News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre supports training course for Kyrgyz human rights defenders on monitoring places of detention
Publishing date: 3 August 2009
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 3 August 2009- About 20 human rights activists are learning how they best can monitor places of detention in a two-day OSCE-supported training course that started today in Jalal-Abad province...
OSCE Centre supports entrepreneurship training for young people in Kyrgyzstan's rural regions
Publishing date: 27 July 2009
BISHKEK, 27 July 2009- Young people from Kyrgyzstan's rural regions completed today a two-week training course on entrepreneurial skills, given by top students from Bishkek-based economic universities...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports improved conditions for detainees and personnel at Talas Province police detention centre
Publishing date: 20 July 2009
TALAS, Kyrgyzstan, 20 July, 2009- The OSCE Centre, the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry and the Talas administration presented a newly constructed and equipped boiler room for the Talas Provincial Police Directorate's temporary detention centre today...
OSCE Centre supports international Ombudspersons conference
Publishing date: 16 July 2009
CHOLPON-ATA, Kyrgyzstan, 16 July 2009- An international human rights conference opened today in north-eastern Kyrgyzstan with support from the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre supports workshop on election coverage for Kyrgyz journalists
Publishing date: 10 July 2009
BISHKEK, 10 July 2009- A workshop for journalists on covering presidential elections was held today with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre presents vehicles, office and computer equipment to Kyrgyz Interior Ministry
Publishing date: 6 July 2009
BISHKEK, 6 July, 2009- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek handed over a donation of communication supplies as well as computer and communication equipment for the establishment of a Virtual Private Network for the Interior Ministry's main headquarters today...
OSCE Centre holds ecological camp for young people on the shores of Kyrgyzstan's Son Kul lake
Publishing date: 3 July 2009
BISHKEK, 3 July 2009-A youth ecological camp starts tomorrow on the shores of Son Kul lake in Kyrgyzstan with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...