Central Asia
RFE/RL Turkmen Contributor Released From Prison After Serving Term
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) contributor Saparmamed Nepeskuliev has been released from a Turkmen prison after serving a sentence on narcotics charges that numerous international observers have condemned as a brutal…
RFE/RL Turkmen Contributor Released From Prison After Serving Term
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) contributor Saparmamed Nepeskuliev has been released from a Turkmen prison after serving a sentence on narcotics charges that numerous international observers have condemned as a…
Attack On RFE/RL Journalist Refutes Turkmen Assurances At UN
A statement by Turkmenistan’s Foreign Ministry claiming there is no persecution of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists, made two days before veteran correspondent Soltan Achilova was violently assaulted in the latest…
Attack On RFE/RL Journalist Refutes Turkmen Assurances At UN
A statement by Turkmenistan’s Foreign Ministry claiming there is no persecution of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists, made two days before veteran correspondent Soltan Achilova was violently assaulted in…
At One-Year Mark, Current Time Leads With Innovation And Growth
Current Time is marking steady growth and expanding demand since its formal launch one year ago as a 24/7 Russian-language alternative to Kremlin-controlled media.
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’s Uzbek Service Wins Burke Award
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Uzbek Service received a David Burke Distinguished Journalism Award at the 17th annual award ceremony held by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) in Washington on November 14.
RFE/RL Central Asia Newswire Delivers The News From Journalists For Journalists
RFE/RL’s Central Asia Newswire faced broad skepticism when it was launched in August 2015, as several countries in the region rank among the most restrictive media environments in the world.
RFE/RL Kazakh Journalist Wins Courage Award
Saniya Toiken, a reporter for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Kazakh Service, has been honored with the 2017 Courage in Journalism Award by the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF). The award was…
RFE/RL Correspondent Achilova Threatened With Death In Turkmenistan
RFE/RL Turkmen correspondent Soltan Achilova reports (in Turkmen) she was threatened with death on July 29.