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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE media freedom representative mourns death of Karol Jakubowicz
Publishing date: 29 April 2013
What we do: Media laws, Media pluralism
Location: Poland
VIENNA, 29 April 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed deep sorrow following the death of Polish professor and journalist Karol Jakubowicz who died on 28 April...
Poland should abolish criminal defamation, says OSCE media freedom representative following conviction of editor
Publishing date: 17 September 2012
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation
Location: Poland
VIENNA, 17 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today criticised a criminal conviction of Robert Frycz, the editor of Antykomor.pl website, for insulting the President of Poland, and called for decriminalization of defamation in the country...
OSCE media freedom representative says new Polish media law endangers public-service media, urges Constitutional Court review
Publishing date: 10 July 2009
What we do: Media laws, Media pluralism
Location: Poland
VIENNA, 10 July 2009- OSCE media freedom representative Miklos Haraszti said today that Poland's new media law fails to secure the independence of public-service media and urged the President to send the law for review by the Constitutional Court...
Polish reform of public-service broadcasting should avoid politicized solutions, OSCE representative warns
Publishing date: 3 June 2008
What we do: Media laws, Media pluralism
Location: Poland
VIENNA, 3 June 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today that a rushed reform of the financing of Polish public-service broadcasting could menace its independence, and called for a de-politicized reform process...
Poland's continuing prosecution of journalists violates international standards, says OSCE media freedom watchdog
Publishing date: 6 August 2007
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Poland
VIENNA, 6 August 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has condemned the sentencing of Gazeta Wyborcza journalist Jacek Brzuszkiewicz, and urged Poland to decriminalize press offences...
OSCE media freedom representative asks Polish President to pardon imprisoned journalist
Publishing date: 18 January 2006
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Safety of journalists
Location: Poland
VIENNA, 18 January 2006- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has asked the President of Poland to pardon imprisoned journalist Andrzej Marek, who was sent to jail on 17 January for libelling a local official...
OSCE media freedom representative asks Poland to remove prison sentences from libel law
Publishing date: 25 January 2005
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media laws
Location: Poland
VIENNA, 25 January 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, expressed his concern about recent cases in Poland in which journalists have been sentenced to prison terms for criminal libel. In a letter to the Polish...
OSCE Media Representative asks Hungary and Poland to remove prison sentences from libel law
Publishing date: 9 July 2004
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation
Locations: Hungary, Poland
VIENNA, 9 July 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has raised with the Justice Ministers in both Hungary and Poland several recent cases of journalists being sentenced to prison for libel...