Deteriorating journalist’s safety and rise of propaganda threats to free media, OSCE Representative says | WPN World People News

The deteriorating situation for journalists’ safety and the growing phenomenon of propaganda pose serious threats to free media, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović said when presenting her latest semi-annual report on media freedom developments in the OSCE region over the past six months.

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, delivering her regular report to the OSCE Permanent Council, Vienna, 27 November 2014. (OSCE)

“Across the OSCE region, the media faces challenges on many fronts. The uncontrolled proliferation of propaganda has once again reared its head,” Mijatović said.

Mijatović also noted that the journalists’ safety situation throughout the OSCE region has continued to deteriorate since her last report in July.

“Journalists’ safety remain one of the biggest threats to free media in the OSCE region and real efforts, from all sides, must be made to stop the attacks on journalists that now occur on a daily basis,” she said.

Source: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe