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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE Representative calls for release of detained journalist in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 12 August 2015
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Turkmenistan
VIENNA, 12 August 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the authorities in Turkmenistan to release journalist Saparmamed Nepeskuliev...
OSCE Representative condemns killing of journalist in Azerbaijan, calls on President Aliyev to ensure safety of journalists and free media
Publishing date: 11 August 2015
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Azerbaijan
VIENNA, 11 August 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the recent killing of journalist Rasim Aliyev in Azerbaijan, following a letter she wrote to the President of Azerbaijan, calling on the authorities to ensure journalists’ safety and reverse the rapidly deteriorating media freedom situation in the country...
Charges against journalists covering events in Ferguson, USA, should be dropped, OSCE media freedom representative says
Publishing date: 11 August 2015
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: United States of America
VIENNA, 11 August 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today criticized the decision to pursue criminal charges against two journalists for their actions while covering the August 2014 protests in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, in the United States...
OSCE Representative says excessive court measures against television station in Georgia may pose a threat to media pluralism
Publishing date: 11 August 2015
What we do: Media pluralism
Location: Georgia
VIENNA, 11 August 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that excessive court measures against the Georgian television channel Rustavi 2 based on an ownership dispute may pose a threat to free media and media pluralism...
OSCE representative warns about impact on free media of criminal investigation of Netzpolitik.org journalists in Germany
Publishing date: 4 August 2015
What we do: Media freedom on the internet
Location: Germany
VIENNA, 4 August 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said the launch of a treason investigation in Germany against the owner and a reporter for a website could harm reporting in the public interest...
OSCE Representative presents analysis of draft amendments to Moldova’s Audiovisual Code
Publishing date: 3 August 2015
What we do: Media laws
Location: Moldova
VIENNA, 3 August 2015 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today presented a legal analysis of two draft laws amending the Audiovisual Code of the Republic of Moldova, commissioned by her Office to assist the authorities in their efforts to improve the national media legislation...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on journalist, calls on authorities in Skopje for swift investigation
Publishing date: 23 July 2015
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: North Macedonia
VIENNA, 23 July 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today wrote to Foreign Minister Nikola Poposki in Skopje, calling for a swift and transparent investigation following a recent attack on a journalist in the country...
Arrest of journalist underscores need for urgent reform of defamation law in Mongolia, Mijatović says
Publishing date: 22 July 2015
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Safety of journalists
Location: Mongolia
VIENNA, 22 July 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that the arrest of Sodnomdarjaa Battulga, a journalist with Info.mn news website, is disproportionate and excessive, and underscores the need for abolishing criminal defamation in Mongolia...
OSCE Representative welcomes transparent process to create policy document for information security in Ukraine, presents legal analysis
Publishing date: 22 July 2015
What we do: Media laws
Location: Ukraine
VIENNA, 22 July 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the transparency and openness of the process to create the draft Information Security Concept of Ukraine. She also presented a legal analysis of the document commissioned by her Office...
OSCE Representative releases recommendations from June conference on journalists’ safety, now endorsed by Russia and Ukraine media unions at Vienna roundtable
Publishing date: 20 July 2015
Collections: Two Countries – One Profession: A dialogue between journalists’ organizations from Russia and Ukraine
What we do: Safety of journalists
Locations: Russia, Ukraine
VIENNA, 20 July 2015 – Senior representatives of journalists’ professional unions from Russia and Ukraine today discussed and endorsed the key recommendations by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media that followed the conference “Journalists’ Safety, Media Freedom and Pluralism in Times of Conflict” held in Vienna on 15 and16 June 2015.