Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE media freedom representative urges Bulgarian authorities to swiftly prosecute violent attacks against journalists
Publishing date: 26 September 2008
VIENNA, 26 September 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today asked the Bulgarian authorities to accelerate the bringing to justice of perpetrators of recent violent attacks against journalists...
OSCE media freedom representative says journalists need free and safe access to Georgia's South Ossetia and Abkhazia regions
Publishing date: 22 September 2008
VIENNA, 22 September 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media called today for journalists' safe access to the crisis regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, now controlled by Russian forces, and urged unbiased reporting on all sides...
OSCE media freedom representative visits Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 5 September 2008
ASHGABAD, 5 September 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media visited Ashgabad from 2 to 4 September to meet...
OSCE media freedom representative protests against killing during police custody of web publisher in Russia's Ingushetia region
Publishing date: 2 September 2008
VIENNA, 2 September 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today called outrageous the killing of Magomed Evloyev, the publisher of the independent news website Ingushetiya.ru, who was shot in police custody...
OSCE media freedom watchdog calls Baku trial 'fake', aimed to discredit opposition journalist and protect his real attackers
Publishing date: 17 July 2008
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...
OSCE media freedom representative protests prison sentence handed to publisher of book on Turkish history
Publishing date: 19 June 2008
VIENNA, 19 June 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today condemned the five-month prison sentence handed down to Turkish publisher Ragip Zarakolu for "insulting the institutions of the Turkish Republic"...
OSCE media freedom official expresses concern about campaign against Radio Free Europe, detention of journalist in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 17 June 2008
VIENNA, 17 June 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, expressed today concern about recent cases of intimidation and harassment of non-governmental journalists in Uzbekistan...
Public broadcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina faces multiple threats, warns OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 9 May 2008
SARAJEVO, 9 May 2008- The future of public broadcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina is under threat and urgent action is needed, said Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, at a conference in Sarajevo which ended yesterday.
OSCE media freedom representative asks new Russian President to address media freedom challenges
Publishing date: 7 May 2008
VIENNA, 7 May 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, congratulated Dmitry Medvedev on assuming the Russian Presidency today, and asked him to undertake measures to improve the media freedom situation in his country...
Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, OSCE official calls on governments to lift restrictions, protect journalists from violence
Publishing date: 2 May 2008
VIENNA, 2 May 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, called on the OSCE participating States today to protect press freedom by curbing violence against journalists and abolishing undue restrictions on free speech...