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Fourth Central Asia Media Conference focuses on media freedom and corruption
Publishing date: 26 September 2002
Content type: Press release
TASHKENT, 26 September 2002- The media coverage of corruption has a "corrective function" in the newly emerging democracies and on their economies, a leading European media watchdog, Freimut Duve, told a conference of more than 100 media...
OSCE Chairman-in-Office meets Kyrgyz leaders
Publishing date: 8 July 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism
BISHKEK, 8 July 2002- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Portuguese Foreign Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, discussed the Organization's co-operation with Kyrgyzstan in talks with the President and other leaders of the Kyrgyz Republic...
OSCE human rights office welcomes dialogue with opposition in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 28 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
WARSAW, 28 May 2002- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) welcomes yesterday's meeting between the President and representatives of the opposition as a step towards stabilizing the political situation in Kyrgyzstan.
OSCE Chairmanship calls for release of Kyrgyz opposition activists
Publishing date: 17 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
LISBON, 17 May 2002- The Portuguese Chairmanship of the OSCE expressed its deep concern about the continued detention of a group of opposition politicians and human rights activists in Kyrgyzstan, who were taken into custody yesterday by...
OSCE human rights envoy calls for dialogue and easing of tensions in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 17 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution
BISHKEK, 17 May 2002- At the end of his visit to Kyrgyzstan, the Director of the OSCE's Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights called for urgent steps to be taken to foster dialogue between all political forces in the...
OSCE-Kyrgyzstan co-operation in policing to continue
Publishing date: 7 May 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 7 May 2002- The OSCE's Senior Police Adviser, Richard Monk, agreed with Kyrgyz authorities to continue the co-operation between the OSCE and Kyrgyzstan in the field of policing. The security situation...
OSCE Chairmanship concerned about violence in Kyrgyzstan, welcomes release of arrested MP
Publishing date: 19 March 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 19 March 2002- The Portuguese Chairmanship of the OSCE is concerned about the recent tension and clashes in Kyrgyzstan, specifically in the Jalal-Abad province, the home of the Chairman of the Parliamentary Committee on...