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RFE/RL Files New Request for Emergency Relief in US District Court
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has filed an updated emergency request in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., asking the court to order the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) to disburse RFE/RL’s Congressionally appropriated funds for the month of April.

Still Awaiting Funds, RFE/RL Furloughs Staff and Seeks Relief from Court
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) today began furloughing staff at its Prague headquarters because the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has not sent RFE/RL its Congressionally appropriated funds for April.

RFE/RL Awaits Funds, Continues Court Case
RFE/RL looks forward to receiving the funds that Congress has appropriated to us through the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM).

USAGM Rescinds RFE/RL Grant Termination
On March 26, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) was informed by the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) that the Agency is rescinding its letter terminating RFE/RL’s grant agreement for fiscal year 2025, and that the agreement is therefore back in effect.

Journalists in Trouble: Andrei Kuznechyk Released from Detention in Belarus
Andrei Kuznechyk released from detention in Belarus; Farid Mehralizada’s claims of abuse denied by Azerbaijani court; more RFE/RL staff designated as “foreign agents.”
Journalists in Trouble: Farid Mehralizada Testifies in Azerbaijani Court
Farid Mehralizada testifies before Azerbaijani court; European Parliament resolution condemns Belarus’s repression of independent media; and more.
Journalists in Trouble: Farid Mehralizada’s Trial Begins in Azerbaijan
Farid Mehralizada’s trial begins in Azerbaijan; Nika Novak sentenced to four years in Russian prison; RFE/RL journalists attacked while covering protests in Georgia; and more.
Latest Press Releases

RFE/RL Files New Request for Emergency Relief in US District Court
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has filed an updated emergency request in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., asking the court to order the United States Agency for Global…

Still Awaiting Funds, RFE/RL Furloughs Staff and Seeks Relief from Court
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) today began furloughing staff at its Prague headquarters because the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM) has not sent RFE/RL its Congressionally appropriated funds…

RFE/RL Awaits Funds, Continues Court Case
RFE/RL looks forward to receiving the funds that Congress has appropriated to us through the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM).

USAGM Rescinds RFE/RL Grant Termination
On March 26, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) was informed by the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) that the Agency is rescinding its letter terminating RFE/RL’s grant agreement for…

US District Court Halts Attempt to Defund RFE/RL
Today, Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted RFE/RL’s request for a temporary restraining order in its lawsuit against the U.S. Agency for…

RFE/RL Makes its Case in US District Court
Today, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held a hearing on Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL) emergency request for $7.5 million in funds that Congress appropriated for…
Events
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Not Forgotten: Political Imprisonment and Incommunicado Detention in Belarus
On Tuesday, June 25, please join RFE/RL and Freedom House for a virtual, on-the-record discussion about the crisis of political imprisonment and incommunicado detention in Belarus.