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OSCE human rights talk shows to be broadcast live on Azerbaijani TV
Publishing date: 9 October 2002
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
BAKU, 9 October 2002- Beginning this Saturday, Azerbaijan's first independent TV station, ANS, will broadcast live a series of radio talk shows on human rights issues.
OSCE Office in Baku recalls Azerbaijan's human dimension commitments
Publishing date: 4 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BAKU, 4 October 2002- Following remarks by an Azerbaijani minister expressing concern about the participation of students at opposition rallies, the OSCE Office in Baku today said it was monitoring very closely Azerbaijan's implementation...
Fourth Central Asia Media Conference focuses on media freedom and corruption
Publishing date: 26 September 2002
Content type: Press release
TASHKENT, 26 September 2002- The media coverage of corruption has a "corrective function" in the newly emerging democracies and on their economies, a leading European media watchdog, Freimut Duve, told a conference of more than 100 media...
OSCE-run radio show in Azerbaijan focuses on human rights awareness
Publishing date: 20 September 2002
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, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 20 September 2002- A new radio project on raising public awareness aims to stimulate discussions between the government and non-governmental sector on problematic issues of human rights in Azerbaijan. A series of radio talk shows...
OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit to visit Baku
Publishing date: 19 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Countering terrorism, Policing
BAKU, 19 September 2002- A delegation of the OSCE Strategic Police Matters Unit (SPMU) will visit Baku from 21 to 27 September, to evaluate the possibilities for technical assistance in order to strengthen OSCE's police-related...
Azerbaijan referendum fails credibility test
Publishing date: 26 August 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Elections
BAKU, 26 August 2002- The OSCE Office in Baku feels it appropriate to echo concerns expressed by observers of the Referendum, held in the Republic of Azerbaijan on Saturday, 24 August...
OSCE meeting in Baku stresses need to ensure religious freedom while combating extremism
Publishing date: 18 June 2002
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
BAKU, 18 June 2002- The need to ensure religious freedom in the fight against extremism was stressed by participants at an OSCE meeting in Baku on 17 and 18 June. "Freedom of thought, conscience, religion and belief belong to the most...