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First Lady Speaks to Afghan People During RFE/RL Visit
Laura Bush, the First Lady of the United States, visited RFE/RL’s Prague Broadcast Center today.
RFE/RL Increases Afghan Air Time
RFE/RL President Thomas A. Dine announced the expansion today of Radio Free Afghanistan’s total daily air time in the Dari and Pashto languages from 6.5 to 10.5 hours.
RFE/RL Begins North Caucasus Broadcasts
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc. launched broadcasts today to the North Caucasus in the Avar, Chechen, and Circassian languages.
RFE/RL Doubles Afghan Broadcasts
RFE/RL today doubled the number of hours per day of its Radio Free Afghanistan programs in Dari and Pashtu, from three to six hours.
RFE/RL President Welcomes Prague Court Decision
RFE/RL President Thomas A. Dine today applauded the decision of the Prague Municipal Court not to extradite Uzbek human rights activist Mohammad Salih to Uzbekistan.
Dine Welcomes Release of Salih
RFE/RL President Thomas A. Dine welcomed the release of exiled Uzbek human rights activist Muhammad Salih from custody in a Prague jail.
RFE/RL Urges Release of Salih
RFE/RL President Thomas A. Dine sent a letter today to the Public Prosecutor of the City of Prague and the Municipal Court of Prague, calling for the release from detention…
RFE/RL Expands Central Asian Broadcasts
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc. has expanded its broadcasts in the Azeri, Persian and Turkmen languages, in the context of a general increase in RFE/RL’s broadcasting presence in Central Asia.
RFE/RL Interviews Northern Alliance Leader on Plan for Bonn Conference
Afghanistan’s Northern Alliance leader Burhanuddin Rabbani in an exclusive late night interview with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said his representative in Bonn next week will reaffirm that all ethnic groups…
Havel Reaffirms Support For RFE/RL
Czech President Vaclav Havel paid a brief visit to RFE/RL’s Prague broadcasting center yesterday to reaffirm his support for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and its mission.