His Excellency General Sani Abacha President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces State House Abuja Nigeria Vienna, 11 November 1994 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), protests most strongly against the recent seizure of Nobel prize-winning author Wole Soyinka’s United Nations passport and the travel ban imposed on him. We are informed that on […]

His Excellency General Suharto President Office of the President Jakarta Indonesia Vienna, 17 October 1994 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly protests the attempt to prohibit members of the recently-formed Alliance of Independent Journalists from covering the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Conference (APEC) summit in Jakarta. The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) was established […]

His Excellency Boutros Boutros-Ghali Secretary General United Nations New York, NY USA Vienna, 11 October 1994 The International Press Institute (IPI), representing editors and leading journalists from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in over 80 countries, is most concerned about the United Nations Secretariat’s recent decision to reject the application of four Taiwanese […]

His Excellency Lech Walesa President of the Republic of Poland Warsaw Poland Vienna, 27 September 1994 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), representing over 2000 journalists and editors from leading newspapers, magazines and broadcasting organizations and news agencies in over 85 countries, is most concerned about the adoption by a lower chamber of the […]