PEN America: Reported VOA Visa Decision Puts Journalists at Risk
July 10, 2020
July 10, 2020
NEW YORK, July 10 -- PEN America issued the following news release:
NPR News reported that journalists with Voice of America based in the U.S. will not have their visas extended once they have expired.
That decision reportedly comes at the behest of the newly confirmed CEO of the agency that runs VOA and other government-funded news services. PEN America's CEO Suzanne Nossel said the following:
"This reported decision puts the lives of intrepid, free- . . .
NPR News reported that journalists with Voice of America based in the U.S. will not have their visas extended once they have expired.
That decision reportedly comes at the behest of the newly confirmed CEO of the agency that runs VOA and other government-funded news services. PEN America's CEO Suzanne Nossel said the following:
"This reported decision puts the lives of intrepid, free- . . .