Mr. Ivan Rybkin Chairman of the Duma Moscow Russian Federation Dear Mr. Rybkin, The International Press Institute (IPI), representing editors and leading journalists from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in over 80 countries, is most concerned about the publication in Russia of a draft law which seeks to establish greater state control over […]

His Excellency Sali Berisha President of Albania Office of the President Tirana Republic of Albania Vienna, 9 August 1994 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), is most concerned about the serious threat to press freedom in Albania posed by the introduction of new taxes on newspapers. IPI is informed that on 2 August 1994 […]

His Excellency President Alberto Fujimori Palacio Nacional Lima Peru Vienna, 4 August 1994 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), is most concerned about the case of Enrique Zileri, director of the weekly news magazine Caretas, and the recent judicial order to impound his property. On 25 July 1994 the acting judge of Lima’s 15th […]

His Excellency Boris N. Yeltsin President Moscow Russia Vienna, 26 July 1994 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the adoption by the State Duma of Russia of a draft law which seeks to introduce new controls on state news broadcasts. The draft law on “state media coverage of the activities […]