His Excellency Hu Jintao President of the People’s Republic of China State Council, Beijing 100032 People’s Republic of China His Excellency Zhang Fusen Minister of Justice 10 Chaoyangmen Nandajie Chaoyang-qu Beijing-shi 100020 People’s Republic of China Vienna, 9 May 2005 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and […]

H.E. Alexander Lukashenko President Office of the President Minsk Republic of Belarus Fax: +375 17 222 35 03 Vienna, 28 April 2005 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, strongly condemns the prison sentences given to two Russian journalists in Minsk […]

H.E. Vaira Vike-Freiberga President of Latvia Pils laukums 3 Riga, LV-1050 Latvia Fax: +371-709 21 57 Vienna, 27 April 2005 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 120 countries, is writing to express its concern about the draft Latvian Law on Public Service […]

Ulugbek Haidarov, a journalist and human rights activist, was severely beaten on 23 April in the Jizzakh region, central Uzbekistan. According to IPI’s information, an unidentified assailant was waiting for Haidarov outside his home on the evening of 23 April. During the attack one of Haidarov’s collar-bones was broken and he was later hospitalised. Haidarov […]