Imprisoned Journalists
Journalists in Trouble: June 2022
RFE/RL journalists beaten and threatened in Tajikistan; Azerbaijani journalist threatened at knifepoint; Pulitzer Prize board honors Ukrainian journalists; and more.
RFE/RL Journalist Andrey Kuznechyk Sentenced to Six Years in Prison in Belarus
Andrey Kuznechyk, a journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Belarus Service, was sentenced on June 8 to six years in a maximum-security prison.
Journalists in Trouble: World Press Freedom Day Edition
RFE/RL remembers Ukrainian Service journalist Vira Hyrych, who was killed in a Russian air strike in Kyiv.
Imprisoned RFE/RL Journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko To Receive PEN/Barbey Freedom To Write Award
RFE/RL welcomes the announcement by PEN America of Ukrainian journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko as the recipient of the 2022 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award.
RFE/RL Condemns Sentencing Of Former Belarus Service Journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich
RFE/RL strongly condemns the March 3 sentencing of its former Belarus Service journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich by a Minsk court to one and a half years in a maximum-security penal colony.
RFE/RL Condemns Six Year Sentence For Ukrainian Service Journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko
RFE/RL condemns today’s sentencing of RFE/RL freelance journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko to six years in prison by a Russian-controlled court in occupied Crimea.
RFE/RL Rejects Belarus Government ‘Extremist’ Label, Deplores Detentions Of Journalists Kuznechyk, Hruzdzilovich
RFE/RL President Jamie Fly rejected today’s announcement that Belarus’ Interior Ministry added RFE/RL’s Belarus Service to its registry of extremist organizations.
RFE/RL Concerned For Safety Of Detained Belarus Journalist Andrey Kuznechyk
FE/RL President Jamie Fly expresses deep concern for the health and safety of Belarus Service journalist Andrey Kuznechyk.
RFE/RL Condemns Sentencing of Belarus Service Journalist Ihar Losik
RFE/RL condemned today’s guilty verdict and 15-year prison sentence by a Belarus court against prominent blogger and RFE/RL Belarus Service journalist Ihar Losik.
In Latest Attack, Lukashenka Regime Labels RFE/RL as ‘Extremist’ Organization
A Belarusian court has designated the Telegram and YouTube channels of RFE/RL’s Belarus Service as “extremist” in the latest attempt to quash independent information sources and prevent RFE/RL from engaging with its…