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Otto Neitzel (* 6. Juli 1852 in Falkenburg in Pommern; † 10. März 1920 in Köln) war deutscher Komponist, Pianist, Musikschriftsteller, Journalist und Hochschullehrer. Er ist ein Vertreter der deutschen Klavierschule des 19. Jahrhunderts.

Leben
Otto Neitzels Eltern waren der Lehrer Gottfried Neitzel und dessen Frau Louise, geb. Messerschmidt. Er war das zweite Kind von sechs Geschwistern, die alle musikalisch begabt waren. Neitzels Schwester Helene wurde Konzertsängerin, sein Bruder Erich wurde Gewerbebaurat und komponierte. Bereits als Achtjähriger erregte Otto Neitzel als Wunderkind Aufsehen bei Klavierkonzerten in Dramburg, Kallies und Rummelsburg. In Berlin wurde das große Talent des Jungen von dem Direktor der Sing-Akademie Eduard Grell, von dem Geiger Hubert Ries und von dem Komponisten Wilhelm Taubert bestätigt, in Stettin von Carl Loewe. Der Vater verdiente im Monat jedoch nur 15 Taler und war deshalb nicht imstande, die Kosten für die weitere musikalische Ausbildung seines begabten Sohnes zu tragen.

Ab 1865 ermöglichte Bernhard Loeser, der auf dem Weg zum erfolgreichen Tabakunternehmer war, Otto Neitzel den Schulbesuch und die Musikausbildung in Berlin. Damit verließ Neitzel seine engere Heimat in der Pommerschen Schweiz für immer. Neitzel kam 1865 als Quartaner an das Joachimsthalsche Gymnasium und nahm an der Neuen Akademie der Tonkunst bei Theodor Kullak und Richard Wüerst Klavierunterricht. Die Friedrich-Kiel-Gesellschaft e.V. hat ihn als Schüler von Friedrich Kiel erfasst. Von 1873 bis 1875 war Neitzel Schüler von Franz Liszt. 1875 schrieb Neitzel in drei Wochen seine Dissertation Die ästhetische Grenze der Programmmusik und wurde zum Dr. phil. promoviert. Anschließend begleitete er als Pianist Pauline Lucca und den Geiger Pablo de Sarasate auf Tourneen.

1878 wurde Neitzel Direktor des Musikvereins in Straßburg. Von 1879 bis 1881 war er Musikdirektor am Straßburger Stadttheater und Lehrer am dortigen Konservatorium. Anschließend empfahl ihn Direktor Max Erdmannsdörfer als Lehrer an das Moskauer Konservatorium. Dorthin folgte Neitzel 1881 einem Ruf als Professor und Ausbildungslehrer. Er heiratete dort seine Schülerin Sophie Romboi, eine begabte Altistin.

Im Jahre 1885 wurde er dann als Lehrer an das Kölner Konservatorium berufen. In Köln übernahm er 1887 auch das Musikreferat der Kölnischen Zeitung und betätigte sich als Musikkritiker. In diese Zeit fällt sein Debüt als Opernkomponist (Angela, 1887, Halle a. d. Saale). Offen für technische Erfindungen nahm Neitzel am 23. Januar 1890 bei Rudolf Ibach & Sohn am Neumarkt in Köln Auszüge aus dem 2. Klavierkonzert von Chopin auf Edisons Phonographen auf; damit hinterließ er auf einem Wachszylinder eine der ältesten erhaltenen Musikaufnahmen weltweit.

Im Winter 1906/07 wurde Neitzel zu Konzerten in die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika eingeladen, darunter auch zu Klaviervorträgen mit Erläuterungen, sogenannten lecture recitals. In Boston und Philadelphia spielte Neitzel Beethovens G-Dur-Konzert unter Karl Muck. Am 7. und 8. Februar 1909 dirigierte der die 'Neunte' und die Chorfantasie von Beethoven, nachdem Muck ausfiel. Auf Grund des Erfolgs wollte Muck Neitzel zum Dirigieren überreden, Neitzel lehnte jedoch ab. Noch einmal probierte Neitzel eine Erfindung zur Tonaufnahme aus: im Oktober 1905 nahm er für das Welte-Mignon-Reproduktionsklavier eine Reihe von Werken auf Lochstreifenrollen aus Papier auf.

