On 13 June, the Coordinating Committee of Press Freedom Organisations sent a letter to the Swedish Prime Minister urging him to raise the issue of the continued existence of criminal defamation and insult laws on the statute books in many EU member-states. Sweden currently holds the European Union’s (EU) rotating presidency. The press freedom organisations […]

COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS COMMONWEALTH PRESS UNION INTER AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BROADCASTING INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF THE PERIODICAL PRESS INTERNATIONAL PRESS INSTITUTE NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION WORLD ASSOCIATION OF NEWSPAPERS WORLD PRESS FREEDOM COMMITTEE H.E. Göran Persson Prime Minister Statsrĺdsberedningen Rosenbad 4 S-103 33 Stockholm Sweden Via Fax + 468 – 723 11 […]

His Excellency Khamtay Siphandone President Lao People’s Democratic Republic Office of the President Samsantay Road Vientiane Laos Fax: + 856 21 22 36 38 Vienna, 8 June 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is deeply troubled by the recent comments made by the Minister of […]

His Excellency Girija Prasad Koirala Prime Minister Katmandu Nepal Fax: + 977 1 227 286 Vienna, 7 June 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, condemns the recent decision of the Nepalese authorities to arrest the editor and two company directors of the Kantipur Daily, one […]