H. E. Konstantinos Simitis Prime Minister of Greece Athens Greece Vienna, 24 August 1998 Your Excellency The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about proposed legislation that would make broadcasting “slanderous and insulting matter” a criminal offence in Greece. Under the legislation, proposed 18 August by Justice Minister Evangelos Yannopoulos, existing slander and libel […]

H. E. Sartaj Aziz Foreign Minister Ministry of Foreign Affaires Islamabad Islamic Republic of Pakistan Vienna, 17 August 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, condemns the kidnapping of Mahmoud Saremi, a correspondent for the official Iranian news agency (IRNA), by Taleban militia forces. Members of […]

Minister Zivadin Jovanovic Minister for Foreign Affairs Belgrade Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vienna, 6 August 1998 Dear Minister, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of journalists, editors and media executives from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organization and news agencies in over 100 countries, is deeply concerned about the reluctance of the Yugoslav authorities to […]

H.E. Islam Karimov President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistan Vienna, 28 July 1998 The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of journalists and media executives, strongly condemns the conviction and 11-year prison sentence imposed on Shadi Mardiev, a reporter with the state-run Samarkand radio station, who was jailed after satirising the alleged […]