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Wall Street Journal Reporter Evan Gershkovich Sentenced By Russian Court To 16 Years In Prison
Gershkovich has been wrongfully held, the U.S. says
“This disgraceful, sham conviction comes after Evan has spent 478 days in prison, wrongfully detained, away from his family and friends, prevented from reporting, all for doing his job as a journalist,” Dow Jones CEO and Wall Street Journal Publisheer Almar Latour and Wall Street Journal Editor in Chief Emma Tucker said in a statement. The Journal quickly denied the charges and the Biden administration declared that he was wrongfully detained. In March, on the one year anniversary of his detainment, journalists held a read-a-thon in a show of solidarity and to call attention to Gershkovich’s captivity.
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