News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
All participating States must intensify real steps to defend media freedom, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 3 May 2012
TUNIS, 3 May 2012 – Dunja Mijatovic, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today urged all governments of the 56-nation OSCE to take real steps to secure freedom of speech...
OSCE media freedom representative honours journalists ahead of World Press Freedom Day
Publishing date: 2 May 2012
TUNIS, 2 May 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today ahead of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May paid tribute to the courage of media workers and emphasized their essential role in the development of democracy...
Brutal attack against Kazakhstani journalist must be immediately investigated, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 20 April 2012
VIENNA, 20 April 2012-- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, expressed her concern over the brutal attack on Lukpan Akhmedyarov, a journalist with Kazakhstan’s Uralskaya Nedelya newspaper, and asked the authorities to promptly investigate the attack...
OSCE media freedom representative warns against using security concerns as pretext for silencing dissent
Publishing date: 19 April 2012
National security concerns should not lead to online censorship, stressed Dunja Mijatović, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, on 19 April 2012 at the Stockholm Internet Forum...
OSCE media representative condemns violence against Azerbaijani journalists
Publishing date: 18 April 2012
VIENNA, 18 April 2012- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the attack on Idrak Abbasov and other Azerbaijani journalists and urged the authorities to bring those responsible to justice...
OSCE media representative welcomes establishment of Russian public broadcaster
Publishing date: 17 April 2012
VIENNA, 17 April 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today’s Presidential decree to establish a national public service broadcaster in Russia...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Spain’s draft transparency law, says it should be further improved
Publishing date: 11 April 2012
VIENNA, 11 April 2012 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today welcomed Spain’s draft access to information law, and urged the authorities to consider her Office’s recommendations to ensure that the law is in line with OSCE commitments...