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OSCE media representative alarmed by killing of Russian journalist, calls for action to protect media professionals

Publishing date: 16 December 2011
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, 16 December 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the killing of journalist Khadzhimurad Kamalov in Russia’s southern republic of Daghestan and urged the authorities to ensure the safety of all media professionals working in the region...

Kyrgyz Supreme Court must act on reported fair trial violations in Askarov case, ODIHR delegation says

Publishing date: 16 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
BISHKEK, 16 December 2011 – After visiting prominent human rights defender Azimjan Askarov in prison, a delegation from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today urged Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court to take fair trial violations and indications of torture into account when reviewing the case of Askarov and other defendants convicted in relation to the June 2010 violence in the south of the country...

OSCE concludes project on torture prevention in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 15 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Rule of law
DUSHANBE, 15 December 2011- Preventing torture through education and systematic oversight was the focus of a roundtable meeting organized today by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...

OSCE Mission to Moldova supports discussion to improve election legislation in Gagauzia

Publishing date: 15 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Rule of law
The election legislation of Moldova’s autonomous territorial unit of Gagauzia was discussed at an OSCE-led roundtable meeting in Comrat on 13 December 2011. Representatives of the Gagauz authorities, the People’s Assembly, parties, civil society, media and the OSCE Mission discussed two sets of legislative proposals...

OSCE Presence in Albania enables Roma children to attend school

Publishing date: 15 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Education, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti, Youth
The OSCE Presence in Albania ensured that 160 Roma children in the town of Fushe-Kruja in central Albania are able to continue their education this school year, by covering the rent, as the school is in private premises, and donated 170 books and three computers...

OSCE media freedom representative calls for urgent measures to improve media freedom situation in Turkey

Publishing date: 15 December 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, Safety of journalists
ANKARA, 15 December 2011- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, discussed today with Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu media freedom situation in the country, in particular imprisonment of journalists and Internet restrictions...

Head of OSCE Presence in Albania commends nomination for People’s Advocate

Publishing date: 15 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Rule of law
TIRANA, 15 December 2011- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth today welcomed nomination of a candidate for the position of the People’s Advocate (Ombudsman)...