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RFE/RL President describes media challenges during CSCE hearing

October 22, 2021

In testimony before the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) earlier this week, RFE/RL President Jamie Fly addressed the increased pressure faced by RFE/RL journalists working throughout the media organization’s 23-country region. During the bipartisan hearing, “In Pursuit of Truth: Media Freedom in the OSCE Region,” Fly noted the challenge to free media coming from authoritarian leaders who are “increasingly succumbing to the attraction of a media landscape without the independent checks and balances inherent in an impartial press.” Read More