H. E. Sir Anerood Jugnauth Prime Minister Office of the Prime Minister Government House Port Louis Mauritius Vienna, 4 May 1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the threat to press freedom in Mauritius posed by recent attacks on the Independent and its editor-in-chief Mr. Namassiwayam Ramalingum. We are informed […]

H. E. Mr. Leonid Kuchma President of the Republic of the Ukraine Kiev Ukraine Vienna, 20 April 1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the brutal murder of Mr. Vladimir Ivanov, editor-in-chief of the Crimean daily Slava Sevastopolya. Mr. Ivanov, one of Crimea’s most prominent journalists, was seriously injured on 14 April […]

His Excellency Boris Yeltsin President of Russia Office of the President Moscow Russian Federation Vienna, 2 March 1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the killing of Mr. Vladislav Listyev, executive director of Russian Public Television. Mr. Listyev, one of Russia’s most popular television journalists, was fatally shot by an unidentified gunman […]

His Excellency Benazir Bhutto Prime Minster of Pakistan Office of the Prime Minister Islamabad Islamic Republic of Pakistan Vienna, 1 March 1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the recent attack on the offices of several publications belonging to the Nawa-e-Waqt newspaper group and the threat to press freedom this […]