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Letter: Foreign correspondent forced to flee Zimbabwe to South Africa

His Excellency President Robert Mugabe Office of the President Causeway, Harare Zimbabwe Fax: (+ 263 4) 728 799 / 708 820 / 734 644 Vienna, 18 February 2005 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, journalists and media executives, condemns the intimidation and harassment by the Zimbabwean authorities that has […]

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Letter: IPI and IFJ concerned over situation of journalists and other workers at Star Newspaper

Mr. Tayyip Erdogan Prime Minister of Turkey Istanbul Turkey Fax: +90-312-417 04 76 / 417 05 73 Vienna, 8 February 2005 Your Excellency, The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation of journalists representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, and the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists […]

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Letter: Two journalists held by authorities in Ethiopia

His Excellency Meles Zenawi Prime Minister of Ethiopia Office of the Prime Minister P O Box 1031 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Fax: +251 1 552020 Vienna, 10 February 2005 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives is writing to you to express its grave concern for […]

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IPI left fearful after criticism of Reuters’ Haitian correspondent

The International Press Institute is extremely concerned about the safety of a Haitian journalist who has been unjustly criticised by the Haitian Prime Minister. On 23 January, the press office of Prime Minister Gerald Latortue issued a statement quoting the prime minister as saying that a recent report from Reuters’ correspondent, Guyler Delva, was a […]

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