State Department cable discusses comments by Canadian Defense Minister Art Eggleton and the Geneva Conventions application to terrorists in the modern era. Mr. Eggleton came under attack for comments he made that downplay the Geneva Conventions ...
State Department cable summarizes a recent plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. At the meeting, the European Parliament reaffirmed its solidarity with the U.S. in the fight against terrorism and recognized that detainees at ...
State Department cable discusses various activities taking place within Canada's political system. Activities include, an application of pressure from Ottawa, hoping to sway the U.S. government to follow the policies of the Geneva Conventions in ...
State Department cable distributes transcript from the February 27, 2002 press conference where a variety of subjects were addressed. Among the issued raised were: i) Lori Berenson's conviction upheld in Peru; ii) the status of detainees in ...
State Department cable distributes transcript from the February 27, 2002 press conference where a variety of subjects were addressed. Among the issued raised were: i) Cubans forced removal from Mexican Embassy; ii) Human rights in Cuba; and iii) ...
Cable discusses many issues, including an issue of selling arms to countries with histories of supporting terrorism or regional conflict.
State Department cable discusses the Swiss National Council's (lower house of parliament) declaration to other nations that they continue to respect the Geneva Conventions as "indisputable mimimum standards that may not be qualified under any ...
State Department cable to Geneva Mission to deliver a letter to Theo van Boven, the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, assuring him that "the [Guantanamo] detainees are not being subjected to mental or physical abuse," detailing nature of ...
Dec. 30, 2004
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Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, David W. Bowker, William Howard Taft, IV, Edward R. Cummings, Kevin Edward Moley
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Colin L. Powell
Colin L. Powell, David W. Bowker, William Howard Taft, IV, Edward R. Cummings, Kevin Edward Moley
State Department cable concerning the German representative to the Council of Europe. Committee of Ministers. Justice Ministry committee told U.S. Embassy officials thast military commissions are "extraordinary courts" and thus "run counter to ...
State Department cable distributes transcript from the April 30, 2002 press conference where a variety of subjects were addressed. Among the issued raised were: i) UK decision to treat detainees as POWs and transfer them to Afghan interim ...
State Department cable distributes transcript from the May 29, 2002 press conference where a variety of subjects were addressed. Among the issued raised were: i) Deputy Sec. Armitage meets with Swedish Defense Minister Bjorn Von Sydow; ii) ...
State Department cable with letter from Sec. Powell to the Chairman of Working Group on Detention addressing concerns over the conditions of detainees confinement and the legal theory on which confinement based in.
This State department fax is a forwarding of a letter Sen. Kerry received from a constituent containing allegations of mistreatment of Guantanamo detainees. Parts of document unreadable.
State Department cable to Washington recounting discussions with the Swiss government over concerns of not classifying Al-Qaeda and Taliban detainees in Guantanamo according to Geneva Conventions. It is clearly stated that the Swiss government ...
State Department cable describing discussion in the UK Parliament concerning the treatment and continued detention of UK citizens held at Guantanamo. PM Tony Blair was questioned by opposition members about the UK's access to British citizens and ...
State Department cable from Washington to Mission in Kabul concerning upcoming meetings in Afghanistan on the development of the Afghan army and central bank.
State Department cable synopsizing a meeting between Sec. Powell and Swiss Minister of Foreign Affairs Joseph Diess concerning the geneval Conventions application to the Guantanamo detainees.
State Department cable stating that describing how information on U.S. military commissions will be applied to the detainees at Guantanamo was being sent to Swiss Foreign Minister Poldir Sven-Olof. Heavily redacted.
State Department cable concerning the Dutch government's view that Guantanamo detainees should be treated according to Geneva conventions and international law. Some comment re: public/academics seeking more information re: policy, but not to ...
State Department cable noting that the Bahrain government and public concern over the conditions and treatment of Bahraini citizens being detained in Guantanamo has become a matter of public discussion. The Bahraini government is making a public ...
State Department cable stating that Gerard Stoudmann, Ambassador and Director of the OSCE office of Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) was critical of the U.S. for not implementing international law by detaining terror suspects at ...
State Department cable from the Paris Mission re: French concern over the detainees in Guantanamo and the treatment of Guantanamo detainees generally. Much of the cable is redacted, however, some important points from the cable are: 1) it is ...
State Department cable concerning Under Sec. of State Dobriansky's meeting with several European and Asian leaders to discuss Guantanamo detainees; the effort to end human trafficking; and the war on terrorism. The cable is long and large ...
State Department cable concerning: Australian Foreign Minister's comments suggesting ways in which the U.S. and its allies can cooperate on the war on terror; The U.S. Ambassador's meeting in Brisbane; and due process for the Guantanamo ...
State Department cable concerning the Canadian Prime Minister statement on the U.S. agreement to treat detainees in accordance with Geneva conventions. The cable is heavily redacted.