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OSCE helps Kyrgyz state press officers and journalists work more closely, share information

Publishing date: 26 March 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 26 March 2008- Promoting effective communication between public bodies and the media is the aim of a two-day training course that started in Osh today...

OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Kyrgyzstan's media self-regulatory body, the first in Central Asia

Publishing date: 12 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media self-regulation
VIENNA, 12 February 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFOM), Miklos Haraszti, congratulated today journalists in Kyrgyzstan on the launch of an independent media self-regulatory body...

OSCE Office launches project to combat human trafficking in south Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 24 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 24 April 2007- The OSCE Osh Field Office and the local NGO Golden Goal launched a project today that will help prevent human trafficking. Financed by the French Government, the project will target...

OSCE press freedom watchdog hails Kyrgyzstan for decriminalizing libel and allowing public broadcasting

Publishing date: 27 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Democratization, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 27 March 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today commended the Kyrgyz Parliament's decision to abolish criminal libel and insult laws as well as President Kurmanbek Bakiyev's "green light" for public...

OSCE Office boosts capacity of local migration services in south Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 20 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Migration
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 20 March 2007- Kyrgyz migration policies and legislation are the focus of OSCE-supported training courses for local officials and representatives of law enforcement bodies that are being held in Osh, Jalalabat and Batken provinces...

OSCE Spanish Chairmanship announces Photo Contest

Publishing date: 13 February 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on the conflict dealt with by the OSCE Minsk Conference, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed), OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Mission to Moldova, OSCE Mission to Serbia, OSCE Mission to Skopje, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed), OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed), OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed), OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed), OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
VIENNA, 13 February 2007- The Spanish OSCE Chairmanship today announced a photo contest under the theme "Land and water, protecting our fragile environment". The main prize...

OSCE Field Office completes project addressing domestic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 23 November 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
OSH, Kyrgyzsatn, 23 November 2006- Raising awareness of domestic violence in southern Kyrgyzstan was the aim of an eight-month OSCE project that ended today. It was implemented by the OSCE Field Office in Osh with funding from the French Government...