UN Denies Epoch Times Press Access Amid Growing CCP Pressure Campaign on US Soil
‘It is unacceptable that the United Nations caves to the Chinese Communist Party’s censorship efforts on American soil,’ Epoch Times chief editor said.
Eva Fu
Reporter
9/23/2025|Updated: 9/23/2025
NEW YORK CITY—The United Nations has again denied press credentials to several reporters from two U.S. media companies—The Epoch Times and its sister outlet, NTD—following a pattern over the past two decades that has raised concerns of Chinese influence behind the scenes.
Epoch Times senior White House correspondent Emel Akan traveled to New York City with the State Department press pool to cover activities attended by President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio during the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 22.
Akan submitted her application for U.N. press credentials through the State Department and received an email telling her to pick up her press pass in New York City.
When she arrived on Sept. 22, a State Department official told Akan that the U.N. had rejected the application, using the excuse that it recognizes The Epoch Times as a nongovernmental organization, rather than a news organization.
“The Epoch Times is America’s fourth-largest newspaper. It is unacceptable that the United Nations caves to the Chinese Communist Party’s censorship efforts on American soil,” Epoch Times Editor-in-Chief Jasper Fakkert said in a statement on Sept. 23.
“We call on the United Nations to provide The Epoch Times with the press credentials it needs to do its job, which is to provide our readers with factual and impartial information.”
Two staff members representing NTD’s Washington bureau—White House correspondent Mari Otsu and videographer Chen Lei—received no confirmation after they submitted their applications. A representative with the U.N. told Otsu by phone that she did not meet the requirements, but declined to explain further.
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