Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE media watchdog concerned over increased pressure on media in Russia
Publishing date: 3 November 2002
VIENNA, 3 November 2002- Europe's media watchdog, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has expressed his concern regarding the recent prevailing climate of pressure on the media in Russia...
OSCE Media Representative criticizes restrictive media law drafted in German City-State
Publishing date: 21 October 2002
VIENNA, 21 October 2002- OSCE's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, sent a letter to the German Foreign Minister, Joschka Fischer, criticizing a draft law proposed by the Senator of the Interior of German City-State...
Central Asian journalists adopt declaration on media freedom and corruption
Publishing date: 30 September 2002
TASHKENT, 30 September 2002- The media should be free to play their fundamental role as society's watchdog against corruption, journalists from five Central Asian states said in a final declaration adopted at the end of an OSCE media conference...
OSCE and Council of Europe roundtable in Kyiv focussed on media legislation in Ukraine
Publishing date: 27 September 2002
KYIV, 27 September 2002- Media legislation in the Ukraine and the country's adherence to European standards was the focus of a roundtable held in Kyiv on 24 September that brought together parliamentarians, government officials, media professionals...
Fourth Central Asia Media Conference focuses on media freedom and corruption
Publishing date: 26 September 2002
TASHKENT, 26 September 2002- The media coverage of corruption has a "corrective function" in the newly emerging democracies and on their economies, a leading European media watchdog, Freimut Duve, told a conference of more than 100 media...
OSCE Media Representative concerned over sentencing of a Belarusian journalist, calls for repealing criminal libel laws
Publishing date: 17 September 2002
VIENNA, 17 September 2002- Europe's top media watchdog, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has expressed his concern today about the sentencing of the Belarusian journalist, Viktor Ivashkevich, for allegedly insulting...
OSCE Media Representative urges Ukrainian authorities to step up efforts to find murderers of independent journalist
Publishing date: 16 September 2002
VIENNA, 16 September 2002- Two years to the day after the disappearance and subsequent murder of the Ukrainian journalist Georgiy Gongadze, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has urged the Ukrainian authorities...
OSCE Media Representative demands action after attack on Kazakh journalist
Publishing date: 3 September 2002
VIENNA, 3 September 2002-- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has asked the Government of Kazakhstan to bring to justice those responsible for the attack on Sergei Duvanov, a journalist and human rights defender...
OSCE condemns violent attack on journalist in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 30 August 2002
WARSAW/VIENNA, 30 August 2002- The two OSCE institutions dealing with human rights and media freedom today jointly condemned the violent attack on Sergei Duvanov, a journalist and human rights defender who was assaulted and severely injured...
Defence of a common future in Kosovo
Publishing date: 21 August 2002
VIENNA, 21 August 2002- The mobile.culture.container is a project of the Fund In Defence of our Future. Its initiator is Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. The project operates in the framework of the Stability Pact...