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IPI condemns resolution passed by Yemen’s Minister of Information to cancel the license of Al Wasat newspaper

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, is deeply concerned about the decision by the Ministry of Information to cancel the license of the Yemeni weekly newspaper, Al Wasat. According to information before IPI, Yemen’s national news agency, SABA, published a resolution that […]

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IPI calls on Zimbabwean authorities to immediately release New York Times correspondent Barry Bearak

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, calls on Zimbabwean authorities to immediately release Barry Bearak, a New York Times correspondent arrested in Harare last night. According to information before IPI, Barry Bearak, a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent based in Johannesburg, was one of […]

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IPI seizes upon Australian Prime Minister’s visit to the UK to call for justice in the Balibo five murder case

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 120 countries, calls on the prime ministers of the United Kingdom and Australia, the Right Honourable Gordon Brown and the Right Honourable Kevin Rudd, to signal their commitment to justice in the “Balibo Five” murder case. According to […]

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IPI / SEEMO criticizes temporary detention of Romanian journalist

The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), a network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from South East Europe and an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), criticizes the recent police detention of Razvan Martin, program coordinator for the Press Monitoring Agency in Romania. According to information before SEEMO, on 2 April […]

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