The undersigned partners of the Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) today welcome the confirmed guilty verdicts handed down to four former officials in the Serbian state security services for the murder in 1999 of leading journalist and editor-in-chief Slavko Ćuruvija. The decision by the Higher Court in Belgrade to reaffirm the convictions in the retrial […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today welcomed the African Court for Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR)’s decision to reopen the investigation into the death of Norbert Zongo, an investigative reporter killed nearly 17 years ago, and three companions killed with him. The ACHPR ruled that the Burkina Faso government must search for the killers and […]

H. E. Gen. Fidel Ramos President of the Philippines Malacańang Palace Metro Manila The Philippines Vienna, 30 March 1998 The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the killing of a radio announcer in the southern Philippine city of Zamboanga on Monday, 30 March. Rey Bancairin was shot […]

Mullah Mohammad Omar c/o Mr. Abdul Hakim Mujahid Ambassador Embassy of the Islamic Emirate of Afganistan Islamabad Pakistan Vienna, 11 September 1998 The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the reported killing of Mahmoud Saremi, a correspondent for the official Iranian news agency, IRNA, who was abducted by the Taleban militia forces on 8 August. […]