The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 120 countries, calls on the prime ministers of the United Kingdom and Australia, the Right Honourable Gordon Brown and the Right Honourable Kevin Rudd, to signal their commitment to justice in the “Balibo Five” murder case. According to […]

Dear Attorney-General, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 120 countries, is writing to urge your office to bring those responsible for the 16 October 1975 murder in East Timor of five journalists, known collectively as the “Balibo Five”, to justice. In November 2007, a […]

H.E. Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie President of the Republic of Indonesia Office of the President Jakarta Indonesia Vienna, 15 September 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, is most concerned about the safety of Allan Nairn, a U.S. journalist, who is being detained by security forces in […]

H.E. Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie President of the Republic of Indonesia Office of the President Jakarta Indonesia Vienna, 2 September 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) wishes to express its concern over the safety of journalists reporting on events in East Timor. In the latest violence, pro-Indonesian militiamen armed with automatic weapons and machetes […]