Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, the news exhaust that was made by the US to reach people who live under communism during the Cold War, Kari Lake and the Trump administration About attempts to discourage the organization.
The lawsuit, submitted to a federal court in Washington DC, said that the station was not paid an invoice of $ 7.5 million that was submitted on Monday. It claims that Freeze financing undermines the wallet of the congress. Both entities are financed by government subsidies, with around 1% from private donations and other sources, the lawsuit states.
“Whether funds are switched off as prescribed by credit laws, and whether these funds should be available through subsidies prescribed by the International Broadcasting Act, is not an optional choice for the agency to make,” said the court case. “It is the law. Urgent exemption is necessary to force the agency to follow the law.”
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If the financing is not resumed, the station is forced to dismiss employees who are working News Reporting Up to 23 countries in Europe and Asia in 27 languages.
“This is not the time to gain ground to the propaganda and censorship of the opponents of America,” said RFE/RL President and CEO Stephen Capus in a statement. We believe that the law is on our side and that the celebration of our downfall through despot around the world is premature. “
The lawsuit mentions US Agency for Global Media (USAG), Victor Morales, the acting Usagm CEO and Kari Lake, a former television anchor in Arizona Who later ran for Governor and Senator who serves as a senior adviser to Morales, as defendants.
The lawsuit came days after President Donald Trump had signed an executive order that was intended to eliminate Usagm.
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Leaders in Europe have warned that Radiofree Europe could have trouble finding financing to replace Trump’s cuts.
On Monday, Czech Minister of Foreign Affairs urged Jan Lipavsky to the Ministers of the European Union during a meeting in Brussels to consider ways to continue the Prague -based service. EU chef of the foreign policy Kaja Kallas called Radio Free Europe “A Beacon of Democracy” and said it was sad that the US had decided to reduce his financing, Reuters reported.
“Can we come in with our financing to … the emptiness we leave? The answer to that question is … not automatically, because we have many organizations that come to us with the same request,” she told reporters.
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Radio Free Europe began to broadcast in 1950 to Poland, Czechoslovakia, HungaryRomania and Bulgaria, all countries behind the iron curtain. Radio Liberty began to broadcast in 1953 to the Soviet Union.
Both entities were alternative news sources for the media that were checked by the Soviet Union and other communist governments.
