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Radio Liberty, which began broadcasts to the Soviet Union on 1 March 1953 under the name Radio Liberation, continues to promote mutual understanding among peoples while adapting to changing times. Our mission is to strengthen civil societies by promoting democratic values and exposing ethnic and religious intolerance.
On the occasion of its 50th anniversary, RFE/RL would like to commend its broadcasters and analysts for their thoughtful and forward-looking approach to achieving this mission. Our "On Liberty" conference discussed the many facets of freedom, such as human rights, sovereignty, education, religion, urbanism, and access to the Internet, and examined the meaning of liberty in each country to which Radio Liberty broadcasts -- all former Soviet republics except the Baltic republics.
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On Liberty
9:00-9:45ON LIBERTY -- CONFERENCE OPENINGROBERT MARK LEDBETTER, Governor, Broadcasting Board of Governors 
THOMAS A. DINE, President, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
VIKTOR YUSHCHENKO, Ukrainian Rada M.P
10:00-11:15
HUMAN RIGHTS TODAY -- LIBERTY IN THE MAKING
LYUDMILA ALEKSEEVA, President, International Federation for Human Rights
LEVAN BERDZENISHVILI, Director, National Parliamentary Library of Georgia
MUSTAFA CEMILEV, Ukrainian Rada M.P.
NAZ NAZAR, Director, RFE/RL Turkmen Service
Chair: MICHELE DUBACH, Director, RFE/RL Broadcasting Division
11:30-12:55LIBERTY AND SOVEREIGNTY -- LIBERTY IN THE FUTURE
RUSLAN KHASBULATOV, Director, Department of International Economy, Russian Economic Academy
STANISLAU SHUSHKIEVICH, Leader, Belarus Social Democratic Hramada party
RIMZIL VALEEV, Chairman, Russian-Tatar national-cultural autonomy
Chair: DONALD JENSEN, Director, RFE/RL Communications Division
13:45-14:00
GUEST SPEAKERCYRIL SVOBODA, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs
14:00-15:15
RELIGION AND EDUCATION – LIBERTY AND IDENTITY
RIM GUILFANOV, RFE/RL Tatar-Bashkir service
ARTIOM SOLOVEYCHIK, Editor in Chief, 1st September publishing house
YEVHEN SVERSTYUK, literary critic and publicist, founder of Ukrainian national movement
Chair: ABBAS DJAVADI, Director, RFE/RL Tajik Service
15:30-16:30CIVIL SOCIETY DEVELOPMENT - LIVING LIBERTY
ARMEN AMIRIAN, Executive Director, Armenian Public Radio
MERKHAT SHARIPZHANOV, Director, RFE/RL Kazakh service
YELENA TRUBINA, Professor of philosophy and humanities, Urals State University _A Speech by Yelena Trubina
DAVID USUPASHVILI, Senior Legal and Policy Advisor, IRIS Georgia
Chair: VIRGINIE COULLOUDON, Director, RFE/RL Regional Analysis
16:35-18:00 MEDIA AND THE INTERNET – BREAKING THE BOUNDARIES
ANDREY DERIABIN, Director, Developmental Policies (DEPO)
EYNULLA FATULLAEV, Editor, "Monitor" magazine
ZAMIRA SYDYKOVA, Editor, "Res Publica," Kyrgyzstan's opposition weekly
SHAUKAT VALITOV, Uzbekistan's Country Coordinator, Global Internet Policy Initiatives
Chair: HRAIR TAMRAZIAN, Director, RFE/RL Armenian service
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It was originally called Radio Liberation, but that was a misnomer. The word "liberation" -- a martial term appropriate to the early Cold War -- implied the freeing of a people from enemy occupation.
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Radio Liberty -- the portion of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty that began broadcasts to the Soviet Union -- has a long and rich history, one that reflects the challenges of the times and the ways in which the company has met them... more
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The Hoover Institution has created this virtual exhibit as a guide to the history of Radio Liberty. It contains photographs, documents, sample broadcasts, and general information detailing the station's fifty years on the air.
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