H. E. Aslan Maskhadov President of the Chechen Republic Grozny Chechnya Vienna, 14 May 1997 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the fate of a Russian television crew kidnapped in Chechnya. IPI is informed that armed gunmen seized the television crew of NTV, the largest private television station in Moscow, […]

H. E. Necmettin Erbakan Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey Prime Minister’s Office Ankara Turkey Vienna, 13 May 1997 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in 98 countries, is most concerned over the circumstances surrounding the armed […]

President Ernesto Samper Pizano President of Colombia Casa de Narińo Bogotá Colombia Granada, 22 March 1997 Your Excellency, The Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI), meeting on the occasion of the IPI World Congress and 46th General Assembly in Granada, Spain, strongly condemns the killing of the Colombian journalist Gerardo Bedoya. IPI is […]

H. E. Aslan Maskhadov President of the Chechen Republic Grozny Chechnya Vienna, 5 March 1997 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the kidnapping of two journalists in Chechnya. IPI is informed that a correspondent for Itar-Tass, Nikolai Zagnoiko, and a reporter working for Radio Russia were kidnapped on Tuesday, 4 March 1997, […]