Articles by International Press Institute (IPI)
News director arrested, television stations suspended
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 31 May 2000 letter to President Yasser Arafat, IPI strongly condemned the arrest of Fatih Barqawi, news director at the state radio station Voice of Palestine, and the suspension of the Al-Nasr television station and the Al-Manara radio station in Ramallah. According to IPIâs sources, Barqawi was arrested on 28 May, […]
IPI concerned over plight of journalists
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 19 May 2000 letter to Minister of Justice Werede Woldu Wolde, IPI expressed its extreme concern about the plight of journalists in Ethiopia. Journalists are currently suffering imprisonment, tremendous hardships and death in their attempts to maintain freedom of expression. At present, seven journalists are languishing in jail serving prison sentences […]
IPI condemns harassment of newspaper
**Updates IFEX alerts of 2 February and 5 January 2000** (IPI/IFEX) – In an 18 May 2000 letter to Prime Minister Dervis Eroglu, IPI condemned the continued persecution and harassment of the Turkish Cypriot newspaper “AVRUPA”. Over the last twelve months, “AVRUPA”, a daily newspaper published and circulated in northern Cyprus, has suffered numerous judicial […]
Imprisoned journalist close to death
**Updates IFEX alerts of 2 May 2000, 25, 4 October and 1 April 1999, 29 September, 17 September and 10 September 1998, 11 October and 27 January 1995** (IPI/IFEX) – In a letter to President Hafez al-Assad, IPI called on the Syrian government to exercise compassion and release the imprisoned journalist Nizar Nayouf. Nayouf is […]
Resolutions adopted by IPI’s General Assembly
(IPI/IFEX) – The following are resolutions adopted on 1 May 2000 by the 49th IPI General Assembly in Boston, USA: RESOLUTION ON CYBERSPACE Increasing attempts by governments to control the content of the Internet caused serious concern to world journalism leaders meeting in Boston for the 49th General Assembly of the International Press Institute (IPI). […]
IPYS presented with Free Media Pioneer 2000 award
(IPI/IFEX) – The following is a 2 May 2000 IPI press release: Vienna, 2 May 2000 IPYS to be presented with Free Media Pioneer 2000 award In recognition of its commitment to freedom of expression and of the press in Peru and the Andean region in general, the International Press Institute is today presenting the […]
Offices of journalists’ association and newspaper broken into
(IPI/IFEX) – In a 25 April 2000 letter to Minister of Justice Werede Woldu Wolde, IPI called upon the Ethiopian police authorities to do everything within their power to bring to justice the culprits responsible for the break-in to the offices of the Ethiopian Free Press Journalists Association (EFJA) and the “Ethio-Time” newspaper. On 17 […]
Journalist found dead
In an 11 April 2000 letter to President Ernesto Zedillo, IPI strongly condemned the killing of Pablo Pineda, a reporter and photographer for “La Opinion” newspaper in the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas. On Sunday 9 April 2000, U.S. Border Patrol agents discovered the body of Pineda, thirty-eight years old, on the U.S. side of […]