U.S. and International Media
BBG Watch Commentary A former RFE/RL editor says that the U.S.-funded and U.S. government-run news site promotes Hitler sympathizers in Kazakhstan. (Photo: Assem Tokayeva, third from the left, standing next to Alexander Kulitz, second from the left, a member of…
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BBG Watch Commentary Young journalists, most of them women, from countries without free media are criticizing senior management of U.S. taxpayer-funded Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and its managing U.S. federal agency, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG),…
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BBG Watch Mario Corti, an Italian journalist, author, Russia expert and former director of Radio Liberty Russian Service, has sent a letter to BBG Watch describing the history of unfair labor practices at Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)…
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BBG Watch Commentary In a letter sent to the Board of Broadcasting Governors (BBG), the International Labor Rights Forum calls for the U.S. Government agency to end discriminatory employment policies at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and implement the U.S. Government’s commitments…
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BBG Watch Commentary Lidove Noviny, the oldest Czech newspaper, published an op-ed article by a former Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty journalist Lev Roitman, ”Na USA apeluje český senátor. Místo prezidenta” (“A Czech Senator Appeals to the U.S. Instead…
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BBG Watch Commentary In an open letter to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, a member of the Czech Senate, Jaromír Štětina, a former journalist, appealed for ensuring equal rights for all Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) employees….
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The Honorable Hillary Rodham Clinton U.S. Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 U.S.A. November 9, 2012 Dear Mrs. Secretary, On July 4, 1996, while visiting Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Prague as the…
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BBG Watch Commentary How can the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) proclaim with a straight face that its Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and Voice of America (VOA) broadcasts are designed to help Iranian workers and their independent labor…
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BBG Watch Commentary In emails to members of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), who are meeting today and tomorrow in Prague, Czech Republic, former Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Russian editor has urged them to stop RFE/RL from…
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