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OSCE Office launches environmental film week in Dushanbe

Publishing date: 22 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Environmental activities
DUSHANBE, 22 April 2009- The OSCE Office in Tajikistan launched an environmental film week in Dushanbe today to mark Earth Day...

OSCE media freedom representative welcomes release of imprisoned journalists, urges legal reform in Azerbaijan

Publishing date: 21 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 21 April 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, welcomed today the pardoning by Azerbaijan's Parliament of two imprisoned journalists and the release of a third by a court...

OSCE Chairperson relieved unarmed monitors freed by South Ossetian authorities, says detention was unacceptable

Publishing date: 21 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ATHENS, 21 April 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, welcomed the release of two unarmed OSCE Military Monitoring Officers by South Ossetian authorities but described their detention as wholly unacceptable...

OSCE's human rights body supports launch of guide aiming to reduce prejudice against Muslims in Spain

Publishing date: 20 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
MADRID, 20 April 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Casa Arabe Consortium today launched the Reference Guide on Muslims in Spain, a book that aims to raise awareness about anti-Muslim prejudices...

OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan holds training courses on human rights for regional officials

Publishing date: 20 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Education
TERMEZ, Uzbekistan, 20 April 2009- A series of training courses on the theory and international standards of human rights, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, began today in Termez, a city in the southern Surkhandarya region...

OSCE Centre supports training for Kazakhstani prosecutors on international legal instruments

Publishing date: 20 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Rule of law
ASTANA, 20 April 2009- A two-day training course to enhance Kazakhstani prosecutors' knowledge of international legal instruments related to co-operation in criminal matters started in Astana today...

OSCE Centre supports conference on police reform in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 17 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Policing
BISHKEK, 17 April, 2009- More than 150 experts and practitioners from Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkey discussed reforming police in a democratic and legal state at an OSCE Centre-organized conference today...