H.E. Andres Pastrana Arango President Office of the President Santa Fe de Bogota Colombia Vienna, 6 July 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute, the global network of editors and journalists, strongly condemns the killing of television journalist Marisol Rebelo. Rebelo, 25, had been working for a local TV news programme sponsored by an environmental […]

H.E. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga President Presidential Secretarial Secretarial Building Colombo Sri Lanka Vienna, 4 July 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and journalists, is deeply concerned about the latest setbacks to press freedom in Sri Lanka and strongly condemns the reintroduction on 4 July of censorship measures aimed […]

His Excellency Kim Jong Il Chairman of the National Defence Commission Supreme People’s Assembly Pyongyang Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Vienna, 28 June 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, condemns the refusal by North Korean authorities to allow Chosun Ilbo journalist Kim In-gu to enter […]

President Vladimir Putin Federation of Russia c/o Alexei A. Gromov Presidential Spokesperson Moscow Russia 14 June 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute, the global network of editors and journalists, condemns in the strongest possible terms the arrest and detention of the Media-Most group owner Vladimir Gusinsky. On June 13, Gusinsky, owner of the independent […]