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OSCE's media representative alarmed over beating of journalists in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 17 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 17 October 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed alarm over the beating of journalists by police during post-election protests in Baku yesterday. "Once again I feel compelled to express my alarm...
OSCE media watchdog concerned over murder of Russian journalist
Publishing date: 13 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 13 October 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, was shocked by the 9 October murder of Russian newspaper editor Alexei Sidorov, who was fatally stabbed by two men who ambushed him in the car park...
OSCE media watchdog, Council of Europe voice concern on media in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 10 September 2003
Content type: Press release
VIENNA/STRASBOURG, 10 September 2003- Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today made the following joint statement regarding the media situation in...
OSCE Media Representative and Council of Europe call on Russia to reconsider legislation on libel
Publishing date: 29 August 2003
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 29 August 2003- Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, and Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, today made the following joint statement regarding the recent sentencing of Russian journalist...
OSCE media watchdog expresses concern to Ivanov over Russian journalist jailed for libel
Publishing date: 27 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 27 August 2003- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has written to the Russian Foreign Minister raising the case of a prominent Russian journalist who was sentenced to one year in a labour camp for alleged libel...
OSCE Media Representative concerned over case of Russian journalists accused of divulging state secrets
Publishing date: 17 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 17 July 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed his concern over two journalists of the daily newspaper Zvezda (Perm, Russia), Konstantin Sterledev and Konstantin Bakharev, who were accused by...
OSCE Media Representative, media companies, propose principles for guaranteeing editorial independence
Publishing date: 16 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 16 July 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, together with some media companies, has proposed a set of principles to guarantee the editorial independence of media in Central and Eastern Europe and the...