CPJ supports legal efforts to protect RFE/RL, VOA after Trump executive order - Committee to Protect Journalists

How the Decline of US Diplomacy in Indonesia Creates an Opening for China

The decline of US public diplomacy efforts in Indonesia has created a vacuum that China may rapidly fill. The defunding of Voice of America (VOA) and the shutdown of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) programs mark a significant shift in the country’s engagement with the world’s largest Muslim-majority democracy. Without these longstanding pillars of American soft power, Indonesia is experiencing a growing reliance on…

Radio Free Europe says US switches off satellite transmitting Russia broadcast

The Trump administration decided in mid-March to freeze its funding, amid a drive to slash the size of the federal government. Read more at straitstimes.com.

As Trump silences Voice of America, Russia and China seize the opportunity to reshape Africa’s news ecosystem

The Global Times, a daily English-language tabloid and Chinese Communist party mouthpiece, published an editorial cheering on the decision, denouncing VOA as a “lie factory” that reports falsehoods on China. Around the world, VOA provided some of the most dogged reporting on countries with heavily restricted media including in Africa, which is home to some of the countries ranked lowest in the RSF’s press freedom ranking. With VOA being potentia…

Radio Free Europe Says US Cut Off Its Russian Broadcast

The head of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said on Thursday that the US government had switched off a satellite that transmitted its Russian-language programme into Russia.

CPJ supports legal efforts to protect RFE/RL, VOA after Trump executive order - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, April 2, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press (RCFP) filed three amicus briefs on Friday, March 28, responding to the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and freeze congressionally-appropriated funds to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) and Voice of America (VOA). The amicus briefs assert that allowing the Trump admin…

Radio Free Europe's headquarters in Prague put about 100 employees on unpaid leave. Although the Foreign Media Agency in the US last week canceled the decision to stop funding media organizations, the money has not yet been transferred. The office in Vilnius was also in uncertainty.