11-25 20:06:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL ASEC MOPS PHUM KJUS PINR VE CO |
09BOGOTA3485 | URIBE SILENT AS "DEADLINE" TO DECLARE CANDIDACY FOR [...] (U) With less than six months until the May 30 presidential election, the political panorama is as murky as ever (reftels). There is still no answer to the million dollar question: "will President Uribe run for a second reelection?" Observers and the entire spectrum of presidential candidates [...] | 2009-12-01 21:48:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3491 | NOVEMBER HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (C) General Jaime Humberto Uscategui was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the 1997 Mapiripan, Meta massacre -- Uscategui is the first general to be convicted for involvement in a paramilitary massacre. A non-commissioned officer was sentenced to 30 years in prison for a 2005 extrajudicial e [...] | 2009-12-01 23:34:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3509 | UNHCHR TO AMBASSADOR: NGOS AND URIBE ARE OCEANS APART [...] (C) SUMMARY: UN Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Kyung-wha Kang shared her concerns with the Ambassador on December 2 about the growing distance between the Colombian Government and NGOs on their perception of the human rights situation. She attributed the discord in part to the ongo [...] | 2009-12-07 19:20:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3515 | MORE RHETORIC, FEWER THREATS, IN COLOMBIA-VENEZUELA TENSIONS [...] (C/NF) Colombian-Venezuelan tensions appear to have improved slightly from the bellicose rhetoric of late November, but significant irritants remain and the situation is by no means stable. Military leaders in a key frontier area remain focused on Colombia's internal security situation, not on [...] | 2009-12-07 21:17:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KJUS ETRD CO VE |
09BOGOTA3519 | DAS DIRECTOR: ILLEGALITY OF SURVEILLANCE UNCLEAR [...] (C) In a meeting with Polcouns November 13, Administrative Department of Security (DAS) Director Felipe Munoz said that allegations against his agency of illegal surveillance were exaggerated in some cases. Nevertheless, he emphasized that DAS is cooperating with Colombian judicial authorities [...] | 2009-12-07 22:27:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3521 | COLOMBIAN COURTS TAKE TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK [...] (SBU) The Colombian courts handed down two positive decisions in human rights cases, and a disappointing one in a public corruption case. On December 2 the Supreme Court sentenced former Sucre Department Governor and Ambassador to Chile Salvador Arana to 40 years in prison for his role in orde [...] | 2009-12-07 23:02:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3525 | Ambassador Discusses Drug Policy, DCA with Polo Democratico [...] (C) Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA) presidential candidate Gustavo Petro told the Ambassador December 4 that U.S. drug policy was mistaken by attacking illegal drug production but not the political power behind it. Petro argued that land reform was key to rolling back the regional power that [...] | 2009-12-09 22:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR KJUS MARR CO |
09BOGOTA3533 | EMBASSY BOGOTA WOMAN OF COURAGE NOMINATION [...] Embassy Bogota nominates Claudia Maria Mejia Duque, Executive Director and co-founder of women's rights NGO Sisma Mujer, for the Secretary of State's Award for International Women of Courage (IWOC). Mejia's organization has empowered women to address and overcome the impact of sexual violence [...] | 2009-12-11 20:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KWMN PTER KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3581 | QUARTERLY HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATION FOCUSES ON JUDICIAL [...] (U) Charge d'Affaires Brian Nichols hosted the Embassy's quarterly consultations with human rights groups on December 15. The discussion focused on judicial independence, the failure to implement the new intelligence law, and specific cases of displacement and "social cleansing." The Director [...] | 2009-12-18 21:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PTER KJUS ELAB CO |
09BOGOTA3592 | A NEW HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA FOR COLOMBIA [...] (SBU) Embassy Bogota is engaged in a strategy to raise the USG profile on human rights in Colombia (ref). It is just as important to define the substantive areas where we hope to see progress in the coming year. In Post's opinion, key elements of our agenda with the GOC should be to: - [...] | 2009-11-12 18:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL ELAB KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA3621 | Unfinished Business: Reelection, Prosecutor General, Intel [...] (U) Although the Colombian Congress managed to pass the national budget and an extension of the "war tax" before adjourning in December 2009, the legislative and judicial branches left a number of important initiatives for the new year. These include: a Constitutional Court decision on whethe [...] | 2009-12-23 21:23:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PINR PHUM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA3704 | FOR RELEASE: AMBASSADOR'S VISIT TO PAIPA UNDERSCORES [...] (SBU) The Ambassador traveled to Paipa, Boyaca, on November 5 to speak at the Supreme Court-organized National Summit of General Jurisdiction, a conference which brought together judges from all over Colombia. The Ambassador stressed the importance of access to justice during Colombia's journe [...] | 2009-11-20 20:46:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAGR KJUS AID CO |
09BOGOTA400 | JANUARY HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (U) Prosecutors continued to order arrests of soldiers suspected of participating in extrajudicial executions. The Prosecutor General's Office (Fiscalia) charged 10 soldiers for the 2005 massacre of eight San Jose de Apartado Peace Community members. The Defense Ministry dismissed eleven m [...] | 2009-02-06 16:22:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA434 | SUPREME COURT RULES AGAINST KIDNAPPING EXTRADITION [...] (SBU) The Colombian Supreme Court ruled on February 5 against the extradition of FARC member Alexander Farfan, ("Enrique Gafas") for the kidnapping of three Americans. This is the Court's seventh denial of U.S. extradition requests related to hostages or terrorism since August. In a confusi [...] | 2009-02-11 20:18:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PTER SNAR KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA455 | THINK TANK "NUEVO ARCO IRIS" BRIEFS AMBASSADOR ON [...] (SBU) Center-left think tank Corporacion Nuevo Arco Iris (CNAI--"New Rainbow Corporation") leaders Leon Valencia, Claudia Lopez, and Mauricio Romero told the Ambassador on February 2 that the GOC has not done enough to break paramilitary ties with politicians, especially at the local level. [...] | 2009-02-12 20:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS PREL PTER CO |
09BOGOTA519 | WORRIED GOC ACTS TO SAVE "MEDELLIN MIRACLE" [...] (C) The GOC in late January launched a major push in Medellin to combat the rising rate of violent crime in the city and nearby areas. Medellin has enjoyed the most dramatic drop in homicide rates of any major city or region in Colombia under President Uribe's Democratic Security policy, mak [...] | 2009-02-18 20:15:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM CO SNAR |
09BOGOTA542 | MILITARY'S HUMAN RIGHTS INITIATIVES MEET RESISTANCE [...] (C) The Defense Ministry (MOD) continues to step up investigations into reports of murders committed by Army personnel, and has fired fifty-one officers and enlisted men implicated in the incidents--including 27 dismissed as a result of the Soacha murders. The MOD is also working to fix breakd [...] | 2009-02-20 13:51:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF PHUM MOPS MCAP KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA569 | DAS CONTINUES DOMESTIC SPYING [...] (C) Colombia's leading news magazine reported that the Department of Administrative Security (DAS) illegally spied on a wide range of the GOC's domestic political opponents, including Supreme Court magistrates, opposition leaders and journalists. Some DAS officials reportedly monitored private [...] | 2009-02-23 21:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA571 | JOURNALIST RECEIVING DEATH THREATS - BLAMES GOC [...] (C) Independent journalist Hollman Morris told us he has received 50 death threats after President Uribe called him a "terrorist apologist" for his presence at the FARC's liberation of four hostages on February 1. He also complained that he was detained for seven hours by the Colombian mili [...] | 2009-02-24 13:36:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PGOV PREL MOPS KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA59 | DECEMBER 2008: HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] The civilian Prosecutor General's Office announced investigations against four former generals for alleged previous ties to now-demobilized paramilitaries. On December 20, the FARC kidnapped ten men from Arrayanes (Meta). The Southern Bloc of the FARC admitted to the December 7 "mistake" ki [...] | 2009-01-09 21:33:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA613 | DEFENSE MINISTRY REACHES OUT TO DIPLOMATIC CORPS [...] (SBU) The Defense Ministry (MOD) invited members of the diplomatic corps to a February 20 briefing on the events surrounding the December 16 killing of Jose Legarda--husband of Cauca indigenous leader Aida Quilcue. Vice Minister Jaramillo said that the killing was accidental, but accepted tha [...] | 2009-02-25 13:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PREF PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA674 | EMBASSY BOGOTA RESPONSE - UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] Post delivered all points in reftel on February 26 to MFA Director for U.S. and Canadian Affairs Patricia Cortes. On February 27, we received confirmation from MFA International Organizations official Alexandra Rivera that the GOC will support Judge Mark P. Painter during the upcoming UN Gener [...] | 2009-02-27 21:49:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER PREL UNGA KAWC KJUS KUNR CO |
09BOGOTA688 | URIBE RESTRICTS DAS INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS IN [...] (C) President Uribe stripped authority from the Department of Administrative Security (DAS) to conduct wiretaps after press revelations that the DAS had illegally spied on domestic political figures. All DAS monitoring must now be done under the control of the Colombian National Police (CNP). [...] | 2009-03-02 15:54:00 | Embassy Bogota | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA697 | UNHCHR HIGHLIGHTS COLOMBIAN PROGRESS/CHALLENGES IN [...] (U) In its draft annual report on human rights, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR) highlights GOC efforts to ensure human rights protections including: implementation of new policies to reduce extrajudicial executions, a focus on victims' rights concerns in public [...] | 2009-03-02 19:11:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM KJUS PGOV PTER CO |
09BOGOTA736 | FEBRUARY HUMAN RIGHTS UPDATE [...] (U) The Foundation for the Freedom of the Press (FLIP) reported that for the first time in 23 years, no Colombian journalists were killed for their work in 2008. The FARC and the ELN mounted indiscriminate attacks against security forces resulting in civilian deaths. Two former AUC members [...] | 2009-03-04 17:13:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS PTER CO |
09BOGOTA743 | ARMY FINDS UNION LEADER IN FARC CAMP [...] Colombian troops captured labor leader Juan Efrain Mendoza in the same February 27 raid that netted Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) commander Bernardo Mosquera Machado ("Negro Antonio"). Mendoza initially tried to flee the soldiers, but later claimed the FARC had kidnapped him. [...] | 2009-03-04 19:00:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON KJUS PGOV PTER SOCI PHUM CO |
09BOGOTA792 | COMMISSION OF FORMER LATIN PRESIDENTS SUGGESTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-09 21:44:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA800 | THREATENED LABOR LEADER NOT INTERESTED IN GOC [...] (C) Labor researcher Lina Paola Malagon Diaz, author of a report cited in testimony before the U.S. Congress, told us she received a death threat from a group calling itself the "Capital Block of the Black Eagles." Malagon said that she has refused GOC offers of added security (bodyguards an [...] | 2009-03-10 20:12:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | CO KJUS |
09BOGOTA803 | GOC DISCOUNTS DIRECTIVE 29 LINK TO EXTRAJUDICIAL [...] (C) Human rights groups contend that Ministry of Defense's (MOD) Directive 29 contributed to extrajudicial executions by providing financial rewards to soldiers for killing FARC members and thus it should be repealed. MOD officials who participated in the investigation of the Soacha murders [...] | 2009-03-10 21:39:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PHUM PTER MARR KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA849 | SUBJECT: URIBE-SUPREME COURT POWER CONTINUES [...] (C) The recent scandal involving the Department of Administrative Security's (DAS) surveillance of several Supreme Court justices has exacerbated the already tense relations between the Court and the GOC. The dispute, originally centered on longstanding turf battles between the Supreme and Co [...] | 2009-03-13 22:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL PTER SNAR KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA852 | DON MARIO CONSOLIDATES POWER AS GOC INTENSIFIES [...] (C) GOC officials believe that leading narcotrafficker Daniel Rendon Herrera (aka "Don Mario") has consolidated control over most narcotrafficking in Antioquia and Choco, and has ALSO made major inroads in northeast Colombia. Rendon may also be starting to expand southward to gain access to tr [...] | 2009-03-16 13:41:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PTER PHUM KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA896 | PROSECUTOR GENERAL INVESTIGATES SEXUAL VIOLENCE [...] (U) The office of the Prosecutor General (Fiscalia) is investigating 183 cases of sexual abuses of women and girls allegedly committed by former paramilitaries, the FARC, and members of the military and police from 1993-2008. The United Nations High Commission on Human Rights (UNHCHR) highli [...] | 2009-03-17 20:24:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PGOV PHUM PTER MARR KJUS CO |
09BOGOTA926 | SUPREME COURT DEFENDS ITS EXTRADITION STANCE; [...] (SBU) In a March 13 meeting, then Supreme Court President Francisco Ricaurte told the DCM and JUDATT that he had not seen the March 6 U.S. diplomatic note on the Court's decision denying the extradition of FARC member Alexander Farfan Suarez ("Enrque Gafas") to the United States on kidnapping [...] | 2009-03-18 11:45:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PTER CO |
09BOGOTA929 | SUPREME COURT DEFENDS ITS EXTRADITION STANCE; [...] (SBU) In a March 13 meeting, then Supreme Court President Francisco Ricaurte told the DCM and JUDATT that he had not seen the March 6 U.S. diplomatic note on the Court's decision denying the extradition of FARC member Alexander Farfan Suarez ("Enrque Gafas") to the United States on kidnapping [...] | 2009-03-18 15:30:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PTER CO |
09BOGOTA930 | SUPREME COURT DEFENDS ITS EXTRADITION STANCE; [...] (SBU) In a March 13 meeting, then Supreme Court President Francisco Ricaurte told the DCM and JUDATT that he had not seen the March 6 U.S. diplomatic note on the Court's decision denying the extradition of FARC member Alexander Farfan Suarez ("Enrique Gafas") to the United States on kidnapping [...] | 2009-03-18 17:37:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS PTER CO |
09BOGOTA981 | SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 6-8 VISIT OF CODEL HOYER AND [...] (SBU) We welcome the visit of Majority Leader Steny Hoyer and delegation to Colombia. Your visit comes at a key time in the U.S.-Colombia bilateral relationship. As many members of the delegation know from previous visits, in ten years Colombia has progressed from a near failed state and ter [...] | 2009-03-24 22:03:00 | Embassy Bogota | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD KJUS PHUM PTER CO |
09BOGOTA998 | COLOMBIAN MILITARY MAKES PROGRESS ON HUMAN RIGHTS [...] (U) The Defense Ministry and Armed Forces are making progress in implementing the fifteen measures announced by Defense Minister Santos in November 2008, to improve the military's human rights record and eliminate extrajudicial killings. The Ministry and the local UN High Commission on Huma [...] | 2009-03-25 22:25:00 | Embassy Bogota | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PTER MARR KJUS CO |
09BRATISLAVA281 | STEFAN HARABIN ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPREME COURT [...] Justice Minister Stefan Harabin was elected Chairman of the Supreme Court on June 22. He received 15 out of 17 votes from members of the Slovak Judicial Council. Seven members of the Council were either appointed by Harabin, or are subordinate to him. Two members abstained. Harabin, whose re [...] | 2009-06-22 15:20:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM LO |
09BRATISLAVA282 | STEFAN HARABIN ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE SUPREME COURT [...] (C) Summary: Justice Minister Stefan Harabin was elected Chairman of the Supreme Court on June 22. He received 15 out of 17 votes from members of the Slovak Judicial Council. Two members abstained. Seven members of the Council were either appointed by Harabin, or are subordinate to him. Har [...] | 2009-06-22 16:17:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS KCRM LO |
09BRATISLAVA314 | VETERAN JUDGE DEMOTED FOR UNWILLINGNESS TO BOW TO HARABIN'S [...] (C) Summary: On July 8, a disciplinary senate ruled that veteran judge Anna Benesova be removed from her position at the Bratislava Regional Court and placed at the lower-level Bratislava District Court. Benesova was sanctioned by the senate for allegedly banning the recording of court [...] | 2009-07-16 15:57:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS LO |
09BRATISLAVA341 | SLOVAKIA: OSCE HUMAN DIMENSION MEETING DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...] (U) We delivered reftel points to Marianna Lipkova and Miriam Joklova in the Department of Human Rights, Council of Europe, OSCE and Minorities at the MFA. Lipkova said Slovakia takes the annual OSCE Human Dimension Implementation Meeting (HDIM) seriously. She said the GOS plans on participat [...] | 2009-07-31 16:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PGOV PREL KCOR KJUS UNHRC OSCE LO |
09BRATISLAVA413 | THE PURGE OF THE SLOVAK JUDICIARY [...] (U) Introduction and Summary: Negative trends in the Slovak judiciary (refs a-j) have intensified and accelerated since the June election of former Justice Minister Stefan Harabin to the position of Chief Justice of the Slovak Supreme Court. On what seems to be a daily basis, experience [...] | 2009-09-25 16:16:00 | Embassy Bratislava | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM LO |
09BRATISLAVA99 | SLOVAKIA WILL SUPPORT JUDGE PAINTER UNAT CANDIDACY [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 09:28:00 | Embassy Bratislava | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09BRIDGETOWN314 | ATTORNEY GENERAL HOLDER'S VISIT TO BARBADOS SETS [...] (C) Attorney General Eric Holder's May 21-24 visit to Barbados generated enormous goodwill both in Barbados and more broadly among CARICOM Attorneys General. The visit, which received glowing press in Barbados, charted a positive agenda for judicial and law enforcement cooperation between t [...] | 2009-05-28 15:23:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL KJUS MASS XL |
09BRIDGETOWN514 | GOOD PROGRESS AT SECOND CBSI WG MEETING [...] (U) An August 13 working group meeting between Caribbean officials and USG representatives made good progress on moving the President's security agenda for the Caribbean region forward. The two sides agreed to craft a political declaration, strategy, and action plan to frame assistance under [...] | 2009-08-24 15:46:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS EAID KJUS SNAR PREL XL |
09BRIDGETOWN567 | Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean: NAS Summer 2009 [...] (SBU) The following is a summary of law enforcement and counter-narcotics activities and training for July and August 2009 in Embassy Bridgetown's AOR. Most of the reporting period was dominated by a JIATF-S led operation, Operation Flying Fish II, which resulted in numerous contacts with drug [...] | 2009-09-16 22:42:00 | Embassy Bridgetown | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS MASS PREL XL |
09BRUSSELS101 | (C) EU LIFTS MEK SANCTIONS; SECRETARIAT REQUESTS [...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraphs 11-12. ------- Summary ------- 2. (S//NF) At the January 26 EU General Affairs and External Relations Committee (GAERC),EU-27 Foreign Ministers approved as an "A-point" (no discussion) the de-listing of the Mujahideen-e Khalq (MEK) as a terr [...] | 2009-01-27 06:26:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS EUN UNSC |
