The trend towards ramping up the regulation of the media has worrying implications.
Dunja Mijatović: Resisting the urge to over regulate the media
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Dunja Mijatović
Dunja Mijatović
Dunja Mijatović is the Representative on Freedom of the Media for the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, based in Vienna.
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Dunja Mijatović: The good fight must continue
Media freedom advocates must continue to move forward and provide the defenses necessary for free expression and free media to flourish. Complacency is not an option. Solidarity, however, is.