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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
New regulation and recent blockings threaten free speech on Internet in Belarus, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 22 December 2014
VIENNA, 22 December – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today that amendments tightening government control of the Internet in Belarus pose a major threat to free speech and free media. She also pointed to recent blockings of a number of news portals in the country...
Efforts to increase freedom of expression and tolerance should go hand in hand, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 18 December 2014
VIENNA, 18 December 2014 – At an expert meeting on the relationship between freedom of expression and tolerance and non-discrimination, OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović emphasized that the two values should not only co-exist, but they can also strengthen each other...
More efforts needed to address gender issues in conflict situations in Ukraine, say participants of OSCE-supported conference
Publishing date: 17 December 2014
More work is needed at the regional and local levels to address the needs and concerns of women and children in conflict and post-conflict situations, said participants at the end of a three-day conference in Kyiv on 12 December 2014 focusing on Ukraine’s gender policy in the context of European integration and international commitments...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on authorities in Turkey to release detained journalists
Publishing date: 15 December 2014
PODGORICA, 15 December 2014 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović today wrote to Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu calling for the immediate release of detained journalists...
OSCE Representative supports media self-regulation in Montenegro, raises potential negative legal amendments
Publishing date: 15 December 2014
PODGORICA, 15 December 2014- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today met with media representatives in Montenegro to support their work on amending the ethical code as an essential step in strengthening media self-regulation. She also met the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milo Djukanović, to discuss the media freedom situation in the country, welcoming the constructive approach by the authorities...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office calls on all sides of the conflict in eastern Ukraine to resume efforts aimed at full implementation of Minsk arrangements
Publishing date: 13 December 2014
BERN, 13 December 2014 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter welcomed ongoing international efforts at various levels following the 21st OSCE Ministerial Council in Basel on 4 and 5 December aimed at restoring peace and stability in eastern Ukraine, including the work of the Trilateral Contact Group consisting of senior representatives of Ukraine, the Russian Federation and the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office. The Contact Group has met several times since the Ministerial Council to explore ways forward.
Repeated persecutions of journalists in Belarus must stop, OSCE Representative says
Publishing date: 12 December 2014
VIENNA, 12 December 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today denounced the continued oppression of free media in Belarus, following recent and repeated persecutions of journalists and members of the independent Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ)...