The Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) representative on Freedom of the Media plays a vital role that is valued by journalists and media freedom groups for its ability to speak out in defense of press freedom.
At a time when press freedom is deteriorating in many OSCE states — including Turkey, where President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is jailing large numbers of journalists; Russia, where journalists are murdered with impunity; and Hungary and Poland, where state media is tightly controlled by government — having a voice to raise journalist cases and hold states to account is vital.
Harlem Désir
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