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OSCE and Mediterranean civil society groups recommend increased Organization engagement to support transitions in the Mediterranean region
Publishing date: 26 January 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Good governance, Rule of law
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) released on 26 January 2012 a report summarizing the discussions and the recommendations agreed at the OSCE- Mediterranean Partner Countries' Civil Society Conference, held in Vilnius on 4-5 December 2011 ahead of the OSCE Ministerial Council...
OSCE media freedom representative discusses next steps of media reform with Hungarian Minister
Publishing date: 26 January 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 26 January 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today met Zoltan Kovacs, Hungarian Minister of State for Government Communication in Vienna, to discuss media reforms in Hungary...
Serbia’s citizens recognize positive impact of police reforms, OSCE/Interior Ministry opinion poll shows
Publishing date: 26 January 2012
BELGRADE, 26 January 2012 – Citizens’ views on Serbia’s police have been getting steadily more positive over the past four years, according to the results of a survey presented today in Belgrade by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Interior Ministry...
OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission for Russian presidential election
Publishing date: 26 January 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
MOSCOW, 26 January 2012 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened its election observation mission to monitor the upcoming 4 March presidential election in the Russian Federation...
Concern raised over Kyrgyzstan Prison conditions
Publishing date: 26 January 2012
COPENHAGEN, 26 January 2012 – Matteo Mecacci, Chair of the OSCE PA human rights committee today called for respect of human rights and easing of conditions in Kyrgyzstan prisons after the government reported 80 per cent of the country’s prisoners are on a hunger strike...
OSCE media representative calls for release of jailed Kazakhstani editor
Publishing date: 25 January 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 25 January 2011- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today as excessive a raid by law enforcement officers on Kazakhstan’s Vzglyad newspaper and urged the authorities to let independent media work freely...
Bialiatski should be set free, says OSCE Chairperson
Publishing date: 24 January 2012
DUBLIN, 24 January 2012 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Irish Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Eamon Gilmore, expressed regret today that prominent Belarusian human rights defender Aliaksandr (Ales) Bialiatski was not freed on appeal...