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Is Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev’s eviction of U.S. troops from the strategic Manas air base an attempt to win the votes of conservatives and nationalists in upcoming elections?

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) began a new chapter in its long and distinguished history today when Radio Free Iraq broadcast its first program from RFE/RL’s recently completed Prague headquarters.

During a conference at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) examining the future of US-Iran relations, RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin said that “President Obama has a golden opportunity to pursue a…

In a wide-ranging interview with RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan, Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta insisted that relations with the new U.S. administration of President Barack Obama are not strained.

In the fourth attack on an RFE/RL journalist in Central Asia this year, the editor of RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service website was attacked by a group of men outside his home…

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) President Jeffrey Gedmin called today’s decision by the government of Azerbaijan to take foreign broadcasters off the air “a sad day for the Azeri people,…

Kyrgyz authorities said today that Radio Azattyk, RFE/RL’s popular Kyrgyz-language service, will not be restored to the airwaves unless its programs are submitted to the government for prior approval.

Harassment against civil society and independent journalists continues in Turkmenistan ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary elections, RFE/RL reports:

On the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, RFE/RL examines modern-day challenges to the convention.