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Article - April 18, 2025 - Lack of funding puts RFE/RL journalists at risk; Farid Mehralizada writes from prison; Nika Novak’s appeal denied by Russian court; and more.

Article - February 27, 2025 - Andrei Kuznechyk released from detention in Belarus; Farid Mehralizada’s claims of abuse denied by Azerbaijani court; more RFE/RL staff designated as “foreign agents.” 

Article - January 23, 2025 - Farid Mehralizada testifies before Azerbaijani court; European Parliament resolution condemns Belarus’s repression of independent media; and more.

Article - December 19, 2024 - Farid Mehralizada’s trial begins in Azerbaijan; Nika Novak sentenced to four years in Russian prison; RFE/RL journalists attacked while covering protests in Georgia; and more.

Article - November 26, 2024 - RFE/RL’s Farid Mehralizada marks five months in detention in Azerbaijan; Alsu Kurmasheva receives the Committee to Protect Journalists’ (CPJ) International Press Freedom Award; Vladyslav Yesypenko’s wife advocates for him in Canada; and more. 

Article - October 17, 2024 - RFE/RL President visits Ukraine; EP resolution urges action on political prisoners; Alsu Kurmasheva advocates for her imprisoned colleagues; former RFE/RL journalist Viktoria Roshchyna dies in Russian detention; and more.

Article - September 12, 2024 - Alsu Kurmasheva receives National Press Club President’s Award; Andrey Kuznechyk marks 1,000 days in prison; former RFE/RL correspondent dies in Turkmenistan; and more.

Article - August 8, 2024 - Alsu Kurmasheva freed in historic prisoner swap; RFE/RL president testifies before Congress; Kazakhstan passes new media law; and more.

Article - August 1, 2024 - RFE/RL welcomes news of Alsu’s release and is grateful to the American government and all who worked tirelessly to end her unjust treatment by Russia.

Article - July 16, 2024 - In this week’s edition: Kazakh and Kyrgyz authorities detain people suspected of having ties to terrorist groups, the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention calls on Tajik authorities to release imprisoned rights defenders, and more.