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OSCE-supported Guidebook on co-operation between police and journalists during mass events presented in Kyiv

Publishing date: 19 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development, Policing
KYIV, 19 December 2014 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, country’s Interior Ministry and the National Union of Journalists presented today a new guidebook on the effective co-operation between police and media during mass events and crises...

Efforts to increase freedom of expression and tolerance should go hand in hand, says OSCE Representative

Publishing date: 18 December 2014
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
VIENNA, 18 December 2014 – At an expert meeting on the relationship between freedom of expression and tolerance and non-discrimination, OSCE media freedom representative Dunja Mijatović emphasized that the two values should not only co-exist, but they can also strengthen each other...

OSCE media freedom representative calls on authorities in Turkey to release detained journalists

Publishing date: 15 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
PODGORICA, 15 December 2014 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović today wrote to Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu calling for the immediate release of detained journalists...

OSCE Representative supports media self-regulation in Montenegro, raises potential negative legal amendments

Publishing date: 15 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media self-regulation
PODGORICA, 15 December 2014- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today met with media representatives in Montenegro to support their work on amending the ethical code as an essential step in strengthening media self-regulation. She also met the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Milo Djukanović, to discuss the media freedom situation in the country, welcoming the constructive approach by the authorities...

Repeated persecutions of journalists in Belarus must stop, OSCE Representative says

Publishing date: 12 December 2014
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, 12 December 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today denounced the continued oppression of free media in Belarus, following recent and repeated persecutions of journalists and members of the independent Belarusian Association of Journalists (BAJ)...

Journalists’ unions from Russia and Ukraine condemn continued attacks on journalists in Ukraine, agree on steps to fight propaganda

Publishing date: 11 December 2014
Collections: Two Countries – One Profession: A dialogue between journalists’ organizations from Russia and Ukraine
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, 11 December 2014 – Representatives of Ukrainian and Russian journalists’ unions today condemned the ongoing attacks and detentions of journalists in and around Ukraine. The unions also urged journalists not to participate in propaganda activities and to show solidarity with their colleagues...

OSCE-supports investigative journalism workshop for students of Chisinau School of Advanced Journalism

Publishing date: 11 December 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Media freedom and development, Youth
From 6 to 8 December 2014, students and alumni from the Chisinau School of Advanced Journalism (CSAJ) took part in an intensive workshop on investigative and data journalism. The workshop was co-organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova and the Independent Journalism Centre...