H. E. Muhammad Hosni Mubarak President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Office of the President Heliopolis, Cairo Egypt Vienna, 1 February 1996 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the sentencing of the editor of an Egyptian opposition paper to one year in prison. On 31 January 1996 Magdi Ahmed Hussien, editor-in-chief […]

H. E. Boris Yeltsin President of Russia Moscow Russian Federation Vienna, 26 January 1996 The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of Oleg Slabynko, producer of the popular Russian television talk show, Moment of Truth. We are informed that Mr. Slabynko was shot dead in his apartment by two men on Thursday, 25 […]

H. E. Boris Yeltsin President of Russia Moscow Russian Federation Vienna, 24 January 1996 The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the continued detention of two Turkish journalists by Russian authorities. We are informed that M. Ali Tekin, managing editor of the weekly magazine Selam, and Telip Özcelik, Ankara representative of the same publication, were […]

His Excellency Mr. Li Peng Premier Office of the Premier Beijing People’s Republic of China Vienna, 16 January 1996 The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors and media executives from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in 85 countries, is most concerned about China’s decision to restrict the free flow of […]