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🧵WASHINGTON, February 28 – National Press Club President Mike Balsamo has released the following statement after Vietnamese journalist Truong Huy San was sentenced to 30 months in prison⬇️

News: Journalists at Voice of America were just informed that they’ve been put on administrative leave. Two people there told me this went to all fulltime employees. “From what we can tell, VOA is effectively shut down from this moment.”

For decades, Voice of America has provided fact-based journalism to millions. Now, after its parent agency was gutted, its journalists are being sidelined en masse. This raises urgent questions about the future of press freedom. Full National Press Club statement:

RFE/RL was notified today that its grant has been cancelled by the US govt. "The cancellation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s grant agreement would be a massive gift to America’s enemies," Steve Capus says. about.rferl.org/article/rfe-rl…

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Russia has freed a Russian American convicted of treason in exchange for a Russian-German man jailed on smuggling charges in the U.S. Source: AP News Shared via the Google app search.app/xmDCrpb8GB725N…

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The fight to restore VOA continues. China hopes the agency loses. A good read from ⁦Charles Hutzler⁩ washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/…

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Please check out this important conversation at the Press Freedom Center May 1 at 3 pm on what’s at stake and why it is important to save Voice of America Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Radio Free Asia Middle East Broadcasting Networks with Alsu Kurmasheva Andres Ilves اندرس الوېس Steve Herman Tamara Bralo and me. Ticket info here: eventbrite.com/e/saving-voa-r…