US EditionUS Court Orders Agency Overseeing RFE/RL To Pay May Funding
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On Friday, May 30, U.S. District Judge Royce Lambert ruled in favor of Radio Liberty, requiring the U.S. Global Media Agency (USAGM) to immediately pay the corporation its May funding.
US Court Orders Agency Overseeing RFE/RL To Pay May Funding
A US district judge on May 30 granted Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty’s (RFE/RL)’s third request for a temporary restraining order (TRO) in its lawsuit against the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and ordered the agency to immediately disburse RFE/RL's May funding.
This is reported by Radio Svoboda.As noted, Judge Royce Lambert rejected USAGM's argument that the agency is not obliged to pay the funds because other donors intend to provide financial support to Radio Liberty.Judge Lambert's order of May 30 states that that USAGM again refused to enter into a one-month deal to cover Radio Liberty's May financing, and the corporation did not receive the funds allocated by Congress for that month.Lambert stress…
The court's ruling says that without any funding, the media corporation “will cease the vast majority of its activities by the end of June.”
The US Federal Court has once again sided with Radio Liberty /Radio Free Europe (RFE/RL), satisfying the third motion in a lawsuit against the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and ordering the agency to immediately transfer funding to the media corporation for May. District Court Judge Royce Lambers dismissed USAGM's arguments that the agency is not obliged to allocate funds because other donors allegedly plan to provide financial support to R…
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