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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE media freedom representative calls on South Caucasus states to fully implement access to information laws
Publishing date: 12 November 2010
What we do: Human rights, Media laws
Locations: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
TBILISI, 12 November 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, today called on the authorities of Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia to respect the right of people's access to government-held information...
OSCE media representative condemns new sentencing of Azerbaijani journalist
Publishing date: 6 July 2010
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Safety of journalists
Location: Azerbaijan
VIENNA, 6 July 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, condemned an additional jail sentence of 2.5 years handed down today to Eynulla Fatullayev, one of Azerbaijan's most prominent investigative journalists...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Azerbaijani authorities to comply with European court ruling, release journalist Fatullayev
Publishing date: 22 April 2010
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Azerbaijan
VIENNA, 22 April 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, called on Azerbaijani authorities today to comply with a European Court of Human Rights ruling and immediately release journalist Eynulla Fatullayev from custody...
OSCE media freedom representative denounces 'new provocation' against jailed Azerbaijani journalist
Publishing date: 30 December 2009
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Azerbaijan
VIENNA, 30 December 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, condemned in strong terms today Azerbaijani officials' claims that jailed journalist Eynulla Fatullayev had been found in possession of drugs...
OSCE media freedom representative protests sentence handed down to Internet journalists in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 11 November 2009
Location: Azerbaijan
VIENNA, 11 November 2009- Miklos Haraszti, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, described today's sentencing of two Azerbaijani bloggers to prison terms on charges of alleged hooliganism and infliction of light bodily injuries as political...
OSCE media freedom representative deplores latest imprisonments of journalists for defamation in Azerbaijan, calls for urgent reform
Publishing date: 14 October 2009
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Democratization, Human rights, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
Location: Azerbaijan
VIENNA, 14 October 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti condemned today recent criminal defamation trials in Azerbaijan which resulted in the conviction of five journalists, with two receiving prison sentences...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Azerbaijan to improve media freedom, hopes detained bloggers may be released soon
Publishing date: 10 September 2009
What we do: Media self-regulation, Safety of journalists
Location: Azerbaijan
BAKU, 10 September 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today criticized the continued imprisonment of media workers in Azerbaijan and called for the repeal of recently imposed restrictive media regulations...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes release of imprisoned journalists, urges legal reform in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 21 April 2009
What we do: Human rights, Media laws, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
Location: Azerbaijan
VIENNA, 21 April 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, welcomed today the pardoning by Azerbaijan's Parliament of two imprisoned journalists and the release of a third by a court...
Azerbaijan's ban on foreign FM radio broadcasting is serious step backwards, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 30 December 2008
What we do: Media pluralism
Location: Azerbaijan
VIENNA, 30 December 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, criticized Azerbaijan's decision today to bar foreign broadcasters from FM radio frequencies as a step backwards for democracy, and urged Baku to reconsider...
OSCE media freedom watchdog calls Baku trial 'fake', aimed to discredit opposition journalist and protect his real attackers
Publishing date: 17 July 2008
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Azerbaijan
VIENNA, 17 July 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, condemned today the trial against Sergey Strekalin, who was sentenced to one and a half years in prison for his self-confessed stabbing of journalist Agil Khalil...