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OSCE Mission to Skopje fosters inter-community dialogue through municipal cooperation

Publishing date: 18 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 18 August 2009- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje announced today that it had awarded grants to three consortia of multi-ethnic municipalities as part of an initiative to support the units of local self-government...

OSCE Centre organizes course on human rights and safety for Kyrgyz prison security units

Publishing date: 14 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Policing
BISHKEK, 14 August, 2009- An OSCE-supported human rights and safety course for security units in the Kyrgyz prison system ends tomorrow...

Latest murder of journalist in Russia underlines need for government action, says OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 13 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 13 August 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, condemned today the murder of newspaper editor Abdulmalik Akhmedilov in Makhachkala, Dagestan on 11 August, and reiterated his call to Russia's...

OSCE Chairperson shocked by murders of NGO representatives in Chechnya

Publishing date: 13 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Media freedom and development, Rule of law
ATHENS, 13 August 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, said today she was appalled by the killing of the leader of a Chechen aid group and her husband...

OSCE Centre supports meeting to promote public-private partnerships in Kyrgyzstan's fight against terrorism, extremism and radicalisation

Publishing date: 13 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
ISSYK-KUL, 13 August 2009- An OSCE-supported conference that seeks to formulate and promote the implementation of confidence-building measures to combat the causes and effects of terrorism nationwide began today at the Issyk-Kul Lake...

Skopje missions of the OSCE, EU and U.S. Embassy issue statement on anniversary of Ohrid Framework Agreement

Publishing date: 12 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
SKOPJE, 13 August 2009- The Skopje missions of the OSCE, the European Union and the U.S. Embassy issued the following statement today to mark the eighth anniversary of the signing of the Ohrid Framework Agreement...

Imprisonment of journalist violates Kazakhstan's commitments, says OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 11 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 11 August 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today that the three-year prison term handed down to Ramazan Yesergepov violated international standards and OSCE commitments on media freedom...