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OSCE media freedom representative presents publications on 'The Business of Media'

Publishing date: 22 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 22 May 2007- The Office of Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, presented two new publications today dedicated to "The Business of Media". The books... cover the challenges of privatisation, starting-up, and

OSCE media freedom representative expresses shock after more Azerbaijani journalists jailed, calls on authorities to stop prosecutions for libel

Publishing date: 17 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 17 May 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today he was shocked to hear the news about the imprisonment of two more Azerbaijani journalists for libel...

OSCE press freedom watchdog condemns prison sentences handed down to journalists in Azerbaijan for essay on religion

Publishing date: 7 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 7 May 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today he was deeply concerned about the harsh prison sentences handed down to two Azerbaijani journalists from the monthly newspaper Senet...

OSCE Office trains Azerbaijani journalists on court and crime reporting

Publishing date: 4 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
BAKU, 4 May 2007- More than twenty journalists from different Azerbaijani media outlets took part in a seminar on court and crime reporting organized by the OSCE Office in Baku today. Participants also discussed the notion of presumption of innocence...

Tajik journalists and students celebrate Press Freedom Day with OSCE Field Office

Publishing date: 3 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development
KHUJAND, Tajikistan, 3 May 2007- Highlighting the importance of freedom of the media was the aim of a series of events that the OSCE Field Office in Khujand, in northern Tajikistan, organized today to mark World Press Freedom Day...

OSCE Mission Head says media professionals in Serbia need safer working environment

Publishing date: 3 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 3 May 2007- To mark World Press Freedom Day today, the Head of the OSCE Mission, Ambassador Hans Ola Urstad, said that media professionals in Serbia needed a safer working environment and called for the protection of the...

Harsh sentence of Uzbek journalist violates commitments, says OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 2 May 2007
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, 2 May 2007- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media condemned today the 7-year prison sentence handed down to Umida Niyazova, an Uzbek investigative journalist collecting materials about the Andijan tragedy in 2005.