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The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media observes media developments in all 56 OSCE participating States. She provides early warning on violations of freedom of expression and promotes full compliance with OSCE press freedom commitments.
OSCE media freedom representative discusses next steps of media reform with Hungarian Minister
VIENNA, 26 January 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today met Zoltan Kovacs, Hungarian Minister of State for Government Communication in Vienna, to discuss media reforms in Hungary...
OSCE media representative calls for release of jailed Kazakhstani editor
VIENNA, 25 January 2011 - The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today as excessive a raid by law enforcement officers on Kazakhstan’s Vzglyad newspaper and urged the authorities to let independent media work freely...
Intellectual property rights in the digital age - new approaches needed to guarantee freedom of expression, says OSCE media freedom representative
VIENNA, 24 January 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called for governments to reassess protection of intellectual property rights online, emphasizing the potential threat to individual freedoms posed by expanding legal rights and technological restrictions...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Romanian authorities to investigate recent attacks on journalists
VIENNA 20 January 2012 - The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the recent attacks on several members of the press during the continuing demonstrations in Bucharest and called on Romanian authorities to investigate thoroughly...
On fifth anniversary of Dink murder, OSCE media freedom representative calls for justice for all killed journalists in the OSCE region
VIENNA, 19 January 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said today on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the murder of prominent Turkish journalist Hrant Dink that OSCE participating States must do more to protect journalists and punish their assailants...
OSCE media representative launches Facebook page
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović established a presence of her Office on Facebook...
OSCE media freedom representative protests jailing of journalist in Minsk
VIENNA, 11 January 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the sentencing of Ales Barazenka, an independent Belarusian cameraman, to 11 days’ imprisonment for "participating in an unsanctioned event"...
OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern over newly-adopted broadcasting law in Kazakhstan
VIENNA, 28 December 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern about a controversial law on television and radio broadcasting adopted today by Kazakhstan’s upper chamber of Parliament...
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Why Internet Freedom Matters
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Declaration on Pluralism and Internet Governance
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Issue Paper on Protection of Journalists from Violence, delivered by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, at a Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights discussion in Strasbourg on 5 October 2011
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Final Report
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on the Promotion of Pluralism in New Media, Vienna, 7-8 July 2011 -
Future or Funeral? A Guide to Public Service Media Regulation in Europe
This new report, created by an international team of researchers and funded in part by the Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media, is an up-to-date check list for public service media regulation in Europe. -
Freedom of Expression on the Internet
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Vilnius Recommendations on Safety of Journalists
Reports
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Regular Report to the Permanent Council by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
24 November 2011 -
Freedom of Expression on the Internet
A study of Internet-related laws and regulations spanning the OSCE region
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Publications
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Factsheet of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
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Guide to the Digital Switchover
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The Media Self-Regulation Guidebook