Canada’s outstanding reputation for freedom of the press has been badly damaged by the actions of media conglomerate CanWest Global Communications Corp., the International Press Institute (IPI) said in a strongly worded protest on Tuesday, 18 June. Russell Mills, publisher of the daily Ottawa Citizen, was fired late on Sunday, 16 June, on the grounds […]

His Excellency President Robert Mugabe Office of the President Causeway, Harare Zimbabwe Fax: + 263 4 728 799 / 708 820 / 734 644 Vienna, 12 June 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, condemns in the strongest possible terms the decision to place […]

H.E. Nursultan A. Nazarbayev President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Office of the President 473000 Astana Kazakhstan Vienna, 27 May 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the recent petrol bomb attack on the opposition newspaper Respublika. According to international reports, attackers […]

H.E. Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf Office of the President Garowe Puntland State of Somalia Vienna, 24 May 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, is extremely concerned at the decision to withdraw the licence of a broadcasting company in Puntland, a self-declared, semi-autonomous region of […]