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OSCE media watchdog criticises U.S. Patriot Act

Publishing date: 23 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 23 January 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today criticised the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in the United States for monitoring...

Damage compensation laws should be consistent with European Court ruling, OSCE Croatia Head says

Publishing date: 21 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ZAGREB, 21 January 2003- Three draft laws on state compensation for damages adopted by the Government of Croatia last week do not remedy legal problems identified by the European Court of Human Rights in 2002 and should therefore be revised, the...

OSCE Media Representative blasts "Stalinist" propaganda methods on Turkmen TV

Publishing date: 16 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Hate speech, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 16 January 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, strongly condemned the abuse of the television media in Turkmenistan to humiliate and destroy individuals accused of an alleged attack against the...

OSCE Newsletter now online: Netherlands Chair to focus on human security

Publishing date: 16 January 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti
VIENNA, 16 January 2003- An interview with the new Chairman-in-Office, Dutch Foreign Minister Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, is the lead item in the latest issue of the OSCE Newsletter, now available online. The Newsletter also focuses on...

OSCE sees progress in draft law on Croatian Radio-TV

Publishing date: 18 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
ZAGREB, 18 December 2002- The latest draft law on Croatian Radio-Television (HRT), currently before Parliament, is an improvement on previous drafts and with a few changes, could provide a good basis for a new law, according to...

OSCE conference discusses Tajik media legislation

Publishing date: 18 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
DUSHANBE, 18 December 2002- "We need to improve our media legislation using the experiences of European and other countries", said Ibragim Usmanov, State Adviser to the President of Tajikistan, at an OSCE-organized...

OSCE Commissioner welcomes adoption of minority law in Croatia

Publishing date: 16 December 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Croatia (closed)
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues
THE HAGUE, 16 December 2002- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Rolf Ekeus, today welcomed the adoption of the Constitutional Law on the Rights of National Minorities by the Parliament of the Republic...