GENEVA (AN) — Human rights experts say Russia's detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich since March 2023 is arbitrary and illegal, and he must be immediately released from prison.
The panel's findings released Tuesday build on international condemnation of his arrest and imprisonment on alleged espionage charges. Gershkovich and the Journal both vehemently deny the charges; the U.S. State Department also says he is "wrongfully detained," a legal determination that commits the government to seek his release.
