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'''Radio Free Asia''' ('''RFA''') is a [[News agency|news service]] that [[News broadcasting|broadcasts]] radio programs and publishes online news, information, and commentary for its audiences in [[Asia]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wong |first=Edward |date=March 3, 2016 |title=Tibetan Monk, 18, Dies After Self-Immolation to Protest Chinese Rule |work= | '''Radio Free Asia''' ('''RFA''') is a [[News agency|news service]] that [[News broadcasting|broadcasts]] radio programs and publishes online news, information, and commentary for its audiences in [[Asia]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wong |first=Edward |date=March 3, 2016 |title=Tibetan Monk, 18, Dies After Self-Immolation to Protest Chinese Rule |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/world/asia/china-tibet-self-immolations.html |access-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-date=June 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616141145/https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/04/world/asia/china-tibet-self-immolations.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> The service, which provides [[Editorial independence|editorially independent]] reporting,<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|last=Denyer|first=Simon|date=February 28, 2018|title=China detains relatives of U.S. reporters in apparent punishment for Xinjiang coverage|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/china-detains-relatives-of-us-reporters-in-apparent-punishment-for-xinjiang-coverage/2018/02/27/4e8d84ae-1b8c-11e8-8a2c-1a6665f59e95_story.html|quote=Their reporting for the U.S. government-funded news organization has offered one of the only independent sources of information about the crackdown in the province|access-date=April 15, 2021|archive-date=January 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230128005152/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/china-detains-relatives-of-us-reporters-in-apparent-punishment-for-xinjiang-coverage/2018/02/27/4e8d84ae-1b8c-11e8-8a2c-1a6665f59e95_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news|last=Ball|first=Molly|date=December 16, 2017|title=When the Presses Stop|work=[[The Atlantic]]|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/the-cambodia-daily-bernie-krisher/546563/|access-date=April 15, 2021|archive-date=February 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223163843/https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/01/the-cambodia-daily-bernie-krisher/546563/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news|last=Beitsch|first=Rebecca|date=April 6, 2021|title=In departure from Trump, State affirms editorial freedom of Voice of America|work=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|url=https://thehill.com/policy/international/546793-in-departure-from-trump-state-affirms-editorial-freedom-of-voice-of|quote=USAGM, which runs Radio Free Europe, Radio Free Asia, and other networks, is funded by the government but operates under an editorial "firewall" designed to block any interference in its coverage.|access-date=April 15, 2021|archive-date=July 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701170614/https://thehill.com/policy/international/546793-in-departure-from-trump-state-affirms-editorial-freedom-of-voice-of/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Radio Free Asia shuts Hong Kong bureau over new security law – DW – 03/29/2024 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/radio-free-asia-shuts-hong-kong-bureau-over-new-security-law/a-68701043 |quote=RFA is funded by the US Congress but with a mandate of editorial independence. |work=dw.com |date=29 March 2024 |language=en |access-date=July 22, 2024 |archive-date=July 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722155123/https://www.dw.com/en/radio-free-asia-shuts-hong-kong-bureau-over-new-security-law/a-68701043 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Yi |first1=Joseph |last2=Bahk |first2=Junbeom |title=Bounded Exit and Voice in North Korea |journal=International Migration |date=18 September 2022 |doi=10.1111/imig.13053 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/imig.13053 |language=en |issn=0020-7985}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ward |first1=Alex |title=Trump and Steve Bannon want to turn a US-funded global media network into Breitbart 2.0 |url=https://www.vox.com/2020/6/18/21295549/trump-bannon-pack-global-media-china-wednesday-massacre |work=Vox |date=18 June 2020 |access-date=July 22, 2024 |archive-date=July 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240722154038/https://www.vox.com/2020/6/18/21295549/trump-bannon-pack-global-media-china-wednesday-massacre |url-status=live }}</ref> has the stated mission of providing accurate and [[Freedom of information|uncensored reporting]] to countries in Asia that have poor [[media environment]]s and limited protections for [[freedom of speech|speech]] and [[press freedom]].