Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE media watchdog concerned about prison sentence for journalist in Russia
Publishing date: 23 June 2005
VIENNA, 23 June 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today expressed his concern regarding the combined five year prison sentence handed down to a Russian journalist by a Smolensk court...
OSCE Media Representative issues report on media coverage of the Beslan tragedy
Publishing date: 16 September 2004
VIENNA, 16 September 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, presented today to the Permanent Council a report on how the Russian media covered the terrorist attacks in Beslan, North Ossetia. Based on research performed...
OSCE Media Representative appalled by murder of Russian Forbes magazine editor
Publishing date: 12 July 2004
VIENNA, 12 July 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said on Monday he was appalled at the murder of magazine editor Paul Khlebnikov in Moscow. "I am horrified at this brutal killing and call on the Russian...
OSCE media watchdog concerned over murder of Russian journalist
Publishing date: 13 October 2003
VIENNA, 13 October 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, was shocked by the 9 October murder of Russian newspaper editor Alexei Sidorov, who was fatally stabbed by two men who ambushed him in the car park...
OSCE Media Representative and Council of Europe call on Russia to reconsider legislation on libel
Publishing date: 29 August 2003
VIENNA, 29 August 2003- Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, today made the following joint statement regarding the recent sentencing of Russian journalist...
OSCE media watchdog expresses concern to Ivanov over Russian journalist jailed for libel
Publishing date: 27 August 2003
VIENNA, 27 August 2003- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has written to the Russian Foreign Minister raising the case of a prominent Russian journalist who was sentenced to one year in a labour camp for alleged libel...
OSCE Media Representative concerned over case of Russian journalists accused of divulging state secrets
Publishing date: 17 July 2003
VIENNA, 17 July 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed his concern over two journalists of the daily newspaper Zvezda (Perm, Russia), Konstantin Sterledev and Konstantin Bakharev, who were accused by...
OSCE conference discusses Tajik media legislation
Publishing date: 18 December 2002
DUSHANBE, 18 December 2002- "We need to improve our media legislation using the experiences of European and other countries", said Ibragim Usmanov, State Adviser to the President of Tajikistan, at an OSCE-organized...
OSCE Media Representative welcomes decision by Russian President to veto restrictive media amendments
Publishing date: 26 November 2002
VIENNA, 26 November 2002- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, welcomed yesterday's decision by the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, to veto amendments to Russian laws on mass media and on combating...
OSCE media watchdog concerned over increased pressure on media in Russia
Publishing date: 3 November 2002
VIENNA, 3 November 2002- Europe's media watchdog, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has expressed his concern regarding the recent prevailing climate of pressure on the media in Russia...