Ukraine
RFE/RL Reports Increased Attacks On Its Journalists
On the UNESCO International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has documented an expanding use of restrictive acts and intimidation targeting its journalists in no…
ECHR Extends Ban On Ukrainian Government Access To RFE/RL Journalist’s Data
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) welcomed a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision to extend its order banning public authorities in Ukraine from accessing cell phone data belonging to RFE/RL Ukrainian…
RFE/RL Welcomes European Court Ruling On Ukrainian Journalist’s Cellphone Data
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) welcomed a European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decision ordering the Ukrainian government to “ensure that the public authorities abstain from accessing” cellphone data belonging to RFE/RL Ukrainian…
RFE/RL Outraged At Data Disclosure Order Targeting Ukrainian Investigative Journalist
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is outraged at a Ukrainian court’s approval of the prosecutor-general’s request for the cellphone data of an RFE/RL Ukrainian Service reporter spanning a period of 17 months,…
RFE/RL Questions Aseyev ‘Confession,’ Demands Release
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has said it considers a “confession” of spying for the Ukrainian government given by Ukrainian blogger and RFE/RL contributor Stanislav Aseyev in a report aired…
RFE/RL Reporters Faced ‘Relentless Pressure’ In 12 Of 23 Countries In 2017
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists have been targeted in no fewer than 38 incidents in at least 12 of the countries they cover in 2017.
RFE/RL Website Wins Silver in 2017 Lovie Awards
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) website rferl.org has won silver in the 2017 Lovie Awards, according to a press release on October 11. RFE/RL won in the “News and Politics Website” category, alongside the…
Ukrainian Service Reporters Commended
Several RFE/RL Ukrainian Service journalists have received awards for their reporting.
International Monitors Urge Donetsk Blogger’s Release
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Donbas unit reported on August 29 that Donetsk blogger Stanislav Aseyev is alive, and his release has been raised by monitors with the UN and the OSCE.
Russia-Backed Separatists Confirm They Are Holding RFE/RL Contributor in Donetsk
Russia-backed separatists in Ukraine’s war-torn eastern Donetsk region have confirmed that they are holding a blogger from eastern Ukraine who contributes to the Ukrainian Service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), according to a…