'Journalism is not a crime,' Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in March.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who stands trial on spying charges, is seen inside an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia June 26, 2024.The proceedings in Sverdlovsk Regional Court in Yekaterinburg, a city hundreds of miles from Moscow, will mark the first time prosecutors have laid out their evidence against the Wall Street Journal reporter, who they’ve accused of working for the CIA.
"When his case comes before a judge this week, it will not be a trial as we understand it, with a presumption of innocence and a search for the truth," Emma Tucker, the Journal's editor-in-chief, wrote in The reporter appeared in court on Wednesday with a shaved head, briefly smiling at the gathered photographers from inside the glass cage common for defendants in Russian courtrooms. The press were expected to be asked to leave the courtroom prior to the start of the secret trial.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who stands trial on spying charges, is seen inside an enclosure for defendants before a court hearing in Yekaterinburg, Russia June 26, 2024.The Kremlin's efforts to suppress dissent have in the last year become "even more oppressive," U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken"To date, Russia has provided no evidence of wrongdoing for a simple reason: Evan did nothing wrong," Blinken said. "Journalism is not a crime.
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