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Letter: Sri Lanka journalist murdered

H.E. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga President Presidential Secretarial Secretarial Building Colombo, 01 Sri Lanka Vienna, 20 October 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, condemns in the strongest possible terms the murder of a Sri Lankan journalist. According to our sources, on 19 October, Mailvaganam Nimalaranjan died […]

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Letter: Stiff fine imposed on Ethiopia journalist

His Excellency Meles Zenawi Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister P.O. Box 1031 Addis Ababa Ethiopia Vienna, 18 October 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute, the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the fine imposed on journalist Taye Belachew by the Federal High Court of Ethiopia. According to information provided […]

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Letter: Authorities threaten independent publishing house in Belarus

H.E. Aleksandr Lukashenko President Office of the President 220010 Minsk Minsk oblast Belarus Vienna, 16 October 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global organisation of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the recent action by the authorities against an independent publishing house. According to the information before IPI, on 13 October the […]

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Letter: Armed forces helicopters target radio station in Palestine

His Excellency Ehud Barak Prime Minister Kiryat Ben-Gurion 3 Kaplan St, P.O. Box 187 91919 Jerusalem Israel Vienna, 12 October 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the deliberate targeting by Israeli armed forces of a Palestine radio station in Ramallah. According to our […]

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