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Audiences in Iran and Across Middle East Surge to U.S.-Funded Farda and Alhurra amid Israel-Iran Conflict

U.S.-funded media organizations Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MBN) are bringing millions of people in Iran and across the Middle East real-time, 24/7 news coverage…

US District Court Orders USAGM to Release RFE/RL Funding for May

Today, Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)’s third request for a temporary restraining order in its lawsuit…

In Legal Win, RFE/RL Receives April Funding; Lawsuit Continues for Remainder of FY 2025 Funds

Today, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) received its overdue congressionally appropriated funds for the month of April. 

Appeals Panel Pauses Ruling to Release RFE/RL’s April Funds

By a 2-1 vote today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit issued a stay pending appeal of the April 29 district court order…

Central Asia in Focus: Project Finds More than 3,000 Central Asians Joined the Russian Military

In the final edition of Central Asia in Focus: More than 3,000 Central Asian citizens have joined the Russian military to fight in Ukraine, Kazakhstan follows Uzbekistan’s lead in offering “golden visas,”…

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…

Journalists in Trouble: Uncertainty Over Funding Puts Journalists at Risk

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

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…

Central Asia in Focus: EU-Central Asia Summit

In this month’s edition: the first-ever EU-Central Asia summit took place in Uzbekistan, a list was released of Kazakh citizens recruited by Russia to fight in its full-scale war on…

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