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OSCE PA Special Representative on South Caucasus statement on arrests of former Georgian Officials
Publishing date: 23 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 23 May 2013 – The OSCE PA Special Representative on South Caucasus Joao Soares issued the following statement today regarding the arrests of former government officials in Georgia...
OSCE-supported forum in Almaty focuses on Internet development in Central Asia
Publishing date: 23 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 23 May 2013 – A two-day regional forum on Internet development in Central Asia, co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana, started in Almaty today...
Secretary General discusses role of OSCE in ensuring European security at conference in Moscow
Publishing date: 23 May 2013
The comprehensive approach of the OSCE to contemporary security challenges and its efforts to redefine its agenda and reinvigorate conventional arms control processes were key themes of OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier’s address to a high-level conference in Moscow on 23 May 2013...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about proposed public information law in Denmark
Publishing date: 22 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
STOCKHOLM, 23 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern over parts of Denmark’s new public information law that would restrict the public’s access to information in the legislative process...
ODIHR facilitates discussion on National Referral Mechanisms for victims of trafficking in Central Asia
Publishing date: 22 May 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) organized a roundtable for Central Asian experts responsible for developing and implementing national anti-trafficking policies on 21 and 22 May in Istanbul...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports discussion on community-rights issues
Publishing date: 22 May 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
Communities-related legislation and communication between communities and state institutions were key topics of an OSCE-supported meeting of the Participatory Forum, an informal consultative body for communities, that took place in Skopje on 22 May 2013...
Internet vital for free expression and free media, says OSCE media freedom representative at Stockholm Internet Forum
Publishing date: 22 May 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
Speaking at the Stockholm Internet Forum on 22 May 2013, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, stressed that technology does not change fundamental freedoms...