President Andrés Pastrana President of Colombia Santafé de Bogotá Colombia Vienna, 29 October 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute is deeply concerned for the safety of Henry Romero, a freelance photographer who works regularly for Reuters, who has been kidnapped by a rebel group, the National Liberation Army (ELN). The ELN have announced that […]

His Excellency Bülent Ecevit Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey Prime Minister’s Office Ankara Turkey Vienna, 21 October 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the murder of Ahmet Taner Kislali, a prominent journalist and former Turkish minister of culture. Kislali, 60, died […]

His Excellency Jose Eduardo dos Santos President of the Republic of Angola Gabinete do Presidente Luanda Angola Vienna, 21 October 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is deeply concerned about the continued detention of freelance journalist Rafael Marques. On 14 October 1999, Marques – who […]

The International Press Institute today welcomed the fact that the European Court of Human Rights held unanimously that Romania had violated Article 10 (freedom of expression) of the European Convention of Human Rights when it found a journalist guilty of criminal libel and sentenced him to 3 months’ imprisonment (suspended). The case concerned a Romanian […]