President Andrés Pastrana President of Colombia Santafé de Bogotá Colombia Vienna, 29 October 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute is deeply concerned for the safety of Henry Romero, a freelance photographer who works regularly for Reuters, who has been kidnapped by a rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN). The ELN have announced that […]

His Excellency Bülent Ecevit Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey Prime Minister’s Office Ankara Turkey Vienna, 21 October 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the murder of Ahmet Taner Kislali, a prominent journalist and former Turkish minister of culture. Kislali, 60, died […]

The following is a resolution made by delegates who participated in the Ethiopian Media in Development conference, being distributed by IPI: Ethiopian Media in Development Organised by the International Press Institute in cooperation with the Ethiopian Mass Media Training Institute Addis Ababa, 24/25 September 1999 Recommendations: We, the delegates participating at the Ethiopian Media in […]

H.E. Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie President of the Republic of Indonesia Office of the President Jakarta Indonesia Vienna, 2 September 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) wishes to express its concern over the safety of journalists reporting on events in East Timor. In the latest violence, pro-Indonesian militiamen armed with automatic weapons and machetes […]