The Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr. Sher Bahadur Deuba, today gave a commitment to an IPI Press Freedom Delegation that “the Government of Nepal has no intention to re-impose a nationwide State of Emergency”. This puts to rest speculations that the Government was about to take this measure in response to the recent spate of […]

H.E. Maawiya Ould Sid’Ahmed Taya President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania Office of the President BP 184, Nouakchott Mauritania Vienna, 6 September 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the seizure of issue number 219 of El Qalem, an Arabic-language weekly […]

H.E. Boris Trajkovski President Skopje Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – FYROM Via Fax: +389 2 112 147 H.E. Ljubco Georgievski Prime Minister Skopje Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia – FYROM Via Fax: +389 2 123 425 Vienna, 5 September 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives […]

His Excellency Milan Kucan President of the Republic of Slovenia Erjavceva ulica SI-1000 Ljubljana Slovenia Vienna, 30 August 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, is deeply concerned about the new Act on Salaries and Reimbursement in the Public Sector, which we fear could […]