Over the last two decades, some of RFE/RL’s European language services have closed as local independent media took their place, but new services have also opened for countries still struggling to overcome autocratic institutions, violations of human rights, centralized economies, ethnic and religious hostilities, regional conflicts, and controlled media. In the Balkans, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, and throughout Central Asia and the Caucasus, RFE/RL provides uncensored news, responsible discussion, and open debate.
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Uzbekistan--Though prohibited from opperating in the country officially, RFE/RL's Uzbek Service has used social media to cultivate a network of citizen journalists who assist in reporting on the ground, including on forced labor in the annual cotton harvest.
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China -- RFE/RL Kyrgyz journalist Janyl Jusupjan interviews a trader near the Kyrgyz-China border. May 16, 2011.
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Armenia -- RFE/RL journalist at work in Yerevan, undated. RFE/RL journalists were among those beaten and detained while covering demonstrations in the capital in June 2015.
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Radio Mashaal correspondent Umar Daraz Wazir, conducting an interview in Bannu, Pakistan. October 2014