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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
What we do: Combating human trafficking, Democratization, Gender equality, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
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.

OSCE Centre organizes seminar to improve criminal process standards in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 16 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Democratization, Policing, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 16 December 2008- Improving the handing of criminal cases through more effective co-operation between law enforcement and judicial bodies and the proper use of evidence was the focus of a seminar organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek today...

Head of OSCE Centre in Bishkek concerned about reports on referendum irregularities

Publishing date: 22 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Elections, Conflict prevention and resolution, Democratization, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 22 October 2007- The head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Ambassador Markus Mueller, said today he was concerned about reports of irregularities during yesterday's referendum on constitutional reform...

OSCE Chairman calls for calm and dialogue in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 21 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization
MADRID, 21 April 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, called today for calm in Kyrgyzstan and urged the country's politicians to engage in constructive dialogue to resolve the political impasse...

OSCE press freedom watchdog hails Kyrgyzstan for decriminalizing libel and allowing public broadcasting

Publishing date: 27 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Democratization, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 27 March 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today commended the Kyrgyz Parliament's decision to abolish criminal libel and insult laws as well as President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's "green light" for public...

OSCE Centre helps organize conference on constitutional reform in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 24 November 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization
BISHKEK, 24 November 2005- Constitutional reform in Kyrgyzstan is the main topic of a conference that today opened in Bishkek, bringing together government officials, national and international experts, as well as representatives of civil society...