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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes U.S. rules on net neutrality that support a free and open Internet
Publishing date: 27 February 2015
VIENNA, 27 February 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed new rules adopted by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to protect an open Internet...
Journalists in Slovenia should not face criminal charges for their work, OSCE Representative says
Publishing date: 27 February 2015
VIENNA, 27 February 2015 – Slovenian authorities should amend provisions in the Criminal Code allowing for the prosecution of journalists, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today, following questioning of two journalists by the state public prosecutor in a defamation case...
Continued intimidation of media NGOs in Russia further endangers free media situation, Mijatović says
Publishing date: 24 February 2015
VIENNA, 24 February 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that the continued intimidation of the media NGOs in Russia further endangers the media freedom situation. Her comments come following a recent inspection of the Mass Media Defence Centre (MMDC) by the Justice Department of the Voronezh Region...
OSCE Representative welcomes release of journalist in Uzbekistan; calls for all journalists to be freed
Publishing date: 13 February 2015
VIENNA, 13 February 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the release of journalist Hairullo Khamidov, who has been imprisoned since 2010, and said the authorities should free all detained journalists in Uzbekistan...
OSCE Representative meets Serbian Minister of Culture and Information to discuss OSCE Chairmanship’s work plan on media freedom issues
Publishing date: 11 February 2015
VIENNA, 11 February 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović met today with Serbian Minister of Culture and Information Ivan Tasovac to discuss the Serbian OSCE Chairmanship’s work plan for media freedom issues...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 18:00 (Kyiv time), 8 February 2015
Publishing date: 9 February 2015
The SMM continued to monitor the implementation of the provisions of the Minsk Protocol and Memorandum and the work of the Joint Centre for Control and Co-ordination (JCCC).The SMM observed significant movement of military vehicles in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
Escalating threats and intimidation of female journalists online must be addressed, Mijatović says; calls on OSCE participating States for swift action
Publishing date: 6 February 2015
VIENNA, 6 February 2015 – Swift action is needed in order to deal with the growing number of attacks on female journalists online, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today as she presented a set of recommendations to address the problem.