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OSCE's media representative alarmed over beating of journalists in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 17 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 17 October 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed alarm over the beating of journalists by police during post-election protests in Baku yesterday. "Once again I feel compelled to express my alarm...
OSCE media watchdog, Council of Europe voice concern on media in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 10 September 2003
Content type: Press release
VIENNA/STRASBOURG, 10 September 2003- Walter Schwimmer, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, and Freimut Duve, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, today made the following joint statement regarding the media situation in...
OSCE Office underlines media freedom on Azeri National Press Day
Publishing date: 22 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 22 July 2003- Congratulating the Azeri media on the occasion of National Press Day, the Head of the OSCE Office in Baku underlined the importance of free media for Azerbaijan's democracy. "This event should remind us of the significance of...
OSCE and BBC train Azerbaijani journalists in elections reporting
Publishing date: 12 February 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Elections, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 12 February 2003- A two-week training course on election reporting has just been launched by the OSCE Office in Baku in conjunction with the BBC Training Centre, based in Yekaterinburg, Russia. Experts will train around 25 staff members...
OSCE Mission reacts to "kamikaze" report of Azerbaijani TV
Publishing date: 25 October 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 25 October 2002- Following the report by an Azerbaijani TV station expressing the need for kamikazes ready to sacrifice themselves for their country, the OSCE Office in Baku today said that it was monitoring very closely...
Fourth Central Asia Media Conference focuses on media freedom and corruption
Publishing date: 26 September 2002
Content type: Press release
TASHKENT, 26 September 2002- The media coverage of corruption has a "corrective function" in the newly emerging democracies and on their economies, a leading European media watchdog, Freimut Duve, told a conference of more than 100 media...
OSCE-run radio show in Azerbaijan focuses on human rights awareness
Publishing date: 20 September 2002
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 20 September 2002- A new radio project on raising public awareness aims to stimulate discussions between the government and non-governmental sector on problematic issues of human rights in Azerbaijan. A series of radio talk shows...