H.E. Haydar Aliyev President of Azerbaijan Baku Azerbaijan Republic Vienna, 19 November 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is most concerned about the continued repressed state of the independent press in Azerbaijan. We are informed that, as of 18 November 1998, 21 editors of the […]

H.E. Rosa Russo-Jervolino Minister of the Interior Ministry of the Interior Rome Italy Vienna, 16 November 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the beating of Turkish journalists in Rome on Saturday, 14 November, and the reported detention of five Turkish journalists in Palestrina, […]

Mr. Adem Demaqi Political Representative of the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK) Pristina Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vienna, 13 November 1998 Dear Sir, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about reports that the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK) has used a military tribunal to impose prison sentences to two employees of the Yugoslav state news […]

H. E. Nursultan Nazarbayev President of Kazakhstan Almaty Kazakhstan Vienna, 10 November 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is most concerned about independent reports which indicate that the Kazakh government is clamping down on the private media in the run-up to the January 10 elections. […]