H. E. Vladimir Meciar Prime Minister Office of the Government of the Slovak Republic Bratislava Slovakia Vienna, 9 June 1997 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in 90 countries, is most concerned about the theft of essential operating […]

H. E. President Yasser Arafat Palestinian Authority Al-Muntada Gaza Viena, 22 May 1997 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the detention of Palestinian journalist and TV broadcaster Daoud Kuttab. Mr. Kuttab, who has a private contract to broadcast uncut floor debates from the elected Palestinian legislature, was summoned to police headquarters in […]

H. E. Ahmed Tejan Kabbah President Freetown Sierra Leone Vienna, 15 May 1997 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in 98 countries, is most concerned about proposed amendments to the press law in Sierra Leone. On 6 May […]

H. E. Aslan Maskhadov President of the Chechen Republic Grozny Chechnya Vienna, 14 May 1997 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the fate of a Russian television crew kidnapped in Chechnya. IPI is informed that armed gunmen seized the television crew of NTV, the largest private television station in Moscow, […]