News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative strongly denounces Russian authorities’ restriction on freedom of the media and freedom of information
Publishing date: 24 February 2022
VIENNA, 24 February 2022 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, strongly denounced today the media regulatory agency in Russia, Roskomnadzor’s (Federal Service for Supervision of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Media) instruction imposing severe restrictions on mass media’s choice of sources of information..
Press Statement of OSCE Media Freedom Representative on rapidly declining space for cross-border journalism
Publishing date: 14 February 2022
VIENNA, 14 February 2022 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro made the following statement today expressing her concern about the shrinking space for media workers to conduct their journalistic work abroad:
Commemoration must be coupled with education to combat anti-Semitism, build peaceful societies, OSCE says on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Publishing date: 27 January 2022
WARSAW/WASHINGTON, 27 January 2022 – On today’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the OSCE calls for greater efforts to find new forms of remembrance and education in order to fight back harder against anti-Semitism and build peaceful societies free from hate and prejudice.
Safeguarding freedom of expression in the age of artificial intelligence: Launch of the SAIFE Policy Manual
Publishing date: 26 January 2022
VIENNA, 26 January 2022 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro today launched the SAIFE Policy Manual, a publication that puts a spotlight on the impact of artificial intelligence on freedom of expression.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative: “Moldovan public service broadcaster and media regulatory authorities should be free from political interference”
Publishing date: 14 January 2022
VIENNA, 14 January 2022 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, today presented a legal analysis of the Law on Amendments of the Code of Audiovisual Media Services of the Republic of Moldova, no. 174/2018, adopted on 4 November 2021. The amendments lead to increased parliamentary control over the public service broadcaster TeleRadio-Moldova (TRM) and the public authority regulating the public and private broadcast media, the Audiovisual Council.
Hacking sites and blocking content of Portuguese media group is clear violation of freedom of expression, says OSCE Media Freedom Representative
Publishing date: 13 January 2022
VIENNA, 13 January 2022 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, today expressed concern about the recent hacking and illegal removal of websites belonging to media outlets of Portugal’s leading media group Grupo Impresa.
Firm commitment to Guantanamo Bay closure urgently needed, OSCE human rights head says
Publishing date: 11 January 2022
WARSAW, 11 January 2022 – Two decades after the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in the aftermath of the security challenges following the events of 9/11, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) renews its calls for the camp’s swift closure.