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IPI welcomes South Korean president’s commitment to improved media environment

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, welcomes President Lee Myung-bak’s recently-voiced promise to embrace a “press-friendly policy”, and invites him to go further by implementing much-needed legal reforms in South Korea. According to information before IPI, since its inauguration in February 2008, […]

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Letter: SEEMO expresses concern regarding recent developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s media environment

Your Excellencies, 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), is deeply concerned about recent developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s media environment. According to information provided to SEEMO by the “BH Journalists” Association, […]

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IPI condemns killing of Reuters cameraman in Gaza

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, condemns the killing of Reuters cameraman Fadel Shana in Gaza. According to information before IPI, Shana was killed by a tank shell on 16 April, near the Al Bureij refugee camp, just after he exited his […]

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IPI calls on U.S. Military authorities to abide by Iraqi Judicial Committee’s decision to release AP photographer Bilal Hussein

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 120 countries, calls on U.S. military authorities to abide by an Iraqi judicial panel decision ordering the immediate release of Bilal Hussein. According to information before IPI, in decisions dated April 9 and April 13, an Iraqi judicial […]

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