'Voices From Afghanistan' Exhibit Profiled In 'The Washington Post'

"The Post's" Style section highlights the exhibit at the Library of Congress, which showcases some of the thousands of handwritten scrolls and letters sent in by listeners to RFE/RL's Radio Free Afghanistan. More

Communications / Journalists in Trouble

Azerbaijan Correspondent Threatened with Slander

Ilqar Nasibov, Correspondent, RFE/RL Azerbaijan Service, Nakhichevan, Jan 2008

December 28, 2009 Malahat Nasibova and Ilgar Nasibov, reporters for RFE/RL's Azerbaijan service, were summoned to the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MIA) in Nakhichevan, an exclave of Azerbaijan, on December 28 and told to sign a statement regarding an incident they reported on December 15. They were released two hours later. The Nasibovs had also been summoned to the Ministry on December 23 to discuss the case, and had been told that they would be accused of slander if they didn’t withdraw their complaint. More

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This page is about the threats and obstacles independent journalists face - our RFE/RL colleagues and other journalists in our broadcast region - to give and get the news. We focus on individual cases and broader developments that signify the high price of reporting in places where the media is unfree.