More than 300 journalists write to Russia that arrest sends ‘dangerous signal’ about attitude to journalism
More than 300 foreign correspondents who have worked in Moscow have written to the Russian government to call for the immediate release of Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter, saying his arrest sends a “disturbing and dangerous signal” about the country’s attitude to independent media.
The letter, addressed to Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, says the journalists are “shocked and appalled” by Gershkovich’s arrest and the subsequent charges laid against him, and urges the dropping over the charges and his immediate release.“We have no doubt that the only purpose and intention of his work was to inform his readers about the current reality in Russia.
Gershkovich, 31, was detained by Russia’s FSB security service on 29 March shortly after he arrived at a steakhouse in Ekaterinburg during his second trip to the Urals in a month.
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