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Freedom of information enhances government transparency, say participants at OSCE human rights conference
Publishing date: 25 September 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
Participants at the Human Dimension Implementation Meeting in Warsaw highlighted measures to promote free access to information held by governments, as well as the importance of providing legal protection to individuals who expose wrongdoing within organizations – so-called whistleblowers...
Greater media independence needed in South East Europe, say OSCE conference participants
Publishing date: 21 September 2012
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
BELGRADE, 21 September 2012 – Safeguarding and promoting media freedom was the focus of the Second OSCE South East Europe Media Conference that finished in Belgrade today...
OSCE media freedom representative visits Serbia, urges government to speed up media reforms
Publishing date: 20 September 2012
Content type: Press release
BELGRADE, 20 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today urged the Serbian government to accelerate reforms to safeguard media freedom...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on police in U.S. to respect journalists’ rights when covering Occupy Wall Street
Publishing date: 19 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 19 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, today expressed concern once again about police treatment of the media covering demonstrations marking the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City...
Ukraine plans to re-criminalize defamation a ‘setback’, warns OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 19 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 19 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, expressed concern today over legislative steps towards re-criminalizing defamation in Ukraine...
Poland should abolish criminal defamation, says OSCE media freedom representative following conviction of editor
Publishing date: 17 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
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...
Lawsuit against Hungarian journalist can have chilling effect on Internet freedom, warns OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 12 September 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 12 September 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today warned that the lawsuit initiated by the official Hungarian News Agency against journalist György Balavany can constrain media pluralism on the Internet...