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Comprehensive security approach needed for global response to COVID-19, OSCE leaders say ahead of International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace
Publishing date: 23 April 2020
Content type: Press release
TIRANA/COPENHAGEN/VIENNA/WARSAW/THE HAGUE, 23 April 2020 – The International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace tomorrow will be marked with a heightened appreciation for the importance of comprehensive security and greater sense of urgency for the need to strengthen international co-operation, said the Chair of the OSCE Permanent Council and heads of OSCE institutions in a statement today...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Kurz receives civil society recommendations ahead of Vienna Ministerial Council
Publishing date: 6 December 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Human rights, Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 6 December 2017 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz today received civil society’s recommendations to the OSCE executive structures and participating States, on the eve of the 24th OSCE Ministerial Council. The recommendations were adopted by more than 100 NGO representatives who met during the Parallel Civil Society Conference, which was organized by the Civic Solidarity Platform, a coalition of NGOs from across the OSCE region, in Vienna on 5 and 6 December...
Lack of equal opportunities, one-sided media coverage and limitations on fundamental freedoms created unlevel playing field in Turkey’s constitutional referendum, international observers say
Publishing date: 17 April 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development, Rule of law
ANKARA, 17 April 2017 – The 16 April constitutional referendum in Turkey was contested on an unlevel playing field, and the two sides in the campaign did not have equal opportunities, the international observers concluded in a statement released today. While the technical aspects of the process were well administered, voters were not provided with impartial information about key aspects of the reform, and limitations on fundamental freedoms had a negative effect, the statement says.
OSCE Freedom of Media Representative, Human Rights chief call for release of blogger and human rights activist in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 6 March 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA/WARSAW, 6 March 2017 – Dunja Mijatović, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today condemned the sentencing of Azerbaijani blogger and chair of the media NGO Institute for Reporters’ Freedom and Safety Mehman Huseynov and called on authorities to release him...
OSCE media freedom representative and ODIHR Director congratulate Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet on receiving “Alternative Nobel Prize”
Publishing date: 22 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
WARSAW, 22 September 2016 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, and the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Michael Georg Link, today congratulated the daily Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet on receiving the Right Livelihood Award, more commonly known as the “Alternative Nobel Prize”...
OSCE media freedom representative, human rights chief welcome release of Khadija Ismayilova
Publishing date: 25 May 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA / WARSAW, 25 May 2016 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović and the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Michael Georg Link, today welcomed the release of the Azerbaijani journalist and human rights defender Khadija Ismayilova...
Freedom of expression, opinion must be improved across OSCE region, conference participants say
Publishing date: 3 July 2014
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 3 July 2014 – Freedom of expression is a cornerstone of democracy and must be ensured and strengthened in the OSCE region, participants said today at the opening of a two-day OSCE human rights meeting in Vienna...