President Biden Issues Statement on Anniversary of Wrongful Detention of American Journalist Evan Gershkovich
March 30, 2024
March 30, 2024
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:
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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 aggressi . . .
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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 aggressi . . .