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OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and Kyrgyz State Committee for National Security enhance counter-terrorism co-operation
Publishing date: 11 July 2017
On July 6, 2017 the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek handed over specialized explosive ordnance disposal equipment to staff of the Kyrgyz Republic State Committee for National Security. This special equipment consisting of bomb suits, helmets and specialized tools will enhance the technical capacities, operational flexibility and security of the State Committee explosive ordnance disposal experts...
OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek supports discussion on risks of violent radicalization in penitentiary facilities
Publishing date: 7 June 2017
More than 70 representatives of Kyrgyzstan’s law enforcement bodies, the State Service for the Execution of Punishment (SSEP), the Spiritual Administration of the Muslims of Kyrgyzstan, the expert community and international organizations discussed the issues of violent radicalization in penitentiary facilities on 2 June 2017 in Bishkek...
OSCE supports seminar in Kyrgyzstan on preventing violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism among youth
Publishing date: 14 November 2016
Some 40 representatives of the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry’s Juvenile Delinquency Inspectorate and the 10th Main Directorate of the Ministry on countering violent extremism participated in an OSCE-supported seminar on preventing violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT) among youth, on 10-12 November 2016 in Bulan-Sogottu village, Issyk-Kul province.
Prevention of violent extremism and terrorist radicalization among youth in focus of OSCE-supported seminar in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 22 October 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 22 October 2016 –The prevention of violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT) was the focus of the OSCE-supported intensive seminar for some 50 representatives of the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry’s Juvenile Delinquency Inspectorate, Municipal committees on youth issues and leaders of Territorial Youth Councils, that concluded today in Osh, Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE conference highlights role of the media in countering violent extremism in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 28 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism
BISHKEK, 28 September 2016- Eighty media experts, religious experts, journalists, civil society and government representatives from Bishkek, Osh and Batken gathered in the Kyrgyz capital today for a conference on the role of the media in countering violent extremism...
OSCE helps Kyrgyzstan implement UN resolution on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
Publishing date: 16 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 16 September 2016 – A two-day roundtable to discuss the National Action Plan (NAP) on the implementation of the UN Security Council Resolution 1540 on effective measures against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction concluded today in the village of Bulan Sogottu, Issyk-Kul region...
OSCE Centre signs long-term agreement on co-operation with Kyrgyz State Committee on National Security
Publishing date: 19 July 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism