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Radio Free Asia Condemns Arrest of Vietnamese Blogger

by Rohit Mahajan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 23, 2020 Contact : Rohit Mahajan | 202.530.4976 | [ mailto:mahajanr@rfa.org | mahajanr(a)rfa.org ] Radio Free Asia Condemns Arrest of Vietnamese Blogger WASHINGTON -- Radio Free Asia (RFA) today condemned the [ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/blogger-arrest-05232020112257.html | arrest ] of Nguyen Tuong Thuy, a Vietnamese blogger who has contributed commentary to RFA’s Vietnamese Service for six years. Police reportedly accused Nguyen of “making, storing, and disseminating documents and materials for anti-state purposes.” Last March, RFA contributing blogger Truong Duy Nhat was sentenced to 10 years in prison, while Nguyen Van Hoa, an RFA videographer continues to serve a seven-year jail term. RFA President Bay Fang issued the following statement: “Radio Free Asia condemns the arrest of Nguyen Tuong Thuy, whom we learned was detained today by authorities in Hanoi. This alarming development, while intended to silence free speech, reinforces the need for independent journalism in Vietnam. We urge authorities to grant his immediate and unconditional release.” # # # Rohit Mahajan Vice President of Communications and External Relations Radio Free Asia

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Radio Free Asia Uyghur Reporter Wins ‘Courage in Journalism’ Award

by Rohit Mahajan

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : May 20, 2020 Contact : Rohit Mahajan | 202.530.4976 | mahajanr(a)rfa.org Radio Free Asia Uyghur Reporter Wins ‘Courage in Journalism’ Award WASHINGTON - [ https://www.rfa.org/ | Radio Free Asia ] (RFA) Uyghur journalist Gulchehra Hoja today was announced as a winner of the [ https://www.iwmf.org/ | International Women’s Media Foundation’s ] Courage in Journalism Award for her coverage of the [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7P2rlLPxro | ongoing human rights abuses ] occurring in China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR). The award, which this year marks the 30th anniversary of its inception, “honors the brave journalists who report on taboo topics, work in environments hostile to women, and share difficult truths. ” “The outstanding journalism of Gulchehra and Radio Free Asia’s Uyghur Service first alerted the world to the human rights crisis in China’s Uyghur Region and continues to remain on the forefront of this evolving story,” said RFA President Bay Fang. “She and her colleagues perpetually face down intimidation and challenges to bring this critical coverage to RFA’s audiences, as well as to the world. This recognition is well deserved.” Hoja said, “I am honored to receive this award, and I hope that this recognition will encourage others in their pursuit of justice and truth.” [ https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/14/asia/uyghur-china-xinjiang-interview-intl/in… | Hoja ] and her colleagues in the Uyghur Service have been at the [ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/training-camps-09112017154343.html | forefront ] of coverage of the internment of, by credible estimates, more than 1 million Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities in the XUAR. Members of the service have received widespread [ https://www.economist.com/china/2019/10/24/to-suppress-news-of-xinjiangs-gu… | recognition ] for their contributions to reporting on the crisis. Hoja herself has reported on the [ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/crematoriums-06262018151126.html?se… | construction of crematoria ] near the internment camps in the XUAR, the [ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/abuse-10302019142433.html?searchter… | sterilization and sexual abuse ] of female detainees, and the [ https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/children-11082018162416.html | situation facing “orphaned” children ] whose parents have been detained. Hoja, along with at least five [ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/03/radio-free-asia-u… | other members of RFA’s Uyghur Service ] , have had family members in China detained or jailed in retaliation for their work at RFA. Three other journalists were also named winners of this year’s Courage in Journalism Award: Jessikka Aro of Finnish broadcaster [ https://yle.fi/aihe/yleisradio | Yle ] ; imprisoned Egyptian multimedia journalist Solafa Magdy; and Yakeen Bido, a freelance broadcast journalist in Syria. # # # Radio Free Asia is a private, nonprofit corporation broadcasting and publishing online news, information, and commentary in nine East Asian languages to listeners who do not have access to full and free news media. RFA’s broadcasts seek to promote the rights of freedom of opinion and expression, including the freedom to “seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.” RFA is funded by an annual grant from the United States Agency for Global Media. Rohit Mahajan Vice President of Communications and External Relations Radio Free Asia

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