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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
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...
Effective investigation of torture allegations discussed at OSCE-supported training in Bishkek
Publishing date: 12 July 2016
BISHKEK, 12 July 2016 – A two-day training course on effective investigation of cases of torture conducted by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the General Prosecutor’s Office and its Prosecutors’ Training Centre ended today in the Kyrgyz capital...
OSCE supports workshop on risks-oriented approach in combating money laundering and financing of terrorism in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 8 July 2016
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 8 July 2016 – A five-day training course supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek on a risk-oriented approach in supervising activities related to anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism concluded today in Bosteri village, in the Issyk-Kul region...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports workshop on crime prevention through partnerships between police, civil organizations and the public
Publishing date: 8 July 2016
Fifty-two representatives of Local Crime Prevention Centres (LCPCs) in Kyrgyztsan, including members of the courts of Aksakals (local elders), women and youth councils completed a two-day workshop supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek on 7July 2016 in Osh, with the aim of enhancing interactions between the police, civil organizations and the public...
Border management and security discussed at OSCE Centre in Bishkek-supported discussion and ‘Barrier 2016’ simulation exercise
Publishing date: 8 July 2016
BISHKEK, 8 July 2016 – As part of the first phase of the two-day military Command-Staff Exercise ‘Barrier 2016’, representatives of the State Border Service (SBS), local authorities and civil society of Osh region focused on border security and management problems during a roundtable discussion and video-conference supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...