News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Journalists’ safety key challenge to free speech online and offline, says OSCE media freedom representative at Baku Internet conference
Publishing date: 8 November 2012
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, at the seventh UN Internet Governance Forum (IGF), in Baku on 7 November 2012, said that safety of journalists, bloggers and media activists is one of the main challenges to both a free press and freedom of expression on the Internet...
OSCE-supported ENVSEC initiative discusses progress of environmental and security projects in Central Asia
Publishing date: 8 November 2012
A regional coordination meeting of the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC) for Central Asia to discuss ongoing projects in the region and future steps concluded on 8 November 2012 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE, Council of Europe, European Commission representatives highlight importance of media freedom in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 8 November 2012
At the end of a meeting with the Azerbaijani media in Baku on 7 November 2012 on the safety of journalists, Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Nils Muiznieks, the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, and Neelie Kroes, a Vice-President of European Commission, stated that they stand ready to support progress in Azerbaijan in the field of securing the right to freedom of expression and media freedom, both offline and online...
Despite a highly polarized campaign and concerns over the role of unlimited private campaign funding, the 6 November 2012 general elections demonstrated the U.S. commitment to democracy
Publishing date: 8 November 2012
WASHINGTON, 8 November 2012-- The 6 November 2012 elections in the United States were yet another demonstration of the country’s commitment to democracy, international observers from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly reported in a statement released today in Washington...
US elections highly competitive and professionally administered, steps needed to address specific concerns
Publishing date: 7 November 2012
WASHINGTON, 7 November 2012 – The general elections in the United States took place in a highly competitive and pluralistic environment, and were administered in a professional manner, but steps should be taken to address specific concerns, the observation mission deployed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) concluded in a statement released today...
OSCE promotes training on prisoners’ rights in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 7 November 2012
ASHGABAT, 7 November 2012 – International and national legal standards for the treatment of prisoners are the focus of an OSCE-organized “train-the-trainers” course that opened in Ashgabat today...
OSCE Centre assists in modernizing journalism education in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 7 November 2012
ASHGABAT, 7 November 2012 – Journalism instructors from the Institute of International Relations of Turkmenistan’s Foreign Ministry and the Magtymguly Turkmen State University discussed modern standards and methods of teaching journalism at an OSCE-organized seminar that took place in Ashgabat today...