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Vitaly Portnikov at Radio Liberty 60th anniversary event in Moscow voices support for fired journalists

The 60th anniversary event was organized in Moscow on March 1 by Radio Liberty in Exile, a group of fired Radio Liberty journalists and their supporters. Vitali Portnikov is one of Ukraine’s most famous independent journalists. Vitaly Portnikov, is the …

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Russian Service is not the only victim of management actions at RFE/RL

BBG Watch Commentary A commentary sent to BBG Watch by a journalist whose articles have been published on the Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) English-language website points out

Radio Liberty crisis that didn’t go away in two weeks – media review update, Jan. 12, 2013

BBG Watch Commentary After the outgoing president of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Steven Korn fired last September dozens of some of the best and most respected independent

One of Ukraine’s most famous journalists welcomes resignation of RFE/RL president

BBG Watch Commentary One of Ukraine's most famous independent journalists Vitali Portnikov welcomed the resignation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)

Democracy assistance under attack in Ukraine — NED

Democracy Digest from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED): The European Union will not compromise on issues of democracy in developing closer ties with Ukraine, the EU's Enlargement

Freedom House Denounces Arrest And Continued Harassment of Yulia Tymoshenko

Freedom House: Freedom House today expresses its outrage at the arrest of former Ukrainian prime minister and opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko and calls for her immediate release.

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Count on BBG to cut programs if there will be a crisis

Shortly before which wars/uprisings/major crises did BBG executives proposed or implemented broadcasting cuts to the affected countries. Please vote on USGBroadcasts.com website and check it for answers. The Jasmine

Gongadze murder suspect’s trial should be open to public

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New York, August 16, 2011--The Pechersky District Court in Kyiv must open to the public the ongoing trial against Aleksei Pukach, a

Ukraine – Former president indicted in journalist’s murder

International Freedom of Expression eXchange: Eleven years after the murder of online journalist Georgy Gongadze, prosecutors indicted former President Leonid Kuchma on abuse-of-office charges in connection with

Attacks on the Press 2010: Ukraine

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Top Developments
• Provincial reporters targeted in a series of attacks; editor reported missing.
• Television journalists continue to face

Ukraine – Those behind Georgiy Gongadze’s murder still unpunished 10 years later

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders is exasperated by the latest decisions in the investigation that is supposed to establish who was behind the

Ukraine – Death threats against website journalist echo Georgiy Gongadze murder

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders is deeply shocked by the scarcely veiled death threats against independent journalist Serhiy Lechenko that were expressed by

Letter to the President of Ukraine Viktor Fedorovych Yanukovych

Human Rights Watch (HRW) - Dear President Yanukovych, We write to express our deep concern regarding ongoing harassment by state prosecutors and law enforcement targeting

Ukraine – Police search young blogger’s home for more than six hours

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - Reporters Without Borders condemns a police raid on the Kiev home of the young journalist and blogger Olena Bilozerska ( http://bilozerska.livejournal.com

Ukraine – Truth blocked again in Gongadze murder investigation

Reporters Sans Frontières (RSF) - The Ukrainian attorney-general's office announced yesterday, in a statement issued by its press service, that the investigation into the role that

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