H.E. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah Office of the President Freetown Sierra Leone Fax: (+ 232-22) 230565 Vienna, 2 August 2005 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the savage beating of For Di People editor Harry Yansaneh, which is said to have caused his […]

Efforts by the governments and conflicts have become a major obstacle in reporting on COVID-19 pandemic in Africa. Journalists are struggling to get accurate information from their governments, which are attempting to control the public narrative about the unprecedented health crisis, according to panellists who participated in a webinar  jointly organized by the International Press […]

H.E. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga President of Sri Lanka Office of the President Colombo Sri Lanka Vienna, 8 September 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the murder of Rohana Kumara, editor of a pro-opposition newspaper, in Sri Lanka. IPI is informed that Kumara, editor of the pro-UNP (United National Party) tabloid, Satana […]

H.E. Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie President of the Republic of Indonesia Office of the President Jakarta, Indonesia Vienna, 10 August 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the brutal murder of a journalist working for the daily Medan Pos, which is published in North Sumatra. We are informed that Supriadi, 34, was abducted […]