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OSCE/ODIHR Director Link welcomes latest attempt by US President Obama to bring about closure of Guantanamo Bay detention facility

Publishing date: 24 February 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism, Rule of law
WARSAW, 24 February, 2016 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today welcomed the move by United States President Barack Obama to send to Congress a plan to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay...

OSCE PA President strongly condemns Ankara attack

Publishing date: 18 February 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Countering terrorism
COPENHAGEN, 18 February 2016 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Ilkka Kanerva (MP, Finland) issued the following statement on the 17 February terror attack in Ankara:

OSCE Chairperson Steinmeier and Secretary General Zannier condemn terror attack in Ankara

Publishing date: 18 February 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Countering terrorism
BERLIN / VIENNA, 18 February 2016 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today condemned in the strongest terms the terror attack perpetrated in Ankara that killed at least 28 people and left more than 60 wounded.

Educators’ role central in helping youth to challenge violent extremism, OSCE event concludes

Publishing date: 17 February 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Countering terrorism, Youth
SARAJEVO, 17 February 2016- The education sector can play a crucial role in preventing young people from succumbing to ‘pull factors’ leading to violent extremism and terrorism, participants said at an OSCE-sponsored event dedicated to countering violent extremism and radicalization through education, which concluded today...

OSCE and Spain organize table-top simulation on protecting critical energy infrastructure from targeted cyber attacks

Publishing date: 17 February 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
MADRID, 17 February 2016 — Strengthening protection and preparedness against cyber-attacks aimed at industrial control systems is the focus of a two-day table-top simulation starting today in Madrid and organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department with the support of Spain’s Interior Ministry...

Developing counter narratives to combat online violent extremism content, in focus of OSCE-supported course in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 5 February 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Countering terrorism
SARAJEVO, 5 February 2016 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) this week organized a series of short courses, which concluded today in Sarajevo, on the use of Internet and social media in developing counter narratives to online content promoting violent extremism...

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and OSCE Secretary General welcome UN Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism

Publishing date: 15 January 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
BERLIN / VIENNA, 15 January 2016 — OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier today welcomed the presentation by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon of the UN Plan of Action to Prevent Violent Extremism...