COLLEGE PARK, Maryland – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty employs a corps of reporters numbering in the hundreds who chronicle war, corruption and government actions in 22 countries.
Created by the CIA during the Cold War, it has evolved into a standard bearer of independent journalism in Europe and Central Asia.
U.S. backing offers little protection for reporters on the frontlines. At least 22 of them were either killed, assaulted, imprisoned or temporarily detained in 2018 alone. Three died. Here are some of their stories.
*The locations and images of some of the journalists’ whereabouts where found thanks to DigitalGlobe, a Maxar company.
