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OSCE Centre supports young Turkmenistan athletes with disabilities

Publishing date: 6 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Education
ASHGABAT, 6 August 2009- Promoting health, education and better integration into society were the focus of a summer camp that ended today in the Gokdere mountains near Turkmenistan's capital, Ashgabat...

A year after conflict, Georgia still needs stability, OSCE Chairperson says

Publishing date: 6 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ATHENS, 6 August 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, said today she was concerned about tensions in the areas affected by the August 2008 conflict in Georgia and called on all sides to refrain from actions...

OSCE media freedom representative concerned over journalist's sentence in Uzbekistan

Publishing date: 5 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 5 August 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, urged Uzbekistan's authorities today to review the case of journalist Dilmurod Saidov (pen name Saiid), who was sentenced to 12-and-a-half years in prison...

OSCE Centre renovates and equips Internal Troops' anti-terrorism bomb disposal centre

Publishing date: 5 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BISHKEK, 5 August 2009- An Anti-terrorism Bomb Disposal Centre for Interior Ministry troops, renovated and equipped by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, was opened today by representatives of the OSCE Centre and the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry...

OSCE Centre supports training course for Kyrgyz human rights defenders on monitoring places of detention

Publishing date: 3 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Education
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 3 August 2009- About 20 human rights activists are learning how they best can monitor places of detention in a two-day OSCE-supported training course that started today in Jalal-Abad province...

OSCE Centre organizes seminars on alternatives to pre-trial detention in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 3 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
ASHGABAT, 3 August 2009- The final in a series of five seminars on international human rights standards and best practices in the OSCE area related to alternatives to detention at the pre-trial stage of criminal proceedings started today in Ashgabat...

Moldova's parliamentary elections met many standards, but underscore need for democratic reform to restore trust

Publishing date: 30 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Elections
CHISINAU, 30 July 2009- Yesterday's parliamentary elections in Moldova met many international standards, but the process underscored the need for continued democratic reforms to restore public trust, concluded the preliminary statement issued today...