Press Release
Radio Farda Journalist Wins Award
Radio Farda journalist Ahmad Rafat was presented the prestigious Ilaria Alpi prize by Reporters Sans Frontieres during a ceremony in Riccione, Italy.
Outcry Prompts Apology To Radio Farda Reporter At Rome Food Summit
Radio Farda Rome correspondent Ahmad Rafat received an apology from the organizers of this week’s World Food Security Summit in Rome.
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…