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RFE/RL Reporters Faced ‘Relentless Pressure’ In 12 Of 23 Countries In 2017

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists have been targeted in no fewer than 38 incidents in at least 12 of the countries they cover in 2017.

RFE/RL Uzbek Service Director Alisher Siddique, accepting the 2017 David Burke award in Washington, DC

RFE/RL’s Uzbek Service Wins Burke Award

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Uzbek Service received a David Burke Distinguished Journalism Award at the 17th annual award ceremony held by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) in Washington on November 14.

Screen grabs of the Central Asian Newswire newsletter which reads “From journalists for journalists”

RFE/RL Central Asia Newswire Delivers The News From Journalists For Journalists

RFE/RL’s Central Asia Newswire faced broad skepticism when it was launched in August 2015, as several countries in the region rank among the most restrictive media environments in the world.

RFE/RL Russian Service "Young and Free" documentary contest, Current Time "Real Kino" logos

RFE/RL Taps New Voices Through Documentary Film

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is expanding the ways it tells stories and connects with audiences through two new projects that tap into the power of documentary film.

Nov. 2: End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists

RFE/RL Calls To End Impunity For Crimes Against Journalists

On International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has documented this year no fewer than 34 attacks against its journalists in over 10 countries…

RFE/RL Kazakh Service reporter Saniya Toiken (l), receiving the 2017 Courage in Journalism Award from Susan King, dean of the UNC School of Media and Journalism, Washington, DC.

RFE/RL Kazakh Journalist Wins Courage Award

Saniya Toiken, a reporter for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) Kazakh Service, has been honored with the 2017 Courage in Journalism Award by the International Women’s Media Foundation (IWMF). The award was…

An image of Radio Svoboda Journalist Viktor Rezunkov

Radio Svoboda Journalist Viktor Rezunkov

Prominent journalist, publicist, and longtime RFE/RL correspondent Viktor Rezunkov died in St. Petersburg on Tuesday, October 3. The former St. Petersburg bureau chief had suffered a serious illness, according to…

Panelists at October 4 CSCE-House Freedom of the Press Caucus Briefing

RFE/RL’s Kent Testifies At Launch Of Press Freedom Caucus

 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) President Thomas Kent said that RFE/RL journalists “face physical attack, threats to themselves and their relatives, detention and imprisonment, and unrelenting assault from government and…

Semena Says Verdict 'Great Detriment To Russian Journalism'

Semena Found Guilty of ‘Separatism’; RFE/RL President Condemns Verdict

A court in Russia-occupied Crimea has found Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) contributor Mykola Semena guilty on a charge of separatism in a closely watched case that has become a symbol of…

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