Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich tells family he’s ‘not losing hope’ in letter after arrest in Russia IStandWithEvan
His arrest was also strongly condemned by journalists globally who have been showing their support with the hashtag #IStandWithEvan on Twitter.Spokesman Vedant Patel said: "Journalism is not a crime.He said that Secretary of State Antony Blinken "made a determination that Evan Gershkovich is wrongfully detained by Russia".of independent voices in Russia, and its ongoing war against the truth.
White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said on Monday: "He doesn’t belong there. He needs to be released. He’s a journalist, not a criminal. "And it doesn’t mean that we aren’t going to continue to follow this case as closely as we can. We still don’t have consular access and we’re also trying to get that.”
Gershkovich, 31, was detained on March 29 and accused of espionage while reporting in the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, about 800 miles east ofHis arrest is the first of a US journalist by Russia since 1986 before the end of the Cold War. Mr Gershkovich is being held at the Lefortovo Prison, a pretrial detention centre run by the FSB, Russia's secret police.A Kremlin spokesman said that Gershkovich had "violated" Russian law.Russia's security service said it had halted "illegal activities" by detaining the journalist.
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