Mullah Mohammad Omar c/o Mr. Abdul Hakim Mujahid Ambassador Embassy of the Islamic Emirate of Afganistan Islamabad Pakistan Vienna, 11 September 1998 The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the reported killing of Mahmoud Saremi, a correspondent for the official Iranian news agency, IRNA, who was abducted by the Taleban militia forces on 8 August. […]

His Excellency Alberto Fujimori President of the Republic of Peru Lima Peru Vienna, 9 June 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the brutal killing of a radio journalist in northern Peru. According to our sources, Félix Haro Rodriguez, a photographer and host of a programme broadcast on Radio 1160’s affiliate in […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, has urged Mexico’s newly inaugurated president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, to end the impunity with which journalists are being killed in the country. In a letter, Deputy Director Scott Griffen urged President Obrador to order law enforcement agencies to expedite […]

H. E. Ernesto Samper Pizano President of Colombia Santafé de Bogotá Vienna, 25 February 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of a Colombian journalist, Oscar García Calderon. We are informed that García, a journalist with the Bogotá daily El Espectador, was murdered on 22 February 1998, shortly after leaving […]