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Text of press release from Vienna-based Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) on 27 June The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti today called on the upper chamber of Belarus's parliament not to adopt a draft law that would further restrict media freedom in the country.

MINSK. June 4 (Interfax) - A Belarusian draft bill on the press and media sent to the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media for evaluation has been deemed to restrict access by journalists to state information, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) said.

By Dmitry Solovyov ASTANA (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev won re-election by a landslide on Monday, but international observers branded the vote flawed, citing ballot box stuffing and the intimidation of opposition campaigners.

By Christian Lowe BAKU (Reuters) - Azerbaijan's parliamentary poll fell short of democratic standards, Western election monitors said on Monday, boosting opposition calls for it to be overturned as fraudulent.