News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE's human rights office calls for strengthening of new Ombudsman office in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 October 2002
WARSAW, 17 October 2002- OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) welcomed the recent creation of a national human rights institution in Kazakhstan, but called for the strengthening of its mandate in...
Workshop on combating money laundering and terrorism financing held in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 4 October 2002
ASTANA, 3 October 2002- The second of a series of national workshops aiming at implementing the OSCE Action Programme on terrorism was held in Astana, Kazakhstan, following a similar workshop earlier this week in Bishkek...
Central Asian journalists adopt declaration on media freedom and corruption
Publishing date: 30 September 2002
TASHKENT, 30 September 2002- The media should be free to play their fundamental role as society's watchdog against corruption, journalists from five Central Asian states said in a final declaration adopted at the end of an OSCE media conference...
Fourth Central Asia Media Conference focuses on media freedom and corruption
Publishing date: 26 September 2002
TASHKENT, 26 September 2002- The media coverage of corruption has a "corrective function" in the newly emerging democracies and on their economies, a leading European media watchdog, Freimut Duve, told a conference of more than 100 media...
OSCE Media Representative demands action after attack on Kazakh journalist
Publishing date: 3 September 2002
VIENNA, 3 September 2002-- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has asked the Government of Kazakhstan to bring to justice those responsible for the attack on Sergei Duvanov, a journalist and human rights defender...
OSCE roundtable looks at development of leasing activities in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 3 September 2002
ALMATY, 3 September 2002- An OSCE roundtable in Almaty today will discuss the status of leasing activities in Kazakhstan and to make recommendations for improving of leasing procedures in the country. The roundtable on "Development...
OSCE's human rights office concerned about broadening of prosecutors' powers in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 16 August 2002
WARSAW, 16 August 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) expressed its concern about a new law broadening the powers of the Prosecutor's Office in Kazakhstan. The law was passed by Parliament...