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OSCE trains police and prison administration to prevent extremism in Kyrgyzstan’s prisons

Publishing date: 4 September 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism, Rule of law
Some 50 prison and police officers of Kyrgyzstan’s State Penitentiary Service (GSIN) discussed on 4 September 2013 in Bishkek ways to prevent extremism and radicalization in prisons at an OSCE-supported training seminar...

Non-proliferation of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear weapons discussed at OSCE meeting in Tashkent

Publishing date: 19 August 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
An OSCE-facilitated expert meeting on the technical aspects of the implementation in Uzbekistan of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540 on non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, with a special focus on preventing the involvement of non-state actors, was held in Tashkent on 19 August 2013...

OSCE Mission to Skopje trains police officers on combatting terrorist organizations

Publishing date: 19 August 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Countering terrorism, Policing
The OSCE Mission to Skopje is organizing a training course on combatting terrorist organizations that are linked to religious extremists, from 19 to 23 August 2013...

OSCE/ODIHR delegation visits United States and Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility

Publishing date: 2 August 2013
Collections: Past Activities Related to Human Rights and Anti-terrorism
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism
WASHINGTON, D.C., 2 August 2013 – A delegation from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) was in Washington, D.C. this week to gather information on proceedings before military commissions involving detainees at the Guantanamo Detention Facility...

OSCE supports conference in Tajikistan on combating cyber crime

Publishing date: 3 July 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Countering terrorism
DUSHANBE, 3 July 2013 – A two-day conference on combating cyber crime concluded in Dushanbe today with the support of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...

CIS Executive Secretary says co-operation must be strengthened in building security community, addressing transnational threats, observing elections

Publishing date: 27 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Border management, Elections, Countering terrorism
VIENNA, 27 June 2013- The Executive Secretary of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Sergey Lebedev, in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council today, highlighted the need to step up co-operation between international organizations in building a security community, addressing transnational threats, including in the context of “Afghanistan post-2014”, and observing elections...

OSCE trains Tajik counter-terrorism teams in VIP protection

Publishing date: 24 June 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Countering terrorism
A ten-day field training course for Interior Ministry counter-terrorism teams on VIP protection, facilitated by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, concluded on 19 June 2013 in the central district of Garm...