Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media concludes visit to Belgium
Publishing date: 5 April 2022
On 30 and 31 March 2022, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) Teresa Ribeiro visited Belgium.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative concludes visit to Kyiv calling for more consultation on media law reforms to strengthen guarantees of media freedom
Publishing date: 7 February 2020
KYIV, 7 February 2020 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, concluded today his official visit to Kyiv, where he held discussions with the authorities, the media community and international organizations, focusing particularly on two new draft laws, on Media and on Countering Disinformation respectively.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative welcomes new initiative aiming to strengthen media self-regulation in North Macedonia
Publishing date: 18 December 2019
VIENNA, 18 December 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed his support for the registry on self-regulation of online media in North Macedonia, which was announced today by the Council of Media Ethics together with the Association of Journalists of Macedonia and the Economic Chamber...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative welcomes release of RIA Novosti journalist Kirill Vyshinsky in Ukraine
Publishing date: 28 August 2019
VIENNA, 28 August 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, welcomed today’s court ruling in Ukraine to release from pre-trial detention journalist Kirill Vyshinsky, the chief of the RIA Novosti Ukraina office in Kyiv...
Ukrainian court ruling goes against freedom of expression, states OSCE Media Freedom Representative
Publishing date: 7 August 2019
VIENNA, 7 August 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed his disappointment today at a court ruling in Ukraine fining Hromadske TV for branding a nationalist organization as “neo-Nazi”...
OSCE media freedom representative and head of OSCE Mission to Montenegro welcome work on guidelines for moderating online comments in Montenegro
Publishing date: 25 July 2018
VIENNA, 25 July 2018 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, and the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Maryse Daviet, welcomed today the latest efforts by the Montenegrin Technical Working Group on Self-Regulation in developing guidelines for moderating online comments in Montenegro.
OSCE Representative calls for immediate release of Donetsk journalist Stanislav Aseev one year after his illegal detention
Publishing date: 1 June 2018
VIENNA, 1 June 2018 – One year after the illegal detention of Stanislav Aseev, a blogger and contributor to the Ukrainian Service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today reiterated his urgent call for the journalist’s release...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media Harlem Désir welcomes launch of Reporters Without Borders self-regulation initiative to counter disinformation online
Publishing date: 3 April 2018
PARIS, 3 April 2018- Today the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, welcomed the launch by Reporters Without Borders and its Secretary General Christophe Deloire, the Agence France-Presse (AFP), the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and the Global Editors Network (GEN) of a new self-regulation initiative to counter disinformation online and enhance transparency and trust in the media...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media concludes official visit to Canada, attends conference on Internet jurisdiction
Publishing date: 1 March 2018
OTTAWA, 1 March 2018- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir yesterday concluded a visit to Canada in which he held meetings on the state of freedom of expression and media freedom in the country with a broad range of state officials. He also participated in an international conference on Internet jurisdiction in Ottawa...
OSCE media freedom representative reiterates his support for dialogue between Russian and Ukrainian Unions of Journalists during meeting in Vienna
Publishing date: 22 February 2018
VIENNA, 22 February 2018 – Representatives of Russian and Ukrainian journalists’ unions today met under the auspices of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, for the 17th roundtable discussion aiming to facilitate dialogue between the media workers of the two countries.