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Media freedom and development

Free and well-developed media are a cornerstone of democratic societies. The OSCE monitors media developments in its participating States for violations of freedom of expression. This includes reviewing legislation regulating the media, as well as monitoring cases where journalists are prosecuted for their professional activities or are the victims of harassment. The OSCE also engages in media development through training and support for editors and journalists.

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Human rights compatible with security, OSCE media freedom representatives tells Tunis meeting participants

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, told participants on at an Internet freedom conference in Tunis on 17 June 2013 that cyber security and human rights can go hand-in-glove and not be considered as competing values...

Media freedom must be upheld during protests in Turkey, says OSCE media freedom representative

TUNIS, 17 June 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, warned today that the recent detentions and intimidation of journalists are endangering the right to free expression in Turkey.

Fulfilling media-freedom commitments requires mustered political will, says OSCE Representative to participating States

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

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

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...

Journalists, lawyers and media experts discuss online reporting ethics in Armenia, with OSCE support

Challenges of online media and prospects for the development of online media self-regulation in Armenia were discussed at a two-day workshop on 8 and 9 June 2013 in Aghveran, a town located in Armenia’s Kotayk province... ()

Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and OSCE media freedom representative concerned at further restrictions to free expression in Azerbaijan

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 representative welcomes enhanced media freedom dialogue with Belarus, urges improvements

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... ()