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In this video, reportedly shot shortly after the UN Security Council voted for new sanctions on Iran, protest chants of “Allahu Akbar” and “Death to the Dictator” can be heard…

As clashes in Southern Kyrgyzstan left two dead and prompted the declaration of a two-week state of emergency yesterday, the International Crisis Group’s (ICG) Central Asia Director Paul Quinn-Judge told…

Afghans calling in to RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi yesterday offered their thoughts on President Karzai’s trip to Washington.

Ahead of Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s arrival in Washington today, his spokesman told reporters at RFE/RL’s Washington office this morning to expect a series of “frank exchanges” between the Afghan…

On World Press Freedom Day, a new report finds that the vast majority of RFE/RL’s 18 million weekly listeners live in countries where freedom of the press is under serious…

After nearly two years off the national airwaves, RFE/RL’s popular radio and television programs in Kyrgyzstan are once again widely available to listeners and viewers across the country.

RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the end of a five-day trip to promote media freedom in Afghanistan.

A tent-dwelling former Afghan presidential candidate with a reputation for fighting corruption has been named “Person of the Year” by RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi.

Despite the challenges of relocating a news organization that broadcasts around-the-clock to 20 countries in 28 languages, a new report says RFE/RL’s move into its new Prague headquarters last year…