The detention of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich highlights how nations such as Russia and Iran are using American detainees for diplomatic leverage
Catch up on the headlines, understand the news and make better decisions, free in your inbox every day.Historically, detained Americans were held by rival states. However, the U.S.-led wars in Afghanistan and Iraq brought with them the emergence of hostage crises involving nonstate actors, such as al Qaeda or Islamic State.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken said last week that the Biden administration was working within the confines of existing legislation and other tools to address this evolving trend. The law was named in honor of Robert Levinson, an American detained in Iran since 2007 and who is believed to have died there.that Mr. Gershkovich has been wrongfully detained. The process to reach an official determination on his detention, which would expand U.S. government efforts to work toward securing his release, is pending, and U.S. consular officials in Russia haven’t been able to visit Mr. Gershkovich since he has been in detention.
The Eisenhower administration pressed for his release, including cutting Czech imports to the U.S. In 1953, Mr. Oatis was pardoned and set free.
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