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OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern about Lithuanian public information law, welcomes authorities' co-operation on improving it

Publishing date: 4 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Democratization, Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 4 September 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, expressed concern today that a recently amended law that aims to protect minors is so vague that it will restrict legitimate media content...

OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje hosts Tajik delegation to discuss fight against human trafficking

Publishing date: 1 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
SKOPJE, 1 September 2009- A delegation from Tajikistan engaged in combating trafficking in human beings arrived in Skopje today on the invitation of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje to share experiences and lessons learned...

OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organizes high-level seminar on human trafficking

Publishing date: 25 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Human rights
ASHGABAT, 25 August 2009- More than 45 representatives from Turkmenistan's institutions as well as from international organizations and embassies took part in an OSCE-organized high-level seminar today on combating and preventing human trafficking...

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
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
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
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
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 Senior Police Adviser encourages further police reform in Armenia

Publishing date: 17 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Policing
YEREVAN, 17 July 2009- The Senior Police Adviser to the OSCE Secretary General, Kevin Carty, discussed Armenia's police reform with authorities during a visit to Yerevan today...