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OSCE Centre trains Kyrgyz prosecutors on children's and women's rights

Publishing date: 9 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 9 June 2008- Protecting the rights of juvenile and women prisoners, and legislation in the field is the focus of a training course for prosecutors and their assistants, organized by the OSCE Centre, that began in Bishkek today...

OSCE media freedom representative calls on Azerbaijan to investigate latest attack against journalist

Publishing date: 17 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 17 March 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, condemned today the stabbing of Agil Khalil, a reporter of the Azerbaijani opposition newspaper Azadliq, and urged the government to investigate...

New prison sentence sign of continued persecution of non-governmental media in Azerbaijan, says OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 10 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 10 March 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today that a four-year prison sentence handed down to the editor-in-chief of the opposition newspaper...

OSCE Office in Baku inaugurates new academic year and curriculum at police school

Publishing date: 16 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Education, Policing, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BAKU, 16 January 2008- The OSCE Office in Baku and the Interior Ministry of Azerbaijan today celebrated the beginning of the new academic year and the launch of a new curriculum at the Baku Police School...

OSCE supports interagency co-operation to fight transnational organized crime

Publishing date: 12 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing, Rule of law
VIENNA, 12 December 2007- Enhancing co-operation between police, prosecutors and judges in organized crime investigations is the focus of an expert meeting that began in Vienna today. More than 50 experts will participate in the meeting...

Afghan police officers participate in OSCE course on fighting drug trafficking

Publishing date: 29 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Education, Policing, Rule of law
DOMODEDOVO, Russia, 29 November 2007- Methods to fight drug trafficking were the focus of a three-week long OSCE-organized course for ten Afghan police officers that concluded today...

OSCE media freedom representative concerned about suspension of television stations in Georgia

Publishing date: 8 November 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Rule of law
VIENNA, 8 November 2007- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, expressed concern today about the suspension of the work of Imedi TV, Georgia's most watched independent broadcaster and Kavkasia TV, which transmits in Tbilisi...