Articles by International Press Institute (IPI)
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 […]
IPI releases 2000 world press freedom review
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI press release: Vienna, 29 March 2001 Challenging the Silence: IPI Releases the “IPI World Press Freedom Review” 2000 The 2000 review highlights the fact that in many countries, silence is preferred to truth. Providing 165 reports on countries and territories around the globe, the “IPI World Press Freedom […]
IPI releases report on Serbian defamation laws
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI press release: Vienna, 26 March 2001 IPI and SEEMO Release Report on Serbian Defamation Provisions The International Press Institute and its affiliate the South East European Media Organisation (SEEMO) today released a report entitled “Articles in Bad Faith: Criminal Defamation Laws in Serbia”. The report highlights the repressive […]
IPI strongly condemns publisher’s murder
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 14 March 2001 letter to President Lennart Meri, IPI strongly condemned the murder of a newspaper publisher in Estonia. According to IPI sources, Vitaliy Khaytov, 57, chief executive of the leading Russian-language daily “Estoniya” and the weekly “Vesti Nedelya Plus”, was shot dead in Tallinn just after 3:30 p.m. (local time) […]
IPI strongly condemns prosecution of editor and historian
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 13 March 2001 letter to President Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev, IPI strongly condemned the prosecution of an editor and a historian in Kazakhstan. According to IPI’s sources, on 13 March, the Almaty District Court was to resume the trial of Ermurat Bapi, editor-in-chief of the newspaper “SolDat”, and historian Karishal Assanov. The […]
IPI releases report on media commission bill
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI press release: Vienna, 9 March 2001 IPI Releases Report on Gambian National Media Commission Bill, 1999 The International Press Institute (IPI) today released a report examining the repressive provisions contained in the National Media Commission Bill, 1999 (“NMCB, 1999”). A Bill that the government of President Yahya A.J.J. […]