09BRUSSELS1021 | EU AND TREASURY ON IRAN, DPRK, CFT, BURMA, SUDAN, [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY: In eleven separate meetings with various EU and Member State officials on June 16-17, Treasury Assistant Secretary (A/S) for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes David Cohen pressed for robust EU implementation of UN Security Council Resolutions on North Korea and Iran ( [...] | 2009-07-27 04:56:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC PINR |
09BRUSSELS108 | INTRODUCING THE EU IV: THE JUDICIAL, FINANCIAL, SUPERVISORY [...] In addition to its core policy and law-making institutions (the Commission, Council and European Council, and European Parliament - see REFs B and C),the EU institutional system also includes several other bodies with judicial, monetary, financial, supervisory or advisory functions. Among th [...] | 2009-01-27 15:39:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EINV EUN PTER KTFN KJUS UNSC IR |
09BRUSSELS1140 | THE MANY SIDES OF DATA PRIVACY: MANAGING RISING TENSIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: European privacy and data protection concerns continue to jeopardize our commercial, law enforcement, intelligence and foreign policy objectives. Data privacy is an area of growing complexity and touches ever more U.S. interests, from the visa waiver program to e-commerce. We [...] | 2009-08-17 12:06:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ECPS EINT BEXP KJUS KTFN TINT PREL ETTC EUN |
09BRUSSELS1193 | EU SCENESETTER FOR CODEL KANJORSKI [...] (SBU) I would like to welcome you and the members of your Delegation to Brussels. You are arriving at a time when the change in U.S. Administration and the press of global events have pushed U.S.-EU cooperation to new heights across a range of economic and political issues. The EU and its Mem [...] | 2009-08-28 11:20:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PREL ETRD ENRG SENV KHGH KJUS KTFN EUN |
09BRUSSELS1230 | (S//NF) EU REQUEST FOR HIZBALLAH AND HAMAS [...] Action Request: Please see paragraph 10. --------------- Summary/Comment --------------- 2. (S//NF) The EU's Joint Situation Center ("SitCen") has submitted to USEU a request for U.S. information at any level of classification on Hamas and Hizballah financing for a research project S [...] | 2009-09-10 16:51:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC PINR |
09BRUSSELS1283 | MEP ANGST OVER U.S.-EU TFTP/SWIFT DATA NEGOTIATIONS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On September 16, minority European Parliament (EP) parties (Greens and Communists) vehemently denounced U.S.-EU negotiations on an interim agreement to continue the Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (TFTP) once SWIFT, the Belgium-based global financial messaging company, relocat [...] | 2009-09-23 12:29:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER KTFN ETTC PREL EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS PINR KPAO |
09BRUSSELS1363 | SCENESETTER FOR OCTOBER SEMINAR ON UN TARGETED [...] (C//NF) Summary: In preparation for the Belgian-hosted UN Targeted Sanctions Seminar of Like-Minded Countries, post provides the following information on Belgian attitudes toward reform of 1267 sanctions and other counterterrorism (CT) issues. This is in part based on Treasury Assistant Sec [...] | 2009-10-09 15:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PTER KTFN ETTC PGOV EFIN PREL PINR KJUS PHUM |
09BRUSSELS1485 | BELGIUM: MYERS CANDIDACY FOR THE UN ICSC DEMARCHE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 10:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09BRUSSELS1524 | TERRORISM SANCTIONS REFORM: EU VIEWS AND PROCEDURES [...] (C//NF) In preparation for a Belgium-sponsored conference on UN targeted sanctions reform (REFTEL),USEU held separate meetings with sanctions officers and legal advisors from the EU Council Secretariat and the European Commission. Commission officials posited - but would not speculate on the [...] | 2009-11-13 16:28:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER UNSC EFIN KJUS PINR EUN BE |
09BRUSSELS1625 | (S//NF) DELIVERY OF HIZBALLAH AND HAMAS FINANCING [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY/COMMENT: USEU shared Treasury-provided analysis related to Hizballah and Hamas financing with an analyst from the EU's Joint Situation Center ("SitCen"). The analyst expressed gratitude for the USG contribution, which will help inform a paper that he is preparing for EU-wide [...] | 2009-12-03 05:51:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC PINR |
09BRUSSELS254 | U.S.-EU TERRORIST FINANCING ISSUES [...] (S) Summary: Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy, Sanctions and Commodities Douglas Hengel and USEU Econoff met on February 6 with European Union Counter-Terrorism Coordinator (EU CTC) Gilles de Kerchove, Council Secretariat Principal Administrator for the Counter-Terrorism Workin [...] | 2009-02-23 12:27:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC IR |
09BRUSSELS41 | EU TERRORISM FINANCE LISTINGS: TROUBLE AHEAD [...] (SBU) EU and Member State courts are rendering judgments that may hinder our ability to secure EU-wide designations of terrorist entities. The new problem for us is higher standards of evidence, and judicial review of the sufficiency of that evidence, that will make the EU and its Member Stat [...] | 2009-01-13 10:59:00 | USEU Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS EUN UNSC IR |
09BRUSSELS486 | TERRORISM FINANCE: VENEZUELA-BASED HIZBALLAH [...] (C) Per recent conversations with sanctions contacts, the EU remains interested in any follow-up information the USG could provide related to Ref A demarche on the autonomous designation of Venezuela-based Hizballah terrorist financiers. Ref B informally reported the October 2008 formal EU F [...] | 2009-04-02 12:39:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS |
09BRUSSELS487 | TERRORISM FINANCE: EU ON WAAD PROJECT (U.S. [...] (C) Discussing Ref A demarche on the Waad Project, a contact conceded it is unlikely the EU will join the U.S. in an autonomous designation for sanctions. However, the EU has not yet provided a formal reply. On a related note, contact said the EU would still welcome any formal U.S. response [...] | 2009-04-02 12:48:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PINR LE KCRM KJUS |
09BRUSSELS492 | TERRORISM FINANCE: GULF-BASED AL-QAIDA FINANCIERS [...] (C) The European Commission designated three Gulf-based Al Qaida financiers (Ref D) on November 6, 2008. The EU only took action after the UN formally included the designations at the 1267 sanctions committee on October 10, 2008, despite the EU's having been invited to take action on the basi [...] | 2009-04-02 14:49:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS |
09BRUSSELS493 | TERRORISM FINANCE: EU ON AL-SHABAAB'S THREE [...] (C) In a follow-up conversation regarding the U.S. domestic designation of three members of Al-Shabaab (Ref A),a contact close to the EU's autonomous terrorist designations process intimated that the EU may continue to consider itself legally unable to autonomously designate entities linked t [...] | 2009-04-02 14:53:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS |
09BRUSSELS494 | TERRORISM FINANCE: KUWAIT-BASED CHARITY THE [...] (C) The EU formally responded to Ref A regarding the designation of Kuwait-based charity Revival of Islamic Heritage Society as a terrorist organization with the following letter, previously transmitted Ref B. Recent conversations related to similar designation cases demonstrate that this is [...] | 2009-04-02 14:54:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS |
09BRUSSELS517 | TERRORISM FINANCE: EU PROBLEMS DESIGNATING FOUR [...] (U) Action Request: Please see paragraph 3. 2. (C//NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: The European Commission designated four members of Lashkar-e-Tayyiba (LeT) (Ref D) on March 6. This case illustrates three dilemmas impeding U.S.-EU cooperation in countering terrorist financing through UNSCRs [...] | 2009-04-06 17:12:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN PREL PINR UNSC KCRM KJUS |
09BRUSSELS536 | IRAN SANCTIONS: AA/S GLASER BRIEFS EU ON PRIORITY [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: During a March 2-3 visit to Brussels, Daniel Glaser, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes, assured an uncertain European Union that the United States remains committed to the dual track approach to Iran and said [...] | 2009-04-08 12:23:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KNNP PARM KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS |
09BRUSSELS537 | IRAN SANCTIONS: AA/S GLASER CONSULTS KEY AMBASSADORS IN BRUSSELS REF: A. BRUSSELS 205 B. BRUSSELS 41 C. 2008 BRUSSELS 1468 D. BRUSSELS 101 [...] (S//NF) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: On March 2 and 3 Acting Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Daniel Glaser briefed EU-27 non-proliferation and Iran experts on U.S. sanctions against Iran's illicit conduct in the areas of nuclear proliferation and terrorism. On the margin of the formal briefing (reporte [...] | 2009-04-08 12:24:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KNNP PARM KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS |
09BRUSSELS616 | EU TERRORISM SANCTIONS: TROUBLE CONTINUES [...] (U) This message contains an urgent Action Request (paras 31-32). Please see also Summary and other Action Requests paragraphs 6-7, 12, 17-18, 23, 25, 29 and 37. 2. (S//NF) SUMMARY/COMMENT: Due in part to recent European court rulings, EU implementation of UN and autonomous sanctions ag [...] | 2009-04-29 16:28:00 | USEU Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | ETTC KTFN PTER EFIN KCRM KJUS KHLS UNSC PINR |
09BRUSSELS702 | BURMA: EU CONSIDERING ADDITIONAL SANCTIONS; [...] (C) Summary: Outraged over the arrest and trial of Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi (ASSK) on the eve of her release, EU Foreign Ministers directed Council and Commission staff on May 18 to begin looking at additional restrictive measures (including new sanctions) that might be tak [...] | 2009-05-18 17:52:00 | USEU Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETTC ENRG EPET EFIN KJUS BM EUN |
09BRUSSELS808 | BELGIUM:DEMARACHE ON CRITICAL UN ELECTION:ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-11 07:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KJUS KAWC KUNR PREL UNGA BE |
09BRUSSELS868 | CHARGES AGAINST FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEES [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-24 15:43:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER KJUS BE |
09BUCHAREST153 | A PERFECT STORM: CORRUPTION, RULE OF LAW, AND JUSTICE REFORMS TAKE CENTER STAGE IN ROMANIA [...] (C) Summary: An unexpected convergence of factors has recently brought matters involving the Rule of Law (ROL) and much-needed justice reforms into high relief. These include, inter alia: reports of rising criminality amidst a declining economy; scandals involving the penal system; a parliamentary [...] | 2009-03-06 11:58:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS EU RO |
09BUCHAREST247 | DNA CHIEF PROSECUTOR MORAR: MORE BOMBSHELL [...] (C) Summary: DNA Chief Prosecutor Daniel Morar warned Emboffs that the fast-track code reform package now being debated in parliament is flawed, given inadequate consultations and provisions that would lower or eliminate criminal penalties for corruption, reductions in the statutes of limitations, [...] | 2009-04-10 14:17:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS RO |
09BUCHAREST525 | ROMANIAN JUDICIARY UPDATE: CONSTITUTIONAL STALEMATE AND [...] (SBU) Summary: On July 20, the Charge d'Affaires and DOJ RLA met with Prosecutor General Codruta Kovesi, Tom Barnes from the European Commission's Cooperation and Verification Mechanism, and Laura Stefan, anti-corruption expert with the Romanian Academic Society. Issues discussed included the [...] | 2009-07-28 05:25:00 | Embassy Bucharest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SOCI KCOR KJUS PREL RO |
09BUCHAREST57 | SENATE PRESIDENT MIRCEA GEOANA: MY CONSTITUTIONAL [...] (C) Summary: Romanian Senate President Mircea Geoana said that he wanted to visit the United States at the earliest opportunity to ensure that the new Administration gets to "see us, hear the message from Bucharest, and remain focused on Romania and the region." Geoana added that he was also [...] | 2009-01-28 14:19:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS RO |
09BUCHAREST63 | SENIOR PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR LAZAROIU: OPRESCU IS [...] (C) Summary: Senior Presidential Advisor Lazaroiu noted that--despite a beating from the press--recent internal polling data underscored that the Boc cabinet's approval ratings compared well with those of the first Tariceanu cabinet. President Basescu's overall favorability ratings remained h [...] | 2009-02-03 15:26:00 | Embassy Bucharest | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS RO |
09BUDAPEST161 | HUNGARIAN RESPONSE TO UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - [...] (SBU) PolOff delivered Ref talking points on February 27 to Dr. Bernadett Kollar, Head of Section for International Organizations, GoH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Dr. Kollar said her office was unaware that there was an American candidate for the position, but said she would convey our messa [...] | 2009-03-03 12:44:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER UNGA |
09BUDAPEST412 | HUNGARY NONCOMMITTAL ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC [...] (U) EmbOffs delivered ref talking points on June 5 to Eva Gergaly-Lukacs, Desk Officer in the Department of International Organizations, GOH Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ms. Gergaly-Lukacs did not give any indication of which candidates the GOH will support for election to the Commission, bu [...] | 2009-06-09 07:48:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER HU |
09BUDAPEST791 | HUNGARY TO SUPPORT US INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE [...] (C) On November 2, 2009, Embassy was informed by the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs International Organizations and Human Rights Department that Hungary would support the candidacy of Ms. Lucretia Myers at the upcoming United Nations General Assembly elections for the International Civi [...] | 2009-11-02 14:58:00 | Embassy Budapest | CONFIDENTIAL | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA HU |
09BUDAPEST801 | HUNGARIAN SUPPORT FOR AMCIT NOMINEE TO [...] (U) Post received the following Note verbale from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the candidature of Ms. Lucretia Myers for re-election to the International Civil Service Commission (ISCS). Full text follows: BEGIN TEXT: 15024/Adm/Kum/2009 Budapest, 4. November 2009 NOTE VERBA [...] | 2009-11-06 13:32:00 | Embassy Budapest | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL UNGA HU |
09BUENOSAIRES247 | ARGENTINE JUDGE ORDERS ATTACHMENT OF ADDITIONAL [...] (SBU) As anticipated in ref A, Argentine Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman obtained from federal judge Rodolfo Canicoba-Corral an order for the attachment of real estate property in Buenos Aires province allegedly belonging to former Iranian Embassy Cultural Attache in Argentina Mohsen Rabbani [...] | 2009-03-06 22:07:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER KJUS FBI AR IR |
09BUENOSAIRES381 | ARGENTINE JUSTICES TO VISIT U.S. IN MAY, HOST RULE OF LAW [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Argentine Supreme Court is organizing a regional conference on rule of law issues in early September, bringing together Supreme Court justices from throughout the Americas, Chief Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti and Associate Justice Juan Carlos Maqueda told Ambassador Wayne in a [...] | 2009-04-01 19:26:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KJUS PHUM KPAO AR |
09BUENOSAIRES427 | Argentina: Education and Law Enforcement Cooperation with [...] (SBU) Ambassador Wayne's March 18 visit to the city of Cordoba emphasized U.S.-Argentine cooperation on issues critical to ordinary Argentines - education and personal security. On the education side, the Ambassador announced new scholarships for students to study English and signed an updated [...] | 2009-04-09 21:30:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS ASEC ECON PGOV AR |
09BUENOSAIRES428 | Argentina: Playing the Judicial Blame Game [...] (SBU) Summary: President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK) set off a political firestorm between the executive, legislative, and judicial branches on who is to blame for Argentina's increasingly dysfunctional judicial system. The courts have long been plagued by an overwhelming demand for [...] | 2009-04-09 21:48:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM ASEC SNAR AR |
09BUENOSAIRES56 | Argentina: Supreme Court gradually reasserts itself [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Although Argentina's overall court system is still perceived as inordinately slow and ineffective, the Supreme Court gained considerable ground in 2008. By rendering politically-sensitive judgments in leading cases or mandating executive branch action in some areas, Argentina's [...] | 2009-01-16 20:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS ELAB SENV PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES592 | ARGENTINA: AMIA SPECIAL PROSECUTOR READY TO [...] (C) Special Prosecutor Alberto Nisman called on the Ambassador May 19 to notify us that the following day he would ask Judge Rodolfo Canicoba-Corral to indict a new suspect in the 1994 bombing of the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA). Nisman described his painstaking effort to establ [...] | 2009-05-19 22:45:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC MASS PHUM SNAR KJUS IR LE AR |
09BUENOSAIRES598 | (C) ANTONINI-WILSON BANKRUPTCY CASE NAMES [...] (C) President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, former President Nestor Kirchner and Planning Minister Julio De Vido were named as "interested parties" in an April 15 voluntary personal Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing in Florida of "Suitcase scandal" principal Alejandro Antonini-Wilson (A-W). A sup [...] | 2009-05-21 13:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SNAR KCOR KJUS PGOV CJAN KFRD VZ AR |
09BUENOSAIRES626 | ARGENTINA: AMBASSADOR THANKS SUPREME COURT CHIEF [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador paid a farewell call, May 26, on Supreme Court Chief Justice Ricardo Lorenzetti, commending the Court for its efforts to strengthen the judicial system and to improve its functioning and access for the country's most vulnerable sectors. The Chief Justice had rec [...] | 2009-05-28 21:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS SNAR PHUM AR |
09BUENOSAIRES631 | ARGENTINA: SUPREME COURT OPENS THE DOOR FOR AMIA [...] (SBU) On May 27, Argentina's Supreme Court ordered the reopening of the investigation into the so-called "local connection" involved in the 1994 bombing of the Argentine-Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA). The court ruled 4 to 2 that Carlos Telleldin, who was previously acquitted, should be tri [...] | 2009-05-29 15:11:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL ASEC MASS PHUM SNAR KJUS IR LE AR |
09BUENOSAIRES698 | ARGENTINA: KIRCHNER USES DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE ARM [...] (C) Summary: Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner's husband and former President Nestor Kirchner (NK) reportedly has called on Argentina's Secretariat of Intelligence (SIDE) to dig up dirt against his closest competitor, Peronist dissident Francisco De Narvaez, and other politica [...] | 2009-06-16 10:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR KJUS PHUM ECON AR |
09BUENOSAIRES789 | ARGENTINA ACCEPTS INVITATION TO ILEA TIP TRAINING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-07-07 10:35:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP ASEC KCRM KJUS OTRA PREL SMIG ELAB EAID |
09BUENOSAIRES869 | ARGENTINA: JEWISH COMMUNITY STILL SEEKS JUSTICE 15 [...] (C) Summary: The Argentine Jewish community commemorated the fifteenth anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Argentine Jewish Mutual Association (AMIA) with a small, informal gathering on July 18. The CDA attended the gathering, as did Chief Cabinet Minister Anibal Fernandez, who afterwa [...] | 2009-07-24 22:22:00 | Embassy Buenos Aires | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PTER PREL PGOV KJUS KTIP SNAR KCRM AR |
09BUJUMBURA269 | BURUNDI UNDECIDED ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] Director of International Organizations in the Ministry of External Relations Adolphe Nahayo informed PolOffs June 1 that the GoB had not yet discussed the candidates for the UN International Civil Service Commission election. Nahayo stated that he must discuss the matter with the Minister of [...] | 2009-06-11 13:45:00 | Embassy Bujumbura | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA BY |
