Hundreds of Voice of America contractors are expected to lose their jobs in the coming days, the campaigners said, as the Trump administration proceeds to abolish the original agency of the news service supported by the US government.Most of VOA’s 1,300 employees are placed on administrative leave and its broadcasts have been suspended following the REFERSE executive order, which is the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees the US-funded international media.The Trump administration wrote on social media on Thursday night that the advocacy group Seve VOA decided to end hundreds of contractors in the next days “. Some termination affects J-1 visa holders who have to leave the country within 30 days, it was added to a statement.“Many of these journalists come from countries where they can be arrested or worse due to their reporting for VOA,” Save VOA wrote, saying that it was working with lawyers to try contractors. The appointment of US President Donald Trump to oversee the USAGM, Kari Lake told Washington Post that 584 employees were abolished in the federal agency, which was a majority from VOA. “As per the executive order of President Trump on 14 March, we are in the process of reducing the federal bureaucracy to empower the agency and fulfill the priorities of the administration,” Lake told the post.VOA director Michael Abramovitz said in a Facebook post that he was “heartbroken to know about the collective termination of today’s personal service contractors.”“Some of the most talented journalists of VOA have been [personal service contractors] – Many of which have survived atrocities to tell the story of America’s independence and democracy in their home countries, “he wrote. VOA Supervisory Editor Fatima Talis posted on social media on Thursday that “his entire team ended today, we all gave political asylum by the US administration.” “Throwing on the streets, who have brought journalists on the promise of freedom and security, help American people?” she wrote.Nearly all networks affected by the march executive order, including VOA, have accused Trump of executive overache. Built during World War II as a tool of American soft power, USagm is an independent agency that works to promote democracy and promote abroad including VOA, Radio -free Europe, radio -free Asia and Cuba Broadcasting offices. Before suspending the service, the VOA in Washington is aired to a weekly audience in 49 languages that are estimated by 354 million people. The White House has criticized the news service for its alleged leftist bias, dubbing “Voice of Radical America” in official documents.
