Articles by International Press Institute (IPI)
Three more newspapers banned
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 24 October 2000 letter to Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, IPI condemned the “temporary” bans on three weekly newspapers, increasing the total of recently banned publications in Iran to more than twenty. According to IPI’s sources, the weeklies “Sobh-e Omid” (Morning of Hope), “Mihan” (Homeland) and “Sepideh-e Zendegi” (Dawn of Life) were […]
IPI condemns murder of journalist
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 20 October 2000 letter to Sri Lankan President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, IPI condemned the murder of a Sri Lankan journalist. According to IPI’s sources, on 19 October, Mailvaganam Nimalaranjan died after being shot by unidentified attackers. Nimalaranjan was working in the study of his home in Jaffna, the centre of Sri […]
Government threatens to seize printing presses of publishing house
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 16 October 2000 letter to President Aleksandr Lukashenko, IPI strongly condemned the recent action by the authorities against an independent publishing house. According to the information before IPI, on 13 October the government threatened to seize the printing presses of the Magic Publishing House. Reportedly, the action was initiated due to […]
South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) founded
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI press release: South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) Founded In a meeting held by the International Press Institute (IPI) on 14-15 October in Zagreb, representatives of 23 media organisations in nine South Eastern European countries agreed to form an umbrella organisation to protect and further freedom of the […]
Missiles fired at radio station
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 12 October 2000 letter to Prime Minister Ehud Barak, IPI strongly condemned the deliberate targeting by Israeli armed forces of a Palestine radio station in Ramallah. According to IPI’s sources, helicopters of the armed forces fired missiles on the Voice of Palestine radio station on 12 October. As a result, the […]
University bans daily newspaper
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 10 October 2000 letter to the vice chancellor of the University of Calicut, K.K.N. Kurup, IPI condemned the decision of the University of Calicut to effectively ban the daily newspaper “Malayala Manorama” from the university campus. According to the information provided to IPI, on 5 October, the joint registrar in charge […]
Editor missing
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 20 September 2000 letter to President Leonid Kuchma, IPI stated that it is deeply worried about the fate of Ukrainian editor Hryhoriy Gongadze. According to IPI’s sources, on 16 September, Gongadze failed to return to his home in Kiev, where his wife and children were waiting for him. Gongadze is the […]
IPI condemns journalist’s murder, another journalist missing
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 13 September 2000 letter to the head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Bernard Kouchner, IPI strongly condemned the murder of an ethnic-Albanian journalist in Kosovo. On 10 September, Shefki Popova, a journalist working for the Kosovo daily “Rilindja”, was killed in the city of Vucitrn. Popova […]