H.E. Grzegorz Kurczuk Minister of Justice Warsaw Poland Fax: (+ 4822) 621 55 40 Vienna, 17 February 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the three-month prison sentence handed down to Andrzej Marek, editor-in-chief of the weekly Wiesci Polickie (Police News) in […]

Fifteen years after the unique events of 1989 that led to the fall of Communism in Central and Eastern Europe and the collapse of the Soviet Union, the International Press Institute (IPI) will hold its World Congress and 53rd General Assembly in Warsaw, Poland, in May 2004. The themes of the Congress will reflect the […]

Mikheil Saakashvili President of Georgia Office of the President Rustaveli 29 300002 Tbilisi Georgia Fax: + (995 32) 99 86 90/ 99 96 30 Vienna, 9 February 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, is deeply concerned about the pressure […]

H. E. Nursultan Nazarbayev President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Office of the President 11 Mira Street Astana 473000 Kazakhstan Fax: +7 3172 323 073 Vienna, 4 February 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, is deeply concerned about the […]