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Police training centre opens in Sremska Kamenica with OSCE Mission to Serbia support
Publishing date: 5 December 2007
BELGRADE, 5 December 2007- A new Basic Police Training Centre, the result of close co-operation between the OSCE Mission and the Government of Serbia, opened in the northern Serbian city of Sremska Kamenica today...
Press freedom commitments not met during Russian electoral campaign, says OSCE media freedom watchdog
Publishing date: 4 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 4 December 2007- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti said today that harassment of media outlets, legislative limitations, and arbitrary application of rules prevented equal media access during the Duma elections...
OSCE Office launches film festival to commemorate International Human Rights Day
Publishing date: 3 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
MINSK, 3 December 2007- The OSCE Office in Minsk launched today an eight-day film festival under the theme "Dignity, Equality, Justness" that will close on 10 December, International Human Rights Day...
OSCE Special Envoy travels to Moscow to brief Chairman on Duma elections
Publishing date: 3 December 2007
MADRID, 3 December 2007- The Special Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Josep Borrrell, visited Moscow from 30 November to 2 December to keep the Chairman informed about Sunday's elections to the State Duma...
OSCE Ministers agree Chairmanship bids, greater engagement in Afghanistan
Publishing date: 30 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
MADRID, 30 November 2007- Increased OSCE support to Afghanistan and the OSCE Chairmanships for the 2009-2011 period were agreed at the 15th Ministerial Council, which ended today in Madrid...
OSCE Office in Yerevan supports dialogue on freedom of conscience and religion in Armenia
Publishing date: 30 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
YEREVAN, 30 November 2007- The OSCE Office in Yerevan today hosted a meeting during which representatives of government, non-governmental organizations and different religious communities discussed freedom of conscience and religion in Armenia...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabad organizes training course on suspects' rights
Publishing date: 30 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights, Education, Rule of law
ASHGABAD, 30 November 2007- International human rights standards related to the treatment of the accused, from arrest to trial, were the focus of a training course organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad in co-operation with...