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OSCE Tashkent Centre to host meeting of Central Asian Youth Network

Publishing date: 29 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 29 June 2005- Thirty-five university students from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan will meet on Friday in Charvak, near Tashkent, to improve their skills in teamwork, political engagement, research writing...

OSCE Centre in Tashkent announces winners of journalism contest

Publishing date: 27 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
TASHKENT, 27 June 2005- Stimulating the development of journalism in Uzbekistan, as well as recognizing high-quality work and assembling a collection of best examples was the aim of a contest that ended today in Tashkent...

OSCE Chairman renews appeal to Kyrgyzstan to protect Uzbek asylum-seekers

Publishing date: 24 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 24 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office renewed his appeal to the Government of Kyrgyzstan not to force refugees from Uzbekistan to return to their country against their will and said reports that further repatriations might be planned were...

OSCE Chairman repeats calls for an investigation into Andijan events following OSCE/ODIHR report

Publishing date: 20 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights
LJUBLJANA, 20 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office has reiterated his call for a credible, independent and international investigation into the events in Andijan following a report from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office concerned about four deported Uzbek asylum-seekers

Publishing date: 14 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Human rights, National minority issues, Rule of law
LONDON, 14 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel, said today he was deeply concerned about the fate of four asylum seekers, who were returned to Uzbekistan Friday by authorities in neighbouring Kyrgyzstan...

OSCE Tashkent centre co-organizes conference on international best practices in criminal procedure

Publishing date: 26 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Human rights
TASHKENT, 26 May 2005- International best practices in arrest and pre-trial detention were the focus of a conference that ended today in the Uzbek capital. Practical implications of transferring authority for arrest and pre-trial detention to courts...

OSCE Centre in Tashkent calls for international involvement in investigating the Andijan events

Publishing date: 20 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, National minority issues
Tashkent, 20 May 2005- The Head of the OSCE Centre in Tashkent, Ambassador Miroslav Jenca, has appealed to the Uzbek Government to allow international involvement in the investigation of the Andijan events last week. Speaking to human rights...