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OSCE media watchdog questions suspension of independent Belarusian newspapers

Publishing date: 30 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 30 May 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has asked Belarus Foreign Minister for urgent clarification regarding the suspension of publication of the independent newspapers Belaruskaya Delovaya Gazeta...

OSCE media watchdog concerned about ownership deregulation in USA

Publishing date: 29 May 2003
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, 29 May 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed concern today over the effect that media deregulation in the USA, the most symbolically important country for the culture of press freedom...

OSCE media watchdog asks U.S. to clarify detention of French journalists

Publishing date: 26 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 26 May 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has asked U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell for clarifications regarding the detention of six French journalists on arrival in Los Angeles on 10 and 11 May...

UN and OSCE to move onto second phase of joint initiative on environment and security

Publishing date: 21 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Environmental activities
PRAGUE, 21 May 2003- A joint United Nations-OSCE initiative to promote co-operation in environmental matters and security questions will receive a major boost today when the OSCE Economic Forum, taking place in Prague, will be linked via video...

OSCE Mission concerned about low voter turnout at minority elections in Croatia

Publishing date: 19 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 19 May, 2003- The OSCE Mission to Croatia has expressed concern today about the low turnout at elections for minority councils held in Croatia on Sunday and urged the Government to organize elections in areas where they were not held...

OSCE funds public information campaign on minority elections in Croatia

Publishing date: 8 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Elections, National minority issues
ZAGREB, 8 May 2003- The OSCE Mission to Croatia has signed today a contract with a leading Croatian non-governmental organization, GONG, for the conduct of a public information campaign on elections for national minorities in the country...

Media freedom deteriorates in some OSCE States, says OSCE media watchdog

Publishing date: 2 May 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 2 May 2003- The general state of the media in OSCE participating States and the safety of journalists working in hostile environments will be two themes on which the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, will focus...