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OSCE media freedom representative asks Kazakhstan to withdraw Internet regulation

Publishing date: 31 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet
VIENNA, 31 October 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklós Haraszti, has asked the Government of Kazakhstan to withdraw a newly established regulation on the registration of domain names for websites...

OSCE Special Representative addresses regional NGO crime prevention forum

Publishing date: 28 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 28 October 2005- The OSCE Special Representative on Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Helga Konrad, addressed a two-day forum of Central and South-Eastern European non-governmental organizations (NGO) aimed at creating strategies...

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media addresses media related legislation in Skopje

Publishing date: 27 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Digital switchover, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
SKOPJE, 27 October 2005- OSCE Representative for Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, met today with the Minister of Transport and Communications, Xhemali Mehazi, representatives of the Ministry of Justice and members of Parliament in Skopje...

OSCE trains 90 Russian election observers

Publishing date: 26 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
WARSAW, 26 October 2005- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will today train around 90 Russian officials for participation in future election observation missions. The course will take place at the Diplomatic Academy...

Implementation of Croatian Constitutional Law on national minorities must improve, OSCE conference assesses

Publishing date: 18 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: National minority issues
ZAGREB, 18 October 2005- A first review of the implementation of the Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities was the focus of a conference held today in Zagreb by the OSCE Mission to Croatia. Chairing the conference, Ambassador...

OSCE holds workshop on threat posed by use of Internet by terrorists

Publishing date: 14 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 14 October 2005- Identifying ways of combating the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes while ensuring continued respect for human rights was the aim of a meeting of experts that ended today in Vienna. Hosted by the OSCE...

OSCE media freedom representative asks Hague Tribunal to release Croatian journalist

Publishing date: 11 October 2005
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, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 11 October 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has asked the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia to release Croatian journalist Josip Jovic, the former editor-in-chief of...