News and press releases

An OSCE-supported seminar on the protection of freedom of expression and policies to counter hate speech on the internet took place on 25 September 2017 in Shymkent, Kazakhstan.

VIENNA, 23 September 2017 – “Brutal killing of an American-Syrian journalist and her mother, both reporting about the situation in Syria, highlights the dangers that critical journalists face in their work,” said today OSCE Media Freedom Representative Harlem Désir...

Tashkent, 22 September 2017 – A two-day Sub-regional Conference on the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in regional and international security began today in Tashkent.

An OSCE-supported five-day training seminar, aimed at improving the interaction between law-enforcement agencies and the media, took place from 18 to 22 September 2017 in Astana.

The importance of having impartial and independent judiciary and media, international mechanisms ensuring freedom of expression and media and access to information were the focus of the OSCE-supported workshop for 19 judges and 11 journalists that took place in Khoja Obigarm on 21 and 22 September 2017...

A web-based learning course designed to raise awareness, knowledge and understanding on how terrorists use the internet was launched by the Action against Terrorism Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department on 22 September 2017. The course targets decision makers, government officials, academia, teachers and students in police academies and other similar educational institutions to enhance their skills in countering terrorism...

A five-day OSCE-supported training seminar on the detection of forged travel documents and identification techniques for 32 border guards concluded in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 22 September 2017...