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Press statements of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes decision lifting ban on Russian journalist
Publishing date: 8 May 2014
What we do: Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
Location: Russia
ISTANBUL, 8 May 2014 – OSCE Media Freedom Representative Dunja Mijatović today welcomed a court decision lifting an order banning journalist Aksana Panova from working as a journalist...
Attempts to overregulate Internet undermine free speech and free media in Russia, says OSCE representative
Publishing date: 23 April 2014
What we do: Media freedom on the internet
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 23 April 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today criticized new legislation increasing government regulation of the Internet in the Russian Federation...
Russian Supreme Court rules in support of media freedom, says OSCE representative
Publishing date: 27 March 2014
What we do: Media laws, Media pluralism
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 27 March 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today in a letter to Russian Federation Supreme Court Chair Vyacheslav Lebedev welcomed the court’s decision to reinstate Rosbalt news agency’s certificate of registration as a mass media outlet...
Communiqué by OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on blocking television channels
Publishing date: 27 March 2014
What we do: Media laws, Media pluralism
Location: Russia
Recently politicians, lawmakers and regulators in Ukraine have expressed concern about the influence of Russian television on information security or other national interests. These concerns are often followed by actions that effectively suspend or ban all or some programmes produced in Russia. In a similar development, de facto authorities in Crimea several weeks ago abruptly and brutally switched off almost all Ukrainian television channels and replaced them with channels originating from the Russian Federation.
Exclusion of TV channel Dozhd poses serious threat to media freedom in Russia, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 5 February 2014
What we do: Media pluralism
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 5 February 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed her concern about the exclusion of the independent television station Dozhd by major cable and satellite operators...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about conviction of Russian journalist, calls to lift ban on prohibition from working
Publishing date: 9 January 2014
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 9 January 2014 – OSCE Media Freedom Representative Dunja Mijatović today expressed her concern over the sentence handed down to journalist Aksana Panova, founder and former chief editor of the Ura.ru and chief editor of Znak.com news agency in Yekaterinburg, Russia.
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes conviction of architect of murder of Novaya Gazeta journalist
Publishing date: 20 December 2013
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Safety of journalists
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 20 December 2013- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the conviction of the person who ordered the murder of Igor Domnikov, a Novaya Gazeta journalist killed in 2000...
OSCE representative concerned about amendments to information law in Russia that might limit media freedom
Publishing date: 20 December 2013
What we do: Media freedom on the internet, Media laws
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 20 December 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about draft amendments to the information law of the Russian Federation which might restrict access to the Internet and limit media freedom and freedom of expression...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about decision to strip Russia’s Rosbalt news agency of registration
Publishing date: 4 November 2013
What we do: Media laws, Media pluralism
Location: Russia
VIENNA, 4 November 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about developments regarding Rosbalt information agency, one of the biggest online news portals in Russia...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attack on Russian journalist, calls for thorough investigation
Publishing date: 24 October 2013
What we do: Safety of journalists
Location: Russia