Bashar al-Assad President Presidential Palace Abu Ruman al-Rashid Street Damascus Syria 11 July 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and journalists, extends to you its best wishes on your inauguration as President of Syria. In doing so, IPI would like to express the hope that you will use […]

In a letter to President Hafez al-Assad, IPI called on the Syrian government to exercise compassion and release the imprisoned journalist Nizar Nayouf. Nayouf is close to death in a Syrian military prison after suffering years of torture and denial of adequate medical care. He was arrested on 10 January 1992 and sentenced to ten […]

His Excellency Hafez al-Assad President c/o H. E. Ambassador Riad Siage Embassy of the Syrian Arab Republic Vienna Austria Vienna, 22 September 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) the global network of editors and media executives, is most concerned about the fate of Nizar Nayyouf, a journalist and human rights activist, who is […]