Werede Woldu Wolde Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice Addis Ababa Ethiopia 25 April 2000 Dear Minister, The International Press Institute (IPI) calls upon the Ethiopian police authorities to do everything within their power to bring to justice the culprits responsible for the break-in to the offices of the Ethiopian Free Press Journalists Association (EFJA) […]

H.E. Ernesto Zedillo Ponce de Leon President Palacio Nacional Mexico City DF Mexico Vienna, 11 April 2000 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of Pablo Pineda, a reporter and photographer for La Opinion newspaper in the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas. On Sunday, April 9, U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered […]

His Excellency Vladimir Putin Acting President of the Russian Federation Moscow Russia Vienna, 28 January 2000 Your Excellency, On behalf of the International Press Institute – the global network of editors and media executives dedicated to promoting and defending freedom of the press – I am writing to you to express our deep concern about […]

During 1999 more than 80 journalists and media staff were killed or murdered making it one of the worst years on record says the International Federation of Journalists and the International Press Institute. “In a century of unremitting slaughter, 1999 has been an infamous year,” said Aidan White, General Secretary of the IFJ. “Once again […]