WASHINGTON, March 30 -- President Biden issued the following statement on March 29, 2024, on anniversary of the wrongful detention in Russia of American journalist Evan Gershkovich: * * * Today we mark a painful anniversary: one year of American journalist Evan Gershkovich's wrongful detention in Russia. Journalism is not a crime, and Evan went to Russia to do his job as a reporter --risking his safety to shine the light of truth on Russia's brutal aggression against Ukraine. Shortly after hi  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The Radio Free Asia, a subsidiary of Broadcasting Board of Governors, issued the following statement on March 29, 2024: * * * In light of Hong Kong's passage of Article 23, Bay Fang, President and CEO of Radio Free Asia (RFA), made the following statement about the organization's plans in Hong Kong - which is available below in Cantonese: Concerns about the safety of RFA staff and reporters in Hong Kong have led us to restructure our on-the-ground operations there. Whi  more

WASHINGTON, March 30 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following statement on March 29, 2024, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken on one year of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's wrongful detention in Russia: * * * Today marks one year since Russia wrongfully detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich. To date, Russia has provided no evidence of wrongdoing for a simple reason: Evan did nothing wrong. Journalism is not a crime. In the year since Evan's wrongful deten  more