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Letter: IPI condemns NATO strikes on Serbian media

Mr. Javier Solana Secretary General North Atlantic Treaty Organization Brussels Belgium Vienna, 28 April, 1999 Dear Secretary General, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and publishers dedicated to protecting and furthering freedom of the press, condemns in the strongest possible terms the recent NATO strikes on the media in Serbia. While […]

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Letter: German TV correspondent detained

His Excellency Slobodan Milosevic President of Yugoslavia Belgrade Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vienna, 26 April 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is most concerned for the safety of Pit Schnitzler, a German television correspondent, who is currently being detained by the authorities in Yugoslavia. Pit […]

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Letter: Two Spanish TV correspondents and a Dutch photographer detained in Kosovo

His Excellency Slobodan Milosevic President of Yugoslavia Belgrade Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vienna, 7 April 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, condemns the detention of two Spanish television correspondents and a Dutch freelance photographer in Kosovo. We are informed that Jon Sistiaga Escudero and Bernabe […]

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Letter: Publisher and owner of independent newspaper killed by unidentified gunmen in Serbia

His Excellency Slobodan Milosevic President of Yugoslavia Belgrade Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vienna, 12 April 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of a prominent publisher, Slavko Curuvija, in Belgrade. We are informed that unidentified gunmen shot and killed Mr. Curuvija, the owner of an independent daily newspaper, Dnevni Telegraf, […]

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