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IPI and IFJ condemn ban on Ethiopian Free Press Journalists’ Association

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 115 countries, and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the world’s largest journalists’ organisation, sharply protested the Ethiopian government’s ban on the only independent journalists’ and editors’ organisation in the country, the Ethiopian Free Press Journalists’ Association (EFJA). […]

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Case of detained Austrian journalist highlights the need for a fundamental change in U.S. visa regulations for journalists

H.E. Colin Powell US Secretary of State US Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 USA Fax: +1 202 261 85 77 H.E. Tom Ridge Secretary of Homeland Security US Department of Homeland Security Washington, DC 20528 USA Vienna, 4 December 2003 Your Excellencies, The enclosed case of the detention of an […]

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IAPA and IPI send international delegation to Venezuela

An international mission of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and the International Press Institute (IPI) is to visit Venezuela from 24-26 November to urge the government and news media there to guarantee and respect freedom of the press during a referendum to be held in the South American country later this month. The delegation, […]

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Letter: IPI concerned that leading daily newspapers in Azerbaijan are being prevented from publishing their editions

H. E. Ilham Aliyev President Elect of the Republic of Azerbaijan Office of the President 19 Istiqlaiyyat St. 370066, Baku Azerbaijan Fax: +994 12 92 35 43/98 31 54 Vienna, 19 November 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, is […]

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