CPJ, media organizations, and partners write to Russian Embassy in USA 🇷🇺 calling for release of US The Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich "As an urgent first step, Gershkovich should be granted immediate access to an attorney provided by his employer. We also demand cpj.org/2023/03/cpj-me…

“It’s an American quality that we absorbed. Be optimistic. Believe in a happy ending. But I am not stupid” Evan Gershkovich’s family speak of his arrest in Russia for the first time. wsj.com/video/headline…

Thomas Jefferson, in his 1805 State of the Union Address, on the fate of American hostages said: “In a government bottomed on the will of all, the life and liberty of every individual citizen become interesting to all.” #BringThemHome #FreeEvan washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

With a heavy weight on his shoulders, Evan Gershkovich is standing tall washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

8 WEEKS of wrongful detention for The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. Yesterday a Russian court extended his pretrial detention until at least Aug. 30. Join us in continuing to call for his release #IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan #JournalismIsNotaCrime For updates: wsj.com/evan

Evan's mom on the eerie joy of seeing her son through a glass cage: “He was so happy to see us. It was a relief for him, and a relief for us,”