Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Letter: IPI concerned over delays in providing information on whereabouts of missing ITN crew

The Rt Hon Geoffrey Hoon MP Secretary of State for Defence Ministry of Defence Main Building, Whitehall London SW1A 2HB United Kingdom Fax: +44 207 218 1289 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, 20 May […]

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Letter: Radio journalist murdered

His Excellency Álvaro Uribe Vélez President of the Republic Santafé de Bogotá Colombia Vienna, 9 April 2003 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 Santander department. According to IPI’s sources, Emeterio Rivas, who worked for Calor […]

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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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