09CAIRO1222 | EGYPTIAN MFA REACTIONS TO 2009 TIP REPORT REF: A. 08 CAIRO 2525 B. 09 CAIRO 386 C. 09 CAIRO 721 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs William R. Stewart for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-30 07:20:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KJUS SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1223 | PUBLIC REACTION TO THE 2009 TIP REPORT [...] (U) Key Points: -- Public reaction to the 2009 TIP Report has varied from condemnation by certain Government of Egypt (GOE) officials to support from civil society representatives. -- The Minister of Family and Population and head of the National Commission for Motherhood and Childhood, Mu [...] | 2009-06-30 07:24:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF KCRM KWMN KJUS SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1366 | EGYPT: PROPOSED EXAPANSION OF JUDICIAL BODY BRINGS [...] Key Points: -- (C) The proposed expansion by presidential decree of the constitutionally-mandated Supreme Judicial Council (SJC),the judiciary's governing body, has drawn fire from judges who accuse Minister of Justice Mamdouh Marei of seeking to exploit the changes to the SJC to increase the numb [...] | 2009-07-15 14:23:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM EG |
09CAIRO1467 | RAMPING UP PRESSURE ON THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN [...] Key Points: -- (C) High profile arrests of members of the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) have continued to pick up speed since May. Most recently, three MB-affiliated bloggers critical of government tactics against the MB, including the wave of arrests, have been detained themselves. -- (C) MB attempts [...] | 2009-07-30 14:39:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PREL PGOV PHUM KTER KJUS EG |
09CAIRO1758 | THE NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR CHILDHOOD AND MOTHERHOOD'S ANTI-TRAFFICKING EFFORTS Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Donald A. Blome for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-10 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN KJUS SOCI EG |
09CAIRO1818 | TIP PROSECUTOR TALKS ABOUT THE COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFICKING LAW REF: CAIRO 1758 Classified By: Minister Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs Donald A. Blome for reasons 1.4 (b) and (d). [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-17 15:09:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN KJUS SOCI EG |
09CAIRO2065 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - UN INERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION - SUPPORTINGAMCIT NOMINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-29 17:36:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC AER UNGA EG |
09CAIRO2183 | EGYPT: MB LEADERS RELEASED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-19 16:12:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS PTER EG |
09CAIRO2209 | MUBARAK'S ANNUAL SPEECH TO PARLIAMENT OFFERS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 15:27:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS ECON EG |
09CAIRO2298 | EGYPT: MB INTERNAL CLASHES CONTINUE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-12-15 14:01:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM KJUS PTER EG |
09CAIRO624 | SCENESETTER FOR FBI DIRECTOR MUELLER [...] (SBU) The Egyptians and I warmly welcome you to Cairo. Our partnership in law enforcement and security cooperation remains solid. Your visit provides the opportunity to review and reinforce our law enforcement cooperation with the State Security Investigative Service (SSIS),which is under the aus [...] | 2009-04-13 08:34:00 | Embassy Cairo | SECRET | PTER PREL PHUM PGOV KJUS EG |
09CAIRO721 | EGYPT MAKING PROGRESS TO COUNTER TRAFFICKING IN [...] (SBU) Key Points: -- Since the November 2008 visit of G/TIP Coordinator, Ambassador Mark Lagon to Egypt, the Government of Egypt (GOE) has continued to make progress to address trafficking in persons by beginning to implement the anti-trafficking amendments to the child law (reftel),opening [...] | 2009-04-28 14:51:00 | Embassy Cairo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KCRM KWMN KJUS EG |
09CAIRO737 | VISIT OF SOMALI PRESIDENT SHAYKH SHARIF TO EGYPT [...] (C) Key Points: -- Ismail Hussein, DCM at the Somali Embassy in Cairo, told us on April 23 that he was pleased with substantive discussions on Egyptian support for the Somali Government and how to fight piracy during the April 22 meeting between Somali President Shaykh Sharif Shaykh Ahmed an [...] | 2009-04-29 13:17:00 | Embassy Cairo | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER KCRM EWWT MOPS MARR KJUS SO EG |
09CARACAS306 | SUPREME COURT ASSESSMENT UNDERSCORES REFLEXIVE [...] (C) Summary: A legal study quantifying the level of partisanship in the Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) was released the week of March 2 to a number of local Venezuelan dailies. The study, conducted by legal scholar Antonio Canova, finds that the court has been unwilling to rule in favor of [...] | 2009-03-10 21:07:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM VE |
09CARACAS398 | SUPREME COURT INITIATES ANOTHER JUDICIAL [...] (C) Summary: The pro-Chavez Venezuelan Supreme Court (TSJ) has announced an "integral restructuring" to combat corruption, although it is almost certainly a measure to remove judges or court officials who have not sufficiently demonstrated their "revolutionary" credentials. Judicial expert [...] | 2009-03-27 15:46:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KDEM PHUM VE |
09CARACAS547 | NEW LAWS FURTHER POLITICIZE VENEZUELAN JUDICIARY [...] (C) Summary: The National Assembly (AN) passed two new judicial laws in April that will further diminish what independence remains within Venezuela's court system and make it easier for the executive and legislative branches to discipline or remove magistrates. Pundits assess that this is [...] | 2009-04-30 20:07:00 | Embassy Caracas | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS VE |
09CHENGDU313 | SW CHINA: SELF-IMMOLATION CASE IN CHENGDU HIGHLIGHTS [...] (U) This message is sensitive but unclassified. Not for Internet distribution. 2. (SBU) Summary. Three recent cases in southwest China -- including a high-profile case where a Chengdu citizen set fire to herself to protest a demolition of a property -- illustrate how Chinese citizens [...] | 2009-12-18 09:17:00 | Consulate Chengdu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS ECON EFIN CH |
09CHIANGMAI24 | BY-ELECTIONS, REDS AND MIGRANTS TAKE CENTER STAGE [...] (SBU) The past few days have seen a flurry of political activity in Chiang Mai, kicking off with a protest by pro-Thaksin redshirts on February 8. Separately, the Election Commission certified the results of January by-elections in two Northern provinces, and election officials here told us m [...] | 2009-02-13 07:43:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM SMIG ELAB ASEC TH BM |
09CHIANGMAI30 | PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES CLAMP DOWN ON MIGRANT WORKERS [...] (C) According to Chiang Mai's Vice Governor, the strict enforcement of rules governing migrant workers that he initiated in the Province in the wake of the February 7 rape and murder of a local university student (Reftel),which aims to ensure that all migrant workers are "in the system," will [...] | 2009-02-27 09:58:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB SMIG KJUS TH BM |
09CHIANGMAI32 | REDS SPOIL TWO RALLIES, CANCEL ONE OF THEIR OWN [...] (SBU) The last two weeks of February saw a flurry of activity by pro-Thaksin "redshirt" groups in two northern provinces. The leading Rak Chiang Mai 51 (RCM51) group disrupted the rallies of two apolitical groups (corn farmers and gay activists),and redshirts cancelled a rally due to infigh [...] | 2009-03-05 06:43:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS TH |
09CHIANGMAI42 | RAIDS NET FIVE SUSPECTED HUMAN TRAFFICKERS; TWO VICTIMS [...] (SBU) Coordinated raids at two Chiang Mai karaoke bars on February 18 led to the arrest of five suspected traffickers and the rescue of two victims -- minors who were allegedly forced into prostitution. The suspects remain in custody while the police collect evidence and assemble witnesses. [...] | 2009-03-24 11:26:00 | Consulate Chiang Mai | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KTIP SMIG KWMN KJUS PHUM PGOV PREL TH BM CH |
09CHISINAU431 | MOLDOVA RECEIVES DEMARCHE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-08 07:27:00 | Embassy Chisinau | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA MD |
09COPENHAGEN104 | DANES CONSIDER SUPPORT FOR AMCIT CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 15:45:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS AORC APER PREL UNGA DA |
09COPENHAGEN258 | DANISH RESPONSE ON U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 13:44:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED | KJUS AORC APER PREL UNGA DA |
09COPENHAGEN481 | DENMARK: UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE [...] (SBU) On October 27, poloff delivered talking points and CV of AmCit ICSC nominee Lucretia F. Myers to MFA Acting Department Head Anders Ornemark, Department of Global Security and Economy. The discussion reiterated the importance we attach to the candidacy of Ms. Myers, a message that was [...] | 2009-10-28 13:58:00 | Embassy Copenhagen | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA |
09DAKAR383 | NATIONAL AUDIOVISUAL REGULATORY BODY SELECTIVELY ENFORCES [...] (SBU) Summary: On March 14, the broadcasting licenses of three local community radio stations located in Dakar's suburbs were suspended for two months by the National Council for Broadcasting Regulation (CNRA) for violating a law that prohibits these types of stations from covering political [...] | 2009-03-26 14:43:00 | Embassy Dakar | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR KPAO KDEM KJUS SG |
09DAMASCUS324 | MURAD CUSTODY CASE: CONSUL GENERAL PRESENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: The Consul General met with the Syrian Director of Consular Affairs Haitham Maashfej on May 5, in order to provide him with additional information about the Murad child custody case. Director Maashfej was given a copy of the diplomatic note and supporting background information. [...] | 2009-05-07 11:34:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC KOCI KJUS PREL SY MURAD MAYA AND OMAR |
09DAMASCUS863 | SYRIA LOOKING FOR PRODUCTIVE HARIRI VISIT, [...] (C) Summary: Jamil as-Sayyed's early December lawsuit in a Syrian court against some 23 Lebanese citizens and three Syrians provided a chilling reminder of Syria's potential response to any future indictments by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) against Syrian officials or their Lebanese [...] | 2009-12-16 07:17:00 | Embassy Damascus | SECRET | KJUS PREL UNCRIME LE SY |
09DAMASCUS882 | SYRIA FRAMES HARIRI VISIT AS NEW PAGE IN RELATIONS [...] (C) SUMMARY: Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri completed on December 20 a two-day visit to Damascus, the first by a Lebanese prime minister to Damascus since the 2005 assassination of Hariri's father. Both sides described the visit as "fruitful and productive," while diplomats and Syrian con [...] | 2009-12-22 14:28:00 | Embassy Damascus | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL SY LE |
09DARESSALAAM132 | UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL NOMINATION: TANZANIA UNRESPONSIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 09:36:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09DARESSALAAM573 | TANZANIA POSITIVE ON U.S. NOMINEE FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-01 06:18:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA TZ |
09DARESSALAAM735 | UNGA/THIRD COMMITTEE: TANZANIA TO ABSTAIN ON [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. Tanzania plans to repeat its practice in 2008 of abstaining on all country-specific resolutions and related no-action motions. Tanzania will support the U.S. election resolution, but shares concerns about the OIC's resolution on defamation of religions. The GOT expects to sup [...] | 2009-10-28 09:04:00 | Embassy Dar Es Salaam | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AROC KJUS PHUM APER PREL UNGA UN TZ |
09DHAKA775 | APPEALS OF 1975 MURDER/COUP CONVICTIONS MOVE [...] (C) Government prosecutors are finalizing arguments against five former military officers appealing death sentences for their leadership of the August 15, 1975 coup that killed then-President Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, senior members of his government and their families. With the coup anniversa [...] | 2009-08-06 09:21:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | KJUS PHUM PREL CJAN PGOV PINR PINS BG |
09DHAKA839 | GOB REFORMING BANGLADESH RIFLES BORDER GUARDS, TO [...] (C) The Government of Bangladesh (GOB) should conclude its investigation of the February 2009 Bangladesh Rifles border guard (BDR) mutiny by October, according to Commerce Minister LTC (ret.) Faruq Khan, who is charged with coordinating the investigation (reftel). Khan told the Ambassador o [...] | 2009-08-26 09:51:00 | Embassy Dhaka | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PREL PGOV PINR MARR PHUM MOPS BM BG |
09DILI172 | TRIAL BEGINS FOR PRESIDENT'S ATTACKERS [...] (U) The trial for the 28 individuals accused of attacking President Ramos-Horta and Prime Minister Gusmao in February 2008 began in Dili on July 13. The suspects, including ex-soldiers and an Australian woman, are charged with attempted murder, conspiracy to murder, and other offenses, for th [...] | 2009-07-14 08:19:00 | Embassy Dili | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL MARR KJUS TT |
09DJIBOUTI1193 | GODJ WELCOMES ENGAGEMENT WITH DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During a visit of Cairo-based Department of Justice (DOJ) attache to Djibouti, GODJ officials uniformly reiterated their willingness to cooperate with the USG on judicial issues. The Minister of Justice and other senior officials confirmed that if the U.S. did not want to conc [...] | 2009-10-08 14:55:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM KTFN PTER FBI DJ |
09DJIBOUTI1261 | DJIBOUTI PRISON VISIT: AS CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE, [...] (SBU) SUMMARY. During an October 22 visit to Djibouti's Gabode Prison, EmbOffs noted that conditions continued to improve. A new prison guard force was fully operational, and had created a noticeably calmer and more orderly atmosphere. Aging and inadequate physical infrastructure contribute [...] | 2009-11-01 15:29:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM CASC PGOV EAID KJUS SOCI DJ |
09DJIBOUTI169 | MGSUO1: IGAD "DISSAPOINTED" WITH ICC INDICTMENT [...] Post received the following press statement from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Executive Secretariat March 10. 2. BEGIN TEXT OF IGAD PRESS STATEMENT: PRESS STATEMENT BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF IGAD ON THE INDICTMENT OF THE PRESIDENT OF SUDAN The Executive Sec [...] | 2009-03-10 13:58:00 | Embassy Djibouti | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM CASC AEMR ASEC KAWC KPAO KJUS AMGT KFLO MARR |
09DJIBOUTI176 | SOMALI PIRACY: DJIBOUTI FOREIGN MINISTER REAFFIRMS [...] (C) In a March 11 meeting with Ambassador and DCM, Foreign Minister Mohamed Ali Youssouf and MFA Director of Bilateral Relations Mohamed Ali Hassan reaffirmed the Government of Djibouti's concurrence to allow the USG to transit suspected pirates by air, via Djibouti, en route to Kenya for prose [...] | 2009-03-12 12:06:00 | Embassy Djibouti | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHSA MOPS KJUS DJ SO KE |
09DUBLIN93 | IRELAND: JUDGE PAINTER STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION [...] (SBU) On February 27, PolOff spoke with Bobby Smyth, desk officer for UN Coordination at the Department of Foreign Affairs. Smyth stated that he did not expect a final decision would be reached before close of business, but that Judge Painter was "very much still in consideration." FAUCHER [...] | 2009-02-27 15:12:00 | Embassy Dublin | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09DUSHANBE105 | TAJIKISTAN: SUPPORT TO TAJIK DRUG LIAISON OFFICERS IN [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: INL Dushanbe requests INL Washington to conclude an interagency agreement to provide $70,000 to the Drug Enforcement Administration to support the Tajik Drug Control Agency drug liaison officers in Afghanistan. Funding will be available upon signing of the next Amended Letter o [...] | 2009-01-26 11:36:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI |
09DUSHANBE1168 | TAJIKISTAN: INL JUSTICE SECTOR PROGRAM SUMMARY [...] Summary: The U.S. Embassy Dushanbe International Narcotics and Law Enforcement (INL) office justice sector program aids in the development of a well-functioning justice system. The INL program supports: --the drafting of a modern criminal procedure code (CPC),adopted 10/14 by Tajikistan' [...] | 2009-10-21 06:05:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE120 | TAJIKISTAN: INL PLEDGE FOR ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS [...] Summary: INL Dushanbe requests INL Washington to pledge $210,000 to the International Organization for Migration to fund an anti-trafficking project. Tajikistan has made progress in bringing its counter-trafficking national legislation in to alignment with international standard. Despite the [...] | 2009-01-29 03:24:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KJUS KCRM PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE124 | TAJIKISTAN: DECEMBER 2008 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS [...] SUMMARY: Tajik law-enforcement authorities continued seizing significant amounts of narcotics in 2008, over six tons and drafted an interdiction and demand reduction plan through 2012. Border skirmishes continued unabated as Tajik border guards intercept armed traffickers from Afghanistan. D [...] | 2009-01-30 03:33:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL TI |
09DUSHANBE130 | TAJIKISTAN: CORRIDOR REP OF NEW MVD MINISTER LOOKS GOOD [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On January 29, President Rahmon appointed Abdurahim Abdulahadovich Qahhorov from Khudjand as the new Minister of Internal Affairs replacing Mamadnazar Solehov. The appointment of Qahhorov, previously the police commander for Khujand, could be a merit based promotion because he m [...] | 2009-02-02 12:31:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI |
09DUSHANBE1365 | NEW CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE SIGNED INTO LAW DECEMBER 3, [...] (SBU) Summary. On December 3, 2009, the President of Tajikistan, Emomali Rahmon, signed into law a new criminal procedure code (CPC) that will go into effect on April 1, 2010. It enhances the power of the judiciary and introduces adversarial procedures to Tajik justice system. INL assistanc [...] | 2009-12-04 12:16:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI |
09DUSHANBE1394 | TAJIKISTAN: 2009-2010 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL [...] (U) Other than geographically limited and small-scale hashish cultivation, Tajikistan is not a producer of illicit narcotics. It is a major transit country. Significant amounts of opium/heroin are trafficked north from the 1344-km Tajik-Afghan border along the established land-based routes and [...] | 2009-12-09 11:03:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM EFIN KTFN SNAR KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI |
09DUSHANBE1454 | DRUG CONTROL AGENCY BENCHMARK REVIEW, JULY - DECEMBER [...] (SBU) Summary: On December 17, INL Dushanbe and DEA Dushanbe participated in an International Working Group (IWG) meeting at the Drug Control Agency (DCA). General Nazarov is exposing his executive staff to donors and DEA, a change in behavior. While donors made up a 23,000 USD shortfall in [...] | 2009-12-24 05:51:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE156 | TAJIKISTAN: JUSTICE SECTOR REFORM PROGRAM GRANT AWARD [...] Summary: Post requests INL Washington approve and sign a grant for $33,435 to the NGO Child Rights Center to implement a portion of the mission's overall justice reform program. The International Narcotics and Law office Dushanbe solicited proposals for grants to reform the Justice Sector. Th [...] | 2009-02-10 03:50:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KJUS KCRM PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE228 | NEW INTERIOR MINISTER AND THE AMBASSADOR ARE ON THE SAME [...] (SBU) Summary: The Ambassador's introductory meeting with new Minister of Internal Affairs Abdurahim Kaharov revealed Tajikistan's new chief policeman wrestling with, but undaunted by, enormous challenges. Kaharov was trying to retain SWAT forces who were leaving for better paying jobs, train [...] | 2009-02-25 13:51:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SNAR ASEC KCRM EAID KJUS PINR TI |
09DUSHANBE242 | AN INSIDE LOOK AT TAJIK LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (C) Summary: The Ministry of Interior's investigation of an embassy employee's alleged involvement in a visa scam gave EmbOffs an inside look at how Tajik law enforcement officers conduct criminal investigations. The embassy employee was ultimately cleared of criminal liability, but the invest [...] | 2009-03-02 12:09:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS ASEC TI |
09DUSHANBE250 | KARATE AGAINST DRUGS-PERFORMANCE IN KULYAB [...] Summary: INL Dushanbe officers participated in a drug demand reduction performance in the southern city of Kulab conducted February 17 by members of the Tajikistan Karate-do Federation. The karate experts led by the Federation's head coach, Bahrom Khomidov, engaged high school students in a spi [...] | 2009-03-03 13:25:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EAID KCRM KJUS TI |