In den darauffolgenden Jahren komponierte und spielte Neitzel unermüdlich und betätigte sich als Musikschriftsteller. Er kam mit zahlreichen musikalischen Größen seiner Zeit in Kontakt, so auch mit Richard Wagner und Richard Strauss, für die er sich einsetzte.

Im März 1919 wurde er zum Mitglied der Preußischen Akademie der Künste in Berlin berufen.

Neitzel verfasste einen allgemeinen Opernführer und ein Werk über Richard Wagners Opern. Neben eigenen Kompositionen schuf er Klavierbearbeitungen bekannter Werke, etwa 1878 die Bearbeitung der Spanischen Tänze von Sarasate für Klavier. Verdienstvoll ist außerdem sein Buch über Saint-Saëns (1891). Als Musikschriftsteller wollte Neitzel anregend und unterhaltsam sein, weniger als wissenschaftlich geschulter Kritiker wirken.

Neitzel verstarb am 10. März 1920. Er hatte vier Töchter, von denen eine am Klavier ausgebildet worden war und eine andere als Harfenistin im Orchester spielte.

Die Kölnische Zeitung berichtete am 27. Januar 1890 über die letzte Aufnahmesession der Europa Expedition zur Bekanntmachung des Edison-Phonographen am 23. Januar 1890 in Köln, an der u. a. Neitzel teilnahm:
"Herr Wangemann, der echte Edison Apostel, der nämliche, welcher die Ehre hatte, dem deutschen Kaiser seine Apparate vorzuführen, beehrte einige hiesige Musiker und Musikfreunde mit Einladungen zur Besichtigung und Anhörung seines bei Ibach Sohn am Neumarkt aufgestellten Phonographen. Es scheint doch wohl, daß die Handhabung dieses Instruments nicht immer mit der nötigen Sorgfalt betrieben wird; denn von den sonst erwähnten Nebengeräuschen war namentlich an den frisch angefertigten Cylindern kaum etwas zu spüren. Ein auf dem Phonographen aufgenommener Claviervortrag ergab die getreulichste Zeichnung jeder Nuancenfeinheit und -freiheit, jeder verwischten Note, jedes unrichtigen Tons. Von frühern Cylindern waren eine Zigeunerkapelle und ein Wiener Tenorist besonders deutlich vernehmbar. Der Apparat, der nicht öffentlich gezeigt wird, war für die Aufnahme von musicalischen Vorträgen besonders eingerichtet."

Werke (Auswahl)

Kompositionen
 Musiques pour piano et chant: opus 4, 5, 11, 25-27, 33, 36, 43
 Das Leben ein Traum, Fantasie für Violine und Orchester
 Vaterland, Ode für Chor, Orchester und Orgel

Opern
 Angela (Oper), Halle 1887
 Dido (Oper), 1888
 Der alte Dessauer (Oper), 1889, Wiesbaden
 Die Barbarina (Oper), 1904, Wiesbaden
 Walhall in Not, 1905, Bremen
 Der Richter von Kaschau (Oper), 1916, Darmstadt

Schriften
 Deutscher Opernführer. Der Führer durch die deutsche Oper, Magnus-Verlag o. J., ISBN 978-3-88400-121-9
 Richard Wagners Opern. In Text, Musik und Szene, Magnus-Verlag 1983, ISBN 978-3-88400-122-6
 Der Führer durch die Oper des Theaters der Gegenwart, Text, Musik und Scene erläuternd, 3 Bände, Band 2: Richard Wagners Opern, A.G. Liebeskind, Leipzig 1890–1893
 Beethovens Symphonien – nach ihrem Stimmengehalt erläutert (mit zahlreichen Notenbeispielen), Tonger, Köln 1891

 Thematischer Leitfaden durch das Programm des 69. Niederrheinischen Musikfestes, Köln 1892.
 Camille Saint-Saëns, Harmonie Verlagsgesellschaft, Berlin 1899
 Einführung in Hauseggers Zinnober, Ahn, Köln 1898
 (mit L. Riemann), Musikästhetische Betrachtungen, Breitkopf und Härtel, Leipzig 1907, 3. Auflage: 1909
 Aus meiner Musikantenmappe – Ernstes und Heiteres, Loesdau, Berlin 1914 (Rev.A, S. 27)
 Der Führer durch die Deutsche Oper, Cotta, Stuttgart 1920.

