The Voice of America, Which Donald Trump’s government began to break up in mid -March, will be able to reopen next week, the Ministry of Justice and Journalists without borders said today.

“American lawyers Journalist Without borders (RSF) and the Voice Coalition (VOA) learned this Saturday, May 3, by email from the Ministry of Justice that teams in this flagship American broadcasting will be able to resume their work in the coming hours“, The RSF said in a statement.

In this message to the RSF lawyers, the ministry noted that “Earlier today, the accounts of 1,406 USAGM employees and contractors (USA Service for World Media) and Voice of America were reactivated. All employees should now have access to the system. ” ‘Usagm awaits the return of Voice of America program next week“

Two Voice of America employees told the French Agency that their e -mail accounts, which had been blocked for weeks, were re -opened, although they had not yet received a formal notice that they could return to work.

In mid -March, the Trump government has launched a holiday on Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe and other organizations funded by US resources, unexpectedly freezing the activities that are considered democratic counterbalances in countries such as Russia and China.

However, the US judicial system opposed these measures: At the end of March, a federal judge based in New York was the first to suspend the decision to close the activities of these public media, followed by a federal judge in Washington.

“We welcome this progress, but the Trump government’s alienation course requires attention: it is now necessary to provide guarantees on the viability of funding made by the US Congress in all USAG mediaM, “said Timo Brutene, General Manager of the RSF. “The right to reliable updating of tens of millions of listeners may not depend on arbitrary political initiatives“

Voice of America, created during World War II, Radio Free Europe, formed during the Cold War and Radio Free Asia, created in 1996, aim to convey “the voice of America” ​​around the world and especially in countries with authoritarian regimes.

In mid -March, Trump signed an executive decree that characterized the USAGM government agency, which employed 3,384 employees in 2023 as a “useless element of federal bureaucracy”.