IPI Announces Free Media Pioneer Award Winner On Monday, 3 May 2004, World Press Freedom Day, the International Press Institute (IPI) announced it has decided to honour the Central Asian and Southern Caucasian Freedom of Expression Network (CASCFEN) with its 2004 Free Media Pioneer Award. The award will be presented to Azer Hasret, Chairman of […]

Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen The Prime Minister’s Office Christiansborg Prins Jřrgens Gĺrd 11 1218 Copenhagen K Denmark Fax +45 33 11 16 65 Vienna, 30 April 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, is dismayed at the decision to bring charges against two […]

H.E. Colonel Abdullahi Yusuf President Office of the President Garowe Puntland State of Somalia Fax: +252-944-6503 / +252-54-54024 / +252-523-4801 Vienna, 28 April 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 120 countries, is deeply concerned about the arrest of Abdishakur Yusuf Ali, […]

Breaking an agreement made last year, the secretary of parliament, Sindiso Mfenyana, this week told members of the South African Parliamentary Press Gallery Association (PPGA) to vacate their offices in parliament by 23 April. Regarding the decision, IPI Director, Johann P. Fritz said, “I’m extremely surprised at parliament’s decision. I thought an agreement had been […]