News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative appalled by decision to re-arrest Ahmet Altan in Turkey one week after his release
Publishing date: 12 November 2019
VIENNA, 12 November 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed his deep concern today regarding the re-arrest of the journalist and writer Ahmet Altan.
Press Statement of Special Representative Sajdik after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group in Minsk on 12 November 2019
Publishing date: 12 November 2019
MINSK, 12 November 2019 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Martin Sajdik, issued the following statement to the press after the meeting of the TCG and its working groups in Minsk on 12 November 2019:
OSCE supported workshop on enhancing transboundary water co-operation
Publishing date: 12 November 2019
Enhancing water diplomacy as a way of improving transboundary water co-operation is the focus of a workshop that is taking place on 12 and 13 November 2019 in Strasbourg, France.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro trains Local Public Broadcasters on Social Media Outreach
Publishing date: 12 November 2019
In response to a request from the Media Trade Union, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a workshop for local public broadcasters on social media outreach on 11 and 12 November 2019 in Podgorica...
Freedom of religion or belief the focus of conference supported by OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 12 November 2019
More than 50 representatives of religious communities, local authorities and civil society organizations from across Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) gathered to discuss freedom of religion or belief at a conference on 12 November 2019 in Sarajevo, organized by the OSCE Mission to BiH.
OSCE supports training for international election observers in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 November 2019
A training seminar for international observers aimed to enhance participants’ knowledge of the rights and obligations of election observers concluded in Nur-Sultan on 12 November 2019. The seminar was based on using key OSCE/ODIHR tools related to election observation...
OSCE organizes training seminar for judges on freedom of expression and judicial regulation of hate speech in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 November 2019
An OSCE-supported seminar on the protection of freedom of expression and judicial regulation of hate speech took place on 12 November 2019 in Nur-Sultan. The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan co-organized the event with the NGO Legal Media Centre and the Academy of Justice under the Supreme Court.