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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Special rapporteurs on freedom of expression issue joint statement on press freedom Day
Publishing date: 2 May 2005
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media laws, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 2 May 2005- On the occasion of the World Press Freedom Day, marked 3 May, the international community's four special rapporteurs on freedom of expression issued a joint statement, paying tribute to the courage and professionalism of...
OSCE media representative says new French libel case shows EU countries should abolish criminal defamation
Publishing date: 21 April 2005
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation
Location: France
VIENNA, 21 April 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media today voiced his concern over a case launched in France by the Barclay brothers, the owners of the Daily Telegraph, against The Times of London...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative criticises sentencing of Austrian author in Greece
Publishing date: 8 February 2005
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Safety of journalists
Locations: Austria, Greece
VIENNA, 9 February 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, expressed concern over a six-month suspended prison sentence for blasphemy imposed by a Greek court on Austrian author Gerhard Haderer over his comic book...
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 Freedom Representative holds roundtable in Baku on decriminalising libel
Publishing date: 29 October 2004
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation
Location: Azerbaijan
BAKU, 29 October 2004- Legislation affecting freedom of the media in Azerbaijan headed the agenda of a roundtable which ended yesterday in Baku. Organised by the OSCE Representative...
Libel and freedom of information in South Caucasus focus of OSCE conference in Tbilisi
Publishing date: 27 October 2004
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation
Location: Georgia
TBILISI, 27 October 2004- Libel and access to information were on the agenda of the first OSCE South Caucasus Media Conference which ended Tuesday in the Georgian capital. Journalists from Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia...
OSCE Media Representative concerned over size of libel case fine in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 July 2004
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation
Location: Kazakhstan
VIENNA, 22 July 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, is concerned about the high level of a fine imposed on the Kazakh weekly newspaper Assandi-Times, and has raised the case with Kasymzhomart Tokayev...
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...
OSCE Media watchdog concerned over libel sentence in Italy
Publishing date: 2 March 2004
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation
Location: Italy
VIENNA, 2 March 2004- The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media is concerned about the 24 February sentencing of the Italian journalist Massimiliano Melilli to 18 months in prison for "defamation" by a court in Trieste...
OSCE and RSF urge decriminalization of libel
Publishing date: 25 November 2003
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Democratization, Human rights
PARIS, 25 November 2003- Criminal libel and insult laws have become a major impediment to press freedom in many OSCE states, warned the Organization's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, and Reporters sans frontieres. "Such...