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OSCE Media Freedom Representative welcomes French acquittal in cartoons row
Publishing date: 22 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 22 March 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said he welcomes today's acquittal of the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in a trial initiated in 2006 by Muslim institutions for publishing three cartoons...
OSCE promotes media self-regulation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 20 March 2007
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
ASTANA, 20 March 2007- Raising awareness in Kazakhstan on the benefits of media self-regulation was the aim of an OSCE-organized roundtable discussion in Astana today...
OSCE promotes media self-regulation in Armenia
Publishing date: 15 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
YEREVAN, 15 March 2007- Establishing a media self-regulation system in Armenia, as well as accountability and professional norms in the coverage of elections and inter-ethnic relations, were discussed at a seminar that ended in Yerevan today...
OSCE Representative calls for release of Uzbek journalist
Publishing date: 13 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 13 March 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has called for the release of the detained Uzbek journalist and human rights activist, Umida Niyazova...
Miklos Haraszti appointed OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media for second term
Publishing date: 8 March 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 8 March 2007- Miklos Haraszti was appointed OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media for a second three-year term today. Haraszti, a Hungarian writer and former dissident, was...
OSCE Centre promotes public discussion on freedom of expression
Publishing date: 5 March 2007
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
ASTANA, 5 March 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, encouraged Kazakh authorities today to abandon plans to require licenses for all printing presses. Existing laws...
OSCE Centre publishes brochure on press freedom and media development in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 28 February 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 28 February 2007- A new brochure, published this week with the support of the OSCE Centre in Dushanbe, promotes press freedom and the development of a modern media policy in Tajikistan...