COPENHAGEN, 18 January 2017 – Responding today to a proposed plan by the Hungarian government to hold all asylum seekers in detention centres for the entire duration of their application process on national security grounds, Spanish parliamentarian and Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee Ignacio Sanchez Amor called on Hungary to respect the rights of asylum seekers on its territory. “This proposal could pose a

Christine Muttonen (left) at the opening of the Austrian OSCE Chairmanship, Vienna, 12 January 2017 VIENNA, 13 January 2017 – The President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, Austrian parliamentarian Christine Muttonen, today called for the immediate agreement on the extension of mandates of OSCE field operations, some of which are currently being held up by representatives of OSCE countries. “Field missions have long been the crown jewel of

Ignacio Sanchez Amor (Spain), Chair of the OSCE PA's human rights committee COPENHAGEN, 10 January 2017 – On the eve of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility’s 15th anniversary, Spanish parliamentarian Ignacio Sanchez Amor, Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee, reiterated longstanding concerns over the prison and the practice of indefinite detention. Regretting that President Barack Obama was unable to follow

COPENHAGEN, 1 January 2017 – In response to the New Year’s Eve massacre at a nightclub in Istanbul, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) issued the following statement: “I condemn in the strongest terms last night’s horrific massacre in Istanbul, which killed at least 39 people, and offer my heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims. It is tragic that we must once again confront this terror,

OSCE PA President Christine Muttonen and Secretary General Roberto Montella COPENHAGEN, 20 December 2016 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s President and Secretary General, Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) and Roberto Montella, respectively, today issued the following statement on the assassination of Andrey Karlov, the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, in Ankara on Monday: “The fatal shooting of Ambassador Karlov was not only an unfounded attack

OSCE PA President Christine Muttonen COPENHAGEN, 20 December 2016 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly President Christine Muttonen (MP, Austria) condemned in the strongest terms the attack Monday at a Christmas market in Berlin, offering condolences to the families of the victims and wishing the survivors speedy recoveries. In a statement issued today, she stressed that indiscriminate acts of violence can never be justified or tolerated, and called