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Press releases

Press releases

Content with Year case was opened 2007 .

8.4.2010 Deputy Ombudsman Jääskeläinen issues reprimands to Turku and Riihimäki prisons
9.10.2009 Detention lasted longer than prescribed period in Mustasaari
23.9.2009 Position adopted in Bishops' Conference report on ordination of women promotes equality
22.9.2009 Deputy-Ombudsman criticises criminal investigation by Border Guard
25.8.2009 Airport checks
22.6.2009 Airport security checks
18.6.2009 Deputy-Ombudsman issues reprimand for unlawful refusal of entry
18.6.2009 Once again unlawfully long wait to Helsinki University Central Hospital's eating disorders unit
2.4.2009 Ombudsman Paunio issues reprimand to Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa for discriminatory guideline
1.4.2009 Prisoners have been subjected to unlawful searches
31.3.2009 Municipal parking supervision may be entrusted only to a municipal office holder
31.3.2009 Use of camera phones can not be completely prohibited in health care units
11.3.2009 Child's interest not always implemented in mother-and-child section of prisons
11.3.2009 Child's interest not always implemented in mother-and-child section of prisons
11.3.2009 Parish did not hide asylym seeker
14.11.2008 Patient had to wait over ten months for an operation at the Tampere University Central Hospital
13.11.2008 Guardian's accounts must be drafted in the principal's mother tongue

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