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OSCE Representative concerned about questionnaire for Muslim applicants for German citizenship

Publishing date: 24 January 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
ANKARA, 24 January 2006- The OSCE Representative on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims today expressed deep concern about a recent decision by the authorities in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, to submit a questionnaire to Muslims...

OSCE Office and Armenian Foreign Ministry promote culture of tolerance in Armenia

Publishing date: 30 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
YEREVAN, 30 September 2005- The OSCE Office in Yerevan and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Armenia organized a thematic concert in the Armenian National Opera House to promote tolerance in society...

OSCE and Muslim NGO network to work closer to fight discrimination

Publishing date: 27 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 27 September 2005- Representatives of over 20 Muslim NGOs, as well as community leaders met today at an OSCE meeting on human rights and democracy to discuss how to deal with increasing intolerance and discrimination against Muslims...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office offers expertise to partner states at Mediterranean Seminar

Publishing date: 8 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
RABAT, Morocco, 8 September 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, expressed strong support for the OSCE's activities with adjacent regions in his keynote address at the 11th OSCE Mediterranean Partners Seminar...

OSCE Representative on Intolerance against Muslims cautions against tendency to identify terrorism with Islam

Publishing date: 12 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
ANKARA, 12 July 2005- Omur Orhun, the OSCE Chairman's Personal Representative on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims, condemned last week's terrorist attacks in London but noted with regret a tendency to identify Islam with terror...

International commitments promoting tolerance must be implemented say four international institutions

Publishing date: 9 June 2005
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
CORDOBA, 9 June 2005- Four international institutions promoting tolerance and non-discrimination today said that implementation of commitments in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, anti-Semitism, Islamophobia and intolerance...

OSCE Chairman, Spanish Foreign Minister say States need to act on commitments to fight intolerance and discrimination

Publishing date: 8 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Human rights, Tolerance and non-discrimination
CORDOBA, 8 June 2005- A two-day OSCE conference on combating anti-Semitism and other forms of intolerance opened on Wednesday with appeals by Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos and OSCE Chairman Dimitrij Rupel for concrete action to...