News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Media freedom representative publishes report on Internet governance in OSCE region
Publishing date: 26 July 2007
VIENNA, 26 July 2007- Implications of Internet regulation on media freedom in the OSCE region are the focus of a report presented by Miklós Haraszti, the Organization's Representative on Freedom of the Media, in Vienna today...
Joint statement by three special rapporteurs on freedom of expression
Publishing date: 28 December 2005
VIENNA, 28 December 2005- The special rapporteurs on freedom of expression, from the UN, the OSCE and the OAS, issued a joint declaration on the Internet and freedom of expression and on the need to protect civil liberties in the fight against terrorism.
OSCE conference for South Caucasus journalists focuses on public service broadcasting and the Internet
Publishing date: 21 November 2005
VIENNA, 21 November 2005- The editorial independence of public service broadcasting and press freedom on the Internet were the focus of the Second South Caucasus Media Conference that ended on Friday in Tbilisi...
OSCE media freedom representative asks Kazakhstan to withdraw Internet regulation
Publishing date: 31 October 2005
VIENNA, 31 October 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklós Haraszti, has asked the Government of Kazakhstan to withdraw a newly established regulation on the registration of domain names for websites...
Media freedom on the Internet in Central Asian countries threatened, says OSCE Representative
Publishing date: 20 June 2005
AMSTERDAM, 20 June 2005- Governmental over-regulation and content censorship are common in Central Asian countries and pose a serious danger to new media in the emerging internet scene, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Miklos Haraszti...
OSCE media watchdog issues report on work of media during Andijan crisis in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 15 June 2005
VIENNA, 15 June 2005- The coverage of the events and the Government's handling of the press during the Andijan crisis in Uzbekistan last May are the subject of a report issued today by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media. It provides...
OSCE media watchdog presents Internet "cookbook" in Russian
Publishing date: 10 May 2005
VIENNA, 10 May 2005- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media today presented the Russian-language version of the Media Freedom Internet Cookbook. Published in English last year, it contains the major findings of...