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OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Irish government move to decriminalize libel
Publishing date: 19 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 19 March 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, welcomed today a decision by the Irish Justice Minister, Brian Lenihan, to fully abolish criminal libel...
OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issue statement on Nagorno-Karabakh
Publishing date: 19 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
VIENNA, 19 March 2008- The OSCE Minsk Group Co-Chairs issued the following statement today: "The Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group (Ambassadors Yuri Merzlyakov for the Russian Federation, and Bernard Fassier for France, as well as Mike Carpenter...
Deadline for OSCE photo contest expires 1 April
Publishing date: 19 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 19 March 2008- The deadline for submitting photographs for the 2008 photo contest under the theme "Waterways of life", announced by the Finnish OSCE Chairmanship, will expire 1 April.
OSCE trains Georgian government officials, journalists with focus on facilitating access to information
Publishing date: 18 March 2008
Content type: Press release
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
TBILISI, 18 March 2008- Fostering effective ties between government bodies and journalists and increasing access to official information are the focus of a two-day OSCE training seminar that started in Tbilisi today...
International rights bodies call on politicians to lead fight against intolerance and discrimination
Publishing date: 18 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
WARSAW/STRASBOURG/VIENNA, 18 March 2008- In a joint statement issued on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on 21 March, three leading human rights agencies call on political leaders to assume...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Azerbaijan to investigate latest attack against journalist
Publishing date: 17 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 17 March 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, condemned today the stabbing of Agil Khalil, a reporter of the Azerbaijani opposition newspaper Azadliq, and urged the government to investigate...
Statement of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group
Publishing date: 17 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Minsk Group
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 17 March 2007- The United States, France and the Russian Federation, in their capacity as Co-Chairmen of the OSCE Minsk Group dealing with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, issued the following statement...