His Excellency Dato’ Seri Dr. Mahatir Mohamad Prime Minister Prime Minister’s Department Jalan Dato’ Onn Kuala Lumpur Malaysia Vienna, 12 January 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is most concerned about the continued harassment of five Malaysian newspapers, including the opposition bi-weekly, Harakah, whose editor […]

During 1999 more than 80 journalists and media staff were killed or murdered making it one of the worst years on record says the International Federation of Journalists and the International Press Institute. “In a century of unremitting slaughter, 1999 has been an infamous year,” said Aidan White, General Secretary of the IFJ. “Once again […]

16 independent news agencies from Eastern and Central Europe met in Bratislava (November 27/29) and agreed to form an umbrella organisation to focus on issues of common concern and to develop the professionalism of independent news agencies in the region. The new association, to be officially established early next year, will be a non-profit, non-governmental […]

An IPI delegation despatched to Lusaka, Zambia (November 23-25) identified several issues which need to be urgently addressed if freedom of expression and freedom of the press are to be truly respected in Zambia. The members of the delegation – Wangethi Mwangi, Group Managing Editor of The Nation in Kenya, and Peter Goff, Advisor with […]