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Letter: Authorities search Italian editor’s office

His Excellency Mr. Filippo Mancuso Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice Via Arenula 71 00186 Rome Italy Vienna, 24 January 1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the recent searching of the editorial office of Südtirol-profil, a German-language newsmagazine, by the Italian authorities. We are informed that on 20 January […]

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Letter: Copies of Kurdish-language paper confiscated prior to distribution

H. E. Tansu Ciller Prime Minister of Turkey Prime Minister’s Office Ankara Turkey Vienna, 16 January 1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the latest development in the Turkish authorities’ continued campaign of harassment against Özgür Ülke, the Istanbul-based daily newspaper. We are informed that since 6 January 1995 all […]

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Letter: Head of Russian state TV sacked over critical reporting

His Excellency Boris Yeltsin President of Russia Office of the President Moscow Russian Federation Vienna, 11 January 1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), representing publishers, editors-in-chief and leading journalists from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in 89 countries, is most concerned about unconfirmed reports that the head of Russian state television […]

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Journalist killed in Cambodia

His Excellency Norodom Ranariddh First Prime Minister Office of the First Prime Minister Phnom Penh Cambodia Vienna, 12 December 1994 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing on 9 December 1994 of Mr. Chan Dary, a journalist working for the popular Khmer-language newspaper Koh Santepheap. We are informed that Mr. Chan […]

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