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Russia – Office of opposition newspaper destroyed in firebomb attack

Reporters Without Borders strongly condemns the arson attack that ravaged the editorial offices of the weekly Vecherny Krasnokamsk in the Perm region in south-west Russia on 28 January.

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Russia – Independent newspaper suspends publication in response to pressure

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: According to the general director of "Moi Gorod-Kostroma", the paper was subjected to various inspections while its staff was repeatedly detained by

In Russia, unknown attacker stabs exiled Tajik journalist – CPJ

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New York, January 13, 2012--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns Thursday's attack in Moscow on Dododzhon Atovulloyev, exiled publisher and editor-in-chief

Blog: What US can’t accept in Belarus, it supports in Uzbekistan – CPJ

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Last week, President Obama signed into law a bill that expands sanctions against Belarus, whose authoritarian leader Aleksandr Lukashenko continues to

Chinese writer-dissident given nine years for online posts – CPJ

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New York, December 23, 2011 --- The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns China's harsh sentencing of online journalist and activist Chen

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‘Old white guys’ – National Review links to BBG Watch discrimination and mismanagement story

“Old White Guys” – The Open Season is On The “old white guys” comment attributed to a former CNN associate of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) Chairman

Blog: In China, real people vs. Internet minders – CPJ

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In the next three months, users of China's microblog weibo.com --- "weibo" is the generic Chinese term for Twitter-like platforms

Chen Guangcheng with his family

Human rights advocate Reggie Littlejohn welcomes attempt by Christian Bale to visit Chen Guangcheng

The president of Women's Rights Without Frontiers Reggie Littlejohn, who is also a member of the Advisory Board for the Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB), said

Killing of Chernovik founder in Dagestan must be investigated – CPJ

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New York, December 15, 2011--Today's murder of Gadzhimurad Kamalov, founder of the independent newspaper Chernovik in the southern Russian republic of

Ukraine – Former president must be prosecuted in Gongadze murder, says CPJ

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: A court ruling to scrap the case after former president Leonid Kuchma for allegedly ordering journalist Georgy Gongadze's murder is a blow

Russia – Global journalists’ community joins IFJ to mark memorial day for dead colleagues

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: As the Russian Union of Journalists prepares to host its annual commemoration of journalists who have died in the course of their

Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen on Voice of America Broadcasts to China

Chairman of House Committee on Foreign Affairs says Chinese people need Voice of America broadcasts – BBG Watch

In a special video message, the Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, congratulated the Voice of America (VOA) on the 70th anniversary of

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Voice of America will celebrate 70th anniversary of broadcasting to China with a reception on Capitol Hill

Voice of America (VOA) employees and their supporters will celebrate 70 years of VOA broadcasting to China with a Capitol Hill reception hosted by Congressman Dana Rohrabacher

BBG executives close down Voice of America broadcasting services, pay themselves hefty bonuses

This report was prompted by the news of the Voice of America Croatian Service being forced off the air and the Internet on the orders of the

Deloitte BBG Grantee Consolidation Assessment

Deloitte Tells BBG to Move Quickly with Consolidation

"If VOA constitutes communications essential to national security, privatization may not be feasible," - Deloitte
"If VOA constitutes communications essential to national security, privatization may not be feasible,"

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