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OSCE Mission voices support to Pride Week in Belgrade
Publishing date: 8 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 8 October 2010- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia Ambassador Dimitrios Kypreos expressed today his support to the principles of observing fundamental rights and freedoms, underlying the Pride Week events in Belgrade...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek holds workshops for journalists, NGOs in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 4 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Media freedom and development
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 4 October 2010- Workshops organized by the OSCE Office in Bishkek on international standards and the principles of balance and ethics in journalism started in Osh today...
Latvian parliamentary elections generally met OSCE commitments, observation mission says
Publishing date: 3 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections
RIGA, 3 October 2010- The October 2 parliamentary elections in Latvia generally met OSCE commitments and international standards for democratic elections, as well as domestic legislation, observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic...
OSCE supports political parties' equal access to media in pre-election TV debates
Publishing date: 29 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Media freedom and development, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 29 September 2010- The first in a series of live televised debates with political parties competing in the 10 October parliamentary elections was held today with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek fosters development of state-guaranteed legal aid in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 29 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Policing, Rule of law
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 29 September 2010- A roundtable discussion on issues related to implementation of Kyrgyzstan's law on state-guaranteed legal aid started in Osh today...
OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern over continuing harassment of journalists in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 24 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 24 September 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, said today that she is alarmed by the unrelenting judicial pressure exerted on independent journalists in Uzbekistan...
OSCE Media freedom representative welcomes Russian Supreme Court's resolution on civil libel lawsuits
Publishing date: 21 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 21 September 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, welcomed today the adoption by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of a resolution that protects media in civil defamation lawsuits...