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Letter: Press freedom groups protest Israeli restrictions

The undersigned organizations call on the government of Israel to allow the foreign media access to the cities of the West Bank. The prolonged attempt to seal off entire cities, where hundreds of thousands of people live, has been excessive, unjustifiable and utterly counterproductive. We furthermore call on Israeli officials to desist from public attacks […]

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Letter: Government’s inhumane treatment of independent journalists

His Excellency President Issaias Afeworki c/o Permanent Mission to the United Nations E-mail: [email protected] Mr. Foazia Hashim Minister of Justice P.O. Box 241 Asmara Eritrea Fax: 0029 11 12 64 32 Vienna, 8 April 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, strongly condemns the Eritrean […]

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Letter: Government passes restrictive broadcasting law

His Excellency Leszek Miller Prime Minister of Poland Chancellery of the Prime Minister Warsaw Poland Fax: (004822) 621 88 27 Vienna, 8 April 2002   Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, is deeply concerned about the recent decision of the Polish government to pass […]

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Letter: Police harassment of correspondent for the Daily Telegraph continues

His Excellency President Robert Mugabe Office of the President Causeway, Harare Zimbabwe Fax: +263 4 728 799 / 708 820 / 734 644 Vienna, 3 April 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, is profoundly concerned at the treatment of journalist Peta Thornycroft at […]

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