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Letter: Intimidations against foreign correspondents

His Excellency Robert Mugabe President Harare, Zimbabwe Vienna, 19 February 2001 Your Excellency The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is strongly concerned about the recent intimidations against foreign media and their correspondents in Zimbabwe. According to our sources, on 17 February, the foreign correspondents, Joseph Winter of the […]

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Letter: Lawsuits against newspapers

His Excellency Albert René President Republic of Seychelles Vienna, 12 February 2001 Your Excellency The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is strongly concerned about exorbitant damages being claimed by your Excellency in two civil lawsuits against the independent newspaper, Regar, and one against the newsletter of the oppositional […]

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Letter: Two journalists imprisoned

H.E Omar Hassan Ahmed Al-Bashir President General Revolutionary Command Council Khartoum Sudan c/o Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan Vienna, Austria Vienna, 5 February 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the decision by a Sudanese court to imprison two journalists after they […]

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Letter: Wave of attacks against the independent and the state-owned media

His Excellency Robert Mugabe President Harare Zimbabwe Vienna, 31 January 2001 Your Excellency The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the recent wave of attacks against the independent and the state-owned media in Zimbabwe. According to our sources, The Daily News printing plant was bombed on 28 […]

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