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OSCE Office urges Tajikistan to decriminalize defamation and libel laws
Publishing date: 9 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development, Rule of law
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan, 9 October 2008- The OSCE Office in Tajikistan co-organized a meeting starting today that called for the decriminalization and libel...
Head of OSCE Mission to Serbia to visit Priboj and Prijepolje
Publishing date: 7 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
BELGRADE, 7 October 2008- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, will visit southwestern Serbia on 7 and 8 October...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes acquittal of Hungarian journalist in secrecy case, urges legislative reforms
Publishing date: 1 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
BUDAPEST, 1 October 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media welcomed today's acquittal of Hungarian journalist Antonia Radi and called on the country's authorities to carry out legislative reforms on disclosing official secrets...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Bulgarian authorities to swiftly prosecute violent attacks against journalists
Publishing date: 26 September 2008
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, 26 September 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today asked the Bulgarian authorities to accelerate the bringing to justice of perpetrators of recent violent attacks against journalists...
OSCE media freedom representative visits Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 5 September 2008
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Safety of journalists
ASHGABAD, 5 September 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media visited Ashgabad from 2 to 4 September to meet...
Chairman of OSCE's Permanent Council underscores transparency of Organization's activity in Georgia
Publishing date: 4 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 4 September 2008- The Chairman of the OSCE Permanent Council underscored today that the Organization had distributed all spot reports submitted by its Mission to Georgia on the recent Georgia-Russia conflict to all 56 OSCE participating States...
OSCE Office-supported conference results in proposals for improvements of licensing of broadcast media in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 4 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 4 September 2008- A conference of stakeholders in Tajik TV and radio broadcasting supported by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan has resulted in an open letter released today that urges the President and Parliament to improve the licensing...