Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE Media Representative: more needs to be done to safeguard journalists working in conflict zones
Publishing date: 27 November 2001
VIENNA, 27 November 2001-- Several journalists have been killed over the past weeks in Afghanistan. Fifty-six journalists have already been killed world-wide this year, up from 53 in 2000, according to the World Association of Newspapers...
OSCE sets up hot line for journalists in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 28 September 2001
VIENNA, 28 September 2001 (OSCE)-- In the aftermath of the attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., that led to numerous casualties and prompted governments to prepare to combat terror, hundreds of journalists are either on their way or are already...
OSCE Media Representative to hold discussions with journalists in Skopje
Publishing date: 10 September 2001
VIENNA, 10 September 2001 (OSCE)-- For 13 September 2001, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has invited journalists and editors for a one day conference on the tasks, the chances and the challenges of free journalism...
Freimut Duve concerned over attack on journalists in Genoa
Publishing date: 27 July 2001
VIENNA, 27 July 2001 (OSCE)-- On 27 July, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, intervened with the Italian Foreign Minister Renato Ruggiero regarding actions by the Italian police against journalists...
Freimut Duve: Russia allows a Tajik journalist to go back to his family
Publishing date: 12 July 2001
VIENNA, 12 July 2001 (OSCE)-- On 12 July, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on the recent case of Tajik journalist Dododjon Atovulloyev, detained at a Moscow airport...
OSCE Media Representative concerned about detention of Tajik journalist in Russia
Publishing date: 9 July 2001
VIENNA, 9 July 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed his concern about the detention of the Tajik journalist Dododjon Atovulloyev at a Moscow airport a day earlier...
Continued concern about harassment of media in Belarus
Publishing date: 22 June 2001
VIENNA, 22 June 2001 (OSCE)-- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has noted the following cases of media harassment in Belarus:
Concern over arrest of journalist in Belarus
Publishing date: 19 June 2001
VIENNA, 19 June 2001 (OSCE)-- Valeriy Shukin, a Belarus journalist and 13th Supreme Soviet Deputy, was incarcerated on 12 June 2001 for three months on charges of \"hooliganism.\" He was sentenced on 15 March...
Concern over attack against Cyprus daily
Publishing date: 25 May 2001
VIENNA, 25 May 2001 (OSCE)-- Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, is very much concerned about a recent attack against the independent daily newspaper \'Avrupa\' in the northern part of Cyprus. As a result of a bomb explosion...
Duve concerned about violent attacks against journalists in Spain
Publishing date: 25 May 2001
VIENNA, 25 May 2001 (OSCE)-- Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, addressed the Permanent Council yesterday expressing his great concern about the continuing violence against journalists in Spain...