Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) is alarmed at increasing pressure directed against its investigative journalists in Ukraine, following no fewer than three incidents in recent months.
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This map tracks the courageous journalists reporting for Voice of America, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Radio and TV Marti, Middle East Broadcasting Networks (Alhurra and Radio Sawa), and Radio Free Asia, and the threats that they face on a regular basis.
Our journalists, under threat
Kazakhstan Detains Two RFE/RL Journalists
RFE/RL deplores attempt to silence Russian journalist
RFE/RL Journalists Stopped From Covering Astana Protest, Briefly Detained
Statement of Libby Liu, President of Radio Free Asia, on release of former RFA Khmer journalists
In Run-Up To Summit, Kremlin Targets RFE/RL
Jailed journalists
Nguyễn Văn Hoá
Videographer and contributor, RFA Vietnamese ServiceHoá 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.
Missing journalists
Truong Duy Nhat
Contributor and blogger, RFA Vietnamese ServiceRFA Vietnamese contributor and blogger went missing on Jan. 26 after seeking political asylum with a UN refugee agency in Thailand.
Stanislav Vasin (Aseyev)
Blogger and contributor, RFE/RL Ukrainian ServiceStanislav 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.
Bashar Fahmi
Correspondent, Alhurra TVThe Alhurra correspondent went missing while reporting in Aleppo, Syria, in August 2012.
Fallen journalists
“Threats to the free practice of journalism are a denial of basic human rights and must not be supported by any government.”
