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Human rights defenders remain under threat, says new OSCE/ODIHR report
Publishing date: 15 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
VIENNA, 15 December 2008- Human rights defenders continue to face serious threats in countries across the OSCE region, concludes a report published today by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...
OSCE Mission to Serbia to launch project on engaging civil society in police reform
Publishing date: 15 December 2008
BELGRADE, 15 December 2008- Fostering wider civil society engagement in the debate on police reform is the aim of a project that will be launched in Belgrade tomorrow...
OSCE Mission to announce "Persons of the Year" at reception tomorrow
Publishing date: 15 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 15 December 2006- The OSCE Mission to Serbia will announce the winners of its 2008 "Persons of the Year" awards in Belgrade tomorrow...
OSCE Mission, Serbian Prison Administration support discussion on law against organized crime
Publishing date: 15 December 2008
BELGRADE, 15 December 2008- The draft Law on Enforcement of Prison Sentence for Criminal Offences with Elements of Organized Crime will be discussed at a meeting in Belgrade tomorrow...
OSCE Centre organizes course for Kyrgyz Border Service on detecting false IDs
Publishing date: 12 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism, Policing
BISHKEK, 12 December 2008- Eighteen Border Service officers completed a training course on identifying counterfeit ID documents in Bishkek today...
International broadcasts on Kyrgyz airwaves should be fully restored, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 12 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 12 December 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, expressed concern today over the temporary suspension of broadcasts in Kyrgyzstan of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and the Kyrgyz-language service of the BBC...
OSCE Mission to Georgia awards ethnic Armenian students after exchange programme
Publishing date: 12 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: National minority issues
TBILISI, 12 December 2008- Sixteen ethnic Armenian students from the Javakheti region of Georgia received certificates today on completion of a student exchange programme organized by OSCE Mission, the Education Ministry and the Union of Youth Centres...