Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
(RFE/RL) is a United States Government funded Organization that broadcasts and
reports news, information, and analysis to countries in Eastern Europe, Central
Asia, Caucasus, and the Middle East where it says that "the free flow of
information is either banned by government authorities or not fully
developed".
Started in 1949, during the Cold
War, it aimed to promote non-Communist News and Stories into Communist
Countries.
Today, it promotes the United
States and the Western Ideals of Democracy into Countries that don’t have Democracy
(like Russian, Belarus, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Iran, etc.) or where
Democracy is so little understood (like Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan,
etc.)
RFE/RL broadcasts in 27 Languages
to 23 Countries. The Organization has been Headquartered in Prague, Czech
Republic, since 1995, and has 21 Local Bureaus with over 500 Core Staff and
1,300 Stringers and Freelancers in countries throughout their broadcast region.
In addition, it has 700 employees at its Headquarters and Corporate Office in
Washington, D.C.
Current Service is made in:
English, Albanian, Armenian, Azerbaijani, Bashkir, Bosnian, Belarusian,
Bulgarian, Chechen, Crimean Tatar, Dari, Georgian, Hungarian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz,
Macedonian, Montenegrin, Pashto, Persian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Tajik,
Tatar, Turkmen, Ukrainian and Uzbek.
Most of the Presenters are
Native-Born Speakers of the Languages and have had to flee their Territory for
various reasons (ie. Crackdowns on Democracy, Dictatorships, War, etc.)
40 Million People (including 11
Million Russians) regularly tune into RFE/RL via Social Media, Radio,
Television and the Internet – even though it is against the laws in many
countries, like Russia, Iran, etc. – to learn a different side of the news that
they are receiving from their State-Controlled Media.
Note: A Russian Citizen can be sent
to a Forced Labor Penal Colony for 15 years for listening to RFE/RL and an
Iranian Citizen can be put to death for listening.
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