News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Arrest of prominent free expression advocate, restrictions on NGOs further erode media freedom in Azerbaijan, says OSCE representative
Publishing date: 5 August 2014
VIENNA, 5 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today voiced concern about continuing hostility toward the media in Azerbaijan following the arrest on 2 August of Rasul Jafarov, a free expression advocate and human rights defender...
OSCE PA President expresses condolences on death of Assembly member Vladimir Kulakov
Publishing date: 2 August 2014
COPENHAGEN, 2 August 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) issued the following statement today on the death of Assembly member Vladimir Kulakov of Russia:
OSCE Centre supports forum on environmental protection ahead of Astana Expo-2017
Publishing date: 1 August 2014
A two-day forum, supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana, on the role of public participation in improving environmental conditions at the Shuchinsk-Burabay recreation area was held at the Borovoe resort, near Kazakhstan’s capital from 31 July to 1 August 2014.
Azerbaijan ‘makes mockery of democratic aspirations’ in civil society crackdown, says OSCE PA human rights chair
Publishing date: 1 August 2014
COPENHAGEN, 1 August 2014 – Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), the Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, today deplored the intensifying crackdown on civil society in Azerbaijan and called on authorities to quickly reverse the trend...
OSCE helps promote mutual understanding between Kyrgyz and Tajiks in Batken in south Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 1 August 2014
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the UN Development Programme supported the Music and Drama Theatre of Batken, a city in south Kyrgyzstan, to premiere the play “Friends” on 31 July 2014...
OSCE Centre launches training series to support local self-government reforms in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 1 August 2014
The first in a series of OSCE-supported training seminar for rural and small town municipalities aimed at strengthening local self-government across the country was held on 1 August 2014 in Aktobe, Western Kazakhstan...
Role of community policing in countering radicalization highlighted in new guide by OSCE Community Security Initiative in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 31 July 2014
The Community Security Initiative (CSI) team in Kyrgyzstan on 31 July 2014 presented the OSCE-prepared guidebook on “Preventing Terrorism and Countering Violent Extremism and Radicalization that lead to Terrorism: A Community-Policing Approach”...