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OSCE media watchdog presents book on media freedom and the Internet

Publishing date: 23 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media freedom on the internet
VIENNA, 23 October 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has today presented the book "Spreading the Word on the Internet" at a meeting of the Organization's decision-making body, the Permanent Council. "With the...

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 concerned over murder of Russian journalist

Publishing date: 13 October 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 13 October 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, was shocked by the 9 October murder of Russian newspaper editor Alexei Sidorov, who was fatally stabbed by two men who ambushed him in the car park...

OSCE media watchdog expresses concern to Ivanov over Russian journalist jailed for libel

Publishing date: 27 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 27 August 2003- OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has written to the Russian Foreign Minister raising the case of a prominent Russian journalist who was sentenced to one year in a labour camp for alleged libel...

OSCE Media Freedom Representative calls off visit to Minsk

Publishing date: 26 August 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media laws
VIENNA, 26 August 2003- The OSCE's media watchdog, Freimut Duve, has been forced to cancel a visit to Belarus, planned for 1 and 2 September, because the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not given him and his senior adviser visas...

OSCE Media Representative concerned over case of Russian journalists accused of divulging state secrets

Publishing date: 17 July 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Decriminalization of defamation, Human rights, Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 17 July 2003- The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, expressed his concern over two journalists of the daily newspaper Zvezda (Perm, Russia), Konstantin Sterledev and Konstantin Bakharev, who were accused by...

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...