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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE media freedom representative promotes media development in Central Asia
Publishing date: 19 October 2006
What we do: Digital switchover, Media laws
BISHKEK, 19 October 2006- Legal issues and other challenges related to the privatization of the media was the focus of a one-day conference today in Bishkek attended by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti...
OSCE Representative urges French Senate to reject criminalization of Armenian genocide denial
Publishing date: 17 October 2006
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media laws
Location: France
VIENNA, 17 October 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media expressed his concern about the French National Assembly's adoption in a first reading of an amendment that aims to criminalize the denial that the 1915 killings of Armenians in...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes highest UK court's decision backing investigative journalism
Publishing date: 16 October 2006
What we do: Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
Location: United Kingdom
VIENNA, 16 October 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media praised the decision of the Law Lords, Britain's highest court, to grant journalists the right to publish unproven allegations in cases of public interest, provided that...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Azerbaijan's president to decriminalize defamation
Publishing date: 9 October 2006
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation
Location: Azerbaijan
BAKU, 9 October 2006- The OSCE Media Freedom Representative, Miklos Haraszti, today urged Azerbaijan's president and foreign minister to decriminalize defamation...
OSCE Chairman shocked by murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya
Publishing date: 7 October 2006
BRUSSELS, 7 October 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed profound shock today about the news of the murder of prominent Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. "I condemn the murder...
Irish draft bill on defamation major improvement, but job unfinished, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 29 September 2006
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation
Location: Ireland
VIENNA, 29 September 2006- A legal review presented today to the Irish government by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media says draft bills on defamation and privacy contain major improvements, but need to completely decriminalize defamation...
OSCE welcomes establishment of media ethics council in Albania
Publishing date: 28 September 2006
TIRANA/VIENNA, 28 September 2006- The OSCE Representative on the Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, and the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Pavel Vacek, welcomed today the creation of the Albanian Council on Media Ethics...
Amended Kazakh media law needs further improvements, OSCE media freedom representative says
Publishing date: 27 September 2006
What we do: Digital switchover, Media laws, Media pluralism
Location: Kazakhstan
VIENNA, 27 September 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has presented a comprehensive report to the Kazakh authorities that includes recommendations to improve the recently amended media law of Kazakhstan...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attacks on Hungarian Public Television building
Publishing date: 19 September 2006
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Safety of journalists
Location: Hungary
VIENNA, 19 September 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today he condemns last night's violent attacks on the building of the Hungarian public television in Budapest. "The independence of...
OSCE media freedom representative calls for transparency in handling of imprisoned Turkmenistan journalist's death
Publishing date: 14 September 2006
What we do: Human rights, Safety of journalists
Location: Turkmenistan
VIENNA, 14 September 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today urged the Turkmenistan authorities to handle the death of Radio Free Europe reporter Ogulsapar Muradova in a transparent way...