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OSCE Media Freedom Representative calls on authorities in Russia to prevent shutdown of independent television channel in Tomsk
Publishing date: 30 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 30 December 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today called on the authorities in the Russian Federation to do their utmost to prevent the shutdown of the regional broadcaster TV-2’s terrestrial broadcasts on 1 January 2015 and subsequent loss of a broadcasting license.
Raid against Klix.ba a clear attack on media freedom and journalists’ right to protect sources in Bosnia and Herzegovina, says Mijatović
Publishing date: 29 December 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, 29 December 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović urged the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina today to do their utmost to stop persecuting journalists and to respect their right to protect their sources, following a raid by the police on the offices of Klix.ba in Sarajevo and subsequent detention of key staff...
Raid on Radio Azadliq escalates crackdown on free media in Azerbaijan, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 29 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 29 December 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović denounced today a recent raid on Radio Azadliq and called on the authorities to stop the ongoing intimidation of free media in Azerbaijan
Media freedom representative meets Serbian Culture Minister to discuss incoming OSCE Chairmanship
Publishing date: 23 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 23 December 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović met today with Serbian Minister of Culture and Information Ivan Tasovac to discuss the plans and priorities of the incoming OSCE Chairmanship and media freedom issues in Serbia and the OSCE region.
New regulation and recent blockings threaten free speech on Internet in Belarus, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 22 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 22 December – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said today that amendments tightening government control of the Internet in Belarus pose a major threat to free speech and free media. She also pointed to recent blockings of a number of news portals in the country...
Efforts to increase freedom of expression and tolerance should go hand in hand, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 18 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 18 December 2014 – At an expert meeting on the relationship between freedom of expression and tolerance and non-discrimination, OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović emphasized that the two values should not only co-exist, but they can also strengthen each other...
OSCE media freedom representative calls on authorities in Turkey to release detained journalists
Publishing date: 15 December 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
PODGORICA, 15 December 2014 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović today wrote to Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu calling for the immediate release of detained journalists...