Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE Representative welcomes Presidential veto of amendments criminalizing disclosure of information in closed court proceedings in Lithuania
Publishing date: 3 May 2016
VIENNA, 3 May 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed a decision by President Dalia Grybauskaitė to veto amendments to Lithuania’s Criminal Code that could severely affect the public’s right to information...
OSCE Representative lauds defamation laws reform in Lithuania, reiterates call for full decriminalization
Publishing date: 9 July 2015
VIENNA, 9 July 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed a recent decision in Lithuania to repeal criminal laws on insults, including provisions on special protection of public figures from insult...
OSCE Representative welcomes court decision declaring wiretapping of journalists in Lithuania illegal
Publishing date: 29 August 2014
VIENNA, 29 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the Vilnius Regional Court ruling of 18 August, which found illegal the wiretapping of the telephone conversations of ten current and former employees of the Baltic News Service (BNS), one of the largest news agencies in Lithuania...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes steps to decriminalize defamation in Lithuania, recommends abolishing remaining provisions
Publishing date: 10 February 2014
SKOPJE, 10 February 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed proposed amendments to Lithuanian Criminal Code and Code of Administrative Offences which would decriminalize most defamation offenses...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Lithuania to decriminalize defamation, better protect confidential sources
Publishing date: 17 December 2013
VILNIUS, 17 December 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today urged Lithuania to join the tide of European countries by repealing criminal defamation laws and adopting “shield laws” that protect journalistic sources...
OSCE media freedom representative says developments in Lithuania harmful to freedom of expression
Publishing date: 9 October 2013
VIENNA, 10 October 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović expressed her concern today about the Radio and Television Commission’s decision to suspend the broadcasting of the First Baltic Channel’s (PBK) programmes for three months in Lithuania...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Lithuanian court ruling, calls for decriminalization of defamation
Publishing date: 29 October 2012
ASTANA, 29 October 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today welcomed a Vilnius appellate court’s ruling dismissing criminal libel claims against Dainius Radzevičius, the chair of the Lithuanian Journalists’ Union...
Speech should not be criminalized, says OSCE media freedom representative following sentencing of Lithuanian journalist
Publishing date: 2 July 2012
VIENNA, 2 July 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed her concern over a Vilnius court decision sentencing Dainius Radzevičius, the Chair of the Lithuanian Union of Journalists, to a criminal fine for defamation...
Lithuania should decriminalize defamation, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 24 October 2011
VIENNA, 24 October 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern at the criminal defamation trial of Dainius Radzevičius, the Chairman of the Lithuanian Union of Journalists, that started in Vilnius today...
OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern about Lithuanian public information law, welcomes authorities' co-operation on improving it
Publishing date: 4 September 2009
VIENNA, 4 September 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, expressed concern today that a recently amended law that aims to protect minors is so vague that it will restrict legitimate media content...