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OSCE Media Freedom Representative welcomes positive developments in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 27 April 2018
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, 27 April 2018 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today welcomed a number of positive steps for media freedom in Kyrgyzstan.

At OSCE-organized workshops, local actors from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River learn how to strengthen their capacity to coordinate anti-trafficking activities

Publishing date: 27 April 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
More than 100 public servants and civil society representatives engaged in anti-trafficking activities on both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River, strengthened their capacities to protect and assist human trafficking victims at workshops conducted by the OSCE Mission to Moldova between 11 and 27 April 2018. The workshops, held in Chisinau, were organized in close co-operation with the Permanent Secretariat of the National Committee to Combat Trafficking in Human Beings.

Protection of energy infrastructure from natural hazards in focus of OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 27 April 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
Representatives of the State Commission on Emergency Situations, military and law-enforcement bodies, the State Seismology Service under the Academy of Science, and relevant ministries discussed the protection of energy infrastructure from natural hazards at an OSCE-organized seminar held in Ashgabat on 26 and 27 April 2018.

OSCE supports National Preventive Mechanism against Torture in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 27 April 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
The second OSCE-supported international forum on the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture (NPM) concluded on 27 April 2018 in Astana...

OSCE supports seminar on enhancing journalist awareness on newly adopted amendments to media legislation in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 27 April 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development, Rule of law
An OSCE-supported two-day seminar on enhancing media awareness on newly adopted amendments to media legislation concluded on 27 April 2018 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...

OSCE Mission organizes employment fairs for vulnerable communities in Kosovo

Publishing date: 26 April 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Roma and Sinti, Tolerance and non-discrimination
The first in a series of employment fairs organized by the OSCE Mission for some 70 members of Kosovo Roma, Kosovo Ashkali and Kosovo Egyptian communities to enhance their employability concluded on 25 April 2018 in Roma Mahala, Mitrovicë/Mitrovica South.

OSCE representative welcomes release of Akın Atalay in Turkey but strongly condemns prison sentences for Cumhuriyet journalists and staff

Publishing date: 26 April 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 26 April 2018- While welcoming the acquittal of three Cumhuriyet staff, and the release of CEO Akın Atalay, OSCE media freedom representative Harlem Désir strongly condemned the prison sentences issued by the court in Silivri, Turkey, to the majority of the defendants...