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IPI shares concern over lowering of human rights standards for admission of new member states to the Council of Europe

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, expressed its support today for the position taken by Peter Leuprecht, Deputy Secretary General of the Council of Europe, who has resigned over the lowering of human rights standards for […]

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Letter: Argentine newspaper relieves fake letter bomb

H. E. Carlos Menem President of Argentina Casa Rosada Buenos Aires Argentina Vienna, 20 July 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 deeply concerned about the fake letter-bomb which was sent to La […]

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Letter: Amendments to Jordan press law further restrict media

His Majesty King Hussien ibn Talal The Royal Palace Amman Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Vienna,12 June 1997 Your Majesty, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the threat to press freedom in Jordan posed by recent amendments to the 1993 Press and Publications Law that set sweeping restrictions on the media. The amendments, […]

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Letter: Operating equipment stolen from independent news agency in Slovakia

H. E. Vladimir Meciar Prime Minister Office of the Government of the Slovak Republic Bratislava Slovakia Vienna, 9 June 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 90 countries, is most concerned about the theft of essential operating […]

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