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Fulfilling media-freedom commitments requires mustered political will, says OSCE Representative to participating States
Publishing date: 13 June 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, told participating States on 13 June 2013 in Vienna that political will needs to be mustered to fulfil commitments on Internet freedom and journalists’ safety...
Closure of public service broadcaster could endanger media pluralism in Greece, warns OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 12 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 12 June 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, warned today that the closure of Greece’s public service broadcaster, ERT, could deprive citizens of a diversity of views, and it creates economic hardship for the dismissed journalists...
On 12th anniversary of killing of reporter, OSCE media freedom representative urges Serbian authorities to do more to solve journalist murders
Publishing date: 11 June 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
On the 12th anniversary of the murder of prominent Serbian journalist Milan Pantić, Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has called on Serbia’s authorities to step up their efforts in investigating this and other journalist killings...
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and OSCE media freedom representative concerned at further restrictions to free expression in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 6 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
COLOGNE/STRASBOURG, 6 June 2013- The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks, and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed serious concern today at the promulgation by the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, of amendments extending the application of criminal defamation provisions to online expression on 4 June 2013...
OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern about police treatment of media at “Blockupy” protests in Germany
Publishing date: 6 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
COLOGNE, Germany, 6 June 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed today concern about police treatment of the media covering demonstrations in Frankfurt...
OSCE representative welcomes enhanced media freedom dialogue with Belarus, urges improvements
Publishing date: 5 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
MINSK, 5 June 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today at the end of a three-day official visit to Belarus the readiness of the authorities to intensify dialogue and co-operation with her office on much needed improvement of the media freedom situation...
OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern about access to information law amendments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 4 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws