Journalists in Trouble

U.S. lawmakers urge VP Vance to raise case of unjustly imprisoned RFE/RL journalist with Azerbaijani authorities; former RFE/RL journalist marks 500 days wrongfully detained in Iran; and more.

In 2025, RFE/RL journalists Andrei Kuznechyk, Ihar Karnei, Ihar Losik, and Vladyslav Yesypenko were released from unjust detention, thanks to diplomatic efforts by the United States and its partners, and…

Vladyslav Yesypenko visits Washington, D.C.; vehicle carrying RFE/RL journalist hit by Russian drone; and more.

Ihar Losik freed from unjust imprisonment in Belarus; RFE/RL journalist assaulted in Georgia; and more.

Nika Novak placed in solitary confinement; Farid Mehralizada sentenced to nine years in prison; RFE/RL challenges accreditation denials in Kazakhstan; and more. 

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

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.” 

Farid Mehralizada testifies before Azerbaijani court; European Parliament resolution condemns Belarus’s repression of independent media; and more.

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.

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…