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Proposals to regulate Internet could threaten freedom of expression, warns OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 28 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media laws
VIENNA, 28 September 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, voiced concern today about Internet regulation policies proposed by several participating States and reminded them of their OSCE media freedom commitments...

Religious communities should be able to register freely and without restriction, say participants at OSCE human rights conference

Publishing date: 28 September 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
Participants at the OSCE's annual human rights conference in Warsaw urged governments not to use registration procedures to prevent religious communities from exercising their rights to freedom of religion or belief...

Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

Publishing date: 28 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
VIENNA, 28 September 2011- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly on 28 September. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...

OSCE/ODIHR launches new guides on freedom of assembly and association

Publishing date: 27 September 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented two new guides to promote respect for the freedom of assembly and association in the margins of the annual OSCE human rights conference in Warsaw on 27 September 2011...

OSCE survey: We want to hear your views on security

Publishing date: 27 September 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
We want to hear your views on security and the role of the OSCE. Please take 5 minutes to complete our short survey. Click here to take the survey.

OSCE/ODIHR opens mission to assess parliamentary elections in Poland

Publishing date: 27 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 27 September 2011 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election assessment mission for the parliamentary elections to be held in Poland on 9 October...

OSCE Centre in Astana promotes prevention of child trafficking

Publishing date: 27 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
ASTANA, 27 September 2011- Ways to prevent the trafficking of children from orphanages and special schools was the topic of an OSCE-organized discussion held in Astana today...