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OSCE media watchdog to survey sanctions against press for publishing classified information or not revealing sources
Publishing date: 30 May 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 30 May 2006- The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media will produce a database of rules, sanctions for disseminating unauthorised information, protection of sources and other laws affecting...
To mark World Press Freedom Day, international organizations urge governments to combat violence against journalists
Publishing date: 2 May 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 2 May 2006- On the occasion of World Press Freedom Day on 3 May, the media freedom watchdogs of four of the world's leading international organizations have urged governments not to let violence against media personnel go unpunished...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned over treatment of journalists covering demonstrations in Belarus
Publishing date: 28 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 28 March 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media said today that the detentions of Belarusian and foreign journalists in the aftermath of the presidential election was an infringement of OSCE commitments to safeguard free...
OSCE media watchdog calls on Romania to drop leak cases against journalists
Publishing date: 8 March 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 8 March 2006- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklós Haraszti, has written to Romanian Foreign Minister Mihai-Razvan Ungureanu, urging authorities to do everything in their power to drop charges against two journalists...
OSCE media watchdog asks Azerbaijan President to initiate law reform as editor is jailed for libel
Publishing date: 3 March 2006
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 3 March 2006- The OSCE Media Freedom Representative Miklos Haraszti has written to Azerbaijan's President, Ilham Aliyev, reminding him of his call a year ago for a moratorium on the use of criminal defamation against the media. In his letter...
OSCE Media Freedom Representative asks Swiss to add a public right to know to secrecy laws
Publishing date: 19 January 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 19 January 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has voiced his concern over possible consequences for the media stemming from investigations into the disclosure of confidential military information by a Swiss...
OSCE media freedom representative asks Polish President to pardon imprisoned journalist
Publishing date: 18 January 2006
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 18 January 2006- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has asked the President of Poland to pardon imprisoned journalist Andrzej Marek, who was sent to jail on 17 January for libelling a local official...