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OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir welcomes Ukrainian Supreme Court decision in case of Igor Efimov as positive step 

Publishing date: 7 March 2018
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, 7 March 2018 –OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today welcomed the decision by the Supreme Court of Ukraine regarding the case of Igor Efimov, photojournalist with the newspaper Vechirni Cherkasy...

Tajik authorities and civil society discuss transition from analogue to digital broadcasting

Publishing date: 7 March 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development
A one-day roundtable discussion on opportunities and perspectives that the transition to digital broadcasting offers to Tajikistan concluded in Dushanbe on 2 March 2018. It was attended by more than 70 representatives from the government, parliament and civil society representatives.

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media welcomes release of journalist in Uzbekistan, urges release of remaining imprisoned journalists

Publishing date: 2 March 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
BRATISLAVA, 2 March 2018 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today welcomed the news that journalist Yusuf Ruzimurodov, who has spent 19 years in jail, has been released.

At meeting with Slovak Prime Minister Fico, OSCE media freedom representative calls for full and transparent investigation of journalist’s murder

Publishing date: 2 March 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
BRATISLAVA, 2 March 2018 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, travelled today to Bratislava to meet with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico as well as with Slovak journalists and to pay tribute to the murdered journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée.

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media concludes official visit to Canada, attends conference on Internet jurisdiction

Publishing date: 1 March 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media laws, Media pluralism, Media self-regulation
OTTAWA, 1 March 2018- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir yesterday concluded a visit to Canada in which he held meetings on the state of freedom of expression and media freedom in the country with a broad range of state officials. He also participated in an international conference on Internet jurisdiction in Ottawa...

Ahead of parliamentary debate in Turkey, OSCE representative Désir presents legal review on online broadcasting, urges protection of media pluralism

Publishing date: 28 February 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
OTTAWA, 28 February 2018 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, yesterday shared a legal review with the Turkish authorities on elements of a bill that, if adopted, could restrict online broadcasting and further limit media pluralism in the country.

OSCE representative Désir concerned Cyprus court prohibits media from publishing documents about state attorney and police questioning journalists

Publishing date: 27 February 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
OTTAWA, 27 February 2018- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today expressed concern about a recent court decision in Cyprus prohibiting the daily Politis from publishing documents regarding the state attorney and the questioning by the police of several journalists of the daily newspapers Politis and Phileleftheros...