Russia Extends Detention of US Journalist

Moscow court extends detention of U.S. journalist

A court in Moscow has extended the pre-trial detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Meanwhile, Paul Whelan, another American held in Russia, says he was attacked at a labor camp in Mordovia.

Russian court extends detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich

A Russian court has extended the pre-trial detention for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. He will be detained for another two months until January 30 next year according to the court. Mr Gershkovich was arrested on espionage charges in March while working in the journal's Moscow bureau. Both he and the Wall Street Journal have denied the charges. Mr Gershkovich could face 20 years in jail if he is convicted.

Russian court extends detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich

A Russian court has extended the pre-trial detention for Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. He will be detained for another two months until January 30 next year according to the court. Mr Gershkovich was arrested on espionage charges in March while working in the journal's Moscow bureau. Both he and the Wall Street Journal have denied the charges. Mr Gershkovich could face 20 years in jail if he is convicted.

Russian court extends detention of US journalist Gershkovich

A Moscow court on Tuesday said it had extended until January the detention of US reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in Russia earlier this year on spying charges. The court said Gershkovich’s “period of detention” was extended by two more months until January 30, in what the Wall Street Journal, his employer, called a “brazen and outrageous attack on a free press.” The 32-year-old correspondent, the Wall Street Journal and the US govern…

On Tuesday, a court in Moscow extended the pre-trial detention of American journalist Evan Gershkovich, arrested last March in Russia on suspicion of “espionage”, an accusation that he categorically denies, for two months, until January 30. “The period of detention of Evan Gershkovich (...) is extended by two months,” until January 30, 2024,” the press service of the Lefortovski court said in a statement. The press was not allowed to attend the …

Russia extends detention of US journalist Evan Gershkovich by 2 months - Committee to Protect Journalists

New York, November 28, 2023—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns a Russian court’s decision on Tuesday to extend the pretrial detention of U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich until January 30, 2024. “While the latest extension of the detention of U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich—who has been wrongly detained in Russia for the past eight months—was expected, it...