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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE helps police officers in Kyrgyzstan better communicate with foreign tourists
Publishing date: 16 August 2013
The last batch of brochures to assist Kyrgyzstan’s patrol police officers in dealing with English-speaking tourists published by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek was distributed among police officers on 16 August 2013...
OSCE trains Kyrgyzstan officials in hostage negotiation
Publishing date: 21 December 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism, Policing
A two-week training course on hostage negotiation for the personnel of Kyrgyzstan’s relevant state agencies ended in Bishkek on 21 December 2012. The course was organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the Antiterrorism Centre of the State Committee on National Security...
OSCE initiates public hearing on co-operation between police and communities in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 25 June 2012
An OSCE-initiated and Kyrgyzstan Parliament-chaired public hearing on enhancing the co-operation between the police and communities on crime prevention in the Kyrgyz Republic was held on 25 June 2012 in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports study tour to UK for Kyrgyzstan’s police officers, local officials
Publishing date: 22 June 2012
BISHKEK, 22 June 2012 – Representatives of Kyrgyzstan’s law enforcement bodies and local self-government from Bishkek and Osh visited the United Kingdom on an OSCE-supported study tour...
ODIHR trains police officers in Kyrgyzstan and Georgia to respond to domestic violence
Publishing date: 11 June 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Gender equality, Policing
Helping police officers better respond to cases of domestic violence was the focus of training organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and partners in Kyrgyzstan and Georgia on 8 and 11 June 2012, respectively...
OSCE supports watercraft patrolling, mountain training for Kyrgyzstan’s Internal Troops
Publishing date: 30 April 2012
Officials of the Internal Troops of Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry were trained in critical energy infrastructure protection at an OSCE-supported 10-day event which took place from 20 to 29 April 2012 at the Toktogul water power station in Kara-Kul town, Jalal-Abad province in southern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE, government partners review preliminary results of newly-established civilian mediation network in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 11 November 2011