Mohammed Isa Al Abbasi 
On Sunday, the administration of US President Donald Trump began widespread demobilization operations on Voice of America (Voice of America) and other media funded by the United States, confirming its intention to eliminate platforms that have always been considered necessary for Washington’s influence.
Just a day after granting all employees a leave, employees working under specific contracts received a message via e -mail informing them of the end of their services by the end of March.
In the letter confirmed by a number of employees to France Press, the contractors informed that “you should stop all the work immediately, and it is not allowed to enter any agents or systems affiliated with the agency.”
The contractors are the largest part of the workforce of “Voice of America”, especially in services in non -English languages, despite the lack of modern numbers yet.
And many contractors are not American citizens; This means that they are likely to depend on their jobs for survival visas in the United States.
The full -time employees who have been fully dismissed were immediately dismissed by legal protection; But they granted administrative leave and asked them not to work.
The Voice of America, which was established during World War II, is broadcast in 49 languages and its mission was to reach countries that do not enjoy freedom of the media.
Liam Scott, a journalist at the Voice of America, who covers journalistic freedoms and misleading, said that he was informed of the news of his dismissal from March 31.
Ali pointed out that the destruction of the Trump administration of “Voice of America” and other media platforms falls “as part of its efforts to dismantle the government on a broader scale. But it is also part of the broader administration attack on freedom of expression and media. ”
He added: “I have been covered for a long time for a long time, and I have never seen anything similar to what happened in the United States during the past few months.”
And some of the services of “Voice of America” moved to broadcast music due to the lack of new programs.
On Friday, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order targeting the “US World Media Agency”, in the last movement to reduce spending in the federal government.
The agency had 3 thousand and 384 employees in the fiscal year 2023. It requested 950 million dollars for the current fiscal year.
The extensive reduction procedures also froze the work of “Free Europe/Radio Liberty”, which was established during the Cold War to reach the former Soviet bloc, and Radio “Free Asia”, which was established to provide coverage to China, North Korea and other Asian countries in which the media is subject to severe restrictions.
Other US -funded platforms, which are dismantled, include “Radio Indo”, which is a radio in Persian, which is obscured by the Iranian government, and the Arabic -speaking “free” network that was established after the invasion of Iraq in the face of Al -Jazeera in Qatar.
Trump’s movements come at a time when Russia and China are invested greatly in the official media to compete with Western novels, as China usually provides free content of platforms in developing countries.
