News and press releases

TALAS, Kyrgyzstan, 17 June 2016- Addressing local environmental issues through public participation and implementing the Aarhus Convention were the focus of a two-day roundtable discussion in Talas, organized by the Bishkek Aarhus Centre with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek today, and bringing together 30 representatives of civil society, State environmental agencies and the local authorities...

In Donetsk region, the SMM observed fewer ceasefire violations during the night of 15 June, as compared to the previous night, while it recorded more ceasefire violations during the daytime of 16 June compared to the previous day. In particular, it noted a sharp increase in the number of ceasefire violations in the Avdiivka-Yasynuvata area, with more than 300 explosions. In Luhansk region, the SMM recorded a single case of ceasefire violations in Veselohorivka. The Mission conducted crater analysis and observed damage to residential houses caused by shelling, in Staromykhailivka, Dokuchaievsk, and Holmivskyi. The Mission’s freedom of movement was restricted on one occasion in a government-controlled area. In Chernivtsi and Kyiv the SMM monitored peaceful protests...

BISHKEK, 17 June 2016 – To mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the Centre for the Support of International Protection today concluded training courses in Osh and Bishkek on the human rights of persons subjected to involuntary medical treatment in psychiatric institutions...

VIENNA, 17 June 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the murder of radio journalist Luka Popov in Srpski Krstur, Serbia...

An OSCE-supported summer school session on methods and tools for the assessment and monitoring of Central Asian water and land resources concluded on 17 June 2016 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...

VIENNA, 17 June 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said she was deeply saddened upon learning of the murder of Jacinto Torres Hernandez, a freelance reporter for La Estrella, a Spanish-language publication in Fort Worth, Texas, USA...

VICENZA, Italy, 17 June 2016 – The OSCE on Friday launched a ground-breaking capacity-building initiative to combat trafficking along migration routes through a series of simulation exercises for 200 regional experts that will take place over the next two years.