Tonträger
 Edison Phonographen Wachs-Walzencylinder: 23. Januar 1890, bei Rudolf Ibach und Sohn am Neumarkt in Köln, 1.24 Min., Aufnahme von Adelbert Theodor Wangemann, Auszüge 3. Satz "Klavierkonzert No. 2" f-Moll, Frederic Chopin, Thomas Edison National Historical Park, West Orange, NJ, USA
 Welte-Mignon Reproduktionsrollen Nr. 681–695: Werke von J. S. Bach, Beethoven, Brassin, Debussy, Neitzel, Schumann und Saint-Saëns. Aufgenommen am 23. und 24. Oktober 1905 in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Literatur
 Hans Engel: Otto Neitzel. In: Adolf Hofmeister, Erich Randt, Martin Wehrmann (Hrsg.): Pommersche Lebensbilder. Band 1: Pommern des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts.  Sauniers, Stettin 1934, S. 391–394.
 Erwin Jolitz: Der universale Musiker Otto Neitzel. In: Pommern. Zeitschrift. 1988, . Neu abgedruckt in: Die Pommersche Zeitung. Nr. 45/2017, S. 16.

Weblinks

 Otto Neitzel, Kniestück, Profil, mit Flügel, Fotografie von Westendorp im Archiv der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
 http://www.nps.gov/edis/photosmultimedia/prince-bismarck-and-count-moltke-before-the-recording-horn.htm (Edison-Phonographen Aufnahme Neitzel)(B)
 http://www.cylinder.de/deeplink_resource_bismarck.html (Zur Europatournee des Edison Phonographen, dessen Transcription und Identifizierung von S. Puille)(B)

Einzelnachweise

Komponist (Deutschland)
Komponist (Oper)
Klassischer Pianist
Musikkritiker
Geboren 1852
Gestorben 1920
Mann
Hochschullehrer (HfMT Köln, Standort Köln)
Mitglied der Akademie der Künste (Berlin)
Deutscher

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NAIDOC Week: Q & A with Lynette George
July 8, 2021 | News
NAIDOC Week (4-11 July) celebrates the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Lynette George (Birra) is Head of Indigenous Initiatives at Beaconhills College, a Wiradjuri/Palawa woman and the College's Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) Committee Chair.
She reflects on what Beaconhills has achieved – and her hopes for the future.
What does the NAIDOC Week theme, Heal Country, mean to you?
It's about looking after Country and an opportunity for non-Indigenous people to listen to Indigenous people, to have a better understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture and values.
How is Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island culture and history taught at Beaconhills?
It's incorporated across all levels of the curriculum, from children in Early Learning listening to stories and being out on Country all the way up to Year 12s looking at Indigenous perspectives in argumentative writing. It's value-adding to our curriculum, not just an 'add-on'.
What do you think are still the areas of greatest misunderstanding amongst students?
I think recognising that there are two cultural groups; Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders. And also just how old our culture is. But we are getting better at recognising the difference between the Acknowledgement and Welcome to Country.
Beaconhills launched its first RAP in 2017. Are you proud of what has been achieved?
I think we have achieved a lot in a few years – about 40 outcomes – and we are in the midst of creating a new RAP. It is evolving all the time.
What is your vision for the future of Indigenous Initiatives at Beaconhills?
Ideally it would be good for students to be comfortable asking questions and teachers answering them. And for our students to graduate with the 'Learning That Matters' around Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, based on our College values of Respect, Compassion and Integrity.

