News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Sentencing of free expression advocate in Azerbaijan yet another severe setback for media freedom, OSCE Representative says
Publishing date: 16 April 2015
VIENNA, 16 April 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the sentencing of Rasul Jafarov, a free expression and free media advocate and human rights defender in Azerbaijan, to six and a half years in a penal colony...
Latest from OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30 (Kyiv time), 13 April 2015
Publishing date: 14 April 2015
The SMM monitored the implementation of the “Package of measures for the Implementation of the Minsk agreements”. The SMM, based on its monitoring – which was restricted by third parties and by security considerations* – observed a massive increase in the number of ceasefire violations, especially around Donetsk airport and Shyrokyne. Fighting continued in other areas but sporadically.
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative Cardin expresses deep concern over shooting of Walter Scott
Publishing date: 10 April 2015
COPENHAGEN, 10 April 2015 – The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s Special Representative on Anti-Semitism, Racism and Intolerance, U.S. Senator Benjamin Cardin, today expressed deep concern over the fatal shooting of Walter Scott by a police officer on 4 April in the U.S. state of South Carolina.
OSCE trains border officials on protecting human rights in securing borders from terrorism
Publishing date: 10 April 2015
Complying with human rights standards when countering terrorism at borders was the focus of training organized jointly by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) from 6 to 10 April 2015 in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
Cyprus bill to criminalize denial of war crimes may hamper free expression, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 9 April 2015
VIENNA, 9 April 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović expressed concern today that the Parliament of Cyprus approved a measure criminalizing the denial of war crimes...
On 21st anniversary of Dada Vujasinović’s death, OSCE Representative calls for justice for all slain journalists
Publishing date: 9 April 2015
VIENNA, 9 April 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the announcement of a new forensic investigation into the death of Serbian journalist Dada Vujasinović, who was found dead in her apartment this day 21 years ago. Mijatović also called on the authorities to fully investigate this and all other killings of journalists...
OSCE Representative condemns severe cyberattack on France’s TV5Monde
Publishing date: 9 April 2015
VIENNA, 9 April 2015 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today strongly condemned a serious cyberattack on the French television network TV5Monde which blocked their television broadcasts, websites and social networks for several hours...