Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over attacks and threats against journalists in Northern Ireland
Publishing date: 8 January 2013
VIENNA, 8 January 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said today she was concerned about the recent attacks and threats against journalists in Northern Ireland and urged the authorities to unequivocally condemn them...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about weakening of public service broadcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 14 January 2013
VIENNA, 14 January 2013- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern about amendments to the public broadcasting legislation that would create another public service broadcaster in Bosnia and Herzegovina, thus damaging financial sustainability of the current public broadcasting system...
OSCE media freedom representative criticizes police violence against journalists in Azerbaijan, offers assistance in prevention
Publishing date: 15 January 2013
VIENNA, 15 January 2013 – The OSCE Representative on freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said today she was concerned over the excessive use of force against journalists by riot police during a recent public protest in Baku.
Perpetrators of attacks against Greek journalists must be brought to justice, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 16 January 2013
VIENNA, 16 January 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned recent fire bomb attacks outside the houses of journalists in Greece, and said she hoped investigations would soon bring the perpetrators to justice...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about continued arrests of journalists in Turkey
Publishing date: 24 January 2013
VIENNA, 24 January 2013- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern over the latest wave of arrests of journalists in Turkey and urged the authorities to reform the country’s anti-terrorism law...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Gongadze conviction, calls for further investigations
Publishing date: 30 January 2013
VIENNA, 30 January 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today welcomed the conviction of the murderer of Ukrainian journalist Georgyi Gongadze, while urging the authorities to continue to pursue the instigators of this crime...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes commission on unsolved murders of Serbian journalists, stresses responsibility of government
Publishing date: 30 January 2013
VIENNA, 30 January 2013 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, welcomed today the establishment of a commission to assess progress in the investigations of unsolved murders of journalists in Serbia, but emphasized that the government needed to step up its own efforts to protect journalists...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Turkish Government’s reform pledge, stresses need to better protect journalists
Publishing date: 5 February 2013
ANKARA, 5 February 2013 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, in a productive meeting today with Turkish Justice Minister Sadullah Ergın, commended the government on easing pre-trial detention procedures and stressed the need for further improvements...
OSCE media freedom representative calls for inclusive dialogue at Internet freedom conference in Vienna
Publishing date: 14 February 2013
VIENNA, 14 February 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called for an open and inclusive discussion on the challenges of Internet freedom as she opened the Internet 2013 conference in Vienna...
Right to free expression continues to apply in digital age, say recommendations from OSCE Internet 2013 conference
Publishing date: 13 March 2013
The recommendations from the OSCE conference Internet 2013 – Shaping policies to advance media freedom were published on 13 March 2013...