Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE media freedom representative condemns violent attack on journalists in Albania
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
VIENNA, 17 June 2014- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović today condemned an attack on journalists reporting on a police raid in Gjirokastra’s Lazarat village in southern Albania yesterday...
OSCE representative mourns death of Russian journalist; denounces new cases of media freedom violations in Ukraine
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
Collections: Statements from OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on media freedom situation in Crimea, Ukraine
VIENNA, 17 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said she was deeply saddened by the death of Russian journalist Igor Kornelyuk in eastern Ukraine. Mijatović expressed her sincere condolences to Kornelyuk’s family and colleagues...
OSCE representative calls on Belarusian authorities to repeal accreditation requirements for journalists
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
VIENNA, 17 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed her concern about an increasing number of penalties imposed on journalists in recent months in Belarus for not being accredited by authorities...
OSCE representative warns that U.S. proposed rules on net neutrality can hurt online media freedom
Publishing date: 16 June 2014
VIENNA, 16 JUNE 2014 – OSCE Media Freedom Representative Dunja Mijatović today expressed dissatisfaction with rules on net neutrality proposed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
Active civil society involvement and institutional responses crucial to stamping out hate speech, say OSCE conference participants in Kosovo
Publishing date: 13 June 2014
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 13 June 2014 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean –Claude Schlumberger, and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, opened today in Prishtinё/Priština a one-day regional conference on taking action against hate speech without violating the freedom of expression...
OSCE media representative urges Tajikistan to restore access to YouTube after being blocked yet again
Publishing date: 11 June 2014
GENEVA, 11 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today urged the authorities in Tajikistan to ensure its citizens’ unrestricted access to the Internet, following the blocking of access to YouTube by a majority of internet providers in the country...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes sentences in Politkovskaya case, calls to bring masterminds to justice
Publishing date: 10 June 2014
VIENNA, 10 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the sentences handed down to five individuals for the murder of journalist Anna Politkovskaya in 2006, but called for the investigation to continue to bring the masterminds to justice...
OSCE representative express concern about detainment of Russian media freedom defender
Publishing date: 5 June 2014
BUDVA, 5 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about the detention of Anna Sharogradskaya, Director of the Regional Press Institute, an NGO in Saint Petersburg...
New criminal defamation cases against journalists in Kazakhstan threat to media freedom, says OSCE representative
Publishing date: 5 June 2014
BUDVA, 5 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed her concern about two recent criminal defamation cases in Kazakhstan and plans to expand criminal defamation in the new criminal code...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on US authorities to drop case against journalist
Publishing date: 3 June 2014
VIENNA, 3 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović, today said she was disappointed by the U.S. Supreme Court decision which may force a reporter to reveal their sources in a criminal trial...