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Letter: Journalist issued subpoena

H.E. Thabo Mbeki President of South Africa The Presidency Union Buildings, West Wing Government Avenue Pretoria 0001 Republic of South Africa Fax: (+ 2712) 323 82 46 / 2573 Vienna, 9 October 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 115 countries, strongly […]

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Letter: Independent media harassed and intimidated

His Excellency President Robert Mugabe Office of the President Causeway, Harare Zimbabwe Fax: (+ 263 4) 728 799 / 708 820 / 734 644 Vienna, 6 October 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, condemns the latest attempts by the Zimbabwean government to intimidate […]

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Letter: Offices of Novoye Vremye occupied by armed individuals

H.E. Vladimir Putin President The Kremlin Moscow Russia Fax: + 7 095 206 51 73 Vienna, 3 October 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives, and leading journalists, is concerned at the disturbing and untenable situation in which the oldest Russian magazine Novoye Vremye (“New Times”) has […]

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Letter: Excessive VAT could lead to closure of publications

H.E. Néstor Kirchner President of the Republic Office of the President Balcarce 50 1064 Buenos Aires Argentina Fax: (+5411) 43 44 37 89 / 43 44 37 65 Vienna, 2 October 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, is deeply concerned that the value-added […]

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