His Excellency Sayed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Tehran Islamic Republic of Iran 25 April 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the closure of pro-reform newspapers in Iran and the imprisonment of Akbar Ganji and Latif Safari. Furthermore, IPI deplores the failure of the judiciary […]

Censorship in Sri Lanka is threatening to overwhelm the media. Since 4 May, the owner of a television station has been intimidated, newspapers have been closed, programmes taken off the air and Internet sites cautioned. With the spotlight of the world’s media focused on other international events such as Sierra Leone and the Ethiopian-Eritrean war, […]

Werede Woldu Wolde Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice Addis Ababa Ethiopia 19 May 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and journalists, is extremely concerned about the plight of journalists in Ethiopia. Journalists are currently suffering imprisonment, tremendous hardships and death in their attempts to maintain freedom of […]

Prime Minister Dr. Dervis Eroglu Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Lefkosa (Nicosia) Cyprus Vienna, 18 May 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and journalists, condemns the continued persecution and harassment of the Turkish Cypriot newspaper AVRUPA. Over the last twelve months, AVRUPA, a daily newspaper published and circulated […]