The US judge orders Trump’s efforts to reduce America’s voice

On Friday, a federal judge temporarily stopped the efforts of the Trump government to reduce the international broadcaster financed by the government, the future decline of which alerted the supporters of the press freedoms.

The judge, J. Paul Oetken from the US district court in Manhattan, decided during a hearing to a lawsuit submitted by Voice of America Journalists and their unions. The lawsuit argues that the government’s actions, like the task of hundreds of journalists in the organization, violate the rights of the first changes to journalists.

The temporary injunction applies to up to 21 days. A separate lawsuit, which the director of Voice of America, Michael Abramowitz, has interpreted.

“This is a crucial victory for freedom of the press and the first change and a sharp reproduction of a government that has extremely disregarded the principles that define our democracy,” said Andrew G. Celli Jr., a lawyer for the journalists who made the lawsuit in a statement.

Inquiries for the management of Voice of America and his parents, the US agency for global media, were not returned immediately.

Voice of America, which was founded in 1942, offers dozens of countries around the world in 49 languages, including places such as China and Iran, in which citizens have limited access to independent journalism. Voice of America has long been seen as the key component of the soft power efforts in America to promote democracy overseas.

The Charter for Voice of America, which has a budget of around 270 million US dollars, was developed to protect editorial independence. However, President Trump has accused the broadcaster of having a left-wing prejudices, and he chose Kari Lake, a narrow ally and former right TV anchor, as a special consultant who monitors his mother’s agency. On March 14th, Mr. Trump signed an executive order that cited the agency for global media to eliminate many of its functions.

The employees said they had lost access to work emails, and some of his radio frequencies in Asia and the Middle East have become dark.

Since the office, Mr. Trump has had limits in his numerous efforts to undermine the American news media. The White House has prevented journalists from associated press from participating in certain events, and began to go by hand which media can take part in the press pool that covers the president’s measures. Mr. Trump and his allies have also sued several news agencies.

At the beginning of this week, a federal judge in Washington temporarily blocked a similar effort by the Trump government to go back to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, another broadcaster, which is dating back to the country’s efforts to counter Soviet propaganda.

Danielle Kaye Reported reports.