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OSCE media watchdog criticises U.S. Patriot Act

Publishing date: 23 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 23 January 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today criticised the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in the United States for monitoring...

OSCE Media Representative blasts "Stalinist" propaganda methods on Turkmen TV

Publishing date: 16 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Hate speech, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 16 January 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, strongly condemned the abuse of the television media in Turkmenistan to humiliate and destroy individuals accused of an alleged attack against the...

OSCE Secretary General welcomes agreement with European Commission on policing operation

Publishing date: 28 February 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Policing
VIENNA, 28 February 2002- The OSCE Secretary General, Jan Kubis, today informed the Organization's 55-nation Permanent Council that the first Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between the OSCE and the European Commission...

Five-year report on Croatia supported in the OSCE Permanent Council

Publishing date: 7 June 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections
VIENNA, 7 June 2001- A five-year report on Croatia\'s progress in meeting its international commitments received broad support in the OSCE Permanent Council today. The OSCE Chairmanship, the delegations of the European Union and the United States...

OSCE and European Union have growing partnership

Publishing date: 23 November 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Partnerships, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 23 November 2000-- The relationship that exists between the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the European Union is making a real difference to the everyday lives of many people across the European continent...

OSCE police monitoring group to cease operations in Danube Region

Publishing date: 21 September 2000
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Policing
ZAGREB, 21 September 2000- The OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna has decided that the OSCE Police Monitoring Group in the Danube Region will cease operations...

Need for public debate in post-conflict situations

Publishing date: 25 November 1999
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 25 November 1999-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, spoke today at the OSCE Permanent Council. In his address, Duve pointed out that freedom...