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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
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 Police Reform Programme has helped Kyrgyzstan improve its police, Interior Minister says
Publishing date: 26 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Policing
BISHKEK, 26 May 2009- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek's Police Reform Programme has helped Kyrgyzstan's police provide better service, Interior Minister Moldomusa Kongantiev said today during a meeting that reviewed the Programme's progress...
Kyrgyz prison staff visit Poland on OSCE Centre-supported study tour
Publishing date: 18 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Democratization, Education, Policing
BISHKEK, 18 May 2009- A group of prison system representatives from the Kyrgyz Justice Ministry traveled to Poland today for a one-week study visit on penitentiary system reform supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE expresses concerns about draft amendments to Kyrgyzstan's law on non-commercial organizations
Publishing date: 16 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization
BISHKEK, 16 April 2009- The Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Ambassador Andrew Tesoriere, said today he welcomed an opinion issued recently by the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) that included concerns...
OSCE Centre supports work to bring Kyrgyz human trafficking legislation in line with international standards
Publishing date: 3 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
BISHKEK, 3 April, 2009- An OSCE-supported working group that aims to align the Kyrgyz legislation on combating trafficking in human beings with international standards, supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, held its inaugural meeting...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports parliamentary hearing on gender and legislation to curb bride kidnapping
Publishing date: 3 March 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
BISHKEK, 3 March 2009- More than 75 participants discussed Kyrgyzstan's draft legislation on gender and marriage age norms at an OSCE Centre-supported parliamentary hearing today...
OSCE Centre holds course for prison staff in Kyrgyzstan on international standards and human rights
Publishing date: 27 February 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Democratization, Policing
BISHKEK, 27 February 2009- Employees of the Kyrgyz penitentiary system have learned about international prison standards and human rights during a three-week OSCE-supported course that ended with a closing ceremony today.