“It is difficult to believe that it has been six months since Evan was wrongfully imprisoned and almost a year since we were all together as a family.”1 min read
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The Wall Street Journal correspondent was arrested while on a reporting trip.3 min read
Detained Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich’s former high school soccer team dedicates a contest to raising awareness—and bringing a beloved champion back home.6 min read
Bowdoin College professor, classmates and others speak of Gershkovich’s work ethic, curiosity and love of Russia.3 min read
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The Atlantic Council event highlighted journalists in danger around the world.
The White House has vowed to bring the detained American journalist home.
Lynne Tracy’s meeting with Evan Gershkovich comes a week after a Russian court denied an appeal to release him.
On Oct. 26, imprisoned WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich will turn 32. Since ancient times, birthdays have been occasions for poems, letters and expressions of solidarity.
Evan Gershkovich, the first American journalist to be charged with espionage in Russia since the end of the Cold War, has been held since March.
Detainees have failed to persuade the U.S. to deem them as wrongfully detained; “We’re just desperate.”