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Letter: Gambian radio station shut down and owner arrested

H.E. President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh State House Banjul The Gambia Fax: +220 227 034 Vienna, 2 November 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute, the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, condemns the recent arrest of Baboucar Gaye and the closure of his radio station, Citizen FM. On the basis of information […]

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Letter: Police raid Georgian television station

H.E. Eduard Shevardnadze President Republic of Georgia Tbilisi Georgia Fax: + 995 32 99 86 90 Vienna, 31 October 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, is profoundly concerned about the recent harassment and intimidation of the television station Rustavi-2. According to the information […]

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Letter: IPI concerned over government harassment of the media in the Czech Republic

His Excellency Milos Zeman Prime Minister Prague The Czech Republic Fax: (004202) 2481 0231 Vienna, 29 October 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the recent state harassment of journalists and media in the Czech Republic. We are informed that the weekly […]

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Letter: Investigation into Venezuelan private news channel seen as threat to press freedom

His Excellency Hugo Chávez Frías President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Palacio de Miraflores Caracas Venezuela Fax: (+ 58212) 806 3221 Vienna, 25 October 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, is deeply concerned about the ongoing investigation into the private television news […]

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