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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.
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RFE/RL Correspondent Achilova Threatened With Death In Turkmenistan
Article - July 31, 2017 - RFE/RL Turkmen correspondent Soltan Achilova reports (in Turkmen) she was threatened with death on July 29.
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RFE/RL Turkmen Journalist Marks Two Years Behind Bars
Article - July 11, 2017 - Turkmen journalist Saparmamed Nepeskuliev disappeared two years ago this week, and remains in a remote prison serving a three-year sentence on charges that human rights groups and a U.N. panel have denounced as politically motivated.
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Georgian Public Broadcaster Terminates RFE/RL Programs
Article - June 16, 2017 - Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has been informed that the Georgian Public Broadcaster (GPB) will terminate broadcasts of two of its highly acclaimed television programs as part of a planned restructuring process that critics claim is aimed at silencing independent voices
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RFE/RL Welcomes Release of Turkmen Journalist, Calls For Additional Steps
Article - February 22, 2017 - RFE/RL welcomed the release from prison of Turkmen contributor Khudayberdy Allashov and his mother.
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RFE/RL Condemns Turkmenistan’s Treatment of Journalists
Article - February 10, 2017 - WASHINGTON — On the eve of presidential elections in Turkmenistan on Feb 12, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has condemned a government campaign that has subjected its correspondents and their family members to physical assault, societal pressure, surveillance, and imprisonment. “Voters everywhere have a fundamental right to accurate information about the choices they must make,” said…
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Uzbekistan Targets RFE/RL Family Members
Article - September 22, 2016 - A court in Uzbekistan this week upheld a decision to sentence the brother of an RFE/RL journalist to eight years in prison on drug-related charges.
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In Blow to Independent Media, Azerbaijan Sentences Ismayilova to 7 1/2 Years
Article - September 1, 2015 - A Baku court today sentenced investigative journalist and RFE/RL contributor Khadija Ismayilova to seven and a half years in prison on charges widely believed to be retribution for her reporting on corruption linked to Azeri President Ilham Aliyev and members of his family.
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McCue, Ashe Named To Head RFE/RL’s Corporate Board
Article - April 16, 2013 - The Board of Directors of RFE/RL, Inc. has approved the appointment of Susan McCue to serve as the Chair of RFE/RL’s corporate board, effective April 10, 2013.
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RFE/RL Correspondent Freed From Turkmenistan Prison
Article - October 26, 2011 - Turkmen authorities have released a correspondent for RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service, who had been sentenced earlier this month to a five-year prison term in a case that drew outrage from the U.S. Congress, policymakers, foreign governments, and advocacy groups.
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