The International Press Institute (IPI) is becoming increasingly concerned at the desire of governments around the world to create statutory press councils that will have a detrimental impact on journalists and the media environment. Since the January 2002 passage of the Zimbabwean Access to Information and Protection and Privacy Act (AIPPA), IPI has noticed that […]

On 4 September, Iraq’s interim government decided to extend its ban on Al-Jazeera’s Baghdad bureau for an indefinite period. In support of the ban the Iraqi authorities apparently forced their way into the offices of the Qatar-based satellite broadcaster, photographed equipment and then sealed the offices. Fourteen security guards were later stationed outside the Al-Jazeera […]

In recent days, in Russia, journalists have been forced to resign, detained, and possibly poisoned, in what appears to be a concerted attempt to control the way in which the Beslan hostage crisis is reported. Raf Shakirov, editor-in-chief of the daily newspaper Izvestiya, resigned on 6 September. In an interview with Radio Liberty, he stated […]

H.E. Li Zhaoxing Foreign Minister Ministry of Foreign Affairs Beijing 100701 People’s Republic of China Vienna, 3 September 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, is deeply concerned about the repeated detention of journalists in China. In the most recent incident, journalists Jonathan Watts, […]