A new, nightly, current affairs program is providing Russian-speaking television audiences in Central Asia with a balanced and compelling alternative to Russian and Chinese-dominated media in the region.
Police in Baku have ransacked an apartment and seized equipment belonging to an RFE/RL free-lancer in the latest incident in an unrelenting campaign targeting the country's independent press.
A Baku court sentenced investigative journalist and RFE/RL contributor Khadija Ismayilova to prison on charges widely believed to be retribution for her reporting on corruption linked to Azeri President Aliyev and his family.
RFE/RL’s Arabic Service to Iraq, Radio Free Iraq (RFI) will air its final broadcast on July 31. RFI resources will be merged with Radio Sawa Iraq, providing audiences with extensive news coverage of Iraq.
The National Press Club presented its highest press freedom prize to jailed Azeri investigative reporter and RFE/RL contributor Khadija Ismayilova, who has been held in pretrial detention in Baku for 234 days on charges many observers link to her investigative reporting.
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic Andrew Schapiro, and dozens of other distinguished guests mark 20 years of RFE/RL in Prague.
RFE/RL's Persian language service was lauded in New York as Radio Farda journalist Roya Karimi Majd won a Gold Award, and Kambiz Hosseini’s weekly show "Five in the Afternoon" took home a Silver Award at the 2015 New York Festivals International Radio Program Awards.
Excerpt from Roya Karimi-Majd's report "Tradition of the Blade" (2015 NY Festival's Gold Award, 22 June 2015)
RFE/RL has closed its Baku bureau, after Azeri authorities sealed it shut last December in connection with a government-led campaign against foreign organizations.
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