'The reality in which political decisions or presidential pettiness directs top U.S. diplomats’ choices over whose human rights work is mentioned in the public sphere and whose is not is a really scary reality,” journalist Jessikka Aro said.
A Finnish journalist who has braved harassment and death threats for her work covering Russian propaganda was set to receive the the prestigious International Women of Courage Award from the U.S. State Department last month. Then officials looked at her social media and realized she had frequently criticized President Donald Trump.
“It created a shitstorm of getting her unceremoniously kicked off the list,” a U.S. diplomatic source familiar with the internal discussions surrounding Aro’s nomination told FP. “I think it was absolutely the wrong decision on so many levels,” the source added, pointing out that it “had nothing to do with [Aro’s] work.”
An official spokesperson for the State Department told FP that whole incident was simply due to a “regrettable error.” President Donald Trump speaks during the first meeting of the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on March 6 SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
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