Articles by International Press Institute (IPI)
SEEMO concerned about position of journalists and media in South East Europe
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a press release of the South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the IPI: Vienna, 3 May 2001 – World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2001 The Vienna-based South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO), an affiliate of the International Press Institute (IPI), stressed on World Press Freedom Day […]
In many countries silence is preferred to the truth, IPI notes on the occasion of World Press Freedom Day
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI press release: Vienna, 2 May 2001 World Press Freedom Day on 3 May 2001 The occasion of World Press Freedom Day 2001 highlights the fact that in many countries silence is preferred to the truth With 56 journalists killed last year and 14 killed thus far in 2001, […]
Legal commentator for “Maariv” newspaper dismissed
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a 26 April 2001 IPI letter to Ofer Nimrodi of the Maariv-Modi’in Publishing House concerning the dismissal of Moshe Negbi, legal commentator for the “Maariv” daily newspaper. In addition, set out below, is a petition signed by 300 journalists appealing for the reinstatement of Negbi: Mr. Ofer Nimrodi Maariv-Modi’in Publishing […]
Journalist Nizar Nayyouf on renewed hunger strike, imminent death feared
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 24 April 2001 letter to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, IPI expressed its deep concern about the fate of Nizar Nayyouf, a journalist and human rights activist, who is near death in a Damascus military prison after going on a renewed hunger strike. According to information before IPI, Nayyouf began a hunger […]
IPI concerned over silencing of independent media
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 20 April 2001 letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin, IPI expressed its deep concern at recent actions apparently aimed at silencing the critical voice of Russia’s independent media outlets. The state-linked natural gas company, Gazprom, is currently engaged in a hostile takeover of Media-Most, citing unpaid debts as the reason. Gazprom […]
Editor and publisher face criminal defamation charges
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 6 April 2001 letter to Governor of Kansas Bill Graves, IPI strongly condemned the decision by the Wyandotte County district attorney to bring charges of criminal defamation against an editor and a publisher. According to IPI’s sources, David Carson and Edward H. Powers Jr, publisher and editor of “The New Observer”, […]
Weekly newspaper target of intimidation campaign
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 3 April 2001 letter to Georgian President Eduard Shevardnadze, IPI expressed its alarm at the recent attacks on the Tbilisi newspaper “Meridiani” and its staff. According to IPI’s sources, when staff at the weekly “Meridiani” returned to work on 1 April they discovered their offices had been broken into during the […]
IPI concerned about journalists’ safety following death threats
(IPI/IFEX) – In a letter to President Alfonso Portillo Cabrera, IPI expressed deep concern over the safety of Silvia Gereda, editor of the investigative unit of “elPeriodico”, as well as two other reporters for the independent Guatemala City daily. According to information obtained by IPI, Gereda was leaving the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, where […]