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Exhibition "United Europe Against Slavery" opens in Yerevan

Publishing date: 18 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
YEREVAN, 18 November 2002- The exhibition United Europe Against Slavery, which opens today at the Moskva Cinema Theater in Yerevan, is a landmark event to raise public awareness on human trafficking issues...

First free national anti-trafficking hotline in Ukraine to start today

Publishing date: 18 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
KYIV, 18 November 2002- Ukraine's first free national telephone hotline service to fight the scandal of trafficking in human beings will officially start working today. The establishment of the hotline was initiated and...

OSCE roundtable in Albania discusses women's rights, anti-trafficking

Publishing date: 15 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
TIRANA, 15 November 2002- Women's rights in Albania and measures against trafficking in human beings supported by the OSCE brought together Albanian and international experts in a roundtable today. The Tirana roundtable, hosted...

Ukrainian prosecutors, law enforcement officials and NGO members to visit Italy

Publishing date: 8 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
KYIV, 8 November 2002- A high-ranking delegation from the Office of the Ukrainian General Prosecutor, the Interior Ministry and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) will make a study trip to Italy from 10 to 13 November. The trip...

OSCE concerned about detention of leading Kazakh human rights defender and journalist

Publishing date: 7 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA/WARSAW, 7 November 2002- The two OSCE institutions dealing with human rights and media freedom today jointly expressed their concern about the detention of Sergei Duvanov, a journalist and human rights defender who...

Enlarged Europe needs protection for minorities, says OSCE Commissioner

Publishing date: 5 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 5 November 2002- "The European Union cannot ignore minority-related issues on its own turf", Rolf Ekeus, the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, told a conference on national minorities in the enlarged...

OSCE media watchdog concerned over increased pressure on media in Russia

Publishing date: 3 November 2002
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, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 3 November 2002- Europe's media watchdog, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has expressed his concern regarding the recent prevailing climate of pressure on the media in Russia...