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OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan co-hosts a training course on election observation
Publishing date: 10 June 2021
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, together with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), organized an election observation training course for persons with disabilities on 9 and10 June 2021...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative welcomes release of Sentsov, Sushchenko and Vyshinsky, thanks both countries for this achievement
Publishing date: 7 September 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 7 September 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, welcomed today’s release of Ukrainian film director and writer Oleg Sentsov from Crimea, of the correspondent of the Ukrainian National News Agency, Ukrinform, Roman Sushchenko, and of journalist Kirill Vyshinsky, the chief of the RIA Novosti Ukraina office in Kyiv, as a result of the exchange of prisoners between Russia and Ukraine...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative welcomes release of RIA Novosti journalist Kirill Vyshinsky in Ukraine
Publishing date: 28 August 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media self-regulation
VIENNA, 28 August 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, welcomed today’s court ruling in Ukraine to release from pre-trial detention journalist Kirill Vyshinsky, the chief of the RIA Novosti Ukraina office in Kyiv...
Stop targeting journalists, urges OSCE Representative following repeated abduction cases in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 5 September 2014
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, 5 September 2014 – Following the continued intimidation of members of the media in Ukraine, most recently a series of abductions of journalists covering the conflict in the eastern part of the country, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today again said that the attacks on journalists must stop...
Journalists’ safety remains biggest media freedom challenge in Ukraine, says OSCE representative
Publishing date: 20 August 2014
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, 20 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today denounced recent attacks on members of the media in different regions of Ukraine...
OSCE media freedom representative worried about new reports of missing journalists in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 5 August 2014
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, 5 August 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said that she was worried about new reports that more journalists have gone missing in Ukraine...
OSCE Special Representative on Transdniestrian settlement encourages more contacts between sides at all levels
Publishing date: 2 July 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution