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OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Kyrgyzstan's media self-regulatory body, the first in Central Asia

Publishing date: 12 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media self-regulation
VIENNA, 12 February 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFOM), Miklos Haraszti, congratulated today journalists in Kyrgyzstan on the launch of an independent media self-regulatory body...

OSCE media freedom representative visits Council of Europe, discusses joint concerns, co-operation

Publishing date: 24 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Safety of journalists
STRASBOURG, 24 January 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today that legal standards established by the Council of Europe played an important role in his every day work and helped...

OSCE media freedom representative says Slovakian draft Press Act curbs editorial autonomy, asks authorities to withdraw it

Publishing date: 22 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism, Media self-regulation
VIENNA, 22 January 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has asked the Slovak Government to withdraw its draft Press Act from Parliament in its current version, saying that his office was ready to prepare a...

OSCE media freedom representative protests jailing of editor in Belarus for reprinting cartoons

Publishing date: 18 January 2008
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, 18 January 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, today condemned the three-year high-security prison sentence handed down to Alexander Zdvizhkov, ex-deputy editor of the Zhoda newspaper...

OSCE media freedom representative welcomes President Sarkozy's plan to de-commercialize public television in France

Publishing date: 14 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 14 January 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, welcomed two proposals on media legislation made by French President Nicolas Sarkozy: public broadcasting reform and a measure to protect confidential sources...

OSCE welcomes pardoning of journalists in Azerbaijan but urges legal reform

Publishing date: 2 January 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
BAKU, 2 January 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media and the OSCE Office in Baku today welcomed Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev's pardon of five imprisoned journalists...

OSCE media freedom watchdog concerned about increased tension in Armenia's media freedom environment

Publishing date: 21 December 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 21 December 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media said today he was concerned that the Armenian regional broadcaster Gala TV may cease broadcasting as a result of pressure by the authorities, and over an explosion in front of...