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Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Belarus, Russia: Official Pressure Rising Against RFE/RL

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists have come under severe pressure in recent weeks, as local authorities clamp down on the right of RFE/RL reporters to work legally and safely.

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125 Days Behind Bars — RFE/RL Journalists Face Unrelenting Pressure in Belarus

During the past three months of a violent and contentious election season in Europe’s last autocratic stronghold, RFE/RL journalists in Belarus have faced the most intense harassment since they first…

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RFE/RL Is Back With the News in Hungary

Audiences in Hungary woke this morning to Szabad Európa, the 21st-century update of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) storied Hungarian Service.

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Briefly…RFE/RL’s Return To Hungary

RFE/RL has returned to Hungary, launching an entirely digital Hungarian Service, SzabadEuropa.hu, in response to the country’s steep decline in media freedom.

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Belarus Broadens Assault Against RFE/RL

As protesters remain unyielding nearly three weeks since an election they say was rigged handed Belarus President Alyaksandr Lukashenka a sixth term, authorities are escalating their attacks against Radio Free…

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RFE/RL Announces New Romanian Service Chief

As Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) concludes the initial phase of its relaunch in Romania, it has announced that veteran journalist Elena Tănase will take the helm of its Romanian…

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Amid Belarus Internet Shutdown, RFE/RL Is Seen and Heard

As last Sunday’s presidential election in Belarus continues to fuel protests and unnerve its leadership, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists continue to defy unrelenting government pressure.

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Ahead of Presidential Poll, Belarus Targets RFE/RL and Independent Press

Ahead of the August 9 presidential election, authorities in Belarus are detaining and physically attacking hundreds of activists and journalists, including five from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).

Former political prisoner and anti-communist activist Miroslav Kopt describes the clandestine effort in the 1950s to build a radio in a Czech labor camp.

Miroslav Kopt And The Secret Radio That Political Prisoners Built

Czechoslovak citizen Miroslav Kopt was arrested in 1954 and brutally interrogated by communist authorities before being sentenced to 10 years in prison for treason.

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