Central Asia
RFE/RL Reporter Stripped Of Accreditation In Tajikistan
Tajikistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revoked the accreditation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) videojournalist Barotali Nazarov (pen name: Barot Yusufi) for his reporting in a brazen example of the…
Kazakhstan Targets Protesters, RFE/RL, And Other Media On Election Day
Kazakh authorities detained two Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists and refused accreditation to seven more during a tightly controlled snap election intended to name a successor to former President Nursultan Nazarbaev, who resigned…
Statement by RFE/RL’s Acting President: Tajik Service
Statement by RFE/RL’s Acting President: Tajik Service.
For RFE/RL Journalists In Kazakhstan, Impact Comes At A Cost
Recent detentions and fines targeting two Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists in Kazakhstan suggest that the country’s new political uncertainty may be generating increased pressures for independent media.
RFE/RL Central Asia Directors To Resign
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) regional director for Central Asia and Tajik Service director announced their retirements today, each concluding long careers in journalism in some of the world’s most…
Message from RFE/RL’s Acting President: Tajik Service
During the past few months, allegations have been made regarding the editorial and professional integrity of the work of RFE/RL’s Tajik Service, known locally as Ozodi.
RFE/RL Journalists In Kazakhstan Targeted While Covering Protests
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reporter Svetlana Glushkova was detained during protests today in Kazakhstan, the fourth such incident in recent weeks involving one of the company’s journalists.
RFE/RL Deplores Website Blockage In Tajikistan
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has condemned a government-imposed block on its website in Tajikistan as a flagrant obstruction of its news operations and an assault on media freedom.
Burke Award Honors RFE/RL Kyrgyz Journalist
Ulanbek Egizbaev, a journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Kyrgyz Service who died earlier this year, has been honored posthumously with the 2018 David Burke Distinguished Journalism Award, a prize…
As Abuses Continue, RFE/RL Says UN Ruling On Turkmenistan Has Urgency Now
A U.N. decision finding the Turkmen government responsible for the death in custody 12 years ago of a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) contributor is particularly significant because of continuing government actions against the news service’s…