09DUSHANBE449 | KARATE AGAINST DRUGS-PERFORMANCE IN KULYAB [...] (SBU) Summary: INL Dushanbe officers participated in a drug demand reduction performance in the southern city of Kulab conducted February 17 by members of the Tajikistan Karate-do Federation. The karate experts led by the Federation's head coach, Bahrom Khomidov, engaged high school students [...] | 2009-04-10 13:12:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR EAID KCRM KJUS TI |
09DUSHANBE52 | TAJIKISTAN: INL PROJECTS DECEMBER 2008 STATUS UPDATE [...] Summary: INL Dushanbe border security, policing, anti-crime programs, and justice sector reform projects update for December, 2008. INL Dushanbe provides the following status report on ongoing projects under Assistance Letters of Agreement 5,6,7,8. End summary. Border Security 2. INL [...] | 2009-01-13 07:35:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM KJUS PGOV PREL RF TI |
09DUSHANBE530 | TAJIKISTAN: FEBRUARY - APRIL 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Afghan drug traffickers killed two Drug Control Agency officers and wounded three Border Guards at the Tajik-Afghan border in Khatlon's Shurabad district. Border Guards killed six Afghan drug traffickers in Shurabad district. The Drug Control Agency reported early 2009 seizure [...] | 2009-05-06 11:14:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS PINR TI |
09DUSHANBE723 | JUSTICE SECTOR REFORM GRANT RECIPIENTS [...] Summary: Via recently launched Justice Sector Reform program, INL Dushanbe Issued eight grants totaling $300,000 to Tajik non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to carry out programs in court monitoring, legal aid to indigents, legal education, legal representation of minors, and third party arb [...] | 2009-06-09 04:22:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KJUS KCRM PGOV TI |
09DUSHANBE782 | TAJIKISTAN: MAY 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Ambassador Jacobson and Tajik Minister of Foreign Affairs Hamrokhon Zarifi signed Amendment 9 to the INL Letter of Agreement which provides almost $9.5 in additional counter-narcotics, law enforcement, and justice sector assistance to Tajikistan, and a Memorandum of Understandi [...] | 2009-06-24 04:29:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI |
09DUSHANBE900 | TAJIKISTAN: JUNE 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Tajik border guard wounded and Afghan drug trafficker killed in a skirmish on the border in the southern Khatlon province. Counter Narcotics Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs seized 101 kilos of heroin in Sugd. Traffic Police Officers seized 50 kilos of heroin in a [...] | 2009-07-27 10:18:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI |
09DUSHANBE971 | TAJIKISTAN: JULY 2009 LAW ENFORCEMENT DEVELOPMENTS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A clash between government forces and an unknown armed group took place in Nurobod. Results of the first phase of the Poppy 2009 anti-drug operation are summarized. Drug control officers seize a large amount of hashish in the Gorno-Badakhshan region. Two Tajiks suspected of sup [...] | 2009-08-17 11:02:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SNAR KCRM KJUS TI |
09DUSHANBE996 | FORMER GUANTANAMO DETAINEES APPROACH EMBASSY, REQUEST [...] (C/NF) On August 12 Shafi Rakhimovich Salikhov (as spelled in his Tajik passport) walked into the embassy, and asked to speak with an embassy officer. Local guards briefly interviewed him, then referred him to the Assistant Regional Security Officer. Salikhov explained to the A/RSO that he had [...] | 2009-08-24 12:03:00 | Embassy Dushanbe | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM PINR PTER KJUS KDRG TI |
09FREETOWN103 | JUSTICE QUESTIONS KEMOH SESAY'S INVOLVEMENT WHILE [...] (C) Summary: Two of the accused in the ongoing cocaine trial had their charges dismissed on March 16, an additional sign that the case is quickly being brought to a close. Civil Aviation employees Badara Allieu Tarawalley and Ebenezer Adetunji Macauley were released based on the lack of evidenc [...] | 2009-03-17 18:00:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR KJUS SL |
09FREETOWN109 | POLICE SETS PIPELINE ABLAZE: EXPLOSION KILLS 11, [...] (C) Summary: On March 22, the pipeline supplying oil to the National Petroleum terminal, a pipeline often illegally tapped by the local community of Kissy-Quarry, sprang a significant leak. According to various sources, Sierra Leone Police (SLP) officers were unable to contain the small crowd [...] | 2009-03-23 16:54:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS SL |
09FREETOWN113 | COCAINE CASE CLOSES: WILL OUR WINDOW OF [...] (C) Summary: The cocaine case closed on March 23, following final statements from the Department of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the defense teams. Justice Browne-Marke adjourned the court, stating that he would reconvene no later than four weeks from now to render his decision. While the def [...] | 2009-03-24 17:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SNAR KJUS SL |
09FREETOWN231 | STUDENTS TO BE CHARGED WITH MURDER IN FBC HAZING [...] (SBU) Summary: On June 12 the Magistrate Court conducting the preliminary investigations into the death of an eighteen year old freshman in the Faculty of Arts Fourah Bay College found all ten accused guilty of murder, rather than manslaughter. The defendants must now face official murder char [...] | 2009-06-19 12:01:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS KCRM SL |
09FREETOWN249 | WORKING DAY AND NIGHT: SL CORRUPTION FIGHT [...] Summary: Sierra Leone continues to struggle against pervasive corruption, particularly in the public sector, despite the strength of the Anti-Corruption Act amendment passed in 2008. As investigative reporting organizations such as Transparency International begin to include Sierra Leone in th [...] | 2009-06-30 17:43:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL KCRM KJUS SL |
09FREETOWN304 | GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN SIERRA LEONE [...] Summary: Gender-based violence (GBV) and inequality are tragic norms in Sierra Leone. Long-entrenched in the culture and reinforced during the civil war years, GBV is one of the most significant human rights issues facing Sierra Leone today. Though policy-makers, organizations, and the interna [...] | 2009-08-03 17:13:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KWMN ASEC KJUS KCRM SL |
09FREETOWN443 | PRISONERS RIOT OVER DELAYED JUSTICE [...] On November 10, inmates at the Bo Prison rioted to protest lengthy remands, adjournment of cases, and subsequent prolonged detentions. Windows were broken and some prison property destroyed, and the rioters threatened to lynch prison officers; the Office of National Security's Provincial Secur [...] | 2009-11-12 12:39:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS PHUM SL |
09FREETOWN445 | ATTORNEY GENERAL STAKES HIS CLAIM ON SPECIAL COURT [...] (C) Summary: On November 12, A/DCM and the British High Commissioner met with Attorney General Abdul Serry-Kamal to discuss issues related to the Special Court. Namely, the meeting was called to address an exchange of letters between the Special Court Management Committee (MC) and the Governme [...] | 2009-11-13 12:36:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV KAWC KJUS SL |
09FREETOWN453 | SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS LIBEL LAW [...] Summary: On November 10, Sierra Leone's Supreme Court dismissed a suit brought by the Sierra Leone Association of journalists (SLAJ) that sought to repeal portions of the 1965 Public Order Act criminalizing libel, nearly two years after the action was instituted. The country's journalists' ass [...] | 2009-11-20 12:19:00 | Embassy Freetown | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM KJUS SL |
09FREETOWN52 | SPECIAL COURT PRESIDENT MEETS WITH AMBASSADOR PERRY [...] (U) Summary: On February 9th, the President of the Special Court (SCSL),Justice Renate Winter of Austria, and the Sierra Leonean Deputy Registrar, Binta Mansaray, discussed with Ambassador Perry their recent visit with the Management Committee and ongoing court related issues. End Summary. [...] | 2009-02-13 12:53:00 | Embassy Freetown | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KAWC KJUS PINR USUN SL |
09GABORONE460 | BOTSWANA: DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON UN ICSC CANDIDATE [...] Pol/Econ Chief delivered reftel demarche June 9 to Mr. Nkoloi Nkoloi, Director of the Department of Europe and the Americas at the Botswana Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Poloff stressed Ms. Myers long experience in personnel matters, including her exemplary service on the ICSC. She also noted [...] | 2009-06-09 08:23:00 | Embassy Gaborone | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA BC |
09GABORONE479 | SADC SECURITY CHIEF IMPRESSED BY ILEA [...] (C) On June 11 Ambassador Nolan and P/E Chief Merritt accompanied Lieutenant General (retired) Tanki Mothae, SADC's Director of the Organ on Politics, Defense, and Security on a visit to the U.S.-funded International Law Enforcement Acadey (ILEA) in Otse, approximately 45 minutes outsideof Gab [...] | 2009-06-15 07:59:00 | Embassy Gaborone | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KJUS KCRM SNAR MASS SADC BC |
09GUANGZHOU498 | Guangzhou's Minorities: Uighurs and Others in a Sea of Han [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Linguistic, cultural and religious differences often lead to "major communication difficulties" between Guangzhou officials and minority groups. The municipal government has mandated sensitivity training for police and other officials who deal frequently with minorities. Provin [...] | 2009-08-18 09:10:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ELAB SOCI KJUS CH |
09GUANGZHOU555 | Political Campaign Season in Full Swing in South China [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Though less overt than the average American political campaign, maneuvering by senior leaders in south China has become increasingly public in recent months as officials look to shore up their power base and better position themselves for advancement in 2012. Guangdong Party Sec [...] | 2009-09-22 02:51:00 | Consulate Guangzhou | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON PGOV PINR KJUS CH |
09GUATEMALA1023 | Retired Colonel Sentenced to 53 Years in Ground-Breaking War [...] (U) Summary: On December 3, for the first time in Guatemala's history, a former high-ranking army officer was convicted for directly participating in war crimes that occurred during the country's 36 year-long armed internal conflict. Retired Colonel Marco Antonio Sanchez Samayoa, along with [...] | 2009-12-11 00:50:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KDEM KJUS GT |
09GUATEMALA1102 | USG DELEGATION ADDRESSES CAFTA LABOR SUBMISSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: In a series of meetings in Guatemala the week of September 29, civil society and union leaders presented a visiting USG inter-agency delegation with a generally bleak assessment of the country's labor environment. They asserted that the government has made little headway in add [...] | 2009-10-19 19:56:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS ECON GT |
09GUATEMALA134 | CICIG CONFRONTS ATTORNEY GENERAL AS CORRUPT [...] (C) On February 3 a judge released former prosecutor Alvaro Matus on $2000 bail after the UN-led International Commission Against Impunity (CICIG) had raised charges against him for obstructing justice in the murder of Victor Rivera. Matus resigned as the country's Chief Homicide Prosecutor [...] | 2009-02-12 16:22:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PINR SNAR PGOV KCRM PHUM GT |
09GUATEMALA1344 | Labor Unions Accuse Government of Neglect on Labor Issues [...] (SBU) Summary: A group of prominent union leaders used the occasion of a November 12 breakfast hosted by Ambassador McFarland to criticize the Government of Guatemala (GOG) for its alleged indifference to the country's principal labor problems. They complained that the GOG continues to do a p [...] | 2009-11-24 22:25:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB PGOV ECON KDEM PHUM KJUS GT |
09GUATEMALA140 | NEW DEATH THREATS AGAINST UNION LEADERS UNDERSCORE [...] (U) Summary: The December 23 murder of a union legal advisor in Quetzaltenango and new death threats against two union leaders in Izabal have prompted the Guatemalan labor movement to reiterate its demands for justice and increased security. The threats may have been a response to a CAFTA la [...] | 2009-02-16 18:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB PHUM ECON KCRM KJUS KDEM PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA142 | INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY INCREASING [...] (U) Summary: Guatemala's climate of impunity and violence is affecting not only the country's urban, concentrated areas, but also rural indigenous areas where public lynchings are a common form of social justice and deterrence. Human rights activist Manuel Calel Morales, leader of an indigeno [...] | 2009-02-17 09:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM SOCI KJUS KDEM PHUM PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA172 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH NOBEL LAUREATE RIGOBERTA [...] (U) Summary: During a February 19 meeting with the Ambassador, Nobel laureate and former presidential candidate Rigoberta Menchu highlighted the work of her foundation, which supports educational centers and programs promoting peace and multiculturalism. Menchu also discussed the political a [...] | 2009-02-24 17:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SOCI KDEM KJUS PHUM KCRM PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA184 | PROGRESS IN BRIDGING GAP BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador has been facilitating constructive dialogue between civil society and the Colom government, urging both sides to find common ground. The most recent event was a meeting at the Residence between human rights leader Helen Mack and Minister of Government Gandara wher [...] | 2009-02-26 18:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KDEM KJUS PHUM PGOV KCRM SOCI GT |
09GUATEMALA19 | STAFFDEL ALMEIDA, GUATEMALA VISIT DECEMBER 14-17 [...] Labor Counsel to the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, Tico Almeida, visited Guatemala December 14-17 as part of a two-country fact-finding visit to Central America to discuss labor issues within the jurisdiction of his Committee. The trip was scheduled for the week after the Depar [...] | 2009-01-09 14:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ETRD PHUM KCRM KJUS KDEM PGOV OREP GT |
09GUATEMALA192 | KILLINGS OF GARMENT BUSINESSMEN RECALL DISPUTE [...] (SBU) Summary: Although there are no indications of union involvement, the January 21 killings of two representatives of a garment factory (Industria Textil Choishin, S.A.) highlighted tension between management and a workers union (SitraChoi). Through November of last year, Choishin and Sitr [...] | 2009-03-03 09:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KCRM ETRD PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA222 | MINISTER OF DEFENSE UNDER PRESSURE TO TURN OVER [...] (U) Summary: On March 6, the Ministry of Defense presented to a judge certified copies of two of the four 1980s-era military counterinsurgency plans -- Victoria 82 and Firmeza 83 -- ordered by the Constitutional Court to be turned over to the Public Ministry. The two other plans -- Plan Sofi [...] | 2009-03-11 14:34:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PHUM MOPS KDEM KCRM KJUS PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA238 | TWO POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED FOR 1984 FORCED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-16 17:21:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KJUS KDEM PGOV ELAB GT |
09GUATEMALA241 | TWO POLICE OFFICERS ARRESTED FOR 1984 FORCED [...] (U) Summary: After 25 years of eluding justice, two suspects -- an active-duty police officer and a retired police officer -- were arrested March 5 and 6 for the 1984 disappearance of labor leader Edgar Fernando Garcia, late husband of influential Congresswoman Nineth Montenegro. The arrests [...] | 2009-03-17 15:07:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KCRM KJUS KDEM PGOV ELAB GT |
09GUATEMALA253 | WORKERS' RIGHTS CENTER ASSISTS INDIGENOUS WORKERS [...] Summary: On February 25, Embassy officers made a site visit to a USG-funded Workers Rights Center in Chimaltenango. Poloffs met with the project coordinator and an indigenous staff lawyer who discussed the project's achievements and challenges during the first three months of its operation. [...] | 2009-03-18 16:20:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV ECON GT |
09GUATEMALA262 | GUATEMALAN "WOMAN OF COURAGE" ASSISTS VICTIMS OF [...] (U) Summary: On March 4, the Ambassador met with 2009 Guatemalan "Woman of Courage" Norma Cruz to personally congratulate her in advance of her visit to Washington to participate in the Secretary's awards ceremony and related activities. Cruz, co-founder and director of local NGO Survivors F [...] | 2009-03-19 12:47:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KWMN KPAO PHUM KJUS KDEM KCRM EAID SOCI |
09GUATEMALA264 | AFL-CIO SOLIDARITY CENTER SUGGESTS STEPS TO [...] (U) Summary: The Ambassador and Laboff met with AFL-CIO Solidarity Center Central America representative Rob Wayss on March 13 to review labor issues and to discuss ways to improve labor compliance. Responding to Wayss' concerns about the reporting of alleged labor crimes in the annual Human [...] | 2009-03-19 13:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM GT |
09GUATEMALA265 | GUATEMALAN ECONOMY SUFFERS THE IMPACT OF THE GLOBAL [...] SUMMARY: The latest round of economic indicators shows continued deterioration of the Guatemalan economy as a result of the global economic crisis. The Central Bank indicated it would revise downward 2009 economic growth estimates, currently at 3 to 3.5 percent. Remittance flows and internati [...] | 2009-03-19 13:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN ETRD EAID SNAR KJUS PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA291 | GUATEMALAN HUMAN RIGHTS OMBUDSMAN'S WIFE ATTACKED [...] (SBU) On March 25, Human Rights Ombudsman Sergio Morales reported to authorities that his wife, Gladys Monterroso, was abducted by unknown assailants earlier that day from a restaurant in zone 10 of Guatemala City while having lunch, and released 15 hours later in a park in zone 18 after she w [...] | 2009-03-26 18:52:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS KDEM SOCI PHUM PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA298 | GUATEMALAN POLICE ARREST TEN NARCOTRAFFICKERS [...] (C) On March 5, the Guatemalan National Civil Police (PNC) arrested ten alleged members, mostly Guatemalans, of the Mexican Zetas (the armed wing of the Gulf Cartel) in response to shootouts that same day between PNC officers and the alleged narcotraffickers. The confrontations between the PNC [...] | 2009-03-30 14:57:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR KCRM PTER PGOV KJUS KDEM GT |
09GUATEMALA330 | GUATEMALAN MINISTRY OF LABOR LAUNCHES CALL CENTER [...] Summary: On April 3, the Ministry of Labor inaugurated a call center, funded by USDOL, to respond to public requests for information, provide legal consultations, and refer complaints to the Labor Inspectorate. Earlier the same day, USDOL-funded "Cumple y Gana" (Comply and Win) program launch [...] | 2009-04-06 23:41:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB PGOV ECON PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM EAID GT |
09GUATEMALA334 | DEMARCHE ON USG CANDIDACY FOR UN HUMAN RIGHTS [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-07 18:53:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS GT |
09GUATEMALA367 | DEMARCHE ON UN HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL ELECTION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-04-17 16:59:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL KDEM KJUS GT |
09GUATEMALA368 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL [...] (C) Summary: During his March 12 meeting with Attorney General Velasquez, the Ambassador raised various issues, including the importance of investigating killings of unionists, the ineffective work of the IPR and anti-money laundering prosecutors, progress on the GOG's wiretapping capability, [...] | 2009-04-17 18:15:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM KJUS KTIP KWMN ELAB KDEM ETRD PHUM |
09GUATEMALA406 | GUATEMALA'S NEW LEFT: THE NEW REPUBLIC MOVEMENT [...] (C) Summary: Amid growing insecurity, narco-related violence, and an economic crisis, independent Congressman Anibal Garcia has announced the formation of a new leftist movement to promote reform and to represent traditionally under-represented sectors of the population. Garcia hopes to turn [...] | 2009-04-29 03:18:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV SOCI ELAB ECON PHUM PREL KJUS KDEM GT |
