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OSCE Media Representative raises concern over media freedom with Israeli Foreign Minister
Publishing date: 4 April 2002
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, 4 April 2002- "I am very concerned about the reported limitations imposed on the media, the violence against journalists [] promoted by the army of Israel," Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has stressed...
OSCE Media Representative concerned over sentencing of journalists in Russia
Publishing date: 7 January 2002
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, 7 January 2002-- At the end of December 2001, two journalists were sentenced in Russia to prison terms. Grigory Pasko, a military journalist, was convicted of treason by a military court in Vladivostok...
OSCE Media Representative: more needs to be done to safeguard journalists working in conflict zones
Publishing date: 27 November 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 27 November 2001-- Several journalists have been killed over the past weeks in Afghanistan. Fifty-six journalists have already been killed world-wide this year, up from 53 in 2000, according to the World Association of Newspapers...
OSCE sets up hot line for journalists in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 28 September 2001
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 28 September 2001 (OSCE)-- In the aftermath of the attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., that led to numerous casualties and prompted governments to prepare to combat terror, hundreds of journalists are either on their way or are already...
OSCE Media Representative to hold discussions with journalists in Skopje
Publishing date: 10 September 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 10 September 2001 (OSCE)-- For 13 September 2001, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, has invited journalists and editors for a one day conference on the tasks, the chances and the challenges of free journalism...
Freimut Duve concerned over attack on journalists in Genoa
Publishing date: 27 July 2001
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 27 July 2001 (OSCE)-- On 27 July, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, intervened with the Italian Foreign Minister Renato Ruggiero regarding actions by the Italian police against journalists...
Freimut Duve: Russia allows a Tajik journalist to go back to his family
Publishing date: 12 July 2001
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, 12 July 2001 (OSCE)-- On 12 July, Freimut Duve, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on the recent case of Tajik journalist Dododjon Atovulloyev, detained at a Moscow airport...