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OSCE concludes course in Turkmenistan on international human rights law

Publishing date: 29 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights
ASHGABAD, 29 November 2002- Representatives from several governmental and civil society organizations of Turkmenistan participated in an OSCE course on the international dimensions of human rights, which ended today in the country's...

Training seminars for border and customs officials held in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 22 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Border management
ASHGABAD, 22 November 2002- A series of four training seminars aimed at strengthening the professionalism and operational capacity of Turkmenistan's border and customs authorities were concluded in Ashgabad. The...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office completes Central Asia visit in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 5 November 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Democratization, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues
ASHGABAD, 5 November 2002- The OSCE is paying increased attention to Central Asia, the Chairman-in-Office (CiO), Portugal's Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, stressed in the Turkmen capital Ashgabad, after completing...

OSCE information seminar held in Turkmenabat

Publishing date: 5 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
TURKMENABAT, 5 October 2002- A seminar on "What is the OSCE" was held in Turkmenabat on 5 October. The seminar was a part of a series of information seminars, organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, in co-operation with...

Central Asian journalists adopt declaration on media freedom and corruption

Publishing date: 30 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
TASHKENT, 30 September 2002- The media should be free to play their fundamental role as society's watchdog against corruption, journalists from five Central Asian states said in a final declaration adopted at the end of an OSCE media conference...

Freimut Duve: Free media non-existent in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 30 April 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 30 April 2002- In light of the several cases of media harassment recently reported in Turkmenistan, OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, said the country lacks any freedom of expression. In a letter...

OSCE releases Summary Report on Bishkek Conference on Security and Stability in Central Asia

Publishing date: 12 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, Partnerships, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Border management, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 12 March 2002- The OSCE released today a Summary Report on the Bishkek International Conference on Security and Stability in Central Asia, held on 13 and 14 December 2001 in Kyrgyzstan. This conference was co-sponsored by...