His Excellency Boris Yeltsin President of Russia Office of the President Moscow Russian Federation Vienna, 2 March 1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of Mr. Vladislav Listyev, executive director of Russian Public Television. Mr. Listyev, one of Russia’s most popular television journalists, was fatally shot by an unidentified gunman […]

His Excellency Benazir Bhutto Prime Minster of Pakistan Office of the Prime Minister Islamabad Islamic Republic of Pakistan Vienna, 1 March 1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the recent attack on the offices of several publications belonging to the Nawa-e-Waqt newspaper group and the threat to press freedom this […]

His Excellency Norodom Ranariddh First Prime Minister Office of the First Prime Minister Phnom Penh Cambodia Vienna, 12 December 1994 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing on 9 December 1994 of Mr. Chan Dary, a journalist working for the popular Khmer-language newspaper Koh Santepheap. We are informed that Mr. Chan […]

Her Excellency Tansu Ciller Prime Minister of Turkey Prime Minister’s Office Ankara Turkey Vienna, 5 December 1994 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), is most concerned about the recent bomb attacks on bureaus of Özgür Ülke, the Istanbul daily newspaper. We understand that on 3 December 1994, bombs exploded in the Ankara and Istanbul […]