Belarus
RFE/RL Journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich Released from Prison in Belarus
Today, RFE/RL journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich was released from prison in Belarus after serving nine months of an unjust sentence.
Journalists in Trouble: July 2022
Consumers of RFE/RL content in Belarus sentenced; Media situation in Tajikistan rapidly declines; and more.
RFE/RL Condemns Ihar Losik’s Addition to Terrorist Watch Registry
RFE/RL condemns the Lukashenka regime’s addition of imprisoned RFE/RL Belarus Service journalist Ihar Losik to a terrorist watch list.
RFE/RL’s Vaclav Havel Journalism Fellows Visit Washington, D.C.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Vaclav Havel Journalism Fellows visited Washington, D.C. last week.
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.
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 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.