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Refugee return is not a threat, OSCE Croatia Mission Head says

Publishing date: 24 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
ZADAR, 24 September 2003- Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby, said today in Zadar that refugee return should not be seen as a threat but rather an opportunity to build an enriched and integrated society in Croatia. He...

OSCE media conference in Kyrgyzstan urges journalists to exercise corrective function

Publishing date: 18 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
BISHKEK, 18 September 2003- The fifth OSCE Central Asia Media Conference held in Kyrgyzstan ended today with calls on the media to exercise their corrective function in the economy and politics...

OSCE Mission sees concession for Croatia third TV channel as increasing pluralism

Publishing date: 17 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
ZAGREB, 17 September 2003- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Peter Semneby, said he hoped the decision to allocate the frequency of the third national television channel to a private bidder would promote the private broadcasting...

OSCE media watchdog, Council of Europe voice concern on media in Azerbaijan

Publishing date: 10 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA/STRASBOURG, 10 September 2003- Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today made the following joint statement regarding the media situation in...

OSCE Media Representative supports struggle against xenophobia, racism and hate speech on the Internet

Publishing date: 5 September 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Hate speech, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet
VIENNA, 5 September 2003- On the occasion of the OSCE Conference on Racism, Xenophobia, and Discrimination, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, once more stressed the importance of fighting hate speech on all media...

OSCE Media Representative and Council of Europe call on Russia to reconsider legislation on libel

Publishing date: 29 August 2003
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Democratization, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 29 August 2003- Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, today made the following joint statement regarding the recent sentencing of Russian journalist...

OSCE media watchdog expresses concern to Ivanov over Russian journalist jailed for libel

Publishing date: 27 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 27 August 2003- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has written to the Russian Foreign Minister raising the case of a prominent Russian journalist who was sentenced to one year in a labour camp for alleged libel...