His Excellency Lennart Meri President Office of the President Weizenbergi 39 15050 Tallinn Republic of Estonia Fax: (+ 3726) 31 62 50 Vienna, 14 March 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the murder of newspaper publisher in Estonia. According to our sources, Vitaliy […]

H.E. Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev President Office of the President 11 Mira Street 473000 Astana, Aqmola Oblysy Kazakhstan Vienna, 13 March 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the prosecution of an editor and a historian in Kazakhstan. According to IPI’s sources, on 13 March, […]

H.E. Askar Akayev Office of the President Ulitsa Kirova 205 Bishkek Kyrgyzstan c/o Embassy of Kyrgyzstan in Austria Vienna, 9 March 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is deeply concerned at the recent measures taken by the authorities against a Kyrgyzs opposition newspaper. According to […]

Report on Draft Gambian National Media Commission Bill, 1999 International Press Institute (Issued on 9 March 2001) A. Introduction The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, has been asked to examine the proposed National Media Commission Bill, 1999 (“the proposed legislation” or “NMCB, 1999”) on the basis of international […]