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Letter: IPI/SEEMO alarmed about the recent physical attack on a journalist in Serbia

H.E. Vojislav Kostunica Prime Minister of the Republic of Serbia Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro Fax: +381 11 3617 609 H.E. Dragan Jocic Minister of Interior of the Republic of Serbia Belgrade Serbia and Montenegro Fax: +381 11 3617 814 Vienna, 15 September 2005 Your Excellency, The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network […]

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IPI disturbed by promotion of economic trade with PRC, fails to emphasise press freedom abuses

According to the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 112 countries, the meeting of British Prime Minister Tony Blair with representatives of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), held on 5 September, fails to properly address the need for the country to respect press freedom […]

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IPI concerned for safety of journalists in Yemen

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the abduction and harassment of Al-Wasat editor-in-chief Jamal Amer. According to information before IPI, in the early morning of 23 August, Amer was blindfolded and forced into a car by armed assailants who took him to a remote […]

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IPI strongly condemns continued crackdown on freedom of expression in Belarus

According to information before IPI, the Minsk City Prosecutor’s Office opened a criminal inquiry into the possible defamation of the President of Belarus in a series of satirical Internet cartoons. One of the cartoons’ characters apparently bears a similarity to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenka; others are similar to other government officials. A group of Belarusian […]

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