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OSCE PA Working Group Chair visits Minsk

Publishing date: 1 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization
MINSK, 1 November 2003- The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Working Group on Belarus, Ms. Uta Zapf (Germany), visited Minsk from 30 October- 1 November. This visit was organized with the assistance of the OSCE Office in Minsk...

OSCE Office seriously concerned over continued governmental pressure on NGOs in Belarus

Publishing date: 30 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
MINSK, 29 October 2003- Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, the Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, expressed today his serious concern over the continued governmental pressure on non-governmental organizations in Belarus...

OSCE's human rights body starts dialogue on electoral reform with Belarus

Publishing date: 23 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Elections
WARSAW, 23 September 2003- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and authorities in Belarus have begun a dialogue on reforming electoral legislation. A one-day seminar on "International Standards for Democratic...

OSCE Office concerned over closure of NGOs in Belarus

Publishing date: 11 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
MINSK, 11 September 2003- Closure of non-governmental organizations for alleged violations of the law is a continuing concern for international observers, said the Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, today...

OSCE Office supports project on local democracy in Belarus

Publishing date: 25 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization
MINSK, 25 August 2003- A delegation of six representatives from Belarusian local authorities today began a study trip to Lithuania. The five-day trip is a part of an OSCE Office in Minsk project on Local Democracy and Assistance to Local...

OSCE/ODIHR assists Belarus with reforming Soviet-era population registration

Publishing date: 7 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
MINSK, 7 July 2003- International and Belarusian experts meet in Minsk today to discuss ways to reform Belarus' population registration system. With this meeting the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), together...

OSCE media watchdog questions suspension of independent Belarusian newspapers

Publishing date: 30 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 30 May 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has asked Belarus Foreign Minister for urgent clarification regarding the suspension of publication of the independent newspapers Belaruskaya Delovaya Gazeta...