Radio Free Asia shuts language services after Trump cuts, including Uyghur, Tibetan content

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Radio Free Asia — created by the United States with a mission to deliver news in countries without free media — said it will terminate 280 staff members in Washington, accounting for more than 90 percent of its US-based workforce, as well as 20 positions overseas.

Radio Free Asia said Friday it will lay off almost all of its staff and close production in several languages, including a rare Uyghur service, after President Donald Trump cut off funding.

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