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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre promotes public discussion on freedom of expression
Publishing date: 5 March 2007
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
ASTANA, 5 March 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, encouraged Kazakh authorities today to abandon plans to require licenses for all printing presses. Existing laws...
OSCE holds workshop to help Uzbekistan improve travel document security
Publishing date: 2 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Countering terrorism, Rule of law
TASHKENT, 2 March 2007- More than 50 experts from the Interior Ministry, the Foreign Ministry, the National Security Service and other institutions discussed how Uzbekistan's travel document security can be improved...
OSCE helps organize training course for press staff in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 2 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 2 March 2007- Writing professional press releases, closer interaction between local law enforcement bodies and the media and civil society were among topics discussed at a seminar that ended in the southern Kyrgyz city of Batken today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports training on Code of Ethics for police
Publishing date: 2 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
SKOPJE, 2 March 2007- Ensuring that police respect human rights and follow their new Code of Ethics is the aim of a nationwide campaign launched today by the Interior Ministry and the OSCE Mission to Skopje.
OSCE human rights body welcomes creation of new EU Fundamental Rights Agency
Publishing date: 1 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
VIENNA, 1 March 2007- The OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ODIHR, has welcomed the new European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, which was inaugurated today in Vienna...
OSCE trains Azerbaijani officials on protecting human rights in counter-terrorism
Publishing date: 28 February 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BAKU, 28 February 2007- An OSCE training course for senior officials on the protection of human rights in counter-terrorism strategies started in Baku today. The training programme has also been conducted in Austria, Serbia, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.
OSCE Centre publishes brochure on press freedom and media development in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 28 February 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 28 February 2007- A new brochure, published this week with the support of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, promotes press freedom and the development of a modern media policy in Tajikistan...