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IPI disturbed by promotion of economic trade with PRC, fails to emphasise press freedom abuses

According to the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 112 countries, the meeting of British Prime Minister Tony Blair with representatives of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), held on 5 September, fails to properly address the need for the country to respect press freedom […]

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Letter: British authorities seize two Web servers used by an Internet media organisation

Rt. Hon David Blunkett MP Home Secretary The Home Office 50 Queen Anne’s Gate London SW1H 9AT UK Vienna, 20 October 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 120 countries, condemns the seizure by the British authorities of two Web servers used […]

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Letter: IPI concerned over slow-paced inquiries into journalists’ disappearance

The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld Secretary of Defense Office of the Secretary of Defense 1000 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301-1000 USA Fax: +1-703-697 83 39 The Rt Hon Geoffrey Hoon MP Secretary of State for Defence Ministry of Defence Main Building, Whitehall London SW1A 2HB United Kingdom Fax: +44 207 218 1289 Vienna, 2 April […]

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IPI supports BBC in reporting row

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, condemns recent attempts by UK cabinet ministers to undermine the reporting of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) on the war in Iraq. According to information provided to IPI, there have been a number of instances of ministers criticising the BBC […]

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