Organization for Security and Co-operation in EuropeRepresentative on Freedom of the Media
Press releases and media advisories
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about proposed public information law in Denmark
STOCKHOLM, 23 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern over parts of Denmark’s new public information law that would restrict the public’s access to information in the legislative process...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about increasing pressure on media in Azerbaijan following online defamation provisions
WARSAW, 15 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed deep concern about the increasingly hostile situation for the media in Azerbaijan following moves to extend the criminalization of defamation to the Internet...
OSCE media freedom representative distressed about U.S. Justice Department seizure of reporters’ phone records
WARSAW, 14 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today said she was distressed over revelations that in 2012 the U.S. Department of Justice secretly seized two months of office, home and cell phone records from up to 20 phone lines assigned to The Associated Press reporters...
Good laws, political leadership necessary for media freedom, says OSCE Permanent Council Chair, in Warsaw
WARSAW, 13 May 2013 –The implementation of good laws and sharing of best practices are essential to fulfilling OSCE commitments on media freedom, the Chair of the OSCE Permanent Council, Ambassador Ihor Prokopchuk of Ukraine, told participants at a human dimension seminar on media freedom legal framework today...
Seminar on media freedom legal framework to be held in Warsaw on Monday
WARSAW, 10 May 2013 – Representatives from governments, international organizations and academia from throughout the OSCE region will gather in Warsaw from 13 to 15 May for the OSCE Human Dimension Seminar on Media Freedom Legal Framework...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Romanian authorities to finalize decriminalization of libel
VIENNA, 7 May 2013 – OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović expressed concern today over a recent decision of the Constitutional Court that prevents the decriminalization of speech offenses in Romania and called for a Constitutional amendment to ban criminal defamation...
On World Press Freedom Day OSCE media freedom representative calls on governments for immediate action to ensure journalists’ safety
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica, 3 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called upon all 57 OSCE participating States to take real action to ensure journalists’ safety...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about Slovak judiciary seeking high damage awards in defamation cases
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, 2 May 2013 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today expressed concern over members of the Slovak judiciary seeking high damage awards in lawsuits against the media...
OSCE media freedom representative says Azerbaijan falls short on promise to decriminalize defamation
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica, 2 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed deep concern about proposed amendments to the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan which would keep defamation as a criminal offence and extend its reach to online media... ()
OSCE condemns attack on Kosovo public broadcaster editor in chief
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, SAN JOSÉ, 1 May 2013 – Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger, the head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, and Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE media freedom representative, condemned today the attack on Mufail Limani, the editor in chief of the public broadcaster, Radio Television of Kosovo (RTK)... ()