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OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement

Publishing date: 30 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BAKU, 30 November 2011- The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, Ambassadors Bernard Fassier of France, Robert Bradtke of the United States, and Igor Popov of the Russian Federation, released the following statement today:

OSCE Centre in Astana conducts anti-trafficking training seminar for judges

Publishing date: 29 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
ASTANA, 29 November 2011 – A two-day OSCE-organized training seminar for judges on good legislative and judicial practices to combat trafficking in human-beings began in Astana today...

OSCE Chairperson expresses dismay over conviction of Belarusian rights defender, calls for immediate release

Publishing date: 24 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
VILNIUS, 24 November 2011- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Audronius Ažubalis, today expressed profound dismay over the conviction of prominent Belarusian human rights defender Aliaksandr (Ales) Bialiatski...

OSCE Mission to BiH condemns violence against women and calls for increased protection

Publishing date: 23 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Gender equality
SARAJEVO, 23 November 2011- Fletcher M. Burton, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, speaking ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on 25 November, condemned violence against women and called for the effective protection of victims...

OSCE media representative welcomes Russia’s landmark legislation to decriminalize defamation and protect safety of journalists

Publishing date: 17 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 17 November 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation to decriminalize libel and insult, and specifically punish threats or violence against journalists as a professional group...

OSCE completes removal of toxic rocket fuel component from Western and Central Ukraine

Publishing date: 16 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
BILA TSERKVA, Ukraine, 16 November 2011- The final shipment of a toxic rocket fuel component stored in deteriorating containers at a military base in Central Ukraine was loaded on to railways tanks today as part of an OSCE-supported project...

OSCE Office in Tajikistan trains Afghan Border Police in tactical patrolling and surveillance

Publishing date: 11 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 11 November 2011 – Officers from the Afghan Border Police successfully completed an eight-week Patrol Leadership Course at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan today...