The President of Radio Free Asia posted this statement on the RFA website, presumably before the staff were locked out
"The termination of RFA’s grant is a reward to dictators and despots, including the Chinese Communist Party, who would like nothing better than to have their influence go unchecked in the information space."
#uspol #VoiceofAmerica #journalism #PressFreedom #CCP #China
📎 The Radio Free Asia English website is still online. The latest article is "RFA operations may cease following federal grants termination" dated 15 March 2025
📎 The RFA Chinese website is still online. The latest article is "RFA台长：终止资助RFA是中共的福音" [RFA President: Ending funding for RFA is good news for the CCP]
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/xinwenkuaixun/2025/03/16/rfa-trump-ccp-usagm/
📎 BlueSky post about the loss of Radio Free Asia by Elaine Pearson, Asia director of Human Rights Watch
https://bsky.app/profile/elainepearson.bsky.social/post/3lkhlcaw3mc2p
Devastating to lose Radio Free Asia from the media landscape in Asia. RFA has many courageous reporters who shone a light on rights abuses that authoritarian governments would prefer to hide. This decision is shortsighted & is a gift to abusive governments in the region. https://www.rfa.org/english/about/releases/2025/03/15/rfa-cancellation-a-boon-to-the-chinese-communist-party/
@davidonformosa Oh goddammit. I am so incredibly angry and upset about this.
So many bad decisions and wrongdoings coming down like a waterfall -- but this one just stands out as an egregious and petty self-own.
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David on Formosa
Mystery Babylon 
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