Advocacy
RFE/RL President Condemns Ongoing Belarus Media Crackdown As Losik Marks 300 Days In Detention
Prominent blogger and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Belarus consultant Ihar Losik marks his 300th day in pre-trial detention.
RFE/RL President Condemns New Charges For Belarusian Blogger And RFE/RL Consultant Ihar Losik
RFE/RL President Jamie Fly condemned the Belarusian government’s apparent plans to file new charges against prominent blogger and RFE/RL social media consultant Ihar Losik.
RFE/RL Belarus Consultant Ends Nearly Six-Week Hunger Strike
The health of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Belarus Service social media consultant Ihar Losik is starting to fail as he enters the sixth week of a hunger strike.
RFE/RL Condemns Verdict Against Belarusian Journalist Aleh Hruzdzilovich
A Belarusian court has sentenced veteran RFE/RL correspondent Aleh Hruzdzilovich to 15 days in jail.
125 Days Behind Bars — RFE/RL Journalists Face Unrelenting Pressure in Belarus
During the past three months of a violent and contentious election season in Europe’s last autocratic stronghold, RFE/RL journalists in Belarus have faced the most intense harassment since they first…
Harassment of Ukrainian Service Journalists –– Statement by RFE/RL President Jamie Fly
Statement by RFE/RL President Jamie Fly “RFE/RL strongly condemns the recent harassment of journalists and support staff working for the Ukrainian Service’s award-winning investigative program ‘Schemes: Corruption in Details.’ It…
RFE/RL Reporter Stripped Of Accreditation In Tajikistan
Tajikistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has revoked the accreditation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) videojournalist Barotali Nazarov (pen name: Barot Yusufi) for his reporting in a brazen example of the…
Current Time Journalist Detained During Moscow Inauguration Protests
Dramatic video footage shows riot police surrounding and shoving a Current Time TV journalist who was reporting live from demonstrations in Moscow’s central Pushkin Square on May 5 protesting President Vladimir Putin’s inauguration for a…
RFE/RL Reporters Faced ‘Relentless Pressure’ In 12 Of 23 Countries In 2017
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) journalists have been targeted in no fewer than 38 incidents in at least 12 of the countries they cover in 2017.
RFE/RL President Thomas Kent Condemns Sentence Of Crimean Journalist
RFE/RL President Thomas Kent has condemned the sentence of Crimean journalist Mykola Semena, describing it as “part of an orchestrated effort by Russian authorities in Crimea to silence independent voices.”