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OSCE Centre helps organize discussion on implementing International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 11 May 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights
ASTANA, 11 May 2006- Participants at a seminar that opened today in Astana are discussing ways of bringing the current legislation into compliance with the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), as well as...

OSCE Chairman condemns today's jailing of Belarusian opposition leader Milinkevich and calls for his immediate release

Publishing date: 27 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Rule of law
SOFIA, 27 April 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, has expressed deep concern about the imprisonment of Belarus's main opposition leader, Alyaksandr Milinkevich, and other activists in Minsk today...

OSCE Office begins training course to monitor places of detention in Armenia

Publishing date: 26 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Policing
YEREVAN, 26 April 2006- A four-day training course to increase the professional capacity of public monitoring groups to monitor places of detention started today in Tsakhkadzor in Armenia. The course, organized by the OSCE Office in Yerevan together...

OSCE/ODIHR report on Uzbekistan trials calls for verdicts on 15 Andijan defendants to be set aside

Publishing date: 24 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Countering terrorism, Rule of law
WARSAW, 23 April 2006- In a report released today, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ODIHR, raises concerns regarding violations of the right to a fair trial in Uzbekistan. The report is based on monitoring of the trials...

OSCE Centre supports study visit to France by Turkmenistan Members of Parliament

Publishing date: 14 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights
ASHGABAD, 14 April 2006- Three Turkmenistan Members of Parliament took part in a study trip to France from 11 to 14 April, to meet officials of the two chambers of the French Parliament. During their visit to the Senate...

OSCE Office in Baku concerned about closed-door court proceedings against opposition youth activists

Publishing date: 5 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
BAKU, 5 April 2006- The Head of the OSCE Office in Baku is concerned about a court decision to close the trial of Yeni Fikir (New Thinking) student group leaders to the public...

OSCE meeting in Vienna calls on States to increase support for human rights defenders

Publishing date: 31 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
VIENNA, 31 March 2006- A call for increased support for human rights defenders was one of the main conclusions of a two-day OSCE conference on the challenges faced by human rights defenders, which concluded in Vienna today...