RFE/RL President Korn in Moscow Times – a desperate plea of American manager disconnected from reality
BBG Watch Commentary In a desperate effort to salvage his reputation and that of his choice for the…
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Just How Bad It Is, And How Much Worse It Will Be, Part One
Broadcasting Board of Governors – Just How Bad It Is, And How Much Worse It Will Be, Part…
Heritage Foundation scholar calls for return to work of fired Radio Liberty journalists
Dr. Helle C. Dale, the Heritage Foundations Senior Fellow in Public Diplomacy studies, has called on the Broadcasting…
CUSIB Applauds Former BBG Member Blanquita Cullum's Statement on Radio Liberty Crisis
Reposted from CUSIB website FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 12, 2012 CUSIB Applauds Former BBG Member Blanquita Cullum’s Statement on Radio…
BBG's Victor Ashe disassociates himself from (now removed) statement of support for RFE/RL President Korn
UPDATE: After the protest from Governor Victor Ashe, the statement of “Governors’ support for Steve Korn’s leadership” has…
Broadcasting Board of Governors ignores appeals from Russia, does not intervene to return fired Radio Liberty journalists to work
At the ongoing meeting in Washington, the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) has not moved to return to…
Radio Liberty listeners appeal to President Obama to bring back fired Radio Liberty journalists, restore radio programs
We demand that a compromise with Russian authorities be found so that Radio Svoboda continues medium-wave broadcasting. We…
Fired Radio Liberty journalists plan to file class action lawsuit
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that some of the fired Radio Liberty journalists are planning to…
CUSIB Joins the Rally Cry for Radio Liberty Supporters
Reposted from CUSIB website. October 10, 2012 For Immediate Release CUSIB Joins the Rally Cry for Radio Liberty…
Euronews Video on Moscow protest over Radio Liberty staff cuts
See Euronews Video: Moscow protest over Radio Liberty staff cuts Euronews didn’t get it quite right. The decision…
Supporters of Radio Liberty broadcasts and website plan a protest at U.S. Embassy in Moscow
BBG Watch has learned that a group of young Radio Liberty listeners and users of its website is…
Czech Helsinki Committee protests Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty management practices, Russian opposition is drafting another protest
A premier human rights organization in the Czech Republic, The Czech Helsinki Committee (CHC) has published another protest…
Dismissed Radio Liberty Moscow Journalists Sent Their Appeal to U.S. Administration, Congress, and Mitt Romney
BBG Watch Commentary BBG Watch has learned that a committee of 35 journalists and other staffers out of…
Director and staff of Russia's independent social research institute Levada Center protest firings of journalists at Radio Liberty
A letter to the Broadcasting Board of Governors sent by Lev Gudkov, renown Russian sociologist and director the…
Renown Russian-American scholar Vladimir Shlapentokh protests mass firing of Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch Commentary Renown Russian-American sociologist and Michigan State University professor Vladimir Shlapentokh, who launched objective social polling…
Renowned Russian-American scholar Vladimir Shlapentokh protests mass firing of Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch Commentary Renowned Russian-American sociologist and Michigan State University professor Vladimir Shlapentokh, who launched objective social polling…
'Special operation' at Radio Liberty Moscow – Part Two
“I remember guards at our beloved RFE/RL Moscow editorial office and frozen eyes of bureaucrats saying ‘Thank you,…
'Special operation' at Radio Liberty in Moscow
BBG Watch Commentary It is being described as the Korn-Ragona special operation. Some were called at home early…
'Special operation' at Radio Liberty in Moscow, Part One
BBG Watch Commentary Also read: ‘Special operation’ at Radio Liberty Moscow, Part Two It is being described as…
Fired Radio Liberty Moscow employees included famous journalists and digital media experts
BBG Watch Commentary The new director of the Radio Liberty Russian Service, Russian American journalist, writer and gay…
Breaking News – Gorbachev, other Russian opposition leaders defend fired Radio Liberty journalists, criticize U.S. management and Obama administration
BBG Watch Commentary Former Soviet President and author of glasnost and perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev, was surprised by the…
Is Mr. Korn just getting started after killing Radio Liberty Moscow?
