Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE Mission condemns bomb attack on Croatian publisher
Publishing date: 3 March 2003
ZAGREB, 3 March 2003- The OSCE Mission to Croatia has condemned Saturday's bombing of the car belonging to the prominent Croatian publisher, Ninoslav Pavic, owner of the media house, Europapress Holding. While the act of terror...
OSCE Media Representative responds to criticism from Italian parliamentarian
Publishing date: 25 February 2003
VIENNA, 25 February 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has responded to criticism from an Italian member of Parliament regarding his position on the concentration of media ownership in Italy. During the...
OSCE Media Representative concerned about continued harassment of media in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 4 February 2003
VIENNA, 4 February 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed his alarm today at the continuing use of defamation suits against independent newspapers in Azerbaijan and the growing frustration of journalists...
OSCE calls for immediate review of trial of Kazakh journalist Duvanov
Publishing date: 28 January 2003
WARSAW/VIENNA, 28 January 2003- The two OSCE institutions dealing with human rights and media freedom today expressed their concern about the trial of Kazakh journalist and human rights defender Sergei Duvanov and called for an immediate review...
OSCE media watchdog criticises U.S. Patriot Act
Publishing date: 23 January 2003
VIENNA, 23 January 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today criticised the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) in the United States for monitoring...
OSCE Media Representative blasts "Stalinist" propaganda methods on Turkmen TV
Publishing date: 16 January 2003
VIENNA, 16 January 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, strongly condemned the abuse of the television media in Turkmenistan to humiliate and destroy individuals accused of an alleged attack against the...
OSCE sees progress in draft law on Croatian Radio-TV
Publishing date: 18 December 2002
ZAGREB, 18 December 2002- The latest draft law on Croatian Radio-Television (HRT), currently before Parliament, is an improvement on previous drafts and with a few changes, could provide a good basis for a new law, according to...
OSCE conference discusses Tajik media legislation
Publishing date: 18 December 2002
DUSHANBE, 18 December 2002- "We need to improve our media legislation using the experiences of European and other countries", said Ibragim Usmanov, State Adviser to the President of Tajikistan, at an OSCE-organized...
Journalists should not be imprisoned for what they write, say OSCE and Council of Europe
Publishing date: 16 December 2002
BELGRADE, 16 December 2002- The OSCE and the Council of Europe responded to the imposition of a one-month prison term on a former editor-in-chief of the Montenegrin daily "Dan" by sending a letter to the authorities of the FRY and
OSCE Media Representative concerned at human rights situation in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 12 December 2002
VIENNA, 12 December 2002- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, voiced his concern over the recent arrest in Turkmenistan of Russian journalist Leonid Komarovsky, allegedly in connection with an attack...