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Ukrainian RFE/RL Journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko Released from Custody in Occupied Crimea
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Former RFE/RL Journalist Released from Detention in Belarus
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RFE/RL Journalist Farid Mehralizada Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison in Azerbaijan
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Ukrainian RFE/RL Journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko Released from Custody in Occupied Crimea
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) welcomes Vladyslav’s release and thanks the U.S. and Ukrainian governments for efforts to bring him home.
Former RFE/RL Journalist Released from Detention in Belarus
Former RFE/RL journalist Ihar Karnei has been freed from unjust detention in Belarus.
RFE/RL Journalist Farid Mehralizada Sentenced to Nine Years in Prison in Azerbaijan
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) called the case against Farid a “sham.”
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