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OSCE Office in Baku to offer training to State broadcaster
Publishing date: 30 October 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
BAKU, 30 October 2007- The OSCE Office will help train employees of Azerbaijan's Public Television and Radio Company, according to an agreement signed today in Baku...
OSCE Office welcomes use of European Court of Human Rights' opinions in case against Azerbaijani journalist
Publishing date: 17 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
BAKU, 17 July 2007- The OSCE Office in Baku noted with satisfaction the reference to the European Court of Human Rights in yesterday's decision by the Yasamal District court to dismiss criminal defamation charges against the editor of Azadliq...
OSCE Office in Baku awarded Prize for transparency with Press
Publishing date: 31 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
BAKU, 31 May 2007- The OSCE Office in Baku has received an award for its transparency and openness to the media at a ceremony...
OSCE Office trains Azerbaijani journalists on court and crime reporting
Publishing date: 4 May 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
BAKU, 4 May 2007- More than twenty journalists from different Azerbaijani media outlets took part in a seminar on court and crime reporting organized by the OSCE Office in Baku today. Participants also discussed the notion of presumption of innocence...
OSCE Representative asks Azerbaijani President to halt persecution of journalists, greets renewed license for embattled broadcaster
Publishing date: 27 April 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
BAKU, 27 April 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, asked President Ilham Aliyev today to issue a moratorium on criminal prosecution of journalists and follow up with a decriminalization reform...
OSCE media freedom representative condemns sentencing of journalist, says Azerbaijan media under serious threat
Publishing date: 23 April 2007
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 23 April 2007- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, voiced dismay today over the prison sentence of Eynulla Fatullayev, the editor of the independent Russian-language weekly Realny Azerbaijan and the daily...
OSCE voices concern over imprisonment of journalists in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 31 January 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development, Rule of law
BAKU/VIENNA, 31 January 2007-The OSCE Office in Baku and the Organization's Representative on Freedom of the Media expressed profound concern today over new instances of imprisonment of journalists in Azerbaijan...