Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Letter: Allied forces target main Iraqi TV station

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 […]

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Letter: IPI concerned about death of independent news agency’s director

H.E.Leonid Kuchma President 252005 Kiev Ukraine Vienna, 27 November 2002 Your Excellency, Convening for its biannual meeting on 23 November in Vienna, Austria, the Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, expressed concern about events surrounding the death of Mykhailo Kolomiets, the well-respected founder […]

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Letter: Detained journalist begins hunger strike

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 […]

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Letter: Journalist forced into hiding

H.E. President Jean-Bertrand Aristide Office of the President Palais National Champ de Mars Port-au-Prince Haiti Vienna, 26 July 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute, the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, is gravely concerned about the safety of Haitian radio journalist Israel Jacky Cantave, who has reportedly gone into hiding. On […]

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