News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Tajikistan’s steps to decriminalize defamation, calls for remaining provisions to be abolished
Publishing date: 31 May 2012
VIENNA, 31 May 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today a decision by the Tajik Parliament to make libel and insult a civil tort, saying she hoped all remaining criminal provisions related to defamation would eventually be abolished...
OSCE Centre supports training for young reporters from Kyrgyzstan’s provinces
Publishing date: 31 May 2012
BISHKEK, 31 May 2012 – A graduation ceremony for some 25 young reporters who have successfully completed a three-month journalism course, organized by the non-governmental organization and news agency Kloop Media, was held in Bishkek today. The tuition for eight students from Kyrgyzstan’s provinces was supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on Russian journalist, welcomes police investigation
Publishing date: 29 May 2012
VIENNA, 29 May 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the attack on Russian radio journalist Sergei Aslanyan and called upon authorities to swiftly identify the perpetrators...
Revised Hungarian media legislation continues to severely limit media pluralism, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 25 May 2012
VIENNA, 25 May 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media today said that the new Hungarian media legislation can still curb media pluralism and put the media at the risk of political control...
OSCE Presence provides new media working room in Albanian Assembly
Publishing date: 25 May 2012
A new media room and renovated premises for the legal affairs committee were inaugurated in the Albanian Assembly on 23 May 2012 as part of a project implemented jointly by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Albanian Assembly, co-funded by the OSCE Presence, the German Embassy, and the Assembly...
Internet freedom must be priority for policymakers, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 24 May 2012
WASHINGTON DC, 24 May 2012 – Keeping the Internet free should be high on the agenda of international and human rights policy, said the OSCE Representative on Freedom Media Dunja Mijatović today at a conference organized by Google at the Newseum in Washington DC...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on journalist in Romania and calls for swift investigation
Publishing date: 18 May 2012
VIENNA, 18 May 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today condemned the attack on journalist Dan Buruca and called on the Romanian authorities to carry out a thorough and quick investigation...