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OSCE Representative calls on authorities in Ukraine to refrain from restrictive laws limiting free media and free flow of information

Publishing date: 22 April 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 22 April 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that recent legislative steps in Ukraine could limit the free flow of information...

OSCE supports training courses for Kyrgyz journalists on countering violent extremism

Publishing date: 22 April 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism
BISHKEK, 22 April 2016 – Some sixty journalists completed today a series of OSCE-supported training courses in Osh and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on challenges related to reporting on religious beliefs and violent extremism...

OSCE, at UN General Assembly Special Session on world drug problem, highlights importance of strengthening co-operation in combating trafficking

Publishing date: 21 April 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
NEW YORK, 21 April 2016 – Co-operation is needed more than ever to address the world drug problem and to significantly improve international and regional security, said the Head of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department’s Strategic Police Matters Unit, Guy Vinet on Wednesday as he addressed the United Nations General Assembly Special Session (UNGASS 2016) in New York on the world drug problem...

OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier stresses importance of ODIHR’s work during visit to headquarters in Warsaw

Publishing date: 19 April 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Elections, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 19 April 2016 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, German Foreign Minister Frank Walter Steinmeier, today visited the headquarters of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in the context of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Office...

Free expression and freedom of the media remains under threat in Crimea, Ukraine, OSCE Representative says

Publishing date: 19 April 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 19 April 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about the intimidation of journalist Nikolay Semena in Crimea, Ukraine...

Decision to prosecute satirist in Germany worrying, OSCE media freedom representative says, reiterating call to decriminalize defamation

Publishing date: 15 April 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 15 April 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about the decision in Germany to prosecute a satirist who derided the President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan...

OSCE media freedom representative concerned about state of Internet freedom in Turkey, calls for legal reform of Law 5651

Publishing date: 15 April 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet
VIENNA, 15 April 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović expressed concern today about the state of Internet freedom in Turkey, following the blocking of the Russian news agency Sputnik’s website in the country...