Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Freedom of media should remain priority for authorities in Ukraine, Mijatović says during visit to Kyiv
Publishing date: 19 March 2015
KYIV, 19 March 2015 – Ending her four-day visit to Kyiv, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that the current crisis in and around Ukraine continues to negatively influence free media and journalists’ safety in the country...
OSCE Representative meets Serbian Prime Minister to discuss media freedom issues
Publishing date: 27 March 2015
BELGRADE, 27 March 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović met with the Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić today to discuss media freedom issues in Serbia and the OSCE region...
Website blocking in France; other anti-terrorist legislation in some OSCE countries may curb free expression, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 30 March 2015
VIENNA, 30 March 2015- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today that the unilateral decisions by the Interior Ministry in France, without judicial oversight, to block five websites for allegedly causing or promoting terrorism represents a serious threat to free expression and free media...
Jadranka Kostova case: Lustration process should not be tool to supress critical voices, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 31 March 2015
VIENNA, 31 March 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern over a decision by the Data Verification Commission in Skopje to declare Jadranka Kostova, editor-in-chief of weekly magazine Fokus, a secret services informant from1993 to 1996...
OSCE Representative welcomes convictions for murder of Russian journalist
Publishing date: 31 March 2015
VIENNA, 31 March 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the sentences of two people for the murder of newspaper editor Abdulmalik Akhmedilov in August 2009 in Makhachkala, in the Russian Republic of Dagestan...
OSCE Representative Mijatović warns of further restrictions to media pluralism and access to information in Crimea, Ukraine
Publishing date: 1 April 2015
Collections: Statements from OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on media freedom situation in Crimea, Ukraine
VIENNA, 1 April 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that media pluralism and access to information in Crimea, Ukraine, have been limited even further, following the end of the imposed re-registration period for all media outlets by 1 April 2015...
Practice of oppressing members of media in Belarus must change, OSCE Representative says
Publishing date: 3 April 2015
VIENNA, 3 April 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today reiterated her call on the Belarussian authorities to stop persecuting members of the media, following continued and repeated intimidations of journalists for doing their job...
OSCE Representative welcomes new legislation to foster media freedom in Ukraine
Publishing date: 7 April 2015
VIENNA, 7 April 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed new legislation to foster the development of public broadcasting in Ukraine...
BiH government should do utmost to ensure sustainability of public broadcasting system and urgently address digital switchover, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 7 April 2015
VIENNA, 7 April 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović is calling on the new government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to deal with pressing issues that could further undermine the fragile media freedom situation in the country, including the sustainability of public broadcasting and implementation of the digital switchover...
OSCE media freedom representative calls for decriminalization of defamation in Greece after journalist sentenced to 26 months on libel charges
Publishing date: 8 April 2015
VIENNA, 8 April 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the recent libel conviction and sentence imposed on journalist Kostas Vaxevanis for stories written about banking practices in Greece...