Near East
US District Court Orders USAGM to Release RFE/RL Funding for April
Today, Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)’s latest request for a temporary restraining order in its lawsuit…
RFE/RL Files New Request for Emergency Relief in US District Court
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has filed an updated emergency request in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., asking the court to order the United States Agency for Global…
Still Awaiting Funds, RFE/RL Furloughs Staff and Seeks Relief from Court
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) today began furloughing staff at its Prague headquarters because the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has not sent RFE/RL its Congressionally appropriated funds…
RFE/RL Awaits Funds, Continues Court Case
RFE/RL looks forward to receiving the funds that Congress has appropriated to us through the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM).
USAGM Rescinds RFE/RL Grant Termination
On March 26, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) was informed by the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) that the Agency is rescinding its letter terminating RFE/RL’s grant agreement for…
US District Court Halts Attempt to Defund RFE/RL
Today, Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted RFE/RL’s request for a temporary restraining order in its lawsuit against the U.S. Agency for…
RFE/RL Makes its Case in US District Court
Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held a hearing on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) emergency request for $7.5 million in funds that Congress appropriated for…
RFE/RL Sues USAGM to Block Termination of Federal Grant
The grant cancellation would violate the Constitution and federal laws, according to the case filed by RFE/RL in the US District Court for DC
RFE/RL President: Defunding Would be “Massive Gift to America’s Enemies”
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) was informed today by the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) that its federal grant agreement, which funds RFE/RL’s global operations, has been terminated.
Journalists in Trouble: Russian Court Extends Alsu Kurmasheva’s Detention for Sixth Time
Russian court extends Alsu Kurmasheva’s detention; Georgia’s “foreign agent” bill becomes law; ECHR rules in favor of RFE/RL; and more.