CHM Michael McCaul: 'Department of State must designate Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Alsu Kurmasheva as wrongfully detained. While State drags its feet on designating her, she languishes in a Russian prison because of false charges levied by a Kremlin-controlled court. There’s no time to waste.”

Now that @potus has called for Alsu’s release, it’s time for Department of State and Secretary Antony Blinken to officially declare her a “wrongfully detained person”. There
Is no reason for this delay and Alsu needs all of the resources of the USG brought to bear. #FreeAlsu

The moment President Biden mentioned Alsu Kurmasheva's detention really made the night for her husband Pavel Butorin. #whcd2024 #freealsu

Steve Rosenberg

A judge in Moscow has rejected Evan Gershkovich's latest appeal against his detention. Here's what we saw in court. Producer Ben Tavener BBC News (UK)

This was first time in several months we’d been allowed into a Moscow courtroom to see Evan Gershkovich. The Wall Street Journal reporter was appealing against his continued detention. Appeal was rejected. But Evan seemed in good health & good spirits. He’s accused of spying – a…

The strongest person I know. Evan should be free, with his family and The Wall Street Journal colleagues. We'll keep fighting until that happens.

#FreeEvan #IStandWithEvan

After they beat Azat Azatyan so bad blood came out of his ears the Russians began to interrogate him about his faith. “When did you become a Baptist? When did you become an American spy?”…on how Russia’s war against evangelicals is a war against America time.com/6969273/russia…

Six months ago, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Alsu Kurmasheva was wrongfully detained in Russia on bogus charges while visiting her ailing mother.
We urge the U.S. State Department to grant Kurmasheva“wrongfully detained” status so the U.S. can use all efforts to free her.
#FreeAlsu

U.S. citizen Alsu Kurmasheva has been wrongfully detained for half a year in Russia because she holds a U.S. passport. It's time the U.S. government said the same. Alsu's family needs her and the world needs journalists who show us the truth. #FreeAlsu

'Alsu’s time in detention is unlike anything anyone could imagine' says Amanda Bennett. 'Russia’s delaying and obfuscating shows this is purely a political stunt to advance the Kremlin’s agenda' voanews.com/a/american-rfe…

Half a year.

That's how long Russia has detained Alsu Kurmasheva, an Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist and U.S. citizen.

That's how long Alsu has slept in a cramped cell, next to a toilet.

That's how long she hasn't spoken to her children.

#FreeAlsu

Thank you Bill Bill McCarren, Washington Post Press Freedom Partnership, and National Press Club.

Alsu is not a criminal. She is sorely missed at home. #FreeAlsu

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty National Press Club NPC Journalism Institute Secretary Antony Blinken Adam Schiff Eleanor #DCStatehood Holmes Norton Department of State Josep Borrell Fontelles Congressman Bill Keating Congressman Tom Kean Pavel Butorin The Lead CNN Jake Tapper The Wall Street Journal Louise Radnofsky Посольство США в РФ/ U.S. Embassy Russia Department of StateSpox Jon Allsop CJR 'Our kids miss their mom.”

Alsu’s grim milestone of 6 months wrongfully held in a Russian prison is marked in the The Washington Post, sponsored by National Press Club, Committee to Protect Journalists, James W. Foley Legacy Foundation, International Women's Media Foundation, IPI - The Global Network for Independent Media, RSF, WAN-IFRA, and Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press.

Six months since being detained in Russia, U.S. journalist Alsu Kurmasheva has insisted she will walk free 'as an innocent person.' She is charged with failing to register as a foreign agent. The charges are widely seen as reprisals for her journalistic work.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty National Press Club NPC Journalism Institute Secretary Antony Blinken Adam Schiff Eleanor #DCStatehood Holmes Norton Department of State Josep Borrell Fontelles Congressman Bill Keating Congressman Tom Kean Pavel Butorin The Lead CNN Jake Tapper The Wall Street Journal Louise Radnofsky Посольство США в РФ/ U.S. Embassy Russia As Alsu marks nearly six months in a Russian prison, Jon Allsop discusses her case in his Columbia Journalism Review (@CJR) newsletter.
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