Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Letter: Independent radio station owner killed in Russia

H.E. Vladimir Putin President The Kremlin Moscow Russia Vienna, 27 July 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the killing of a Russian radio proprietor. According to IPI’ sources, the owner of the independent Vesna radio station, Sergei Novikov, 36, left the station, located […]

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Letter: IPI deeply concerned over death of editor of For Di People

H.E. Ahmad Tejan Kabbah Office of the President Freetown Sierra Leone Fax: (+ 232-22) 230565 Vienna, 2 August 2005 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the savage beating of For Di People editor Harry Yansaneh, which is said to have caused his […]

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Letter: Editor shot dead in Sri Lanka

H.E. Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga President of Sri Lanka Office of the President Colombo Sri Lanka Vienna, 8 September 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the murder of Rohana Kumara, editor of a pro-opposition newspaper, in Sri Lanka. IPI is informed that Kumara, editor of the pro-UNP (United National Party) tabloid, Satana […]

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Letter: Indonesian journalist found murdered

H.E. Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie President of the Republic of Indonesia Office of the President Jakarta, Indonesia Vienna, 10 August 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the brutal murder of a journalist working for the daily Medan Pos, which is published in North Sumatra. We are informed that Supriadi, 34, was abducted […]

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