The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is deeply concerned about the growing tendency in Turkey and elsewhere of prominent journalists endorsing products and services in return for remuneration. This practice is susceptible to abuse and has an obvious potential to bring the journalist into a conflict of interests. […]

Chen Chimutengwende Minister of Information Government of Zimbabwe Harare Zimbabwe Vienna, 11 June 1999 Dear Minister, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is deeply concerned by an announcement you made in Parliament on May 19 indicating your intention to draw up legislation establishing a code of conduct for […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) meeting in Taipei, Taiwan, for its World Congress and 48th General Assembly (16-19 May), supports the Inter American Press Association’s opposition to the draft Inter American Declaration on Freedom of Expression, prepared by the United States OAS Ambassador Victor Marrero, to be presented before the upcoming General Assembly of the […]

His Excellency Mohammad Rafiq Nawaz Sharif Prime Minister Islamabad Pakistan Vienna, 14 May 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the arrest of Najam Sethi, editor of the independent, English-language weekly Friday Times, on May 8, by the Pakistani military Inter-Services Intelligence agency. We […]