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Letter: Government passes restrictive broadcasting law

His Excellency Leszek Miller Prime Minister of Poland Chancellery of the Prime Minister Warsaw Poland Fax: (004822) 621 88 27 Vienna, 8 April 2002   Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, is deeply concerned about the recent decision of the Polish government to pass […]

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Letter: Police harassment of correspondent for the Daily Telegraph continues

His Excellency President Robert Mugabe Office of the President Causeway, Harare Zimbabwe Fax: +263 4 728 799 / 708 820 / 734 644 Vienna, 3 April 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, is profoundly concerned at the treatment of journalist Peta Thornycroft at […]

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Letter: Zimbabwe correspondent for Britain’s Daily Telegraph arrested

His Excellency President Robert Mugabe Office of the President Causeway, Harare Zimbabwe Fax: +263 4 728 799 / 708 820 / 734 644 Vienna, 28 March 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives condemns the arrest and overnight imprisonment of Peta Thornycroft, the Zimbabwean […]

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Letter: Anti-terrorism law impedes press freedom

His Excellency Lt-Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni President Office of the President Parliament Bldg, POB 7168 Kampala Uganda Vienna, 22 March 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists is greatly concerned by the recent decision of the Ugandan parliament to pass an anti-terrorist law which […]

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