H.E. Hama Amadou Prime Minister Niamey Republic of Niger Fax: +227 73 58 59 Vienna, 13 August 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute, the global network of editors, leading journalists, and media executives in over 120 countries, is worried by the decision of the Niger police to detain a journalist on suspicion of interviewing […]

H. E. Ayad Allawi Prime Minister Iraqi Interim Government Baghdad Iraq Vienna, 11 August 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, strongly condemns the closure of Al-Jazeera’s Baghdad bureau by Iraqi police on 7 August. According to IPI’s sources, the […]

In recent months, the International Press Institute (IPI) has become increasingly worried by the application of the Indonesian Criminal Code, formerly the Netherlands Indies Criminal Code, against Indonesian journalists. Last year, on 27 October 2003, Supratman, the news editor of Rakyat Merdeka, received a six month suspended sentence for breaches of articles 134 and 137 […]

H. E. Mikheil Saakashvili President of Georgia Ingorovas 7 Tbilisi Georgia Fax: + 995 32 99 08 79 / + 995 32 98 72 62 Vienna, 2 August 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, is deeply concerned about the […]