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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Representative concerned by attacks against journalists during demonstrations in Spain, calls for protection of journalists covering protests
Publishing date: 22 October 2019
VIENNA, 22 October 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed his concern today following several violent incidents against journalists in Spain over the past week, as well as the arrest of a journalist on 18 October, after protests started on 14 October in Barcelona...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative to organize a conference in Moscow on Media Freedom and Safety of Journalists in Russia and the OSCE region
Publishing date: 21 October 2019
VIENNA, 21 October 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, announced today that his Office will organize a high-level conference on media freedom issues, to be held in Moscow on 6 November. The conference on “Freedom of the Media and Safety of Journalists in the Russian Federation and the OSCE region: Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Age”, will be organized by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative voices concern over targeting of N1 journalists in Serbia, calls on authorities to bring perpetrators to justice
Publishing date: 18 October 2019
VIENNA, 18 October 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, denounced today an incident targeting N1 journalists in Serbia.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative pays tribute to killed journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia on two-year anniversary, during visit to Malta
Publishing date: 16 October 2019
VALLETTA, 16 October 2019 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, participated today in ceremonies commemorating the two-year anniversary of the brutal assassination of leading investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, during a visit to Malta. He met with the family of the journalist at the memorial, near the city of Bidnija, where she was killed.
Malta must establish accountability for murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia, say human rights experts
Publishing date: 16 October 2019
GENEVA/STRASBOURG/VIENNA, 16 October 2019- "Government of Malta remains far behind in its obligation to ensure that investigations in the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia are conducted in a prompt, effective, independent and impartial manner,” said today in a joint statement Harlem Désir, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, David Kaye, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression, and Agnes Callamard, UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions.
South Caucasus Media Conference concludes in Tbilisi, OSCE Representative Désir met with President Zourabichvili, calls for strengthening media freedom
Publishing date: 12 October 2019
VIENNA, 12 October 2019 – The 16th South Caucasus Media Conference organized by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, was held on 9 and 10 October in Tbilisi, Georgia...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative expresses concern about disproportionate sentence against a Russian blogger
Publishing date: 5 October 2019
VIENNA, 5 October 2019 –The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, expressed concern about the disproportion of punishment of blogger, Vladislav Sinitsa, following yesterday’s decision of the Moscow City Court to uphold his imprisonment in appeal...