Veran Matic: A view from Serbia on the quarter of the century of the Representative on Freedom of the Media
Cenzolovka 07.10.2022 | Veran Matić
The current history of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media is a chronology of the continuous struggle for freedom of expression and media transition in turbulent times of constant political and economic challenges. During the quarter century of the institution's existence, the current five representatives on freedom of the media are witnesses, actors and, I can freely say, accomplices in the constant struggle for the survival of free speech, the preservation and promotion of public interest in
Each of them faced a different kind of challenge during their tenure. The six-year mandate of the German politician, activist, writer and journalist, the first Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, marked to a significant extent the period of turbulent war and post-war political and media events and upheavals in local areas, at the turn of one century into another. The bans on Radio B 92, the radio and TV station of the Association of Independent