News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Raid on Radio Azadliq escalates crackdown on free media in Azerbaijan, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 29 December 2014
VIENNA, 29 December 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović denounced today a recent raid on Radio Azadliq and called on the authorities to stop the ongoing intimidation of free media in Azerbaijan
Media freedom representative meets Serbian Culture Minister to discuss incoming OSCE Chairmanship
Publishing date: 23 December 2014
VIENNA, 23 December 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović met today with Serbian Minister of Culture and Information Ivan Tasovac to discuss the plans and priorities of the incoming OSCE Chairmanship and media freedom issues in Serbia and the OSCE region.
New regulation and recent blockings threaten free speech on Internet in Belarus, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 22 December 2014
VIENNA, 22 December – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today that amendments tightening government control of the Internet in Belarus pose a major threat to free speech and free media. She also pointed to recent blockings of a number of news portals in the country...
Efforts to increase freedom of expression and tolerance should go hand in hand, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 18 December 2014
VIENNA, 18 December 2014 – At an expert meeting on the relationship between freedom of expression and tolerance and non-discrimination, OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović emphasized that the two values should not only co-exist, but they can also strengthen each other...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on authorities in Turkey to release detained journalists
Publishing date: 15 December 2014
PODGORICA, 15 December 2014 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović today wrote to Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu calling for the immediate release of detained journalists...
OSCE Representative supports media self-regulation in Montenegro, raises potential negative legal amendments
Publishing date: 15 December 2014
PODGORICA, 15 December 2014- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today met with media representatives in Montenegro to support their work on amending the ethical code as an essential step in strengthening media self-regulation. She also met the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milo Djukanović, to discuss the media freedom situation in the country, welcoming the constructive approach by the authorities...
Repeated persecutions of journalists in Belarus must stop, OSCE Representative says
Publishing date: 12 December 2014
VIENNA, 12 December 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today denounced the continued oppression of free media in Belarus, following recent and repeated persecutions of journalists and members of the independent Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ)...