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Central African Republic 2019 Crime & Safety Report
This is an annual report produced in conjunction with the Regional Security Office at the U.S. Embassy in Bangui.
The current U.S. Department of State Travel Advisory at the date of this report's publication assesses the Central African Republic at Level 4, indicating travelers should not travel to the country due to crime, civil unrest, and kidnapping.
Overall Crime and Safety Situation
The U.S. Embassy in Bangui does not assume responsibility for the professional ability or integrity of the persons or firms appearing in this report. The ACS Unit cannot recommend a particular individual or location and assumes no responsibility for the quality of service provided.
Review OSAC's Central African Republic-specific webpage for OSAC analytical reports, Consular messaging, and contact information, some of which may be available only to private-sector representatives with an OSAC password.
Crime Threats
There is serious risk from crime in Bangui. Reliable official statistics on crime are not available for the Central African Republic (CAR). The Embassy relies on reporting from the UN, other embassies/diplomatic missions, and NGOs to obtain limited statistics and reports of crimes.
Crime is a direct result of continued political instability and extreme poverty. When coupled with poor infrastructure, ethnic/religious conflict, and a weak education system, there are few licit economic opportunities for the country's youth. Many individuals turn to criminal gangs and rebel groups to earn a living.
Within Bangui, crimes against foreigners occur periodically. Criminals continue to target neighborhoods where government leaders, business professionals, aid workers, and foreign diplomats live, despite an increased security presence. Home and compound invasions occur most often where security is the weakest, where exterior lighting is poor, and/or where there is insufficient access control. Generally, criminals do not kill their victims, but the threat of force or the use of force is not uncommon. Attempts to resist criminals often end with violence. Most recently, in January, assailants shot the driver of a UN vehicle during a carjacking.
Affluent CAR citizens are the targets of violent crime (e.g. home invasion, robbery, aggravated battery, homicide). Criminals view them as the softest targets with the least likelihood of potential consequence. Outside the capital, NGO staff members and other expatriates are regularly the victims of violent crime. Criminal activity targeting road travelers -- especially armed banditry -- is common, particularly along major transit arteries, including the main routes from Cameroon and Chad to Bangui. Much of this crime is opportunistic rather than directly targeted.
Sexual assault and domestic violence are widespread in the CAR.
Other Areas of Concern
During the dry season, there is more internal and cross-border population movement due to the movement of livestock, which often increases tensions between farmers and herders. Areas in which criminal activity is prevalent change regularly and sometimes quickly.
The Regional Security Office must approve all U.S. Embassy Bangui personnel travel outside of Bangui. Generally, such travel proceeds with a close protection team coordinated with UN security support.
Carry your passport at all times. Failure to produce your passport may result in detention and/or a fine.
Transportation-Safety Situation
For more information, review OSAC's report, Security in Transit: Airplanes, Public Transport, and Overnights.
Road Safety and Road Conditions
In general, roads are in extremely poor condition throughout CAR. Virtually all roads are unpaved, and receive almost no maintenance. During the rainy season, most roads outside central Bangui become impassable due to flooding and the lack of drainage. Overland travel times are often much longer than what one would expect due to poor road conditions, frequency of vehicle disablement, unpredictable traffic, and checkpoints. Criminal gangs and armed groups control many roads, targeting logistical convoys (including UN convoys) and NGO workers. Because of these conditions, travel only during the day, with other travelers, and with a UN or government security escort if possible.
At night, it is exceptionally difficult to see pedestrians, road hazards, and/or other vehicles due to lack of lighting. Many local vehicles lack working headlights and necessary maintenance. U. S. Embassy personnel generally may not travel outside of Bangui at night due to an established UN curfew. Vehicles should carry food, water, a first aid kit, satellite communications, and tools to repair damaged vehicles or to extricate vehicles that become stuck. Within Bangui, it is difficult to find reliable mechanics and spare parts for automobile repairs. Outside of Bangui, it is virtually impossible.
There is little to no official driver training in CAR. Motorcyclists and drivers of minibuses and taxis frequently disregard the rules of the road and place themselves and their passengers in danger. Often, all types of transportation vehicles weave in and out of traffic, make frequent and unannounced stops, are overloaded, and are rarely in good working order. Recently, traffic accidents have prompted large crowds to gather, which often turn violent as they seek to exact mob justice on the party perceived to be at fault.
