At its meeting, held in Vienna, Austria, on 23 November 2002, the Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI) unanimously agreed to keep Russia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Venezuela and Zimbabwe on the “IPI Watch List”. IPI Director Johann P. Fritz said, “The October hostage incident in Moscow shows that President Putin continues to […]

CARACAS (25 September 2002) – The International Press Institute (IPI) and the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) noted with concern the serious deterioration of press freedom in Venezuela due to a climate of intimidation and hostility towards independent journalists and media outlets, as well as a legal and judicial system that threatens the free practice […]

At its meeting, held in Ljubljana, Slovenia on 9 May 2002, the Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI) unanimously agreed to keep Russia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Venezuela and Zimbabwe on the “IPI Watch List”. In Russia, the Executive Board found that there had been no changes to the media scene. Commenting on […]

His Excellency Hugo Chávez Frías President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Palacio de Miraflores Caracas Venezuela Fax: (+ 58212) 806 3221 Vienna, 25 October 2001 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, is deeply concerned about the ongoing investigation into the private television news […]