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OSCE/ODIHR report on Uzbekistan trials calls for verdicts on 15 Andijan defendants to be set aside
Publishing date: 24 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Countering terrorism, Rule of law
WARSAW, 23 April 2006- In a report released today, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ODIHR, raises concerns regarding violations of the right to a fair trial in Uzbekistan. The report is based on monitoring of the trials...
OSCE-supported information and training centre opens doors in Uzbekistan's Lower House of Parliament
Publishing date: 24 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization
TASHKENT, 24 April 2006- An information and training centre to assist Uzbekistan's parliamentarians in the field of parliamentary affairs opened today in the Lower House of Uzbekistan's Parliament (Oliy Majlis)...
OSCE Chairman in Office Karel De Gucht on constitutional amendments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 24 April 2006
BRUSSELS, 24 April 2006- OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht welcomed the adoption of the constitutional amendments by the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives and urged the plenary session of both houses to...
OSCE Centre promotes development of eco-tourism in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ALMATY, 22 April 2006- Developing ecological tourism in the Charyn national park in the south-east of Kazakhstan was the focus of a meeting, organized today by the OSCE Centre in Almaty. Participants, including representatives...
OSCE Skopje Mission supports development of national referral mechanism
Publishing date: 21 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
SKOPJE, 21 April 2006- Participants of a meeting held today in Skopje supported the further development of the National Referral Mechanism Office in order to strengthen the country's capability to provide help to victims of human trafficking...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities welcomes launch of online service by public broadcaster in Skopje
Publishing date: 20 April 2006
Content type: Press release
What we do: National minority issues
The HAGUE, 20 April 2006- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities welcomed the launching today in Skopje of the Public Broadcaster's new multilingual internet portal which provides news and information in local and foreign languages...
OSCE Chairman expresses condolences after French expert dies in landmine accident in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 20 April 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Arms control
BRUSSELS, 20 April 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed his condolences to the family of a French expert who was killed when a landmine exploded in Tajikistan on 19 April...