Cablegate: Lesotho: Response to Activists and Dissidents Outreach

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E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM PREL CU LT
SUBJECT: LESOTHO: RESPONSE TO ACTIVISTS AND DISSIDENTS OUTREACH
REQUEST

REF: STATE 44903

1. (U) In response to reftel, post knows of no dissidents from
un-free nations who are living in exile or seeking asylum in the
Kingdom of Lesotho. Post has confirmed this with Lesotho's
Commissioner of Refugees at the Ministry of Home Affairs.

2. (SBU) Post notes the case of one Cuban doctor who sought and
received resettlement benefits in the United States, citing a
desire not to return to an un-free Cuba. This individual,
however, is no longer a resident of Lesotho.

NOLAN

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