09GUATEMALA454 | SUPREME COURT SELECTION: HIGH STAKES FOR RULE OF [...] (C) The Guatemalan Congress recently set aside draft legislation that would have cast much needed sunlight on the selection process for the next Supreme Court, which is to be selected not later than October. Congress will soon establish a nominating committee to select the 13 new magistrates [...] | 2009-05-13 13:27:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS SNAR PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA478 | THE ROSENBERG CASE: THOUSANDS TAKE TO THE STREETS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: More than a week after his death, the accusations made by attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg against President Colom, the First Lady, and Colom's inner circle continue to reverberate in Guatemala. On May 17 thousands took to the streets in two very large yet peaceful demonstrations bo [...] | 2009-05-19 23:44:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR SOCI KDEM KJUS KCRM GT |
09GUATEMALA497 | ROSENBERG CASE OPENS DOOR TO IMPORTANT RULE OF LAW [...] (C) Summary: Public opinion, newly focused by the Rosenberg murder on corruption and transparency, created a political opening for the U.S. Embassy, along with the international community, to revive a stalled law to improve transparency in the process of selecting supreme court magistrates. T [...] | 2009-05-26 18:26:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS SNAR PINR GT |
09GUATEMALA501 | GOG UPDATES USG ON CAFTA-DR LABOR SUBMISSION [...] (U) Summary: On May 13, Embassy hosted a DVC with the GOG and USG inter-agency to discuss progress on the CAFTA-DR Labor Submission Report and to follow up on a November 2008 DVC (ref C) and demarches delivered by the Ambassador and Embassy pol/econ officers in February 2009 (refs A, B). Seni [...] | 2009-05-27 20:11:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KJUS GT |
09GUATEMALA527 | SECURITY: BAD AND GETTING WORSE IN QUETZALTENANGO [...] (U) SUMMARY. A recent trip by Emboffs to Quetzaltenango, in western Guatemala, found widespread concern over increasing insecurity, a significant lack of confidence in the ability of the national police (PNC) to address the issue, and a belief that Guatemala City is pushing its problems to th [...] | 2009-06-04 23:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PGOV SOCI PHUM GT |
09GUATEMALA535 | USG-FUNDED WORKER RIGHTS CENTERS OPEN IN IZABAL [...] Summary: On May 28, Emboffs attended the inauguration of two Worker Rights Centers in the Department of Izabal as part of the DOL-funded project, "Campo a Campo:Trabajando con dignidad." The three-year project is implemented by Catholic Relief Services (CRS) and its local partner, the Social [...] | 2009-06-08 20:29:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB KJUS KDEM PHUM PGOV ECON GT |
09GUATEMALA556 | GUATEMALA OPEN TO ICSC CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) On June 9, Emboffs delivered reftel points to Luis Carranza, Minister Counselor for Multilateral Policy at the Guatemalan Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Carranza was noncommittal but did say the GOG looks favorably upon candidates from the Western Hemisphere. He promised post a response a [...] | 2009-06-10 22:43:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA GT |
09GUATEMALA582 | UPDATE ON SITRABI CASE OF THE CAFTA-DR LABOR [...] (C) Summary: On May 29 Poloff met with AFL-CIO Solidarity Center Central America Representative Rob Wayss and Banana Workers' Union of Izabal (SITRABI) representative Cesar Humberto Guerra Lopez. Guerra updated Poloff on the outcome of SITRABI's most recent meetings with the GOG. The first m [...] | 2009-06-19 01:10:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB ECON ETRD PGOV PHUM KDEM PREL KJUS GT |
09GUATEMALA647 | RE-CAP OF USG ACTIONS IN CAFTA-DR LABOR COMPLAINT [...] (U) Summary: As the mid-July deadline for reassessment of the CAFTA-DR labor complaint draws near, Post would like to highlight the numerous actions taken by various USG agencies to encourage the GOG to recognize the significance of and to undertake the recommendations made in DOL's Public Rep [...] | 2009-07-07 23:40:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KJUS KDEM PHUM PGOV ECON GT |
09GUATEMALA740 | MIXCO RESIDENTS SHARE CONCERNS, DESIRE FOR NAS [...] SUMMARY: On June 26, the Ambassador attended the official kick-off of the NAS-funded Precinct Program in Mixco, a crime-ridden, working class neighborhood of Guatemala City. During the meeting the Ambassador listened to residents' concerns regarding lack of security and their support for the P [...] | 2009-08-04 13:08:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV KCRM KJUS GT |
09GUATEMALA788 | UNCHARTED TERRITORY: USG DELEGATION TO GUATEMALA [...] SUMMARY: During the week of July 29, a USG delegation visited Guatemala to discuss next steps for the CAFTA-DR labor complaint. The purpose of the visit was three-fold: to verify the achievements made to date in the five cases; to discuss the issues still outstanding in each of the cases; an [...] | 2009-08-18 16:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB KJUS KDEM PHUM PGOV ECON GT |
09GUATEMALA79 | PRIME SUSPECT IN PEDRO ZAMORA MURDER CASE ARRESTED [...] (U) On January 10, Guatemalan authorities arrested Wilfredo Waldemar Valiente Garcia, the prime suspect in the January 2007 murder of port union leader Pedro Zamora (reftel). The arrest concluded a one-and-a-half year search for the fugitive, who had eluded authorities since July 2007. Accor [...] | 2009-01-28 14:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | ELAB KCRM PHUM KJUS KDEM PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA85 | HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST CLEARED OF ACCUSATION OF [...] (U) Summary: At a January 23 pre-trial hearing, a Guatemalan court found insufficient evidence to charge human rights activist Jorge Luis Lopez Sologaistoa of attempted murder for the July 2008 armed assault of a sex worker. Peace Brigades International had requested Embassy intervention on t [...] | 2009-01-29 15:19:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM KJUS KDEM PHUM PGOV GT |
09GUATEMALA890 | GUATEMALAN COURT SETS PRECEDENT WITH FORCED [...] (SBU) Summary: On August 31, a Chimaltenango court approved Guatemala's first-ever conviction for the crime of forced disappearance. Felipe Cusanero, a military commissioner who acted under military authority, was sentenced to 150 years for the disappearance of six civilians during the inte [...] | 2009-09-16 22:04:00 | Embassy Guatemala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KDEM KJUS PGOV KCRM GT |
09GUATEMALA919 | Congress Elects Supreme Court Amid Controversy [...] (C) On September 30, the Guatemalan Congress elected the thirteen new members of the Supreme Court from a list of 26 candidates. The candidates' list was the result of a reformed and improved selection process which the U.S. and other embassies, as well as CICIG, had successfully encouraged C [...] | 2009-10-02 19:00:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KCRM KJUS KDEM EAID GT |
09GUATEMALA925 | CICIG Celebrates Two-Year Anniversary with Compounding [...] (S) SUMMARY: On September 4, the UN-led International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) celebrated its two-year anniversary and the approval of another two-year mandate. CICIG Commissioner Carlos Castresana summarized CICIG's successes, including numerous CICIG-led investigati [...] | 2009-10-05 23:23:00 | Embassy Guatemala | SECRET | SNAR PGOV KCRM KJUS KDEM GT |
09GUATEMALA929 | Three Supreme Court Justices Replaced at CICIG's Behest [...] (C) On October 7, the Guatemalan Congress replaced three of the thirteen justices it had elected September 30 to the new Supreme Court, which is to be sworn in NLT October 13. The three were the most problematic of six whom CICIG publicly signaled as unfit to serve on the Supreme Court. All [...] | 2009-10-09 14:31:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KCRM KJUS GT |
09GUATEMALA983 | Mixco Security Woes Leave Bus Drivers Dead, Erode Public [...] (C) Summary: Mixco, the largest suburb of Guatemala City, has experienced a sharp rise in violence over the last year, especially in attacks against bus drivers. Post believes much of the violence is perpetrated by organized crime and gangs that kill those unwilling or unable to pay their exto [...] | 2009-11-24 15:24:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCRM EAID KJUS PINR SNAR ASEC GT |
09GUATEMALA99 | HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS CRITICIZE MINISTER OF [...] (C) Summary: During a January 22 lunch with the Ambassador, human rights defenders criticized President Colom's decision to replace former Minister of Government Jimenez with Salvador Gandara, whom they accused of complicity in social cleansing killings during his tenure as Mayor of Villa Nuev [...] | 2009-02-04 16:17:00 | Embassy Guatemala | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV KCRM SNAR KJUS KDEM GT |
09HANOI158 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL NOMINATION [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 09:38:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA VM |
09HANOI517 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - SUPPORT FOR U.S. CANDIDATE TO ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-04 06:31:00 | Embassy Hanoi | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA VM |
09HELSINKI217 | FINLAND: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 13:50:00 | Embassy Helsinki | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA FI |
09HILLAH8 | QAIS MURDER TRIAL: CONTINUED DELAYS POINT TO POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) The trial of three defendants accused of the December 2007 murder of former Babil Chief of Police (PDoP) MG Qais Al-Mamoury has been delayed four times over the last three months, since the trial venue was transferred from Babil to Baghdad in October. Gen Al-Mamoury's brother, Safa Al-Ma [...] | 2009-01-27 09:38:00 | REO Hillah | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV KCOR IZ |
09ISLAMABAD1099 | RESTORED CHIEF JUSTICE LOOKS INWARD, AVOIDS [...] (C) Summary: In the past two months since Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry was restored to the bench, he has dealt with crucial national issues through court verdicts and policy pronouncements. He has ordered the quick disposal of cases, announced the intent to withdraw judges fro [...] | 2009-05-20 12:55:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS PK |
09ISLAMABAD1141 | SUPREME COURT DECLARES THE SHARIFS ELIGIBLE AGAIN [...] (C) Summary: On May 26, the Supreme Court reversed its February 25 decision and declared both Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif eligible to run for and serve in public office. This seals the final reinstatement of Shahbaz Sharif as Chief Minister of Punjab and clears the way for Nawaz to run (and win [...] | 2009-05-26 15:48:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1168 | CODEL LEAHY FIRST TO MEET RESTORED CHIEF JUSTICE [...] (C) Summary: On May 25, Codel Leahy -- Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT),Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI),and Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) -- and the Ambassador, paid a courtesy call on Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry. This was the first meeting by an official U.S. delegation with C [...] | 2009-05-28 14:56:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS MOPS EAID PINR PK |
09ISLAMABAD1247 | HAFIZ SAEED'S RELEASE TO BE APPEALED [...] (C) Summary: On June 2, Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief Hafiz Saeed was ordered released from house arrest by the Lahore High Court (LHC). With no charges pending against him, the Court found no grounds for continuing Saeed's detention, which began November 26, 2008, stated the 20-page detailed ju [...] | 2009-06-07 11:35:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV KJUS PK IN |
09ISLAMABAD1256 | PAKISTAN STILL CONSIDERING UN ICSC VOTE [...] (C) PolOff delivered June 2 reftel demarche to MFA UN-III Director Dr. Ahsan Nabeel in support of the U.S. candidate for the United Nations International Civil Service Commission (UN ICSC). Nabeel noted that the ICSC election was not expected until November. While he committed to discuss the [...] | 2009-06-08 16:22:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PK |
09ISLAMABAD1297 | GILANI UPBEAT; ASKS FOR HELP ON MANY FRONTS [...] (C) Summary: Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan (SRAP) Ambassador Richard Holbrooke and the Ambassador met June 5 with Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani and several of his key Ministers. Gilani noted how much had changed politically since Holbrooke's last visit to Pakistan in Apri [...] | 2009-06-13 08:33:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PINR PHUM ETRD EAID MOPS KJUS PK |
09ISLAMABAD1413 | TRIAL SKILLS TRAINING FOR PAK PROSECUTORS [...] (U) Summary: Pakistan's prosecutors, under-resourced and poorly trained, are routinely characterized as the weakest link in a criminal justice system that sees up to 70 percent of its prosecutions end in acquittal. Prosecutors seldom work with police, do little to prepare their cases for trial [...] | 2009-06-27 07:49:00 | Embassy Islamabad | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM PREF PREL KJUS PK |
09ISLAMABAD1846 | PAKISTAN'S FIA ON COUNTERING TERRORIST FINANCE [...] (SBU) Summary: In a July 22 meeting with the Treasury Advisor to the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, Federal Investigative Agency (FIA) Director General Tariq Khosa said counter-terrorist financing efforts had limited external sources of funds available to Al-Qaida and Tar [...] | 2009-08-07 14:42:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV EFIN ECON EAID KJUS AF PK |
09ISLAMABAD2185 | ADDRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT PAKISTAN SECURITY [...] (S/NF) A growing body of evidence is lending credence to allegations of human rights abuses by Pakistan security forces during domestic operations against terrorists in Malakand Division and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. While it is oftentimes difficult to attribute with accuracy any res [...] | 2009-09-10 14:40:00 | Embassy Islamabad | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PHUM PTER MOPS MASS KJUS PK |
09ISLAMABAD415 | SHARIFS DISQUALIFIED FROM OFFICE [...] (C) Summary and Comment: Pakistan's Supreme Court ruled February 25 that both Nawaz and Shahbaz Sharif from the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) party are ineligible to hold public office. President Zardari told Charge that he had temporarily appointed PPP Governor Taseer as Chief Execut [...] | 2009-02-25 15:14:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KJUS EAID PK |
09ISLAMABAD604 | PM GILANI RESTORES ALL DEPOSED JUDGES [...] (SBU) Summary: With two March 17 executive orders, Prime Minister Yousuf Gilani restored to the bench deposed Chief Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry and a handful of remaining Supreme Court and provincial High Court judges. These judges had refused (or not been invited) to take a new oath of office [...] | 2009-03-19 13:01:00 | Embassy Islamabad | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS PK |
09JAKARTA108 | INDONESIAN SUPREME COURT CHOOSES A NEW CHIEF TO [...] (C) SUMMARY: The members of Indonesia's Supreme Court have chosen Harifin A. Tumpa to be the next Chief Justice. Tumpa had previously served as one of the court's vice chiefs and had been serving as the interim Chief Justice after the former Chief reached mandatory retirement age in October [...] | 2009-01-20 10:29:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KMCA PREL ID |
09JAKARTA119 | MUNIR MURDER CASE -- MINOR PLAYER GETS JAIL [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Supreme Court has convicted Rohainil Aini, a former Garuda Airlines' employee, in connection with the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. Rohainil received a one-year sentence for faking a letter that enabled Pollycarpus Budihari Priyanto (who [...] | 2009-01-22 08:58:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PHUM ID |
09JAKARTA1203 | INDONESIA'S CORRUPTION ERADICATION COMMISSION [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has hit another road block. KPK-police tensions have escalated in recent weeks, with both sides threatening to bring corruption charges against the other's leaders. Although President Yudhoyono had convened a meeting to stem [...] | 2009-07-16 11:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1215 | RULE OF LAW: PROSECUTORS GET A CLOSE LOOK AT U.S. JUDICIAL [...] (U) This message is Sensitive-but-Unclassified; please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: A team of eleven Indonesian prosecutors from a key task force, accompanied by DOJ Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) and poloff, participated in a June study visit to the U.S. The State-funded, DOJ-orga [...] | 2009-07-21 09:48:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KJUS ID |
09JAKARTA1280 | GOI PRESSES CASE INVOLVING DEATH OF PROMINENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Attorney General's Office (AGO) has stated that it will file an appeal of the Supreme Court's acquittal of former top intelligence official Muchdi Purwopranjono. Muchdi is accused of orchestrating the murder of prominent human rights activist Munir Said Thalib in [...] | 2009-07-31 09:15:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS ID |
09JAKARTA1281 | ANTI-CORRUPTION UPDATE -- KEY INDEPENDENT [...] (C) SUMMARY: In the latest anti-corruption news, Indonesia's independent Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) is facing various inquiries. KPK-police tensions have escalated with both sides threatening to bring corruption charges against the other. President Yudhoyono's intervention in [...] | 2009-07-31 10:26:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1313 | BILL COULD WEAKEN INDONESIA'S CORRUPTION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament is debating a new bill that would strip Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) of its prosecutorial powers, rendering the KPK an investigative and preventative organization. Although this legislati [...] | 2009-08-07 10:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1349 | GOI INTEREST IN HIGH-LEVEL ANTICORRUPTION DIALOGUE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Indonesian law enforcement and anticorruption agencies would welcome a high-level USG-GOI dialogue on anticorruption and related anticrimes. During INL Director David Luna's visit to Jakarta, August 10-11, the three primary corruption investigation and prosecution bodies in Ind [...] | 2009-08-14 11:41:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA143 | MILITARY JUSTICE REFORM -- LEGISLATURE REVIEWS BILL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Proponents of the military justice reform bill are considering whether to push for the bill's passage before Indonesia move toward elections. The bill, an initiative of the national legislature (DPR),would make the Indonesian military (TNI) subject to the civilian justice syst [...] | 2009-01-28 08:23:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV MARR KJUS ID |
09JAKARTA160 | PAPUA -- ACTIVIST ACQUITTED IN HIGH-PROFILE CASE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Papuan human rights activist Sabar Iwanggin has been cleared of incitement to violence charges. The prosecution--which alleged that he had sent inflammatory text messages--committed many missteps during the year-long trial and ultimately failed to prove its case. Human rights g [...] | 2009-01-30 09:31:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS ID |
09JAKARTA1601 | VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT BOEDIONO CONFIDENT INDONESIA [...] (C) Summary: In a September 24 meeting with Ambassador and DCM, Vice President-elect Boediono (one name only) welcomed the strengthening of bilateral relations, urged continued deepening of people-to people ties, asked whether U.S. companies wanted to invest in clean energy in Indonesia, and i [...] | 2009-09-24 11:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | BEXP EAID ECON ETRD ID KJUS PGOV PREL SENV |
09JAKARTA1613 | KEY ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION FACES INCREASED [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian police have charged Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) officials with alleged abuse of power and the KPK has suspended them from their duties. The charges are the latest twist in ongoing jousting between elements of the GOI about the activities of the KPK. [...] | 2009-09-28 06:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ECON ID |
09JAKARTA1674 | PARLIAMENT PASSES LAW REVAMPING ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian Parliament has passed a new Anti-Corruption Court (ACC) law. If Parliament had not passed the bill before the session ended on September 30, the ACC could have become unconstitutional per an earlier court ruling. Civil society sees the law as inadequate, and not [...] | 2009-10-06 04:37:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA17 | MINISTRY OF LAW SECRETARY GENERAL DISCUSSES NEED FOR HUMAN [...] (SBU) On December 31, 2008, the Deputy Chief of Mission met with Abdul Bari Azed, Secretary General of the Ministry of Law and Human Rights. Azed described the various justice sector bills that his Ministry was responsible for drafting, including the corruption and judicial commission bills. [...] | 2009-01-06 09:05:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KJUS PHUM ID |
