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Letter: Two Nigerian magazine editors sentenced to life imprisonment

H. E. General Sani Abacha Chairman of the Provisional Ruling Council and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces State House Abuja Nigeria Vienna, 2 August 1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the case of two Nigerian magazine editors who have been reportedly sentenced to life in prison by a military […]

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Letter: Editor and publisher of private newspaper arrested in Tanzania

H. E. Mr. Ali Hassan Mwinyi President of the United Republic of Tanzania Office of the President Dar es Salaam Tanzania Vienna, 10 July 1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) protests most strongly at the recent arrest of the publisher and editor of Shaba, a privately owned daily newspaper. We are informed that […]

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Letter: Three journalists charged with criminal defamation in Zimbabwe

H. E. Mr. Robert Gabriel Mugabe President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Office of the President Harare Zimbabwe Vienna, 11 July 1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors and media executives from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in 85 countries, is most concerned about the case of […]

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Letter: Over 100 publishing licenses cancelled in Pakistan

His Excellency Benazir Bhutto Prime Minster of Pakistan Office of the Prime Minister Islamabad Islamic Republic of Pakistan Vienna, 3 July1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors and media executives from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in 85 countries, strongly condemns your country’s cancellation of some 122 […]

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