Turkey imprisoned 23 journalists this weekend amid an ongoing purge purportedly targeting those linked to the July 15 coup attempt, while its president, citing the country’s unity in the wake of the failed bid, said he was withdrawing all insult complaints he has filed against detractors. President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the one-time gesture was intended […]

H. E. Gen. Fidel Ramos President of the Philippines Malacańang Palace Metro Manila The Philippines Vienna, 3 June 1997 The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in 98 countries, strongly condemns the killing of an editor of a popular Philippine tabloid. […]

H. E. Alberto Fujimoro President of Peru Lima Peru Vienna, 8 April 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the killing of a radio journalist in northern Peru. We are informed that Isabel Chumpitaz, a radio journalist who championed peasant farmers’ rights in Peru, […]

H. E. Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon President Mexico DF Mexico Viena, 17 July 1997 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of Benjamin Flores González, publisher and editor of the daily newspaper La Prensa, in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora State. We are informed that Mr. Flores was murdered outside […]