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Latest murder of journalist in Russia underlines need for government action, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 13 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 13 August 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, condemned today the murder of newspaper editor Abdulmalik Akhmedilov in Makhachkala, Dagestan on 11 August, and reiterated his call to Russia's...
Imprisonment of journalist violates Kazakhstan's commitments, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 11 August 2009
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 11 August 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today that the three-year prison term handed down to Ramazan Yesergepov violated international standards and OSCE commitments on media freedom...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over journalist's sentence in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 5 August 2009
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, 5 August 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, urged Uzbekistan's authorities today to review the case of journalist Dilmurod Saidov (pen name Saiid), who was sentenced to 12-and-a-half years in prison...
OSCE media freedom representative says new Polish media law endangers public-service media, urges Constitutional Court review
Publishing date: 10 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 10 July 2009- OSCE media freedom representative Miklos Haraszti said today that Poland's new media law fails to secure the independence of public-service media and urged the President to send the law for review by the Constitutional Court...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Kazakh President to veto new Internet law
Publishing date: 25 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 25 June 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, criticised as restrictive today amendments to the country's communication law, adopted on 24 June by the Kazakh Parliament, and called on President...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media urges Italian Senate to drop law proposals restricting free flow of information.
Publishing date: 24 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 24 June 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media asked the Italian legislature today to drop two planned legal provisions that would restrict freedom on the Internet and reporting on court cases...
OSCE holds media self-regulation seminar for Mediterranean Partner States
Publishing date: 19 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 19 June 2009- Journalists, editors and experts from the OSCE Mediterranean Partner States and OSCE participating States gathered today to discuss the merits, mechanisms and challenges of media self-regulation...