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OSCE Office hosts conference on bill to reform Azerbaijani legal profession
Publishing date: 23 January 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights
BAKU, 23 January 2004- Participants at an OSCE Conference on the Reforms in Azerbaijani Bar System agreed on the necessity of changes in the draft Law on Advocates in order to make planned reforms more effective and efficient and to bring more...
OSCE media freedom representative asks for release of Azeri journalist from prison
Publishing date: 4 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 4 December 2003- A leading European media watchdog, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has requested Azeri authorities to release a journalist from prison. In a letter he sent to Foreign Minister Vilayat Guliyev...
OSCE Office holds first Congress of women entrepreneurs in Baku
Publishing date: 21 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BAKU, 21 November 2003- The improvement of conditions for women to start and run a business and their active participation in the economic life of Azerbaijan are being discussed at a three-day congress which opened today in Baku...
OSCE Office in Baku alarmed over dismissals
Publishing date: 6 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BAKU, 6 November 2003- The OSCE Office in Baku today expressed its alarm at the growing number of complaints and reports on dismissals of Azerbaijani citizens from their jobs allegedly on the basis of their political convictions...
OSCE Human Rights Head deplores wave of arrests in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 20 October 2003
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: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
WARSAW, 20 October 2003- Ambassador Christian Strohal, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), has expressed deep concern over a wave of arrests of opposition party officials and supporters in the wake of...
OSCE's media representative alarmed over beating of journalists in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 17 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 17 October 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed alarm over the beating of journalists by police during post-election protests in Baku yesterday. "Once again I feel compelled to express my alarm...
Azerbaijani border guards complete training at Polish academy
Publishing date: 16 September 2003
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: Border management, Human rights
WARSAW, 16 September 2003- A group of 15 border guards from Azerbaijan have completed a one-year training programme at the Polish Border Guard Academy in Ketrzyn. The programme was initiated and sponsored by the OSCE's Office for Democratic...