Traffic controls and streetlights are extremely limited in Bangui and non-existent in the rest of CAR. Traffic police patrol busy intersections in Bangui, but are often ineffective. Most drivers ignore traffic laws and any attempt to enforce them. Traffic accidents are common, especially at intersections without traffic controls. Pay extra attention when entering intersections and check all sides of the vehicle, as motorcycles may pass unpredictably on either side.
Police and Gendarmerie presence on roads outside of major towns is almost non-existent. Security checkpoints can occur at any time. Checkpoint authorities may stop and harass diplomatic, UN, and NGO drivers. Security officials at checkpoints have appeared intoxicated, and sometimes demand payment (e.g. food, money) to pass.
If you are involved in a traffic accident, wait until the police or Gendarmerie arrive, unless you feel threatened. There are currently no distracted driving laws in effect in CAR, but police may pull over drivers who talk or text while driving for not following safe driving procedure.
Consider parking your vehicle inside a compound with a security presence.
For more information on self-driving, review OSAC's reports on Driving Overseas: Best Practices and Road Safety in Africa.
Public Transportation Conditions
Bangui's public transportation system consists of green buses and yellow taxis, though these vehicles are often dangerously overcrowded and very badly maintained. Avoid public transportation due to the poor mechanical condition of the vehicles, driver disregard for traffic laws, and the target you present when aboard. U.S. Embassy personnel may not use non-U.S. government vehicles in Bangui.
Aviation/Airport Conditions
Bangui M'poko International Airport (BGF) does not operate after dark due to insufficient runway illumination. In the dry season, dust and smoke from nearby fires may obscure the runway, causing the cancellation of flights.
Other Travel Conditions
Embassy personnel may not travel on the Oubangui/Ubangi River by boat.
Taking photographs of police or military installations, airports, or any other government buildings is illegal. Unauthorized photography may result in the seizure of photographic equipment by the CAR authorities. Police or other government authorities can provide information and grant permission for photographing a particular subject or location. Local residents may be very sensitive to all photography; obtain permission first. Should you find yourself detained because of photos, do not argue. It is best to agree and delete all photos. For more information, review OSAC's report, Picture This: Dos and Don'ts for Photography.
Terrorism Threat
Local, Regional, and International Terrorism Threats/Concerns
There is minimal risk from terrorism in Bangui. Ineffective border controls may allow criminal and terrorist groups to seek temporary refuge in CAR, but there is no evidence that terrorists train or regularly operate in CAR.
Anti-U.S./Anti-Western Sentiment
Harassment of foreign nationals is common, but focuses primarily on employees of the UN, NGOs, and humanitarian organizations working in contested areas. However, in 2017, there was a spate of violent mobs and protests after the local population (fairly or unfairly) blamed drivers of UN vehicles for causing serious vehicle accidents in Bangui. Harassment of UN staff is largely in relation to perceived ineffectiveness of operations and a perception of favoring one group over another. Criminals often view non-CAR African nationals and members of NGOs as potential victims of crimes of opportunity.
Political, Economic, Religious, and Ethnic Violence
There is serious risk from political violence in Bangui. The CAR government is able, at best, to project power within the immediate area of Bangui.
Demonstrations and protests occur regularly. Gatherings can escalate to violence quickly; rival factions can become aggressive toward one another and toward police. Police often respond in kind, exacerbating already tense situations. Avoid large crowds, public gatherings, or demonstrations, which have the potential of becoming unruly, resulting in physical injury or death. Protests do not usually occur in front of the U.S. Embassy or other diplomatic facilities, though they sometimes occur at the UN headquarters.
In the event of unrest, airport, land border, and road closures may occur with little or no notice.
Religious/Ethnic Violence
Inter- and intra-ethnic violence is common, driven by resource competition. These groups are often, but not solely, based on ethnic and familial ties. These ties and perceived political and economic inequities are highly correlated with religious affiliation, though this correlation is not the cause of most violence. To combat these perceptions, there is a long tradition of "self-defense" groups created to defend against real and/or perceived threats from those perceived as outsiders. Initial attacks often inspire reprisals, creating a vicious cycle of violence. Although these various groups either have been a party to a peace process or have expressed an interest in peace, violence by armed actors continues.
Post-specific Concerns
During the rainy season, flooding can close roadways and make areas impassable for lengthy periods. During the dry season, indiscriminate burning to clear land and to dispose of trash creates smoke to a level that can cause health issues and obscure airport runways around the country. This can severely affect air transportation.
Infrastructure is underdeveloped. Roads and bridges are in disrepair. Airports lack current technology and sufficient lighting.
