H. E. Haidar Aliyev President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Baku Azerbaijan Vienna, 7 August 1996 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives from newspapers, magazines, broadcasting organisations and news agencies in 85 countries, is deeply concerned about the escalation of press freedom violations in Azerbaijan. On […]

H. E. Boris Yeltsin President of Russia Moscow Russian Federation Vienna, 15 May 1996 The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of a Russian journalist in southeastern Siberia. IPI is informed that Viktor Mikhailov, a crime reporter for the daily newspaper Zabaikalsy Rabochy, was murdered by unknown assailants while working in the city […]

H. E. Boris Yeltsin President of Russia Moscow Russian Federation Vienna, 13 May 1996 The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of Nina Yefimova, a Russian journalist working in Chechnya. Ms. Yefimova, a correspondent for the local Russian-language newspaper Vozrozhdeniye (Revival), and her mother were abducted from their apartment on the outskirts of […]

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 […]