Location Of Austria
(K) Appendix B: Background Information on Terrorist Groups
The FAR was the army of the Rwandan Hutu regime that carried out the genocide of 500,000 or more Tutsis and regime opponents in 1994. The Interahamwe was the civilian militia force that carried out much of the killing. The groups merged after they were forced from Rwanda into the Democratic Republic of the Congo (then-Zaire) in 1994. They are now often known as the Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (ALIR), which is the armed branch of the PALIR or Party for the Liberation of Rwanda. ... [Read More]
N - Appendix B: Background Information on Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations
Worldwide campaign against the Iranian Government stresses propaganda and occasionally uses terrorist violence. During the 1970s the MEK killed several US military personnel and US civilians working on defense projects in Tehran. It supported the takeover in 1979 of the US Embassy in Tehran. In 1981 the MEK planted bombs in the head office of the Islamic Republic Party and the Premier’s office, killing some 70 high-ranking Iranian officials, including chief Justice Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, President Mohammad-Ali Rajaei, and Premier Mohammad-Javad Bahonar. In 1991, it assisted the overnment of Iraq in suppressing the Shia and Kurdish uprisings in northern and southern Iraq. Since then, the MEK has continued to perform internal security services for the Government of Iraq. In April 1992, it conducted attacks on Iranian Embassies in 13 different countries, demonstrating the group’s ability to mount large-scale operations overseas. In recent years the MEK has targeted key military ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
UNVIE provides permanent U.S. representation to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN Office on Drugs & Crime, the Wassenaar Arrangement, and a number of other UN organs with headquarters in Vienna. UNVIE also represents the U.S. before the Preparatory Commission and Provisional Secretariat of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO). The United States only supports activities related to building the International Monitoring System of the CTBTO, not the Treaty itself. UNVIE promotes U.S. global interests on a number of fronts including: prevention of nuclear weapons proliferation; combating international terrorism; fighting the production and abuse of illicit narcotics, curbing international organized crime, corruption, and human trafficking; and controlling transfers of conventional weapons and dual-use technologies. In support of these policies, UNVIE supports over 1000 official visitors each year — from Cabinet officers and large ... [Read More]
2004 Country Report on Human Rights Practices in Austria
Articles 217, 104, and 104a of the Criminal Code, as well as Paragraph 105 of the Aliens Act, are the key provisions for the prosecution of traffickers, addressing: Trafficking for prostitution through deception regarding the purpose of the journey, coercion, or the use of force; trafficking for the purposes of slavery; alien smuggling; and the exploitation of aliens without specifically requiring demonstration of prostitution as a goal or assistance in the illegal entry of aliens. In February, Parliament passed legislation that expanded the definition of trafficking to include trafficking of persons for the exploitation of labor and trafficking of organs. This legislation entered into effect in May. ... [Read More]
Austria
In May 1999, an unsuccessful Nigerian asylum applicant, Marcus Omofuma, died after being physically restrained for violent behavior while being deported to Lagos, Nigeria via Sofia, Bulgaria (see Section 1.a.). The incident prompted a complete review of internal procedures regarding deportations. Two of the three police officers who accompanied Omofuma were suspended; however, the suspension was lifted in February 2001. Authorities ruled that the three policemen on duty at the time should be tried for abuse of a prisoner; as a result of their trial, the three police officers were given suspended 8-month sentences for negligence in the death of a person under dangerous circumstances. In 1999 the Interior Ministry created the Human Rights Advisory Council, composed of representatives from the Justice and Interior Ministries, as well as NGOs, to ensure that the police and gendarmerie respect human rights while carrying out their duties. In addition, the Ministry announced a n ... [Read More]
International Parental Child Abduction Austria
U.S. Department of State [Read More]
V. Country Narratives -- Countries A through G
Cyprus is a destination country for women trafficked from Eastern and Central Europe for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Traffickers who forced women into prostitution continued to fraudulently recruit victims for work as dancers in cabarets and nightclubs on short-term "artiste" visas, for work in pubs and bars on employment visas, or for illegal work on tourist or student visas. There was increasing evidence of Chinese women being trafficked for sexual exploitation in Cyprus. The Government of Cyprus does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. Cyprus made some progress in its anti-trafficking efforts over the past year. The new police anti-trafficking unit produced successful results and showed vigilance in combating the problem. Government recognition of the problem improve ... [Read More]
Austria
Austria is a multiparty parliamentary democracy in which constitutional power is shared between the popularly elected President and the 183-member Parliament. Citizens choose their President and representatives in periodic, free, and fair multiparty elections. In 1998, President Thomas Klestil of the Austrian People's Party (OVP) was elected to a 6-year term. In parliamentary elections in November 2002, the OVP received a plurality and renewed its right-center coalition with the Freedom Party (FPO). The judiciary is independent.The national police maintain internal security, and the army is responsible for external security. The civilian authorities maintained effective control of the security forces. There were reports that the police committed some human rights abuses.The country's highly developed, market-based economy, with its mix of technologically advanced industry, modern agriculture, and tourism, affords the ... [Read More]
Austria
The U.S. and Austria are signatories to a 1931 Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Consular Rights. The Austrian Immigration Law restricts the overall number of visas, but a few non-immigrant business visa classifications, including intra-company transferees/rotational workers and employees on temporary duty, are eligible for visas with no numerical limitations. Recruitment of long-term overseas specialists or those with managerial duties is under quota controls. The 2002 Amendment of the Austrian Immigration Law more clearly defined employment-based immigrants as multinational executives/managers or similar professionals who are self-employed, and streamlined procedures for obtaining visas and work authorization. The 2002 integration policy requiring immigrants to attain a certain minimum level of competence in the German language will not affect executives and their dependents. The 2002 Immigration Amendment was intended to address problems reported by U.S. and other investors with a ... [Read More]
Austria
U.S. Department of State [Read More]
|