Human rights activists ask the US Congress to protect USAGM journalists who are at risk of persecution - The Times Hub

Human rights activists ask the US Congress to protect USAGM journalists who are at risk of persecution - The Times Hub

36 of human rights organizations, including & laquo; reporters without borders & raquo; (RSF) and Pen America, appealed to the US Congress to protect journalists whose lives and freedom are threatened after President Donald Trump's […]

According to them, at least 84 journalists who are in the United States on work visas can be deported to countries where they face arrest, prosecution and imprisonment.

Due to the cancellation of USAGM funding, a number of media outlets, including Radio Liberty, are on the verge of closure. And this is seriously worrying for human rights activists.