<ref>{{Cite news|date=January 26, 2021|title=VOA, Radio Free Asia get editors back post-Trump but worry about damage|work=[[France 24]]|agency=AFP|url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210126-voa-radio-free-asia-get-editors-back-post-trump-but-worry-about-damage|access-date=April 20, 2021|archive-date=February 23, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223163841/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210126-voa-radio-free-asia-get-editors-back-post-trump-but-worry-about-damage|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="About">{{Cite web|title=Mission|url=https://www.rfa.org/about/info/mission.html|access-date=April 20, 2021|website=Radio Free Asia|archive-date=April 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419125234/https://www.rfa.org/about/info/mission.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Folkenflik|first=David|date=January 15, 2021|title=New Chief's Ties Shock Radio Free Asia, While Pompeo Visit To VOA Stirs Outcry|work=[[National Public Radio]]|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/01/15/956934808/new-chiefs-ties-shock-radio-free-asia-while-pompeo-visit-to-voa-stirs-outcry}}</ref> RFA is [[Federal government of the United States|American government]]-funded, operates as a [[Nonprofit organization|non-profit]] corporation, headquartered in Washington, D.C, with news bureaus and journalists in Asia, Europe, and Australia. | ||
Based on [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]], it was established by the US [[International Broadcasting Act|International Broadcasting Act of 1994]] with the stated aim of "promoting [[Democracy|democratic values]] and [[human rights]]", and countering the narratives and monopoly on information distribution of the [[Chinese Communist Party]], as well as providing media reports about the [[Government of North Korea|North Korean government]].<ref name="Welch2013">{{cite book|author=David Welch|title=Propaganda, Power and Persuasion: From World War I to Wikileaks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CpDPBAAAQBAJ|date=November 27, 2013|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-0-85773-737-3|chapter=ch. 7; Radio Free Asia And China's Harmonious Society (Gary D. Rawnsley)|access-date=January 3, 2019|archive-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819025305/https://books.google.com/books?id=CpDPBAAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>{{page needed|date= August 2023}} It is funded and supervised by the [[U.S. Agency for Global Media]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=RFA|url=https://www.usagm.gov/networks/rfa/|access-date=July 3, 2021|website=[[U.S. Agency for Global Media]]|archive-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729065901/https://www.bbg.gov/networks/rfa/|url-status=live}}</ref> (formerly Broadcasting Board of Governors), an [[independent agency of the United States government]]. | Based on [[Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty]], it was established by the US [[International Broadcasting Act|International Broadcasting Act of 1994]] with the stated aim of "promoting [[Democracy|democratic values]] and [[human rights]]", and countering the narratives and monopoly on information distribution of the [[Chinese Communist Party]], as well as providing media reports about the [[Government of North Korea|North Korean government]].<ref name="Welch2013">{{cite book|author=David Welch|title=Propaganda, Power and Persuasion: From World War I to Wikileaks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CpDPBAAAQBAJ|date=November 27, 2013|publisher=I.B.Tauris|isbn=978-0-85773-737-3|chapter=ch. 7; Radio Free Asia And China's Harmonious Society (Gary D. Rawnsley)|access-date=January 3, 2019|archive-date=August 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200819025305/https://books.google.com/books?id=CpDPBAAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref>{{page needed|date= August 2023}} It is funded and supervised by the [[U.S. Agency for Global Media]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=RFA|url=https://www.usagm.gov/networks/rfa/|access-date=July 3, 2021|website=[[U.S. Agency for Global Media]]|archive-date=July 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729065901/https://www.bbg.gov/networks/rfa/|url-status=live}}</ref> (formerly Broadcasting Board of Governors), an [[independent agency of the United States government]]. | ||
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==History== | ==History== | ||
