Mr. E. K. Nayanar Chief Minister of Kerala Government Secretariat Trivandrum, Kerala India Vienna, 17 June 1998 The International Press Institute (IPI) the global network of editors and media executives, condemns the brutal attack on a group of journalists in Kerala, India, on 16 June. We are informed that four journalists, including two photographers, were […]

H. E. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga President of Sri Lanka Office of the President Colombo Sri Lanka Vienna, 10 June 1998 The International Press Institute (IPI) the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns new restrictions on military reporting in Sri Lanka. The imposition on 5 June of the Emergency (Prohibition on Publication and […]

Mr. William S. Cohen Secretary of Defence Department of Defence Washington, D.C. USA Vienna, 3 May 1998 The International Press Institute (IPI) the global network of editors and media executives, is most concerned over plans by the United States and its allies to create a press-control agency in Bosnia-Herzegovina. We understand that the proposed “Intermediate […]

David Butkovic, former editor-in-chief of Globus, was today acquitted of charges of criminal defamation by a court in Zagreb in a groundbreaking victory for freedom of expression. Judge Ranko Marijan dismissed the charges brought by all 23 ministers in Franjo Tudjman’s government, holding that the right of journalists to inform the public is a basic […]