Dr. Dervis Eroglu Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Office of the Prime Minister Lefkosa Cyprus Vienna, 11 July 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and journalists, is deeply concerned about the arrest of four Turkish Cypriot journalists. According to IPI’s sources, Sener Levent, owner […]

H.E. Joseph Estrada President Manila Republic of the Philippines Vienna, 10 July 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and journalists, strongly condemns the abduction of three French TV journalists on the southern Philippine island of Jolo. According to IPI’s information, the three journalists were abducted on 9 July […]

H.E. Andres Pastrana Arango President Office of the President Santa Fe de Bogota Colombia Vienna, 6 July 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute, the global network of editors and journalists, strongly condemns the killing of television journalist Marisol Rebelo. Rebelo, 25, had been working for a local TV news programme sponsored by an environmental […]

H.E. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga President Presidential Secretarial Secretarial Building Colombo Sri Lanka Vienna, 4 July 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and journalists, is deeply concerned about the latest setbacks to press freedom in Sri Lanka and strongly condemns the reintroduction on 4 July of censorship measures aimed […]