Journal of the 1038th Plenary Meeting of the Permanent Council
Report by the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan. Ongoing aggression against Ukraine and violations of OSCE principles and commitments by the Russian Federation. Situation in Ukraine and the need for urgent steps to implement the Minsk agreements. Illegal arrest of the Deputy Chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis and growing violations of human rights by the occupying authorities in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastapol. The death penalty in the United States of America. Follow-up to the Committee Study of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Detention and Interrogation Program, published by the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on 9 December 2014. Recent Islamophobic incidents in the OSCE area. Abduction of Azerbaijani civilians by Armenia (Azerbaijan, Annex 1; Armenia, Annex 2). Report on the activities of the Chairperson-in-Office. Visit by the representatives of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly to the Guantánamo Bay detention facility on 27 January 2015.
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