Senators ask Secretary Pompeo to defend Uyghur journalists
Augusta Free PressU.S. Sen. Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, led a group of bipartisan Senators in writing to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to raise concerns about attempts by the Chinese government to punish…
Trump fires off explosive threat to Iran’s leader
Borneo BulletinHe said the US Broadcasting Board of Governors is taking new steps to help Iranians get around Internet censorship and is launching a new 24/7 Farsi-language channel ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Defends Itself
New York TimesThe broadcaster rejects a charge of engaging in propaganda. To the Editor: Re “U.S.-Funded Broadcaster Directed Ads at Americans” (Business Day, July 20): Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty rejects any suggestion that our journalists are engaged in propaganda. Despite our congressional…
Trump’s loud tweet was part of a detailed strategy to squeeze Iran
NBC NewsPompeo also announced Sunday night that the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors is taking “new steps to help Iranians get around internet censorship.” (The board runs government news outlets like Voice of America and Radio Free Europe.) Most notably, the…
Pompeo say US to broadcast in Farsi across several platforms
Al ArabiyaThe US is stepping up its efforts to broadcast in Farsi across several platforms and channels, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced in a speech made to a largely Iranian American audience at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library…