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Letter: Sri Lanka editor faces numerous defamation charges

Her Excellency Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga President, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Presidential Secretariat Colombo-1 Sri Lanka Fax: +94 1 333 703 Vienna, 26 July 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is deeply concerned at the use of the Sri Lankan criminal defamation laws to […]

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Letter: Gambia journalist assaulted by soldiers

H.E. President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh State House, Banjul The Gambia Fax: +220 227 034 Vienna, 18 July 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the international network of editors and media executives, is writing to express its concern at the recent assault of a journalist by members of The Gambian military. According to information […]

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Letter: Political interference feared in Hungary state broadcaster

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán Kossuth Lajos ter 1-3 1055 Budapest Budapest fovaros Republic of Hungary Fax: +36 1 441 30 50 Vienna, 16 July 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute, the global network of editors and media executives, is concerned about the appointment of Karoly Mendreczky as president of Hungarian Television (MTV) and the […]

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Letter: 4 journalists killed in less than two weeks in Colombia

H. E. Andrés Pastrana Arango President of the Republic Santafé de Bogotá Colombia Vienna, 11 July 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the murder of four Colombian journalists over a period of 12 days. On 27 June, Pablo Emilio Parra Castańeda, […]

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