Roberto Battelli at a polling station on election day. TIRANA, 24 June 2013 – Albania's parliamentary elections on 23 June were competitive with active citizen participation throughout the campaign and genuine respect for fundamental freedoms. However, the atmosphere of mistrust between the two main political forces tainted the electoral environment and challenged the administration of the entire electoral process, international observers said

Копенгаген, 24 июня 2013 г. ( ENG | FRE | TR ) – Ежегодная сессия Парламентской ассамблеи ОБСЕ, которая пройдет в Стамбуле, сосредоточится на основных правах и свободах человека спустя меньше месяца после того, как тысячи людей вышли на улицы Турции, что стало крупнейшей демонстрацией за последние десять лет. В шести кварталах от стамбульского парка Гези, на своих заседаниях Общий комитет Ассамблеи по демократии, правам человека и гуманитарным

COPENHAGEN, 24 June 2013 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Wolfgang Grossruck has called for an increase in funding to the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in an amendment before the Assembly's human rights committee. The amendment to the Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions resolution reads as follows: The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly: Calls for an increase in funding and support to the

COPENHAGEN, 24 June 2013 ( FRE | RUS | TR )—The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session will convene in Istanbul with a focus on basic human rights less than a month after thousands of people took to the streets across Turkey in the country's largest demonstrations in a decade. In meetings being held six blocks from Istanbul's Gezi Park, the Assembly's Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions will debate a resolution

Tiranë, 21 Qershor 2013 ( English ) – Koordinatori Special dhe njëkohësisht Drejtuesi i misionit vëzhgues zgjedhor afatshkurtër OSBE-së dhe drejtuesit e delegacioneve parlamentare të OSBE-së dhe të Këshillit të Europës, të cilët do të vëzhgojnë zgjedhjet parlamentare të 23 Qershorit në Shqipëri, u bëjnë thirrje të gjithë liderëve politikë, të përdorin ditët e mbetura në vazhdim, për t'u angazhuar në një proces konstruktiv për të siguruar

OSCE PA Head of Delegation Joao Soares speaks with PACE Head of Delegation Luca Volonte and Special Co-ordinator Roberto Battelli at a pre-election meeting on 20 June. TIRANA, 21 June 2013 ( shqip ) – The Special Co-ordinator and leader of the short-term OSCE election observer mission, and the Heads of the Parliamentary delegations of the OSCE and the Council of Europe observing the 23 June parliamentary elections in Albania, call on all