News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office promotes out-of-court resolutions in defamation cases in Armenia
Publishing date: 29 June 2012
AGHVERAN, Armenia 30 June 2012 – Resolving cases of defamation and insult without resorting to the courts is the focus of a two-day OSCE-supported workshop for journalists and lawyers that started today in Aghveran, Armenia...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supports drafting new media law
Publishing date: 28 June 2012
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan together with the Parliament of Uzbekistan organized an international roundtable meeting in Tashkent on 26 June 2012 on the economic base for the mass media in Uzbekistan. This was a contribution to the drafting of the new media law which is planned to be presented to the Parliament for adoption later this year...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek holds discussion of media legislation developments
Publishing date: 27 June 2012
Freedom, responsibility and challenges for the media following the adoption of new legislation were the focus of an OSCE-organized roundtable discussion that took place on 27 June 2012 in Bishkek...
OSCE media freedom representative and other global advocates for free speech call on governments to address attacks on media
Publishing date: 25 June 2012
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago, 25 June 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, and three other international freedom of expression rapporteurs, launched today their annual 2012 Joint Declaration on "Crimes against Freedom of Expression"...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns arrest and new charges against Andrzej Poczobut, calls for immediate release
Publishing date: 22 June 2012
VIENNA, 22 June 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today the arrest of Belarusian journalist Andrzej Poczobut and called the new charges against him for libel of the President politically motivated...
Internet freedom, journalists’ safety major concerns, OSCE media freedom representative tells Permanent Council
Publishing date: 22 June 2012
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, presented her second official report of 2012 to the OSCE Permanent Council on 21 June 2012, where she highlighted Internet freedom and journalists’ safety as major concerns...
OSCE Dublin conference on Internet freedom opens with call for broad debate on rights and security online
Publishing date: 18 June 2012
DUBLIN, 18 June 2012 – A conference hosted by Ireland’s 2012 OSCE Chairmanship on the challenges to freedom of expression and media freedom online and the debate around Internet governance opened in Dublin today...