H. E. Ahmed Tejan Kabbah President Freetown Sierra Leone Vienna, 15 May 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 98 countries, is most concerned about proposed amendments to the press law in Sierra Leone. On 6 May […]

H. E. Aslan Maskhadov President of the Chechen Republic Grozny Chechnya Vienna, 14 May 1997 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the fate of a Russian television crew kidnapped in Chechnya. IPI is informed that armed gunmen seized the television crew of NTV, the largest private television station in Moscow, […]

H. E. Necmettin Erbakan Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey Prime Minister’s Office Ankara Turkey Vienna, 13 May 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 98 countries, is most concerned over the circumstances surrounding the armed […]

H. E. Franjo Tudjman President of the Republic of Croatia Zagreb Croatia Vienna, 9 May 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 almost 100 countries, is most concerned over the planned retrial of two Croatian journalists. We […]