Azerbaijan: TV crews under gunfire by Armenian occupation forces

IRFS, Baku, 15 Jan 2009 – Yesterday, 14 January, at around 4:30 p.m., employees of “Azad…

Call for the release of Kazakh journalist arrested in secrecy case

OSCE, Vienna, 14 Jan 2009 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti,…

Kazakh Newspaper Editor Continues Hunger Strike

RFE/RL, Almaty, 13 Jan 2009 – Ramazan Esergepov, editor in chief of the “Alma-Ata Info” newspaper,…

Georgia: Kavkasia TV Web Site Hacked

Media.ge, Tbilisi, 12 Jan 2009 – On the morning of January 9 Kavkasia TV staff found…

Another RFE/RL Correspondent In Turkmenistan Facing Harassment

RFE/RL, Ashgabat, 09 Jan 2008 – Osman Hallyev, a longtime correspondent for RFE/RL’s Turkmen Service, says he…

Personal blog of prime minister of Kazakhstan kicked off on governmental site

Kazakhstan Today, Astana, 09 Jan 2009 – On the governmental site of the Republic of Kazakhstan…

RFE/RL Freelance Correspondent Beaten in Tajikistan

Trend, Kulob, 08 Jan 2008 – An independent journalist in Tajikistan’s southern city of Kulob was…

Azerbaijan: Journalist subjected to pressure

IRFS, Baku, 07 Jan 2008 – Today, 7 December, “Yeni Musavat” newspaper correspondent Afgan Mukhtarli faced…

Azerbaijan: Youths to Protest National Television and Radio Council

Day.az, Baku, 06 Jan 2008 – The Youth organization of the Musavat party plans to hold…

Kazakhstan to Restore a Mosque in Cairo

Kazakhstan Today, Astana, 06 Jan 2009 – President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev signed draft of the…

Azerbaijan: New TV channel starts to broadcast

IRFS, Baku, 05 Jan 2009 – As of 1 January 2009 “Idman Azerbaijan” (“Sport Azerbaijan”) TV…