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OSCE Representative opens seminar in Minsk, voices concern over State control over media

Publishing date: 4 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
MINSK, 4 June 2007- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, opened a seminar for some 30 journalists and government press secretaries in Minsk today...

OSCE Chairman to travel to Azerbaijan and Armenia

Publishing date: 1 June 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed), OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MADRID, 1 June 2007- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos, will visit Azerbaijan and Armenia on 4 and 5 June.

Continuous harassment threatens existence of independent media in Azerbaijan, says OSCE Representative

Publishing date: 22 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 22 May 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media expressed concern today over the eviction of the country's two main independent newspapers from their premises, and new procedures against their imprisoned editor, Eynulla Fatullayev...

OSCE media freedom representative expresses shock after more Azerbaijani journalists jailed, calls on authorities to stop prosecutions for libel

Publishing date: 17 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, 17 May 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today he was shocked to hear the news about the imprisonment of two more Azerbaijani journalists for libel...

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.