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Azerbaijan’s Jafarov ‘clearly a prisoner of conscience,’ says OSCE PA human rights Chair

Publishing date: 16 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Human rights
COPENHAGEN, 16 April 2015 – The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today condemned the sentencing of Azerbaijani rights activist Rasul Jafarov to a lengthy prison term and called on the international community to recognize him as a prisoner of conscience...

OSCE Representative strongly condemns killing of journalist in Ukraine; calls on authorities to immediately investigate and to ensure journalists’ safety

Publishing date: 16 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 16 April 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the murder of Oles Buzina, a Ukrainian journalist, writer and former editor of the newspaper Segodnya...

Sentencing of free expression advocate in Azerbaijan yet another severe setback for media freedom, OSCE Representative says

Publishing date: 16 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 16 April 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the sentencing of Rasul Jafarov, a free expression and free media advocate and human rights defender in Azerbaijan, to six and a half years in a penal colony...

Weekly update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 10:00 (Moscow time), 15 April 2015

Publishing date: 15 April 2015
Content type: Weekly report
Where we are: OSCE Observer Mission at the Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk (discontinued)
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
KAMENSK-SHAKHTINSKIY, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall cross-border traffic increased at both BCPs.

Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 14 April 2015

Publishing date: 15 April 2015
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – observed ongoing intensive fighting in and around Donetsk airport with a considerable number of ceasefire violations, particularly around Avdiivka. The situation, however, remained relatively calm around Shyrokyne for the second consecutive day, and mostly calm in the rest of the Donetsk region and the Luhansk region...

OSCE Programme Office in Astana co-organizes discussion on public participation in environmental decision making

Publishing date: 15 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
UST-KAMENOGORSK, Kazakhstan, 15 April 2015 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on public participation in the decision-making process on environmental matters took place today in Ust-Kamenogorsk, East Kazakhstan Region...

OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Centre in Ashgabat hold seminar for Turkmen MPs on parliamentary activities

Publishing date: 15 April 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Economic activities, Elections, Gender equality
ASHGABAT, 15 April 2015 – Lawmakers from Turkmenistan discussed activities of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and opportunities to deepen their engagement in its work at a seminar conducted by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat this week...