News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom representative condemns attacks on Ukrainian journalists, calls on authorities to enhance safety of media professionals
Publishing date: 23 July 2013
VIENNA, 23 July 2013 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned the recent attacks on Ukrainian journalists...
OSCE media freedom representative presents analysis of latest draft media law to authorities in Skopje, problematic provisions need to be changed
Publishing date: 22 July 2013
VIENNA, 22 July 2013 – Following a legal review of the latest draft Law on Media and Audiovisual Media Services, the OSCE media freedom Representative Dunja Mijatović welcomed the efforts by the authorities in Skopje to harmonize the law with international standards, including OSCE commitments to media freedom and expressed concern about some remaining problematic provisions...
Welcoming release of Belarusian journalist Irina Khalip, OSCE media freedom representative calls for improvement of media freedom situation
Publishing date: 19 July 2013
VIENNA, 19 July 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today’s decision by a court in Minsk to lift the restrictions imposed on Belarusian journalist, Irina Khalip...
Criminal punishment for critical journalism has chilling effect on free speech in Turkey, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 19 July 2013
VIENNA, 19 July 2013 – The prison sentence meted out to journalist Ahmet Altan for insulting Prime Minister Erdoğan in one of his articles will further restrict free speech in Turkey, Dunja Mijatović, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes UN Security Council action to improve safety of journalists
Publishing date: 17 July 2013
VIENNA, 17 July 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today welcomed the UN Security Council’s initiative to enhance the implementation of UNSC Resolution 1738, strengthening the safety of journalists...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes legislative steps taken by Ukraine to strengthen media pluralism
Publishing date: 12 July 2013
VIENNA, 12 July 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, today welcomed the decision by Ukraine’s parliamentary assembly, the Verkhovna Rada, to adopt in its first reading the law on public television and radio...
OSCE media freedom representative and Minister Ivanovski agree on improvements to draft media law
Publishing date: 10 July 2013
VIENNA, 10 July 2013 – The OSCE media freedom representative, Dunja Mijatović, today discussed the draft Law on Media and Audiovisual Services with the Minister of Information Society and Administration, Ivo Ivanovski who arrived in Vienna from Skopje today...