VOA journalists should go back to work, but the court decision numbers the next steps

Voice of America, which for eight decades brought news to the corners of the globe where reliable journalism was rare, was dark in March after the Trump administration reduced its funding and put its workers on leave.

But next week, the journalists of the organization, an international news broadcaster funded by the United States, should return to work, said its director, after a decision before the Federal District Court ordered him to resume the programming.

On Friday, the director Mike Abramowitz told his staff in an email that the Ministry of Justice had alerted Voice of America that the disseminator’s access to his computer systems was being restored. The email was obtained by the New York Times.

“I am looking for more details and will share them as soon as possible,” wrote Mr. Abramowitz. “But at first glance, this news is a positive development.”

It seemed to be complicated on Saturday, when a federal court of appeal interrupted the parties of the ordinance of the lower court which forced the Trump administration to restore the financing of the agency which finances the voice of America.

The Court of Appeal, in Washington, DC, wrote that it left the part of the decision which ordered the government to rekindle the voice of the “required law levels”.