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Radio B92 wins IPI “Free Media Pioneer” award

Radio B 92, the principal independent radio station in Serbia, has been banned by the Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI) as the “Free Media Pioneer” of 1998. The station, represented by director and co-founder Sasa Mirkovic, will receive the award on Wednesday, 27 May 1998, at the IPI World Congress in Moscow. […]

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Letter: Leading military reporter in Sri Lanka threatened and harassed

H. E. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga President of Sri Lanka Office of the President Colombo Sri Lanka Vienna, 3 March 1998 The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the campaign of harassment and intimidation being waged against Iqbal Athas, Defence Correspondent and Consulting Editor of the Colombo Sunday Times. As you have been informed, […]

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Letter: Colombian radio journalist shot by unknown gunmen

H. E. Ernesto Samper Pizano President of Colombia Vienna, 3 March 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of former radio journalist Didier Aristizabal in the Colombian city of Cali. Aristizabal, 32, a well-known reporter for Todelar and other local radio stations, was gunned down by unidentified assailants on Monday, […]

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Letter: Egyptian editor and reporter sentenced to one year in prison

H. E. Muhammad Hosni Mubarak President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Cairo Egypt Vienna, 26 February 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is deeply concerned about the appellate court decision upholding a libel conviction against Magdi Hussein and Muhammad Hilal, editor-in-chief and reporter, respectively, of the bi-weekly newspaper, al Shaab. On Tuesday, […]

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