Letter: IPI outraged at recent arrests of journalists and directors from the independent Daily News October 28, 2003 His Excellency President Robert Mugabe Office of the President Causeway, Harare Zimbabwe Fax: (+ 263 4) 728 799 / 708 820 / 734 644 Vienna, 28 October 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 120 countries, is outraged at the recent arrests […] Read more »
Letter: IPI concerned about attack on Turkish Cypriot journalist October 22, 2003 H.E. Rauf Raif Denktash President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus Office of the President Lefkosa Cyprus Fax: +90 392 22 78 516 Vienna, 22 October 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives, and leading journalists in over 115 countries, is greatly concerned about the brutal […] Read more »
Letter: IPI concerned about the closure of independent daily October 21, 2003 H. E. Ramil Usubov Minister of the Interior 7, Husu Hajiyev str. 370005 Baku Azerbaijan Fax: +994 12 92 06 25/ 98 22 85 Vienna, 21 October 2003 Your Excellency, Stay informed. Stay engaged. Join thousands of journalists who receive the IPI Weekly Digest—press freedom news, opportunities, and media innovation insights delivered weekly. Join us! […] Read more »
IPI endorses resolution condemning press freedom violations in Venezuela October 17, 2003 The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, fully endorses the resolution adopted by the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), during its 59th General Assembly in Chicago, Illinois (10-14 October 2003), which strongly condemns the systematic restriction of freedom of expression in Venezuela (see below). Venezuela was first […] Read more »
Letter: Journalist issued subpoena October 9, 2003 H.E. Thabo Mbeki President of South Africa The Presidency Union Buildings, West Wing Government Avenue Pretoria 0001 Republic of South Africa Fax: (+ 2712) 323 82 46 / 2573 Vienna, 9 October 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives in over 115 countries, strongly […] Read more »
Letter: Independent media harassed and intimidated October 6, 2003 His Excellency President Robert Mugabe Office of the President Causeway, Harare Zimbabwe Fax: (+ 263 4) 728 799 / 708 820 / 734 644 Vienna, 6 October 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, condemns the latest attempts by the Zimbabwean government to intimidate […] Read more »
Letter: Disappearance of editor-in-chief September 24, 2003 H.E. President Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh State House Banjul The Gambia Fax: +220 227 034 Vienna, 24 September 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, wishes to express its concern at the disappearance of Abdoulie Sey, the editor-in-chief of the bi-weekly Independent newspaper. Stay informed. […] Read more »
Letter: IPI deeply concerned about the detention of several editors July 30, 2003 His Excellency Heydar Aliyev President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Office of the President 19 Istiqlaiyyat St Azerbaijan Fax: +994 12 92 06 25 Vienna, 30 July 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 115 countries, is deeply concerned about the detention […] Read more »
Letter: IPI strongly condemns the illegal telephone surveillance at the editorial desk of SME daily July 14, 2003 H. E. Rudolf Schuster President Kancelaria prezidenta SR Hodzovo nam. 1 P.O. Box 128 810 00 Bratislava 1 Slovak Republic Fax: + 421 2 5441 7010 Vienna, 14 July 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives, and leading journalists from over 115 countries, strongly condemns the illegal […] Read more »
Letter: Laotian government hands down 15-year prison sentences to two European journalists June 30, 2003 His Excellency Gen. Khamtay Siphandone President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Lao People’s Democratic Republic Office of the President Lane Xang Avenue Vientiane Laos Vienna, 30 June 2003 Your Excellency, Stay informed. Stay engaged. Join thousands of journalists who receive the IPI Weekly Digest—press freedom news, opportunities, and media innovation insights delivered weekly. Join […] Read more »
Letter: IPI condemns decision to restrict the movement of a Romanian journalist June 27, 2003 H.E. Leonid Kuchma President 252005 Kiev Ukraine Fax: 00380-44-293-7364/291-6161/293-1001 Vienna, 27 June 2003 Your Excellency, Stay informed. Stay engaged. Join thousands of journalists who receive the IPI Weekly Digest—press freedom news, opportunities, and media innovation insights delivered weekly. Join us! The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives, and leading journalists […] Read more »
