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Letter: Turkish police raid office and confiscate newspapers

H. E. Tansu Ciller Prime Minister of Turkey Prime Minister’s Office Ankara Turkey Vienna, 16 February 1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), representing publishers, editors-in-chief and leading journalists from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in 89 countries, is most concerned about the latest developments in the Turkish authorities’ continued campaign of […]

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Letter: Pakistan newspaper offices attacked by masked gunmen

His Excellency Benazir Bhutto Prime Minster of Pakistan Office of the Prime Minister Islamabad Islamic Republic of Pakistan Vienna, 1 March 1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the recent attack on the offices of several publications belonging to the Nawa-e-Waqt newspaper group and the threat to press freedom this […]

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Letter: Senior Bosnian journalists mobilized for military service

His Excellency Dr. Alija Izetbegovic President of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina Vienna, 8 February 1995 Your Excellency. The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the recent decision of the authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina to mobilize for military service four senior journalists employed by Radio Zid. We […]

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Letter: Proposed changes to Czech media law threaten press freedom

H. E. Václav Klaus Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Prime Minister’s Office Prague Czech Republic Vienna, 7 February 1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), representing editors and leading journalists from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in 89 countries, is most concerned about the proposed changes in media legislation in the […]

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