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OSCE media freedom representative asks Kazakhstan to withdraw Internet regulation

Publishing date: 31 October 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet
VIENNA, 31 October 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklós Haraszti, has asked the Government of Kazakhstan to withdraw a newly established regulation on the registration of domain names for websites...

OSCE media freedom watchdog calls for amendments to the media law in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 28 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 28 September 2005- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has sent a legal review of the draft media law of Kazakhstan to the Congress of Journalists of this Central Asian Republic.

OSCE Seminar discusses environmental and health risks from industries in Ferghana valley

Publishing date: 8 April 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Environmental activities
CORTONA, ITALY, 8 April 2005- Ways of evaluating the environmental and health risks from industrial installations in the Ferghana Valley were discussed at a seminar that ended today in Cortona. The five-day event, organized by the OSCE, assessed the...

Seminar on human rights education to take place in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 9 February 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Youth
ALMATY, 9 February 2005- A seminar for school teachers on human rights education, organized by the OSCE Centre in Almaty, will be held in the city on 11 February. The seminar will be based on two Kazakh-language human rights manuals...

OSCE Almaty seminar focuses on migration management

Publishing date: 24 January 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
ALMATY, 24 January 2005- An international seminar on the economic, environmental, security and humanitarian aspects of migration among the OSCE's 55 participating States opened in Almaty today. More than 200 representatives from NGOs, academics...

OSCE Centre launches information campaign for residents around the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site

Publishing date: 21 September 2004
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ALMATY, 21 September 2004- A series of lectures on radiological safety for people living in villages and camps near the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site in northern Kazakhstan is being held by the OSCE Centre in Almaty and the National Forum on...

OSCE Envoy urges focus on dialogue and NGOs in Central Asia

Publishing date: 11 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Human rights
VIENNA, 11 June 2003- Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari, who is Personal Envoy of the OSCE Chairman-in-Office for Central Asia, on Wednesday stressed the importance of strengthening civil society and regional co-operation in helping...