His Excellency Yasser Arafat President Palestinian National Authority Vienna, 31 May 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the arrest of Mr Fatih Barqawi, news director at the state radio station, Voice of Palestine, and the suspension of the Al-Nasr television station and the […]

His Excellency Gaetano Intchama Prime Minister Bissau Guinea-Bissau Vienna, 29 May 2000 Your Excellency The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the jailing of Mr Yussuf Keita, news presenter, and Ms Paula Melho, also news presenter and responsible for the contents of the news at RTGB, the […]

His Excellency Sayed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran Tehran Islamic Republic of Iran 25 April 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the closure of pro-reform newspapers in Iran and the imprisonment of Akbar Ganji and Latif Safari. Furthermore, IPI deplores the failure of the judiciary […]

Censorship in Sri Lanka is threatening to overwhelm the media. Since 4 May, the owner of a television station has been intimidated, newspapers have been closed, programmes taken off the air and Internet sites cautioned. With the spotlight of the world’s media focused on other international events such as Sierra Leone and the Ethiopian-Eritrean war, […]