News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights and OSCE media freedom representative concerned at further restrictions to free expression in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 6 June 2013
COLOGNE/STRASBOURG, 6 June 2013- The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Nils Muižnieks, and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed serious concern today at the promulgation by the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, of amendments extending the application of criminal defamation provisions to online expression on 4 June 2013...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Turkish police to respect journalists’ rights when covering demonstrations
Publishing date: 1 June 2013
VIENNA, 1 June 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern over police treatment of the media covering the ongoing demonstrations in Istanbul...
Detention of Macedonian journalist excessive, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 31 May 2013
VIENNA, 31 May 2013 – The detention of a journalist in Skopje for an article published several years ago is excessive and negatively impacts media freedom, said OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today.
OSCE Mission to Skopje trains civil society organizations on how to better identify and report hate crimes
Publishing date: 27 May 2013
Some 30 members of civil society organizations participated in a two-day training event on how to improve reporting on hate crimes, which was organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje and the OSCE’s Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Veles on 27 May 2013...
OSCE PA Special Representative on South Caucasus statement on arrests of former Georgian Officials
Publishing date: 23 May 2013
COPENHAGEN, 23 May 2013 – The OSCE PA Special Representative on South Caucasus Joao Soares issued the following statement today regarding the arrests of former government officials in Georgia...
OSCE-supported forum in Almaty focuses on Internet development in Central Asia
Publishing date: 23 May 2013
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 23 May 2013 – A two-day regional forum on Internet development in Central Asia, co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana, started in Almaty today...
Internet vital for free expression and free media, says OSCE media freedom representative at Stockholm Internet Forum
Publishing date: 22 May 2013
Speaking at the Stockholm Internet Forum on 22 May 2013, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, stressed that technology does not change fundamental freedoms...