Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Representatives of Nepal’s Government and CPN-Maoist Party commit to press freedom

The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists dedicated to the furtherance and safeguarding of press freedom, welcomes recent commitments made by both the Nepalese government and the leadership of the Communist Party of Nepal (CPN-Maoist) to respect the right to press freedom. Over the past eight years, […]

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Letter: IDF appears to target media in latest military offensive

His Excellency Ariel Sharon Prime Minister Israel Fax: (+ 972-2) 513 950 Vienna, 13 March 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the Israeli army’s most recent attacks on journalists and media outlets in the city of Ramallah. According to IPI’s sources, […]

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Letter: Journalist killed

H.E. Andrés Pastrana Arango President of the Republic Santafé de Bogotá Colombia Vienna, 1 July 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the murder of a radio journalist in Arauca province. According to IPI’s sources, Efrain Alberto Varela, who worked for a […]

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Letter: IPI concerned about the murder of editor-in-chief of Togliattinskoe Obozrenie

H.E. Vladimir Putin President of the Russian Federation The Kremlin Moscow Russian Federation Fax: + 7 095 206 51 73 Vienna, 10 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 murder of Aleksey Sidorov, the […]

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