News and press releases

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, 2 May 2013 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today expressed concern over members of the Slovak judiciary seeking high damage awards in lawsuits against the media...

SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica, 2 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed deep concern about proposed amendments to the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan which would keep defamation as a criminal offence and extend its reach to online media...

“On 3 May we are marking the 20th World Press Freedom Day and once again the theme is journalists’ safety. The threats, intimidation, harassment and physical violence has to stop. We – journalists, media outlets, governments, NGOs and international organizations – have to act together to stop this worrying trend. And we have to act now, because an attack on a single journalist is an attack on the whole society.”- Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media.

KYIV, 2 May 2013 – Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara stressed the importance of the OSCE participating States’ commitment to freedom of the media and their duty to respect and uphold the right to freedom of expression...

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, SAN JOSÉ, 1 May 2013 – Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, the head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, and Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE media freedom representative, condemned today the attack on Mufail Limani, the editor in chief of the public broadcaster, Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK)...

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 30 April 2013 – Ambassador Jean Claude Schlumberger, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, made the following statement today ahead of the World Press Freedom Day marked on 3 May...

VIENNA, 29 April 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed deep sorrow following the death of Polish professor and journalist Karol Jakubowicz who died on 28 April...