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Ukraine plans to re-criminalize defamation a ‘setback’, warns OSCE media freedom representative
VIENNA, 19 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, expressed concern today over legislative steps towards re-criminalizing defamation in Ukraine... ()
Poland should abolish criminal defamation, says OSCE media freedom representative following conviction of editor
VIENNA, 17 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today criticised a criminal conviction of Robert Frycz, the editor of Antykomor.pl website, for insulting the President of Poland, and called for decriminalization of defamation in the country...
OSCE/ODIHR opens limited observation mission for early parliamentary elections in Montenegro
PODGORICA, 14 September 2012 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened a limited election observation mission to monitor the 14 October early parliamentary elections in Montenegro...
Inclusive and accountable governance helps make states secure, say OSCE forum participants in Prague
PRAGUE, 12 September 2012 - The concluding meeting of the 20th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum, which is focusing on promoting security and stability through good governance, combating corruption, money laundering and terrorism financing, started in Prague today...
OSCE/ODIHR opens election observation mission for parliamentary elections in Ukraine
KYIV, 12 September 2012 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission for the 28 October 2012 parliamentary elections in Ukraine. The mission’s deployment follows an invitation from the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry... ()
Head of OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns shooting incident
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 7 September 2012 - The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer condemned today this morning’s attack on EULEX and Kosovo police vehicles in the village of Donje Verage/Varagë e Poshtme in northern Kosovo...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan trains Afghan border police officers
DUSHANBE, 7 September 2012 – Fifteen Afghan border police officers today completed a five-week Patrol Programming and Leadership Course organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan... ()
OSCE Secretary General visits Romania
OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier met with leaders and officials in Bucharest on 3 and 4 September 2012 to discuss the work of the OSCE, including resolving protracted conflicts, combating transnational threats and co-operating with other international organizations...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned by arrest of social media activists in Belarus
VIENNA, 4 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said today that she was deeply concerned by the detentions and arrests of administrators of political social media groups in Belarus, which she described as a crackdown on online dissent... ()