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OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan organizes course for Police Academy teachers

Publishing date: 10 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Education, Policing, Rule of law
TASHKENT, 10 September 2007- A four-day training course for Police Academy teachers focusing on modern police education methodologies will begin tomorrow in Tashkent...

Politkovskaya case requires a vigorous and independent investigation, says OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 10 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 10 September 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, commended recent reports of progress in the cases of murdered journalists Anna Politkovskaya and Igor Domnikov, but warned that violence against journalists...

OSCE trains police in Ukraine to combat domestic violence

Publishing date: 6 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality, Policing
YALTA, Ukraine, 6 September 2007- A two-day training course on the role of precinct police inspectors in response to domestic violence began in the Ukrainian sea resort of Yalta today...

Dushanbe OSCE meeting explores gender and security issues

Publishing date: 5 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality
DUSHANBE, 5 September 2007- Incorporating gender perspectives into security in the Tajik context was the focus of an OSCE-organized workshop that ended in Dushanbe today...

Proceedings against journalists in Germany must stop, says OSCE Media Freedom Representative

Publishing date: 9 August 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 9 August 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, called on Germany to cease criminal proceedings against the 17 journalists who published allegedly classified information...

Poland's continuing prosecution of journalists violates international standards, says OSCE media freedom watchdog

Publishing date: 6 August 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 6 August 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has condemned the sentencing of Gazeta Wyborcza journalist Jacek Brzuszkiewicz, and urged Poland to decriminalize press offences...

OSCE media freedom representative asks Russian authorities to review extremism laws restricting free reporting

Publishing date: 27 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 27 July 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media asked the Russian authorities today to re-examine the legal framework on extremism, especially the parts that touch upon the media's right to report on controversial issues...