News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Events in Ukraine a great threat to media freedom across the OSCE region, media freedom representative tells participating States
Publishing date: 19 June 2014
VIENNA, 19 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today told participating States that events in Ukraine pose a great threat to media freedom and free expression across the OSCE region...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about disappearance of blogger in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 18 June 2014
VIENNA, 18 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about the disappearance of Alexander Sodiqov after his detention in Khorog on 16 June. Sodiqov, a blogger and commentator on Tajik and Central Asia politics, has not been seen although media reports claim he was released on 17 June...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns violent attack on journalists in Albania
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
VIENNA, 17 June 2014- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović today condemned an attack on journalists reporting on a police raid in Gjirokastra’s Lazarat village in southern Albania yesterday...
OSCE representative mourns death of Russian journalist; denounces new cases of media freedom violations in Ukraine
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
Collections: Statements from OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on media freedom situation in Crimea, Ukraine
VIENNA, 17 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today said she was deeply saddened by the death of Russian journalist Igor Kornelyuk in eastern Ukraine. Mijatović expressed her sincere condolences to Kornelyuk’s family and colleagues...
OSCE representative calls on Belarusian authorities to repeal accreditation requirements for journalists
Publishing date: 17 June 2014
VIENNA, 17 June 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed her concern about an increasing number of penalties imposed on journalists in recent months in Belarus for not being accredited by authorities...
OSCE representative warns that U.S. proposed rules on net neutrality can hurt online media freedom
Publishing date: 16 June 2014
VIENNA, 16 JUNE 2014 – OSCE Media Freedom Representative Dunja Mijatović today expressed dissatisfaction with rules on net neutrality proposed by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC)...
Active civil society involvement and institutional responses crucial to stamping out hate speech, say OSCE conference participants in Kosovo
Publishing date: 13 June 2014
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 13 June 2014 – The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean –Claude Schlumberger, and the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, opened today in Prishtinё/Priština a one-day regional conference on taking action against hate speech without violating the freedom of expression...