GENEVA — U.N. human rights experts say Russia violated international law by imprisoning Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and should release him “immediately.” The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, made up of independent experts convened by the U.N.’s top human rights body, said there was a “striking lack of any factual or legal substantiation” […]
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U.S. journalist goes on trial in Russia on espionage charges that he, employer deny
Bowdoin graduate and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is the first Western journalist arrested on espionage charges in post-Soviet Russia.
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With Russian trial looming, Bowdoin College reflects on alumnus Evan Gershkovich’s detention
Bowdoin College alum calls for continued support in detained journalist Evan Gershkovich’s trial. The long-anticipated judicial proceedings come amid Cold War-era political tensions, according to one Bowdoin College professor.
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Reporter Evan Gershkovich, jailed in Russia on espionage charges, to stand trial
The Biden administration has sought to negotiate his release, but Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it would consider a prisoner swap only after a verdict in his trial.
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Trump claims he’d use relationship with Putin to free detained reporter Evan Gershkovich
The Wall Street Journal reporter and Bowdoin grad has been held in Russia for more than a year without formal charges or a trial.
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Moscow court rejects Evan Gershkovich’s appeal, keeping him in jail until end of June
The Bowdoin College graduate has spent over a year behind bars.
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Biden says he is ‘working every day’ to secure release of Evan Gershkovich, imprisoned U.S. journalist
Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal who graduated from Bowdoin College, has been in Russian prison for a year.
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Evan Gershkovich marks year in Russian prison as courts keep extending time behind bars
The Wall Street Journal reporter and Bowdoin College graduate is the first U.S. journalist taken into custody on espionage charges since the height of the Cold War.
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Russia extends arrest of U.S. reporter Evan Gershkovich, jailed for nearly a year
The Wall Street Journal reporter and Bowdoin College graduate is to remain in jail on espionage charges until at least late June.
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Putin urges Ukraine talks, hints at prisoner swap for Gershkovich in Carlson interview
It was the Russian president’s first interview with a Western media figure since his full-scale invasion of Ukraine 2 years ago.