Russia sentences US journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years after brief trial

Russia Sentences Jewish ‘WSJ’ Reporter Evan Gershkovich to 16 years

U.S. President Joe Biden said that Gershkovich was “targeted because he is a journalist and an American.”

WSJ Journalist Evan Gershkovich Sentenced to Russian Prison - American Faith

Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich has been sentenced to 16 years in prison for alleged espionage. According to a report from Fox News, Gershkovich was found guilty of “gathering secret information” while reporting on a trip to Yekaterinburg, Russia. Prosecutors claimed the journalist was gathering information for the CIA about Uralvagonzavod, a plant that repairs military equipment. Gershkovich, the U.S. government, and the Wall St…

Evan Gershkovich sentenced to 16 years in Russian prison - West Hawaii Today

A court in Russia on Friday sentenced Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, to 16 years in a high-security penal colony, ending his espionage trial on what were widely viewed outside Russia as fabricated charges. The verdict opens the way for a potential prisoner swap between the United States and Russia.

Mongolian journalist jailed five years for illegally obtaining state secrets

ULAANBAATAR, July 20— A Mongolian court sentenced a controversial journalist to almost five years in prison for illegally obtaining state secrets and a host of other crimes, in a case that critics say exposes a deepening crackdown on press freedom. Naran Unurtsetseg became one of Mongolia’s best-known journalists by exposing abuse in a Buddhist boarding school, violence in the military, and by taking on some of the country’s most powerful people…

Russia sentences US journalist to a HORRIFIC 16 years

The Wall Street Journal says they will not stop the fight to free their reporter Evan Gershkovich after he was jailed in Russia for 16 years.

Russian court jails US reporter Gershkovich for 16 years in sham trial

A Russian court found US reporter Evan Gershkovich guilty of espionage on Friday (19 July) and sentenced him to 16 years in a maximum security penal colony in what his employer, the Wall Street Journal, called "a disgraceful sham conviction."