At the Board Meeting of the International Press Institute, held in Warsaw, Poland on 15 May, the Executive Board voted unanimously to add Ethiopia to the IPI Watch List while agreeing that South Korea should be removed. Russia*, Venezuela and Zimbabwe have been kept on the IPI Watch List. Commenting on the Board’s decision to […]

At its meeting on 18 May, 2004, the IPI Board decided to remove South Korea from the IPI Watch List, but agreed to maintain its vigilance against possible attempts within the ruling party to curtail media freedom by amending the press law. IPI, the global press freedom network with members drawn from over 120 countries, […]

H.E. Ariel Sharon Prime Minister 3 Kaplan Street Kiryat Ben-Gurion Jerusalem Israel Fax: (+ 972-2) 513 950 Vienna, 13 May, 2004 Your Excellency The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries is deeply concerned over your government’s unwillingness to issue press cards to any […]

H.E. Marek Sadowski Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice Al. Ujazdowskie 11 00-950 Warsaw Poland Fax: (+ 48 22) 621 55 40 / 621 49 86 Vienna, 7 May 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the one-month prison sentence handed down […]