Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Azerbaijani authorities to stop imprisonment of journalists
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
VIENNA, 27 September 2013 –OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the Azerbaijani authorities to stop prosecution of journalists following the handing down of a prison sentence to newspaper editor Hilal Mamedov...
Second journalist detained in Russia must be set free, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 27 September 2013
VIENNA, 27 September 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the Russian authorities to release another journalist arrested while covering the Greenpeace action at Gazprom’s Prirazlomnaya platform...
OSCE conference participants make recommendations on improving media environment in South East Europe
Publishing date: 1 October 2013
From 18 to 20 September 2013, more than 180 journalists, representatives of civil society, government and academics, along with international experts, gathered in Tirana, Albania, to take part in the 3rd South East Europe Media Conference...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack against Azerbaijani journalists
Publishing date: 4 October 2013
VIENNA, 4 October 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned an attack on a group of journalists in Sabirabad region in central Azerbaijan and called on the authorities to carry out a swift investigation...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns parcel bomb delivery to Italian newspaper
Publishing date: 7 October 2013
VIENNA, 7 October 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the delivery of a parcel bomb to the Turin headquarters of the daily newspaper La Stampa...
OSCE media freedom representative says developments in Lithuania harmful to freedom of expression
Publishing date: 9 October 2013
VIENNA, 10 October 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović expressed her concern today about the Radio and Television Commission’s decision to suspend the broadcasting of the First Baltic Channel’s (PBK) programmes for three months in Lithuania...
OSCE representative welcomes legislative amendments in Moldova in support of media freedom
Publishing date: 14 October 2013
VIENNA, 14 October 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed a decision of the Moldovan Parliament that will allow for open public debate and dissemination of information on the topic of ‘non-traditional family relations’...
OSCE representative concerned about recent negative media freedom developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 18 October 2013
VIENNA, 18 October 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about a damage award handed down against a journalist for defaming the president of Republika Srpska, and other recent media freedom developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina...
OSCE media freedom representative deeply concerned over today’s conviction of journalist in Skopje
Publishing date: 21 October 2013
VIENNA, 21 October 2013- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed deep concern about the sentencing of journalist Tomislav Kezarovski to four and a half years in prison by the Skopje First Basic Court...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on newspaper premises in Moscow
Publishing date: 22 October 2013
YEREVAN, 22 October 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned an attack on the editorial office of Moskovskiy Komsomolets daily in Moscow. During the attack, a number of burning objects were thrown into the lobby of the editorial office, resulting in several people requiring medical help...