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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Arrest of journalist underscores need for urgent reform of defamation law in Mongolia, Mijatović says
Publishing date: 22 July 2015
VIENNA, 22 July 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that the arrest of Sodnomdarjaa Battulga, a journalist with Info.mn news website, is disproportionate and excessive, and underscores the need for abolishing criminal defamation in Mongolia...
OSCE Representative welcomes transparent process to create policy document for information security in Ukraine, presents legal analysis
Publishing date: 22 July 2015
VIENNA, 22 July 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the transparency and openness of the process to create the draft Information Security Concept of Ukraine. She also presented a legal analysis of the document commissioned by her Office...
OSCE Representative releases recommendations from June conference on journalists’ safety, now endorsed by Russia and Ukraine media unions at Vienna roundtable
Publishing date: 20 July 2015
Collections: Two Countries – One Profession: A dialogue between journalists’ organizations from Russia and Ukraine
VIENNA, 20 July 2015 – Senior representatives of journalists’ professional unions from Russia and Ukraine today discussed and endorsed the key recommendations by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media that followed the conference “Journalists’ Safety, Media Freedom and Pluralism in Times of Conflict” held in Vienna on 15 and16 June 2015.
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 17 July 2015
Publishing date: 18 July 2015
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of Measures for the implementation of the Minsk agreements.” Its monitoring was restricted by third parties and security considerations*. The SMM observed that the number of ceasefire violations at and around Donetsk airport decreased. In Shyrokyne no ceasefire violations were observed. The repair at the water pipeline north-west of Horlivka was suspended due to ceasefire violations. The SMM in Kyiv as well as on the crash site in Hrabove observed a minute of silence in honour of the victims of the downing of Malaysian Airline Flight MH17.
No alternative to Minsk Agreements, says CiO Dačić during visit to OSCE operations in Kyiv
Publishing date: 17 July 2015
KYIV, 17 July- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Serbia’s Foreign Minister Ivica Dačić visited the OSCE operations in Kyiv today, where he expressed his full support for their efforts aimed at addressing the crisis in and around Ukraine.
Forcing journalists to disclose confidential sources infringes work of media in Armenia, OSCE representative says
Publishing date: 16 July 2015
VIENNA, 16 July 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern regarding reports that Armenia’s Special Investigative Service launched a criminal case against Kristine Khanumian, editor of Ilur.am news portal, on charges of deliberate failure to comply with a court order...
Politicians need to ensure a safe environment for media, says OSCE Representative following attack and intimidation of journalist in Skopje
Publishing date: 16 July 2015
VIENNA, 16 July 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today criticized an attack on a journalist in Skopje and a threatening public statement against journalists by the ruling VMRO-DPMNE party...