Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE representative concerned about recent negative media freedom developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 18 October 2013
VIENNA, 18 October 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about a damage award handed down against a journalist for defaming the president of Republika Srpska, and other recent media freedom developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns media intimidation in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 20 September 2013
TIRANA, 20 September 2013- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned two attacks on the media in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Last evening, the front door of the editorial office of Slobodna Bosna weekly was set on fire; at the same time in Mostar, graffiti appeared containing threats against local journalist Nermin Bise...
Criminal prosecution of journalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina endangers right to free expression, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 13 September 2013
VIENNA, 13 September 2013 – Today’s news that a court has confirmed a criminal indictment by a group of journalists against other journalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina is deeply alarming and embarrassing, OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović said today...
OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern about access to information law amendments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 4 June 2013
MINSK, 4 June 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern that draft amendments to the Law on Freedom of Access to Information of Bosnia and Herzegovina would curtail access to information...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned by threats against journalists in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 16 April 2013
VIENNA, 16 April 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today about threats against journalists Predrag Lucić and Nebojša Vukanović in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She called on the authorities to condemn such threats and ensure journalists’ safety...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about weakening of public service broadcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 14 January 2013
VIENNA, 14 January 2013- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern about amendments to the public broadcasting legislation that would create another public service broadcaster in Bosnia and Herzegovina, thus damaging financial sustainability of the current public broadcasting system...
Greater independence in public broadcasting and broadcast regulation needed in Bosnia and Herzegovina, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 26 September 2012
VIENNA, 26 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Fletcher Burton and the Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Bosnia and Herzegovina/EU Special Representative, Ambassador Peter Sørensen, today called for legal reforms to ensure the independence of the public service broadcasters and broadcast regulator in Bosnia and Herzegovina...
Attack on editor in Bosnia and Herzegovina unacceptable, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 20 July 2012
VIENNA, 20 July 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today strongly condemned the brutal beating of Štefica Galić, editor-in chief of the webportal tačno.net...
Decision on public broadcaster in Bosnia and Herzegovina should be assessed by Constitutional Court, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 5 July 2012
ASHGABAT, 5 July 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, speaking from a media conference in Ashgabat, today urged the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to turn to the Constitutional Court for clarification on the constitutionality of the Federation’s recent parliamentary decision on the public broadcaster’s steering board...
OSCE media representative says Bosnia and Herzegovina urgently needs to uphold the editorial and political independence of its public service broadcaster
Publishing date: 25 May 2011
VIENNA, 25 May 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, said today that the recent changes to the statute of Bosnia and Herzegovina’s public service broadcaster (BHRT) may undermine its editorial independence...