09JAKARTA1709 | CORRUPTION UPDATE -- HEADLINE-GRABBING TRIAL OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: The high profile trial of former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chief Antasari Azhar began in Jakarta on October 8. The arrest of Azhar earlier this year set off a chain of recriminations and investigations by the police into the KPK--and vice versa. Separately, a poli [...] | 2009-10-09 08:13:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1710 | MURDER OF ACTIVIST MUNIR -- PROGRESS MADE AFTER [...] (C) SUMMARY: Well-known human rights activist Munir Said Thalib was murdered just over five years ago. So far, the Indonesian government has convicted three people for involvement in the crime. The GOI is still working to convict remaining suspect--former top intelligence official Muchdi P [...] | 2009-10-09 09:35:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS ID |
09JAKARTA1799 | INDONESIA'S SUPREME COURT GAINS TRACTION IN REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY: In his first year as Chief Justice of Indonesia's Supreme Court, Harifin Tumpa has demonstrated a strong commitment to reforming Indonesia's judiciary. Under Tumpa,s leadership, the court has instituted a code of conduct and undertaken human resource and financial management re [...] | 2009-10-29 07:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS KDEM ID |
09JAKARTA1815 | BUREAUCRATIC TUSSLE INVOLVING KEY ANTI-CORRUPTION [...] (C) SUMMARY: The ongoing bureaucratic tussle between Indonesia's police and its Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) continues to ramp up. Despite legal recommendations that it drop its investigation of the KPK, the police instead have arrested two suspended KPK commissioners. In a furth [...] | 2009-10-30 10:24:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1845 | TOP LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS RESIGN AMID SCANDAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a dramatic reversal, the two Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Commissioners arrested by the police on October 29 have been released, and the Indonesian National Police,s (INP) Chief of the Criminal Investigation Division and the Vice Attorney General implicat [...] | 2009-11-06 11:28:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1899 | NEW INDONESIAN NCB ASSET FORFEITURE BILL DRAFTED [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On November 5 and 6, 2009, a multi-agency Indonesian drafting team, working with DOJ's OPDAT, put the finishing touches on a non-conviction based (NCB) asset forfeiture law. The draft bill addresses a series of issues ranging from the appropriate burden of proof, to the need t [...] | 2009-11-17 04:59:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN SNAR PHUM ASEC ID |
09JAKARTA19 | CORRUPTION PROSECUTIONS OFF TO A STRONG START IN [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified -- Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: Corruption prosecutions are off to a strong start in 2009 with the January 5 conviction of a sitting member of Parliament on graft charges. Meanwhile, anti-corruption results in 2008 were posi [...] | 2009-01-06 10:21:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1910 | FACT FINDING TEAM PRESENTS REPORT, PRESIDENT [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: A presidentially-appointed fact finding team called for total reform of Indonesia,s law enforcement institutions it its final report released on November 17. The ball is now in President Yudhoyono,s court. The fact-finding team, commissioned to investigate allegations of a con [...] | 2009-11-19 02:11:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA1944 | SENIOR POLICE OFFICIAL REPLACED AMID CORRUPTION [...] (U) This message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) On November 24 the Indonesian National Police (INP) replaced General Susno Duadji, head of the INP's Criminal Investigation Division (CID). An INP spokesman stated the move was part of routine personnel [...] | 2009-11-25 08:22:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ECON ID |
09JAKARTA1946 | PRESIDENTIAL SPEECH FAILS TO QUELL GROWING CRISIS [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono failed to regain control over two major scandals in his public response to a fact-finding team,s recommendations on how to proceed. The team, appointed by Yudhoyono, had recommended that the President take clear action regarding police and pr [...] | 2009-11-25 08:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV ECON KJUS KCOR SNAR ID |
09JAKARTA1965 | BANKING SCANDAL DISTRACTS YUDHOYONO FROM REFORM [...] (C) SUMMARY. Managing public perception and scrutiny regarding the ongoing scandal surrounding the bailout of Bank Century threatens to derail President Yudhoyono,s reform agenda. If unsubstantiated allegations that bailout funds were diverted to his political party or family are confirmed, Y [...] | 2009-12-01 10:50:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV ECON KJUS KCOR SNAR ID |
09JAKARTA1995 | PROGRESS TOWARD A TERRORISM FINANCING LAW [...] (SBU) Summary: On November 18, 2009, an Indonesian inter-agency drafting team and experts from the National Security Division of the US Department of Justice (U.S. DOJ),the FBI, U.S. Treasury, the UNODC and DOJ OPDAT met in Jakarta to continue work on a terrorism financing law. The current dr [...] | 2009-12-04 10:07:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KTFN EFIN SNAR PHUM ASEC ID |
09JAKARTA2012 | Organizational Hubris Damages the Indonesian National [...] (SBU) This cable is sensitive but unclassified. Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY The row between Indonesian National Police (INP) and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has damaged the reputation of Police Chief Bambang Hendarso Danuri and that of the entire INP. Danu [...] | 2009-12-08 04:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM ECON ETRD SNAR KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA219 | GOI PRESSES CORRUPTION CASE INVOLVING PRESIDENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Indonesian government has formally charged Aulia Pohon, father-in-law of President Yudhoyono's eldest son, and three other former central bank officials with corruption. The former central bank officials were indicted for their roles in the alleged misuse of approximately $ [...] | 2009-02-09 08:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA30 | CORRUPTION UPDATE - KEY CONVICTIONS IN BI [...] (U) This message is Sensitive but Unclassified--Please handle accordingly. 2. (SBU) SUMMARY: The Anti-Corruption Court sentenced two former legislators to prison for their roles in the 2003 Bank Indonesia corruption scandal. So far several high-level GOI officials have been convicted fo [...] | 2009-01-08 10:30:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA312 | Indonesian National Police Adopt Use of Force Policy [...] (U) After over a year of collaboration with the INL-funded DOJ ICITAP Program, the Indonesian National Police (INP) has adopted a Use of Force Policy commensurate with international human rights and policing standards. Police Chief Danuri signed into decree the Use of Force Police Action Poli [...] | 2009-02-23 10:51:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | KIPR ETRD ECON SNAR KJUS ID PNUM |
09JAKARTA371 | MUNIR CASE -- SUCIWATI'S LETTER TO THE SECRETARY [...] (U) This is an Action Request -- Please see paragraph 3. 2. (U) Attached is the text of the letter which Suciwati, the widow of murdered human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, gave to Secretary Clinton when they met in Jakarta on February 18. During their conversation, the Secretary exp [...] | 2009-03-03 10:45:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KJUS PHUM ID |
09JAKARTA416 | Indonesian corruption prosecutors experience first-hand how [...] (SBU) Summary: Twelve prosecutors from the Indonesian Attorney General's Office Anti-Corruption Task Force participated in an INL-supported one-week study visit to learn how the U.S. investigates and prosecutes public corruption cases. The delegation, led by DOJ/OPDAT Resident Legal Advisor (R [...] | 2009-03-10 10:39:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA690 | INDONESIA TRANSMITS ITS FIRST MUTUAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On April 13, 2009, Indonesia transmitted its first competent mutual legal assistance request to the U.S. for computer evidence relating to a corruption investigation. This request was a breakthrough because until now the formal Indonesian mutual legal assistance request regime h [...] | 2009-04-17 05:49:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR ID |
09JAKARTA692 | INDONESIAN SUPREME COURT RULES DECISIVELY IN FAVOR [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indonesian Supreme Court ruled in favor of TIME magazine in the $110 million TIME-Suharto libel case on April 16. The Supreme Court said there was no violation of the press code of ethics, applying press law as opposed to its August 2007 civil law decision. This Supreme Cou [...] | 2009-04-17 07:42:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON ID KJUS PGOV |
09JAKARTA778 | ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION CHAIR SUSPENDED OVER [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Chair of Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK),Antasari Azhar, has been suspended from duty amid shocking and lurid allegations that he was involved in the murder of an Indonesian businessman. After the Attorney General's Office publicly linked Azhar to the mu [...] | 2009-05-04 10:09:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR KCRM ID |
09JAKARTA805 | IN SENSATIONAL CASE, POLICE ARREST INDONESIA'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a case netting sensational headlines in Indonesia, the suspended chair of Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK),Antasari Azhar, has been officially declared a suspect in the murder of an Indonesian businessman. Azhar is currently under detention. Contacts at [...] | 2009-05-07 10:20:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA889 | INDONESIAN AGO IMPLEMENTS NEW TRAINING SYSTEM [...] (SBU) Summary: The Indonesian Attorney General's Office (AGO) has successfully implemented a new training approach involving two-month internships and distance learning modules for all incoming prosecutors. These changes are part of a wider effort to move the AGO from a traditional bureaucracy [...] | 2009-05-25 23:57:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCRM KJUS SNAR PHUM ID |
09JAKARTA9 | MUNIR MURDER CASE -- PROSECUTION PLANS TO APPEAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: Prosecutors plan to appeal the recent acquittal of former intelligence official Muchdi Purwoprandjono who was on trial for the 2004 murder of human rights activist Munir Said Thalib. Key witnesses rescinded testimony or did not appear in court and prosecutors plan to make that [...] | 2009-01-05 09:14:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS ID PGOV |
09JAKARTA986 | ANTI-CORRUPTION BODY PURSUES HIGH PROFILE CASES; [...] (C) SUMMARY: The arrest of the former chair of Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) has given prosecutors new impetus on the anti-corruption front. Since this arrest, the KPK has declared as suspects seven former and current lawmakers in corruption cases. In the meantime, th [...] | 2009-06-10 07:06:00 | Embassy Jakarta | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JAKARTA999 | TICK-TOCK: TIME IS RUNNING OUT ON INDONESIA'S [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Parliament's passage of the Anti-Corruption Court law by a December 2009 deadline poses a critical challenge to the future of anti-corruption reform in Indonesia. The Anti-Corruption Court has been a key part of the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) perfect prosecution [...] | 2009-06-12 02:36:00 | Embassy Jakarta | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KCOR ID |
09JEDDAH349 | SAUDI BLOGGER SCARED INTO CURBING HIS ACTIVISM [...] No summary [...] | 2009-09-21 07:56:00 | Consulate Jeddah | SECRET | EINT KJUS KPAO PGOV PHUM PINR PINS PREL PTER |
09JERUSALEM1516 | FAYYAD ON DETAINEES, NABLUS, AND INTERNAL POLITICS [...] (C) In an August 19 meeting with LtGen Selva and the Consul General, Prime Minister Salam Fayyad spoke out against detainee abuse by PA security forces. "We cannot accept the abuse or torture of people," he said. "It is a question of morality, not politics." Fayyad noted four deaths of det [...] | 2009-08-25 14:03:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWBG KPAL IS PROP KJUS |
09JERUSALEM1595 | MINISTER OF JUSTICE ON PA RULE OF LAW, SECURITY [...] (C) Summary: In a September 2 meeting, Minister of Justice Ali Khashan noted that international assistance in the security sector had outstripped efforts to build the capacity of the justice sector. He urged increased donor attention to the latter. He criticized of piecemeal approaches to [...] | 2009-09-03 13:54:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KWBG ASEC IS |
09JERUSALEM1604 | CHIEF JUSTICE ON JUDICIAL CHALLENGES, MINISTRY OF [...] (C) Summary: In a September 2 meeting, Chief Justice Issa Abu Sharar discussed recent improvements in the Palestinian judicial sector, and the challenge of recruiting qualified judges. He praised Prime Minister Fayyad's support for enforcement of High Court orders and was critical of what [...] | 2009-09-04 11:32:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KWBG KJUS ASEC PINR IS |
09JERUSALEM1649 | AMBITION, LIMITATIONS IN EVIDENCE AT WEST BANK [...] Summary: PolOffs visited the Palestinian Civil Police (PCP) station in the West Bank village of al-Mughayyer in the aftermath of September 3-4 clashes between Palestinian villagers and Israeli settlers from a nearby outpost. The visit illustrated a gap between PCP ambitions and capabilities [...] | 2009-09-11 13:14:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PGOV MOPS KWBG KJUS IS |
09JERUSALEM2307 | PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SECURITY OFFICIALS ON [...] (C) Summary: In recent meetings, senior Palestinian Authority (PA) security officials stressed the need to prevent settler violence from provoking a Palestinian response. They noted the difficulty of preventing and containing settler-related violence in flashpoints outside PA security cont [...] | 2009-12-22 14:12:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KWBG KPAL KJUS IS |
09JERUSALEM2324 | NEW PALESTINIAN CHIEF JUSTICE DISCUSSES [...] (C) Post met with newly-appointed Palestinian Chief Justice and Chair of the High Judicial Council Farid Abdullah Asaed Jallad on December 13. Jallad was selected by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Abbas (Abu Mazen) to replace former Chief Justice Issa Abu Sharar, who had reached retir [...] | 2009-12-28 15:42:00 | Consulate Jerusalem | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR KWBG KPAL KJUS |
09KABUL1383 | GIROA EXTRADITES AFGHAN-AMERICAN CORRUPTION [...] (SBU) Summary: Following intensive collaboration from May 29 to June 1 within and between the country team and Government of Afghanistan (GIRoA) leaders, GIRoA extradited two Afghan-Americans suspected of attempting to bribe a U.S. military contracting officer. Depending on weather conditions [...] | 2009-06-01 13:23:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KDEM AF |
09KABUL1558 | SUPREME COURT CONTINUES TO BACK KARZAI ON MEDIA LAW [...] SUMMARY: The Ambassador met with Afghan Chief Justice Azimi on June 7. Azimi stated that President Karzai had the authority to request judicial review of a portion of the Media Law after his veto was overridden, despite there being no obvious legal precedent. Azimi reaffirmed his commitment to [...] | 2009-06-17 14:21:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV SOCI KCOR KJUS AF |
09KABUL1658 | DEVELOPING A MASTER PLAN FOR TORKHAM GATE [...] SUMMARY: This is a Joint message from US Embassies Kabul and Islamabad with input from US Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) and the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF). The Torkham Gate Working Group met from May 23-24 in Jalalabad and Torkham, reviewed the current strategy and develo [...] | 2009-06-25 05:36:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KCOR KJUS AF PK SNAR MOPS KCRM PREL PINS |
09KABUL2464 | LAGHMAN GOVERNOR ON INSURGENTS, POLICE, PROVINCIAL [...] (C/NF) According to Laghman Governor Lutfullah Mashal, Laghman's provincial council does not understand its duties or role, and its deputy chairman, he alleged, is a member of the insurgent group Hezb-e-Islami Gulbuddin (HIG). The governor predicted that HIG would "do well in the elections." [...] | 2009-08-22 04:39:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID SNAR KJUS AF |
09KABUL2465 | CJTF-82 CG SCAPARROTTI,S MEETING WITH NANGARHAR [...] (C) Summary. During an animated 90-minute meeting on August 11 with Gen. Scaparrotti and SCR-E Kilner, Governor Shirzai returned repeatedly to two central themes: working with and through Afghanistan,s tribal structure is the key to more effective government; and reforming and strengt [...] | 2009-08-22 04:49:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID KJUS AF |
09KABUL2466 | CJTF-82 COMMANDER SCAPARROTTI,S MEETING WITH [...] (S) Summary. CJTF-82 Commanding General Scaparrotti and RC-East Senior Civilian Representative Kilner met with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk for 30 minutes during the PM,s trip to Ghazni on August 16. Tusk had planned to visit Poland,s combat brigade ) the largest non-American force in [...] | 2009-08-22 04:56:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID KJUS AF |
09KABUL2756 | FORMER EXILED TRIBAL LEADER PROMISES TO IMPROVE [...] (C) Summary: Former mujahidin commander and Nangarhar power broker Haji Zaman Gomsharick, widely considered to be the most influential leader of the Khogyani tribe, met with the Jalalabad PRT State Department representative on August 10. Haji Zaman, who recently ended seven years of exile in [...] | 2009-09-10 06:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS AF |
09KABUL2758 | NANGARHAR GOVERNOR SHERZAI STUMPS FOR LOYA JIRGA [...] (C) At an August 30 iftar, Nangarhar Governor Gul Agha Sherzai said he had drafted a comprehensive post-election peace plan comprising three key points: the convening of a Loya Jirga to address national security, the establishment of a small council of presidential advisors on finance and secu [...] | 2009-09-10 07:03:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM EAID KJUS SCUL MOPS MASS ECON |
09KABUL2807 | ELECTION DAY COMMUNITY BASED SECURITY PLAYS ROLE [...] (SBU) Begin Summary. Community based security (CBS) was an important element on election day, but was not as expansive or as problematic as previewed in advance of the elections. While many provincial leaders noted their intention to tap into local men to provide security, these forces di [...] | 2009-09-15 05:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM KJUS MOPS AF PAK |
09KABUL2969 | BUILDING A POLICE FORCES IN BABAJI, HELMAND [...] (C) SUMMARY. Helmand has a critical shortage of trained police. To address this challenge U.S. Special Forces, Task Force 72, will begin training 100 Afghans in the Babaji area. This force will be trained at FOB Price, and after they complete their training the new police will be based in th [...] | 2009-09-27 06:18:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM MOPS KJUS AF PAK |
09KABUL3185 | AFGHANS SEEK IMPROVED JUDICIAL SECURITY; CSTC-A AGREES TO [...] (U) SUMMARY. Afghan officials, including the Afghan Chief Justice, the Attorney General, the Minister of Interior, and the Minister of Justice agree 24-hour security for certain at-risk judges and prosecutors is needed to establish a judiciary capable of prosecuting the powerful criminals and [...] | 2009-10-10 05:28:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS EAID AF |
09KABUL3227 | ANTI-CORRUPTION STRATEGY APPROVAL [...] (U) Corruption in government may be the greatest obstacle the Afghan government faces in its quest for legitimacy in the eyes of the Afghan people. Corruption directly and indirectly feeds the insurgency. 2. (C) Mission, SRAP and other Washington staff have worked hard to develop a good ove [...] | 2009-10-14 08:50:00 | Embassy Kabul | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS AF |
09KABUL3419 | Major Crimes Task Force - A Key Element of the Road Map [...] (U) Summary: The Federal Bureau of Investigation will soon complete construction of a facility in Kabul to house the Major Crimes Task Force (MCTF). We see the MCTF as our flagship anti-corruption program, and hope FBI Director will be able to visit the facility site next month as a means of [...] | 2009-10-26 12:04:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KJUS PGOV EAID KCRM KCOR AMGT AF |
09KABUL3426 | LAST INMATE-CONTROLLED PRISON IN AFGHANISTAN COMES [...] (U) On September 29, Afghanistan's Central Prison Directorate (CPD) peacefully transferred all inmates from the existing prison facility in Lashkar Gah, Helmand province, which was controlled by inmates, into a newly constructed facility. The United Kingdom, which runs the PRT in Helmand, bui [...] | 2009-10-27 07:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCRM KCOR KDEM AF |
