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Polish reform of public-service broadcasting should avoid politicized solutions, OSCE representative warns
Publishing date: 3 June 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 3 June 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today that a rushed reform of the financing of Polish public-service broadcasting could menace its independence, and called for a de-politicized reform process...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Kyrgyz President to veto amendments that curb new public-service broadcaster's independence
Publishing date: 13 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media laws, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 13 May 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media today asked Kyrgyz President Bakiev to veto recent amendments to the country's broadcasting law, saying they would eliminate the independence of the public-service broadcaster...
Public broadcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina faces multiple threats, warns OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 9 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
SARAJEVO, 9 May 2008- The future of public broadcasting in Bosnia and Herzegovina is under threat and urgent action is needed, said Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, at a conference in Sarajevo which ended yesterday.
OSCE media freedom representative asks new Russian President to address media freedom challenges
Publishing date: 7 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 7 May 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, congratulated Dmitry Medvedev on assuming the Russian Presidency today, and asked him to undertake measures to improve the media freedom situation in his country...
Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, OSCE official calls on governments to lift restrictions, protect journalists from violence
Publishing date: 2 May 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 2 May 2008- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, called on the OSCE participating States today to protect press freedom by curbing violence against journalists and abolishing undue restrictions on free speech...
OSCE media freedom representative asks Russian legislators to halt move to allow closure of media outlets for defamation
Publishing date: 30 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 30 April 2008- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media appealed to the heads of both houses of Russia's Parliament to stop the adoption of an amendment to a law which would allow the Government to close media outlets for alleged libel...
OSCE media freedom representative urges Czech Parliament to use penal code reform to decriminalize speech offences
Publishing date: 22 April 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 22 April 2008- Miklos Haraszti, OSCE's media freedom representative, urged members of the Czech Parliament to use the ongoing Criminal Code reform to decriminalize speech offences so that they would be handled exclusively in civil courts...