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Nicola Careem Joins RFE/RL as Head of News Division

Award-winning journalist Nicola Careem will join Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) as the Head of News Division, effective July 24, 2023.

The Taliban maintains that low water levels on Afghanistan's Helmand River –– which feeds lakes and wetlands in Iran's southeastern Sistan-Baluchistan Province –– preclude releasing more water. (AFP).

Central Asia in Focus: Water Clashes

Afghan-Iran clashes over water, Kyrgyz “Foreign Representatives” law, Uzbek Opposition Leader attacked, and more.

Central Asian leaders with Xi Jinping

Central Asia in Focus: The Xian Summit

Xian Summit, military cooperation, Askar Akaev back in Kyrgyzstan, and more.

Kyrgyz migrant workers gather outside the Kyrgyz Embassy in Moscow, Aug. 17, 2020. (RFE/RL).

Central Asia in Focus: Central Asians Fighting for Russia in Ukraine

Uzbek Presidential Election, the Xian Summit, and more.

RFE/RL’s President and CEO Jamie Fly at All-staff Meeting at Prague RFE/RL headquarters.

RFE/RL President and CEO Jamie Fly to Depart

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) President and CEO Jamie Fly has announced his resignation, effective June 30.

Activists of the Oyan, Qazaqstan! At a rally on Republic Square in Almaty, Kazakhstan, on Nov. 20, 2022.

Central Asia in Focus: Wake Up, Kazakhstan Activists Jailed

Competition for nuclear power plants, Karakalpaks appeal, snap presidential election in Uzbekistan, and more.

Microphone with Azattyk logo in Bishkek City Court, Kyrgyzstan, on Feb. 2, 2023. Gulzhan Turdubaeva (RFE/RL).

Central Asia in Focus: Governments Tighten Shackles on Independent Media

State of press freedom in Central Asia, coming water crisis, resource nationalism in Kyrgyzstan, and more.

L-R: Imprisoned RFE/RL journalists Ihar Losik, Andrey Kuznechyk, and Vladyslav Yesypenko

Journalists in Trouble: World Press Freedom Day Edition

A Kyrgyz court approves request to shut down Radio Azattyk; RFE/RL renews call for the release of imprisoned journalists in Belarus and Russian-occupied Crimea; and more.

US Assistant Secretary of State Donald Lu. Bektur Stamkulov

Central Asia in Focus: U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Visits Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan

Lukpan Akhmedyarov detained, Kazakh oil shipped through BTC, UN Special Rapporteur on Religious Freedom makes recommendations, and more.

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