His Excellency P. V. Narasimha Rao Prime Minster Office of the Prime Minister New Delhi Republic of India Vienna, 12 April 1996 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), strongly condemns the killing of Gulam Rasool Sheikh, a Kashmiri newspaper editor. We are informed that Sheikh, who was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen on 20 March […]

H. E. Fidel Ramos President of the Philippines Malacańang Palace San Miguel, Metro Manila Republic of the Philippines Vienna, 16 February 1996 The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of the journalist and human rights lawyer Ferdinand Reyes. Mr. Reyes, editor of the weekly newspaper Press Freedom, was shot dead by an unidentified […]

H. E. Boris Yeltsin President of Russia Moscow Russian Federation Vienna, 26 January 1996 The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of Oleg Slabynko, producer of the popular Russian television talk show, Moment of Truth. We are informed that Mr. Slabynko was shot dead in his apartment by two men on Thursday, 25 […]

His Excellency Boris Yeltsin President of Russia Office of the President Moscow Russian Federation Vienna, 29 December 1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of Vadim Alferyev, a journalist working for Segodnyashnyaya Gazeta in Krasnoyarsk. Mr. Alferyev was beaten to death in the entrance to his apartment building on Wednesday, […]