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OSCE assistance to prisons in Belarus
MINSK 22 February 2001
MINSK, 22 February 2001 - A programme aimed at improving conditions in the Belarusian penitentiary system is being implemented by the OSCE Advisory and Monitoring in Belarus.
On 15-16 February 2001, the OSCE AMG in Belarus ran a distribution of hygiene and sanitary items to two women's colonies in Gomel oblast; No. 4 and 24. As a result, each of 2,700 female inmates received a hygiene kit.
The OSCE also distributed 3,000 pocket calendars containing ten rules for tuberculosis patients to inmates and administration at Tuberculosis Colony No. 12 in Orsha.
Other initiatives will include a joint seminar with the Belarusian Committee for Criminal Punishment Execution on prison management standards, 5-6 April 2001, and a study-tour of the Polish penitentiary system.
The project is financed jointly by the European Union and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
For further information, please contact Andrew Carpenter, Political Counsellor OSCE Advisory and Monitoring Group in Belarus, Prospekt Gasety Pravda 11, 220116 Minsk, Belarus, tel.: + 375 17 272 34 97, fax: + 375 17 272 34 98, e-mail: osceamg@osce.org.by
On 15-16 February 2001, the OSCE AMG in Belarus ran a distribution of hygiene and sanitary items to two women's colonies in Gomel oblast; No. 4 and 24. As a result, each of 2,700 female inmates received a hygiene kit.
The OSCE also distributed 3,000 pocket calendars containing ten rules for tuberculosis patients to inmates and administration at Tuberculosis Colony No. 12 in Orsha.
Other initiatives will include a joint seminar with the Belarusian Committee for Criminal Punishment Execution on prison management standards, 5-6 April 2001, and a study-tour of the Polish penitentiary system.
The project is financed jointly by the European Union and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).
For further information, please contact Andrew Carpenter, Political Counsellor OSCE Advisory and Monitoring Group in Belarus, Prospekt Gasety Pravda 11, 220116 Minsk, Belarus, tel.: + 375 17 272 34 97, fax: + 375 17 272 34 98, e-mail: osceamg@osce.org.by