News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Future of Internet freedom at stake, warns OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 17 February 2012
Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, called for concerted global efforts to keep the Internet, as a platform for exercising free expression and for independent media, accessible and free...
OSCE media representative urges European Parliament to reassess ACTA to safeguard freedom of expression
Publishing date: 14 February 2012
VIENNA, 14 February 2012 – In a letter to the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, today, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović urged the Parliament to safeguard free expression when discussing the draft Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)...
OSCE media freedom representative welcomes Russian Supreme Court decisions protecting public discussion of terrorism, extremism
Publishing date: 13 February 2012
VIENNA, 13 February 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, welcomed today last week’s adoption by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of two resolutions on extremism and on terrorism that will protect public debate on these issues...
At meeting with EU Commissioner Kroes, OSCE media freedom representative stresses constant challenges to media freedom in Europe
Publishing date: 10 February 2012
BRUSSELS, 10 February 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, met today with Neelie Kroes, the Vice President of the European Commission responsible for the Digital Agenda for Europe, to discuss the state of media freedom across Europe...
OSCE media freedom representative discusses next steps of media reform with Hungarian Minister
Publishing date: 26 January 2012
VIENNA, 26 January 2012 – Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today met Zoltan Kovacs, Hungarian Minister of State for Government Communication in Vienna, to discuss media reforms in Hungary...
OSCE media representative calls for release of jailed Kazakhstani editor
Publishing date: 25 January 2012
VIENNA, 25 January 2011- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, condemned today as excessive a raid by law enforcement officers on Kazakhstan’s Vzglyad newspaper and urged the authorities to let independent media work freely...
Intellectual property rights in the digital age- new approaches needed to guarantee freedom of expression, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 24 January 2012
VIENNA, 24 January 2012 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today called for governments to reassess protection of intellectual property rights online, emphasizing the potential threat to individual freedoms posed by expanding legal rights and technological restrictions...