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Blockage of RFE/RL Kazakh Website Ends
Intense international pressure on the Kazakh government ends a seven-week blockage of RFE/RL’s Kazakh-language website
Radio Farda Reporter Denied Entry to UN Food Summit
Italian authorities denied Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reporter Ahmad Rafat admission to the UN Food Summit in Rome today and declared him ‘persona non grata.’
Kazakhstan Blocking RFE/RL Websites
For more than five weeks, Internet users in Kazakhstan have been unable to access the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Kazakh-language website despite repeated requests to the Kazakh government and KazTelecom…
Uzbek Journalist Arrested on Third Anniversary of Andijon Crackdown
In Uzbekistan, former RFE/RL journalist Nosir Zokirov was fined today after being held by authorities for two days, accused of “violating public order.”
Award for Radio Free Afghanistan Reporter
A Kabul-based journalist for RFE/RL’s Radio Free Afghanistan wins an award on World Press Freedom Day.
RFE/RL Azerbaijan Service Wins “Most Successful Media” Award
The Azerbaijani Service of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty today was named “Most Successful Media Organization of the Year,” by Women’s Media Watch, an organization of women journalists in Baku.
‘The Wall Street Journal Europe’ on RFE/RL Cyber Attacks
In an editorial titled Cyberjamming, “The Wall Street Journal Europe” discusses the recent cyber attacks against RFE/RL’s Belarus Service and other language sites.
Global Cyber Attack Against Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
An attack of unprecedented scale and intensity is under way against the Internet sites of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s Belarus Service and more than half a dozen other RFE/RL language…
Gedmin Urges Aliyev to Respect Media Freedom
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty President Jeffrey Gedmin met with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev in Baku today for a wide-ranging discussion on press freedom and economic development in Azerbaijan.
‘The Washington Post:’ RFE/RL More Important Than Ever
“The Washington Post” and the online “Slate Magazine” published the following op/ed today by columnist Anne Applebaum.