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Head of OSCE Minsk Office visits Mikhail Marinich in prison hospital
Publishing date: 23 March 2005
MINSK, 23 March 2005- The Head of the OSCE Office in Minsk, Ambassador Eberhard Heyken, together with British Ambassador Brian Bennett and the lawyer Vera Stremkovksaya, today visited former Minister of Foreign Economics Relations Mikhail Marinich in...
OSCE Troika urges parties in Kyrgyzstan to refrain from violence
Publishing date: 23 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BRUSSELS, 23 March 2005- Foreign Ministers from the OSCE Troika, led by OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel of Slovenia, urged all parties in Kyrgyzstan to refrain from violence when they met their colleagues from the European Union Troika...
OSCE Mission issues report on war crimes trials in Bosnia and Herzegovina courts
Publishing date: 23 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
SARAJEVO, 23 March 2005- The first report on war crimes trials before the domestic courts of Bosnia and Herzegovina was presented today by the OSCE Mission. "This Report highlights how some courts and prosecutors have made conscientious efforts to...
OSCE Mission provides border police in Serbia and Montenegro with modern equipment
Publishing date: 23 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 23 March 2005- Technical equipment, including computers which will provide information exchange on wanted persons, stolen vehicles, lost, stolen or forged documents, was today handed over by the OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro to the...
OSCE media freedom representative praises new Belgian law on protection of journalistic sources, calls for US lawmakers to pass similar legislation
Publishing date: 22 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 22 March 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today welcomed a new Belgian law which gives journalists additional safeguard by protecting their sources. "For journalists...
OSCE Chairman talks to Kyrgyz President, offers help in ending tension
Publishing date: 22 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
LJUBLJANA, 22 March 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, on Tuesday offered the Organization's assistance to the President of Kyrgyzstan Askar Akayev in resolving current political tensions in the country...
OSCE Chairman calls for dialogue to defuse situation in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 21 March 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
LJUBLJANA, 21 March 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Dimitrij Rupel today urged all sides to engage in a dialogue to defuse the tension over the post-election situation in Kyrgyzstan. "Violence can never be justified. Recent Jalal Abad and Osh events...