News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE representative calls for release of journalist abducted by separatists, denounces new cases of grave media freedom violations in Eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 23 July 2014
VIENNA, 23 July 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the abduction of freelance journalist Anton Skiba in Donetsk and called for his immediate release...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes release of blogger in Tajikistan, expresses hope for charges to be dropped
Publishing date: 23 July 2014
VIENNA, 23 July 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed yesterday’s release of Alexander Sodiqov, a blogger and commentator on Tajik and Central Asian politics, from a pre-trial detention centre in Dushanbe and expressed hope that the criminal charges brought against him would be dropped altogether...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine based on information received until 18:00 hrs, 21 July (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 22 July 2014
Dutch forensics experts – accompanying the SMM – assessed the storage facilities for bodies on board the train in Torez railway station for victims of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 crash as “good”. People continue to leave Luhansk city...
OSCE representative concerned about Armenia court decision forcing media outlets to disclose sources
Publishing date: 22 July 2014
VIENNA, 22 July 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about a court ruling in Armenia that forces media outlets to disclose their sources of information...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Tajikstan’s authorities to restore access to Odnoklassniki social media platform
Publishing date: 22 July 2014
VIENNA, 22 July 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today again called on Tajikstan’s authorities to ensure its citizens’ unrestricted access to the Internet, this time following the blocking of access to Odnoklassniki, one of the most popular social platforms in the country with more than 300,000 users...
Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) in Ukraine based on information received until 18:00 hrs, 20 July (Kyiv time)
Publishing date: 21 July 2014
The SMM was initially given only partial access to the Malaysia Airlines MH17 crash site. It was given full access on 20 July. Luhansk city was shelled...
OSCE representative calls on Russian authorities to immediately release Ukrainian journalist
Publishing date: 21 July 2014