The International Press Institute (IPI) today joined international condemnation of Belarusian police’s Friday morning raid on independent broadcaster Belsat TV in Minsk that followed the station’s coverage of nationwide protests against a tax on the unemployed. Authorities reportedly detained one employee, a videographer, and confiscated camera and audio equipment in the raid, which Belsat’s head […]

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today released a comparative study “Defamation and Insult Laws in the OSCE Region” finding that criminal law remains an instrument to excessively limit media freedom. Commissioned by the representative and conducted by International Press Institute (IPI) Director of Press […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 112 countries, is deeply concerned about the murder of Vasily Grodnikov, a freelance correspondent for the Narodnaya Volya newspaper. Grodnikov was found dead with a head wound in his home in Zaslauje, near Minsk, on 18 October 2005. […]

H.E. Leonid Kuchma President Office of the President Vul. Bankova 11 252005 Kiev Ukraine Fax: +380-44-293 10 01 / 293 73 64 / 291 61 61 Vienna, 17 December 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives, and leading journalists in over 120 countries, is deeply concerned about […]