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The family of RFE/RL freelance correspondent Andrey Kuznechyk say the journalist has been sentenced to six years in prison in Belarus on a charge of creating an extremist group.
RFE/RL Ukrainian Service journalist Maryan Kushnir suffered a concussion and hearing loss during a Russian attack in the early morning hours of March 11. With blood streaming from his head, he recorded a short video immediately afterwards, saying: “I don’t know where I am exactly. This is what the situation looks like near Kyiv. We’ll try to get out of here.” Kushnir plans to return to covering the war as soon as he can.
WASHINGTON – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has suspended its operations in Russia after local tax authorities initiated bankruptcy proceedings against RFE/RL’s Russian entity on March 4 and police intensified pressure on its journalists. These Kremlin attacks on RFE/RL’s ability to...
Three journalists from RFE/RL's Russian Service were detained by police while attempting to cover an anti-war protest in Moscow. One of them managed to record this video of his violent arrest. He can be heard repeatedly telling the policeman that he is a journalist, demanding that he stop using physical force, and explaining that he is not resisting.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Belarusian Association of Journalists says police have...