News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE human rights chief dismayed at continued practice of detention without trial at Guantánamo
Publishing date: 10 January 2012
WARSAW, 10 January 2012 – On the eve of tomorrow’s tenth anniversary of the transfer of the first detainees to the United States naval base in Guantánamo Bay, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), expressed dismay today at the continued practice of indefinite detention without charge or trial of terrorism suspects...
OSCE human rights chief dismayed at Kyrgyzstan Supreme Court decision to uphold Askarov sentence
Publishing date: 20 December 2011
WARSAW, 20 December 2011 – Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), expressed dismay today over the decision of Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court to uphold the life sentence for prominent human rights defender Azimjan Askarov...
OSCE Mission trains Kosovo police in human-rights compliant riot control
Publishing date: 16 December 2011
A graduation ceremony for 35 police officers who attended a two-week training course on crowd and riot control, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, concluded on 16 December 2011 in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...
Kyrgyz Supreme Court must act on reported fair trial violations in Askarov case, ODIHR delegation says
Publishing date: 16 December 2011
BISHKEK, 16 December 2011 – After visiting prominent human rights defender Azimjan Askarov in prison, a delegation from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today urged Kyrgyzstan’s Supreme Court to take fair trial violations and indications of torture into account when reviewing the case of Askarov and other defendants convicted in relation to the June 2010 violence in the south of the country...
OSCE Office supports rock concert, film festival and Human Rights Expo to mark Human Rights Day in Armenia
Publishing date: 13 December 2011
A rock concert, a Human Rights Film Festival, a public debate and a Human Rights Expo were among the OSCE-supported events held on 9 and 10 December 2011 in Yerevan to mark International Human Rights Day...
OSCE supports torture prevention in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 13 December 2011
BISHKEK, 13 December 2011 – More effective prevention of torture in temporary detention facilities was the focus of a roundtable meeting organized today by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the Regional Office for Central Asia of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the Ombudsman of Kyrgyz Republic and a human rights non-governmental organization “Kylym Shamy”...
OSCE Office presents handbook in Azerbaijani on human rights for military personnel
Publishing date: 13 December 2011
BAKU, 13 December 2011 – Today the OSCE Office in Baku presented an Azerbaijani-language version of the Handbook on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Armed Forces Personnel...