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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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Letter: Norwegian journalists expelled and declared personae non grata

His Majesty King Mohammed VI The Royal Palace Rabat The Kingdom of Morocco Fax: +212 37 76 85 15 Vienna, 28 June 2004 Your Majesty, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the recent decision to expel Tor Dagfinn Dommersnes and Fredrik Refvem, a reporter […]

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Letter: Editor sentenced to three months in prison for libel

H.E. Marek Sadowski Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice Al. Ujazdowskie 11 00-950 Warsaw Poland Fax: (+ 48 22) 621 55 40 / 621 49 86 H. E. Aleksander Kwa?niewski Kancelaria Prezydenta RP ul.Wiejska 10 00-902 Warsaw Poland Fax: (+ 48 22) 695-12-53 Vienna, 25 June 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the […]

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