Articles by International Press Institute (IPI)
IPI Watch List press briefing: Russia
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a 6 December 2000 IPI press briefing: IPI WATCH LIST PRESS BRIEFING: RUSSIA On 7 December, the International Press Institute (IPI) sent a letter to Russian President Vladimir Putin expressing its concern at the methods employed during a search of the ORT Television offices (see attached). On 23 June 2000, […]
Swiss journalist arrested
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 4 December 2000 letter to President Abduraman Wahid, IPI strongly condemned the 2 December 2000 arrest of a Swiss journalist by Indonesian police in Jayapura, capital of the Indonesia province of Irian Jaya. According to IPI’s sources, Oswald Iten, a veteran reporter for the Swiss daily newspaper “Neue Zürcher Zeitung”, was […]
IPI releases report on press freedom violations for the period 28 September to 22 November 2000
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI press release: Vienna, 1 December 2000 Press Freedom Violations in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Areas (28 September – 22 November 2000) In a detailed report on the crisis in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Areas, the International Press Institute (IPI) highlighted the disturbing number of injuries to journalists […]
IPI releases study on press freedom violations in OSCE member states
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a 26 Novemebr 2000 IPI press release: IPI Releases Study on Press Freedom Violations in Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Member States On the occasion of the 8th Meeting of the OSCE Ministerial Council, on 27 and 28 November 2000, in Vienna, the International Press Institute (IPI) […]
Concern that detained journalist’s life may be in danger
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI press release followed by IPI’s letter of appeal to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahrudi: Vienna, 24 November 2000 In open letters to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi-Shahrudi, the Head of the Iranian Judiciary, the International Press […]
Journalist’s column prevented from appearing in newspaper
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 16 November 2000 open letter to Zafer Mutlu, chairman of the board for daily newspaper “Sabah”, Dinç Bilgin, the newspaper’s publisher, and Editor-in-Chief Tayfun Devecioglu, IPI expressed its concern at the decision by the management of “Sabah” to discontinue the weekly column of one of the newspaper’s journalists. According to IPI’s […]
IPI concerned over resignation of editor, threat to newspaper’s editorial independence
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 7 November 2000 letter to “South China Morning Post” editor-in-chief Robert Keatley, IPI expressed its concern over the resignation of the “South China Morning Post”‘s China editor, Willy Wo-Lap Lam. Lam made his resignation public on 4 November after he was informed that he would no longer be in charge of […]
IPI condemns restrictions on Palestinian journalists
(IPI/IFEX) – In a letter to Prime Minister Ehud Barak, IPI strongly condemned the Israeli government’s decision to stop issuing permits for Palestinian journalists to enter Israeli areas or leave the Palestinian areas. According to IPI sources, on 1 November 2000 the Israeli Defence Ministry issued a proclamation on Defence Force Radio that Palestinian journalists […]