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OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Serbia's swift investigation of attacks against journalists
Publishing date: 6 August 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Policing, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 6 August 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic today welcomed Serbia's quick and efficient investigation into the attacks against two journalists...
OSCE Office facilitates high-level dialogue on human trafficking
Publishing date: 6 August 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 6 August 2010- The first session of the Dialogue on Human Trafficking facilitated by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan and supported by the Government of Tajikistan, began in Dushanbe today...
Kazakhstan's President welcomes decision to hold OSCE Summit in December in Astana
Publishing date: 5 August 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Summits / Ministerial Councils
ASTANA, 5 August 2010- Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of Kazakhstan, OSCE Chairmanship in 2010 today welcomed the decision by the OSCE Ministerial Council to hold an OSCE Summit in Astana on 1 and 2 December 2010. He made the following statement...
Swedish police officer appointed top OSCE police adviser
Publishing date: 4 August 2010
VIENNA, 4 August 2010- The OSCE Secretary General, Marc Perrin de Brichambaut, announced today the appointment of Knut Dreyer from Sweden as the Organization's new Senior Police Adviser.
OSCE human rights office gathers youth activists from across Europe to commemorate Roma victims of genocide
Publishing date: 2 August 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
OSWIECIM, Poland, 2 August 2010- Some 80 Roma and non-Roma youth activists have gathered today for an event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the International Roma Youth Network and the Malopolska authorities...
OSCE Centre summer course discusses criminal justice in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 30 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights, Education, Rule of law
ASHGABAT, 30 July 2010- Twenty-five law-enforcement officers from across Turkmenistan took part in an OSCE summer course on international human rights standards in the administration of criminal justice which concludes today in Ashgabat...
OSCE-supported course on protecting hydropower stations to be held in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 30 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism
CHOLPON-ATA, Kyrgyzstan, 30 July 2010- An OSCE-supported training course for Interior Ministry officials on watercraft patrolling and use of emergency equipment to protect hydropower stations starts Sunday in Cholpon-Ata...