His Excellency Lieutenant General Omar Hassan al-Bashir President of the Republic of Sudan President’s Palace PO Box 281, Khartoum, Sudan Fax: + 24911 783223 Vienna, 9 October 2002 Your Excellency The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, is deeply disturbed by the state of Sudan’s attempts to […]

H.E. Eduardo Alberto Duhalde President of the Republic General Secretariat to the Presidency Balcarce 50 1064 Buenos Aires Argentina Vienna, 3 October 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the decision of a federal judge to subpoena the telephone records of Thomas […]

CARACAS (25 September 2002) – The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) noted with concern the serious deterioration of press freedom in Venezuela due to a climate of intimidation and hostility towards independent journalists and media outlets, as well as a legal and judicial system that threatens the free practice […]

The Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr. Sher Bahadur Deuba, today gave a commitment to an IPI Press Freedom Delegation that “the Government of Nepal has no intention to re-impose a nationwide State of Emergency”. This puts to rest speculations that the Government was about to take this measure in response to the recent spate of […]