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OSCE/ODIHR to observe parliamentary elections in Tajikistan

Publishing date: 18 January 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
DUSHANBE, 18 January 2010- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission for the 28 February parliamentary elections in Tajikistan...

Holding summit, protracted conflicts, transport and tolerance among priorities for Kazakh OSCE Chairmanship

Publishing date: 15 January 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 14 January 2010- Priorities for Kazakhstan's 2010 OSCE Chairmanship include addressing terrorism and other threats, working to resolve protracted conflicts, reconstruction of Afghanistan, co-operation on transport and promoting tolerance...

OSCE media freedom watchdog welcomes France's new law allowing journalists to protect confidential sources

Publishing date: 14 January 2010
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, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 14 January 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, welcomed today a new French law that strengthens the protection for journalists who keep the identity of their sources confidential even in courts of law...

OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Ireland's decriminalization of defamation, calls for crime of 'blasphemy' to be abolished

Publishing date: 12 January 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 12 January 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today welcomed Ireland's amended Defamation Act which went into effect at the start of the year, but criticized the introduction of a new "blasphemy" provision...

Second round of Croatia's presidential election generally meets standards, but further improvements needed

Publishing date: 11 January 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
ZAGREB, 11 January 2010- Yesterday's second round of the presidential election in Croatia generally complied with OSCE commitments and other international standards, but further legal and institutional improvements are needed, the limited election...

Press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

Publishing date: 8 January 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 8 January 2010- The following is a press release issued by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly today. The views expressed in this press release do not necessarily reflect those of the OSCE Chairmanship, nor of all OSCE participating States...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities issues statement on Slovakia's language law

Publishing date: 4 January 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
THE HAGUE, 4 January 2010- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, issued the following statement today: "The Government of Slovakia has adopted the Principles for the Implementation of the amended State Language Act..."