News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom representative protests against continued imprisonment in Cumhuriyet trial, calls on Turkey to stop silencing journalists
Publishing date: 25 December 2017
VIENNA, 25 December 2017- Following the 5th hearing in the Cumhuriyet trial, OSCE media freedom representative Harlem Désir repeated his earlier resolute calls on Turkey to free all journalists in prison and drop charges against them...
OSCE media freedom representative stresses that justice must be served for murder of Ukrainian journalist Vyacheslav Veremyi
Publishing date: 23 December 2017
VIENNA, 23 December 2017 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today expressed serious dismay that a four-year suspended sentence in the case of the murder of journalist Vyacheslav Veremyi in Kyiv leads to impunity...
OSCE Representative condemns attack on journalist in Russia, calls for speedy and effective investigation
Publishing date: 22 December 2017
VIENNA, 22 December 2017 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today condemned the violent attack on Vyacheslav Prudnikov, a journalist forthe news website “Kavkazskiy Uzel”, in the town Krasniy Sulin in the Rostov region.
Media literacy focus of OSCE-organized training course for students of University of Sarajevo
Publishing date: 19 December 2017
A two-day training course on media literacy for over 20 students from the Faculties of Philosophy and Political Sciences of the University of Sarajevo, organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), was held on 16 and 17 December 2017 in Sarajevo...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Azerbaijan authorities to end restrictive measures detrimental to journalists’ freedom and safety
Publishing date: 18 December 2017
VIENNA, 18 December 2017 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today expressed grave concerns regarding the sentencing of Aziz Orudjev, head of the internet TV channel Kanal 13, in Azerbaijan.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir says that United States’ decision on net neutrality threatens online media freedom and pluralism
Publishing date: 15 December 2017
VIENNA, 15 December 2017 – The United States’ Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision of 14 December 2017 to repeal existing provisions ensuring “net neutrality” – the principle that Internet providers must treat all online traffic equally and without undue interference – threatens online media freedom according to a statement made by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today. The FCC’s commissioners voted by three to two to dismantle existing rules which protect the “Open Internet” and prohibit blocking, throttling or paid prioritization of Internet content.
OSCE Representative Désir met with Swedish Foreign Minister Wallström and media to discuss further co-operation in promoting media freedom
Publishing date: 14 December 2017
STOCKHOLM, 14 December 2017 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir, during his visit to Stockholm, discussed media freedom challenges in Sweden and the OSCE region...