This commentary was written by an anonymous Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist who broadcasts into Central Asia and…
CUSIB condemns firings of journalists at Radio Liberty, welcomes Ethan Gutmann to Advisory Board
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – www.cusib.org) has condemned the recent mass firing of Radio Liberty…
Human rights leaders in Russia condemn mass firing of Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch Commentary Reports in Russian media say that a letter of protest sent to the Secretary of…
Working under BBG management is no Labor Day picnic for employees – The Czech Helsinki Committee condemns human rights violations at Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary How can the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) proclaim with a straight face that…
CUSIB's Tala Dowlatshahi featured in The Iranian Women in American Journalism Project (IWAJ)
Republished from CUSIB website. The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – www.cusib.org) board member Tala Dowlatshahi was…
Anonymous Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty journalist decries human rights violations at the U.S.-funded broadcaster
Alsou Taheri is the pseudonym of a journalist working at Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) in Prague,…
CUSIB's Ted Lipien asks BBG to respect rights of independent journalist Matthew Russell Lee
BBG Watch Commentary The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) co-founder and former Voice of America (VOA) acting…
Free media reporter Matthew Lee encounters Voice of America's hot-tempered former CNN corporate executive Steve Redisch
BBG Watch Commentary You would think that Voice of America (VOA) would embrace maverick free media reporters like…
CUSIB's Reggie Littlejohn joined Annette Lantos to honor victims of communism
Reposted from the CUSIB website. The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB – www.cusib.org) Advisory Board member, president…
CUSIB Congratulates Two Board Members Who Have Been Honored with the Visual Artists Guild Spirit of Tiananmen Awards
CUSIB Board Members, Jing Zhang and Jianglin Li at the Visual Artists Guild New York Chapter Tiananmen Square…
BBG's Ashe meets women fighting discrimination at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
The Czech Helsinki Committee described their treatment by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) as “immoral.” The Croatian Times…
Czech Helsinki Committee decries immoral treatment of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty employees
On the eve of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) meeting in Prague, the Czech Helsinki Committee (CHC)…
Outstanding reporting on Chen Guangcheng's story by RFA and VOA is unnoticed by Broadcasting Board of Governors
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) executives and public relations specialists should be letting everyone know about outstanding…
Chen Guangcheng says he listens to Voice of America radio which IBB executives claim almost no one can hear in China
BBG Watch Commentary “[B]lind activist Chen Guangcheng … the youngest of five brothers, began grade school at age…
Voice of America radio to China – the sounds of news silence from Broadcasting Board of Governors
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), the federal agency in charge of US international broadcasting, has eliminated two…
Human rights activist and VOA supporter publishes article on China's war on baby girls
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Advisory Board member Jing Zhang published an article in National Review…
Supporter of U.S. broadcasting to China Reggie Littlejohn testifying in Congress on Chen Guangcheng
Supporter of Voice of America broadcasts to China Reggie Littlejohn is testifying at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China…
Bipartisan effort by Victor Ashe and North Carolina congressmen to save BBG transmitting station is part of larger fight for public oversight of U.S. international broadcasting
BBG Watch Commentary The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a federal agency which oversees U.S. government-funded international broadcasting…
CUSIB's Reggie Littlejohn reported on Chen Guangcheng's escape from house arrest
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) Advisory Board member Reggie Littlejohn reported that blind Chinese human rights…
At Broadcasting Board of Governors, public diplomacy starts at how its executives treat their most vulnerable foreign employees
How an employer treats his employees determines how loyal they are, how well they perform and how an…
Passive aggressive BBG staff?
BBG Watch Commentary Is it only us, or was Lynne Weil engaging in a bit of passive aggressive…
Radio Free Asia Honored at Hong Kong Human Rights Press Awards
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 23, 2012 Contact: Rohit Mahajan 202 530 4976 mahajanr@rfa.org Radio Free Asia Honored at Hong…
BBG Governor Victor Ashe pays tribute to Annette Lantos and her late husband
At the meeting of the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) in Miami on April 20, the federal agency…
CUSIB – Broadcasting Board of Governors Should Stay True to Their Mandate Not Only in China and Tibet
This press release was issued by the independent Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April…
PRNewswire – CUSIB Applauds Plea From Human Rights Campaigner Annette Lantos to Save Voice of America Broadcasts to China, Tibet and Russia
The Committee for U.S. International Broadcasting (CUSIB) joins Annette Lantos in her powerful plea to preserve Voice of…
Annette Lantos pleads with Broadcasting Board of Governors to save Voice of America broadcasts
Annette Lantos, the wife of the late Congressman Tom Lantos, has joined efforts to oppose the Broadcasting Board…
Director Bruce Sherman on Broadcasting Board of Governors' killing of Voice of America brand-name
BBG Watch Commentary Why is the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) trying to silence Voice of America (VOA)…
Broadcasting Board of Governors ignores Congress
A guest commentary by Edite Lynch “Purging” as it is being applied to what is happening to the…
Tibetans protest at BBG's Michael Lynton's LA Sony office against silencing of Voice of America radio in Tibet
A group of Tibetans and human rights community supporters protested Friday in Los Angeles at the Sony Pictures…