News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Attacks against journalists and impunity for assailants must stop in Bulgaria, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 2 April 2014
VIENNA, 2 April 2014 – OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović today condemned an apparent second arson attack on a car owned by Bulgarian television journalist Genka Shikerova and called for the end of impunity for assailants of journalists...
Attacks against journalists in Spain are unacceptable, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 1 April 2014
TORONTO, 1 April 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed today deep concern about the violence and intimidation by police against journalists covering the demonstrations which took place in Madrid on Saturday 29 March 2014...
OSCE media freedom representative lauds changes to Ukrainian law to enforce effective access to information
Publishing date: 28 March 2014
TORONTO, 28 March 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed the adoption by Verkhovna Rada of amendments to the Ukrainian legislation introducing long-awaited and competent democratic mechanisms of access to information.
Censorship of social media platforms must stop in Turkey, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 27 March 2014
VIENNA, 27 March 2014 – By blocking access to social media platforms Turkey deliberately disregards the fundamental right to freedom of expression and freedom of the media, Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media said today...
Russian Supreme Court rules in support of media freedom, says OSCE representative
Publishing date: 27 March 2014
VIENNA, 27 March 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today in a letter to Russian Federation Supreme Court Chair Vyacheslav Lebedev welcomed the court’s decision to reinstate Rosbalt news agency’s certificate of registration as a mass media outlet...
Communiqué by OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media on blocking television channels
Publishing date: 27 March 2014
Recently politicians, lawmakers and regulators in Ukraine have expressed concern about the influence of Russian television on information security or other national interests. These concerns are often followed by actions that effectively suspend or ban all or some programmes produced in Russia. In a similar development, de facto authorities in Crimea several weeks ago abruptly and brutally switched off almost all Ukrainian television channels and replaced them with channels originating from the Russian Federation.
Proposed Belgian legislation could limit freedom of expression, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 25 March 2014
VIENNA, 25 March 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today expressed concern about a proposed law in Belgium criminalizing certain forms of expression, most notably incitement to gender discrimination...