After the [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre]], American interest in starting a government broadcasting organization grew.<ref name="Radio Free Asia">Susan B. Epstein: [http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/97-52_19971024.pdf CRS Report for Congress] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001620/http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/97-52_19971024.pdf |date=September 27, 2007 }} (PDF)</ref> A more concrete concept for such an organization aimed towards Asian countries was first presented by then-United States Senator from [[Delaware]], [[Joe Biden]], and later became a part of President [[Bill Clinton]]'s platform during his [[Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign|1992 presidential campaign]].<ref name="Volt">{{cite news |last1=Mann |first1=Jim |title= Republican Voltage Keeps Radio Free Asia Buzzing |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 1, 1997}}</ref> The [[International Broadcasting Act]] was passed by the [[Congress of the United States]] and signed by President Bill Clinton in 1994, officially establishing Radio Free Asia.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 1, 1994 |title=Radio Free Asia, Taiwan Sales Approved |work= | After the [[1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre]], American interest in starting a government broadcasting organization grew.<ref name="Radio Free Asia">Susan B. Epstein: [http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/97-52_19971024.pdf CRS Report for Congress] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001620/http://opencrs.cdt.org/rpts/97-52_19971024.pdf |date=September 27, 2007 }} (PDF)</ref> A more concrete concept for such an organization aimed towards Asian countries was first presented by then-United States Senator from [[Delaware]], [[Joe Biden]], and later became a part of President [[Bill Clinton]]'s platform during his [[Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign|1992 presidential campaign]].<ref name="Volt">{{cite news |last1=Mann |first1=Jim |title= Republican Voltage Keeps Radio Free Asia Buzzing |work=Los Angeles Times |date=October 1, 1997}}</ref> The [[International Broadcasting Act]] was passed by the [[Congress of the United States]] and signed by President Bill Clinton in 1994, officially establishing Radio Free Asia.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 1, 1994 |title=Radio Free Asia, Taiwan Sales Approved |work=The New York Times |agency=[[Associated Press]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/01/world/radio-free-asia-taiwan-sales-approved.html |access-date=July 3, 2021 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709231628/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/05/01/world/radio-free-asia-taiwan-sales-approved.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
Radio Free Asia was incorporated in March 1996, and began broadcasting in September 1996. Although RFA directors preferred to broadcast under the name "the Asia-Pacific Network", [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] representatives including [[Chris Smith (New Jersey politician)|Chris Smith]] and [[Jesse Helms]] insisted on returning the name to Radio Free Asia before broadcasting began, to which president Richard Richter complied. Radio Free Asia was forced to change the name in part due to financial pressures from the US government, for although they operated with an independent board, their initial $10 million dollar annual budget came from the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Treasury]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mann|first1=Jim|date=September 30, 1996|title=After 5 Years of Political Wrangling, Radio Free Asia Becomes a Reality|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-09-30-mn-49050-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=July 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819013809/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-09-30/news/mn-49050_1_radio-free-asia|archive-date=August 19, 2016}}</ref> | Radio Free Asia was incorporated in March 1996, and began broadcasting in September 1996. Although RFA directors preferred to broadcast under the name "the Asia-Pacific Network", [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] representatives including [[Chris Smith (New Jersey politician)|Chris Smith]] and [[Jesse Helms]] insisted on returning the name to Radio Free Asia before broadcasting began, to which president Richard Richter complied. Radio Free Asia was forced to change the name in part due to financial pressures from the US government, for although they operated with an independent board, their initial $10 million dollar annual budget came from the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Treasury]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Mann|first1=Jim|date=September 30, 1996|title=After 5 Years of Political Wrangling, Radio Free Asia Becomes a Reality|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-09-30-mn-49050-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=July 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819013809/http://articles.latimes.com/1996-09-30/news/mn-49050_1_radio-free-asia|archive-date=August 19, 2016}}</ref> | ||
