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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE Representative welcomes U.S. authorities’ decision to not call New York Times reporter as witness
Publishing date: 15 January 2015
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: United States of America
VIENNA, 15 January 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said the decision not requiring New York Times reporter James Risen to testify at a trial was a victory for investigative journalism and the protection of confidential sources...
OSCE representative calls on US law enforcement authorities to investigate arrests of reporters covering Ferguson demonstrations
Publishing date: 19 August 2014
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: United States of America
VIENNA, 19 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today urged U.S. law enforcement authorities to respect the right of media to cover public events without undue restraints in light of the arrest of three more journalists reporting on civil disturbances in Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri...
OSCE Representative says media has a right to cover civil disturbances without intimidation
Publishing date: 14 August 2014
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: United States of America
VIENNA, 14 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today that the arrest of two reporters covering civil disturbances in Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, was unacceptable and a clear violation of the right of media to cover news...
OSCE representative warns that U.S. proposed rules on net neutrality can hurt online media freedom
Publishing date: 16 June 2014
What we do: Media freedom on the internet
Location: United States of America
VIENNA, 16 JUNE 2014 – OSCE Media Freedom Representative Dunja Mijatović today expressed dissatisfaction with rules on net neutrality proposed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on US authorities to drop case against journalist
Publishing date: 3 June 2014
What we do: Media self-regulation
Location: United States of America
VIENNA, 3 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović, today said she was disappointed by the U.S. Supreme Court decision which may force a reporter to reveal their sources in a criminal trial...
OSCE media freedom representative appalled by attempts to force US reporter to reveal sources
Publishing date: 28 August 2013
What we do: Media self-regulation, Safety of journalists
Location: United States of America
VIENNA, 28 August 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today said she was appalled by a U.S. Department of Justice attempt to force a reporter to divulge sources in a criminal trial...
US government must safeguard journalists’ right to protect confidential sources, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 23 July 2013
What we do: Media self-regulation, Safety of journalists
Location: United States of America
VIENNA, 23 July 2013 –OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed her concern that the US government is forcing a reporter to testify in a criminal trial of a former Central Intelligence Agency official charged with disclosing classified information...
OSCE media freedom representative calls for U.S. national shield law
Publishing date: 28 May 2013
What we do: Media laws, Safety of journalists
Location: United States of America
VIENNA, 28 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, in a letter to the U.S. Helsinki Commission today, reiterated her call for a shield law to protect journalists and their sources in light of recent disclosures of state surveillance of journalists’ conversations...
OSCE media freedom representative distressed about U.S. Justice Department seizure of reporters’ phone records
Publishing date: 14 May 2013
What we do: Media laws, Safety of journalists
Location: United States of America
WARSAW, 14 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today said she was distressed over revelations that in 2012 the U.S. Department of Justice secretly seized two months of office, home and cell phone records from up to 20 phone lines assigned to The Associated Press reporters...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on police in U.S. to respect journalists’ rights when covering Occupy Wall Street
Publishing date: 19 September 2012
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: United States of America
VIENNA, 19 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, today expressed concern once again about police treatment of the media covering demonstrations marking the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City...