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(L-R) Sabawoon Kakar / Abadullah Hananzai / Maharram Durrani

RFE/RL Remembers Fallen Afghan Service Colleagues

Two years ago today, three journalists with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Afghan Service were killed in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Two men fill up a helium balloon with "Freedom" written in Russian on it.

Lofty Balloon Campaign Brought RFE Audiences Uncensored Information, Across Frontiers

With its first on-air message on July 4, 1950, Radio Free Europe (RFE) began its mission of providing uncensored news and information to people denied the right of access to…

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RFE/RL Remembers Its Fallen Afghan Colleagues

On the anniversary of the deaths of RFE/RL journalists Sabawoon Kakar, Abadullah Hananzai, and Maharram Durrani, who were killed in coordinated suicide bomb attacks in Kabul in April 2018, RFE/RL…

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As Coronavirus Spreads, Authorities Target RFE/RL Journalists In Effort To Control Information

As the coronavirus continues to spread, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists have increasingly found themselves caught between the needs of citizens for reliable information, and the efforts of authoritarian…

Briefly… Alaksandra Dynko: Journalists In Belarus Are ‘Vaccinated’ From Fear

In this edition of Briefly, RFE/RL Minsk-based journalist Alaksandra Dynko talks about the challenges reporters face in Belarus and the dangers of speaking openly about the coronavirus.

A destroyed typewriter sits on a desk among wreckage.

“RFE/RL Will Continue To Be Heard”: Carlos the Jackal and The Bombing of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, February 21, 1981

‘Four of our employees are injured, our building is damaged, but RFE/RL will continue to be heard.’

An image of a typewritten script for one of Radio Free Europe's earliest Czechoslovakian Service broadcasts

The First Broadcasts of Radio Free Europe’s Czechoslovak Service

On July 4, 1950 RFE broadcast a 30-minute message to audiences in Czechoslovakia, announcing its first-time presence — anywhere — on the air.

France – Estonian president Lennart Meri gives a speech at the UNESCO tribune in Paris on November 16, 1995.

RFE/RL Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize in 1991

In January 1991, Former Estonian Foreign Minister Lennart Meri nominated RFE/RL for the Nobel Peace Prize.

RFE/RL Tajik Service reporter Mullorajab Yusufi reporting from Dushanbe, Tajikistan in 2020

RFE/RL Criticizes Tajikistan’s Attempts To Interfere With Coronavirus Reporting

As journalists with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Tajik Service race to cover the coronavirus pandemic, filling an information void left by an inert official press, the government is obstructing…

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