News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom representative renews call to reform accreditation requirements for journalists in Belarus
Publishing date: 8 October 2014
VIENNA, 8 October 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that the ongoing practice of hindering freelance journalists working for foreign media outlets in Belarus without accreditation must stop...
Repeated blocking of websites in Tajikistan a worrying trend, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 7 October 2014
VIENNA, 7 October 2014 – Following the blocking of a large number of websites and social media platforms in Tajikistan including Vkontakte, YouTube and Facebook, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the authorities to ensure unrestricted access to the Internet...
Communiqué by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on the impact of laws countering extremism on freedom of expression and freedom of the media
Publishing date: 7 October 2014
OSCE participating States are responding to threats from extremists by creating laws that include provisions which might seriously limit free expression and free media online and offline...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports development of manual on gender-sensitive and non-discriminatory media reporting
Publishing date: 6 October 2014
A draft manual supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator on how media professionals can take a gender-sensitive and non-discriminatory approach in their reporting is now open to suggestions and feedback from journalists, civil society and academia, before it is published later this year...
Journalists from Turkmenistan complete OSCE-organized study visit to Lithuania
Publishing date: 3 October 2014
VILNIUS, 3 October 2014 – Five journalists from Turkmenistan’s print and online media discussed modern journalism practices on an OSCE-organized study visit to the Republic of Lithuania which concluded today in Vilnius...
Constitutional Court ruling important for advancing free speech, free media online in Turkey, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 3 October 2014
VIENNA, 3 October 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the ruling by Turkey’s Constitutional Court to decrease the power of the country’s telecommunications authority, TİB, in blocking websites and monitoring Internet users...
OSCE Mission to Serbia awarded for promoting right of free access to information
Publishing date: 3 October 2014
On occasion of the International Right to Know Day, Ambassador Peter Burkhard, Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, collected an award from the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Protection of Personal Data Rodoljub Sabic, on 29 September 2014, for the Mission’s contribution to promoting the right of free access to information of public importance in Serbia...