Mullah Mohammad Omar c/o Mr. Abdul Hakim Mujahid Ambassador Embassy of the Islamic Emirate of Afganistan Islamabad Pakistan Vienna, 11 September 1998 The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the reported killing of Mahmoud Saremi, a correspondent for the official Iranian news agency, IRNA, who was abducted by the Taleban militia forces on 8 August. […]

His Excellency Alberto Fujimori President of the Republic of Peru Lima Peru Vienna, 9 June 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the brutal killing of a radio journalist in northern Peru. According to our sources, Félix Haro Rodriguez, a photographer and host of a programme broadcast on Radio 1160’s affiliate in […]

H. E. Ernesto Samper Pizano President of Colombia Santafé de Bogotá Vienna, 25 February 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of a Colombian journalist, Oscar García Calderon. We are informed that García, a journalist with the Bogotá daily El Espectador, was murdered on 22 February 1998, shortly after leaving […]

Whenever Filipino journalist Raissa Robles posts about President-elect Rodrigo Duterte or the South China Sea on her blog, it collapses for reasons unknown to her. “That’s why I abstain from writing about those two topics,” Robles says in a phone interview with the International Press Institute (IPI). “Every time I do, my blog goes down, […]