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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office speaks out against torture
Publishing date: 26 June 2000
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights
Vienna, 26 June 2000- \"Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment constitute an attempt to destroy a fellow human being physically and mentally...\"
OSCE and UNHCR concerned by lists designed to discourage return
Publishing date: 23 June 2000
ZAGREB, 23 June 2000- The OSCE Mission to Croatia and UNHCR are concerned about the recent appearance of unsigned lists of persons of Serb ethnicity...
OSCE condemns all attacks on journalists in Kosovo
Publishing date: 23 June 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
Pristina, 23 June 2000-- The OSCE Mission in Kosovo condemns the shooting of a Serbian journalist in downtown Pristina earlier this week. The attack was a further example of...
Broadcast and print regulations for Kosovo media approved
Publishing date: 21 June 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
PRISTINA, 21 June 2000-- Two regulations which fundamentally affect Kosovo\'s media have been signed by the Special Representative of the Secretary General...
OSCE Head of Mission to tour refugee return areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 19 June 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
SARAJEVO, 19 June 2000- Ambassador Robert L. Barry, Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina will visit refugee return areas in Konjic, Mostar and...
Statement regarding the adoption of amendments to the Law on Language by the Estonian Parliament
Publishing date: 15 June 2000
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 15 June 2000-- The following statement regarding the adoption of amendments to the Estonian Law on Language was released by OSCE...
Kosovo Law Centre opens in Pristina, 15 June
Publishing date: 13 June 2000
PRISTINA, 13 June 2000-- A neutral and non-political forum for Kosovo lawyers opens its doors in Pristina this week. The Kosovo Law Centre, developed by the Organization for Security and...