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    Jun 5
    Former @RFERL journalist Reza Valizadeh remains wrongfully detained in Iran. He managed to share a new message, featured on @CBSEveningNews, highlighting the brutal conditions of his captivity. #FreeReza @freerezav
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    Jun 5
    As Iran partially lifted its nationwide internet blackout, CBS News' @margbrennan heard an American journalist's plea for help. Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh, who the U.S. says is wrongfully detained inside a notorious prison, is one of six Americans being held by
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    Mar 15, 2025
    Today, @RFERL was informed that the federal grant agreement funding our global operations has been terminated. The cancellation of @RFERL's grant agreement would be a gift to America's enemies. Read our full release. about.rferl.org/article/rfe-rl…
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    Aug 22, 2021
    Replying to @leahmcelrath @CombatJourno and @RFERL
    We are in contact with Mustafa - one of scores of Afghan nationals who are part of our Radio Azadi team; we are working tirelessly to get (and keep) them all out of harm’s way.
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    Feb 4, 2021
    RFE/RL Welcomes Back Jamie Fly As President
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    RFE/RL Welcomes Back Jamie Fly As President
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    Mar 23, 2021
    Russia’s government is trying to drive @RFERL and its live coverage of news – like anti-corruption protests – out of the country. Where will Russians get real reporting on what is happening in Russia if @RFERL and other independent media are silenced? pressroom.rferl.org/a/31131774.html
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    Mar 18, 2025
    Today, @RFERL sued the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) to block their attempted termination of RFE/RL's federal grant. Read our full release and statement from President & CEO @SteveCapus: about.rferl.org/article/rfe-rl…
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    Apr 29, 2022
    We are devastated to announce that @radiosvoboda journalist and producer Vira Hyrych was killed when a Russian air strike hit her home last night.
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    Aug 15, 2021
    .@nytimes's @benyt - "More than a hundred journalists employed by the American government’s own radio stations remain in Afghanistan as the Taliban take power, U.S. officials and Afghan journalists said Sunday." #RFERLinAfghanistan
    Lights in the windows of the United States embassy in Kabul on Sunday night.
    Afghans working for U.S. government broadcasters fear Taliban backlash. (Published 2021)
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    Oct 19, 2022
    .@RFERL mourns the loss of our @RadioFarda_ / @RadioFarda_Eng colleague Reza Haghighatnejad. A brilliant journalist, he was passionate about freedom and justice for his fellow Iranians, and a champion of the voiceless to the end. RIP
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    May 3, 2023
    This #WorldPressFreedomDay, three @RFERL journalists are unjustly imprisoned in Belarus and Russian-occupied Crimea. Ihar Losik. Andrey Kuznechyk. Vladyslav Yesypenko. They must be released immediately. #JournalismIsNotACrime youtube.com/shorts/8OJs70F…
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    Mar 24, 2021
    Vast, stunning, unexpected - this is Russia. RFE/RL goes deep into Russia to tell the untold stories of its often surprising people. Russia's state-run media doesn't. If RFE/RL is silenced, what reality will Russians see? #RFERLinRussia
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    Jun 9, 2021
    .@USAmbBelarus Julie Fisher: “@RFERL and their work is absolutely essential to telling that public story…It is not a coincidence that the independent media has been Lukashenka’s primary target.” @SFRCdems,@SenateForeign,@Tsihanouskaya,@jamiemfly. #Belarus foreign.senate.gov/hearings/us-po…
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    Mar 27, 2018
    Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Paul Ryan @SpeakerRyan praised @RFERL's mission and work in a visit with its journalists at its headquarters in Prague on Monday with U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic Stephen King @USAmbPrague.
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    Apr 22, 2023
    ICYMI: Don't miss this story from @RFERL's @ReidStan and Russan investigative unit, Systema, analyzing how Russia and China collaborate on censorship.rferl.org/a/russia-china…
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