News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE representative deeply worried about illegal interference in broadcast retransmissions in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 17 April 2014
VIENNA, 17 April 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today condemned the seizure of the television tower in Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine...
Journalists face violence, intimidation and psychological warfare in conflict areas in Ukraine says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 16 April 2014
Collections: Statements from OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on media freedom situation in Crimea, Ukraine
ODESA, 16 April 2014- Ending her three-day visit to Ukraine, OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović today said that the media freedom situation in Ukraine has reached a very dangerous stage, and she alerted OSCE participating States that unless this trend is reversed it could contribute to the deterioration of the security situation.
Communiqué by OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on propaganda in times of conflict
Publishing date: 15 April 2014
As the current crisis in and around Ukraine demonstrates, propaganda and deterioration of media freedom often go together to fuel a conflict, and once it starts they contribute to its escalation. The need to stop propaganda is frequently being used as a reason for blocking and jamming television and radio signals or imposing other restrictions to freedom of expression and freedom of the media. Taking into consideration the broadness and vagueness of the term propaganda, and its direct link to political speech, its blank prohibition would violate international standards for the protection of free expression and free media.
Proposed legal amendments in Kazakhstan threat to media freedom, says OSCE representative
Publishing date: 11 April 2014
VIENNA, 11 April 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about recent developments in Kazakhstan’s legislation that might restrict media freedom and Internet access...
Criminal insult used for silencing journalists in Croatia, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 8 April 2014
VIENNA, 8 April 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed deep concern about recent convictions and pending charges against journalists for criminal defamation and insult in Croatia...
OSCE representative deeply concerned about deteriorating media freedom situation in eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 8 April 2014
VIENNA, 8 April 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed her concern about the deteriorating media freedom situation, especially regarding journalists’ safety, in eastern Ukraine...
Communiqué by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on denial of entry of journalists from one OSCE participating State to another
Publishing date: 3 April 2014
Over recent years the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media has reacted on a number of occasions when an OSCE participating States denied entry to journalists from other countries. Following recent instances where journalists from Russia were denied entry into Ukraine, as well as reports of de facto authorities in Crimea denying entry to a number of journalists crossing the border of the peninsula, the Representative would like to restate her position on this issue...