Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE Media Representative concerned over size of libel case fine in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 July 2004
VIENNA, 22 July 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, is concerned about the high level of a fine imposed on the Kazakh weekly newspaper Assandi-Times, and has raised the case with Kasymzhomart Tokayev...
OSCE Media Representative appalled by murder of Russian Forbes magazine editor
Publishing date: 12 July 2004
VIENNA, 12 July 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said on Monday he was appalled at the murder of magazine editor Paul Khlebnikov in Moscow. "I am horrified at this brutal killing and call on the Russian...
OSCE Media Representative asks Hungary and Poland to remove prison sentences from libel law
Publishing date: 9 July 2004
VIENNA, 9 July 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has raised with the Justice Ministers in both Hungary and Poland several recent cases of journalists being sentenced to prison for libel...
OSCE Media Representative concerned about deportation of journalist from Belarus
Publishing date: 23 June 2004
VIENNA, 23 June 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has expressed his serious concern about the decision on 21 June by the Belarusian security services, the KGB, to deport Mihail Padalyak, a journalist from the...
OSCE Media Representative discusses hard-hitting report on Kosovo media face-to-face with journalists
Publishing date: 6 May 2004
VIENNA, 6 May 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, presented his recent critical report on the media behaviour during the mid-March riots in Kosovo to TV, radio and print journalists at press conferences he gave in...
OSCE free media representative finds Kosovo press coverage of March violence "reckless and sensationalist"
Publishing date: 22 April 2004
VIENNA, 22 April 2004- The recent violence in Kosovo might have been avoided without the "reckless and sensationalist reporting" by local media, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today...
OSCE Media Representative greets decision by Kazakhstan President to send media law for review
Publishing date: 8 April 2004
VIENNA, 8 April 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has expressed his satisfaction with the decision of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev to send a contested draft media law to the Constitutional Council...
OSCE Media Representative asks for charges to be dropped against two journalists in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 6 April 2004
VIENNA, 6 April 2004- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, asked the Turkmen Government to drop all charges against Rakhim Esenov and Ashyrguly Bayryev, who were arrested by the National Security Ministry on...
New OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media addresses Permanent Council
Publishing date: 11 March 2004
VIENNA, 11 March 2004- The newly appointed OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti today delivered his first address to the OSCE Permanent Council. "In my work, I will not differentiate between the West and the East...
Miklos Haraszti appointed OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Publishing date: 9 March 2004
VIENNA, 9 March 2004- Miklos Haraszti has been appointed OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media with effect from 10 March 2004. In a letter announcing Haraszti's appointment for a period of three years, the OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Bulgarian...