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International election observers to hold press conference in Yerevan Sunday

Publishing date: 11 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
YEREVAN, 11 May 2007- The International Election Observation Mission deployed to monitor the 12 May parliamentary elections in Armenia will announce its preliminary findings and conclusions at a news conference on Sunday...

OSCE press freedom watchdog condemns prison sentences handed down to journalists in Azerbaijan for essay on religion

Publishing date: 7 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 7 May 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today he was deeply concerned about the harsh prison sentences handed down to two Azerbaijani journalists from the monthly newspaper Senet...

Harsh sentence of Uzbek journalist violates commitments, says OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 2 May 2007
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, 2 May 2007- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media condemned today the 7-year prison sentence handed down to Umida Niyazova, an Uzbek investigative journalist collecting materials about the Andijan tragedy in 2005.

OSCE Representative asks Azerbaijani President to halt persecution of journalists, greets renewed license for embattled broadcaster

Publishing date: 27 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
BAKU, 27 April 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, asked President Ilham Aliyev today to issue a moratorium on criminal prosecution of journalists and follow up with a decriminalization reform...

OSCE media freedom representative condemns sentencing of journalist, says Azerbaijan media under serious threat

Publishing date: 23 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 23 April 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, voiced dismay today over the prison sentence of Eynulla Fatullayev, the editor of the independent Russian-language weekly Realny Azerbaijan and the daily...

OSCE Chairman to hold news conference in Bishkek on Friday

Publishing date: 10 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 10 April 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, will hold a news conference at the end of his officiial visit to Kyrgyzstan...

OSCE Mission Head concerned over repeated restrictions on media freedom in Moldova

Publishing date: 28 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Media freedom and development
CHISINAU, 28 March 2007- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Moldova, Ambassador Louis O'Neill, expressed his deep concern today over renewed restrictions of freedom of the media and freedom of assembly in Moldova...