Latest News on Journalist Safety and Impunity

Letter: Freelance photographer killed in West Bank

His Excellency Ariel Sharon Prime Minister of Israel Office of the Prime Minister Jerusalem Israel Fax: (+ 972-2) 513 950 Vienna, 19 July 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the killing of the freelance photographer and journalist, Imad Abu Zahra, and […]

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Letter: Editor harassed

H.E.Leonid Kuchma President 11 Bankova St. Office of the President 252005 Kiev Ukraine Vienna, 8 July, 2002 Your Excellency The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, is strongly concerned about the threats and attempts at intimidation by what seems to be members of the Council for National […]

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Letter: Journalist dies in custody after being tortured

H.E. Sher Bahadur Deuba Prime Minister Kathmandu Nepal Vienna, 28 June 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the killing – apparently in jail after being tortured – of journalist Krishna Sen. According to IPI’s sources, Mr. Sen, editor of the pro-Maoist […]

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Letter: Series of attacks on independent media

H.E. Nursultan A. Nazarbayev President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Office of the President 473000 Astana Kazakhstan Vienna, 27 May 2002 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the recent petrol bomb attack on the opposition newspaper Respublika. According to international reports, attackers […]

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