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===Arrests of Uyghur journalists' relatives=== | ===Arrests of Uyghur journalists' relatives=== | ||
[[File:RFA_Uighur_journalists_2018.jpg|thumb|RFA's six Uyghur journalists (2018)]] | [[File:RFA_Uighur_journalists_2018.jpg|thumb|RFA's six Uyghur journalists (2018)]] | ||
In 2014–2015 China arrested three brothers of RFA Uyghur Service journalist [[Shohret Hoshur]]. Their jailing was widely described by Western publishers as Chinese authorities' efforts to target Hoshur for his reports on otherwise unreported violent events of the [[Xinjiang conflict]].<ref name=Forsythe>{{cite news|last1=Forsythe|first1=Michael|title=A Voice From China's Uighur Homeland, Reporting From the U.S.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/01/world/asia/a-voice-from-chinas-uighur-homeland-reporting-from-the-united-states.html|access-date=August 2, 2015|work= | In 2014–2015 China arrested three brothers of RFA Uyghur Service journalist [[Shohret Hoshur]]. Their jailing was widely described by Western publishers as Chinese authorities' efforts to target Hoshur for his reports on otherwise unreported violent events of the [[Xinjiang conflict]].<ref name=Forsythe>{{cite news|last1=Forsythe|first1=Michael|title=A Voice From China's Uighur Homeland, Reporting From the U.S.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/01/world/asia/a-voice-from-chinas-uighur-homeland-reporting-from-the-united-states.html|access-date=August 2, 2015|work=The New York Times|date=July 31, 2015|archive-date=December 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201045707/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/01/world/asia/a-voice-from-chinas-uighur-homeland-reporting-from-the-united-states.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Casey>{{cite news|last1=Casey|first1=Michael|title=China's War Against One American Journalist|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2015/07/shohret_hoshur_s_brothers_are_being_disappeared_by_the_chinese_government.html|access-date=August 2, 2015|work=Slate|date=July 9, 2015|archive-date=July 25, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725021132/http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2015/07/shohret_hoshur_s_brothers_are_being_disappeared_by_the_chinese_government.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=Denyur>{{cite news|last1=Denyur|first1=Simon|title=China uses long-range intimidation of U.S. reporter to suppress Xinjiang coverage|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/china-uses-long-range-intimidation-of-us-reporter-to-suppress-xinjiang-coverage/2015/01/08/1098c8ab-6a12-449d-87f4-8654e2f4c5ab_story.html|access-date=August 2, 2015|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=January 8, 2015|archive-date=August 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822122403/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/china-uses-long-range-intimidation-of-us-reporter-to-suppress-xinjiang-coverage/2015/01/08/1098c8ab-6a12-449d-87f4-8654e2f4c5ab_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=EditorialBoard>{{cite news|last1=Editorial Board|title=China exports repression beyond its borders|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/tyranny-beyond-borders/2015/06/09/39cb0344-0e96-11e5-adec-e82f8395c032_story.html|access-date=August 2, 2015|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=June 9, 2015|archive-date=August 19, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150819141813/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/tyranny-beyond-borders/2015/06/09/39cb0344-0e96-11e5-adec-e82f8395c032_story.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Much larger numbers of relatives of RFA's Uyghur-language staff have since been detained, including the family of [[Gulchehra Hoja]].<ref name="veconomist" >{{cite news|title=To suppress news of Xinjiang's gulag, China threatens Uighurs abroad|url=https://www.economist.com/china/2019/10/23/to-suppress-news-of-xinjiangs-gulag-china-threatens-uighurs-abroad|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=October 23, 2019|access-date=October 24, 2019|archive-date=October 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024050156/https://www.economist.com/china/2019/10/23/to-suppress-news-of-xinjiangs-gulag-china-threatens-uighurs-abroad|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
