Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over prison sentences for defamation in Italy, reiterates her call to decriminalize libel
Publishing date: 27 May 2013
VIENNA, 27 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today about prison sentences handed down to three journalists in Italy for libel...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns sending of parcel bomb to Italian newspaper
Publishing date: 10 April 2013
VIENNA, 10 April 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the sending of a parcel bomb to the Turin-based headquarters of the daily newspaper La Stampa.
OSCE media freedom representative urges investigation into threats to Italian newspaper
Publishing date: 28 December 2012
VIENNA, 28 December 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, expressed her concern today about threats to a newspaper in northern Italy and urged the authorities to carry out a swift and transparent investigation...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Italian Senate’s rejection of libel legislation, calls for full decriminalization of defamation
Publishing date: 28 November 2012
VIENNA, 28 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today the rejection by the Senate in Rome of the proposal to retain imprisonment for defamation in the Italian Criminal Code...
Italy should not jail journalists for libel says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 16 November 2012
VIENNA, 16 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today over pending legislation that would make imprisonment a penalty for criminal libel in Italy...
OSCE media freedom representative deplores Italian criminal defamation ruling, urges law reform
Publishing date: 27 September 2012
VIENNA, 27 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called on the Italian authorities to reform libel laws following an Italian high court ruling upholding the criminal conviction and 14-month prison sentence imposed on Allessandro Sallusti, former editor of the newspaper Libero...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Italian Parliament to protect freedom of expression by amending law on electronic surveillance
Publishing date: 3 October 2011
VIENNA, 3 October 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called on Italian parliamentarians to further revise a draft law on electronic surveillance to bring it in line with international standards on freedom of expression and OSCE media freedom commitments...
OSCE Media Representative condemns intimidation of journalists in Italy
Publishing date: 14 March 2011
VIENNA, 14 March 2011- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned continued intimidation and threats against investigative journalists in Italy and urged the Italian authorities to take action and investigate all such cases...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Italy to amend bill on electronic surveillance
Publishing date: 15 June 2010
VIENNA, 15 June 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, today called on Italy to drop a draft law on electronic surveillance or revise it to bring amendments in line with international standards...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media asks Italian prime minister to drop libel lawsuits against two Italian dailies
Publishing date: 20 September 2009
VIENNA, 20 September 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, urged Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi today to drop two civil libel lawsuits against daily newspapers La Repubblica and L'Unità...