News and press releases

VIENNA, 12 December 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today denounced the continued oppression of free media in Belarus, following recent and repeated persecutions of journalists and members of the independent Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ)...

BASEL, Switzerland, 5 December 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the arrest of Azerbaijani journalist Khadija Ismailova...

Basel, 03 December 2014 – In his capacity as Chairperson-in-Office of the OSCE, Didier Burkhalter attended the closing session of the Parallel Civil Society Conference, held in the margins of the Ministerial Council meeting on 02 and 03 December. In Basel, more than 100 civil society representatives discussed and adopted concrete recommendations directed at the OSCE, its Institutions, field presence and participating States. In addition to the CiO, the closing session of the conference was attended by Ambassador Dejan Šahović, Head of the Serbian Chairmanship Task Force, and Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR).

CHISINAU, 1 December 2014 – The 30 November parliamentary elections were characterized by a wide choice of political alternatives and were generally well administered, although the deregistration of one electoral contestant shortly before election day raised questions about the timing and circumstances, international election observers said in a statement issued today. While contestants enjoyed unimpeded access to the media, political influence in broadcast media led to partisan reporting...

ASHGABAT, 28 November 2014 – Launching and managing online resources of state institutions was the topic of an OSCE-organized course that concluded in Ashgabat today...

The deteriorating situation for journalists’ safety and the growing phenomenon of propaganda pose serious threats to free media, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today when presenting her latest semi-annual report on media freedom developments in the OSCE region over the past six months...

VIENNA, 26 November 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that a court injunction forcing the shutdown of the weekly magazine ADAMbol in Kazakhstan poses a threat to free media in the country.