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OSCE Centre supports forensic training course for Kyrgyz police
Publishing date: 12 December 2008
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 12 December 2008- Identifying the profile of a person through examining his handwriting was the aim of training course that ended in Osh today...
OSCE Centre helps Kyrgyz police improve fingerprint database
Publishing date: 12 December 2008
BISHKEK, 12 December 2008- An automated fingerprint identification system will be introduced by the Interior Ministry as part of the Kyrgyz Police Programme to improve crime investigation capacity...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports Kyrgyz police reforms to prevent torture
Publishing date: 4 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Policing
BISHKEK, 4 December 2008- Doing more to prevent the use of torture in law enforcement structures and raising awareness of human rights was the aim of a conference at the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry today...
OSCE Centre encourages student engagement to increase quality of higher education in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 2 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 2 December 2008- Raising the quality of higher education by engaging and empowering the student community is the aim of a conference in Bishkek today, supported by the OSCE Centre...
OSCE course on travel document security starts in Bishkek
Publishing date: 1 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism
BISHKEK, 1 December 2008- A two-week OSCE-sponsored training course on strengthening travel document security started in Bishkek today...
OSCE evaluates Kyrgyzstan's system for lost and stolen ID documents
Publishing date: 25 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 26 November 2008- Assessing Kyrgyzstan's law enforcement system for lost and stolen identification documents and identifying measures needed for the country to join Interpol's database was the purpose of an OSCE-supported technical...
Fifth anniversary of OSCE Police Reform Programme in Kyrgyzstan marked with conference
Publishing date: 22 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
BISHKEK, 22 November 2008- Almost 100 officials participated in a conference today that marked the fifth anniversary of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek's Police Reform Programme. The Interior Ministry and the OSCE Centre co-organized the event...