Is Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty down or blocked? rferl.org status by country
Latest availability of rferl.org from about 90 countries: where it opens, where it is blocked and why.
Our latest check of rferl.org ran on 13 November 2026, 01:11 UTC from 81 countries. Its server answered normally from 82 of them; it did not answer from 1 (Russia).
A new check of rferl.org runs from about 90 countries at once and takes about a minute. The result below is the last saved one.
Check rferl.org nowWhere rferl.org has problems
| Country | Result | What we saw |
|---|---|---|
| Russia | Does not answer | The connection times out from this country |
| Iraq | Slow | The server answers, but the secure connection is slow |
| Côte d’Ivoire | Slow | The server answers, but the secure connection is slow |
Where the rferl.org server answers normally
Algeria, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Hong Kong SAR China, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Malaysia, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam.
No usable answer came from 10 more countries this time; they are not counted.
About Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is a US-funded broadcaster reporting in more than 20 languages for countries where free media are limited, including Russia, Belarus, Iran and Central Asia. rferl.org is its English website; each language service has its own site. RFE/RL is among the media most often blocked in the countries it covers, and it publishes mirrors and app versions for readers there. A check by country shows where rferl.org opens directly.
Where Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is blocked according to our data
Our records for rferl.org start on 5 November 2026, so blocking may have started earlier than the first date we saw it.
- Belarus: answered normally in the latest check, first seen in our data on 5 November 2026.
- Iran: answered normally in the latest check, first seen in our data on 5 November 2026.
Check other services
BBC, CNN, The New York Times, Deutsche Welle, The Guardian, Al Jazeera, Meduza, Threads. Any other website can be checked with the Global Availability Checker; country profiles are in website availability by country.
Frequently asked questions
Is Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty down right now?
Not for most of the world. In our latest check on 13 November 2026, 01:11 UTC rferl.org opened from 82 of 81 countries. If it does not open for you, the cause is more likely local: your provider, your network or a restriction in your country. Run a new check to see the current result for your country.
Why does Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty not open in my country?
When rferl.org works in other countries but not in yours, there are three usual reasons: a restriction ordered by authorities, filtering by your provider, or a network problem between your provider and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. A different security certificate, a reset connection or a wrong address from DNS are typical signs of filtering; a timeout can be either filtering or a network fault.
How is rferl.org checked?
From measurement points in about 90 countries we look up the address of rferl.org with the local DNS and open a secure connection to it, checking that the site returns its own certificate. We do not load the page content, and we do not publish which networks the measurements came from.
Last check: 13 November 2026, 01:11 UTC. This page is updated after each new check.