Hostage News
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At NY Hostage Rally, Demonstrators Wear Batman Masks to Honor 4-Year-Old Captive
500 attend march at Central Park to coincide with Purim festival; in Hasidic neighborhoods of Brooklyn, festive celebrations touched by war, with children dressing as…
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Gershkovich Team Continues Fight to Free WSJ Reporter from Russian Jail
Tags: Evan GershkovichThe U.S.-based team working to win the release of American journalist Evan Gershkovich from a Russian jail is eyeing the approach of the anniversary of…
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Evan Gershkovich Remains Strong after Year in Moscow Prison, U.S. Envoy Says
Tags: Evan GershkovichWall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is holding up well despite spending nearly a year in a Moscow prison, the U.S. embassy said after ambassador…
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Russia Must Face Consequences for Imprisonment of Wall Street Journal Reporter, Lawyer Says
Tags: Evan GershkovichRussia must face consequences for its detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, a lawyer for the newspaper said Thursday as the journalist approaches…
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Evan Gershkovich Sister Describes Agonizing Year as Grim Milestone of His Imprisonment Approaches
Tags: Evan Gershkovich‘This has been a really difficult year for his family,’ Danielle Gershkovich said
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Tatarstan Court Cancels Fine of Activist Who Supported Detained RFE/RL Journalist
Tags: Alsu KurmashevaThe Supreme Court of Russia’s Republic of Tatarstan has canceled a lower court ruling to fine sociologist Iskander Yasaveyev for holding a poster demanding the…
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Evan Gershkovich ‘Holding Up Well’ Says US Ambassador after Prison Visit
Tags: Evan GershkovichThe Wall Street Journal reporter is ‘strong and resilient’ ahead of the one-year anniversary of his arrest by Russia
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American Spy Suspect Paul Whelan Had Russian ‘State Secrets’ on USB Stick
Tags: Paul WhelanAccording to Whelan’s Russian lawyer, Vladimir Zherebenkov, the American was in possession of sensitive Russian information at the time of his arrest last month. “I…
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Evan Gershkovich Has Been Jailed in Russia for a Full Year. What Will It Take to Free Him?
Tags: Evan GershkovichNearly a year ago, Russian authorities detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on espionage charges while he was on a reporting assignment in the…
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RFE/RL Journalist Marks 5 Months in Russian Prison
Tags: Alsu KurmashevaAmerican journalist Alsu Kurmasheva marked five months in Russian detention on Monday – a grim milestone that her family hoped she would never see.
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Opinion: A Year Ago Russia Jailed Evan Gershkovich for Doing Journalism. He’s Still There
Tags: Evan GershkovichHe is the first American journalist to be accused of espionage since the cold war, though Evan certainly is no spy. The Biden administration has…
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Putin Finally Names Navalny and Claims He Agreed Prisoner Swap
Vladimir Putin has always refused to refer to his main opponent in Russia by name, but now that Alexei Navalny is dead, he has changed…