Werede Woldu Wolde Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice Addis Ababa Ethiopia 19 May 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and journalists, is extremely concerned about the plight of journalists in Ethiopia. Journalists are currently suffering imprisonment, tremendous hardships and death in their attempts to maintain freedom of […]

Prime Minister Dr. Dervis Eroglu Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Lefkosa (Nicosia) Cyprus Vienna, 18 May 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and journalists, condemns the continued persecution and harassment of the Turkish Cypriot newspaper AVRUPA. Over the last twelve months, AVRUPA, a daily newspaper published and circulated […]

His Excellency Slobodan Milosevic President of the Former Republic of Yugoslavia Belgrade Former Republic of Yugoslavia Vienna, 17 May 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and journalists, deplores the Serbian government’s seizure of the Belgrade municipal broadcaster, Studio B and the closing down of the independent radio station, […]

H.E. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga President, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Presidential Secretariat Colombo Sri Lanka Vienna, 16 May 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press (IPI), the global network of editors and journalists, strongly urges you to rescind the public security regulations imposed on both the local and foreign media in Sri Lanka. Under the […]