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Ulfathonim Mamadshoeva (L) and Kholbash Kholbashov (R)

Central Asia in Focus: September 27, 2022

Tajik Courts Convicting GBAO Residents, Rest in Peace Robin Ord-Smith, Kazakhstan’s Presidential Election, and more.

Journalist walks through the destruction of the Mykolaev airport, which was destroyed in Russian shelling.

RFE/RL Wins 2022 Online News Association’s Online Journalism Award

RFE/RL has won a prestigious 2022 Online Journalism Award (OJA) for coverage of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

RFE/RL journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich during a live broadcast in Minsk, Belarus on Oct. 2, 2018. (RFE/RL).

Journalists in Trouble: September 2022

Aleh Hruzdzilovich released from prison in Belarus, Vladyslav Yesypenko receives Free Media Award, Afghanistan one year later, and more.

An image of Aleh Hruzdzilovich from the chest up against a black backdrop. Aleh Hruzdzilovich served nine months of an unjust prison sentence in Belarus for his reporting.

RFE/RL Journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich Released from Prison in Belarus

Today, RFE/RL journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich was released from prison in Belarus after serving nine months of an unjust sentence.

A vast crowd of Kyrgyz men stand in front of a government building to volunteer their services at the Tajik-Kyrgyz border.

Central Asia in Focus: September 20, 2022

For a second straight year war broke out along the Kyrgyz-Tajik border on September 16.

Three women hold posters protesting the death of Aizada Kanatbekova.

Central Asia in Focus: September 13, 2022

On April 5, 2021, Aizada Kanatbekova was kidnapped by six men in the middle of the day in Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek.

RFE/RL's President Jamie Fly meets with government officials in Romania.

RFE/RL President & CEO Jamie Fly Meets with Top Government Officials in Georgia, Romania

During visits to Georgia and Romania last week, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) President and CEO Jamie Fly advocated for the importance of independent media.

A meeting of the presidents of Azerbaijan, who all sit on the left side of a long table, and Kazakhstan, who all sit on the right.

Central Asia in Focus: September 7, 2022

Kazakhstan has been having problems lately shipping its goods through Russia to Europe, so Kazakh President Qasym-Zhomart Toqaev ordered his government to find alternatives.

A teacher hands out papers to students in a Bishkek classroom.

Central Asia in Focus: August 30, 2022

Cheers for Mayor Kanbolot Tutuev of Naryn, a city in northeastern Kyrgyzstan, for providing an incentive for teachers.

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