Journalism is not a crime. As one of more than 300 former Moscow correspondents from 22 countries, I signed this letter to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov calling for the immediate release of Evan Gershkovich of the WSJ. I worked in Moscow many years ago (and subsequently reported from there often on assignment) and never met Evan as it was well before his time. But his arrest marks a shocking development in the treatment of independent journalists.
#IStandWithEvan