Letter: Belgian reporter and French cameraman arrested June 13, 2003 His Excellency Gen. Khamtay Siphandone President of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Office of the President Vientiane Laos Fax: (+85621) 214 208 Vienna, 13 June 2003 Your Excellency, Stay informed. Stay engaged. Join thousands of journalists who receive the IPI Weekly Digest—press freedom news, opportunities, and media innovation insights delivered weekly. Join us! The International […] Read more »
Letter: IPI condemns arrest of journalist June 4, 2003 His Excellency Heydar Aliyev President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Office of the President 19 Istiqlaiyyat St. 370066, Baku, Azerbaijan Fax: +994 12 92 06 25 Vienna, 4 June 2003 Your Excellency, Stay informed. Stay engaged. Join thousands of journalists who receive the IPI Weekly Digest—press freedom news, opportunities, and media innovation insights delivered weekly. […] Read more »
Letter: IPI condemns suspension of independent daily Belaruskaya Delovaya Gazeta (BDG) June 2, 2003 H.E. Aleksandr Lukashenko President Office of the President Minsk Republic of Belarus Vienna, 2 June 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists in over 115 countries, strongly condemns the recent suspension of the independent daily Belaruskaya Delovaya Gazeta (BDG). According to information provided to […] Read more »
Letter: Guardian correspondent Andrew Meldrum harassed May 9, 2003 His Excellency President Robert Mugabe Office of the President Causeway, Harare Zimbabwe Fax: (+ 263 4) 728 799 / 708 820 / 734 644 Vienna, 9 May 2003 Your Excellency, Stay informed. Stay engaged. Join thousands of journalists who receive the IPI Weekly Digest—press freedom news, opportunities, and media innovation insights delivered weekly. Join us! […] Read more »
Letter: Government to introduce a new censorship policy April 15, 2003 H.C. José Dos Santos SADC Chairperson SADC House Gaborone Botswana Fax: (+267) 3972 848 Vienna, 15 April 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from over 115 countries, calls upon the Southern African Development Community (SADC) to strongly condemn the recent decision of the […] Read more »
Letter: IPI condemns sentencing of journalists and dissidents April 8, 2003 H.E. Fidel Castro Ruz President Office of the President Havana Republic of Cuba Vienna, 8 April 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, wishes to condemn in the strongest possible terms the jail sentences handed down on 7 April to 36 of 78 detained […] Read more »
Letter: Allied forces target main Iraqi TV station March 28, 2003 The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld Secretary of Defense Office of the Secretary of Defense 1000 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301-1000 USA Fax: +1-703-697 83 39 Vienna, 28 March 2003 Dear Mr. Secretary, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, is deeply concerned at the recent bombing of […] Read more »
Letter: IPI concerned over the detention of media director December 20, 2002 H.E. Eduardo Alberto Duhalde President of the Republic General Secretariat to the Presidency Balcarce 50 1064 Buenos Aires Argentina Fax: (+ 5411) 4344-3789 Vienna, 20 December 2002 Your Excellency, Stay informed. Stay engaged. Join thousands of journalists who receive the IPI Weekly Digest—press freedom news, opportunities, and media innovation insights delivered weekly. Join us! The […] Read more »
Letter: Threat of criminal libel against journalist December 4, 2002 H.E. Rudolf Schuster President Bratislava Slovak Republic Fax: + 421 7 544 17 532 Vienna, 4 December 2002 Your Excellency, Stay informed. Stay engaged. Join thousands of journalists who receive the IPI Weekly Digest—press freedom news, opportunities, and media innovation insights delivered weekly. Join us! The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, […] Read more »
Letter: IPI request SADC governments to re-affirm their commitment to press freedom November 26, 2002 H.E. José Dos Santos SADC Chairperson SADC House Gaborone Botswana Fax: (+ 267) 3972 848 Vienna, 26 November 2002 Your Excellency, Stay informed. Stay engaged. Join thousands of journalists who receive the IPI Weekly Digest—press freedom news, opportunities, and media innovation insights delivered weekly. Join us! The Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI), […] Read more »
