News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media expresses concern regarding expulsion of Russian journalist Olga Kurlaeva from Latvia
Publishing date: 5 January 2018
VIENNA, 5 January 2018 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today expressed concern regarding the recent deportations of Russian journalists from Latvia...
OSCE media freedom representative protests against continued imprisonment in Cumhuriyet trial, calls on Turkey to stop silencing journalists
Publishing date: 25 December 2017
VIENNA, 25 December 2017- Following the 5th hearing in the Cumhuriyet trial, OSCE media freedom representative Harlem Désir repeated his earlier resolute calls on Turkey to free all journalists in prison and drop charges against them...
OSCE enhances identification and profiling skills of border guards in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 20 December 2017
An OSCE-supported national seminar on identification and profiling techniques for officers of Kazakhstan’s Border Service and Migration Police concluded in Almaty on 13 December 2017...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir says that United States’ decision on net neutrality threatens online media freedom and pluralism
Publishing date: 15 December 2017
VIENNA, 15 December 2017 – The United States’ Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision of 14 December 2017 to repeal existing provisions ensuring “net neutrality” – the principle that Internet providers must treat all online traffic equally and without undue interference – threatens online media freedom according to a statement made by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today. The FCC’s commissioners voted by three to two to dismantle existing rules which protect the “Open Internet” and prohibit blocking, throttling or paid prioritization of Internet content.
Poland broadcasting regulator’s fine against private broadcaster TVN SA is unjustified and disproportionate, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 14 December 2017
VIENNA, 14 December 2017 – The decision by Poland’s National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT) to impose a fine of 1.48 million Polish Złotys (€352,000) on one of the country’s leading private independent broadcasters, TVN SA, for coverage by one of its channels, TVN24, of opposition demonstrations in Warsaw in December 2016 is unjustified and disproportionate, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir said today...
Governments must take all steps necessary to fully investigate and end impunity for murders of journalists, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 11 December 2017
VIENNA, 11 December 2017 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today opened the panel discussion on the challenges to media freedom caused by the impunity for murders of journalists...
Ahead of Human Rights Day, ODIHR Director calls on states to leverage current momentum to address gender-based violence, sexual assault, harassment
Publishing date: 8 December 2017
VIENNA, 8 December 2017 – Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), called on participating States today to leverage current momentum in addressing gender-based violence in all its forms, including sexual assault and harassment, ahead of International Human Rights Day on 10 December...