Press Freedom Under Attack
RFE/RL Journalists Beaten In Tajikistan
In an escalation of harassment of journalists in Tajikistan, four RFE/RL journalists were beaten, threatened, and had their electronic equipment seized after conducting an interview.
As War Transforms Media Landscape in Europe, RFE/RL Opens Offices In Latvia, Lithuania
Following the forced suspension of RFE/RL operations in Russia on March 6, RFE/RL is pleased to announce the opening of news bureaus in Riga, Latvia and Vilnius, Lithuania.
Liberty Goes On.
A note from RFE/RL Russian Service director Andrey Shary to audiences in Russia.
RFE/RL Suspends Operations In Russia Following Kremlin Attacks
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has suspended its operations in Russia.
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 Seeks Hearing From European Court of Human Rights In Its Priority Case Against Russia
RFE/RL’s Moscow Bureau and its general director, Andrey Shary, filed final written submission with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on February 9.
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’s Current Time Russian-Language TV Celebrates Five Years—Despite Incessant Kremlin Attacks
Since its formal launch as a 24/7 TV channel on February 7, 2017, Current Time’s mission has been to bring real news to Russian-speaking audiences everywhere.
RFE/RL Condemns Latest Kremlin Threats As “Political Censorship”
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) strongly condemns a sharp escalation of intimidation tactics by Russian authorities.
RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi Marks Two Decades Of Service
Twenty years ago, on January 30, 2002, RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi relaunched broadcasting to Afghanistan in the Dari and Pashto languages.