Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga President Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Presidential Secretariat Colombo-1 Sri Lanka Fax: + 94 1 – 333 703 Vienna, 21 June 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is deeply worried about recent articles appearing in two state newspapers and an independent […]

His Excellency Bashar al-Assad President of Syria Presidential Palace Damascus Arab Republic of Syria Vienna, 21 June 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, condemns in the strongest possible terms the abduction of Nizar Nayyouf, a journalist and human rights activist, by Syrian intelligence agents on […]

His Excellency Bülent Ecevit Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey Prime Minister’s Office Ankara Turkey Fax: + 90 312 417 57 43 Vienna, 19 June 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is deeply concerned about the charges against Fehmi Koru, journalist and columnist of […]

On 13 June, the Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organisations sent a letter to the Swedish Prime Minister urging him to raise the issue of the continued existence of criminal defamation and insult laws on the statute books in many EU member-states. Sweden currently holds the European Union’s (EU) rotating presidency. The press freedom organisations […]