Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Letter: Editor of Kosovo-Albanian newspaper killed

His Excellency Slobodan Milosevic President of Yugoslavia Belgrade Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vienna, 29 March 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of Baton Haxhiu, editor-in-chief of the leading Kosovo Albanian newspaper, Koha Ditore. We are informed that apart from Haxhiu, four other prominent Albanians, including Fehmi Agani, a member […]

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Letter: Editor found dead in Burkina Faso

H.E. Blaise Compaore President of the Republic of Burkino Faso Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Vienna, 17 December 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI); the global network of media executives, is deeply shocked by the death of Norbert Zongo, editor-in-chief of the weekly L’Independent, on 13 December 1998. Zongo was found dead in his vehicle […]

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Letter: Turkish journalists beaten and detained in Italy

H.E. Rosa Russo-Jervolino Minister of the Interior Ministry of the Interior Rome Italy Vienna, 16 November 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the beating of Turkish journalists in Rome on Saturday, 14 November, and the reported detention of five Turkish journalists in Palestrina, […]

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Letter: IPI worried about worsening health of imprisoned editor in Syria

His Excellency Hafez al-Assad President c/o H. E. Ambassador Riad Siage Embassy of the Syrian Arab Republic Vienna Austria Vienna, 22 September 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) the global network of editors and media executives, is most concerned about the fate of Nizar Nayyouf, a journalist and human rights activist, who is […]

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