Heard It From Her - Radio Free Europe / Radio Libe

In this episode of ‘Heard It From Her’ we spoke with Pavla Holcova, the founder and director of the Czech Center for Investigative Journalism. Among the center’s major projects was a collaboration with RFE/RL contributors Khadija Ismayilova and Nushabe Fatullayeva looking into the financial dealings of Azerbaijan’s first family. She told us about how a stretch under house arrest in Cuba led to her start in investigative journalism, and about how she sleuths out official corruption and other dodgy deals some high profile figures would rather keep secret.

In this episode of Heard It From Her, we spoke with Iranian journalist Azadeh Tavakoli, who is making a documentary film about the treatment of Christians and other religious minorities in Iran.

Refugee women who have made the perilous journey to Europe are particularly susceptible to violence, and some are traveling alone with their children. RFE/RL Balkan Service Correspondent and former Jiri Dienstbier Journalism Fellow Jasmina Lazic visited a refugee camp in northern Macedonia in April to make a short video documentary about the women there.

Frustrated by taboos in their country around women expressing themselves online, some Afghan women have formed a private Facebook group that’s making waves.

Olexandra Melnikova (pseudonym), a Crimean Tatar journalist and contributor to RFE/RL Ukrainian Service’s Crimea.Realities project discusses what the past two years have been like for journalists and ethnic minorities in Crimea since the annexation by Russia in March 2014.

Olexandra Melnikova (pseudonym), a Crimean Tatar journalist and contributor to RFE/RL Ukrainian Service’s Crimea.Realities project discusses what the past two years have been like for journalists and ethnic minorities in Crimea since the annexation by Russia in March 2014.