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OSCE media representative, other global free speech rapporteurs highlight ten key challenges to freedom of expression

Publishing date: 4 February 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet, Media laws, Media pluralism, Rule of law
VIENNA, 4 February 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media together with freedom of expression rapporteurs of the United Nations, the Organization of American States and the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights released...

OSCE media freedom representative concerned about persecution of journalists in Uzbekistan

Publishing date: 2 February 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 2 February 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, said today that he was deeply concerned by the continuing harassment of journalists in Uzbekistan...

Joint statement by the Heads of Mission of the EU, NATO, OSCE and the United States in Skopje

Publishing date: 28 January 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, National minority issues, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 28 January 2010- The Skopje Missions of the EU, NATO, OSCE and the U.S. issued the following statement today: "We believe that instruction in the state language in non-majority community areas should start early...

OSCE Mission to Serbia, Canadian Embassy donate legal reference books to Constitutional Court library

Publishing date: 25 January 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
BELGRADE, 25 January 2010- A donation of legal reference books for the Constitutional Court of Serbia's library was handed over today by the OSCE Deputy Head of Mission, Thomas Moore, and Ambassador John Morrison of Canada...

OSCE Mission supports workshop for Serbian police officers on police training systems in Slovenia and Hungary

Publishing date: 22 January 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Human rights, Education, Policing, Rule of law
BELGRADE, 22 January 2010- Twenty senior officials from the Serbian Interior Ministry participated in an OSCE-supported workshop on police training systems in Hungary and Slovenia that ended in Belgrade today...

OSCE media freedom watchdog welcomes France's new law allowing journalists to protect confidential sources

Publishing date: 14 January 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media laws, Rule of law, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 14 January 2010- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, welcomed today a new French law that strengthens the protection for journalists who keep the identity of their sources confidential even in courts of law...

OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities issues statement on Slovakia's language law

Publishing date: 4 January 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, National minority issues, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
THE HAGUE, 4 January 2010- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, issued the following statement today: "The Government of Slovakia has adopted the Principles for the Implementation of the amended State Language Act..."