Articles by International Press Institute (IPI)
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 […]
IPI keeps Russia on “IPI Watch List” and adds three new countries
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a 29 October 2000 IPI press release: Zurich, 29 October 2000 IPI Keeps Russia on “IPI Watch List” and Adds Three New Countries At the Board Meeting of the International Press Institute (IPI), held in Zurich, Switzerland, on 29 October, the Executive Board Members unanimously agreed to keep Russia on […]
IPI media workshop confronts issues of concern in EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI press release: IPI Media Workshop Confronts Issues of Concern in EU Charter of Fundamental Rights On 26 – 27 October, the International Press Institute (IPI), the global network of editors and media executives, will open its international media workshop on the proposed EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. To […]
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 […]