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Turkmenistan officials learn about UK penitentiary system during OSCE-supported visit

Publishing date: 28 March 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Rule of law
LONDON, 28 March 2014 – The British penitentiary system and prison reform were the focus of an OSCE-supported working visit to the United Kingdom that concluded in London today...

OSCE, Serbian Defence Ministry promote OSCE Code of Conduct on politico-military aspects of security

Publishing date: 28 March 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BELGRADE, 28 March 2014 – Promoting co-operative behaviour and enhancing norms of responsible conduct in the field of defense and security throughout the OSCE region was the focus of a three-day workshop that ended today in Belgrade...

OSCE media freedom representative lauds changes to Ukrainian law to enforce effective access to information

Publishing date: 28 March 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
TORONTO, 28 March 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the adoption by Verkhovna Rada of amendments to the Ukrainian legislation introducing long-awaited and competent democratic mechanisms of access to information.

OSCE parliamentarians meet Acting President of Ukraine on pre-election visit

Publishing date: 28 March 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
KYIV, 28 March 2014 – A delegation of senior OSCE parliamentarians today completed a pre-election visit to Ukraine that featured discussions with Acting President Oleksandr Turchynov.

Censorship of social media platforms must stop in Turkey, says OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 27 March 2014
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
VIENNA, 27 March 2014 – By blocking access to social media platforms Turkey deliberately disregards the fundamental right to freedom of expression and freedom of the media, Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media said today...

Russian Supreme Court rules in support of media freedom, says OSCE representative

Publishing date: 27 March 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 27 March 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today in a letter to Russian Federation Supreme Court Chair Vyacheslav Lebedev welcomed the court’s decision to reinstate Rosbalt news agency’s certificate of registration as a mass media outlet...

OSCE Special Representative Bogojević, in Moldova, says regional developments should not impact Transdniestrian talks

Publishing date: 27 March 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
CHISINAU, 27 March 2014 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office for the Transdniestrian Settlement Process Ambassador Radojko Bogojević, concluding his visit to Chisinau and Tiraspol today, stressed that developments in the region should not impact the 5+2 talks on the Transdniestrian settlement...