His Excellency Aslan Maskhadov President Grozny Chechen Republic Russian Federation Vienna, 30 March 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute strongly condemns the kidnapping of a correspondent working for the Itar-Tass news agency. According to our sources, unidentified armed men broke into the house of Said Isayev, a Chechen who has worked for the Russian […]

His Excellency Slobodan Milosevic President of Yugoslavia Belgrade Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vienna, 29 March 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of Baton Haxhiu, editor-in-chief of the leading Kosovo Albanian newspaper, Koha Ditore. We are informed that apart from Haxhiu, four other prominent Albanians, including Fehmi Agani, a member […]

H.E. Blaise Compaore President of the Republic of Burkino Faso Ouagadougou Burkina Faso Vienna, 17 December 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI); the global network of media executives, is deeply shocked by the death of Norbert Zongo, editor-in-chief of the weekly L’Independent, on 13 December 1998. Zongo was found dead in his vehicle […]

H.E. Rosa Russo-Jervolino Minister of the Interior Ministry of the Interior Rome Italy Vienna, 16 November 1998 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, strongly condemns the beating of Turkish journalists in Rome on Saturday, 14 November, and the reported detention of five Turkish journalists in Palestrina, […]