Articles by International Press Institute (IPI)
IPI calls for increased awareness of journalists’ safety on World Press Freedom Day
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI press release: Vienna, 30 April 2003 IPI Calls for Increased Awareness of Journalists’ Safety on World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2003 With 54 journalists killed in 2002 and 23 journalists killed since the start of this year, 14 of them during the war in Iraq, the need […]
SEEMO deeply concerned about recent press freedom developments in Serbia
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a letter by IPI affiliate, the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO): Mr. Zoran Zivkovic Prime Minister of Serbia Belgrade Serbia By Fax: +381 11 361 76 09 Ms. Natasa Micic President of the Parliament Belgrade Serbia By Fax: +381 11 682 850 Vienna, 24 April 2003 Your Excellency, The […]
Culture of silence has played significant role in government’s failure to provide accurate information on spread of SARS, says IPI
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a 22 April 2003 IPI letter to Chinese President Hu Jintao: His Excellency Hu Jintao President Beijing People’s Republic of China Vienna, 22 April 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, leading journalists and media executives from over 115 countries, is writing to express […]
Media organisations express concern over government’s new press policy
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI update on the latest press freedom developments in South Korea, which has been on the IPI Watch List since 6 September 2001: At a meeting of government agency spokesmen held on 27 March 2003, the South Korean government adopted a new press policy, dubbed “How to Operate Press […]
IPI calls on SADC to condemn Swazi government’s introduction of new censorship policy
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a 15 April 2003 IPI letter to SADC Chairperson José Dos Santos: H.E. José Dos Santos SADC Chairperson SADC House Gaborone Botswana Fax: (+267) 3972 848 Vienna, 15 April 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists from over 115 […]
Radio journalist killed
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI letter to Colombian President Álvaro Uribe Vélez: His Excellency Álvaro Uribe Vélez President of the Republic Santafé de Bogotá Colombia Vienna, 9 April 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, strongly condemns the murder of a radio […]
IPI condemns lengthy jail sentences handed down to independent journalists
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI letter to President Fidel Castro: H.E. Fidel Castro Ruz President Office of the President Havana Republic of Cuba Vienna, 8 April 2003 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors, media executives and leading journalists, wishes to condemn in the strongest possible terms the […]
IPI concerned that military inquiries into journalists’ disappearance are not being conducted in a timely and transparent manner
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and U.K. Secretary of State for Defence Geoffrey Hoon: The Honorable Donald H. Rumsfeld Secretary of Defense Office of the Secretary of Defense 1000 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301-1000 USA Fax: +1 703 697 83 39 The Rt Hon Geoffrey […]