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OSCE Centre trains prison officers in Kyrgyzstan's northern provinces

Publishing date: 7 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights
KARAKOL, Kyrgyzstan, 7 September 2009- A basic training course for middle-ranking prison officers from Kyrgyzstan's northern regions, supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, started today at the pre-trial prison in Karakol...

OSCE Centre in Ashgabat supports new domestic violence hotline

Publishing date: 7 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Gender equality
ASHGABAT, 7 September 2009- A domestic violence hotline initiated and supported by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat opened officially in Turkmenistan today...

OSCE Project Co-ordinator holds seminar for judiciary on handling administrative disputes

Publishing date: 7 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
KYIV, 7 September 2009- A seminar organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) on the judicial review of administrative disputes started in Kyiv today...

OSCE Office supports study visit for Tajik government officials to South-eastern Europe to discuss fight against trafficking in human beings

Publishing date: 4 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
DUSHANBE, 4 September 2009- A study visit to Belgrade and Skopje supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan for government staff involved in combating trafficking on human beings ends tomorrow...

OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern about Lithuanian public information law, welcomes authorities' co-operation on improving it

Publishing date: 4 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Democratization, Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 4 September 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, expressed concern today that a recently amended law that aims to protect minors is so vague that it will restrict legitimate media content...

OSCE Office in Tajikistan to hold workshops on the newly-formed Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman

Publishing date: 4 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Human rights
DUSHANBE, 4 September 2009- The OSCE Office in Tajikistan, with local law firm Tajik Juridical Consortium, has organized workshops on using and assisting the Office of the Human Rights Ombudsman, the first of which will take place in Khujand tomorrow...

OSCE Centre supports strengthening aviation security in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 4 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
ASHGABAT, 4 September 2009- Ten officers from the State National Service Turkmenistan Airlines and the transport police took part in a "train the trainer" course on x-ray checkpoint security that ended in Ashgabat today...