Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE Media Freedom Representative concludes Third Central Asia Judicial Dialogue
Publishing date: 25 June 2021
VIENNA, 25 June 2021- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, concluded today the Third Central Asia Judicial Dialogue. During the two-day online event, about 45 participants including judges from all five Central Asian countries and international experts, discussed how to protect freedom of expression and freedom of the media while taking into account other human rights and encouraging the exchange of best practices among the judiciaries in the OSCE region.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative publishes legal review of Austria’s draft Law on Diligence and Responsibility Online
Publishing date: 4 June 2019
VIENNA, 4 June 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, published today a legal review of the Austrian draft Law on Diligence and Responsibility Online. The review was officially sent on 23 May 2019 to the President of the National Council, Wolfgang Sobotka, and to the Ministry for the EU, Art, Culture and Media.
OSCE Representative calls on Austrian Ministry of Interior to treat all media equally and to refrain from attacking them
Publishing date: 25 September 2018
VIENNA, 25 September 2018 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today criticized the Austrian Interior Ministry’s instruction to boycott and restrict the flow of information to certain media outlets, and called on the Ministry of Interior to refrain from attacking the media...
OSCE Representative awarded Concordia Prize for press freedom
Publishing date: 2 May 2016
VIENNA, 2 May 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović was today awarded the Concordia Press Club Prize 2015 in the category of press freedom and freedom of information...
Courts should take public interest into account in cases against journalists, says OSCE Representative, following trespassing case in Austria
Publishing date: 22 December 2015
VIENNA, 22 December 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that a recent court ruling in Austria, ordering an online news portal to pay 2,000 Euros to the landlord of an asylum centre for trespassing, can affect the media’s ability to cover events of high public interest...
Journalists must have access to cover all events of public interest in Austria, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 27 January 2014
VIENNA, 27 January 2014 – Journalists should have been granted full access to report on the ball of academic associations in the Hofburg in Vienna last Friday, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative criticises sentencing of Austrian author in Greece
Publishing date: 8 February 2005
VIENNA, 9 February 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, expressed concern over a six-month suspended prison sentence for blasphemy imposed by a Greek court on Austrian author Gerhard Haderer over his comic book...