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OSCE media freedom representative calls on police in U.S. to respect journalists’ rights when covering Occupy Wall Street

Publishing date: 19 September 2012
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, 19 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, today expressed concern once again about police treatment of the media covering demonstrations marking the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City...

Ukraine plans to re-criminalize defamation a ‘setback’, warns OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 19 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 19 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, expressed concern today over legislative steps towards re-criminalizing defamation in Ukraine...

Poland should abolish criminal defamation, says OSCE media freedom representative following conviction of editor

Publishing date: 17 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 17 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today criticised a criminal conviction of Robert Frycz, the editor of Antykomor.pl website, for insulting the President of Poland, and called for decriminalization of defamation in the country...

Lawsuit against Hungarian journalist can have chilling effect on Internet freedom, warns OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 12 September 2012
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, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 12 September 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today warned that the lawsuit initiated by the official Hungarian News Agency against journalist György Balavany can constrain media pluralism on the Internet...

OSCE in Moldova holds summer school for journalists on political party financing

Publishing date: 6 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Media freedom and development
VADUL LUI VODA, Moldova, 6 September 2012 – The OSCE Mission to Moldova, in co-operation with the Chisinau-based NGO IDIS Viitorul opened today a two-day summer school for journalists on public financing of political parties and the role of media in raising transparency in political funding, in Vadul Lui Voda. The summer school brings together journalists from the right and left banks of the Dniestr/Nistru River, and Moldova’s autonomous territory of Gagauzia...

OSCE media freedom representative concerned by arrest of social media activists in Belarus

Publishing date: 3 September 2012
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, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 4 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said today that she was deeply concerned by the detentions and arrests of administrators of political social media groups in Belarus, which she described as a crackdown on online dissent...

Young journalists at OSCE Academy in Bishkek discuss media issues with German Minister

Publishing date: 28 August 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Media freedom and development
Students of the Central Asian School of Contemporary Journalism of the OSCE Academy and the Deutsche Welle Akademie, a summer school for young journalists, met Federal Minister for Economic Co-operation and Development of Germany Dirk Niebel in Bishkek on 26 August 2012...