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SUBJECT: HUMAN RIGHTS DEMARCHE
REF: A) KIGALI 0909 B) STATE 045432
C) 3/14 AISTON-LEADER TELCON D) KIGALI 01289
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2. DEPARTMENT APPRECIATES POST'S THOROUGH INVESTIGATION
OF THE ACCOUNTS OF HARASSMENT AGAINST HUMAN RIGHTS
MONITOR MONIQUE MUJAWAMARIYA AND POST'S FULL REPORT AND
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RECOMMENDATION IN REF (A). POST'S REGULAR CONTACT WITH
MS. MUJAWAMARIYA AND OTHER LOCAL HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS
CAN PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN SHIELDING THESE INDIVIDUALS
FROM FURTHER HARASSMENT AND IS TO BE COMMENDED.
3. PER REF (C), DEPARTMENT CONCURS IN POST
RECOMMENDATION THAT DEMARCHE TO RWANDAN AUTHORITIES
ENCOMPASS NOT JUST MS. MUJAWAMARIYA'S SITUATION BUT ALSO
THAT OF OTHERS AFFECTED BY THE CURRENT CLIMATE OF
INSECURITY. WE UNDERSTAND THAT POST HAS ALREADY RAISED
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE
REVIEW AUTHORITY: WILLIAM E LANDFAIR
DATE/CASE ID: 19 JAN 2005 200401096
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USG CONCERNS OVER THE SECURITY SITUATION ON SEVERAL
OCCASIONS BUT THAT FORMAL DEMARCHE RECOMMENDED IN REF (A)
HAS NOT YET BEEN MADE. IN LIGHT OF THE HIGH PRIORITY
PLACED ON PROTECTING HUMAN RIGHTS IN RWANDA, POST IS
REQUESTED TO MAKE THE DEMARCHE AT THE EARLIEST
OPPORTUNITY. THERE IS NO NEED TO AWAIT FORMATION OF THE
NEW GOVERNMENT SINCE THE HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS OCCURRED
UNDER THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION AND SINCE MANY OF THE
OFFICIALS RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSURING PROTECTION OF THE
CITIZENRY (BEGINNING, IN PARTICULAR, WITH PRESIDENT
HABYARIMANA HIMSELF) WILL CONTINUE IN THEIR POSITIONS OR
IN SIMILAR POSITIONS OF RESPONSIBILITY IN THE NEW
GOVERNMENT. WHEN THE TRANSITION INSTITUTIONS ARE
INSTALLED, POST CAN REITERATE POINTS TO NEW PLAYERS ON
THE SECURITY SCENE, AS NECESSARY.
4. WHILE RECENT POLITICAL KILLINGS AND ETHNIC VIOLENCE
SHOULD BE RAISED IN THE DEMARCHE, IT IS IMPORTANT AS WELL
TO MAKE A STRONG PROTEST ON THE SPECIFIC ISSUE OF
HARASSMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORS, USING THE TYPES OF
INSTANCES REPORTED IN REF (A) AS EXAMPLES. AS POST IS
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AWARE, HARASSMENT OF MS. MUJAWAMARIYA HAS ATTRACTED A
GREAT DEAL OF ATTENTION IN THE U.S. ONCE DEMARCHE IS
MADE, PLEASE PROVIDE FULL REPORT SO THAT WE CAN KEEP
INTERESTED USG OFFICIALS AND HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS FULLY
INFORMED ON USG ACTIONS TAKEN AND RESPONSE OF RWANDAN
AUTHORITIES.
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