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‘authoritarianism’
Authoritarian governments around the world cheered when VOA was largely silenced. Experts say VOA plays an important role in countering the censorship of such governments, undermining their false narratives with truthful information.
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East Asia and Pacificx Eurasiax Latin Americax Middle Eastx South and Central Asiax35 ‘authoritarianism’ testimonial videos
Do Nguyen Mai KhoiVietnamese singer and activist
Kim Andrew ElliottFormer VOA broadcaster and research analyst
Omer BartovProfessor of holocaust and genocide studies, Brown University
Edward BoganFormer senior CIA operations officer
Mel BunceProfessor of international journalism and politics, University of London
Michael CarpenterFormer U.S. ambassador to the OSCE, former Pentagon official
William CourtneyFormer U.S. ambassador to Kazakhstan and Georgia
Robert DalyFormer director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the United States, former U.S. diplomat
Begum Donmez ErsozVOA reporter, Turkish Service
John ErathFormer U.S. diplomat
Carlos Fernando ChamorroNicaraguan journalist and founder of Confidencial
Gao YuIndependent journalist in China
Christopher HillFormer U.S. ambassador to Serbia, Iraq, South Korea, Poland and Macedonia; former U.S. assistant secretary of state
Nadine HoffmanExecutive director of the International Women’s Media Foundation
Chenda HongVOA reporter, Khmer Service
Nina JankowiczAuthor, counter-disinformation expert
Garry KasparovRussian chess grandmaster and human rights advocate
Elizabeth Kennedy TrudeauFormer U.S. diplomat
George KentFormer U.S. ambassador to Estonia 
Michael KirbyFormer U.S. ambassador to Moldova and Serbia
Mark KramerDirector of the Cold War Studies program, Harvard University's Davis Center
Elisa Lees MunozPresident of the International Women’s Media Foundation
Allan LichtmanPolitical historian and professor, American University
Ret. Col. David MaxwellU.S. Army Special Forces
Stevo PendarovskiFormer North Macedonian president 
Ruslan PetrychkaVOA Ukrainian Service chief 
Ret. Col. Raymond PowellDirector of SeaLight, former U.S. Air Force colonel 
Rafael SaakovVOA reporter, Russian Service
Muska SafiVOA reporter, Afghan Service
Eric ShiraevResearcher at George Mason University, co-founder of CARP research lab
Marko SomboracSerbian cartoonist
Penpa TseringHead of the Tibetan government-in-exile
Vivian WalkerFormer U.S. diplomat
Clayton WeimersExecutive director, RSF USA
Jose ZamoraCPJ regional director for the Americas