His Excellency Robert Mugabe President Harare Zimbabwe Vienna, 31 January 2001 Your Excellency The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the recent wave of attacks against the independent and the state-owned media in Zimbabwe. According to our sources, The Daily News printing plant was bombed on 28 […]

At the Board Meeting of the International Press Institute (IPI), held in New Delhi, India, on 26 January, the Executive Board Members unanimously agreed to keep Russia, Sri Lanka and Venezuela on the “IPI Watch List” and remove Peru. Regarding Russia, the Board agreed that a number of incidents have occurred which have reinforced the […]

H.E. Daniel arap Moi President Office of the President Nairobi Kenya Vienna, 11 January 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the assault on a TV journalist in Kenya. According to the information before IPI, Betty Dindi, a journalist with Nation TV, was beaten […]

His Excellency Vaclav Havel President Office of the President of the Czech Republic Hrad 119 08 Prague 1 Czech Republic Vienna, 9 January 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the politicised makeup of the Czech Television Council responsible for the recent appointment of the new Director General, Jiri Hodac, […]