Zambian authorities should stop defying a court order to allow opposition newspaper The Post to access its offices and printing presses and resume regular publication while the correct amount of a disputed tax bill is determined, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. The call followed Wednesday’s ruling by Zambia’s Tax Appeals Tribunal upholding the order […]

Turkey imprisoned 23 journalists this weekend amid an ongoing purge purportedly targeting those linked to the July 15 coup attempt, while its president, citing the country’s unity in the wake of the failed bid, said he was withdrawing all insult complaints he has filed against detractors. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the one-time gesture was intended […]

H. E. Gen. Fidel Ramos President of the Philippines Malacańang Palace Metro Manila The Philippines Vienna, 3 June 1997 The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in 98 countries, strongly condemns the killing of an editor of a popular Philippine tabloid. […]

H. E. Alberto Fujimoro President of Peru Lima Peru Vienna, 8 April 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the killing of a radio journalist in northern Peru. We are informed that Isabel Chumpitaz, a radio journalist who championed peasant farmers’ rights in Peru, […]