H.E. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga President Presidential Secretarial Secretarial Building Colombo Sri Lanka Vienna, 4 July 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and journalists, is deeply concerned about the latest setbacks to press freedom in Sri Lanka and strongly condemns the reintroduction on 4 July of censorship measures aimed […]

His Excellency Kim Jong Il Chairman of the National Defence Commission Supreme People’s Assembly Pyongyang Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Vienna, 28 June 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, condemns the refusal by North Korean authorities to allow Chosun Ilbo journalist Kim In-gu to enter […]

President Vladimir Putin Federation of Russia c/o Alexei A. Gromov Presidential Spokesperson Moscow Russia 14 June 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute, the global network of editors and journalists, condemns in the strongest possible terms the arrest and detention of the Media-Most group owner Vladimir Gusinsky. On June 13, Gusinsky, owner of the independent […]

President Daniel Arap Moi Office of the President Harambee House Nairobi Kenya 13 June 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and journalists, strongly condemns the attack made on the headquarters of Kenya’s biggest newspaper, the Daily Nation. On 12 June, Kenyan students attempted to burn down the Nation […]