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OSCE media freedom representative condemns sentencing of journalist, says Azerbaijan media under serious threat
Publishing date: 23 April 2007
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 23 April 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, voiced dismay today over the prison sentence of Eynulla Fatullayev, the editor of the independent Russian-language weekly Realny Azerbaijan and the daily...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative welcomes plans for press freedom improvements in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 April 2007
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Rule of law
ALMATY, 21 April 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today welcomed Kazakhstan's Parliament's recent decision to add to its agenda a new draft media law written by four journalists' organizations...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator supports Ukraine's efforts to enhance anti-trafficking legislation
Publishing date: 20 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Rule of law
KYIV, 20 April 2007- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, in co-operation with the Ministry for Family, Youth and Sports, will hold a meeting in Kyiv on 23 April in order to review Ukraine's existing anti-trafficking legislation...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine to train lawyers on protecting victims of trafficking
Publishing date: 19 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Rule of law
KYIV, 19 April 2007- A two-day training session for lawyers in protecting human trafficking victims starts in Kyiv today.
Croatian draft secrecy law needlessly restrictive, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 13 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 13 April 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today that the government-proposed draft law on Data Secrecy in Croatia unnecessarily restricts access to information...
OSCE helps train Kazakh law enforcement officials to investigate trafficking cases
Publishing date: 5 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
KARAGANDA, Kazakhstan, 5 April 2007- Twenty Kazakhstani law enforcement officials are taking part in a training course on investigating cases of human trafficking...
OSCE media watchdog presents report on problems of media registration in OSCE area
Publishing date: 30 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 30 March 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has presented a special report on media registration...