Personal Identity Concerns
Cultural/religious practices may encourage discrimination based on sexual orientation. The penalty for "public expression of love" between persons of the same sex is imprisonment for six months to two years, or a fine. When one of the participants is underage, the adult may receive a sentence of two to five years' imprisonment or a fine.
Public infrastructure is generally in poor condition. Sidewalks, buildings, and public transportation do not cater to special accessibility needs.
Penalties for possession, use, or trafficking in illegal drugs in the CAR are severe. Convicted offenders can expect long jail sentences and heavy fines.
Kidnapping Threat
Criminal gangs and armed groups employ kidnapping for ransom on a frequent basis, mainly outside of Bangui. There is little law enforcement can do to aid kidnap victims.
Police Response
The CAR National Police and Gendarmerie suffer from limited resources, a lack of training, illiteracy, and weak command/control that make basic policing services rudimentary at best. Law enforcement and security services receive pay only irregularly, which encourages corruption and predation on civilians as a source of income.
There have been reports that some law enforcement officers are perpetrators of crimes. They use their weapons and uniforms in the commission of crimes, further weakening public confidence in law enforcement.
The further one gets from Bangui, the more loosely laws are enforced and the more subjectivity they are applied.
How to Handle Incidents of Police Detention or Harassment
Law enforcement officers reportedly make arbitrary arrests based on suspicion rather than actual evidence. The judicial system suffers from a lack of resources; the public perceives it as ineffective with regard to the provision of due process. There are few practicing attorneys in the country, especially outside Bangui.
U.S. travelers experiencing police detention or harassment must contact the American Citizens' Services Section at the U.S. Embassy in Yaoundé, Cameroon at +237-2222-01500.
Crime Victim Assistance
Law enforcement response to public requests for assistance is unpredictable. Do not rely upon law enforcement agencies for security or medical emergencies requiring immediate attention.
Police/Security Agencies
The two primary law enforcement groups are the National Police and the Gendarmerie. Each focuses primarily on the larger towns and cities. Each suffers from lack of training and equipment necessary to enforce the law adequately.
Medical care is extremely limited, particularly outside of Bangui. Regional UN hospitals may provide some level of care, but not at the standard one would expect in a developed nation. There are few ambulance services; none meets international standards. There are no Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) machines in Bangui, only a couple of marginally functioning X-rays. Primary health care workers, especially in rural areas, lack adequate professional training, supplies, and equipment; instances of incorrect and improper treatment occur regularly. Sanitation levels are low.
If you use prescription medication, ensure you have sufficient supplies to last you during your stay. For more information, refer to OSAC's report, Traveling with Medication. Most pharmacies have limited stocks of prescription drugs. Drugs in stock at local pharmacies may be counterfeit or of unknown origin.
Contact Information for Available Medical Services
Providers are limited. There has been some success working with the French Embassy Medical Officer; call +236-72-21-35-30.
Insurance Guidance
Purchase overseas medical insurance that includes air ambulance/medical evacuation coverage before visiting CAR.
Country-specific Vaccination and Health Guidance
In addition to the transportation problem, smoke aggravates respiratory conditions.
The following diseases are prevalent: Meningococcal meningitis, Rabies, Malaria, diarrheal diseases, HIV, Schistosomiasis, and Tuberculosis. Carry an updated vaccination card for travel to CAR, including evidence of Yellow Fever vaccination. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) classify CAR as a "High Risk" zone for Malaria. User Malaria prophylaxis while in CAR. The CDC offers additional information on vaccines and health guidance for CAR.
OSAC Country Council Information
The OSAC CAR Country Council is no longer active. The U.S. Embassy plans to re-constitute a council in the future, but that will depend on support from limited business ventures currently in country. If you are interested in helping restart the program, contact OSAC's Africa Team.
U.S. Embassy Location and Contact Information
Embassy Address and Hours of Operation
Avenue David Dacko, Bangui
Monday-Thursday 0730-1700, Friday 0730-1330.
Embassy Contact Numbers
U.S. Marine Corps Post 1: +236-75-41-11-11 (24/7)
Embassy Operator: +1-301-985-8613 x3201 or +236-21-61-02-00 / +236-75-79-60-50
Satellite Phone: 8816-7633-6069
Regional Security Officer (RSO): +236-75-42-32-29
Assistant Regional Security Officers (ARSOs) +236-75-28-43-91 / +236-75-88-11-33
Website: https://cf.usembassy.gov/
Embassy Guidance
U.S. citizens traveling in CAR should register in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP), a free service that helps the U.S. Embassy disseminate information about safety conditions and contact travelers in an emergency.
· Central African Republic Country Information Sheet
· Travel to High-Risk Areas Webpage
OSAC - 2019 CSR - CAR.pdf
