His Excellency Joseph Estrada President Malacańang Palace Manila Philippines Vienna, 17 September 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the ongoing advertising boycott of the Philippine Daily Inquirer, allegedly initiated by your administration. We are informed that in July a number of Philippine movie producers withdrew their advertisements from the […]

H.E. Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie President of the Republic of Indonesia Office of the President Jakarta Indonesia Vienna, 15 September 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is most concerned about the safety of Allan Nairn, a U.S. journalist, who is being detained by security forces in […]

Dr. Janez Drnovsek Prime Minister Gregorciecva 20 61000 Ljubljana Republic of Slovenia Vienna, 10 September 1999 Dear Prime Minister, The International Press Institute, (IPI), a global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives from print and broadcasting media in presently 108 nations, is deeply concerned about the tendencies in the draft of a new […]

His Excellency Tony Blair Prime Minister 10 Downing Street London UK Vienna, 10 September 1999   Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is deeply concerned over the threat by a British court to jail Dublin-based reporter Ed Moloney unless he breaks rules of professional secrecy. Moloney, Northern Ireland editor of the Sunday Tribune in […]