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OSCE Presence condemns violent attack against Albanian newspaper editor

Publishing date: 3 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Rule of law
TIRANA, 3 November 2009- The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Robert Bosch, condemned today a violent attack on the editor of the Tema newspaper...

OSCE expert workshop promotes voluntary co-operation between public actors, media in the fight against terrorism

Publishing date: 19 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 19 October 2009- More than 100 experts, government and international organization officials and journalists gathered at an OSCE expert workshop that began today to discuss ways to enhance co-operation between public actors and the media...

OSCE media freedom representative deplores latest imprisonments of journalists for defamation in Azerbaijan, calls for urgent reform

Publishing date: 14 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 14 October 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti condemned today recent criminal defamation trials in Azerbaijan which resulted in the conviction of five journalists, with two receiving prison sentences...

OSCE press freedom official offers Russian authorities co-operation on media freedom

Publishing date: 12 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media laws, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 12 October 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today he has offered Russian authorities the co-operation of his office to tackle media freedom problems...

OSCE media freedom representative protests over authorities' actions against one of Kazakhstan's few independent newspapers

Publishing date: 22 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 22 September 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today the seizure of all copies of the independent Kazakh weekly Respublika- delovoye obozrenie and the freezing of the paper's accounts...

OSCE Centre opens Aarhus Centre in the Caspian Sea region

Publishing date: 21 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
ASTANA, 21 September 2009- The OSCE Centre in Astana, along with state and non-governmental partners, signed today a memorandum of understanding on the opening and operation of an Aarhus Centre in Atyrau in western Kazakhstan...

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media asks Italian prime minister to drop libel lawsuits against two Italian dailies

Publishing date: 20 September 2009
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, 20 September 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, urged Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi today to drop two civil libel lawsuits against daily newspapers La Repubblica and L'Unità...