Show threadKriszta SatoriAug 1, 2024

V cpj.org:
The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes reports that Wall Street Journal reporter #Evan #Gershkovich and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) editor #Alsu #Kurmasheva will be released as part of a prisoner exchange, and calls on Russia to release other jailed journalists and stop harassing those in exile.

http://support.cpj.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=9561.0&dlv_id=25821&pgwrap=n

#AlsuKurmasheva #EvanGershkovich

Committee to Protect Journalists

Kriszta SatoriJul 23, 2024
#BBCNews - #Russian-US journalist jailed for 'false information'
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn08d7j1qj5o
Russian-American journalist #Alsu #Kurmasheva has been jailed for 6.5 years by a court in the central city of #Kazan on a charge of spreading false information about the Russian army
#FreeAlsu #AlsuKurmasheva #RFERL #JournalismIsNotACrime
Alsu Kurmasheva: Russian-US journalist jailed for 'false information'

Alsu Kurmasheva was sentenced on Friday, when fellow reporter Evan Gershkovich was jailed for spying.

Kriszta SatoriFeb 14, 2024

RFERL journalist #Alsu #Kurmasheva has spent 120 days in a #Russian jail
#FreeAlsu
https://pressroom.rferl.org/free-alsu-kurmasheva

WSJ journalist #Evan #Gershkovich has spent more than 320 days in a #Moscow prison
#IStandWithEvan
https://www.wsj.com/news/evan-gershkovich

##JournalismIsNotACrime

Free Alsu Kurmasheva

On October 18, Alsu Kurmasheva, a journalist for RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service was detained by Russian authorities. She is a dual U.S. and Russian citizen who lives in Prague, Czech Republic, with her husband and two children.

Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty