News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre/ODIHR hold conference on prison sentences in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 1 April 2004
DUSHANBE, 1 April 2004- Alternatives to prison sentences in Tajikistan were the focus of discussion at an international conference held in Dushanbe on 30 and 31 March. The two-day event...
OSCE Centre in Dushanbe marks 10th anniversary
Publishing date: 27 February 2004
DUSHANBE, 27 February 2004- The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe today celebrated its 10th anniversary, having begun its work in February 1994. The event was attended...
OSCE regional seminar on implementation of the Aarhus Convention calls for network of environment centres
Publishing date: 26 February 2004
DUSHANBE, 26 February 2004- A call was made today for environmental centres to be set up in five Central Asian States. It came at the third regional seminar on the implementation of the Aarhus Convention in Central Asia which was held in Dushanbe...
OSCE seminar brings Tajik authorities and NGOs together for prison reform talks
Publishing date: 12 February 2004
DUSHANBE, 12 February 2004- Representatives of more than 30 NGOs, international organizations and the Tajik Government discussed prison reform for this Central Asian state at a three-day seminar that ended today. Initiated by the Tajik...
OSCE Centre in Dushanbe opens information point for youth in Garm
Publishing date: 6 February 2004
GARM, 6 February 2004- The OSCE Centre in Dushanbe's Garm Field Office opened an Information Centre for the youth of the Rasht Valley on Thursday, a first of its kind in this remote and mountainous region of Tajikistan. It is equipped with...
Human rights quiz offers prospect of a "Happy New Year" to inmates of women's prison in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 29 December 2003
DUSHANBE, 29 December 2003- A women's prison in Tajikistan was the unusual setting for a human rights quiz organized recently by the OSCE's Centre in Dushanbe and its Kulyab field office, in co-operation with the prison administration and municipal...
OSCE Centre holds Dushanbe conference on preventing use of violence during investigation and pre-trial detention
Publishing date: 5 December 2003
DUSHANBE, 5 December 2003- A two-day national conference in Tajikistan on preventing the use of violence during investigation and pre-trial detention, organized by the OSCE Centre, has just concluded with a set of recommendations and proposals...