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A soldier each stands under the flags of Tajikistan, Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Armenia (L-R)

Central Asia in Focus: October 11, 2022

The dying Collective Security Treaty Organization, criticism of Tajikistan’s treatment of journalists, the Russia-Central Asia Summit, and more.

An image of Sairagul Sauytbay

Central Asia in Focus: October 4, 2022

Kazakhstan urged to vote for UN discussion on China’s abuses, a good time for Kyrgyz-Uzbek cooperation, and more.

Mobilized men gather by a military commissariat of the Kirovsky and Leninsky Districts of Novosibirsk.

Lisa Curtis, Jackson Diehl Join RFE/RL’s Board of Directors

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) welcomes foreign policy expert Lisa Curtis and former Washington Post editor Jackson Diehl as new members of the company’s Board of Directors.

RFE/RL Vice President and Editor in Chief Daisy Sindelar

RFE/RL Vice President and Editor in Chief Daisy Sindelar to Depart

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) announced today that Vice President and Editor in Chief Daisy Sindelar has taken the decision to step down from the company to pursue other projects.…

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.

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