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OSCE Media Freedom Representative to visit Bosnia and Herzegovina 29 June – 3 July

Publishing date: 26 June 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Digital switchover, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 26 June 2015 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, will visit Bosnia and Herzegovina on 29 June – 3 July to discuss media freedom issues with senior government officials, civil society and media representatives...

OSCE media freedom representative condemns killing of journalist in Poland

Publishing date: 23 June 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
BONN, Germany, 23 June 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today strongly condemned the recent killing of the Polish journalist Łukasz Masiak. Mijatović also expressed her sincere condolences to Masiak’s family and colleagues...

Safety of journalists must be ensured at all times, OSCE Representative says, following attacks on journalists in Armenia

Publishing date: 23 June 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
BONN, Germany, 23 June 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said journalists’ safety must be ensured at all times, following recent incidents and coercive actions by police against journalists covering public protest in Yerevan, Armenia...

OSCE media freedom representative calls for immediate release of Al Jazeera journalist arrested in Germany

Publishing date: 22 June 2015
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 June 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today criticized the detention of an Al Jazeera reporter by the German authorities on the basis of an Egyptian arrest warrant, calling for his immediate release...

OSCE Office supports workshop for judges on improving communication with media in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 19 June 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development, Rule of law
An OSCE-supported training seminar to improve communication channels between the courts and the public took place on 19 June 2015, in Astana, Kazakhstan...

Attacks on journalists, increasing propaganda threats to free media, OSCE Representative tells participating States

Publishing date: 18 June 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media laws, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 18 June 2015 – With attacks on journalists rising at a rapid pace and the proliferation of propaganda growing, journalism itself is under attack, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović told the Permanent Council today as she reported on recent media freedom developments in the OSCE region...

Court press officers in Kazakhstan attend OSCE-supported training seminar

Publishing date: 18 June 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development, Rule of law
ASTANA, 18 June 2015 – An OSCE-supported training seminar to build the capacity of the court system’s press services in public outreach at the central and regional levels began today in Astana...