Our journalists, under threat

The right to free and open access to news and information should be universal, but threats to a free press persist. Journalists reporting for USAGM networks face risks every day. USAGM strongly condemns these actions, which violate international standards by suppressing independent media and targeting journalists doing their jobs.

RFE/RL marks Press Freedom Day amid rising threats against its journalists

RFE/RL Journalists In Kazakhstan Targeted While Covering Protests

RFE/RL urges Ukraine to address threats to investigative journalists

Kazakhstan Detains Two RFE/RL Journalists

RFE/RL deplores attempt to silence Russian journalist

RFE/RL Journalists Stopped From Covering Astana Protest, Briefly Detained

Jailed journalists

Nguyễn Văn Hoá

Videographer and contributor, RFA Vietnamese Service

Hoá is being held in violation of Article 258 of Vietnam’s penal code, for “abusing democratic freedoms to infringe on the interests of the state,” an offense that carries a maximum sentence of seven years in prison.

Truong Duy Nhat

Contributor and blogger, RFA Vietnamese Service

RFA Vietnamese contributor and blogger went missing on Jan. 26 after seeking political asylum with a UN refugee agency in Thailand.

Missing journalists

Stanislav Vasin (Aseyev)

Blogger and contributor, RFE/RL Ukrainian Service

Stanislav Aseyev, who writes under the name Stanislav Vasin, was reported missing since June 2, 2017. He was forcibly disappeared by Russia-backed separatists in Ukraine’s war-torn eastern Donetsk region.