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OSCE media freedom representative distressed about U.S. Justice Department seizure of reporters’ phone records
WARSAW, 14 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today said she was distressed over revelations that in 2012 the U.S. Department of Justice secretly seized two months of office, home and cell phone records from up to 20 phone lines assigned to The Associated Press reporters...
Santos calls for governmental action to protect media freedom
WARSAW, 13 May 2013 – Governments must protect media freedom online and off to be in line with international commitments and to ensure respect for citizens’ fundamental freedoms, the vice-chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s human rights committee said today at the opening of an international media freedom conference...
Good laws, political leadership necessary for media freedom, says OSCE Permanent Council Chair, in Warsaw
WARSAW, 13 May 2013 –The implementation of good laws and sharing of best practices are essential to fulfilling OSCE commitments on media freedom, the Chair of the OSCE Permanent Council, Ambassador Ihor Prokopchuk of Ukraine, told participants at a human dimension seminar on media freedom legal framework today...
Seminar on media freedom legal framework to be held in Warsaw on Monday
WARSAW, 10 May 2013 – Representatives from governments, international organizations and academia from throughout the OSCE region will gather in Warsaw from 13 to 15 May for the OSCE Human Dimension Seminar on Media Freedom Legal Framework...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Romanian authorities to finalize decriminalization of libel
VIENNA, 7 May 2013 – OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović expressed concern today over a recent decision of the Constitutional Court that prevents the decriminalization of speech offenses in Romania and called for a Constitutional amendment to ban criminal defamation...
On World Press Freedom Day OSCE media freedom representative calls on governments for immediate action to ensure journalists’ safety
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica, 3 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called upon all 57 OSCE participating States to take real action to ensure journalists’ safety...
OSCE co-organizes photo exhibition to mark World Press Freedom Day in Armenia
"Freedom of press: the right to know" is the theme of an exhibition that opened in Yerevan on 3 May 2013 to mark the World Press Freedom Day... ()
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about Slovak judiciary seeking high damage awards in defamation cases
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, 2 May 2013 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today expressed concern over members of the Slovak judiciary seeking high damage awards in lawsuits against the media...
OSCE media freedom representative says Azerbaijan falls short on promise to decriminalize defamation
SAN JOSÉ, Costa Rica, 2 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed deep concern about proposed amendments to the Criminal Code of Azerbaijan which would keep defamation as a criminal offence and extend its reach to online media... ()
OSCE Media Freedom Representative on journalists’ safety ahead of World Press Freedom Day
“On 3 May we are marking the 20th World Press Freedom Day and once again the theme is journalists’ safety. The threats, intimidation, harassment and physical violence has to stop. We – journalists, media outlets, governments, NGOs and international organizations – have to act together to stop this worrying trend. And we have to act now, because an attack on a single journalist is an attack on the whole society.” - Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media.