On the occasion of the Azerbaijani National Press Day, 22 July, the International Press Institute (IPI) and the Azerbaijani Journalists’ Trade Union (JuHI) are organising a press freedom workshop in Baku on 20 July. The workshop will address the many obstacles facing press freedom in Azerbaijan. At the reception, prizes will be awarded to journalists […]

Dr. Charles Ghankay Taylor President Office of the President Capitol Hill 1000 Monrovia 10 Liberia Fax: 00 231 226-076 Vienna, 17 July 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and journalists, condemns in the strongest possible terms the latest acts of intimidation and harassment by the Liberian authorities against […]

H.E. Laurent Desire Kabila President Presidence de la Republique Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo Vienna, 12 July 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and journalists, strongly condemns the arrest of a Congolese journalist. According to IPI’s sources, Bonane Yanganzi, managing editor of Vision, was arrested in his […]

Bashar al-Assad President Presidential Palace Abu Ruman al-Rashid Street Damascus Syria 11 July 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and journalists, extends to you its best wishes on your inauguration as President of Syria. In doing so, IPI would like to express the hope that you will use […]