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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Law enforcement must respect the rights of media covering Occupy Wall Street protests, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 11 November 2011
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: United States of America
VIENNA, 11 November 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern about the increasing number of journalists harassed by police while covering “Occupy Wall Street” protests across the United States...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns arrest of journalists covering protest at U.S. military base
Publishing date: 23 November 2010
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: United States of America
VIENNA, 23 November 2010- The OSCE Media Freedom Representative, Dunja Mijatovic, today condemned the detention and arrest over the weekend of several journalists covering demonstrations outside the Fort Benning military base in Columbus, Georgia...
OSCE media freedom representative commends US law against 'libel tourism'
Publishing date: 26 August 2010
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Safety of journalists
Location: United States of America
VIENNA, 26 August 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, commended today the law signed recently by U.S. President Barack Obama to protect journalists, authors and publishers from "libel tourists"...
OSCE media watchdog worried by protection of sources case in the US
Publishing date: 29 June 2005
What we do: Media laws, Safety of journalists
Location: United States of America
VIENNA, 29 June 2005- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has expressed concern over the cases of reporters Judith Miller of The New York Times and Matthew Cooper of Time Magazine who have been sentenced to imprisonment...
OSCE media freedom watchdog asks the US to abolish 'book embargo'
Publishing date: 30 September 2004
What we do: Media pluralism
Location: United States of America
VIENNA, 30 September 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has asked the USA to abolish regulations that require publishers and authors to seek a licence from the Treasury Department to publish literature from Cuba, Iran and Sudan in...
OSCE media watchdog concerned about ownership deregulation in USA
Publishing date: 29 May 2003
What we do: Media laws, Media pluralism
Location: United States of America
VIENNA, 29 May 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed concern today over the effect that media deregulation in the USA, the most symbolically important country for the culture of press freedom...
OSCE media watchdog asks U.S. to clarify detention of French journalists
Publishing date: 26 May 2003
What we do: Human rights, Safety of journalists
Location: United States of America
VIENNA, 26 May 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has asked U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell for clarifications regarding the detention of six French journalists on arrival in Los Angeles on 10 and 11 May...
OSCE media watchdog criticises U.S. Patriot Act
Publishing date: 23 January 2003
What we do: Human rights, Media pluralism
Location: United States of America
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...