Jackson Diehl
@JacksonDiehl
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Former foreign correspondent, assistant managing editor, editorial writer at @washingtonpost. Now board member at @rferl
Washington, DC
Joined July 2008
Radio Free Europe provides independent reporting to many countries where media freedom is threatened. We‘ll work with partners including 🇨🇿 🇦🇹 🇧🇪 🇱🇹 🇱🇻 🇪🇪 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 🇸🇪 🇸🇮 to support @RFERL‘s award winning journalism. The world needs media freedom.
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Exactly. No American interest is served by choking America’s voice and the voices of freedom for the world. @JacksonDiehl @RFERL
I agree with my colleague @RepYoungKim: Reforms at the USAGM are necessary, but cutting the agency silences the voices of freedom-loving people around the world. Hostile actors like China, Russia & Iran will swoop in and fill the gap, endangering the USA
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VOA has made a significant impact on the world since World War II and continued to do so until this past Saturday. I’ve already told you how, during the Chornobyl nuclear disaster in 1986, many Ukrainians first learned about it through VOA radio broadcasts from the U.S. The
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I once received an electric shock during torture only for writing for Radio Liberty: I was told that it was "a CIA structure and an enemy of Russia", and for that reason alone I was already guilty. Now, the "enemy of Russia" is being destroyed by America itself, and my torture
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Here is a strong Washpost editorial explaining why Trump’s shutdown of Radio Free Europe, Voice of America and other U.S. broadcasters is a gift to the world’s dictators. (It’s also illegal and unconstitutional.)
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Trump is dismantling U.S. programs that push back against dictatorship and reach people in closed societies.
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Today I, like virtually every other full-time employee at VOA, was placed on administrative leave indefinitely. I'm not allowed to report the news to our hundreds of millions of viewers at this time. Let's hope this is temporary. A silencing of VOA will be celebrated by
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Accurate, objective news coverage from the U.S. and around the world.
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Today, @RFERL was informed that the federal grant agreement funding our global operations has been terminated. The cancellation of @RFERL's grant agreement would be a gift to America's enemies. Read our full release. https://t.co/NIEu8Jgt4c
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Georgia’s government would be well advised to let former President Saakashvili leave Georgia.
Right now, Russia is killing Ukrainian citizen Mykhailo Saakashvili at the hands of the Georgian authorities. We have repeatedly called on the official Tbilisi to stop this abuse and agree on Saakashvili's return to Ukraine. Our partners, in coordination with Ukraine, have also
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Lead Editorial in tomorrow’s Washington Post: Mike Pompeo’s revolting embrace of MBS after the Khashoggi murder.
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The former secretary of state reveals he’s clueless about the principles of rule of law and free expression.
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ICYMI more coverage of @RFERL 's brave important work
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, a news network originally set up as a C.I.A. operation early in the Cold War, is experiencing a renaissance and making a case for its independence.
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Today HRF joined several human rights organizations urging @POTUS to impose #Magnitsky sanctions on those involved in the arbitrary detention of Russian activist, Vladimir Kara-Murza @vkaramurza. Read the letter here: https://t.co/xEdYWPx2Fe
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“The ongoing imprisonment of Russian opposition politician @vkaramurza, which we assess is based on fabricated and politically-motivated charges, suggests that he could be a victim of a gross violation of his internationally recognized human rights,”
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today...
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Five female journalists are detained in #Egypt. Safaa al-Korbigi, Hala Fahmy, Manal Ajrama, Donia Samir & Alia Awad are among the countless journalists who have been targeted for speaking truth to power. Join us in calling for their immediate release. #JournalismIsNotACrime
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Miss @60Minutes on Sunday? Watch @BillWhitakerCBS interview @jamiemfly and @RFERL journalists about the work they do to counter Russian disinformation and report the truth.
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty may seem like a Cold War relic, but with the war in Ukraine, the broadcaster is again being counted on to transmit straight news into areas where free press is...
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The suspensions of more than half a dozen journalists Thursday evening came without warning or explanation from Twitter. Many of the journalists, including from The Washington Post, CNN, and New York Times, had written about a dispute involving Elon Musk.
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Many of the journalists, including from The Washington Post and New York Times, had written about dramas surrounding billionaire Elon Musk's takeover of Twitter.
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Journalists who cover Elon Musk have been suspended on Twitter tonight: @Donie O'Sullivan from CNN, Aaron Rupar and the Washington Post's @drewharwell. Rupar tells me he has "no idea" why it happened.
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"U.S. democracy looks healthier today than it did a week ago — to the delight of fellow democracies and the dismay of dictatorships." https://t.co/jyhb92EtZ0
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The Democrats’ strong election performance strengthens Biden abroad.
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Italian government is not as crazy as feared. Peaceful transition in Brazil. No violence or election deniers rallies in US. Putin losing in Ukraine. Xi decisions at 20th Party Congress will weaken China's rise. Iranian protests continue. Fall 2022 has been good for democracy.
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