OSCE media watchdog presents report on problems of media registration in OSCE area 14:43, 30/03/2007
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has presented a special report on media registration.
The report, Registration of the Print Media in the OSCE area: Observations and Recommendations, was delivered to the Permanent Council, the OSCE`s main decision-making body, on Thursday.
"The registration of the print media should be a simple notification procedure, whereby a private media outlet informs the authorities of its existence," said Haraszti. "Any procedure that grants the authorities discretionary powers over media start-ups, such as a permissive registration procedure, should be abolished."
The report provides examples of best practices from across the OSCE region. It also shows how registration systems are used in some countries as a mechanism of control over the independent media.
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