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OSCE media freedom representative concerned about sentencing of journalist in Tajikistan, reiterates call for his release
Publishing date: 11 July 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, 11 July 2018 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today expressed his concern about an excessive sentence of 12 years in a penal colony handed down to Khayrullo Mirsaidov by a court in Tajikistan.
OSCE Mission to Moldova supports workshop on protecting human trafficking victims for NGO representatives from Transdniestria
Publishing date: 11 July 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
Seventeen civil society professionals from the left bank of the Dniester/Nistru River successfully completed a two-day capacity-building training course on best practices in identifying and assisting victims of trafficking in human beings. The event was organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova in partnership with the Transdniestrian NGO Women’s Initiatives from 10 to 11 July 2018 in Tiraspol...
In Berlin, OSCE PA committees conclude work on resolutions dealing with security, environment and human rights
Publishing date: 10 July 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
BERLIN, 10 July 2018 – The three general committees of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly – the political and security committee, the economic and environmental committee and the human rights and humanitarian affairs committee – have wrapped up their work at the 27th Annual Session in Berlin.
OSCE-supported summer school on Albania’s communist past and legacy starts in Tirana
Publishing date: 10 July 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
A one-week summer school on communism and the communist legacy in Albania started on 9 July 2018 in Tirana. The event is being held for the second consecutive year and is organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania, in co-operation with the Faculty and the Institute for the Studies of Communist Crimes and Consequences in Albania.
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over closure of three newspapers and one TV station in Turkey, calls on authorities to restore media pluralism
Publishing date: 9 July 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 9 July 2018 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today expressed his concern regarding the law decree issued in Turkey on 8 July, which closed down three newspapers and one TV station, in a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu.
ODIHR publishes election-related handbooks and guidelines in Western Balkan languages
Publishing date: 9 July 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Good governance, Rule of law
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) has released translations of five publications on different aspects of elections into six Western Balkan languages.
Greater political will is needed to ensure implementation of international commitments, participants say at opening of OSCE PA Annual Session in Berlin
Publishing date: 9 July 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
BERLIN, 8 July 2018 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s 2018 Annual Session opened today in Berlin with calls for greater political will to ensure the full implementation of international commitments found in the Helsinki Final Act and other OSCE documents. As elected representatives of the people, members of parliament have a key role to play in building support among decision-makers in governments for ensuring compliance with these commitments, speakers said at the Annual Session’s opening plenary session.