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PA Vice-President Kanerva expresses concern over legislation restricting protests, recriminalizing defamation in Ukraine
Publishing date: 17 January 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
VIENNA, 17 January 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) expressed concern today over the adoption of legislation by the Parliament of Ukraine on 16 January that imposes new restrictions on street protests and recriminalizes defamation...
OSCE PA Secretary General meets NATO PA, PACE, EP counterparts on elections co-operation
Publishing date: 10 January 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 10 January 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Secretary General Spencer Oliver met his counterparts from the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) in Brussels on 9-10 January for discussions that focused on enhancing co-operation in the field of election observation.
OSCE PA human rights chair visits Aleksandr Pavlov, raises concerns about extradition
Publishing date: 30 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 30 December 2013 – Isabel Santos (Portugal), Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, met with Aleksandr Pavlov today in Madrid and raised concerns over his possible extradition to Kazakhstan.
OSCE PA President condemns terrorist attack in Volgograd
Publishing date: 29 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 29 December 2013 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ranko Krivokapic today issued the following statement on the apparent suicide bombing in Volgograd's main train station that killed at least 15 people and wounded many more.
OSCE PA Special Representative on Border Co-operation meets Georgian Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 19 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 19 December 2013 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Special Representative on Border Co-operation, Ignacio Sanchez Amor (Spain), met Georgian Foreign Minister Maia Panjikidze on 18 December in Madrid for discussions that focused on the situation along the administrative boundary lines between Georgian-controlled territory and Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
OSCE Parliamentary leaders disturbed by arrest of Azerbaijani election monitor
Publishing date: 18 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
COPENHAGEN, 18 December 2013 – Leading OSCE Parliamentarians today expressed concern over the arrest and detention of Anar Mammadli, the chair of Azerbaijan's Election Monitoring and Democracy Studies Centre (EMDSC).
OSCE PA delegation arrives in Turkmenistan ahead of parliamentary elections
Publishing date: 13 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
ASHGABAT, 13 December 2013 – An OSCE Parliamentary Assembly delegation of observers began arriving today in Turkmenistan ahead of parliamentary elections in the country on 15 December.