Speakers at IPI event urge states to uphold press preedom in face of terrorism November 22, 2002 While celebrating the first ten years of the International Press Institute’s (IPI’s) headquarters in Vienna, Austria on 20-24 November, speakers highlighted the need for States around the world to uphold fundamental human rights in the fight against terrorism. Speaking at the Thursday luncheon in the Hotel Intercontinental, on 21 November, Freimut Duve, the Free Media […] Read more »
Letter: Detained journalist begins hunger strike November 11, 2002 His Excellency Nursultan Nazarbayev President Office of the President Mira 11 473000 Astana Kazakhstan Vienna, 11 November 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the detention of Sergei Duvanov, editor of the Bulletin of the International Bureau for Human Rights and Rule […] Read more »
Letter: Journalist arrested and questioned after attending IFEX meeting October 9, 2002 His Excellency Lieutenant General Omar Hassan al-Bashir President of the Republic of Sudan President’s Palace PO Box 281, Khartoum, Sudan Fax: + 24911 783223 Vienna, 9 October 2002 Your Excellency Stay informed. Stay engaged. Join thousands of journalists who receive the IPI Weekly Digest—press freedom news, opportunities, and media innovation insights delivered weekly. Join us! […] Read more »
Prime Minister tells IPI: No re-imposition of state of emergency in Nepal September 11, 2002 The Prime Minister of Nepal, Mr. Sher Bahadur Deuba, today gave a commitment to an IPI Press Freedom Delegation that “the Government of Nepal has no intention to re-impose a nationwide State of Emergency”. This puts to rest speculations that the Government was about to take this measure in response to the recent spate of […] Read more »
Letter: IPI condemns seizure of Arabic-language weekly’s 19 Aug. issue September 6, 2002 H.E. Maawiya Ould Sid’Ahmed Taya President of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania Office of the President BP 184, Nouakchott Mauritania Vienna, 6 September 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the seizure of issue number 219 of El Qalem, an Arabic-language weekly […] Read more »
Letter: Government’s continuing refusal to release editor August 7, 2002 H.E. Charles Taylor President of the Republic of Liberia Office of the President Executive Mansion, POB 10-9001 Capitol Hill 1000 Monrovia Liberia Vienna, 7 August 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives, is dismayed at the Liberian government’s continuing refusal to release the editor […] Read more »
Letter: IPI calls on Kenyan government to repeal criminal defamation laws July 24, 2002 His Excellency Daniel arap Moi President of the Republic of Kenya Harambee House Nairobi Kenya Fax: + 254 2 211 660 Vienna, 24 July 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives is writing to express its support for the statement by the Kenyan Union […] Read more »
Interbrew seeks to freeze assets of The Guardian newspaper July 22, 2002 The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, calls upon the Belgian brewery company, Interbrew NV, and its lawyers to halt its application to freeze the assets of the British daily newspaper, The Guardian. On the basis of a press release issued by Interbrew and dated 22 July, […] Read more »
Letter: Freelance photographer killed in West Bank July 19, 2002 His Excellency Ariel Sharon Prime Minister of Israel Office of the Prime Minister Jerusalem Israel Fax: (+ 972-2) 513 950 Vienna, 19 July 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the killing of the freelance photographer and journalist, Imad Abu Zahra, and […] Read more »
Letter: Journalists arrested July 17, 2002 His Excellency Charles Taylor President Republic of Liberia Monrovia Liberia Fax: (+231) 226 360 Vienna, 17 July 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, is deeply concerned at the latest arrests of journalists critical of the Liberian government. Stay informed. Stay engaged. Join thousands […] Read more »
IPI says Interbrew lawyers should halt legal action against media July 15, 2002 The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, calls upon the Belgian brewery company, Interbrew NV, and its lawyers to halt its legal proceedings against The Guardian, the Financial Times, The Times, The Independent and Reuters so that all legal remedies may be exhausted, including a possible hearing […] Read more »
Letter: Editor harassed July 8, 2002 H.E.Leonid Kuchma President 11 Bankova St. Office of the President 252005 Kiev Ukraine Vienna, 8 July, 2002 Your Excellency The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, is strongly concerned about the threats and attempts at intimidation by what seems to be members of the Council for National […] Read more »