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OSCE media freedom representative concerned by disappearance of journalists in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 25 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 25 April 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about the disappearance in Donetsk of Julia Shustraya and Mikhail Pudovkin, a journalist and a cameraman with LifeNews...
New attacks on media in eastern Ukraine, warns OSCE representative
Publishing date: 24 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 24 April 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic today warned about the continuing attacks on journalists and deterioration of media freedom environment in eastern Ukraine with new incidents involving media representatives...
Attempts to overregulate Internet undermine free speech and free media in Russia, says OSCE representative
Publishing date: 23 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 23 April 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today criticized new legislation increasing government regulation of the Internet in the Russian Federation...
OSCE representative calls on Kyrgyzstan’s President to veto reintroduction of criminal defamation
Publishing date: 23 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 23 April 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the President of Kyrgyzstan to veto a bill that could reintroduce criminal defamation in Kyrgyzstan...
Journalists’ safety in eastern Ukraine worsening, says OSCE Representative, calls for immediate release of detained Vice News journalist
Publishing date: 22 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 22 April 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed deep concern about new cases of detention and attacks on journalists in eastern Ukraine...
OSCE representative deeply worried about illegal interference in broadcast retransmissions in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 17 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media self-regulation
VIENNA, 17 April 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the seizure of the television tower in Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine...
Journalists face violence, intimidation and psychological warfare in conflict areas in Ukraine says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 16 April 2014
Collections: Statements from OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on media freedom situation in Crimea, Ukraine
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
ODESA, 16 April 2014- Ending her three-day visit to Ukraine, OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović today said that the media freedom situation in Ukraine has reached a very dangerous stage, and she alerted OSCE participating States that unless this trend is reversed it could contribute to the deterioration of the security situation.