News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre refurbishes Kyrgyz Public TV resource centre
Publishing date: 24 February 2012
BISHKEK, 24 February, 2012- The donation of computer equipment and furniture from the OSCE Centre in Bishkek to the Kyrgyzstan’s Public TV resource centre took place today...
OSCE facilitates discussion on prevention of torture in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 22 February 2012
BISHKEK, 22 February 2012 – The implementation of the Istanbul Protocol standards for the effective investigation and documentation of torture and ill treatment in Kyrgyzstan was the focus of a roundtable discussion organized today by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the UN OHCHR Regional Office for Central Asia, the Soros Foundation and the US-based NGO Physicians for Human Rights...
Twenty years in OSCE, Kyrgyzstan plays important role for security in Central Asia and beyond, says Head of OSCE Centre in Bishkek
Publishing date: 30 January 2012
Twenty years ago, on 30 January 1992, following its independence, Kyrgyzstan joined the Conference for Security and Co-operation in Europe (CSCE), which later became the OSCE...
OSCE Academy in Bishkek opens second Masters programme
Publishing date: 16 January 2012
BISHKEK, 16 January 2012 – The OSCE Academy in Bishkek welcomed its first students in the new Master of Arts in Economic Governance and Development Programme today...
OSCE Centre supports independent monitoring of freedom of peaceful assembly in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 19 December 2011
BISHKEK, 19 December 2011 – Better implementation of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly in Kyrgyzstan was the focus of an OSCE-supported public discussion that took place in Bishkek today among national authorities, international and national experts, as well as civil society and international organizations representatives...
OSCE Academy supports discussion on energy co-operation in Central Asia
Publishing date: 19 December 2011
BISHKEK, 19 December 2011 – Current and future pan-regional energy projects and their social and environmental management were the focus of a conference held today at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek...
OSCE supports torture prevention in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 13 December 2011
BISHKEK, 13 December 2011 – More effective prevention of torture in temporary detention facilities was the focus of a roundtable meeting organized today by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the Regional Office for Central Asia of the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the Ombudsman of Kyrgyz Republic and a human rights non-governmental organization “Kylym Shamy”...