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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
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...
OSCE Media Representative welcomes decision by Russian President to veto restrictive media amendments
Publishing date: 26 November 2002
What we do: Media laws, Media pluralism
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 26 November 2002- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, welcomed yesterday's decision by the President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, to veto amendments to Russian laws on mass media and on combating...
OSCE media watchdog concerned over increased pressure on media in Russia
Publishing date: 3 November 2002
What we do: Human rights, Media laws, Media pluralism
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 3 November 2002- Europe's media watchdog, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has expressed his concern regarding the recent prevailing climate of pressure on the media in Russia...
Russia will have a future only with freedom of media, says OSCE media representative
Publishing date: 17 January 2002
What we do: Media pluralism
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 17 January 2002- The events surrounding one of the Russian Federation's main private television companies, TV-6, continue to be of great concern to the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve...
OSCE Media Representative concerned over sentencing of journalists in Russia
Publishing date: 7 January 2002
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 7 January 2002-- At the end of December 2001, two journalists were sentenced in Russia to prison terms. Grigory Pasko, a military journalist, was convicted of treason by a military court in Vladivostok...
Freimut Duve: Russia allows a Tajik journalist to go back to his family
Publishing date: 12 July 2001
What we do: Safety of journalists
Locations: Russia, Tajikistan
VIENNA, 12 July 2001 (OSCE)-- On 12 July, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on the recent case of Tajik journalist Dododjon Atovulloyev, detained at a Moscow airport...
OSCE Media Representative concerned about detention of Tajik journalist in Russia
Publishing date: 9 July 2001
What we do: Safety of journalists
Locations: Russia, Tajikistan
VIENNA, 9 July 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed his concern about the detention of the Tajik journalist Dododjon Atovulloyev at a Moscow airport a day earlier...
Concern about the future of press freedom in Russia
Publishing date: 18 April 2001
What we do: Media pluralism
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 18 April 2001-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of Media, has expressed his serious concern about the closure of the independent newspaper Segodnya and dismissal of all staff of the independent magazine Itogi in Moscow.
Support for independent journalism- the case of NTV in Russia
Publishing date: 2 April 2001
What we do: Media pluralism
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 2 April 2001- Thousands of people gathered in Moscow on 31 March in support of freedom of expression. Many of the speakers at this rally underlined their concern regarding the future of NTV...