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OSCE Media Freedom official criticizes criminal charges against Russian rights defender

Publishing date: 28 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 28 October 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today that criminal proceedings launched against Memorial chairman Oleg Orlov for his criticism of Ramzan Kadyrov,...

OSCE media freedom conference brings together participants from all five Central Asian countries

Publishing date: 16 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Digital switchover, Human rights, Education, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media self-regulation, Safety of journalists
BISHKEK, 16 October 2009- Journalists and education experts from all Central Asian states- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan- discussed challenges to journalism in the region and issued recommendations on journalism...

OSCE media freedom representative deplores latest imprisonments of journalists for defamation in Azerbaijan, calls for urgent reform

Publishing date: 14 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 14 October 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti condemned today recent criminal defamation trials in Azerbaijan which resulted in the conviction of five journalists, with two receiving prison sentences...

OSCE press freedom official offers Russian authorities co-operation on media freedom

Publishing date: 12 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media laws, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 12 October 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today he has offered Russian authorities the co-operation of his office to tackle media freedom problems...

OSCE media freedom representative in Moscow to meet officials, address conference

Publishing date: 7 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media laws, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
MOSCOW, 7 October 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today started a three-day visit to Moscow.

OSCE media freedom representative protests over authorities' actions against one of Kazakhstan's few independent newspapers

Publishing date: 22 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 22 September 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today the seizure of all copies of the independent Kazakh weekly Respublika- delovoye obozrenie and the freezing of the paper's accounts...

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media asks Italian prime minister to drop libel lawsuits against two Italian dailies

Publishing date: 20 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 20 September 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, urged Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi today to drop two civil libel lawsuits against daily newspapers La Repubblica and L'Unità...