Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Letter: Journalist killed southeastern Siberia

H. E. Boris Yeltsin President of Russia Moscow Russian Federation Vienna, 15 May 1996 The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of a Russian journalist in southeastern Siberia. IPI is informed that Viktor Mikhailov, a crime reporter for the daily newspaper Zabaikalsy Rabochy, was murdered by unknown assailants while working in the city […]

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Letter: Journalist and her mother killed in Chechnya

H. E. Boris Yeltsin President of Russia Moscow Russian Federation Vienna, 13 May 1996 The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of Nina Yefimova, a Russian journalist working in Chechnya. Ms. Yefimova, a correspondent for the local Russian-language newspaper Vozrozhdeniye (Revival), and her mother were abducted from their apartment on the outskirts of […]

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Letter: Indian editor kidnapped and later killed

His Excellency P. V. Narasimha Rao Prime Minster Office of the Prime Minister New Delhi Republic of India Vienna, 12 April 1996 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), strongly condemns the killing of Gulam Rasool Sheikh, a Kashmiri newspaper editor. We are informed that Sheikh, who was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen on 20 March […]

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Letter: Journalist killed in the Philippines

H. E. Fidel Ramos President of the Philippines Malacańang Palace San Miguel, Metro Manila Republic of the Philippines Vienna, 16 February 1996 The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of the journalist and human rights lawyer Ferdinand Reyes. Mr. Reyes, editor of the weekly newspaper Press Freedom, was shot dead by an unidentified […]

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