Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen The Prime Minister’s Office Christiansborg Prins Jřrgens Gĺrd 11 1218 Copenhagen K Denmark Fax +45 33 11 16 65 Vienna, 30 April 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, is dismayed at the decision to bring charges against two […]

H.E. Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf President Office of the President Garowe Puntland State of Somalia Fax: +252-944-6503 / +252-54-54024 / +252-523-4801 Vienna, 28 April 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 120 countries, is deeply concerned about the arrest of Abdishakur Yusuf Ali, […]

Breaking an agreement made last year, the secretary of parliament, Sindiso Mfenyana, this week told members of the South African Parliamentary Press Gallery Association (PPGA) to vacate their offices in parliament by 23 April. Regarding the decision, IPI Director, Johann P. Fritz said, “I’m extremely surprised at parliament’s decision. I thought an agreement had been […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 120 countries, welcomes the decision by the President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, to veto the restrictive media law. In his opening statement at the Eurasian Media Forum on 22 April 2004, President Nazarbayev stated he will not ratify […]