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Lisa Curtis, Jackson Diehl Join RFE/RL’s Board of Directors
Article - October 3, 2022 - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) welcomes foreign policy expert Lisa Curtis and former Washington Post editor Jackson Diehl as new members of the company’s Board of Directors.
![Mobilized men gather by a military commissariat of the Kirovsky and Leninsky Districts of Novosibirsk.](https://about.rferl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/04210000-0aff-0242-fa12-08daa7b9d118_w650_r1_s.jpg?w=650)
Journalists in Trouble: September 2022
Article - September 22, 2022 - Aleh Hruzdzilovich released from prison in Belarus, Vladyslav Yesypenko receives Free Media Award, Afghanistan one year later, and more.
![RFE/RL journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich during a live broadcast in Minsk, Belarus on Oct. 2, 2018. (RFE/RL).](https://about.rferl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Aleh.jpeg?w=1023)
RFE/RL Journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich Released from Prison in Belarus
Article - September 21, 2022 - Today, RFE/RL journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich was released from prison in Belarus after serving nine months of an unjust sentence.
![An image of Aleh Hruzdzilovich from the chest up against a black backdrop. Aleh Hruzdzilovich served nine months of an unjust prison sentence in Belarus for his reporting.](https://about.rferl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/034d0000-0aff-0242-405f-08daf24df798.jpg?w=1024)
RFE/RL President & CEO Jamie Fly Meets with Top Government Officials in Georgia, Romania
Article - September 12, 2022 - During visits to Georgia and Romania last week, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) President and CEO Jamie Fly advocated for the importance of independent media.
![RFE/RL's President Jamie Fly meets with government officials in Romania.](https://about.rferl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/009e0000-0aff-0242-0251-08da94bf3d16_w650_r1_s.jpg?w=650)
Imprisoned RFE/RL Journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko To Receive PEN/Barbey Freedom To Write Award
Article - April 20, 2022 - RFE/RL welcomes the announcement by PEN America of Ukrainian journalist Vladyslav Yesypenko as the recipient of the 2022 PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award.
![Vladislav Yesypenko, who holds dual Russian-Ukrainian citizenship and is a freelance contributor Crimea.Realii, is detained by FSB officers in Crimea.](https://about.rferl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/149ef605-4d53-479a-8466-b9c60db4761e_cx0_cy1_cw99_w650_r1_s.jpg?w=650)
RFE/RL’s JamieFly Presses Officials On Journalist Safety During Visit To Georgia, Armenia
Article - August 6, 2021 - RFE/RL President Jamie Fly addressed the importance of press freedom and journalist safety during visits last week to Georgia and Armenia.
![RFE/RL President Jamie Fly meeting with Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili](https://about.rferl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/6ae6fa87-7056-40e0-8a6c-0753d9ae24b3_w1023_r1_s.jpeg?w=1023)
Tajikistan Again Fails To Fully Accredit RFE/RL Journalists
Article - January 22, 2020 - RFE/RL President Jamie Fly has told Tajikistan’s top diplomat that his government has failed to honor its commitments, and that RFE/RL may have to consider alternatives to its current operations as a result.
![RFE/RL's Tajik Service staff in the Dushanbe office.](https://about.rferl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/663AE182-11CD-43BE-B633-B24B6DF6B0FB_cx0_cy15_cw0_w1023_r1_s.jpeg?w=1023)
In Meeting with Tajik President, RFE/RL Presses For Media Freedom And Accreditation
Article - November 7, 2019 - Only days after authorities in Tajikistan responded piecemeal to the accreditation requests of nearly 20 Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists and staff, RFE/RL President Jamie Fly met with Tajik President Emomali Rahmon to press for the rights of Tajik audiences to receive objective reporting, and for RFE/RL journalists to work freely and without intimidation.
![RFE/RL President Jamie Fly shakes hands with Tajikistan President Emomali Rahmon.](https://about.rferl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Screenshot-2024-07-03-at-10.47.35-AM.png?w=656)
As Abuses Continue, RFE/RL Says UN Ruling On Turkmenistan Has Urgency Now
Article - August 9, 2018 - A U.N. decision finding the Turkmen government responsible for the death in custody 12 years ago of a Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) contributor is particularly significant because of continuing government actions against the news service’s correspondents, says RFE/RL President Thomas Kent.
![Ogulsapar Muradova, former RFE/RL Turkmen service correspondent who died while in a Turkmen prison in 2006 (undated)](https://about.rferl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/A735E69A-961F-4330-B0E8-5728C6EE3E56_cx6_cy1_cw94_w640_r1.jpg?w=640)
RFE/RL Turkmen Contributor Released From Prison After Serving Term
Article - May 30, 2018 - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) contributor Saparmamed Nepeskuliev has been released from a Turkmen prison after serving a sentence on narcotics charges that numerous international observers have condemned as a brutal attempt to silence a journalist.
![RFE/RL Freelance Correspondent Saparmamed Nepeskuliev. Youtube screengrab.](https://about.rferl.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/6D408281-BDC4-4DAF-8902-9945B9F191D7_w640_r1.jpg?w=640)