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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Criminal conviction of Hungarian journalist sets dangerous precedent and can further limit media freedom, warns OSCE representative Désir
Publishing date: 9 March 2018
VIENNA, 9 March 2018 – “Journalistic work should never be criminalized,” OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir said today in reaction to the conviction of Hungarian journalist Gergely Nyilas, who reported about migration.
OSCE representative Désir urges Turkey to release and drop charges against 25 media workers sentenced to prison, including journalists Aksoy and Taş
Publishing date: 9 March 2018
VIENNA, 9 March 2018 – Yesterday’s court sentencing against 25 media workers shows the immense pressure to which media are exposed in the country, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir said today.
OSCE representative Désir urges Turkey to release and drop charges against 25 media workers sentenced to prison, including journalists Aksoy and Taş
Publishing date: 9 March 2018
VIENNA, 9 March 2018 – Yesterday’s court sentencing against 25 media workers shows the immense pressure to which media are exposed in the country, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir said today.
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir welcomes Ukrainian Supreme Court decision in case of Igor Efimov as positive step
Publishing date: 7 March 2018
VIENNA, 7 March 2018 –OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today welcomed the decision by the Supreme Court of Ukraine regarding the case of Igor Efimov, photojournalist with the newspaper Vechirni Cherkasy...
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media welcomes release of journalist in Uzbekistan, urges release of remaining imprisoned journalists
Publishing date: 2 March 2018
BRATISLAVA, 2 March 2018 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, today welcomed the news that journalist Yusuf Ruzimurodov, who has spent 19 years in jail, has been released.
At meeting with Slovak Prime Minister Fico, OSCE media freedom representative calls for full and transparent investigation of journalist’s murder
Publishing date: 2 March 2018
BRATISLAVA, 2 March 2018 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Harlem Désir, travelled today to Bratislava to meet with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico as well as with Slovak journalists and to pay tribute to the murdered journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée.
OSCE representative Désir concerned Cyprus court prohibits media from publishing documents about state attorney and police questioning journalists
Publishing date: 27 February 2018
OTTAWA, 27 February 2018- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir today expressed concern about a recent court decision in Cyprus prohibiting the daily Politis from publishing documents regarding the state attorney and the questioning by the police of several journalists of the daily newspapers Politis and Phileleftheros...