H.E. Aleksandr Lukashenko President Office of the President Minsk Republic of Belarus Fax: +375 17 222 35 03 Vienna, 28 June 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 expulsion by the Belarusian authorities of the Ukrainian freelance […]

H.E. Olusegun Obasanjo President, Federal Republic of Nigeria Aso Rock Villa Asokoro District Abuja Nigeria Vienna, 28 July 2004 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute, the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, condemns the assault on a journalist in Makurdi, the capital of Benue state, north central Nigeria. […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), along with five other international organisations, launched a new Global Charter on Media Transparency designed to end the offer of inducements to journalists in return for media coverage. The Charter contains the following principles: – News material should appear as a result of the news judgement of journalists and editors, […]

Six global organizations today announced their support for a set of principles designed to foster greater transparency in the dealings between public relations professionals and the media, and to end bribery for media coverage throughout the world. The organizations are the International Press Institute, the International Federation of Journalists, Transparency International, the Global Alliance for […]