News and press releases

On 14 September, the OSCE Mission to Moldova held the third in a year-long series of informal club discussions for civil society groups implementing activities on the left bank of the Dniester/Nistru River...

VIENNA, 15 September 2017 – “I welcome the decision of the court to release Loup Bureau from prison,” said OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir, commenting the discharge of the French journalist from jail in Turkey today. “The next step is to drop all charges. Journalistic work should not be criminalized,” the Representative said.

Using data to identify gaps and challenges in addressing hate crimes and adopting a comprehensive approach to countering these crimes were at the centre of discussions at an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 15 September 2017, during the

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina organized the first nationwide meeting of the 31 Coalitions against Hate in the country, on 14 September 2017 in Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina...

Threats and attacks against human rights defenders in the OSCE area have continued to increase in severity and frequency over the last three years, according to a report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) released on 15 September 2017. The report, “The

A new OSCE capacity-building project aimed at developing and enhancing the responsiveness, professional knowledge and skills of criminal justice institutions in South-Eastern Europe was launched on 14 September 2017 in Podgorica, Montenegro. The project was developed to address common and new challenges in fighting cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime...

KYIV, 14 September 2017 – The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) will hold its regular news briefing on Friday, 15 September in Kyiv...