#Trump is demanding to attach conditions to congressionally approved grants for #RadioFreeEurope / #RadioLiberty before releasing the money, despite a court order blocking it from terminating the funds. Acc/to court filings, Trump wants to be able to unilaterally pause funds for the federally funded broadcaster & shut down parts of its programming, among other moves that lawyers for #RFE say are forbidden by #Congress to ensure journalistic integrity.

#law #FreePress
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278524/gov.uscourts.dcd.278524.28.1.pdf

"PRAGA - Szef Radia Wolna Europa/Radia Liberty powiedział 3 kwietnia, że rząd USA wyłączył satelitę, który transmitował jego rosyjskojęzyczny program do Rosji.

Stacja z siedzibą w Pradze, założona przez Stany Zjednoczone podczas zimnej wojny w celu przeciwdziałania sowieckiej propagandzie, została zamrożona przez prezydenta USA Donalda Trumpa w związku z dążeniem do zmniejszenia wielkości rządu federalnego.

RFE/RL wygrała w sądzie tymczasowy zakaz zbliżania się, ale Amerykańska Agencja ds. Mediów Globalnych, amerykańska agencja rządowa, która nadzoruje jej działalność, nie odblokowała jeszcze finansowania.

"Przyszliśmy dziś do pracy i zobaczyliśmy, że usługi satelitarne, które docierają do Rosji, zostały wyłączone przez USAGM" - powiedział AFP dyrektor generalny RFE/RL Stephen Capus.

Decyzja ma wpływ na 24-godzinne rosyjskojęzyczne transmisje "Current Time" do Rosji, Ukrainy, Azji Środkowej, Europy Wschodniej i innych regionów."

Całość [EN]:
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/radio-free-europe-says-us-switches-off-satellite-transmitting-russia-broadcast

davon hat Putin geträumt, niemand mehr der seiner Propaganda etwas entgegen setzt
https://orf.at/stories/3389640/
#RFE/RL #Russland

https://youtu.be/lcMZIG16l_k
️What Trump and Elon Musk’s DOGE’s shutdown of Radio Free Europe means for free speech | Focus on Europe (DW - German News in English VIDEO) #Ukraine #Mastodon #BoycottTesla #BoycottMusk #BoycottX #Musk #ElonMusk #Tesla #RFE #RL #OSCE #PACE #Germany #France #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Japan #Press #Taiwan #Media #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #News #UnitedStates #EuropeanUnion #UnitedKingdom #russiaUkraineWar #11yrInvasionofUkraine #RussiaIsATerroristState

Judge Sides with VOA Journalists in Legal Challenge

https://swling.com/blog/2025/03/judge-sides-with-voa-journalists-in-legal-challenge/

Der neue Computer ist erst vollständig eingerichtet, wenn er den richtigen Aufkleber bekommen hat.
#ErtrusFälltNicht
#NiederMitDenArkoniden
#RFE
#AAABAA

Federal Judge Temporarily Preserves RFE/RL Funding

https://swling.com/blog/2025/03/federal-judge-temporarily-preserves-rfe-rl-funding/

Radio Free Europe was for decades symbol of fight against totalitarian regimes in Easter Europe and later also in other parts of the world.

(For brief time I worked for Radio Farda and helped with broadcasting free and balanced news to Iran. Good times.)

Since fascist US governement wants to end this organisation, it should be up to EU to take the lead and start with something like Radio Free America - to repay the debt of cold war.

#SiliconCurtain

Leyla Latypova - RL & RFE Closure Silences Indigenous Voices Struggling Against Russian Imperialism.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdMawwzGG08

Apart from destroying democracy #trump and #musk behave like #ISIS destroying historical statues (the archives).

#LeylaLatypova #Latypova #Tatarstan #Bashkortostan #Chechnya
#RL #RadioLiberty #RFE #RadioFreeEurope
#ruSSia #racist #fascist #kleptocrat #maffia #terror

https://youtu.be/5-eMPWj5IyI
️Radio Free Europe sues over U.S. Over Musk’s DOGE funding cuts | 60 Minutes (CBS News VIDEO) #Ukraine #Mastodon #RFE/RL #VoA #NukesForUkraine #SouthKorea #Press #News #Taiwan #Media #Japan #NukesOrNATO #USA #US #UK #EU #NATO #UnitedStates #UnitedKingdom
#EuropeanUnion #russiaUkraineWar
#11yrInvasionOfUkraine
#RussiaIsATerroristState

RingRing!!! Montag ist Medienmagazin-Podcast-Tag. Hier die frische Ausgabe. Diesmal sehr politisch und technisch. #RFE #RL #VoA #RadioFarda #DW #DAB+ #5GBroadcast

https://www.ardaudiothek.de/episode/medienmagazin/us-auslandssender-deutsche-welle-digitalradio-dab-5g-broadcast/radioeins/14338107/

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cm2d5gpnv6mo
#RFE #RL #VOA #USAGM

2+2=5: "America destroys one of its own symbols," by Stanislav Aseyev

"In violation of the law and the #Constitution, the #tRump administration purports to have closed Radio Free/Radio Liberty, a medium which is the source of much of what we known about #Russia and the post-communist world."

#radioliberty #rfe #orwell #censorship #ruleoflaw
https://snyder.substack.com/p/225

2+2=5
"America destroys one of its own symbols," by #StanislavAseyev
#TimothySnyder #Trump #RFE #RL

https://open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p/225?r=6jfho&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false

Really glad to hear that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is challenging the termination of its grant under the United States Agency for Global Media.

Also good news that Europe is voicing support for RFE/RL.

"Lipavsky's Polish counterpart, Radek Sikorski, also voiced support for RFE/RL, recalling how his father listened to the station as well as the Voice of America broadcaster during the Cold War.

"'It's how we learned the basic facts about our own countries because communist propaganda was so tightly controlled,' he told reporters. 'And these institutions continue to do similar work for autocracies today.'"

https://www.rferl.org/a/rfe-rl-prague-eu-trump-musk-lawsuit-usagm/33352384.html

"As I reflect on my final months at VOA from my apartment in northwest DC, I know that although I lost my job, other colleagues risk much more. Ten journalists from VOA, RFA, & RFE/RL remain jailed around the world—in Azerbaijan, Belarus, Myanmar, Russia, Russian-occupied Crimea, and Vietnam—all for doing their jobs."

The Last Days at #VoiceOfAmerica

by Liam Scott

"Covering the #PressFreedom beat at #VOA, I got a front-row seat to its demise."

#RFA #RFE/RL

https://www.cjr.org/first_person/last-days-voice-of-america-voa-trump-kari-lake.php

I’ve been listening to #REM’s debut single on repeat since this #DOGE-driven mishegas targeting #VOA and #RFE started going down. https://music.apple.com/us/album/radio-free-europe/723808868?i=723808902
https://journa.host/@w7voa/114185637336733399

USAGM Shutdowns: A Roundup of Reports and Reactions

https://swling.com/blog/2025/03/usagm-shutdowns-a-roundup-of-reports-and-reactions/