A Moscow court on Tuesday extended the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich for at least three months, ordering him to remain behind bars until June 30 while he awaits trial on espionage charges that the U.S. government and press rights groups have denounced as bogus.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in a glass cage in a courtroom at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow, Russia, on Dec. 14, 2023. A lawyer for The Wall Street Journal said Thursday, March 21, 2024, that Russia …for at least three months, ordering him to remain behind bars until June 30 while he awaits trial on espionage charges that the U.S. government and press rights groups have denounced as bogus.
“This verdict to further prolong Evan’s detention feels particularly painful, as this week marks one year since Evan was arrested and wrongfully detained in Yekaterinburg simply for doing his job as a journalist,” U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy said outside the Moscow City Court following the order extending his detention., a veteran correspondent, was a spy.
She said the Russian government has yet to present evidence to substantiate its accusations against The Journal reporter or any justification for his continued pretrial detention.
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