Can the United States afford to agree to an OSCE summit in Kazakhstan while Evgeniy Zhovtis, that country’s leading human rights activist, sits in prison?
Posts Tagged “OSCE”
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Posted in: Asia, Europe, Governance & Accountability, Justice
Topics: Evgeniy Zhovtis, human rights, Jeff Goldstein, Kazkahstan, OSCE
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Kazakhstani civil society activists argue that progress in human rights, media independence, freedom of assembly, and access to justice falls short of promises made by the Kazakhstani government prior to taking up the OSCE chairmanship. They are urging the European Union to use "friendly criticism"...
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Governance & Accountability
Topics: European Union, Evgeniy Zhovtis, human rights, Jacqueline Hale, Kazakhstan, OSCE, torture
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At last week’s Council of Europe conference "Safeguards for Free Media: Promoting Effective Guarantees for Freedom of Expression in the South Caucasus, Moldova and Ukraine," the timidity of Council officials was much in evidence.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Media & Arts
Topics: Council of Europe, democracy, journalism, Mark Thompson, OSCE
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2010 marks the first year in which the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe’s rotating chairmanship will be held by a country – Kazakhstan – that fails to meet the organization’s human rights standards. In fact, since 2007 the human rights situation in the country has...
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Equality
Topics: Jeff Goldstein, Kazakhstan, OSCE