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OSCE Centre organizes international human rights law course in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 12 October 2007
ASHGABAD, 12 October 2007- Students at Turkmenistan's Magtymguly State University learned about international human rights law in a two-week course supported by the OSCE Centre that ended today in Ashgabad...
OSCE Mission sponsors study tour to Estonia for Georgian police
Publishing date: 11 October 2007
TBILISI, 11 October 2007- Georgian police officials took part in a study tour to Estonia, which ended today, as part of OSCE Mission-supported efforts to help reform the Georgian Police Academy's human resource management...
Interfaith dialogue important to reduce discrimination against Muslims, OSCE Chairman concludes
Publishing date: 10 October 2007
CORDOBA, 10 October 2007- Open dialogue among people of all faiths and cultures is necessary to combat intolerance and discrimination against Muslims, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, said today...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports regional conference to educate judges on media freedom
Publishing date: 10 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Media freedom and development
BISHKEK, 10 October 2007- A conference for judges to learn about and discuss the role of free media in democratic societies was held today in Bishkek with the support of the OSCE Centre...
OSCE media freedom representative asks Kazakhstan to withdraw Interior Ministry defamation proposals
Publishing date: 9 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 9 October 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFOM), Miklós Haraszti, has asked the Kazakh Interior Minister to withdraw recent draft amendments to the country's defamation law...
OSCE to assess parliamentary poll in Poland
Publishing date: 9 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 9 October 2007- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights has deployed an election assessment mission to Poland for the October 2007 pre-term parliamentary elections, following an invitation from the Polish authorities...
Countering intolerance and discrimination against Muslims purpose of OSCE meeting in Cordoba
Publishing date: 9 October 2007
CORDOBA, 9 October 2007- Intolerance, racism and discrimination form threats against security, and countering them is essential, speakers at the OSCE Chairmanship Conference on Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims said today...