October 2011
8 posts
RFE/RL Turkmen Correspondent Freed From Jail
RFE/RL correspondent Dovletmyrat Yazkuliyev has been freed under a presidential amnesty, RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service reports.
The trial and sentence drew condemnation from media-rights group Reporters Without Borders and prompted four senior U.S senators to express their concern in a letter to the Turkmen ambassador in Washington. An RFE/RL correspondent met Yazkuliyev after he was freed on...
RFE/RL Reports: Sanctions, the Central Bank, and...
On the site today, Golnaz Esfandiari (@GEsfandiari) looks at efforts to sanction Iran’s Central Bank, the functions of which are explained by Richard Solash (@rsolash).
On her “Persian Letters” blog, Esfandiari looks at a recent announcement by Iranian Telecommunications Minister Reza Taghipour, who says the use of antifiltering tools and virtual private networks (VPN) is a...
This Friday: RFE/RL's Golnaz Esfandiari on BBG's...
On Friday October 21, RFE/RL’s Golnaz Esfandiari, Senior Correspondent and Persian Letters blogger, will be a presenter for PopTech DC!, a gathering of innovative journalists and global programs from throughout BBG media organizations. The event runs from 8:30 - 11 a.m. at the BBG Headquarters at 330 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington DC, with a livestream of the Re:Volution session from...
RFE/RL's "Best Of" Reports from Russia, Ukraine...
RFE/RL’s six-part series on the Russian media is but one example of the outstanding reporting from our bureaus this week. It’s only Thursday, but here’s a recap of some of the best so far from Russia, Ukraine and the Balkans: # In an exclusive interview with RFE/RL’s Balkan Service, Kosovo President Atifete Jahjaga has urged Serbia to stop meddling in its internal affairs,...
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RFE/RL's Exclusive Interview with Syrian Activist...
Earlier this week RFE/RL profiled Razan Zeitouneh who had been honored with the Anna Politkovskaya Award for her fearless reporting on Syria despite threats from the regime. Today, we offer an exclusive interview with Zeitouneh, currently in hiding but undaunted in her efforts to report on the violence in Syria.
RFE/RL Revisits Afghanistan on the 10th...
Ten years ago today, U.S.-led forces invaded Afghanistan to destroy the Al-Qaeda network — blamed for the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 — and topple its protector, the hard-line Taliban regime. With investigative reports, interviews, wire photos and video, RFE/RL revisits Afghanistan on the 10th anniversary since the U.S. invasion. # In 2002, one year after the fall of the...
RFE/RL Marks Anniversary of Politkovskaya Murder...
RFE/RL marks the fifth anniversary of the assassination of Russian journalist and Kremlin critic Anna Politkovskaya with investigative reports of Russian media and the leadership of Vladimir Putin. Politkovskaya was gunned down in her Moscow apartment building on October 7, 2006, just two days after giving what was to be her final interview to RFE/RL’s Russian Service, Radio Svoboda. # In...
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Remembering Anna Politkovskaya
On the 5th anniversary of the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, we offer her last interview, given to RFE/RL just two days before she was gunned down in her Moscow apartment building on October 7, 2006. http://bit.ly/qzoOzC
