Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
OSCE rights chief welcomes decision to release Zhovtis, but expresses concern about clampdown on Kazakh opposition
WARSAW, 1 February 2012 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today welcomed the decision by a court in Ust-Kamenogorsk to release prominent human rights defender Yevgeniy Zhovtis, but expressed concern about the continuing clampdown on opposition activities in Kazakhstan in the wake of December’s violence in Zhanaozen and parliamentary elections held earlier this month...
Kyrgyz Supreme Court must act on reported fair trial violations in Askarov case, ODIHR delegation says
BISHKEK, 16 December 2011 – After visiting prominent human rights defender Azimjan Askarov in prison, a delegation from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today urged Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court to take fair trial violations and indications of torture into account when reviewing the case of Askarov and other defendants convicted in relation to the June 2010 violence in the south of the country...
OSCE Office presents handbook in Azerbaijani on human rights for military personnel
BAKU, 13 December 2011 – Today the OSCE Office in Baku presented an Azerbaijani-language version of the Handbook on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Armed Forces Personnel...
Respecting human rights while combating transnational threats - OSCE-supported workshop held in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 29 November 2011 – A three-day OSCE-supported workshop which started in Tashkent today will focus on building the capacity of the national police in advancing the implementation of human rights while addressing transnational crimes, such as trafficking and terrorism...