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Portugal's decriminalization success is in news again.
The overwhelming success of Portugal's decriminalization approach to drugs is in the news again. The AP article is available here, "Portugal's drug policy pays off; US eyes lessons." See the article for details of how every aspect of Portugal's harm minimization, treatment-based approach has succeeded.
Unfortunately, the title is somewhat incorrect. Portugal's decriminalization has indeed worked out remarkably well. The USA, however, may "eye" these lessons but is intent on ignoring them and clinging to its trillion dollar harm maximization approach of arrest, prosecution and incarceration.
George Will gets it wrong: Cannabis laws make a mockery of justice.
This writer knew something was wrong when conservative pundit George Will wrote two opinion pieces with which I could agree. The first was regarding Afghanistan where, regrettably, Will makes more sense for leaving than Obama does for escalating. The other was for his recent criticism of the war on drugs. However, in a November 29 Washington Post column, Rocky Mountain high, Will returns to his authoritarian, neocon roots with criticisms of Colorado's medical marijuana program.
Those wishing to disdain the medical value of marijuana typically put the term "medical" in quotation marks when the word is followed by marijuana. George Will goes further, when belittling the conditions for which medical cannabis may be used, he includes "chronic pain" (quotation marks his). It may be news to George, but pain is the primary reason people go to the doctor, and indeed was the core reason the medical profession came into being! Yes George, pain, especially chronic pain, is a good reason for seeking medical care and medication.
Cannabis has been used for pain relief for at least 5,000 years and is proving in new studies to be highly effective in lessening many types of pain. It is also the least toxic of any pain relieving substance. Indeed, cannabis is the safer choice for pain relief, far safer than Oxycontin, far safer than Vicodin, safer even than aspirin. Aspirin causes several hundred deaths each year, marijuana causes zero deaths. Typically, use of dangerous, mind-altering opioid pain relievers is greatly reduced when cannabis is added as an adjunct analgesic.
Yet George Will and the authoritarian wing of the Republican party would deny Americans their personal freedom of medical choice for pain relief, if that choice happened to be marijuana.
How did the Republican party, supposedly the party of small government, transform itself into a tyranny that controls and punishes American citizens needlessly?
How did the Republican party, supposed for keeping the government out of people's lives, still seeks to deny Americans the freedom to make their own safer medical choices?
Will gets off on the wrong foot by lauding prohibitionist Colorado attorney general, John Suthers, calling him honest and thoughtful. Actually he is a bureaucrat protecting his turf, a law enforcement official extending his domain over the medical choices of his fellow Coloradans. Because of his prohibitionist efforts, Coloradans may be forced to give up the right to choose safer, cheaper medications. Hopefully, Colorado citizen Mason Tvert of SAFER will educate the authoritarian George Will on the "thoughtfulness" of the hardline AG.
Americans should rightly bristle when self-serving bureaucrats deny them medical choices. The police should not be lobbying against the medical freedoms and choices of their fellow citizens, just because costs them enforcement turf, as is the case with medical cannabis. George Will allowed Suthers to feed him age-old platitudes about current marijuana being "seven, eight times as concentrated" as pot used to be. Even if this old saw were true, it would only make it "seven, eight" times safer, requiring less consumption for equal medical benefit.
George almost misted up when revealing that Suthers claimed that in a recent survey, "non-using young people revealed that health concerns did not explain nonuse. The main explanation was the law: We underestimate the number of people who care that something is illegal." Great rationale for continuing the current marijuana laws devastate the lives of the 800,000 people arrested each year in the USA! Such reasoning is contradicted by the Dutch who have a much higher level of "nonuse" of cannabis than Americans, but have much more lenient laws against the plant substance.
Will concludes, "by mocking the idea of lawful behavior, legalization of medical marijuana may be more socially destructive than full legalization." Gee, George, the arbitrary, unreasonable and capricious laws against marijuana have been dissed and disobeyed for more than 40 years now by Americans who knew the restrictions were unjust. These laws have been willfully broken by tens of millions of Americans for decades, mocking the law, flaunting legislators who passed them and viewing as enemies the police that enforced them. Respect for the law demands laws deserving respect.
As far as legalization of marijuana being socially destructive? Not in the least. The recent experience of Portugal proves that. The social destruction of the last 40 years of failed drug war has been the 20 million cannabis arrest casulties inflicted upon Americans by their government. The unneeded, counterproductive and failed war on marijuana users has produced maximum harm and is the mockery of American justice George Will should be protesting.


