News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, OSCE/ODIHR Director calls for renewed efforts to counter prejudice and intolerance
Publishing date: 3 December 2015
WARSAW, 3 December 2015 Marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) Michael Georg Link called on OSCE participating States to strengthen their efforts in addressing prejudice and intolerance against people with disabilities.
OSCE Secretary General Zannier encourages continued commitment to democratic reforms as he concludes his visit to Skopje
Publishing date: 1 December 2015
SKOPJE, 1 December 2015- OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier encouraged political leaders to continue commitment to the ongoing political process and timely implementation of the Przino Agreement in full and good faith, as he concludes discussions today in Skopje...
OSCE Representative condemns arrest of journalists Can Dündar and Erdem Gül, urges Turkey not to proceed with charges
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
VIENNA, 27 November 2015 – Criminal charges of life imprisonment against journalists further degrades an already critical media freedom situation in Turkey, Dunja Mijatović, OSCE media freedom representative said today, amid arrests of two prominent investigative journalists of the daily Cumhuriyet...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns assault on journalists in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 26 November 2015
VIENNA, 26 November 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović strongly condemned today’s attacks on journalists during a police raid against members of a radical group in the village of Nardaran, on the outskirts of Baku...
OSCE Representative presents report on propaganda and media freedom
Publishing date: 26 November 2015
VIENNA, 26 November 2015 – The destructive powers of propaganda and its root causes must be eliminated, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today when presenting a non-paper on propaganda and media freedom together with her assessment of the media freedom developments in the OSCE region in the past six months...
Montenegro’s Working group on media self-regulation adopts new journalists’ Code of Ethics, discusses future steps
Publishing date: 25 November 2015
VIENNA, 25 November 2015 – At a roundtable discussion today organized by the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, members of the Working Group on Self-Regulation in Montenegro adopted their newly-amended Journalists’ Code of Ethics, and also agreed to hold a follow-up roundtable discussion in Podgorica...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes new law on access to information in Kazakhstan, but says drawbacks still exist
Publishing date: 25 November 2015
VIENNA, 25 November 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said the new law on access to information in Kazakhstan is a major step toward greater transparency and accountability of public bodies, but she also noted that the law still has some shortcomings...