Serving a prison sentence in Russia apparently was not enough. Years after Konstantin Rudnev completed his term, the accusations that put him behind bars keep following him from one continent to another. This was the message a French NGO brought to Warsaw, where the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) held its 2026 […]

MEDIA-SOCIETY.COM // Experts from ODIHR and international civil society organisations examine attacks against Christians, threats to religious converts and the need for coordinated protection across the OSCE region. WARSAW, 8 October 2026 — Religious hate crimes, the safety of vulnerable faith communities and the need for stronger institutional responses were at the centre of a […]

Media-Society.com // Two Warsaw meetings examine human rights across the OSCE region, but their mandates and institutional status are not the same The Human Dimension Implementation Meeting and the Warsaw Human Dimension Conference perform broadly similar work: both bring governments, civil society and international institutions together to examine whether OSCE states are meeting their human-rights […]

Media-Society.com // More than 1,800 participants confront torture prevention, capital punishment and counterterrorism safeguards The Warsaw Human Dimension Conference entered its first full rule-of-law day on Tuesday, bringing governments and civil-society representatives together to examine torture, capital punishment and human-rights protections in counterterrorism. The meeting formally opened on Monday, 5 October, rather than Tuesday as […]