News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Brutal attack against Kazakhstani journalist must be immediately investigated, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 20 April 2012
VIENNA, 20 April 2012-- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed her concern over the brutal attack on Lukpan Akhmedyarov, a journalist with Kazakhstan’s Uralskaya Nedelya newspaper, and asked the authorities to promptly investigate the attack...
OSCE media freedom representative warns against using security concerns as pretext for silencing dissent
Publishing date: 19 April 2012
National security concerns should not lead to online censorship, stressed Dunja Mijatović, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, on 19 April 2012 at the Stockholm Internet Forum...
OSCE media representative condemns violence against Azerbaijani journalists
Publishing date: 18 April 2012
VIENNA, 18 April 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the attack on Idrak Abbasov and other Azerbaijani journalists and urged the authorities to bring those responsible to justice...
OSCE media representative welcomes establishment of Russian public broadcaster
Publishing date: 17 April 2012
VIENNA, 17 April 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today’s Presidential decree to establish a national public service broadcaster in Russia...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo welcomes new legislation on public broadcaster
Publishing date: 13 April 2012
Prishtinë/Priština, 13 April 2012 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, welcomed today the promulgation of the new law on public broadcaster Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK)...
OSCE meeting on new technologies and media legislation in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 13 April 2012
Legal mechanisms to promote media freedom through modern communication and multimedia technologies were discussed during an OSCE-organized meeting that concluded in Ashgabat on 12 April 2012...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Spain’s draft transparency law, says it should be further improved
Publishing date: 11 April 2012
VIENNA, 11 April 2012 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed Spain’s draft access to information law, and urged the authorities to consider her Office’s recommendations to ensure that the law is in line with OSCE commitments...