Cameroon Soccer Team
Cameroon
Section 2 Respect for Civil Liberties, Including: a. Freedom of Speech and Press The Constitution provides for freedom of speech and of the press; however, the Government continued to impose limits on these rights. The Penal Code's libel laws specify that defamation, abuse, contempt, and dissemination of false news are offenses punishable by prison terms and heavy fines. The Government sometimes invoked these statutes to silence criticism of the Government and officials. Unlike in the previous year, no one was tried for defamation. The Government publishes an official newspaper, the Cameroon Tribune. This paper occasionally implies criticism of the Government; however, its reporters did not report extensively on activities or political parties critical of the Government, overtly criticize the ruling party, or portray government programs in an unfav ... [Read More]
Cameroon
In early June, soldiers at a military garrison near the intendance roundabout in Yaounde brutalized and stripped naked Amelie, a young female soccer player with "Canon-filles," a Yaounde-based soccer team. Amelie was returning home with her boyfriend when the soldiers demanded her identification. The gendarmes accused her of holding a fake national identity card with a female name, and, after beating Amelie, the soldiers decided to strip her naked publicly to verify her gender, only to realize that she had spoken the truth and her identity card was authentic. ... [Read More]
US Department Of State Post Report
The Embassy has a fledging soccer team that practices every Saturday morning at the American International School of Abuja. Some Mission personnel participate in the popular bi-weekly Hash House Harriers run. There is also a Mission bowling team that plays at the new Brunswick bowling facilities at the Dome. The Dome offers a bowling package with reduced rates for US Mission members. SportsLast Updated: 12/30/2004 8:01 AM ... [Read More]
Department of State Washington File: Transcript: White House Press Briefing, February 21
Monday morning the President will meet with the governors in the State Dining Room. That afternoon he will participate in a photo opportunity with the Ohio State University football team, the University of Southern California women's volleyball team, the University of California-Los Angeles men's soccer team, and the University of Portland women's soccer team, and Middlebury College ... [Read More]
Country Narratives -- Countries A through G
Germany’s Federal Criminal and Labor Codes cover the full scope of trafficking, including specific provisions regarding trafficking for sexual exploitation. Related laws, including sexual coercion/rape, kidnapping, false imprisonment, and crimes against personal freedom allow penalties similar to trafficking crimes. Germany actively investigates cases of trafficking at both the state and federal level. The Federal Office for Criminal Investigation has a special trafficking-in-persons team that, inter alia, coordinates international operations, offers special training, and publishes the annual trafficking in persons report. Latest available figures list 273 pre-trial investigations for trafficking for sexual exploitation, and 148 convictions. Law enforcement authorities also cite other crimes such as smuggling and pimping that are easier to prove and provide for the similar penalties. The Federal Interagency Working Group facili ... [Read More]
Biographical Sketches
Theresa Granzajoined the Institute of International Education in July 1965, after graduatingwith a Bachelor's Degree from Hunter College of the City University of NewYork. She subsequently earned an M.B.A.from the New York Institute of Technology. She has been with IIE since 1965, and has held positions in the U.S.Student Department, the Information and Reference Division, the Study AbroadPrograms Division, and the U.S. Student Program. Since 1975, Ms. Granza has held her current position as Directorof U.S. Student Programs, where her responsibilities include supervision of theFulbright U.S. Student Program and scholarship and fellowship programs for anumber of other foreign governments, universities and private donors. Her Division also administers grants for avar ... [Read More]
Africa
Kenya held successful multiparty general elections on December 27, 2002; election observers concluded the polling broadly reflected the popular will and was free and fair. For the first time since independence in 1963, the Kenya African National Union (KANU) lost the presidency and the majority of seats in Parliament. The National Rainbow Coalition (NARC), a grouping of opposition political parties and former KANU leaders, swept the presidential and parliamentary results. Torture continues to be a problem in Kenya. While the Constitution prohibits such acts, security forces continued during recent years to use torture and physical violence during interrogation and to punish both pretrial detainees and convicted prisoners. The Embassy provided a $1.4 million three-year grant to the U.S. International University to develop a training program and a comprehensive service-support system program for trauma and torture victims. USAID also a ... [Read More]
Ghana
In 1995 the Government created a permanent negotiating team made up of religious leaders, NGO representatives, Council of State members, and other interested parties to help resolve the continuing tensions between the Konkomba and other ethnic groups in the north. The Permanent Peace Negotiating Team (PPNT) is a facilitative body whose primary purpose is to mediate disputes. In 1996 a series of highly publicized "peacemaking" ceremonies were held at which tribal leaders pledged to solve their differences through negotiations. In 1997 in response to reports of latent insecurity, the PPNT extended its activities to some northern parts of the Volta Region and supervised a peace accord among all parties to the conflict there. Since 1997 there have been organized seminars and workshops designed to promote dialog between two feuding factions. The Government has a ban on firearms in the Northern Region and northern part of the Volta Region. Government officials, Members of Parliament, and oth ... [Read More]
M) Money Laundering and Financial Crimes
Moldova. In Moldova, the OTA Enforcement Team contributed to the drafting of a new money laundering law and its passage by the Parliament. The team is now helping the government to draft amendments that will strengthen that law. The team also developed and delivered training programs for the National Bank of Moldova and the Bankers Association of Moldova on bank examination procedures and methodologies of detecting and reporting of suspicious financial transactions. It also provided technical assistance in drafting and implementing the Ministry of Finance Tax Law on the establishment of an investigative unit. ... [Read More]
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