In recent months, the International Press Institute (IPI) has become increasingly worried by the application of the Indonesian Criminal Code, formerly the Netherlands Indies Criminal Code, against Indonesian journalists. Last year, on 27 October 2003, Supratman, the news editor of Rakyat Merdeka, received a six month suspended sentence for breaches of articles 134 and 137 […]

H. E. Mikheil Saakashvili President of Georgia Ingorovas 7 Tbilisi Georgia Fax: + 995 32 99 08 79 / + 995 32 98 72 62 Vienna, 2 August 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, is deeply concerned about the […]

H.E. Aleksandr Lukashenko President Office of the President Minsk Republic of Belarus Fax: +375 17 222 35 03 Vienna, 28 June 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 expulsion by the Belarusian authorities of the Ukrainian freelance […]

H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo President, Federal Republic of Nigeria Aso Rock Villa Asokoro District Abuja Nigeria Vienna, 28 July 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute, the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, condemns the assault on a journalist in Makurdi, the capital of Benue state, north central Nigeria. […]