A recently launched Save Voice of America Tibetan Radio website (www.savevoatibetanradio.com) and a Facebook page (www.facebook.com/savevoatibetan) urge supporters to contact their congressmen with a message to oppose elimination of Voice of America Tibetan radio by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG), a U.S. federal government agency which oversees VOA broadcasts and wants to silence VOA [...]

The Dalai Lama said that Voice of America Tibetan radio is “vital medicine” for Tibetans, and the Tibetan people consider it as one of the most valuable and priceless gifts from the people and government of the United States to them. The Broadcasting Board of Governors Chief Financial Officer Maryjean Buhler pointed out at last [...]

Dr. Helle Dale of the Heritage Foundation observed that while the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) constantly eliminates Voice of America overseas broadcasts — the latest to be cut are VOA radio to Tibet and the VOA Cantonese Service — China state broadcaster expands its presence in the United States. Dr. Dale also points out [...]

This commentary was written by Edite Lynch in response to the news that a Tibetan widow and a middle school girl set themselves on fire and died this weekend in China’s Sichuan and Ganzu provinces in self-immolation protests. They were demanding freedom and an end to Chinese rule. This brings to 25 the number of [...]

“The Georgian Service of the Voice of America is demoralized,” a VOA staffer wrote to BBG Watch. It is one of many VOA English and language services slated for unprecedented cuts and reductions in the FY2013 budget proposed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG).  The BBG  executive staff, now part of the International Broadcasting [...]