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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE media freedom watchdog calls Baku trial 'fake', aimed to discredit opposition journalist and protect his real attackers
Publishing date: 17 July 2008
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Azerbaijan
VIENNA, 17 July 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, condemned today the trial against Sergey Strekalin, who was sentenced to one and a half years in prison for his self-confessed stabbing of journalist Agil Khalil...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Romanian Constitutional Court's ruling against 'good news' bill
Publishing date: 11 July 2008
What we do: Media laws
Location: Romania
VIENNA, 11 July 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, welcomed today the Consitutional Court of Romania's ruling that a draft amendment obliging broadcasters to air "good news" was unconstitutional...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Romanian President to veto bill on mandatory percentage of 'good news'
Publishing date: 8 July 2008
What we do: Media laws
Location: Romania
VIENNA, 8 July 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, asked Romanian President Traian Basescu today to veto a proposed amendment obliging television and radio to ensure half their coverage consists of "positive news"...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Belarus not to adopt restrictive media law
Publishing date: 27 June 2008
What we do: Media laws, Media pluralism
Location: Bulgaria
VIENNA, 27 June 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today called on the upper chamber of Belarus's parliament not to adopt a draft law that would further restrict media freedom in the country...
OSCE trains state press officers, journalists in northern Tajikistan to promote public access to information
Publishing date: 19 June 2008
KHUJAND, Tajikistan, 19 June 2008- Fostering effective communication between public bodies and the media is the aim of a two-day OSCE training course that started in Khujand today...
OSCE media freedom representative protests prison sentence handed to publisher of book on Turkish history
Publishing date: 19 June 2008
Location: Türkiye
VIENNA, 19 June 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today condemned the five-month prison sentence handed down to Turkish publisher Ragip Zarakolu for "insulting the institutions of the Turkish Republic"...
OSCE media freedom official expresses concern about campaign against Radio Free Europe, detention of journalist in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 17 June 2008
What we do: Media pluralism, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
Location: Uzbekistan
VIENNA, 17 June 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, expressed today concern about recent cases of intimidation and harassment of non-governmental journalists in Uzbekistan...
Polish reform of public-service broadcasting should avoid politicized solutions, OSCE representative warns
Publishing date: 3 June 2008
What we do: Media laws, Media pluralism
Location: Poland
VIENNA, 3 June 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today that a rushed reform of the financing of Polish public-service broadcasting could menace its independence, and called for a de-politicized reform process...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Kyrgyz President to veto amendments that curb new public-service broadcaster's independence
Publishing date: 13 May 2008
What we do: Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 13 May 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media today asked Kyrgyz President Bakiev to veto recent amendments to the country's broadcasting law, saying they would eliminate the independence of the public-service broadcaster...
Public broadcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina faces multiple threats, warns OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 9 May 2008
What we do: Media laws, Media self-regulation, Safety of journalists
Location: Bosnia and Herzegovina
SARAJEVO, 9 May 2008- The future of public broadcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina is under threat and urgent action is needed, said Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, at a conference in Sarajevo which ended yesterday.