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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE/ODIHR launches guidelines on registration and recognition of religious or belief communities
Publishing date: 4 February 2015
A new publication on the issues of registration and recognition of religious or belief communities was launched by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institution and Human Rights (ODIHR) at an event hosted by the European Parliament in Brussels on 4 February 2015.
On Guantanamo visit, OSCE PA human rights leaders call for support to close facility, express concern regarding legal context
Publishing date: 29 January 2015
COPENHAGEN, 29 January 2015 – The leadership of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions has completed a visit to the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and today called on OSCE countries to proactively assist the United States in efforts to close it as soon as possible, including through the resettlement of detainees...
OSCE PA human rights Chair welcomes Russian court decision not to close Memorial
Publishing date: 29 January 2015
COPENHAGEN, 29 January 2015-- The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today issued the following statement on the Russian Supreme Court’s rejection of a request by the Justice Ministry to close the human rights group Memorial:..
OSCE/ODIHR Director Link welcomes Supreme Court rejection of request to close Memorial human rights group, calls for halt to attempt to brand as “foreign agent”
Publishing date: 28 January 2015
WARSAW, 28 January 2014 – Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), welcomed today’s rejection by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of a Justice Ministry request for the closure of the human rights group Memorial...
OSCE PA human rights Chair expresses concern about sentencing of Tajikistani lawyer
Publishing date: 23 January 2015
COPENHAGEN, 23 January 2015 – The Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions, Isabel Santos (MP, Portugal), today expressed concern about the sentencing of prominent Tajikistani lawyer and opposition figure Shukhrat Kudratov and the state of civil and political liberties in the country...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku awards journalists for best articles about domestic violence
Publishing date: 29 December 2014
BAKU, 29 December 2014 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku announced today the results of a contest aiming to raise awareness of the issue of domestic violence in Azerbaijan. Prizes were awarded to the best media reports on the issue written in 2014...
In Turkmenistan, OSCE PA Special Representatives underscore importance of engagement
Publishing date: 18 December 2014
COPENHAGEN, 17 December 2014 – Special Representatives from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly have completed a visit to Turkmenistan, where they emphasized the importance of engagement and dialogue with the OSCE in meetings with government and parliamentary leaders...