Prevention of violence against journalists focus of OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan

An OSCE-organized on-line seminar on worldwide requirements and nationwide experiences in stopping violence in opposition to journalists and selling their rights was held from 27 to twenty-eight June 2022.

Two worldwide specialists facilitated the assembly for representatives of buildings concerned within the implementation of the Nationwide Human Rights Motion Plan (NHRAP) for 2021-2025 provisions on freedom of the media and freedom of the journalistic occupation.

The 2-day occasion introduced collectively representatives from the Mejlis (decrease chamber) of the Milli Gengesh (parliament), the Ministry of Inner Affairs, the Basic Prosecutor’s Workplace, the Ombudsperson’s Workplace, the Supreme Courtroom, the Bar Affiliation, and the Institute for State, Legislation and Democracy, lecturers from establishments of upper training in addition to journalists from nationwide print, broadcast and on-line media.

The specialists lined various essential points associated to the security of journalists, together with the creation of a secure surroundings for his or her work and safety of feminine journalists on-line. They elaborated on the rights of journalists within the twenty first century and journalists’ relations with the viewers.

“Journalists play a significant function in protecting essential political processes, and making certain the security of journalists helps to strengthen democratic states,” mentioned John MacGregor, Head of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat. 

“Since 1975, the OSCE taking part States have considerably enhanced the package deal of commitments making certain the media freedom and we firmly consider that our occasion will make an environment friendly contribution to the sensible implementation of the related provisions of the Nationwide Human Rights Motion Plan,” added MacGregor.

Andrey Rikhter, Advisor to the Workplace of the OSCE Consultant on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), offered the OSCE’s key commitments associated to the liberty of the media  and the 2018 Ministerial Determination on the Security of Journalists, which calls on the OSCE taking part States “to totally implement all OSCE commitments and their worldwide obligations associated to freedom of expression and media freedom, together with by respecting, selling and defending the liberty to hunt, obtain and impart data no matter frontiers.”