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OSCE parliamentary body president condemns murder of Russian investigative journalist

Publishing date: 10 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development
COPENHAGEN, 10 October 2006- The Secretary General of the OSCE's Parliamentary Assembly, Spencer Oliver, attended the funeral of slain Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya today while the Assembly's president, Goran Lennmarker condemned her murder...

OSCE media freedom representative calls on Azerbaijan's president to decriminalize defamation

Publishing date: 9 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 9 October 2006- The OSCE Media Freedom Representative, Miklos Haraszti, today urged Azerbaijan's president and foreign minister to decriminalize defamation...

OSCE Chairman shocked by murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya

Publishing date: 7 October 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
BRUSSELS, 7 October 2006- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht, expressed profound shock today about the news of the murder of prominent Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya. "I condemn the murder...

Irish draft bill on defamation major improvement, but job unfinished, says OSCE media freedom representative

Publishing date: 29 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 29 September 2006- A legal review presented today to the Irish government by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media says draft bills on defamation and privacy contain major improvements, but need to completely decriminalize defamation...

OSCE Mission regrets new changes to Serbian broadcasting law

Publishing date: 29 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development
BELGRADE, 29 September 2006- The OSCE Mission to Serbia said today it regrets that the Serbian Assembly passed amendments to the Broadcasting Law that were tabled for a repeated vote after the President of the Republic refused to sign...

OSCE welcomes establishment of media ethics council in Albania

Publishing date: 28 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
TIRANA/VIENNA, 28 September 2006- The OSCE Representative on the Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, and the Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Pavel Vacek, welcomed today the creation of the Albanian Council on Media Ethics...

Amended Kazakh media law needs further improvements, OSCE media freedom representative says

Publishing date: 27 September 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Digital switchover, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 27 September 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has presented a comprehensive report to the Kazakh authorities that includes recommendations to improve the recently amended media law of Kazakhstan...