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Bishkek seminar stresses importance of penal reform

Publishing date: 15 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
BISHKEK, 15 October 2002- Experts at a seminar in Krygyzstan on prisoners' rights stressed that penal reform, in order to be successful, needs a complex approach and allies in the government, in the Parliament, in the court system...

OSCE commends Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on penal systems reform

Publishing date: 14 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
DUSHANBE, 14 October 2002- OSCE experts have commended Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan for deciding to transfer their prison systems from their respective Ministries of Interior to their Justice Ministries. "This decisive step will give both...

Central Asian journalists adopt declaration on media freedom and corruption

Publishing date: 30 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
TASHKENT, 30 September 2002- The media should be free to play their fundamental role as society's watchdog against corruption, journalists from five Central Asian states said in a final declaration adopted at the end of an OSCE media conference...

Bishkek workshop discusses combating money laundering and terrorism financing

Publishing date: 30 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Countering terrorism
BISHKEK, 30 September 2002- Money laundering is a direct threat to both national and international security and international co-operation is essential in resisting it, international experts said during a two-day workshop in Bishkek starting today...

Fourth Central Asia Media Conference focuses on media freedom and corruption

Publishing date: 26 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed), OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
TASHKENT, 26 September 2002- The media coverage of corruption has a "corrective function" in the newly emerging democracies and on their economies, a leading European media watchdog, Freimut Duve, told a conference of more than 100 media...

OSCE Chairman-in-Office meets Kyrgyz leaders

Publishing date: 8 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism
BISHKEK, 8 July 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, discussed the Organization's co-operation with Kyrgyzstan in talks with the President and other leaders of the Kyrgyz Republic...

OSCE human rights office welcomes dialogue with opposition in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 28 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
WARSAW, 28 May 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) welcomes yesterday's meeting between the President and representatives of the opposition as a step towards stabilizing the political situation in Kyrgyzstan.