US EditionRussia sentences US journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years after brief trial
- Russia has sentenced U.S. Journalist Evan Gershkovich to 16 years after a brief trial, which the U.S. State Department calls a “sham.”
- The U.S. State Department has labeled Gershkovich as “wrongfully detained” and is committed to pursuing his release.
- U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Linda Thomas-Greenfield, criticized Moscow for using individuals as “bargaining chips,” including Gershkovich and ex-Marine Paul Whelan.
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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…
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."
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