News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Gender training course supported by OSCE ends in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 28 April 2006
TASHKENT, 28 April 2006- A five-day gender training course for participants from Uzbekistan's Ombudsman institution, the Women's Committee and other Uzbek women's organizations ended today in Tashkent...
OSCE/ODIHR report on Uzbekistan trials calls for verdicts on 15 Andijan defendants to be set aside
Publishing date: 24 April 2006
WARSAW, 23 April 2006- In a report released today, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, ODIHR, raises concerns regarding violations of the right to a fair trial in Uzbekistan. The report is based on monitoring of the trials...
OSCE-supported information and training centre opens doors in Uzbekistan's Lower House of Parliament
Publishing date: 24 April 2006
TASHKENT, 24 April 2006- An information and training centre to assist Uzbekistan's parliamentarians in the field of parliamentary affairs opened today in the Lower House of Uzbekistan's Parliament (Oliy Majlis)...
OSCE Chairman calls on Uzbekistan to make domestic reforms and strengthen civil society
Publishing date: 2 April 2006
TASHKENT, 1 April 2006- On the final stop of his visit to Central Asia to strengthen its relations with the OSCE, the Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, met top officials and civil society representatives in Uzbekistan...
OSCE Centre in Tashkent supports budget transparency training for community representatives
Publishing date: 23 March 2006
TASHKENT, 23 March 2006- About 50 representatives from Uzbekistan's self-governing communities known as mahallas began a three-day course today to learn about budgeting, accounting and financial reporting. The course, supported by the OSCE Centre...
OSCE Chairman expresses consternation at Ukraine's decision to return Uzbek asylum seekers
Publishing date: 17 February 2006
BRUSSELS, 17 February 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office Karel De Gucht has expressed his consternation at the decision taken by the Ukrainian authorities to extradite 11 Uzbek asylum seekers back to Uzbekistan. "This forcible repatriation...
OSCE Centre in Tashkent to present handbook on human rights commitments
Publishing date: 16 February 2006
TASHKENT, 16 February 2006- A handbook featuring fundamental OSCE human rights obligations and documents will be presented tomorrow in Tashkent...