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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Journalist killed in Kosovo
Publishing date: 12 January 1999
What we do: Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 12 January 1999-- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the media was saddened to learn of the death of Enver Maloku, a prominent Albanian journalist in Kosovo, who was fatally shot by unknown gunmen on Monday. His death tragically...
Journalists in Kosovo need visible 'sign of protection'
Publishing date: 14 June 1999
What we do: Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 14 June 1999- The following statement was released today by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve. "Today with great sadness I learned of the deaths of three journalists in Kosovo..."
OSCE Ministerial Troika holds meeting in Oslo
Publishing date: 24 June 1999
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
OSLO, 24 June 1999-- The OSCE Ministerial Troika, Foreign Ministers Knut Vollebæk of Norway, Bronislaw Geremek of Poland and Ambassador Jutta Stefan-Bastl representing the...
OSCE welcomes release of Azerbaijani journalist
Publishing date: 10 July 1999
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Azerbaijan
VIENNA, 12 July 1999-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, welcomes reports that Azerbaijan's sole incarcerated journalist, Fuad Qahramanli, has been granted amnesty...
Editor of opposition newspaper in Belarus threatened
Publishing date: 12 July 1999
What we do: Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
Location: Belarus
VIENNA, 12 July 1999-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, is seriously concerned with reports that a senior editor for the Belaruskaya Delovaya Gazeta, a leading opposition newspaper, had...
OSCE welcomes the release of Russian journalist
Publishing date: 20 July 1999
What we do: Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 20 July 1999-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, welcomes the release of Grigory Pasko, a Russian journalist who was arrested in November 1997 and charged with spying.
Journalist Ahmet Taner Kislali killed in Turkey
Publishing date: 22 October 1999
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Türkiye
VIENNA, 22 October 1999-- With great sadness Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, learned of the murder of Ahmet Taner Kislali, a prominent Turkish journalist and...
The war against independent journalism in Serbia continues
Publishing date: 11 November 1999
What we do: Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
Location: Serbia
VIENNA, 11 November 1999-- Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, addressed the Contact Group on 10 November drawing its attention to the continuing...
Need for public debate in post-conflict situations
Publishing date: 25 November 1999
What we do: Media pluralism
VIENNA, 25 November 1999-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, spoke today at the OSCE Permanent Council. In his address, Duve pointed out that freedom...
Appeal issued to free journalist from jail in Serbia
Publishing date: 9 December 1999
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Serbia
VIENNA, 9 December 1999- Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, is concerned with the continued imprisonment of Nebojsa Ristic, editor of TV Soko in Sokobanja,...