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RFE/RL Journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich Released from Prison in Belarus

Today, RFE/RL journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich was released from prison in Belarus after serving nine months of an unjust sentence.

RFE/RL imprisoned journalists Andrey Kuznechyk, Ihar Losik, and Aleh Hruzdzilovich.

Journalists in Trouble: July 2022

Consumers of RFE/RL content in Belarus sentenced; Media situation in Tajikistan rapidly declines; and more.

Ihar Losik poses against a branded RFE/RL background

RFE/RL Condemns Ihar Losik’s Addition to Terrorist Watch Registry

RFE/RL condemns the Lukashenka regime’s addition of imprisoned RFE/RL Belarus Service journalist Ihar Losik to a terrorist watch list.

Michael Douglas, Stefania & Kateryna Yesypenko at the 2022 PEN America Gala.

Journalists in Trouble: June 2022

RFE/RL journalists beaten and threatened in Tajikistan; Azerbaijani journalist threatened at knifepoint; Pulitzer Prize board honors Ukrainian journalists; and more.

Andrey Kuznechyk Headshot

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.

Belarus Service Journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich stands in a courtroom.

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.

Andrey Kuznechyk Headshot

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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