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Preparations under way for OSCE PA Annual Session in Baku

Publishing date: 25 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
BAKU, 25 June 2014 – After two years of advance work and several preparatory visits, the 23rd OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Annual Session in Baku is becoming a reality...

OSCE representative criticizes steps to further increase government control of free expression and free flow of information online in Russia

Publishing date: 25 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet
VIENNA, 25 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today criticized amendments to the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation that could further increase government control of the Internet...

New attacks on media freedom in Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE representative calls for swift and thorough investigation

Publishing date: 24 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 24 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the brutal beating of writer and columnist Slavo Kukić...

Ceasefire a welcome step toward diplomatic solution in Ukraine, says OSCE PA Vice-President Barnett

Publishing date: 24 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
COPENHAGEN, 24 June 2014 – OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Vice-President Doris Barnett (MP, Germany) today welcomed the announcement by separatists in eastern Ukraine that they will observe a temporary ceasefire proposed by Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko...

OSCE media freedom representative concerned about Canadian court ruling ordering worldwide block on website

Publishing date: 24 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet
VIENNA, 24 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović expressed concern today about a British Columbia Supreme Court ruling ordering Google to take down URLs worldwide of a company found liable for copyright and trademark infringement in Canada...

Court ruling forcing Slovak newspaper to publicly apologize may have chilling effect on media freedom, warns OSCE representative

Publishing date: 24 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 24 June 2014 –OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about a first ruling in a series of lawsuits in which members of the Slovak judiciary sued a daily newspaper for defamation, and demanded public apologies and high compensation...

Latest from the Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine based on information received until 22 June 2014, 18:00 (Kyiv time)

Publishing date: 23 June 2014
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The situation across the country was calm, except in parts of Donbas, where tensions remained. Sloviansk’s ‘mayor’ warned about the risk of an ecological catastrophe affecting Ukraine and the Russian Federation. Four SMM monitors from the Donetsk team have been missing for 28 days and four SMM monitors from the Luhansk team for 25 days.