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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE media freedom representative lauds passage of defamation bill by British Parliament
Publishing date: 25 April 2013
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media laws
Location: United Kingdom
VIENNA, 25 April 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today hailed the adoption of a defamation law by the British Parliament that would make it harder for lawsuits to be pursued against media...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Italian Senate’s rejection of libel legislation, calls for full decriminalization of defamation
Publishing date: 28 November 2012
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media laws
Location: Italy
VIENNA, 28 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today the rejection by the Senate in Rome of the proposal to retain imprisonment for defamation in the Italian Criminal Code...
Italy should not jail journalists for libel says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 16 November 2012
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Safety of journalists
Location: Italy
VIENNA, 16 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today over pending legislation that would make imprisonment a penalty for criminal libel in Italy...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Skopje authorities’ decriminalization of libel
Publishing date: 14 November 2012
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media laws
Location: North Macedonia
VIENNA, 14 November 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today commended the government and Parliament in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for decriminalizing defamation...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Lithuanian court ruling, calls for decriminalization of defamation
Publishing date: 29 October 2012
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation
Location: Lithuania
ASTANA, 29 October 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today welcomed a Vilnius appellate court’s ruling dismissing criminal libel claims against Dainius Radzevičius, the chair of the Lithuanian Journalists’ Union...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Ukrainian parliament’s decision rejecting re-criminalization of libel
Publishing date: 2 October 2012
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation
Location: Ukraine
MOSCOW, 2 October 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, commended today the decision by the Verkhovna Rada (the parliament) of Ukraine to reject re-criminalization of defamation...
OSCE media freedom representative deplores Italian criminal defamation ruling, urges law reform
Publishing date: 27 September 2012
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media laws
Location: Italy
VIENNA, 27 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called on the Italian authorities to reform libel laws following an Italian high court ruling upholding the criminal conviction and 14-month prison sentence imposed on Allessandro Sallusti, former editor of the newspaper Libero...
OSCE media freedom representative visits Serbia, urges government to speed up media reforms
Publishing date: 20 September 2012
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media laws, Media self-regulation, Safety of journalists
Location: Serbia
BELGRADE, 20 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today urged the Serbian government to accelerate reforms to safeguard media freedom...
Ukraine plans to re-criminalize defamation a ‘setback’, warns OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 19 September 2012
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation
Location: Ukraine
VIENNA, 19 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, expressed concern today over legislative steps towards re-criminalizing defamation in Ukraine...
Poland should abolish criminal defamation, says OSCE media freedom representative following conviction of editor
Publishing date: 17 September 2012
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation
Location: Poland
VIENNA, 17 September 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today criticised a criminal conviction of Robert Frycz, the editor of Antykomor.pl website, for insulting the President of Poland, and called for decriminalization of defamation in the country...