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Regional roundtable discussion in Ohrid highlights co-operation between law enforcement and forensics officers on illicit drugs investigations

Publishing date: 8 October 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
OHRID, 8 October 2014 – A two-day regional roundtable discussion on co-operation between law enforcement and forensic officers on illicit drug investigations in South-Eastern Europe, started today in Ohrid...

OSCE supports Eighth International Documentary Film Festival on Human Rights in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 8 October 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights
BISHKEK, 8 October 2014 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is supporting local human rights organization Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan in hosting the four-day Eighth International Documentary Film Festival on Human Rights, which launched on Tuesday in Bishkek...

Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 6 October 2014

Publishing date: 7 October 2014
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Focusing on the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum, the SMM continued monitoring the situation in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions, still noting that violence is continuing in a number of places.

Turkmenistan delegation meets international aviation security officials during OSCE-organized study visit

Publishing date: 7 October 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Border management
MONTREAL, 9 October 2014 – An OSCE-organized study visit to the 10th Symposium and Exhibition on Machine Readable Travel Documents, Biometrics and Border Security at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) in Montreal for representatives of four Turkmenistan document issuance and passport control agencies concluded today.

Repeated blocking of websites in Tajikistan a worrying trend, says OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 7 October 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet
VIENNA, 7 October 2014 – Following the blocking of a large number of websites and social media platforms in Tajikistan including Vkontakte, YouTube and Facebook, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the authorities to ensure unrestricted access to the Internet...

Communiqué by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on the impact of laws countering extremism on freedom of expression and freedom of the media

Publishing date: 7 October 2014
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
OSCE participating States are responding to threats from extremists by creating laws that include provisions which might seriously limit free expression and free media online and offline...

OSCE Centre co-organizes annual seminar of Kazakhstan’s Aarhus Centres Network

Publishing date: 7 October 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
BOROVOE, Kazakhstan, 7 October 2014 – More than 30 representatives of Aarhus Centres from across the country, the Energy Ministry, the Supreme Court as well as civil society took part in a two-day workshop, which concluded today in Borovoe...