HM King Taufa’ahau Tupou IV Office of HM the King The Palace Office Nuku’alofa Kingdom of Tonga Vienna, 3 March 1997 Your Majesty, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in 98 countries, is deeply concerned about the latest setback to […]

YAB Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri Abdul Taib bin Mahmud Chief Minister Sarawak State Government Sarawak Malaysia Vienna, 19 February 1997 Dear Sir, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the continued boycott of the See Hua Group of Newspapers by the Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP). Last September, in the wake of disappointing […]

H. E. Dr. Sali Berisha President of the Republic of Albania Office of the President Tirana Albania Vienna, 3 March 1997 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), strongly condemns the introduction by Albania’s parliament of controls on the media. We are informed that parliament, responding to a surge of anti-government violence sparked by high-risk […]

H. E. Frederick Chiluba President of the Republic of Zambia State House Lusaka Zambia Vienna, 18 February, 1997 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in over 90 countries, is most concerned about the upcoming trial of Fred M’membe, […]