Mr. Peter Smithwick President of the District Court Dublin Ireland Vienna, 7 November 1997 Dear Sir, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in over 100 countries, is deeply concerned about the confiscation order of film and video tapes given by […]

H. E. Vladimir Meciar Prime Minister Office of the Government of the Slovak Republic Bratislava Slovakia Vienna, 31 October 1997 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in over 100 countries, is most concerned about the proposal of the […]

Right Honourable Tony Blair MP Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London SW1 Vienna, 3 October 1997 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives from newspapers, broadcasting organizations and news agencies in over 100 countries, is deeply disturbed over the alarming frequency of press freedom violations witnessed in […]

His Excellency Askar Akayev President of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan Office of the President Bishkek Kyrgyzstan Vienna, 1 October 1997 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly protests the decision by a district court in Bishkek to sentence Rysbek Omurzakov, a reporter for the weekly Res Publika, to three years in prison for libelling […]