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Evan Gershkovich, the American Jewish Wall Street Journal reporter who has been held in Russian prison for more than a year, is now free, the White House announced Thursday.
He added, “I will not stop working until every American wrongfully detained or held hostage around the world is reunited with their family.”
Evan Gershkovich, Alsu Kurmasheva, Paul Whelan. Free. Amazing. #IStandWithEvan pic.twitter.com/mGtNjTwedB
— Paul Beckett (@paulwsj) August 1, 2024
Gershkovich was arrested in Yekaterinburg on charges of espionage in March 2023 while on a reporting trip — charges that he, the United States government, and the Wall Street Journal vehemently deny.
The Jewish community shows their support
Gershkovich’s case, too, has garnered the support of the Jewish community worldwide.
Activists sent letters to him over Rosh Hashanah last year and left an empty seat for him at the Passover seder, both echoes of the campaign to free Soviet Jews.