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Letter: Photojournalist attacked

H. E. Robert Kocharian President Office of the President Marshal Baghramian St. 26 375077 Yerevan Armenia Fax: + (374 1) 521- 551 / 561-581/ 151-152 Vienna, 27 August 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, strongly condemns the attack on […]

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Letter: Journalist attacked

H.E. Leonid Kuchma President Office of the President Vul. Bankova 11 252005 Kiev Ukraine Fax: +380-44-293 10 01 / 293 73 64 / 291 61 61 Vienna, 23 August 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, is deeply concerned about […]

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IPI Nepal Committee condemns increasing violence against journalists

Condemning the 11 August slaying by Maoist rebels of reporter Dekendra Raj Thapa, the IPI Nepal National Committee urged the Maoists to refrain from such inhuman activities. The IPI Nepal Chapter announced that it was donating Rs 15,000 (approx. US$ 200) to Thapa’s family. On 18 August, members of the IPI Nepal National Committee also […]

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Letter: Journalist detained by police

H.E. Hama Amadou Prime Minister Niamey Republic of Niger Fax: +227 73 58 59 Vienna, 13 August 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute, the global network of editors, leading journalists, and media executives in over 120 countries, is worried by the decision of the Niger police to detain a journalist on suspicion of interviewing […]

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