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IPI calls for “criminal malevolence” charge against newspaper staff in Liberia to be dropped by courts

Staff at the privately owned New Broom newspaper, including Roland Worwee, the managing editor, as well as Samuel S. Doe, Koffee Nimely and Tarnu Worwee, were summoned to appear on 11 June before a magistrate at the Monrovia City Court, Temple of Justice. According to the writ issued against the men, all were charged under […]

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IPI dismayed by VOA News Director’s removal

On 1 July, Andre deNesnera was removed from his position as news director of the Voice of America (VOA) and assigned a reporting job as VOA diplomatic correspondent. The reorganisation to the newsroom was carried out by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) without warning and left many staff feeling concerned. VOA news director since […]

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Letter: Missile attack by Israeli armed forces on a building housing media organisations

H.E. Ariel Sharon Prime Minister 3 Kaplan Street Kiryat Ben-Gurion Jerusalem Israel Fax: (+ 972-2) 513 950 Vienna, 2 July 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, condemns the recent missile attack by Israeli armed forces on a building housing […]

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IPI concerned by government’s deteriorating media relations

Since the 30 March publication of an allegation in the Miami-based Internet newsletter OffshoreAlert that Grenada’s Prime Minister, Keith Mitchell, allegedly accepted money in return for awarding the trade minister’s post to German-born Eric E. Resteiner, the local media have faced a government campaign of intimidation for reporting the story. Although Mitchell vigorously denies the […]

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