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OSCE supports Kyrgyzstan in fighting terrorism
Publishing date: 1 March 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism
BISHKEK, 1 March 2013 – Adopting international anti-terrorism mechanisms and other measures aimed at controlling terrorists’ access to explosives and chemicals precursors were among the topics of a two-day OSCE-supported roundtable discussion which ended in Bishkek today...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports seminar on countering extremism and terrorism
Publishing date: 27 February 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Countering terrorism
KARAGANDA, Kazakhstan, 27 February 2013 – The first of two of OSCE-supported training seminars on countering violent extremism and terrorism concluded in Karaganda today...
OSCE Chair condemns terrorist attack against U.S. Embassy in Ankara
Publishing date: 1 February 2013
KYIV, 1 February 2013 –The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara strongly condemned today’s terrorist attack against the U.S. Embassy in Ankara...
OSCE holds discussion in Tajikistan on rehabilitation of prisoners charged with violent extremism and terrorism-related offenses
Publishing date: 16 January 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Countering terrorism
DUSHANBE, 16 January 2013 –A roundtable meeting on disengagement, rehabilitation and reintegration of prisoners for violent extremism and terrorism-related offenses concluded today at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
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 facilitates discussion on preventing terrorist radicalization in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 29 November 2012
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 29 November 2012- An OSCE seminar on countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism concluded today in Osh in the south of Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Centre in Astana supports discussion on countering terrorism
Publishing date: 22 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
ASTANA, 22 November 2012 – An OSCE-supported one-day international conference on countering terrorism, which brought together some 50 parliamentarians, international and national experts, academics, and representatives of law enforcement agencies, was held at premises of Majilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan in Astana today...