News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE workshop for penitentiary servants in Armenia highlights importance of providing social assistance to convicts
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
TSAKHKADZOR, Armenia, 27 November 2015 – A two-day workshop for enhancing the work of penitentiary servants involved in providing social assistance to, and in the rehabilitation of convicts started today in Tsakhkadzor, Armenia. The workshop is organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Penitentiary Department of Armenia’s Justice Ministry...
OSCE Representative condemns arrest of journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, urges Turkey not to proceed with charges
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
VIENNA, 27 November 2015 – Criminal charges of life imprisonment against journalists further degrades an already critical media freedom situation in Turkey, Dunja Mijatović, OSCE media freedom representative said today, amid arrests of two prominent investigative journalists of the daily Cumhuriyet...
OSCE supports national forum of defence lawyers in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 27 November 2015 – The OSCE-supported national forum of defence lawyers, held today in Almaty, focused on the balance of the prosecution and defence in ensuring the rule of law...
Women, peace and security in focus at OSCE-supported roundtable in Astana
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on implementing UN Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1325 on women, peace and security in Kazakhstan began on 27 November 2015 in Astana...
OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan focuses on measures to prevent terrorists from crossing borders undetected under false identities
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
ASHGABAT, 27 November 2015 – A two-day workshop on tools and templates for joining the Public Key Directory (PKD) of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) concluded today in Ashgabat, with the aim of enhancing local capacities in preventing terrorists crossing borders undetected using false identities...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek hands over explosive ordnance disposal equipment to Kyrgyz Armed Forces
Publishing date: 26 November 2015
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek on 25 November 2015 held a ceremony to hand over to the Engineering Department of the Kyrgyz Armed Forces two explosive ordnance disposals, nine bomb suits with helmets, two distance remote exploders, two hook and line kits and seven mine detectors...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns assault on journalists in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 26 November 2015
VIENNA, 26 November 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović strongly condemned today’s attacks on journalists during a police raid against members of a radical group in the village of Nardaran, on the outskirts of Baku...