News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Representative says media has a right to cover civil disturbances without intimidation
Publishing date: 14 August 2014
VIENNA, 14 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today that the arrest of two reporters covering civil disturbances in Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, was unacceptable and a clear violation of the right of media to cover news...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on journalist in Croatia
Publishing date: 13 August 2014
VIENNA, 13 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned a physical attack against Domagoj Margetić, a Croatian journalist, on 11 August...
OSCE representative calls on Ukrainian authorities to drop legislative provisions endangering media freedom and free flow of information
Publishing date: 12 August 2014
VIENNA, 12 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović expressed her concern about a draft law on sanctions registered in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on 8 August and approved in the first reading today...
OSCE representative calls for immediate release of missing photojournalist in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 11 August 2014
VIENNA, 11 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about reports that Andrey Stenin, a photojournalist with the Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, went missing in eastern Ukraine on 5 August...
OSCE representative deplores intensifying harassment of media freedom activists and organizations in Azerbaijan, calls on authorities to stop persecution of free voices
Publishing date: 8 August 2014
VIENNA, 8 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović deplored today the intensifying harassment of media freedom activists and organizations, most recently the Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety (IRFS) and its Chair Emin Huseynov...
Intimidation of Turkish journalist by political leadership threatens media freedom and journalists' safety, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 8 August 2014
VIENNA, 8 August 2014 – Dunja Mijatović, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media expressed concern today over the targeting of prominent Turkish journalist Amberin Zaman by the highest authorities in Turkey...
OSCE media freedom representative worried about new reports of missing journalists in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 5 August 2014
VIENNA, 5 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that she was worried about new reports that more journalists have gone missing in Ukraine...