News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Second journalist detained in Russia must be set free, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
VIENNA, 27 September 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the Russian authorities to release another journalist arrested while covering the Greenpeace action at Gazprom’s Prirazlomnaya platform...
OSCE/ODIHR Director disappointed by Spanish decision against monitoring of Madrid demonstration
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
WARSAW, 27 September 2013 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), expressed his disappointment today following notification from the Spanish authorities that monitors from the Office would not be welcome at an anti-monarchy demonstration in Madrid on Saturday...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Azerbaijani authorities to stop imprisonment of journalists
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
VIENNA, 27 September 2013 –OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the Azerbaijani authorities to stop prosecution of journalists following the handing down of a prison sentence to newspaper editor Hilal Mamedov...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about newspaper suspensions in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
VIENNA, 27 September 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about recent suspensions of newspapers in Kazakhstan...
Ways for improvement of practical co-operation between state institutions, civil society theme of OSCE-supported conference
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
More than 100 experts, non-governmental activists and governmental officials gathered to exchange views on how to improve practical participation of civil society in governance, at an OSCE-supported international conference in village of Guta near Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine, on 27 September 2013...
OSCE Presence supports activities against domestic violence in Albania, presents publication for victims of domestic violence
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
The OSCE Presence in Albania experts for human rights participated in a forum on domestic violence for students of the European University of Tirana, on 26 September 2013...
Right to Know Day: OSCE workshop participants call for increased transparency in Kosovo municipalities, abolishment of payment for information
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 27 September 2013 – Public and civil society organizations still face challenges in accessing official documents at the municipal level, concluded participants of an OSCE-supported workshop held today in Prishtinë/Priština on the occasion of the International Right to Know Day...