At the Board Meeting of the International Press Institute, held in Salzburg, Austria, on 13 September, the Executive Board Members voted to remove Sri Lanka while agreeing to keep Russia, South Korea, Venezuela and Zimbabwe on the IPI Watch List. Speaking of the decision to remove Sri Lanka, IPI Director Johann P. Fritz said, “An […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) calls for the immediate and unconditional release of editor and publisher German Galkin. After a trial that excluded the public, Galkin, the deputy editor-in-chief of Vecherny Chelyabinsk and publisher of Rabochaya Gazeta, was sentenced on 15 August to one year in a Russian labour camp for apparently libelling and insulting […]

The Honourable Donald H. Rumsfeld Secretary of Defense Office of the Secretary of Defense 1000 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301-1000 USA Fax: +1-703-697 83 39 Vienna, 18 August 2003 Dear Mr. Secretary of Defense, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of media executives, leading journalists and editors from over 115 countries, condemns in […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from over 115 countries, is deeply worried at the decision of the Swazi government to proceed with new legislation which, if enacted, would seriously impede the free flow of information in Swaziland and suppress the independent media. Based on information […]