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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE Media Representative and Council of Europe call on Russia to reconsider legislation on libel
Publishing date: 29 August 2003
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 29 August 2003- Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, today made the following joint statement regarding the recent sentencing of Russian journalist...
OSCE media watchdog expresses concern to Ivanov over Russian journalist jailed for libel
Publishing date: 27 August 2003
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 27 August 2003- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has written to the Russian Foreign Minister raising the case of a prominent Russian journalist who was sentenced to one year in a labour camp for alleged libel...
OSCE Media Representative concerned over case of Russian journalists accused of divulging state secrets
Publishing date: 17 July 2003
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 17 July 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed his concern over two journalists of the daily newspaper Zvezda (Perm, Russia), Konstantin Sterledev and Konstantin Bakharev, who were accused by...
Media freedom deteriorates in some OSCE States, says OSCE media watchdog
Publishing date: 2 May 2003
VIENNA, 2 May 2003- The general state of the media in OSCE participating States and the safety of journalists working in hostile environments will be two themes on which the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, will focus...
Fourth Central Asia Media Conference focuses on media freedom and corruption
Publishing date: 26 September 2002
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media laws, Media pluralism
TASHKENT, 26 September 2002- The media coverage of corruption has a "corrective function" in the newly emerging democracies and on their economies, a leading European media watchdog, Freimut Duve, told a conference of more than 100 media...
OSCE Media Representative concerned over sentencing of a Belarusian journalist, calls for repealing criminal libel laws
Publishing date: 17 September 2002
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Safety of journalists
Location: Belarus
VIENNA, 17 September 2002- Europe's top media watchdog, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has expressed his concern today about the sentencing of the Belarusian journalist, Viktor Ivashkevich, for allegedly insulting...
OSCE Media Representative concerned about criminal verdicts for Belarus journalists
Publishing date: 26 June 2002
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Safety of journalists
Location: Belarus
VIENNA, 26 June 2002- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, is deeply concerned about a criminal court sentence of two Belarusian journalists, Nikolai Markevich and Pavel Mozheiko, for allegedly having insulted President...
OSCE Media Representative criticizes list of banned authors in Belarus
Publishing date: 20 June 2002
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media pluralism
Location: Belarus
VIENNA, 20 June 2002- In a report to the OSCE Permanent Council, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today strongly criticized the recent statement made by a Presidential Administration official in Belarus...
Concern about media situation in OSCE countries
Publishing date: 2 May 2001
VIENNA, 2 May 2001-- On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day, 3 May, the Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, issued the following statement
OSCE steps up efforts to promote freedom of expression
Publishing date: 14 March 2001
VIENNA, 14 March 2001- Freedom of expression, one of the basic tenets of the OSCE, was in the spotlight of a special OSCE meeting which closed yesterday....