09KABUL3433 | HIGH LEVEL CORRUPTION ARRESTS CONDUCTED BY GIROA MAJOR [...] (U) SUMMARY: Afghanistan has scored several firsts against corruption as Major Crimes Task Force (MCTF) investigators from the Ministry of the Interior (MOI) and National Directorate of Security (NDS) arrested the Chief of the Border Police of Kandahar, Brigadier General Saifullah Hakim, and t [...] | 2009-10-27 10:17:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET//NOFORN | KJUS KCRM KCOR PGOV AF |
09KABUL3638 | INTERNATIONAL CONTRACT CORRUPTION TASK FORCE HELPING [...] Current levels of corruption in Afghanistan undermine security, development, and rule of law objectives, damage the legitimacy of the Afghan government, and contribute to the country's illicit narcotics trade. At a recent interagency presentation in Kabul, the work of International Contract Co [...] | 2009-11-12 04:00:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KCOR EAID AF |
09KABUL3712 | WAY FORWARD ON AFGHAN JUDICIAL SECURITY INITIATIVE [...] (SBU) Summary: The Afghan Judicial Security Unit (JSU) is closer to becoming operational within Kabul. The U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) has completed a security assessment of the Supreme Court and determined the number of JSU officers needed to secure the Counter-Narcotics Justice Center (CNJ [...] | 2009-11-18 07:53:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS EAID AF |
09KABUL3853 | US-AFGHAN PARTNERSHIP CREATES NEW INSTITUTIONS TO FIGHT [...] Summary: Seven Ministerial level speakers joined the Ambassador and UK Ambassador in stressing the importance of reducing corruption in Afghanistan at an Embassy-organized media event in Kabul on November 16. At this event highlighting growing bilateral and multilateral engagement in this sph [...] | 2009-12-02 13:11:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KJUS KCOR EAID AF |
09KABUL3986 | EMBASSY URGES THE HIGH OFFICE OF OVERSIGHT (HOO) LEADERS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Coordinating Director for Development, Assistance and Economic Affairs, Ambassador Anthony Wayne, met with leaders of the High Office for Oversight of Implementation of the Anticorruption Strategy (HOO) on December 8 to discuss future reform and restructuring of the HOO and its [...] | 2009-12-10 15:07:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KCOR AF |
09KABUL4066 | FIGHTING CORRUPTION IN AFGHANISTAN OFF TO A ROCKY [...] (C)Summary: Kabul Mayor Abdul Ahad Sahebi's recent release on bail pending appeal of his conviction for misuse of public funds caused a media firestorm that has intensified public perceptions of Karzai administration corruption. President Karzai,s public defense of Sahebi coincides with repor [...] | 2009-12-18 14:43:00 | Embassy Kabul | SECRET | KCOR KJUS PGOV PINR PREL AF |
09KABUL4120 | ANTI-CORRUPTION CONFERENCE CALLS FOR QUALIFIED PUBLIC [...] (U) Summary: President Karzai opened the National Anti-Corruption Conference December 15-17, 2009, before 250 attendees that included parliamentarians, academicians, media and diplomatic representatives. He invoked national pride to fight against the image of being one of the most corrupt cou [...] | 2009-12-22 04:35:00 | Embassy Kabul | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KCOR KJUS EAID AF |
09KAMPALA1265 | UGANDA: MYERS CANDIDACY TO ICSC DEMARCHE DELIVERED [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 08:14:00 | Embassy Kampala | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09KATHMANDU154 | NEPAL EXPECTED TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] (SBU) On February 27, Rudra Nepal, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressed interest in Judge Painter's candidacy for the UN Appeals Tribunal but did not commit the Nepalese delegation in New York to voting for him. Emboffs, as inst [...] | 2009-02-27 08:47:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09KATHMANDU541 | NEPAL SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL [...] (SBU) On June 22, Madan Bhattarai, Joint Secretary for UN and International Organizations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Emboff that the Government of Nepal would have no problem supporting the U.S. candidate, Ms. Lucretia Myers, for the UN International Civil Service Commission in t [...] | 2009-06-23 09:27:00 | Embassy Kathmandu | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA NP |
09KIGALI163 | NKUNDA LOSES FIRST ROUND IN COURT [...] (C) On March 11, a Rwandan Higher Instance court denied an application for release of detained renegade Congolese General Laurent Nkunda, ruling on procedural grounds that the court could not accept the case, and noting that the application had been addressed to the wrong individual represe [...] | 2009-03-12 15:53:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL |
09KIGALI289 | NKUNDA LOSES ROUND TWO; JUSTICE MINISTERS MEET ON [...] (C) On April 17, a Rwandan Intermediate court in Gisenyi denied an application for release of detained renegade Congolese General Laurent Nkunda. Ruling on procedural grounds similar to those of an earlier Kigali court (Ref A),the court held that it lacked the "competence" to hear the matte [...] | 2009-05-08 13:26:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | KCRM KJUS PGOV PHUM PREL |
09KIGALI618 | RDF GENERAL EMPHASIZES REGIONAL STABILITY, URGES [...] (C) SUMMARY: In a September 23 meeting, a senior Rwandan military officer stressed that regional peace and stability, especially with regard to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC),was in Rwanda's vital interest. He requested USG action against U.S.-based supporters of the Democratic F [...] | 2009-09-30 16:30:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PINS PINR KJUS CG RW |
09KIGALI623 | WOULD-BE OPPOSITION PARTY'S TAKEOFF STALLED BY [...] (C) Frank Habineza, leader of the newly-formed Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR),told polcouns October 2 that his party was canceling its initial party congress, set to take place in Kigali the same day, because a key state official had informed him late on October 1 that higher-level a [...] | 2009-10-02 15:40:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS RW |
09KIGALI672 | KAGAME LOOKS SET TO WIN 2010 VOTE; NEW PARTIES [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Rwanda is set to hold presidential elections in August 2010. President Paul Kagame is likely to run and win a second seven-year term, and his party dominates the national political landscape. Despite this, several small new political parties and figures have emerged in recent [...] | 2009-10-15 16:49:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS EAID KJUS RW |
09KIGALI716 | SIERRA LEONE CONVICTS ARRIVE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 17:30:00 | Embassy Kigali | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS KCRM RW |
09KIGALI802 | RWANDA AND FRANCE RESTORE DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS THE [...] (C) Summary: The Governments of Rwanda (GOR) and France (GOF) announced November 29 that they had agreed to restore fully diplomatic relations between the two countries. Relations were ruptured in November 2006 after a French judge indicted senior GOR officials on charges - vehemently reject [...] | 2009-12-01 06:28:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS FR RW |
09KIGALI806 | PRESIDENT KAGAME OPEN TO HAVING INTERNATIONAL [...] (C) In a meeting with Rwanda's President, Paul Kagame and Minister of Justice, Tharcisse Karugarama, Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp thanked the Government of Rwanda for accepting prisoners transferred from the Special Court for Sierra Leone, underscoring the importance [...] | 2009-12-01 13:12:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL RW |
09KIGALI808 | AMBASSADOR RAPP RAISES ICTR CASE TRANSFERS WITH [...] (C) Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp raised with Rwanda's Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga the issue of transferring cases for trial in Rwanda from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). In a discussion on the margins of a November meeting in Kigali of pr [...] | 2009-12-01 15:37:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KJUS PREL RW |
09KIGALI857 | SENATE PRESIDENT OPPOSES ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL [...] (C) SUMMARY: During a December 4 meeting with Ambassador, Senate president Vincent Biruta said he was opposed to anti-homosexual language in the current draft penal code, and he did not expect such language to pass. Biruta said his party, the Social Democratic Party (PSD),would soon decide [...] | 2009-12-15 14:24:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS RW |
09KIGALI859 | NKUNDA'S ATTORNEY CONTINUES TO ARGUE HIS CLIENT'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The Canadian defense attorney for detained CNDP leader Laurent Nkunda told Emboffs December 9 that Rwanda's Supreme Court had agreed to hold a hearing on January 13, 2010 about the legality of Nkunda's detention. The attorney claimed to have had no direct communication with Nkunda [...] | 2009-12-16 12:23:00 | Embassy Kigali | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM KJUS MARR CG RW |
09KINGSTON146 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 18:00:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER PREL KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA |
09KINGSTON457 | JAMAICA: DELIVERY OF DEMARCHE IN SUPPORT OF U.S. CANDIDATE [...] (SBU) Per reftel, EmbOff delivered demarche in support of Ms. Lucretia Myers for election to the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC) to Ms. Norma Taylor Roberts, Director of the International Organizations Department of the Government of Jamaica (GOJ)'s Ministry of Foreign Affairs [...] | 2009-06-09 19:04:00 | Embassy Kingston | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09KINSHASA1101 | DURING DRC VISIT, ICC PRESIDENT CALLS FOR BOSCO'S [...] (U) During a keynote speech at a December 10-12 International Parliamentary Conference on Justice in the DRC and the Great Lakes Region, ICC President Sang-Hyun Song reiterated calls for the GDRC to transfer former CNDP chief of staff Bosco Ntaganda to the Hague. Song underscored that "the q [...] | 2009-12-17 13:48:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KJUS PHUM CG |
09KINSHASA178 | DEMARCHED DELIVERED: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL [...] PolOff delivered reftel demarche February 25 to Banza Ngoy, Head of the International Organizations Directorate in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Ngoy said the GDRC is inclined to support the USG candidate for the UN Appeals Tribunal. He added that he would, however, need to consult with t [...] | 2009-02-26 06:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09KINSHASA227 | ICC'S DECISION TO POSTPONE CONFIRMING CHARGES AGAINST [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Criminal Court's (ICC) Pre-Trial Chamber III decided March 4 to postpone its decision on whether to confirm charges against Jean-Pierre Bemba, stating that the facts of the case point to the criminal liability of Bemba as a military commander but not as an ind [...] | 2009-03-12 06:20:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KJUS ASEC CG CT NL |
09KINSHASA546 | FARDC AND MAI MAI CONVICTED OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES [...] (SBU) Summary: Two recent trials in the DRC produced convictions of FARDC soldiers and Mai Mai rebels for human rights abuses. Congolese armed forces (FARDC) military tribunals conducted the trials, which were held in Walikale (North Kivu) and Lieke Lesole (Orientale). The prosecution team in [...] | 2009-06-11 10:30:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV KJUS KWMN CG |
09KINSHASA590 | REACTION IN THE DRC TO CONFIRMATION [...] (SBU) Summary: The International Criminal Court (ICC) confirmed war crimes and crimes against humanity charges against DRC opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba June 15. The court revised the charges, which stem from acts committed by Bemba's MLC ("Mouvement de Liberation du Congo" in French) t [...] | 2009-06-23 13:01:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV PREL KJUS CG |
09KINSHASA600 | NKUNDA STATUS -- MONUC'S ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM? [...] (C) During a June 18 briefing to Kinshasa based diplomats, MONUC's Political Affairs Division Officer in Charge (PAD-OIC) Christian Manahl (please protect) voiced concern that progress on improving DRC-Rwanda bilateral relations had "cooled", noting that the "4X4" bilateral commission (reftel [...] | 2009-06-24 13:15:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KJUS RW CG |
09KINSHASA615 | REQUEST FOR INCREASED ENGAGEMENT ON EFFORTS TO [...] (SBU) Summary: Although a strategy to combat sexual violence in the DRC has been created, the GDRC has yet to implement it due to its extremely low level of capacity. The USG helps fund activities to fight sexual and gender based violence (SGBV) in North Kivu, South Kivu, Orientale, Maniema, [...] | 2009-06-29 13:50:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL KJUS KWMN KOCI AF CG |
09KINSHASA652 | EQUATEUR: "A REAL DIFFERENT CONGOLESE PROVINCE" [...] (C) Summary: During a recent visit to Equateur Province, polcouns met with Acting Governor Jean-Claude Baende, provincial government officials, parliamentarians, and MONUC officials, all of whom outlined the political struggle between supporters of impeached Governor Jose Makila and Acting G [...] | 2009-07-07 14:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KJUS KWMN SENV PINR CG |
09KINSHASA711 | NGO WORKERS KILLED IN NORTH KIVU [...] (SBU) Summary: The recent killings of two Congolese NGO workers have put North Kivu civil society and the international community on alert. Men in FARDC uniforms killed a Caritas employee on July 15 in Musezero near Rutshuru. In addition, armed men killed an MSF employee on July 21 in Kiwan [...] | 2009-07-23 13:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM KJUS MOPS CG |
09KINSHASA734 | GDRC SPOKESMAN CRITICIZES HUMAN RIGHTS NGO's [...] (SBU) Summary: Congolese Minister of Communications and Media Affairs Lambert Mende responded to international human rights organizations' criticism of the GDRC at a July 28 press conference in Kinshasa. Specifically, an International Federation of Human Rights Organizations July report warn [...] | 2009-08-05 08:11:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PGOV KJUS KWMN CG |
09KINSHASA764 | VITAL KAMERHE DISCUSSES KABILA, HIS RESIGNATION, [...] (C) Summary: Vital Kamerhe, the former President of the National Assembly, recently provided Special Envoy Wolpe and polcouns a comprehensive review of the DRC's recent political history, offering his perspective on the DRC's political evolution. He views President Kabila as a changed man -- [...] | 2009-08-19 08:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EFIN KDEM KJUS CG |
09KINSHASA780 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: SUPPORTING AMCIT NOMINATION [...] We met in June with Banza Ngoy Katumwe, head of the MFA's International Organizations Directorate, delivering ref B points supporting the candidacy of Lucretia Myers for election to the International Civil Service Commission. We subsequently presented Ngoy a French language translation of My [...] | 2009-08-25 07:40:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA CG |
09KINSHASA808 | ADVANCING THE SECRETARY'S INITIATIVE FOR DRC VIA US [...] (SBU) The Secretary's August 10/11 visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) resulted in several new areas for cooperation and assistance. Building on the Secretary's offer to President Kabila of U.S. technical assistance and expertise, post has launched a strategy for the five themes d [...] | 2009-08-31 12:21:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREF ECON EAGR EAID KJUS EINV MASS |
09KINSHASA814 | APPOINTMENT OF POC FOR SGBV [...] Embassy Kinshasa is pleased to announce the recent appointment of Sara Rasmussen-Tall as the Point of Contact for Sexual and Gender Based-Based Violence (SGBV) programs within the USAID Mission to the Democratic Republic of Congo. 2. The USG maintains active programs to respond to severe a [...] | 2009-09-03 14:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREF KWMN KJUS EAID CG |
09KINSHASA815 | USAID MISSION DIRECTOR MEETS WITH DEPUTY SRSG FOR HUMAN [...] Summary: USAID Mission Director Stephen Haykin met with Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary General, Leila Zerrougui on August 28. Zerrougui provided a comprehensive perspective on the related issues of weak security apparatus of the Congolese state, impunity and human rights issu [...] | 2009-09-03 14:06:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PHUM SOCI KWMN KJUS PREF CG |
09KINSHASA822 | Developing a matrix for follow-up actions to [...] Background: A number of possible areas for U.S.-DRC cooperation were discussed during Secretary Clinton's meetings with President Kabila and Prime Minister Muzito (reftels). Embassy has developed a matrix below, at para. 2., as the basis for implementing actions discussed during the Secretar [...] | 2009-09-09 08:52:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREF ECON EAGR EAID KJUS EINV |
09KINSHASA842 | Scopes of work for follow-up actions to the [...] See guidance request at para. 3. 2. Ref A provides a matrix for follow-up actions to the Secretary's August 10-11 visit to Kinshasa and Goma. Additional information on the overall themes and strategy for each action item can be found in Refs B and C. This cable (para. 4) provides, as ind [...] | 2009-09-18 09:39:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCOR PGOV PREF ECON EAGR EAID KJUS EINV |
09KINSHASA986 | DRC WILL SUPPORT AMCIT NOMINATION FOR [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-03 16:10:00 | Embassy Kinshasa | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA CG |
09KUALALUMPUR143 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON SUPPORTING AMCIT JUDICIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 04:01:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09KUALALUMPUR151 | MALAYSIA RELEASES MORE ALLEGED JEMAAH ISLAMIYAH [...] No summary [...] | 2009-03-02 10:02:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PTER PGOV PHUM KJUS KDEM MY |
09KUALALUMPUR187 | HINDRAF LEADERS REMAIN UNDER ISA DETENTION [...] (SBU) Malaysian courts denied a series of appeals by the five leaders of the government-banned Hindu Rights Action Force (HINDRAF),held without trial under the Internal Security Act (ISA) since December 2007. Some reports, still unconfirmed, allege that Uthayakumar is at risk of losing a foo [...] | 2009-03-11 08:44:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINR KJUS MY |
09KUALALUMPUR323 | PROMINENT BLOGGER FLEES SEDITION TRIAL [...] (C) Prominent blogger and government critic Raja Petra Kamarudin, who was jailed for two months in 2008 under the Internal Security Act (ISA),failed to appear for his sedition trail on April 23, and the court subsequently issued a warrant for his arrest. A member of his defense team informe [...] | 2009-04-30 09:54:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PINS PGOV KJUS KDEM UK MY |
09KUALALUMPUR352 | REMAINING HINDRAF LEADERS AMONG 13 RELEASED FROM [...] (SBU) The Malaysian Government announced on May 8 the decision to release 13 detainees held without trial under the Internal Security Act (ISA),including the remaining three leaders of the Hindu Action Front (HINDRAF) held since December 2007 and ten persons detained as suspected members or [...] | 2009-05-11 12:10:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PGOV PINS PINR PTER KJUS MY |
09KUALALUMPUR464 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 06:32:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA MY |
09KUALALUMPUR529 | ANWAR IBRAHIM'S SODOMY TRIAL II - A PRIMER [...] (C) Malaysian Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim will go on trial beginning July 8 on charges of sodomy -- a criminal offense in Malaysia -- with a former aide. Anwar was previously tried and convicted of sodomy in 2000 in a heavily manipulated trial that the U.S. concluded "was marred by deep [...] | 2009-07-01 05:41:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS MY |
09KUALALUMPUR590 | ANWAR TRIAL UPDATE: PROSECUTION ORDERED TO HAND [...] (SBU) Anwar Ibrahim scored an unexpected minor victory early into his sodomy trial on July 16, when High Court Judge Mohamad Zabidin Mohd Diah ordered the prosecution to turn over previously withheld evidence to Anwar's defense team. The evidence in question includes 9 of 10 items that the def [...] | 2009-07-16 09:55:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KDEM KJUS MY |
09KUALALUMPUR598 | MALAYSIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION UNDER FIRE [...] (SBU) The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) ramped up their anti-corruption activities this week by focusing on opposition politicians in the opposition-held Selangor, Malaysia's wealthiest and most populous state. The opposition has cried foul over the investigations, claiming that [...] | 2009-07-17 10:58:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KDEM PHUM KJUS MY |
09KUALALUMPUR870 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED: MALAYSIA WILL SUPPORT U.S. [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-30 04:42:00 | Embassy Kuala Lumpur | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA KUNR KJUS KAWC AORC APER MY |
