News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Representative Désir, in Moscow, calls on Russian Federation to urgently step up efforts to ensure safety of journalists and media freedom
Publishing date: 23 November 2017
MOSCOW, 23 November 2017 – During his visit to Moscow, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir expressed deep concern about the media freedom situation in the Russian Federation.
OSCE/ODIHR builds capacity of Ukrainian police in preventing and responding to sexual and gender-based violence
Publishing date: 23 November 2017
Increasing responses to sexual and gender-based violence in Ukraine was the topic of a capacity building event, co-organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), bringing together police educators and officers from across the country in Kyiv on 22 and 23 November 2017.
Spot Report by OSCE Observer Mission: 69th Russian convoy of 20 vehicles crossed into Ukraine and returned through Donetsk Border Crossing Point
Publishing date: 23 November 2017
On 23 November 2017 at 06:35 (Moscow time), the sixty-ninth Russian convoy arrived at the Donetsk Border Crossing Point (BCP). A total of 20 vehicles were checked by the Russian border guards and customs services prior to their crossing into Ukraine. All 20 vehicles had crossed back into the Russian Federation by 14:40 on 23 November....
Participants in the first Ukrainian Women’s Congress focus on advancing women’s rights
Publishing date: 23 November 2017
The first nationwide Ukrainian Women’s Congress, organized by the Equal Opportunities Caucus of the country’s parliament with support from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and other partners, took place in Kyiv on 22 and 23 November 2017.
OSCE Programme Office in Astana completes 2017 series of seminars on human rights protection mechanisms in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 23 November 2017
The last in a series of four OSCE-supported training seminars for representatives of the government, civil society and judiciary on human rights protection mechanisms in Kazakhstan was completed on 23 November 2017, in the Atyrau region.
OSCE Programme Office in Astana supports roundtable discussion on development of religious legislation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 23 November 2017
ASTANA, 23 November 2017 – The development of legislation and law enforcement practices related to religious activities was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion held in Astana on 22 November 2017.
Spot Report: SMM observes armed men in Luhansk city
Publishing date: 23 November 2017
On 21 November and 22 November, the SMM saw that an area in Luhansk city, with radius of up to approximately to 600m from 38 Lunacharskoho Street, was cordoned off (see SMM Daily Report 22 November 2017). On both days, inside the cordoned-off area, the SMM saw about 100 unidentified armed persons, most of them masked (or hiding their faces) and wearing white tape stripes on both arms. In the same area, the SMM also saw four stationary armoured personnel carriers (APC) (one at each location) in Kotelnykova (BTR-variant), Lermontova Street (BTR-variant), Kotelnykova Street (BTR-80), and at Polskoho Street (BTR-70)...