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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE media freedom office and Azerbaijan Press Council hold training on safety of journalists, access to information
Publishing date: 13 November 2012
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Azerbaijan
BAKU, 13 November 2012 – Training courses for journalists, law enforcement officers and government spokespersons in Azerbaijan held by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media to promote the safety of reporters and public access to official information concluded today...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Skopje authorities’ decriminalization of libel
Publishing date: 14 November 2012
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media laws
Location: North Macedonia
VIENNA, 14 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today commended the government and Parliament in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for decriminalizing defamation...
Italy should not jail journalists for libel says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 16 November 2012
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Safety of journalists
Location: Italy
VIENNA, 16 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today over pending legislation that would make imprisonment a penalty for criminal libel in Italy...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Italian Senate’s rejection of libel legislation, calls for full decriminalization of defamation
Publishing date: 28 November 2012
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media laws
Location: Italy
VIENNA, 28 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today the rejection by the Senate in Rome of the proposal to retain imprisonment for defamation in the Italian Criminal Code...
OSCE Representative highlights journalists’ safety, Internet governance in report to Permanent Council
Publishing date: 29 November 2012
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, told participating States there was still much to be done to end violence against journalists in her last official report of the year to the OSCE Permanent Council on 29 November 2012...
OSCE representative concerned over threat to media pluralism in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 30 November 2012
What we do: Media pluralism
Location: Kazakhstan
VIENNA, 29 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today that legal proceedings initiated against several media outlets in Kazakhstan might severely undermine media pluralism in the country...
OSCE media freedom representative saddened over killing of Russian journalist
Publishing date: 7 December 2012
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Russia
DUBLIN, 7 December 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed her concern today over the death of television reporter Kazbek Gekkiyev, who was murdered in the Russian southern republic of Kabardino-Balkaria...
Governments should use new technologies to strengthen media freedom, says OSCE Representative, in Turkey
Publishing date: 11 December 2012
What we do: Digital switchover, Media freedom on the internet
ISTANBUL, 11 December 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called on governments and regulators to use new technologies to strengthen media freedom...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes move to improve transparency of court proceedings in Russia
Publishing date: 13 December 2012
What we do: Media laws
Location: Russia
ISTANBUL, 13 December 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today a resolution adopted by the Plenum of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation, saying it could help improve the transparency of the judiciary and strengthen the watchdog function of the media...
OSCE supports reform of Kyrgyzstan’s governmental press services
Publishing date: 20 December 2012