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Good morning.?In this week's Dispatch, we take a look at the guilty verdict and sentencing of award-winning RFA blogger Nguyen Vu Binh in Vietnam.?

RFA, PEN International, the Vietnamese Abroad PEN Centre (VNAPC), and PEN America issued the following statement condemning Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Vu Binh’s guilty verdict and sentencing to seven years in prison: https://lnkd.in/edKhPxEB

A new flashpoint has emerged in the South China Sea: The Sabina Shoal. To get The Dispatch delivered to your inbox every Friday, subscribe here: https://lnkd.in/eRz2aaMw

The North Korean embassy in Dakar was one of seven shuttered worldwide last year. Reporters from RFA's Korean Service were given a rare opportunity to visit the abandoned space. The Dispatch will return after Labor Day. Subscribe here to get it delivered straight to your inbox: https://lnkd.in/eRz2aaMw

Congratulations to RFA's Burmese service and its Investigative and Creative Teams, whose multimedia report “Under the Gun in Myanmar” was named a winner of a National Murrow Award by the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA). The winning report examines the horrific realities of life in Myanmar since the 2021 coup through data, personal stories and powerful imagery. Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/e2XZ-q9n

With the close of the Paris Olympics this month, this Dispatch looks at the biggest stories around Asia during the Games. Subscribe here to get RFA's weekly newsletter delivered straight to your inbox: https://lnkd.in/eRz2aaMw

In this week's?Dispatch, we focus on the historic transition in Bangladesh. Subscribe here to get RFA's weekly newsletter delivered straight to your inbox: https://lnkd.in/eRz2aaMw

In the latest edition of The Dispatch, RFA Lao Service speaks with several parents of trafficking victims for #WorldDayAgainstTraffickingInPersons. Plus, U.S. election rumors rev up in China...

Last Wednesday, July 24, RFA headquarters welcomed a delegation led by South Korean Deputy Minister for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs Kang Jong-suk. The delegation of North Korean escapees met with RFA journalists to discuss ongoing human rights issues in their former homeland. The delegation said that South Korea's Ministry of Unification lauded RFA Korean as a leading source of news on DPRK issues, despite the immense challenges they face in their reporting. Check out RFA Korean's full interview with the delegation >> https://lnkd.in/e62tSpDz ---- ?? Photo 1: (from left to right) RFA reporter Jamin Anderson, Kang Jong-suk, DPRK defector Kang Gyu-ri, and RFA reporter Min Jai Chin Photo 2: (from left to right) MOU Director for North Korean Human Rights Policy Planning Division Han Jong Wook, Kang Jong-suk, Kang Gyu-ri, and NKHRPP Deputy Director Chang Yae Ree

Today RFA celebrates the release of Alsu Kurmasheva, an American journalist with our sister network Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty who was unjustly detained in a Russian prison for more than nine months. She was released alongside several other prisoners, including The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. RFA stands with the countless, brave journalists worldwide who put their lives and their freedom at risk to report the truth.