Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Letter: Four staff members of Zimbabwe’s Daily News attacked

His Excellency President Robert Mugabe Office of the President Causeway, Harare Zimbabwe Via Fax: +263 4 728 799 / 708 820 / 734 644 Vienna, 24 September 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, is deeply concerned by the vicious attacks on four members […]

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Letter: Journalist murdered in Guatemala

His Excellency Alfonso Portillo Cabrera President Casa Presidencial Guatemala City Guatemala Fax: (00502) 239 00 90 Vienna, 7 September 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the killing of radio journalist Jorge Mynor Alegria. According to IPI’s sources, Alegria, host of a […]

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Letter: Gambia journalist assaulted by soldiers

H.E. President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh State House, Banjul The Gambia Fax: +220 227 034 Vienna, 18 July 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the international network of editors and media executives, is writing to express its concern at the recent assault of a journalist by members of The Gambian military. According to information […]

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Letter: 4 journalists killed in less than two weeks in Colombia

H. E. Andrés Pastrana Arango President of the Republic Santafé de Bogotá Colombia Vienna, 11 July 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the murder of four Colombian journalists over a period of 12 days. On 27 June, Pablo Emilio Parra Castańeda, […]

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