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RFE/RL Journalist Andrey Kuznechyk Sentenced to Six Years in Prison in Belarus

Andrey Kuznechyk, a journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Belarus Service, was sentenced on June 8 to six years in a maximum-security prison.

RFE/RL Ukrainian Service's journalist Vira Hyrych. (RFE/RL).

Journalists in Trouble: World Press Freedom Day Edition

RFE/RL remembers Ukrainian Service journalist Vira Hyrych, who was killed in a Russian air strike in Kyiv.

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RFE/RL Condemns Sentencing Of Former Belarus Service Journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich

RFE/RL strongly condemns the March 3 sentencing of its former Belarus Service journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich by a Minsk court to one and a half years in a maximum-security penal colony.

RFE/RL Belarus Service journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich, following his release in July 2021 after serving a 10-day sentence for his reporting.

RFE/RL Rejects Belarus Government ‘Extremist’ Label, Deplores Detentions Of Journalists Kuznechyk, Hruzdzilovich

RFE/RL President Jamie Fly rejected today’s announcement that Belarus’ Interior Ministry added RFE/RL’s Belarus Service to its registry of extremist organizations.

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RFE/RL Concerned For Safety Of Detained Belarus Journalist Andrey Kuznechyk

FE/RL President Jamie Fly expresses deep concern for the health and safety of Belarus Service journalist Andrey Kuznechyk.

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In Latest Attack, Lukashenka Regime Labels RFE/RL as ‘Extremist’ Organization

A Belarusian court has designated the Telegram and YouTube channels of RFE/RL’s Belarus Service as “extremist” in the latest attempt to quash independent information sources and prevent RFE/RL from engaging with its…

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RFE/RL Condemns Detention of Belarus Reporter Andrey Kuznechyk

RFE/RL President Jamie Fly condemned Thursday’s detention of Belarusian Service journalist Andrey Kuznechyk by agents of the Belarusian government, and called for Kuznechyk’s immediate and unconditional release.

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