09KUWAIT156 | SEEKING KUWAITI SUPPORT FOR JUDGE PAINTER IN UN [...] POLCOUNS on February 23 delivered reftel demarche and biographic materials encouraging Kuwait to support U.S. nominee Mark Painter for UN Appeals Tribunal to Dr. Jehad Mohammad Al-Hai, Counselor in the Legal Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In response, Al-Hai said he would imme [...] | 2009-02-23 15:30:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA KU |
09KUWAIT183 | KUWAIT PLEDGES VOTE FOR U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN [...] Kuwait's Ministry of Foreign Affairs informed Embassy on March 2 that it would vote for U.S. nominee Mark Painter in the March 2 election for the UN Appeals Tribunal (Ref A). 2. MFA's decision was made in response to Ref B demarche, delivered by POLCOUNS on February 23. ****************** [...] | 2009-03-03 10:37:00 | Embassy Kuwait | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL APER KJUS UNGA KU |
09KUWAIT324 | ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH: WOMEN VIE IN KUWAIT'S [...] (C) Summary. Kuwaiti women stand a fair chance of winning their first seat in parliament during the upcoming May 16 election. A female candidate fell only 886 votes short of winning a seat in 2008, an outcome that showed a marked improvement over women's results in 2006. Coordination, traini [...] | 2009-04-02 14:57:00 | Embassy Kuwait | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR UNGA KU |
09KUWAIT943 | GOK CONFIRMS ITS REHABILITATION CENTER READY TO [...] (S) Khaled Al-Mugames, MFA's Director of Coordination and Follow-Up, told Polcounselor on September 28 that the GOK's Al-Salam Rehabilitation Center (described reftel) is 100 percent completed and ready to begin receiving the four remaining Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainees immediately. Mugames s [...] | 2009-09-28 14:52:00 | Embassy Kuwait | SECRET | PREL PTER KJUS PGOV KU |
09LAGOS2 | NIGERIA: BI-WEEKLY POL/ECON UPDATE FOR DECEMBER [...] (u) The following is a joint Embassy Abuja, ConGen Lagos compilation of December 15-31 political/economic highlights, which did not feature in other reporting, covering: -- Delta Security Incidents -- Political News -- Oil and Gas -- Other Economic News Delta Security Incidents; No Ameri [...] | 2009-01-06 09:26:00 | Consulate Lagos | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KDEM ECON EPET ETRD KJUS KCOR NI |
09LAPAZ1730 | Bolivia CN Update November 09 [...] SUMMARY: * Interdiction: Year-to-date seizures of precursors and labs rose substantially; seizures of cocaine base rose slightly; and cocaine HCL seizures declined. In a series of 43 joint operations called "Plan Inca," Bolivian and Peruvian Counter Narcotics (CN) forces seized 100 [...] | 2009-12-11 14:14:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR BL KJUS PHUM |
09LAPAZ1784 | BOLIVIA: COUNTER-NARCOTICS NEWS AND TRENDS [...] 1. Summary and comment: Bolivian Counternarcotics (CN) officials have voiced public concern over a number of negative trends, including a sharp rise in the number of cocaine laboratories seized, the GOB's inability to track the rising number of small aircraft used to transport drugs to ne [...] | 2009-12-17 21:50:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR BL KJUS PHUM |
09LAPAZ319 | BOLIVIA NONCOMMITTAL TO PAINTER NOMINATION FOR UN [...] (C) Post delivered reftel demarche to Ministry of Foreign Affairs Yuri Arce, U.S. desk officer, and Estella Mendoza, Chief of American Affairs, February 27. Arce agreed Judge Painter was a qualified candidate, but would offer no pledge of support or hint of who Bolivia will support. URS [...] | 2009-03-02 11:53:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09LAPAZ640 | CN DEMARCHE: OBAMA OPTIMISM AMIDST CN NEGATIVITY [...] (C) SUMMARY: Charge delivered the annual certification counternarcotics (CN) demarche to Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Hugo Fernandez on April 28, 2009. Post highlighted that the legal cultivation of coca needs to be regulated, no concessions should be made to coca producers in the Chapare [...] | 2009-04-30 18:11:00 | Embassy La Paz | CONFIDENTIAL | SNAR PGOV PREL PTER EAID KJUS KCRM BL |
09LAPAZ659 | GOB IMPLICATES SANTA CRUZ LEADERS IN "TERRORISM" [...] (S) Summary: The government prosecutor has implicated a dozen top Santa Cruz leaders in supporting a "terrorist cell" aiming to divide the country. A former public defender for one of the Hungarian defendants told us the government had informants within the group and a great deal of evidence t [...] | 2009-05-06 15:17:00 | Embassy La Paz | SECRET | PREL PTER PGOV KJUS PHUM ASEC BL |
09LAPAZ799 | BOLIVIA: USG-BACKED CONFERENCE SPURS TIP [...] Summary: On April 21 and 22 the Embassy's Narcotics Affairs Section (NAS),in a joint initiative with the United Nations, Office of International Migration (OIM) and the Attorney General's Office, organized Bolivia's first International Conference on Trafficking in Persons in the city of Cochab [...] | 2009-06-02 18:12:00 | Embassy La Paz | UNCLASSIFIED | KTIP PGOV PHUM PREL SNAR KDEM ASEC KJUS BL |
09LILONGWE267 | MULUZI LOSES APPEAL TO RUN AS PRESIDENT [...] (U) Malawi's Constitutional Court ruled on May 16 that former president Bakili Muluzi, who served from 1994-2004, is ineligible to ever run again as president. The court stated that breaks between terms are immaterial because the Constitution limits presidents to serving two five-year terms in [...] | 2009-05-18 13:12:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV KJUS KDEM MI |
09LILONGWE572 | MALAWI: AMCIT NOMINATION TO UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-10-27 13:10:00 | Embassy Lilongwe | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR MI PREL UNGA |
09LIMA1053 | FUJIMORI SENTENCED TO 7.5 YEARS FOR EMBEZZLEMENT [...] (C) Summary. Former president Alberto Fujimori was sentenced on July 20 to seven years and six months for embezzlement charges, in connection with a $15 million "severance" payment to then-intelligence chief Vladimiro Montesinos. Fujimori admitted guilt on the first day of the trial in orde [...] | 2009-07-22 16:32:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS PGOV PHUM PE |
09LIMA1463 | FUJIMORI SENTENCED IN FOURTH CONVICTION [...] (C) Summary. Former president Alberto Fujimori was sentenced on September 30 to six years (concurrent) in prison for eavesdropping and other corruption charges, and ordered to pay nearly $10 million in civil reparations. As he did in the preceding case (in July - refs),Fujimori plead guilty [...] | 2009-10-01 21:06:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS KCOR PHUM PE |
09LIMA1619 | US TREASURY CONCERNED ABOUT PERUVIAN GAMING SECTOR [...] (C) Summary: A team from the Office of Technical Assistance (OTA) from the Department of Treasury was invited by the Peruvian Gaming Commission to Lima in order to conduct a preliminary assessment of the Peruvian gaming sector. During their very short trip, the team met with the Gaming Commis [...] | 2009-10-30 21:52:00 | Embassy Lima | CONFIDENTIAL | KCOR KCRM KJUS KTFM XM PE |
09LIMA267 | PERU RESPONSE: UN APPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-27 18:49:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS AORC APER PREL UNGA PE |
09LIMA821 | PERU RESPONSE: DEMARCHE ON CANDIDACY OF LUCRETIA [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-10 21:07:00 | Embassy Lima | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA PE |
09LISBON117 | PORTUGAL ENCOURAGED TO SUPPORT AMCIT JUDICIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-25 16:42:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL KAWC KJUS KUNR PO |
09LISBON310 | PORTUGAL: U.S. CANDIDATE FOR ICSC [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-12 14:36:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED | KAWC KJUS KUNR AORC APER PREL PO |
09LISBON566 | PORTUGAL TO SUPPORT U.S. CANDIDATE TO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: Poleconoff delivered reftel points on October 23 to Goncalo Silvestre of the Portuguese Ministy of Foreign Affairs' Office of International Political Organizations. Post received on November 2 a note verbale from the Portuguese Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirming that Portug [...] | 2009-11-03 10:05:00 | Embassy Lisbon | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL PGOV UNGA PO |
09LJUBLJANA52 | SLOVENIA TO SUPPORT MARK PAINTER FOR UN APPEALS [...] (C) Slovenia will support Judge Mark Painter in the March 2 vote on judges for the UN Appeals Tribunal. Mateja Stojanovic, in the MFA's International Organizations sector, told us on February 27 that the MFA would also deliver a diplomatic note confirming Slovenia's support. FREDEN [...] | 2009-02-27 14:51:00 | Embassy Ljubljana | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC KAWC KJUS UNGA SI |
09LONDON403 | BOSNIA: UK NOMINATES SIR EMYR JONES PARRY AS HEAD [...] (C) Former UK Perm Rep to NATO and the UN, Sir Emyr Jones Parry (bio para 4),has been nominated by the UK to be the next High Representative for Bosnia, replacing Miroslav Lajcak, who is leaving to become Slovakia's Foreign Minister. FCO Bosnia desk officer Matthew Andrew Harvey said that [...] | 2009-02-13 17:42:00 | Embassy London | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PHUM KDEM KJUS BK UK |
09MADRID1003 | SPAIN: ANTI-MAFIA PROSECUTORS WELCOME USG [...] (C) SUMMARY. Embassy Madrid POLOFF and POL/GSO Officer from the Barcelona CG on September 29 met Gerardo Cavero, Barcelona's chief prosecutor on counter-narcotics and organized crime, and Fernando Bermejo, the city's prosecutor for anti-mafia, anti-corruption and money laundering issues. They also [...] | 2009-10-15 06:18:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KCRM KCOR KJUS SP RS |
09MADRID1207 | SPAIN: AL-QAIDA TIES EMERGE IN TRIAL FOR PLOT [...] (C) SUMMARY: The National Court delivered a stronger-than-expected verdict on December 14 when it convicted all 11 defendants arrested in the "Operation Cantata" case to between 8.5 - 14.5 years imprisonment for membership in a terrorist organization. Authorities arrested the cell members in [...] | 2009-12-22 16:38:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP |
09MADRID202 | SPAIN: FACTORS AT PLAY IN JUSTICE MINISTER'S [...] (C) SUMMARY: The sudden resignation of Justice Minister Mariano Fernandez Bermejo on February 23 - six days before closely-contested regional elections in the Basque Country and Galicia (See Reftel A) - is politically inconvenient for President Zapatero's Socialist Party (PSOE) and provides a [...] | 2009-02-25 13:46:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KCOR KCRM KJUS SP |
09MADRID261 | SPAIN REFLECTS ON JIHADIST THREAT FIVE YEARS AFTER [...] (C) SUMMARY. On the eve of the fifth anniversary of the March 11, 2004 Madrid train bombings (known in Spain as 11-M),Embassy personnel consulted a range of GOS officials - from the Ministries of Interior and Justice - as well as CT experts from academia and journalism on the extent of the cu [...] | 2009-03-10 18:44:00 | Embassy Madrid | SECRET | PGOV PINS PREL PTER KJUS SP KCRM |
09MADRID498 | SPAIN: TECHNICALITY FREES 10 OF 14 DEFENDANTS IN [...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Court on May 12 formally acquitted 10 of the 14 suspects in the "Operation Tigris" trial against an alleged cell of radical Islamists who were accused of financing Al-Qaeda, sending mujahedeen to Iraq for deadly suicide bombings, and helping several accomplices in the [...] | 2009-05-26 08:51:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP |
09MADRID505 | CORRECTED COPY: SPAIN: TECHNICALITY FREES 10 OF [...] (C) SUMMARY. The National Court on May 12 formally acquitted 10 of the 14 suspects in the "Operation Tigris" trial against an alleged cell of radical Islamists who were accused of financing Al-Qaeda, sending mujahedeen to Iraq for deadly suicide bombings, and helping several accomplices in the [...] | 2009-05-27 15:59:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PTER KJUS SP |
09MADRID517 | SPAIN'S MULTI-PRONGED EFFORTS TO COMBAT TERRORISM, [...] (C) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: A who's who of senior GOS officials on May 21-22 outlined Madrid's multi-faceted approach to combating security challenges - particularly terrorism and organized crime - during a private seminar organized by the Mexican Embassy and the Ibero-American General Secretari [...] | 2009-05-29 16:27:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PINS PINR PREL PTER KCRM KJUS KHLS KSPR SNAR |
09MADRID869 | UPDATES IN SPAIN’S INVESTIGATIONS OF RUSSIAN MAFIA [...] (C) SUMMARY. This cable, which should be read in conjunction with Septel analysis, details updates over the past year in Spain's two major operations - codenamed Troika (2008-09) and Avispa (2005-07) - to combat "Russian" organized crime in Spain. In Spain, the term "Russian mafia" usually applies [...] | 2009-08-31 14:49:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KCRM KCOR KJUS SP RS GG UP |
09MADRID870 | ASSESSING SPAIN’S EFFORTS TO COMBAT THE RUSSIAN [...] (C) SUMMARY. A year after Spanish security services conducted Operation Troika - which supposedly "decapitated" the Russian mafia in Spain - Madrid is still unraveling the extent to which Russian and other Eurasian organized crime (OC) networks have established themselves in Spain and the extent of [...] | 2009-08-31 15:20:00 | Embassy Madrid | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR KCRM KCOR KJUS SP RS GG UP |
09MALABO33 | EQUATORIAL GUINEA REITERATES ASSISTANCE REQUEST FOR JUSTICE [...] (SBU) Minister of Justice Salvador Ondo Nkumu contacted CDA to appeal once again for U.S. assistance on justice reform, asking for specific help in creating capacities for forensic pathologists and crime scene investigation, which do not currently exist within the EG justice system. The m [...] | 2009-04-14 12:04:00 | Embassy Malabo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS EK EAID |
09MALABO42 | AFTER NOWAK -- SETTING THE BAR FOR EQUATORIAL GUINEA [...] (U) This cable contains an action request. Please see para 8. 2. (U) Our policy of gradual engagement with EG went off the rails late last year following the November 2008 visit and resulting press statement by UN Special Rapporteur Nowak (REF A). Nowak indicated the EG's use of tortur [...] | 2009-05-12 11:53:00 | Embassy Malabo | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM KJUS EAID EK |
09MANAGUA1087 | Small Arms Cache Seized in Nicaragua [...] (U) On Sunday, November 15 the Nicaraguan National Police (NNP) and the Nicaraguan Army (NA) seized a small arms cache from a Nissan Pathfinder traveling north on the Pan American Highway 35 miles outside of Managua after it ignored a police checkpoint. Nicaraguan police and military officials [...] | 2009-11-18 15:28:00 | Embassy Managua | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SNAR KJUS KCRM NU |
09MANAMA116 | UNAPPEALS TRIBUNAL - SUPPORTING AMCIT JUDICIAL [...] No summary [...] | 2009-02-24 13:17:00 | Embassy Manama | CONFIDENTIAL | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA |
09MANAMA337 | BAHRAIN SUPPORTS U.S. CANDIDACY FOR UN [...] No summary [...] | 2009-06-03 14:14:00 | Embassy Manama | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC APER KAWC KJUS KUNR PREL UNGA BA |
09MANILA1803 | DEMARCHE DELIVERED - U.S. CANDIDATE FOR UN INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (ICSC) [...] Emboff relayed reftel A demarche points to Director Leah Ruiz of DFA's Office of United Nations and International Organizations (UNIO) on August 21, and urged the Philippines to support U.S. candidate Lucretia Myers for the UN International Civil Service Commission (ICSC). Per reftel B, Post [...] | 2009-08-25 09:43:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC APER KAWC PREL UNGA RP KJUS KUNR |
09MANILA1841 | RAJAH SOLAIMAN TERRORIST LEADER APPREHENDED [...] (C) SUMMARY: Rajah Solaiman Movement (RSM) leader Dinno-Amor Rosalejos Pareja (a.k.a. "Khalil Pareja") was arrested August 21 at a Marawi City hideout by Philippine National Police (PNP),acting on a tip from an informant. Although RSM had been less active in recent years, Pareja had been ac [...] | 2009-08-28 09:38:00 | Embassy Manila | SECRET//NOFORN | PTER PGOV KJUS RP |
09MANILA1967 | SENATOR BLASTS EX-PRESIDENT ESTRADA FOR ILLEGAL [...] (C) In a widely anticipated speech on the Senate floor on September 14, Senator Panfilo Lacson publicly alleged that former President Joseph Estrada profited from various illegal acts during Estrada's presidency. Lacson also hinted that Estrada might bear culpability in a contracted double mur [...] | 2009-09-15 10:35:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINR KDEM KCRM KJUS RP |
09MANILA2218 | FORMER PRESIDENT ESTRADA ANNOUNCES PRESIDENTIAL RUN [...] (C) Former President Joseph Estrada announced on October 21 his intention to run for President in 2010, with Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay as his running mate. Estrada, forced out of the presidential palace by a 2001 uprising, remains popular with a meaningfully large segment of the electorate d [...] | 2009-10-22 08:48:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR PINS KJUS KCRM RP |
09MANILA2292 | PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT POSITIVE ON POSSIBLE [...] (SBU) Summary: Post delivered Reftel demarche on possible Philippine government prosecution of pirates and received a very positive response from the Philippine Secretary of Justice. End summary. 2. (SBU) On October 28, Embassy Manila Legal Attache and Political/External Chief met with Se [...] | 2009-11-03 09:49:00 | Embassy Manila | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KJUS SO RP |
09MANILA2391 | KIDNAPPERS RELEASE IRISH PRIEST AFTER ONE MONTH OF [...] (C) SUMMARY: Irish priest Michael Sinnott was released by his kidnappers in the early morning hours of November 12, one month after his abduction in Pagadian City in the southern island of Mindanao. While no group has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping, Philippine prosecutors have file [...] | 2009-11-16 09:14:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | KJUS MARR PREL PTER RP |
09MANILA2448 | PHILIPPINE CLAN VIOLENCE LEAVES OVER 20 DEAD [...] (C) Assailants in the southern Philippines November 23 killed a group of women from a prominent Muslim clan, their staff members, and accompanying journalists en route to register one of the clan's leading members for a provincial gubernatorial election. Family members of the dead have allege [...] | 2009-11-24 09:01:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS ASEC RP |
09MANILA2464 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES GOVERNMENT ON MASSACRE [...] No summary [...] | 2009-11-25 09:17:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS ASEC RP |
09MANILA2465 | AMBASSADOR PRESSES GOVERNMENT ON MASSACRE [...] (C) As the death toll in the brutal Maguindanao clan massacre rose to at least 46 -- including 13 journalists -- the Ambassador underscored to Philippine Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno grave USG concern over the barbaric attack and urged a rapid, thorough and credible investigation, as well a [...] | 2009-11-25 09:19:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KDEM KCRM KJUS ASEC RP |
09MANILA2490 | 100 PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRANTS, BUT ONLY FOUR REAL [...] (C) After a final flurry of filings December 1, the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) closed out its election registration period by announcing it had received 98 applications from presidential candidates. Of course the number of credible presidential aspirants amounts to a mere handful of ca [...] | 2009-12-02 08:16:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV KDEM KJUS RP |
09MANILA2491 | MAGUINDANAO MASSACRE: MORE CHARGES LIKELY; PRIVATE [...] (C) SUMMARY: Senior Palace official Jess Dureza told the Ambassador that -- eight days after the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao province -- the situation there remains tense, the government is broadening its investigation, and many Philippine National Police (PNP) and Armed Forces of the [...] | 2009-12-02 09:31:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM KJUS KWMN RP |
09MANILA2502 | PRESIDENT IMPOSES MARTIAL LAW IN MAGUINDANAO TO [...] (C) For only the third time since Philippine independence, President Arroyo imposed martial law December 5 in parts of Maguindanao province, site of a bloody election-related massacre that left 57 dead (ref D). The move followed discoveries of major arms caches held by the Ampatuan clan, wide [...] | 2009-12-07 09:27:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PHUM KDEM KJUS MOPS ASEC CVIS CASC |
09MANILA2503 | AMBASSADOR CAUTIONS TOP OFFICIALS ON MARTIAL LAW [...] (C) Presidential Executive Secretary Ermita and Foreign Secretary Romulo separately assured the Ambassador December 6-7 that the government had only imposed martial law in portions of Maguindanao province in order to be able to prosecute members of the highly influential Ampatuan clan who were [...] | 2009-12-07 10:46:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS KDEM KJUS RP |
09MANILA2527 | AMBASSADOR DISCUSSES MARTIAL LAW, MILF, MCC WITH [...] (C) Presidential Executive Secretary Eduardo Ermita told the Ambassador December 10 that he expected the congress would not override President Arroyo on the imposition of martial law in parts of Maguindanao province. He reassured the Ambassador the government was respecting human rights while [...] | 2009-12-10 09:12:00 | Embassy Manila | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM PINS KJUS KDEM RP |