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OSCE media freedom representative and Council of Europe concerned over death of journalist in Ukraine
Publishing date: 18 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA/STRASBOURG, 18 December 2003- Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, voiced their concern today over the death of another journalist in Ukraine...
Outgoing OSCE media watchdog reports to participating States about deteriorating press freedom
Publishing date: 11 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 11 December 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, today strongly criticised a deterioration in media freedom in many participating States in his final statement to the Permanent Council before leaving office...
Outgoing OSCE Media Representative to criticize participating States over press freedom in final report
Publishing date: 9 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 9 December 2003- After six years in office, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, will on Thursday, 11 December, give his last official report to the Organization's 55-nation Permanent Council...
OSCE media freedom representative asks for release of Azeri journalist from prison
Publishing date: 4 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 4 December 2003- A leading European media watchdog, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has requested Azeri authorities to release a journalist from prison. In a letter he sent to Foreign Minister Vilayat Guliyev...
OSCE and RSF urge decriminalization of libel
Publishing date: 25 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
PARIS, 25 November 2003- Criminal libel and insult laws have become a major impediment to press freedom in many OSCE states, warned the Organization's Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, and Reporters sans frontieres. "Such...
OSCE media watchdog presents book on media freedom and the Internet
Publishing date: 23 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 23 October 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has today presented the book "Spreading the Word on the Internet" at a meeting of the Organization's decision-making body, the Permanent Council. "With the...
OSCE's media representative alarmed over beating of journalists in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 17 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 17 October 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed alarm over the beating of journalists by police during post-election protests in Baku yesterday. "Once again I feel compelled to express my alarm...