News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Attacks against media outlets in Turkey unacceptable, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 11 February 2016
VIENNA, 11 February 2016 – Today’s attacks against several Turkish media outlets are unacceptable and must be swiftly investigated, Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media said today...
OSCE Representative launches innovative compilation on safety of female journalists online
Publishing date: 5 February 2016
VIENNA, 5 February 2016 – “On 25 July 2013, I got my first rape threat. That was a Thursday. By Sunday, police had collected 300 A4 pages of threats that had been made against me.”- Journalist Caroline Criado-Perez, on her experience with online abuse.
Crisis of migrants and refugees in focus as OSCE PA committee leaders visit Czech Republic
Publishing date: 3 February 2016
PRAGUE, 3 February 2016 – The leadership of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Committee on Democracy, Human Rights and Humanitarian Questions visited the Czech Republic on 1 and 2 February to consider the country’s role in responding to the crisis of migrants and refugees currently affecting the OSCE area...
OSCE media freedom representative urges authorities in Kazakhstan to stop persecuting independent voices
Publishing date: 26 January 2016
LOS ANGELES, 26 January 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that the recent prison sentences handed down to two bloggers in Kazakhstan constitute yet another attempt to silence differing voices in the country...
OSCE Representative calls on authorities in Moldova to allow free and unhindered work of journalists
Publishing date: 23 January 2016
LOS ANGELES, 23 January 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about reports that Russian journalists are being repeatedly denied entry into Moldova.
OSCE/ODIHR Director Link joins with UN officials in calling for closure of detention facility at Guantanamo
Publishing date: 11 January 2016
WARSAW, 11 January 2016 – In an open letter published today, marking 14 years since the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), joined with four UN independent human rights experts in calling on the United States government to close the facility and hold accountable those responsible for human rights violations against detainees, both present and past...
OSCE media freedom representative remembers Charlie Hebdo staff; says violence and murder against those expressing controversial views is unacceptable
Publishing date: 6 January 2016
VIENNA, 6 January 2016 – On the anniversary of the attack on the staff of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in Paris, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović called for a stop to all forms of pressure, harassment or violence aimed at preventing opinions and ideas from being disseminated...