
Steve Capus
@stevecapus
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - President & CEO
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https://www.rferl.org/ 19-01-2014 19:06:27
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Farid Mehralizada, an economist and journalist for RFE/RL, marked one year in prison on May 30. He was arrested after making public statements criticizing the policies of the Azerbaijani government. RFE/RL President Steve Capus has repeatedly called for Mehralizada's release

A good meeting with Steve Capus and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty team in #Prague. For Lithuanians Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty was the voice of freedom and hope for many decades of occupation. Today Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty does the same vital work, bringing trustworthy news, journalists often facing risk and


Grateful for the visit of this distinguished delegation from Lithuania to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty … the Deputy Speaker, her colleagues from Parliament and Ambassador Rolandas Kačinskas … all friends of RFE/RL & supportive of our important mission & dedicated journalists.

In #Azerbaijan, Farid Mehralizada must be released, along with all human rights defenders, activists, journalists, and government critics who have been arbitrarily arrested or imprisoned under false, politically motivated charges. Read more here: humanrightscommission.house.gov/sites/evo-subs…

One year ago today, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Farid Mehralizada was wrongfully jailed in Azerbaijan. Learn and share his story. #FreeFarid #JournalismIsNotACrime


President Zelensky welcomed Richard Blumenthal and Lindsey Graham to Kyiv today. The senators are authors of a bipartisan bill that would hit Russia with new sanctions. Zelensky: “I am grateful for the initiative…which is already supported by 82 senators. We discussed this and

Azerbaijan is ruining a man’s life for no good reason. An economist (!) & Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist is unjustifiably imprisoned. It’s been a year now. This family must be reunited. Journalism is not a crime and the last time I checked, economists didn’t pose threats to anyone.


Thank you Senator Andy Kim

Thank you Steve Cohen


Proud of the first-hand journalism by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty in Georgia … unblinkingly covering all of the dramatic changes taking place,serving audiences with multi-media reporting on Radio Tavisupleba. Our reporting on Georgia at a dangerous crossroad is widely valued, respected & must continue





Today, a brilliant operation was carried out. The preparation took over a year and a half. What’s most interesting, is that the “office” of our operation on Russian territory was located directly next to FSB headquarters in one of their regions. In total, 117 drones were used in