[KARAH RUCKER]
TODAY MARKS ONE YEAR SINCE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH WAS TAKEN PRISONER IN RUSSIA – DETAINED ON ALLEGATIONS OF ESPIONAGE – CHARGES THE REPORTER, THE NEWSPAPER AND THE U.S. GOVERNMENT all DENY.
THE JOURNAL MAKING SURE GERSHOKOVICH IS NOT FORGOTTEN – LEAVING A LARGE BLANK SPACE ON TODAY’S FRONT PAGE WITH THE HEADLINE READING “HIS STORY SHOULD BE HERE – A YEAR IN RUSSIAN PRISON.
A YEAR OF STOLEN STORIES, STOLEN JOYS, STOLEN MEMORIES. THE CRIME — JOURNALISM.”
THE JOURNAL’S EDITOR IN CHIEF EMMA TUCKER WRITING A LETTER IN TODAY’S EDITION – SAYING
“Evan has shown remarkable willpower, strength and even humor during his wrongful detention. We are amazed at his—and his family’s—steadfastness in the face of such a harrowing ordeal.
But their fortitude doesn’t change the fact that Evan’s detention is a blatant attack on the rights of the free press at a time when evidence abounds around the globe of the vital role that quality journalism plays in our society’s understanding of world events and in bearing witness to history.”
THERE HAS NOT BEEN A TRIAL DATE SET FOR GERSHKOVICH.
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