The Fight For Press Freedom

USAGM Covers Mounting Threats to Journalists Worldwide

Stanislav Aseyev and Oleh Halazyuk, two contributors to RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, were among the civilians released by Russia-backed separatists in a prisoner swap on December 29, 2019.

Ukraine

Released By Separatists, RFE/RL Journalists Describe Imprisonment

Stanislav Aseyev and Oleh Halazyuk, two contributors to RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service, were among the civilians released by Russia-backed separatists in a prisoner swap on December 29, 2019. Both had been held for more than two years. Shortly after their release, the two journalists told RFE/RL about the conditions of their imprisonment and the charges leveled against them. | Watch the video on rferl.org

Pakistan

Redlining the News in Pakistan

Journalists in Pakistan have long been at the mercy of the country’s powerful military and rulers. What’s happening under Prime Minister Imran Khan might not be as brutal as the suppression of previous governments, but it's far more insidious and pervasive.

Read it on voanews.com

China

Uyghur reporters describe family members’ detentions

In “The Families Left Behind” six Radio Free Asia reporters tell the stories of their family members’ detention and document human rights abuses in northwestern China.

Explore the project on rfa.org

Middle East

After Khashoggi, a temperature test for Mideast journalism

In a two-part series, al Hurra's “Word of Truth” explores the threats to free expression and independent reporting in the Mideast, where journalists face death threats and intimidation from social media's ‘Electronic Flies.’ (MBN)

Press freedom notebook

What forced Nicaragua newspaper to shutter?

“El Nuevo Diario,” one of Nicaragua's oldest newspapers is shutting down, after close to 40 years of printing and informing Nicaraguans. Newspaper executives reported they closed due to economic circumstances and challenging times for journalists in the Central American country.

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The front line

Getting Out the News in Chaotic Venezuela

The standoff in Venezuela between the government of Nicholas Maduro and political adversary Juan Guaido is hardening, with the prospect of violence a threat not only for citizens but for reporters covering the crisis. Maduro has long targeted press freedom, with calls to “media warfare” and rising censorship.

Jailed, Missing and Fallen USAGM Journalists

USAGM journalists reporting in hostile areas have been threatened, arrested, tortured and killed doing their jobs.

JAILED JOURNALISTS

Truong Duy Nhat

RFA Vietnamese Service

Truong Duy Nhat, a weekly contributor for RFA’s Vietnamese Service’s blog section, is being held in a Hanoi prison. He went missing on January 26.

Nguyễn Văn Hoá

RFA Vietnamese Service

Nguyễn Văn Hoá, a citizen journalist who has worked with RFA’s Vietnamese Service as a videographer, was reported missing by his family on January 11, 2017, from his home in central Vietnam.

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MISSING JOURNALISTS

Bashar Fahmi

Alhurra TV

On August 20, 2012, Alhurra Television correspondent Bashar Fahmi went missing in the Sulaiman Halabi neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria. There has been no word of his whereabouts or well-being since.