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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE media freedom representative condemns yet another journalist murder in Russia
Publishing date: 9 July 2013
VIENNA, 9 July 2013- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today condemned the murder of the journalist Akhmednabi Akhmednabiyev in Russia’s republic of Dagestan...
OSCE media freedom representative asks Bulgarian authorities to ensure media are safe from assaults by high-profile politician
Publishing date: 8 July 2013
VIENNA, 8 July 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed concern over the latest case of intimidation of journalists by parliamentarian and Ataka Party leader Volen Siderov, and asked the authorities to ensure that the media can work freely in Bulgaria...
OSCE media freedom representative marks 10th anniversary of Russian journalist’s death with call for end to impunity
Publishing date: 3 July 2013
VIENNA, 3 July 2013- On the 10th anniversary of the death of prominent Russian investigative journalist Yury Shchekochikhin, Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today called on OSCE participating States to ensure the safety of journalists and the right to freedom of expression...
Kyrgyzstan makes progress on media freedom says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 28 June 2013
BISHKEK, 28 June 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today commended Kyrgyzstan for creating a favourable media environment in the country...
More political will needed to create genuinely free media in Central Asia, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 27 June 2013
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatovic, told journalists and government authorities that it was time to take stock of the challenging media environment in the region as she opened the 15th Central Asia Media Conference in Bishkek on 27 June 2013...
OSCE media freedom representative calls recent legislative initiatives in Russia potentially harmful to freedom of expression and freedom of the media
Publishing date: 26 June 2013
BISHKEK, 26 June 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed concern today over the new initiative in the Russian State Duma to criminalize speech which sheds a negative light on the role of the Soviet Army in World War II...
Human rights compatible with security, OSCE media freedom representatives tells Tunis meeting participants
Publishing date: 17 June 2013
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, told participants on at an Internet freedom conference in Tunis on 17 June 2013 that cyber security and human rights can go hand-in-glove and not be considered as competing values...