The front page of The Wall Street Journal on Friday commemorated a grim milestone: the 100th day of Evan Gershkovich’s wrongful detention. “A free press is pivotal to maintaining a free society and we all have a stake in this,” said Tucker. “Every day that Evan isn’t home is another day too many,” they wrote. On Friday, the Journal reported that Dow Jones attorneys asked a United Nations humans-right advocate to urge Russia to release Gershkovich. In June, a Russian court upheld the extension of Gershkovich’s pretrial detention until at least August 30.

Source: Wall Street Journal July 07, 2023 20:47 UTC