At its meeting, held in Vienna, Austria, on 23 November 2002, the Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI) unanimously agreed to keep Russia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Venezuela and Zimbabwe on the “IPI Watch List”. IPI Director Johann P. Fritz said, “The October hostage incident in Moscow shows that President Putin continues to […]

At the Board Meeting of the International Press Institute (IPI) in Vienna on 23 November 2002, the IPI board unanimously passed a resolution condemning the continued legal persecution and harassment by the Polish authorities of Presspublica Sp z.o.o., the publishing company of the daily Rzeczpospolita in Warsaw, Poland. During February 2002, criminal charges were laid […]

While celebrating the first ten years of the International Press Institute’s (IPI’s) headquarters in Vienna, Austria on 20-24 November, speakers highlighted the need for States around the world to uphold fundamental human rights in the fight against terrorism. Speaking at the Thursday luncheon in the Hotel Intercontinental, on 21 November, Freimut Duve, the Free Media […]

COMMONWEALTH PRESS UNION INTER AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTING INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION WORLD ASSOCIATION OF NEWSPAPERS WORLD PRESS FREEDOM COMMITTEE H.E. Vladimir V. Putin President The Kremlin Moscow, Russia Fax: + 7095 206 5173 21 November 2002 Your Excellency, Members of the Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organizations, present […]