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Restoring dialogue in Georgia, border management and gender and comprehensive security focus of OSCE Magazine
Publishing date: 25 June 2009
VIENNA, 25 June 2009- The latest OSCE Magazine, now available online and in print, highlights some of the complex areas in which the Greek Chairmanship has been engaged over the past half a year, including efforts to restore dialogue in Georgia...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Turkey to stop prosecution of author, reform laws that restrict speech rights
Publishing date: 18 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 18 June 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, asked Turkish authorities today to drop charges against journalist Nedim Sener and called for urgent reform of laws that restrict freedom of expression...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on Kyrgyzstan to halt wave of violent attacks against journalists
Publishing date: 16 June 2009
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 16 June 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, urged Kyrgyz authorities today to halt a wave of attacks against journalists which is threatening media pluralism ahead of the presidential election...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Russian journalists' initiative to tackle violence against the press
Publishing date: 6 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 6 May 2009- In a letter to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, welcomed today Russian civil and parliamentary initiatives to fight violence against journalists...
OSCE media freedom representative expresses concern over continuing violence against journalists in Armenia
Publishing date: 30 April 2009
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, 30 April 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, asked the Armenian authorities to swiftly investigate the brutal attack against Argishti Kiviryan, who was severely beaten today.
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes release of imprisoned journalists, urges legal reform in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 21 April 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 21 April 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, welcomed today the pardoning by Azerbaijan's Parliament of two imprisoned journalists and the release of a third by a court...
OSCE Centre supports conference on police reform in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 17 April 2009
BISHKEK, 17 April, 2009- More than 150 experts and practitioners from Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Kazakhstan and Turkey discussed reforming police in a democratic and legal state at an OSCE Centre-organized conference today...