Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about disappearance of journalist in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 23 September 2013
WARSAW, 23 September 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about the disappearance of independent journalist Sergej Naumov in Uzbekistan.
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes media legislation reform in Uzbekistan, says new technologies must result in more, not less media freedom
Publishing date: 8 November 2011
TASHKENT, 8 November 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today the readiness of Uzbekistan’s authorities to reform media legislation, which is needed to ensure media diversity...
OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern over continuing harassment of journalists in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 24 September 2010
VIENNA, 24 September 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, said today that she is alarmed by the unrelenting judicial pressure exerted on independent journalists in Uzbekistan...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about persecution of journalists in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 2 February 2010
VIENNA, 2 February 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today that he was deeply concerned by the continuing harassment of journalists in Uzbekistan...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over journalist's sentence in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 5 August 2009
VIENNA, 5 August 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, urged Uzbekistan's authorities today to review the case of journalist Dilmurod Saidov (pen name Saiid), who was sentenced to 12-and-a-half years in prison...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Uzbek government to dismiss journalist's 10-year prison sentence
Publishing date: 15 October 2008
VIENNA, 15 October 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today asked the Uzbek government to review on appeal the 10-year prison sentence handed to well-known journalist Salidzhon Abdurakhmanov...
OSCE media freedom official expresses concern about campaign against Radio Free Europe, detention of journalist in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 17 June 2008
VIENNA, 17 June 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, expressed today concern about recent cases of intimidation and harassment of non-governmental journalists in Uzbekistan...
Harsh sentence of Uzbek journalist violates commitments, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 2 May 2007
VIENNA, 2 May 2007- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media condemned today the 7-year prison sentence handed down to Umida Niyazova, an Uzbek investigative journalist collecting materials about the Andijan tragedy in 2005.
OSCE Representative calls for release of Uzbek journalist
Publishing date: 13 March 2007
VIENNA, 13 March 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has called for the release of the detained Uzbek journalist and human rights activist, Umida Niyazova...
OSCE media watchdog issues report on work of media during Andijan crisis in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 15 June 2005
VIENNA, 15 June 2005- The coverage of the events and the Government's handling of the press during the Andijan crisis in Uzbekistan last May are the subject of a report issued today by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. It provides...