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Russia should reject recriminalizing libel, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 12 July 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed her disappointment today with the adoption in a first reading by the Russian State Duma of draft amendments reinstating libel provisions in the Criminal Code, and urged parliamentarians to reject the bill...
OSCE trains Uzbekistan police in international human rights standards
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Policing
TASHKENT, 12 July 2012- A series of training courses on OSCE and international human rights standards began today in Tashkent organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan...
OSCE Chairperson strongly regrets Belarus travel ban on civil society activist
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
DUBLIN, 12 July 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore, expressed his strong regret about the Belarusian authorities’ decision to prevent a Belarusian civil society activist from travelling to an OSCE meeting in Vienna today...
OSCE Secretary General, in Armenia, calls for observance of ceasefire, voices support to reform
Publishing date: 12 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 12 July 2012 – The OSCE Secretary General, Lamberto Zannier, on an official visit to Armenia today, stressed the importance of strict observance of the ceasefire on the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan and on the Line of Contact as a prerequisite for reaching a peaceful solution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, and pledged the OSCE’s continued support to Armenia in its reforms...
OSCE states discuss implementation of Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security
Publishing date: 11 July 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation
Representatives of the 56 OSCE participating States discussed on 11 July 2012 the implementation of the OSCE Code of Conduct on Politico-Military Aspects of Security at its first ever annual review meeting...
OSCE media freedom representative hails ruling by Moldova Supreme Court
Publishing date: 11 July 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 11 July 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today’s ruling of Moldova’s Supreme Court dismissing previous court decisions on a defamation law suit against Ziarul de Gardă investigative newspaper...
OSCE Mission calls for closer co-operation between oversight institutions and Assembly of Kosovo
Publishing date: 11 July 2012
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 11 July 2012- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo calls for increased co-operation between independent oversight institutions and the Assembly of Kosovo in a report launched today on the status of their relations...