News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
25th Anniversary this year, but not the time for celebrations, says OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
Publishing date: 19 May 2022
VIENNA, 19 May 2022 – Even though the Mandate she holds sees its 25th Anniversary this year, there is nothing to celebrate, said OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro in her bi-annual statement to the members of the OSCE Permanent Council today.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative condemns attacks on media workers in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 18 May 2022
VIENNA, 18 May 2022 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro today condemned the attacks on journalists in Dushanbe and expressed her grave worries regarding the safety of media workers in Tajikistan. This comes following reports about two separate attacks in Dushanbe on teams of the Russian-language television and digital news network Current Time and the Tajik service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Radio Ozodi after they conducted interviews about recent events in the Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous region (GBAO).
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports journalists of national public broadcaster RTCG in live and emergency reporting
Publishing date: 18 May 2022
At the invitation of the national public service broadcaster – Radio Television Montenegro (RTCG), the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a three-day in-house training on live and emergency reporting for journalists of RTCG, from 16 to 18 May in Podgorica.
Freedom of expression focus of OSCE-organized workshop in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 16 May 2022
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe organizes World Press Freedom Day international conference
Publishing date: 13 May 2022
On 5 May 2022, journalists and media experts from Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Lithuania, Germany and the United Kingdom gathered in Dushanbe for an international conference to celebrate World Press Freedom Day.
Whole-of-society approach needed to ensure women’s full enjoyment of freedom of opinion and expression – 2022 Joint Declaration of International Rapporteurs
Publishing date: 3 May 2022
On today’s World Press Freedom Day, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Teresa Ribeiro launched the 2022 Joint Declaration on Freedom of Expression and Gender Justice, together with the freedom of expression mandate holders from the United Nations, the African Commission of Human Rights, and the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights.
Statement by the Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina on World Press Freedom Day
Publishing date: 3 May 2022