Wałęsa: ‘I would not be the man I am today without VOA’
BBG Watch Commentary Lech Wałesa: “I would not be the man I am today without VOA. One-third of…
‘LET THEM EAT ICE CREAM’ on 4th of July – media freedom journalists suffer injustice, humiliation and hardships under IBB
BBG Watch Commentary “While in Miami the lives of many honest, hardworking people are utterly destroyed, here in…
Every dollar that we give to VOA comes back to us with hundreds of dollars of goodwill
Congressman Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs committee and co-chair of the Albanian…
BBG Governors McCue and Meehan urge RFE/RL to work on returning fired journalists to Radio Liberty
BBG Watch Commentary “In particular, we have asked Acting RFE/RL President Kevin Klose and his team to continue…
Kazakh political prisoner is unhappy with Radio Liberty programs
BBG Watch Commentary “By the way, it turns out that Azattyq (RFE/RL’s Kazakh Service) programs have drastically declined.…
Boris Nemtsov defended fired Radio Liberty journalists
BBG Watch Originally Published February 18, 2013 Updated Boris Nemtsov defended fired Radio Liberty journalists Recently…
Clinton – Broadcasting Board of Governors is practically defunct
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said today that the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the federal agency in charge…
Fired Radio Liberty journalists appeal to BBG and Kevin Klose for reinstatement
BBG Watch Commentary Fired Radio Liberty journalists appeal to BBG and Kevin Klose for reinstatement, Russian Service employees…
Radio Liberty remains in a coma – Russian journalist tells Broadcasting Board of Governors
BBG Watch Commentary Radio Liberty remains in a coma – Russian journalist Sophia Kornienko tells Broadcasting Board of…
Freedom House President refutes statements from RFE/RL officials
BBG Watch Commentary “Not only have I not changed my views on how bad the situation is at…
'Special operation' at Radio Liberty Moscow – Part Two
“I remember guards at our beloved RFE/RL Moscow editorial office and frozen eyes of bureaucrats saying ‘Thank you,…
Aung San Suu Kyi's visit underscores importance of VOA and RFA radio for freedom advocates in oppressed nations
BBG Watch Commentary On the occasion of VOA’s 70th anniversary this year, Aung San Suu Kyi said it…
Elimination, not reduction, of Voice of America Tibetan radio is proposed by BBG
The Dalai Lama said that Voice of America Tibetan radio is “vital medicine” for Tibetans, and the Tibetan…
Tibetan monks listen secretly to Voice of America radio soon to be silenced by BBG
“The [Buddhist] monks [in Tibet] listen secretly to Voice of America’s Tibetan service news every night, despite feeling…
BBG Plans Hit Major Rocks and Realities in VOA Central News – The Federalist
The entities – all the entities – function better as self-contained units, serving their respective missions and intended…
BBG Plans Hit Major Rocks and Realities in VOA Central News – The Federalist
The entities – all the entities – function better as self-contained units, serving their respective missions and intended audiences. — The Federalist We could not agree more with this statement from The Federalist, one of our regular and popular contributors
Richard Gere: Tibet's monks get news from VOA radio
Richard Gere — “How did they |monks in Tibet | know the new President would be meeting with…
Victims of China's forced sterilization get news from VOA radio
Anonymous victim of China’s forced sterilization policy — This woman from a rural area insisted that her name…
Huchen Zhang, VOA senior editor: BBG and IBB will have 48 more managers
While cutting $8 million from the China branch, there will be an increase of $9 million for BBG…
Washington Post columnist: BBG consistently rated by OPM at the bottom of the barrel in government
BBG stands for the Broadcasting Board of Governors. But it could just as well mean “bottom of the…