Newsroom
Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Unprecedented fine imposed on Dogan Media Group threatens media pluralism in Turkey, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 16 September 2009
What we do: Media pluralism
Location: Türkiye
VIENNA, 16 September 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, expressed concern today over the "unprecedented" fine imposed on the Dogan Media Group in Turkey...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media asks Italian prime minister to drop libel lawsuits against two Italian dailies
Publishing date: 20 September 2009
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation
Location: Italy
VIENNA, 20 September 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, urged Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi today to drop two civil libel lawsuits against daily newspapers La Repubblica and L'Unità...
OSCE media freedom representative protests over authorities' actions against one of Kazakhstan's few independent newspapers
Publishing date: 22 September 2009
What we do: Media pluralism
Location: Kazakhstan
VIENNA, 22 September 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today the seizure of all copies of the independent Kazakh weekly Respublika- delovoye obozrenie and the freezing of the paper's accounts...
OSCE media freedom representative in Moscow to meet officials, address conference
Publishing date: 7 October 2009
Location: Russia
MOSCOW, 7 October 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today started a three-day visit to Moscow.
OSCE press freedom official offers Russian authorities co-operation on media freedom
Publishing date: 12 October 2009
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Human rights, Media freedom on the internet, Media laws, Safety of journalists
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 12 October 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today he has offered Russian authorities the co-operation of his office to tackle media freedom problems...
OSCE media freedom representative deplores latest imprisonments of journalists for defamation in Azerbaijan, calls for urgent reform
Publishing date: 14 October 2009
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Democratization, Human rights, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
Location: Azerbaijan
VIENNA, 14 October 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti condemned today recent criminal defamation trials in Azerbaijan which resulted in the conviction of five journalists, with two receiving prison sentences...
OSCE media freedom conference brings together participants from all five Central Asian countries
Publishing date: 16 October 2009
BISHKEK, 16 October 2009- Journalists and education experts from all Central Asian states- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan- discussed challenges to journalism in the region and issued recommendations on journalism...
OSCE Media Freedom official criticizes criminal charges against Russian rights defender
Publishing date: 28 October 2009
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 28 October 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today that criminal proceedings launched against Memorial chairman Oleg Orlov for his criticism of Ramzan Kadyrov,...
OSCE media freedom representative protests sentence handed down to Internet journalists in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 11 November 2009
Location: Azerbaijan
VIENNA, 11 November 2009- Miklos Haraszti, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, described today's sentencing of two Azerbaijani bloggers to prison terms on charges of alleged hooliganism and infliction of light bodily injuries as political...
OSCE media freedom watchdog welcomes United Kingdom's decriminalization of defamation, urges other states to follow
Publishing date: 17 November 2009
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation
Location: United Kingdom
VIENNA, 17 November 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, commended the United Kingdom today for decriminalizing defamation...