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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
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 media freedom representative expresses concern about Lithuanian public information law, welcomes authorities' co-operation on improving it
Publishing date: 4 September 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 4 September 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, expressed concern today that a recently amended law that aims to protect minors is so vague that it will restrict legitimate media content...
Latest murder of journalist in Russia underlines need for government action, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 13 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 13 August 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, condemned today the murder of newspaper editor Abdulmalik Akhmedilov in Makhachkala, Dagestan on 11 August, and reiterated his call to Russia's...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Kazakh President to veto new Internet law
Publishing date: 25 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 25 June 2009- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, criticised as restrictive today amendments to the country's communication law, adopted on 24 June by the Kazakh Parliament, and called on President...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media urges Italian Senate to drop law proposals restricting free flow of information.
Publishing date: 24 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 24 June 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media asked the Italian legislature today to drop two planned legal provisions that would restrict freedom on the Internet and reporting on court cases...
OSCE holds media self-regulation seminar for Mediterranean Partner States
Publishing date: 19 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 19 June 2009- Journalists, editors and experts from the OSCE Mediterranean Partner States and OSCE participating States gathered today to discuss the merits, mechanisms and challenges of media self-regulation...
OSCE promotes media self-regulation with training seminar for Moldovan journalists and editors
Publishing date: 21 May 2009
Content type: Press release
CHISINAU, 21 May 2009- Raising awareness about the importance of media self-regulation as a credible and viable mechanism to guarantee editorial independence and uphold journalistic ethics is the aim of a two-day training seminar...