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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media asks Italian prime minister to drop libel lawsuits against two Italian dailies
Publishing date: 20 September 2009
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation
Location: Italy
VIENNA, 20 September 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, urged Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi today to drop two civil libel lawsuits against daily newspapers La Repubblica and L'Unità...
Unprecedented fine imposed on Dogan Media Group threatens media pluralism in Turkey, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 16 September 2009
What we do: Media pluralism
Location: Türkiye
VIENNA, 16 September 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, expressed concern today over the "unprecedented" fine imposed on the Dogan Media Group in Turkey...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Azerbaijan to improve media freedom, hopes detained bloggers may be released soon
Publishing date: 10 September 2009
What we do: Media self-regulation, Safety of journalists
Location: Azerbaijan
BAKU, 10 September 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today criticized the continued imprisonment of media workers in Azerbaijan and called for the repeal of recently imposed restrictive media regulations...
OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern about Lithuanian public information law, welcomes authorities' co-operation on improving it
Publishing date: 4 September 2009
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Democratization, Media laws
Location: Lithuania
VIENNA, 4 September 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, expressed concern today that a recently amended law that aims to protect minors is so vague that it will restrict legitimate media content...
Latest murder of journalist in Russia underlines need for government action, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 13 August 2009
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Safety of journalists
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 13 August 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, condemned today the murder of newspaper editor Abdulmalik Akhmedilov in Makhachkala, Dagestan on 11 August, and reiterated his call to Russia's...
Imprisonment of journalist violates Kazakhstan's commitments, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 11 August 2009
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Kazakhstan
VIENNA, 11 August 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today that the three-year prison term handed down to Ramazan Yesergepov violated international standards and OSCE commitments on media freedom...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over journalist's sentence in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 5 August 2009
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Uzbekistan
VIENNA, 5 August 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, urged Uzbekistan's authorities today to review the case of journalist Dilmurod Saidov (pen name Saiid), who was sentenced to 12-and-a-half years in prison...
OSCE Chairperson strongly condemns killing of Russian journalist and human rights defender Natalia Estemirova
Publishing date: 16 July 2009
What we do: Human rights
ATHENS, 16 July 2009- The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis, expressed profound shock today about the killing of Russian journalist and human rights defender Natalia Estemirova.
OSCE media freedom representative says new Polish media law endangers public-service media, urges Constitutional Court review
Publishing date: 10 July 2009
What we do: Media laws, Media pluralism
Location: Poland
VIENNA, 10 July 2009- OSCE media freedom representative Miklos Haraszti said today that Poland's new media law fails to secure the independence of public-service media and urged the President to send the law for review by the Constitutional Court...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Kazakh President to veto new Internet law
Publishing date: 25 June 2009
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom on the internet, Media laws
Location: Kazakhstan
VIENNA, 25 June 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, criticised as restrictive today amendments to the country's communication law, adopted on 24 June by the Kazakh Parliament, and called on President...