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Communist Splits Could Tip Moldova's Political Scales
The leadership of Moldova's ruling Communist Party faces a crucial split just one day before lawmakers in Chisinau are due to meet for a final attempt to elect a president. Marian Lupu's harsh criticism of the party could shift the balance of power toward the opposition and make new legislative elections inevitable.
Mixed Expectations Ahead Of Speech
U.S. President Barack Obama is to give his much-anticipated speech to the Islamic world on June 4 when he visits Cairo, Egypt. Obama has made it clear that the United States wants to reach out to Muslims across the world with "the language of respect." But expectations ahead of his speech to the Islamic world are mixed.
Georgian Opposition Figure Seeks Middle Ground
Georgia's former ambassador to the United Nations, Irakli Alasania, has more recently become the hope of many oppositionists looking for a central leading figure. He speaks to RFE/RL's Georgian Service about his plans for Georgia's opposition and his view of the country's future.
Fruit, Nut Trees Of Global Importance Under Threat
Scientists believe that many of the fruit and nut trees commonly cultivated around the world originated in Central Asia and were brought west along the Silk Road centuries ago. But a new survey shows that some of these wild ancestors of the fruits we eat today are threatened with extinction, posing a potential risk to our food security.
Child Protective Strains In Azerbaijan
Former residents at an Azerbaijani orphanage allege punishments that included beatings for dozing during all-night shifts and the scalding of 4- and 5-year-olds with metal spoons. The politically connected director of the Ganja orphanage rejects them as "lies," but outsiders note that the charges aren't far-fetched in a troubled system of child-protective services.
Effort To Find Moldova's Orphans Homes Resisted
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Officials Turned Poachers Rile Russian Public
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New Power Line Lights Up Afghan Capital
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Impetus For Fresh Historical Examination
More than 40 years after a shooting that burned an indelible image on the German psyche, its people have reason to examine their postwar history once again. Researchers have discovered that the West German police officer who shot Benno Ohnesorg was in fact a paid agent for East Germany's Stasi secret police.
Fortunes Dim, Migrants' Children Get Left Behind
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On Wednesday, Nevada health officials announced that they are changing a patient discharge policy following allegations that a hospital put patients with mental illnesses on buses and sent them to cities in California and other states, the Sacramento Bee reports (Hubert, Sacramento Bee, 4/24).
In recent years, Nevada has reduced spending on mental health services.
According to the Bee's review of bus receipts kept by the Nevada Division of Mental Health and Developmental Services, the number of patients with mental illnesses sent by Rawson-Neal Psychiatric Hospital in Las Vegas to other cities via Greyhound bus increased by 66% from 2009 to 2012.
The review found that since July 2008, the hospital has sent more than 1,500 patients to other cities.
This week, city attorneys for Los Angeles and San Francisco announced formal investigations into Nevada's practices.
In response to the investigations, Nevada health officials said that the majority of patients sent to other cities by bus were returning home and had family or treatment programs waiting for them.
In addition, Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) said there are no systemic problems related to patient dumping at Rawson-Neal.
According to Sandoval, disciplinary action was taken for isolated cases at the hospital and new policies were implemented weeks ago to improve oversight (California Healthline, 4/24).
Mary Woods -- spokesperson for the Nevada Department of Health and Human Services -- said that, effective immediately, a chaperone must accompany any patient with a mental illness discharged from state facilities "for whom the state is paying transportation costs" to locations outside of Nevada.
She added that family members, legal guardians or state employers could serve as chaperones.
Woods said that the policy change was prompted by an internal review of the files of patients transported out the state by buses since 2008. According to Woods, the review found multiple cases in which Rawson-Neal's discharge policies were not followed.
She said that the review is ongoing and that it is "too early to tell" how many violations occurred.
However, Woods said that the problem "does not appear to be systemic" (Sacramento Bee, 4/24). This is part of the California Healthline Daily Edition, a summary of health policy coverage from major news organizations.	Sign up for an email subscription.