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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 Field Office promotes information access in south Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 2 May 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Media freedom and development
BATKEN, KYRGYZSTAN, 2 May 2005- In order to develop information access in remote areas of Kyrgyzstan, the OSCE Field Office in the southern city of Osh has supported the establishment of a media centre in Batken province, which will open on 3 May...

OSCE Centre co-organizes festival on environmental journalism in Dushanbe

Publishing date: 21 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 21 October 2003- A week-long event to promote and encourage environmental journalism in Central Asia and to increase public access to environmental information has started today in the Tajik capital of Dushanbe. The Third Central Asian...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office says continued dialogue needed in Central Asia

Publishing date: 17 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development
THE HAGUE, 17 July 2003- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Netherlands Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, returned from a five-day visit to Central Asia convinced that there is no alternative to continued dialogue with the Central Asian...

OSCE's human rights chief visits Central Asia

Publishing date: 6 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
WARSAW, 6 June 2003- Ambassador Christian Strohal, the Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, left for a four-day visit to Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan today. During his visit to the two Central Asian states...

Five Ambassadors to OSCE start Central Asian tour in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 2 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Policing
BISHKEK, 2 May 2003- A delegation of five Ambassadors to the OSCE finished a three-day visit to Kyrgyzstan today, their first stop on a tour of three Central Asian states. The Heads of the permanent delegations of Bulgaria, France, Ireland...

New OSCE Academy in Kyrgyzstan inaugurated

Publishing date: 18 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BISHKEK, 18 December 2002- A new study and research institute on regional security issues, the OSCE Academy, was inaugurated in Kyrgyzstan yesterday. "This Academy is a unique institution of a new type that will facilitate the development of...