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OSCE Media Representative concerned over Ukraine adopting additional restrictive legislation against journalists
Publishing date: 15 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 15 July 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed dismay over the decision by the Ukrainian Parliament to outlaw the protection of journalists' sources. On 9 July the Ukrainian Parliament adopted a...
OSCE Media Representative issues Amsterdam Recommendations defending freedom of the Internet
Publishing date: 17 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
VIENNA, 17 June 2003- At the end of a two-day conference on Internet-related perils to freedom of expression, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has issued a call for the OSCE to take up a strong position towards...
World Wide Web stands for media freedom, hears OSCE Conference
Publishing date: 13 June 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
AMSTERDAM, 13 June 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, and the Mayor of Amsterdam, Job Cohen, opened the conference "Freedom of the Media and the Internet" in the City Hall of Amsterdam today. "When it comes to...
OSCE media watchdog questions suspension of independent Belarusian newspapers
Publishing date: 30 May 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism
VIENNA, 30 May 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has asked Belarus Foreign Minister for urgent clarification regarding the suspension of publication of the independent newspapers Belaruskaya Delovaya Gazeta...
OSCE media watchdog concerned about ownership deregulation in USA
Publishing date: 29 May 2003
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, 29 May 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed concern today over the effect that media deregulation in the USA, the most symbolically important country for the culture of press freedom...
OSCE media watchdog asks U.S. to clarify detention of French journalists
Publishing date: 26 May 2003
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, 26 May 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has asked U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell for clarifications regarding the detention of six French journalists on arrival in Los Angeles on 10 and 11 May...
Tajik journalists celebrate Press Freedom Day with OSCE Centre in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 5 May 2003
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 5 May 2003- Some five hundred journalists from across Tajikistan gathered to celebrate World Press Freedom Day at a special event in Dushanbe on Saturday. The winners of a competition on how democratic and socio-economic reforms for...