Section: OSCE (EU)
Recent legislative amendments in Uzbekistan worrying, OSCE Representative says
VIENNA, 29 April 2016 – Recent amendments to anti-terrorism measures in Uzbekistan should not be used to limit journalists’ access to information, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today. On 25 April, the President of Uzbekistan signed amendments to the country’s Criminal Code into law. The amendments...
OSCE PA Ad Hoc Working Group on Belarus Chair Kent Harstedt responds to Belarusian announcements on election reform
COPENHAGEN, 29 April 2016 – Kent Harstedt (MP, Sweden), Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and Chair of its Ad Hoc Working Group on Belarus, had a mixed reaction to the statement of Chairwoman of the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Belarus Lidia Yermoshina following the press conference with the head of state on 27 April. “The...
OSCE supports seminar for law enforcement on investigating human trafficking in Kazakhstan
237476 Colin McCullough, OSCE Programme Office in Astana The first in a series of five OSCE-supported two-day training seminars for more than 30 law-enforcement officers from 14 regions of Kazakhstan on investigative techniques and …read more Source:...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, based on information received as of 19:30hrs, 27 April 2016
This report is for media and the general public. Four civilians were killed in “DPR”-controlled Olenivka, south-west of Donetsk city, when the area came under shelling. The SMM recorded significant numbers of ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, including multiple launch rocket system fire. The SMM monitored a demonstration...
OSCE Representative condemns prison sentences against Cumhuriyet journalists in Turkey, urges to ensure their safety
VIENNA, 28 April 2016 – The sentencing of two journalists in Turkey for republishing a cartoon is deeply worrying and another serious setback for freedom of expression in Turkey, OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović said today. “I am concerned by the fact that journalists can face imprisonment in Turkey for expressing their views and...
Serbia to introduce ODIHR/Anne Frank House teaching materials on anti-Semitism in classrooms
237301 Teaching Materials to Challenge anti-Semitism The Serbian government and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) agreed on 28 April 2016, to implement teaching materials on anti-Semitism in classrooms across …read more Source:...
Finnish Police to implement OSCE/ODIHR hate crime training programme
237281 Training Against Hate Crimes for Law Enforcement (TAHCLE): Programme Description The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the Police Board of Finland, signed an agreement on 28 April 2016 …read more Source:...
OSCE/ODIHR marks the 10th anniversary of its Panel of Experts on the Freedom of Peaceful Assembly
208371 Guidelines on Freedom of Peaceful Assembly: Second Edition …read more Source:...
Germany’s Defence Minister and OSCE Secretary General to hold joint news conference in Vienna on Tuesday
VIENNA, 28 April 2016 – As part of an official visit to Vienna, Ursula von der Leyen, Minister of Defence of Germany, which currently holds the OSCE Chairmanship, will meet OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier on Tuesday, 3 May 2016, and hold a joint news conference in the Organization’s Secretariat building on Wallnerstrasse at...
Sides must respect ceasefire in order to reverse worsening security situation in Ukraine, say OSCE Chairmanship Special Representative and Chief Monitor
VIENNA, 28 April 2016 – The sides in eastern Ukraine must urgently and fully respect the ceasefire in order to reverse the worsening security situation, said the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group Martin Sajdik and the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to...