RFA is the only station outside China that broadcasts in the [[Uyghur language]].<ref name="veconomist" /> It has been recognized by journalists of ''[[The Atlantic]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''The New York Times'', and ''The Economist'' for playing a role in exposing [[Xinjiang internment camps]].<ref name="veconomist1" >{{cite news|title=Knowledge of China's gulag owes much to American-backed radio|url=https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/10/26/knowledge-of-chinas-gulag-owes-much-to-american-backed-radio|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=October 26, 2019|access-date=October 25, 2019|archive-date=October 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025024001/https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/10/26/knowledge-of-chinas-gulag-owes-much-to-american-backed-radio|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/03/china-every-day-is-kristallnacht/|title=In China, every day is Kristallnacht|last=Hiatt|first=Fred|date=November 3, 2019|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=November 4, 2019|archive-date=September 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907202447/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/03/china-every-day-is-kristallnacht/?arc404=true|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=What It's Like to Report on Rights Abuses Against Your Own Family |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/03/radio-free-asia-uighur-service/583687/ |access-date=December 18, 2019 |work=The Atlantic |date=March 1, 2019 |archive-date=December 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211030819/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/03/radio-free-asia-uighur-service/583687/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In particular, ''The New York Times'' regards certain RFA articles as part of the few reliable sources of information about Xinjiang.<ref name=Forsythe/>{{Update inline|date=June 2023}} | RFA is the only station outside China that broadcasts in the [[Uyghur language]].<ref name="veconomist" /> It has been recognized by journalists of ''[[The Atlantic]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', ''The New York Times'', and ''The Economist'' for playing a role in exposing [[Xinjiang internment camps]].<ref name="veconomist1" >{{cite news|title=Knowledge of China's gulag owes much to American-backed radio|url=https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/10/26/knowledge-of-chinas-gulag-owes-much-to-american-backed-radio|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date=October 26, 2019|access-date=October 25, 2019|archive-date=October 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191025024001/https://www.economist.com/leaders/2019/10/26/knowledge-of-chinas-gulag-owes-much-to-american-backed-radio|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/03/china-every-day-is-kristallnacht/|title=In China, every day is Kristallnacht|last=Hiatt|first=Fred|date=November 3, 2019|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|access-date=November 4, 2019|archive-date=September 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200907202447/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/03/china-every-day-is-kristallnacht/?arc404=true|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=What It's Like to Report on Rights Abuses Against Your Own Family |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/03/radio-free-asia-uighur-service/583687/ |access-date=December 18, 2019 |work=The Atlantic |date=March 1, 2019 |archive-date=December 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191211030819/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/03/radio-free-asia-uighur-service/583687/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In particular, ''The New York Times'' regards certain RFA articles as part of the few reliable sources of information about Xinjiang.<ref name=Forsythe/>{{Update inline|date=June 2023}} | ||
==== Xinjiang internment camps ==== | ==== Xinjiang internment camps ==== | ||
In 2018, after RFA journalist Hoja published an interview with an individual who had been detained in the [[Xinjiang internment camps]], Chinese authorities detained approximately two dozen of Hoja's relatives.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Greenberg|first=Ilan|date=June 23, 2021|title=How China threatens prominent Uyghurs — in the US, in China and everywhere|work=[[Coda Story]]|url=https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/uyghur-journalist-retaliation/|access-date=June 24, 2021|archive-date=June 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601020101/https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/uyghur-journalist-retaliation/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=NatRev>{{Cite news|last=Nordlinger|first=Jay|date=May 4, 2021|title=A Uyghur Daughter, and Journalist|work=[[National Review]]|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/a-uyghur-daughter-and-journalist/|access-date=June 24, 2021|archive-date=September 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907130204/https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/a-uyghur-daughter-and-journalist/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Hoja|first=Gulchehra|date=December 5, 2019|title=Uighur journalist Gulchehra Hoja on exposing China's detention camps|work=[[FT Magazine]]|url=https://www.ft.com/content/7ed40e3c-1624-11ea-9ee4-11f260415385|author-link=Gulchehra Hoja|access-date=June 24, 2021|archive-date=December 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208111129/https://www.ft.com/content/7ed40e3c-1624-11ea-9ee4-11f260415385|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that year, Chinese authorities [[Forced disappearance|forcibly disappeared]] two brothers and five cousins of an editor for RFA's Uyghur language service.