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OSCE observers visit detained Kazakh opposition journalist
Publishing date: 19 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
WARSAW, 19 December 2002- A group of OSCE observers have met the opposition journalist Sergey Duvanov, who is being held in pre-trial detention on charges of having raped a minor, to assess the conditions of his detention...
OSCE concerned about detention of leading Kazakh human rights defender and journalist
Publishing date: 7 November 2002
Content type: Press release
VIENNA/WARSAW, 7 November 2002- The two OSCE institutions dealing with human rights and media freedom today jointly expressed their concern about the detention of Sergei Duvanov, a journalist and human rights defender who...
OSCE eager to pursue fruitful co-operation with Kazakh authorities, says Chairman-in-Office
Publishing date: 31 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ALMATY, 31 October 2002- Completing a two-day visit to Kazakhstan, OSCE's Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister, Antonio Martins da Cruz stressed the importance of the OSCE's co-operation with Kazakhstan...
OSCE's human rights office calls for strengthening of new Ombudsman office in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
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
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Countering terrorism
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
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
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
Content type: Press release
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...