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Information Centre for Labour Migrants in Tajikistan marks first quarter of activity
Publishing date: 27 April 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 27 April 2004- An agreement formalizing the establishment of an information centre for migrant workers was signed today in Tajikistan's capital, Dushanbe...
OSCE seminar brings Tajik authorities and NGOs together for prison reform talks
Publishing date: 12 February 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
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
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
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
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
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-UNICEF youth camp aims to promote Tajik civil society
Publishing date: 24 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Human rights
GARM, TAJIKISTAN, 24 October 2003- Forty young people from Tajikistan's Rasht region are attending a joint OSCE-UNICEF camp, which aims at fostering dialogue and participation of students in decision-making on key social, democratic and...
OSCE event discusses role of NGOs in reforming Tajik prison system
Publishing date: 30 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 30 July 2003- The important role NGOs could play in the development of prison reform in Tajikistan was the focus of an OSCE roundtable held today in the capital, Dushanbe. Main objective of the event was to raise the awareness of
OSCE Chairman-in-Office says continued dialogue needed in Central Asia
Publishing date: 17 July 2003
Content type: Press release
THE HAGUE, 17 July 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, returned from a five-day visit to Central Asia convinced that there is no alternative to continued dialogue with the Central Asian...