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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Intellectual property rights in the digital age- new approaches needed to guarantee freedom of expression, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 24 January 2012
What we do: Digital switchover, Media freedom on the internet, Media laws
VIENNA, 24 January 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called for governments to reassess protection of intellectual property rights online, emphasizing the potential threat to individual freedoms posed by expanding legal rights and technological restrictions...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Romanian authorities to investigate recent attacks on journalists
Publishing date: 20 January 2012
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Romania
VIENNA 20 January 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the recent attacks on several members of the press during the continuing demonstrations in Bucharest and called on Romanian authorities to investigate thoroughly...
On fifth anniversary of Dink murder, OSCE media freedom representative calls for justice for all killed journalists in the OSCE region
Publishing date: 19 January 2012
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Türkiye
VIENNA, 19 January 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said today on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the murder of prominent Turkish journalist Hrant Dink that OSCE participating States must do more to protect journalists and punish their assailants...
OSCE media representative launches Facebook page
Publishing date: 12 January 2012
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović established a presence of her Office on Facebook...
OSCE media freedom representative protests jailing of journalist in Minsk
Publishing date: 11 January 2012
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Belarus
VIENNA, 11 January 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the sentencing of Ales Barazenka, an independent Belarusian cameraman, to 11 days’ imprisonment for "participating in an unsanctioned event"...
OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern over newly-adopted broadcasting law in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 December 2011
What we do: Digital switchover, Media laws, Media pluralism
Location: Kazakhstan
VIENNA, 28 December 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern about a controversial law on television and radio broadcasting adopted today by Kazakhstan’s upper chamber of Parliament...
OSCE media representative welcomes release of Azerbaijani social media activist
Publishing date: 27 December 2011
What we do: Media freedom on the internet, Safety of journalists
Location: Azerbaijan
VIENNA, 27 December 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today the pardoning of Facebook activist Jabbar Savalan in Azerbaijan...
OSCE media representative expresses concern over plans to criminalize genocide denial in France
Publishing date: 22 December 2011
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media laws
Location: France
VIENNA, 22 December 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today over the approval by the lower chamber of France’s Parliament of a draft bill that aims at criminalizing public statements denying genocides...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Constitutional Court decision in Hungary, concerned over silencing of independent radio
Publishing date: 21 December 2011
What we do: Media laws, Media pluralism
Location: Hungary
VIENNA, 21 December 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today welcomed a Constitutional Court decision that declared unconstitutional several key provisions of Hungary’s 2010 media law. At the same time she expressed concern over the silencing of an independent political talk and news radio in Budapest...
OSCE media freedom representative asks for justification of mass arrests of journalists in Turkey
Publishing date: 20 December 2011
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Türkiye
VIENNA, 20 December 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, said she was alarmed by the mass arrests of journalists in Turkey today and called for swift investigations...