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IPI Board demands release of Kadri Gürsel, Cumhuriyet journalists

The International Press Institute (IPI)’s Executive Board today condemned in the strongest possible terms Turkish authorities’ moves to silence the country’s last remaining critical media following the closure of 15 Kurdish media outlets on Saturday and the arrests Monday morning of at least 13 journalists at Turkey’s most prominent secular opposition newspaper, including IPI Board Member […]

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Letter: IPI protests the shelling by the U.S. military of media hotel in Baghdad

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld Secretary of Defense Office of the Secretary of Defense 1000 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301-1000 USA Fax: +1-703-697 83 39 Vienna, 9 April 2003 Dear Secretary Rumsfeld, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in 115 nations, protests in the strongest possible […]

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Letter: IPI concerned over delays in providing information on whereabouts of missing ITN crew

The Rt Hon Geoffrey Hoon MP Secretary of State for Defence Ministry of Defence Main Building, Whitehall London SW1A 2HB United Kingdom Fax: +44 207 218 1289 The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld Secretary of Defense Office of the Secretary of Defense 1000 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301-1000 USA Fax: +1-703-697 83 39 Vienna, 20 May […]

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Letter: Harassment of Indonesian independent journalists continues

H. E. Gen. Haji Mohamed Suharto President of the Republic of Indonesia Office of the President Jakarta Indonesia Vienna, 20 March 1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the latest development in the Indonesian government’s campaign of harassment against members of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI). We are informed […]

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