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Letter: Ministry of Information and Communications bans media from reporting on Maoist insurgents

H.E. Tanka Prasad Dhakal Ministry of Information & Communications Singh Durbar Kathmandu Nepal Fax: 977-1-422 17 29 Email: [email protected] Vienna, 2 March 2005 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, is appalled to learn that the Ministry of Information and Communications […]

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Letter: Two journalists assaulted by security forces in Azerbaijan

H. E. Ilham Aliyev President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Office of the President 19 Istiqlaiyyat St. 370066 Baku Azerbaijan Fax: +994 12 92 06 25/ 92 28 68 Vienna, 2 March 2005 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, condemns the assault on two […]

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Professor deported for criticising president of Botswana

H.E. Mr. DK Kwelagobe Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration Private Bag 001 Gaborone Botswana Fax: +267 581 028 Vienna, 28 February 2005 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute, the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, has been appalled to learn that Professor Kenneth Good, 72, a […]

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IPI criticises ongoing harassment of editors in Nepal

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, condemns in the strongest possible terms the decision of King Gyanendra on 1 February to sack the Nepalese government, declare a state of emergency and impose censorship on the country’s media. In a recent incident, on 23 February, the Kathmandu […]

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