Articles by International Press Institute (IPI)
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 […]
IPI expresses concern over press freedom violations in many Council of Europe member states
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI press release: Vienna, 5 September 2000 IPI EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER PRESS FREEDOM VIOLATIONS IN MANY COUNCIL OF EUROPE MEMBER STATES On 4 September, the Council of Europe’s Committee on Culture and Education of the Parliamentary Assembly held a hearing on “Freedom of Expression”. The hearing brought together representatives […]
IPI protests editor’s arrest
**Updates IFEX alert of 23 August 2000** (IPI/IFEX) – In a 24 August 2000 letter to President Heydar Aliyev, IPI strongly condemned the arrest of an Azerbaijani journalist. According to IPI’s information, on 22 August, Rauf Arifoglu, editor-in-chief of “Yeni Musavat”, was arrested at his Baku apartment. Police claimed that they found a pistol while […]
IPI launches South Eastern Europe media organisation
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is an IPI press release: Vienna, 23 August 2000 IPI Launches South East Europe Media Organisation (SEEMO) The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors and news executives, is pleased to announce the launch of the South East Europe Media Organisation. Over the past few years, journalists in South […]
Four foreign TV journalists arrested
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 21 August 2000 letter to Liberian President Charles Taylor, IPI strongly condemned the arrest of four foreign TV journalists in Liberia. According to IPI’s information, Britons David Barrie and Timothy Lambon, South African Gugulakhe Radebe and Sierra Leonean Somoura Sorious were arrested in their hotel rooms in Monrovia on 18 August. […]
Bill designed to ease current restrictions on press blocked, pro-reform newspaper banned, journalist arrested
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 7 August 2000 letter to President Mohammed Khatami, IPI expressed its deep concern over the continuing repression of Iran’s reformist media. On 6 August, spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei personally intervened to block a bill introduced in parliament that was designed to ease the current stringent restrictions on the press. The […]
Journalists in defamation trial not imprisoned
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a correction to an IPI alert which was originally distributed on the IFEX Auto List on 28 July 2000. IPI’s original 27 July letter to Cameroonian President Paul Biya follows the correction: Erratum Dear Sir/Madam Re: Cameroon Protest, 27 July Please find attached an International Press Institute protest which was […]