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OSCE Media Representative raises concern over case of Croatian journalist
Publishing date: 5 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
VIENNA, 5 February 2002- On 4 February, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, addressed Tonino Picula, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Croatia, regarding the controversy over the recent programme on Croatian Television Latinica...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Working Group on Belarus visits Minsk
Publishing date: 5 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Elections
MINSK, 5 February 2002- Three members of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly ad hoc Working Group on Belarus, Uta Zapf (MP, Germany), the Chair of the Group, Urban Ahlin (MP, Sweden), and Helena Demakova (MP, Latvia) visited Minsk from 3 to 5 February...
OSCE and Tajik Government organizes human rights and torture prevention training seminars
Publishing date: 5 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights
KHUJAND, 5 February 2002- Between 25 January and 2 February, the OSCE and the Tajik Government organized a series of eight human rights training seminars for some 240 members of prison and detention centre staff in the Sughd province...
Kosovo Judicial Institute to hold information meeting on corruption issues
Publishing date: 4 February 2002
PRISTINA, 4 February 2002- The Kosovo Judicial Institute is holding a one-day information session on issues related to corruption. The meeting, to which Kosovo criminal law judges and prosecutors have been invited, will focus on how the judiciary...
Permanent Council urges Bosnia and Herzegovina authorities to provide sufficient funds for elections
Publishing date: 31 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Elections
VIENNA, 31 January 2002- The Permanent Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe has expressed urgent concern over the lack of resources allocated to the Election Commission of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
OSCE demands adequate level of funding for Ombudsmen
Publishing date: 31 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
SARAJEVO, 31 January 2002- In October 2001 the Federation and the OSCE completed a Memorandum of Understanding whereby responsibility for funding the Ombudsmen Institution was transferred to the Federation authorities.
OSCE's human rights office concerned about detention of Kyrgyz parliamentarian
Publishing date: 30 January 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
WARSAW, 30 January 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today expressed its concern about the continued detention of Azimbek Beknazarov, Chairman of the Committee on Judicial and Legal Affairs of the Kyrgyz...