News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Civil Society Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan meet in Dushanbe with OSCE support
Publishing date: 7 February 2019
A two-day annual meeting of the Civil Society Coalition against Torture and Impunity in Tajikistan, hosted by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, was held on 1 and 2 February 2019 in Dushanbe...
OSCE donates forensic equipment to Tajikistan Interior Ministry’s Forensics Department and Academy
Publishing date: 31 January 2019
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe donated forensic training equipment to the Forensics Department and Academy of Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry on 30 January 2019 in Dushanbe. The donated equipment includes six compact bullet catchers, four metal hardness testers, four laboratory scales, one microscope, thirty handbooks on forensic topics, five desktops, one projector with screen, and two digital video cameras.
OSCE supports participation of Tajik delegation at OSCE/ODIHR seventh expert forum on criminal justice in Central Asia
Publishing date: 6 December 2018
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe supported the participation of a Tajik delegation of four governmental and four civil society representatives at the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Seventh Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia. The Expert Forum was
Tajik border officers complete OSCE training course on sustained field operational capacities
Publishing date: 5 December 2018
Twenty five senior Tajik border officers of the Special Border Units successfully completed a four-week training course on sustained field operational capacities on 4 December 2018 in the Regional Training Centre of Khalkayor, some 230 km south of Dushanbe.
OSCE-supported training on inclusive public transport for persons with disabilities in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 5 December 2018
A two-day training course for public transport employees to improve their understanding of persons with disabilities who use public transport was organized in Dushanbe on 29 and 30 November 2018. Marking the celebration of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the event was organized by the League of women with disabilities “Ishtirok” with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe.
Introduction to improvised explosive devices regional course for specialists from Central Asia and Afghanistan conducted in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 3 December 2018
A five-day regional course, Introduction to Improvised Explosive Devices (I-IED), organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in the framework of the Integrated Co-operation on Explosive Hazards Programme concluded on 30 November 2018 in Dushanbe.
OSCE trains Tajik border officials on how to detect weapons of mass destruction
Publishing date: 3 December 2018
Forty frontline officers from Tajikistan’s Border Troops and Customs Service learned how to effectively detect and eliminate weapons of mass destruction at border checkpoints.