Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE conference participants make recommendations on improving media environment in South East Europe
Publishing date: 1 October 2013
From 18 to 20 September 2013, more than 180 journalists, representatives of civil society, government and academics, along with international experts, gathered in Tirana, Albania, to take part in the 3rd South East Europe Media Conference...
Second journalist detained in Russia must be set free, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
VIENNA, 27 September 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the Russian authorities to release another journalist arrested while covering the Greenpeace action at Gazprom’s Prirazlomnaya platform...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Azerbaijani authorities to stop imprisonment of journalists
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
VIENNA, 27 September 2013 –OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the Azerbaijani authorities to stop prosecution of journalists following the handing down of a prison sentence to newspaper editor Hilal Mamedov...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about newspaper suspensions in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
VIENNA, 27 September 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about recent suspensions of newspapers in Kazakhstan...
OSCE media freedom representative calls for release of arrested photojournalist in Russia
Publishing date: 26 September 2013
VIENNA, 26 September 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about the arrest of photojournalist Denis Sinyakov in Russia and called for his release...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes acquittal of Belarusian journalist
Publishing date: 24 September 2013
WARSAW, 24 September 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the decision by a court in Grodno in western Belarus to lift the restrictions imposed on the Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about disappearance of journalist in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 23 September 2013
WARSAW, 23 September 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about the disappearance of independent journalist Sergej Naumov in Uzbekistan.
Warning on media freedom in South East Europe as OSCE Tirana conference recommends improvements in the region
Publishing date: 20 September 2013
TIRANA, 20 September 2013 – Media freedom in the South East European region is deteriorating, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today told journalists and government authorities today at the conclusion of a conference in Tirana, Albania...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns media intimidation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 20 September 2013
TIRANA, 20 September 2013- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned two attacks on the media in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Last evening, the front door of the editorial office of Slobodna Bosna weekly was set on fire; at the same time in Mostar, graffiti appeared containing threats against local journalist Nermin Bise...
Meeting new government in Albania, OSCE media freedom representative urges reform of public broadcaster
Publishing date: 18 September 2013
TIRANA, 18 September 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today stressed the need to reform the public broadcaster and ensure independence of the broadcast regulator in Albania. During a two-day official visit, she also urged the new government to fully decriminalize defamation, ensure access to information and move forward on digitalization of the broadcast media...