<ref name="AtlanticMcCormick">{{cite news |last1=McCormick |first1=Andrew |title=What It's Like to Report on Rights Abuses Against Your Own Family |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/03/radio-free-asia-uighur-service/583687/ |access-date=June 12, 2021 |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date=March 1, 2019 |archive-date=September 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912132744/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/03/radio-free-asia-uighur-service/583687/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nytAustin">{{cite news |last1=Ramzy |first1=Austin |title=After U.S.-Based Reporters Exposed Abuses, China Seized Their Relatives |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/world/asia/china-xinjiang-rfa.html |access-date=June 12, 2021 |work= | In 2018, after RFA journalist Hoja published an interview with an individual who had been detained in the [[Xinjiang internment camps]], Chinese authorities detained approximately two dozen of Hoja's relatives.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Greenberg|first=Ilan|date=June 23, 2021|title=How China threatens prominent Uyghurs — in the US, in China and everywhere|work=[[Coda Story]]|url=https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/uyghur-journalist-retaliation/|access-date=June 24, 2021|archive-date=June 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601020101/https://www.codastory.com/disinformation/uyghur-journalist-retaliation/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=NatRev>{{Cite news|last=Nordlinger|first=Jay|date=May 4, 2021|title=A Uyghur Daughter, and Journalist|work=[[National Review]]|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/a-uyghur-daughter-and-journalist/|access-date=June 24, 2021|archive-date=September 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907130204/https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/05/a-uyghur-daughter-and-journalist/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Hoja|first=Gulchehra|date=December 5, 2019|title=Uighur journalist Gulchehra Hoja on exposing China's detention camps|work=[[FT Magazine]]|url=https://www.ft.com/content/7ed40e3c-1624-11ea-9ee4-11f260415385|author-link=Gulchehra Hoja|access-date=June 24, 2021|archive-date=December 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208111129/https://www.ft.com/content/7ed40e3c-1624-11ea-9ee4-11f260415385|url-status=live}}</ref> Later that year, Chinese authorities [[Forced disappearance|forcibly disappeared]] two brothers and five cousins of an editor for RFA's Uyghur language service.<ref name="AtlanticMcCormick">{{cite news |last1=McCormick |first1=Andrew |title=What It's Like to Report on Rights Abuses Against Your Own Family |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/03/radio-free-asia-uighur-service/583687/ |access-date=June 12, 2021 |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date=March 1, 2019 |archive-date=September 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200912132744/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2019/03/radio-free-asia-uighur-service/583687/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="nytAustin">{{cite news |last1=Ramzy |first1=Austin |title=After U.S.-Based Reporters Exposed Abuses, China Seized Their Relatives |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/world/asia/china-xinjiang-rfa.html |access-date=June 12, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=March 1, 2018 |archive-date=June 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629183956/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/world/asia/china-xinjiang-rfa.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Lipes |first1=Joshua |last2=Hoshur |first2=Shohret |title=Brothers of RFA Journalist Confirmed Detained by Xinjiang Authorities |url=https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/brothers-03032021193155.html |access-date=June 12, 2021 |work=Radio Free Asia |date=March 3, 2021 |archive-date=March 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304024111/https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/brothers-03032021193155.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
''[[National Review]]'' has reported that as of 2021, eight of Radio Free Asia's fifteen staff of Uyghur ethnicity have family members who are detained in the Xinjiang internment camps.<ref name=NatRev /> | ''[[National Review]]'' has reported that as of 2021, eight of Radio Free Asia's fifteen staff of Uyghur ethnicity have family members who are detained in the Xinjiang internment camps.<ref name=NatRev /> | ||