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RFE/RL Demands Azerbaijan Reopen Baku Bureau
An Azerbaijani court will convene on August 3 to hear RFE/RL’s appeal against tax-related claims that were used by the government as grounds to shutter the company’s Baku bureau in…
RFE/RL Journalists Attacked in Armenia
Three RFE/RL Armenian Service journalists were attacked by a large group of plainclothes men late on July 29.
RFE/RL Calls For Turkmen Journalist’s Release
On the one year anniversary of the imprisonment of Saparmamed Nepeskuliev, a contributor to RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service and other independent news outlets, RFE/RL joined a chorus of international organizations calling…
RFE/RL Announces Thomas Kent as New President
Thomas Kent, a longtime Associated Press journalist, has been appointed the new President of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), effective June 27.
RFE/RL Russian Service Audio Archives — Now Online
RFE/RL welcomed the publication this week of an online, fully searchable database of audio programs produced over decades by its Russian Service, known as Radio Svoboda.
Ismayilova Freed From Prison But Intent On Justice
Elated but defiant, RFE/RL journalist Khadija Ismayilova walked out of prison in Baku today after Azerbaijan’s Supreme Court suspended her jail sentence, vowing to take the Azerbaijani government to court…
UPDATE: Crimea Realities Chief Says Ban Won’t Stop Website
Volodymyr Prytula, the chief of RFE/RL’s news website Krym.Realii (Crimea.Realities), says that neither the website’s editors nor RFE/RL was warned of claims or allegations against the site before Russian internet…
UNESCO Lauds Ismayilova Amid Mounting Pressure For Journalist’s Freedom
On World Press Freedom Day, imprisoned Azerbaijani investigative reporter and RFE/RL contributor Khadija Ismayilova was named the 2016 recipient of the UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, as journalists and…
BBG Condemns Targeting Of Independent Journalists In Crimea, Including RFE/RL Contributors
The Broadcasting Board of Governors condemns the targeting of independent journalists in Russia-annexed Crimea following police searches on Tuesday of the homes of seven residents of the peninsula, including some…
Nobel Laureate The Subject Of New Book
The Belarus Service has compiled more than two decades of material on celebrated author Svetlana Alexievich.