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IPI calls for new procedural guidelines to ensure no repetition of July Hong Kong media raids

On 24 July the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) raided seven Hong Kong newspapers, Apple Daily, the Hong Kong Economic Journal, the Oriental Daily News, Sing Tao Daily, the South China Morning Post, the Sun and the Ta Kung Pao. During the raids, which were conducted with search warrants, the ICAC officers searched the offices […]

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Letter: Editor sentenced to seven days in jail

H.E. Aleksandr Lukashenko President Office of the President Minsk Republic of Belarus Fax: +375 17 222 35 03 Vienna, 3 November 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, strongly condemns the prison sentence handed to Pavel Mazheyka, head of the […]

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IPI Nepal Committee awards ten conflict-affected journalists

Nepal’s Kamana Publication Group (KPG) and the Nepal chapter of the International Press Institute (IPI) announced they will award this year’s “Bhusan Journalism Award” to ten conflict-affected journalists and their families as a token of assistance. The award carries a purse of Rs 100,000 (US$ 1,500), which will be distributed equally among the ten journalists. […]

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Letter: British authorities seize two Web servers used by an Internet media organisation

Rt. Hon David Blunkett MP Home Secretary The Home Office 50 Queen Anne’s Gate London SW1H 9AT UK Vienna, 20 October 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 120 countries, condemns the seizure by the British authorities of two Web servers used […]

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