News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports summer school on topical issues of police reform
Publishing date: 29 July 2016
BISHKEK, 29 July 2016 – Some 30 police officers of different ranks from seven regions of Kyrgyzstan are taking part in a summer school training programme, which closes tomorrow in Issyk-Kul, on the topical issues of police reform, conducted by the Kyrgyz Association of Women Police and the Interior Ministry, with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek trains defence lawyers and prosecutors on right to liberty and freedom from arbitrary arrest or detention
Publishing date: 28 July 2016
BISHKEK, 28 July 2016 – A two-day training conducted by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek for 14 defence lawyers and 12 officers from the Prosecutor’s office on the right to liberty and freedom from arbitrary arrest or detention, ended today in the Kyrgyz capital...
Athletes discuss gender-based violence at OSCE-supported event in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 26 July 2016
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 26 July 2016 – Some 25 athletes and sport trainers today discussed gender-based violence at an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion attended by a world amateur boxing champion (1986) and former member of parliament, Orzubek Nazarov...
OSCE supports public discussions on natural resources management in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 22 July 2016
BISHKEK, 22 July 2016 – Three public discussions on the regulatory legal acts regarding the use of natural resources and environmental protection are being organized from 19 July to 27 July 2016 by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the local Aarhus Centre in the districts of Toktogul, Aksy and Kadamjay in southern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek enhances police investigators’ skills in crime investigation techniques
Publishing date: 20 July 2016
BISHKEK, 20 July 2016- A series of three-day training courses for police investigators on investigating murders which were committed with the use of explosives, firearms and cold arms are being held from 14 July until 6 August 2016 in Bishkek, Balykchy and Osh cities by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry and the Kyrgyz State Judicial Academy...
OSCE Centre signs long-term agreement on co-operation with Kyrgyz State Committee on National Security
Publishing date: 19 July 2016
BISHKEK, 19 July 2016 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the State Committee on National Security (SCNS) signed a long-term agreement with the aim of increasing co-operation to support the country's security sector...
Human rights in legislative processes in focus at OSCE and OHCHR-supported training course for advisors and experts of Kyrgyz parliament
Publishing date: 15 July 2016
BISHKEK, 15 July 2016 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Regional Office for Central Asia of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR ROCA) completed a training course in Bishkek today for 35 advisors and experts of the Kyrgyz parliament on promoting human rights in the legislative process...