Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE media freedom representative calls upon governments in South Eastern Europe to safeguard media independence
Publishing date: 14 October 2011
SARAJEVO, 14 October 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called upon governments and businesses in South Eastern Europe to refrain from politicizing the media and urged journalists to enhance their co-operation and professional standards...
OSCE media freedom representative urges swift investigation into latest attack against Bulgarian journalist
Publishing date: 14 October 2011
SARAJEVO, 14 October 2011 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today strongly condemned the bomb attack targeted at Bulgarian television journalist Sasho Dikov and urged the authorities to carry out a swift and transparent investigation...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes release of Tajik journalists, calls for their acquittal
Publishing date: 17 October 2011
VIENNA, 17 October 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today the release from custody of two Tajik journalists convicted on charges resulting from their professional activities, and called for their acquittal.
OSCE media freedom representative opens annual media conference in Tbilisi, calls for Internet to remain free in South Caucasus
Publishing date: 20 October 2011
TBILISI, 20 October 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today opened the eighth annual South Caucasus Media Conference, focusing this year on media pluralism and Internet governance...
Lithuania should decriminalize defamation, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 24 October 2011
VIENNA, 24 October 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern at the criminal defamation trial of Dainius Radzevičius, the Chairman of the Lithuanian Union of Journalists, that started in Vilnius today...
Authorities and media must respect role of journalists, says OSCE media freedom representative in Skopje
Publishing date: 27 October 2011
SKOPJE, 27 October 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, concluded today her first official visit to Skopje where she discussed the country’s media freedom situation with journalists and government officials...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on French magazine’s office
Publishing date: 2 November 2011
VIENNA, 2 November 2011 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, condemned the petrol-bomb attack on the editorial offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris today...
OSCE media freedom representative on visit to Tajikistan welcomes co-operation, offers assistance to strengthen pluralism, reform legislation
Publishing date: 4 November 2011
DUSHANBE, 4 November 2011- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, during her official three-day visit to Tajikistan starting today offered to the country’s authorities assistance and expertise of her Office to promote media pluralism and reform legislation...
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 growing number of libel lawsuits in Armenia
Publishing date: 10 November 2011
VIENNA, 10 November 2011 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, in a letter to Armenia’s Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian expressed concern today over the growing number of libel suits filed against Armenia’s news outlets, and called upon the authorities to further reform the legislation to adequately protect the media in civil defamation cases...