The U.S. launched a program to defend journalists around the world from legal threats aimed at silencing critical voices, a growing tactic that top U.S. aid official Samantha Power described as 'lawfare.'
U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Samantha Power speaks as she participates in a Peace, Security and Governance Forum during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit 2022 in Washington, U.S., December 13, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein/Pool
Power, administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development , announced the Reporters Shield program at an event to mark World Press Freedom Day at the United Nations. USAID said it plans to work with Congress to provide up to $9 million for the Reporters Shield program that will be jointly managed by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project and the Cyrus R. Vance Center for International Justice.
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