{"id":1515549,"date":"2022-06-14T13:49:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T17:49:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1515549"},"modified":"2022-06-14T13:49:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T17:49:21","slug":"russian-court-extends-wnba-star-brittney-griners-detention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russian-court-extends-wnba-star-brittney-griners-detention\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Court Extends WNBA Star Brittney Griner\u2019s Detention"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussian-court-extends-wnba-star-brittney-griners-detention%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1515549&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A Russian court has extended WNBA star Brittney Griner\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-wnba-star-detained-in-russia-on-drug-charges-could-face-up-to-10-years-in-prison\">detention<\/a> for at least 18 more days.<\/p>\n<p>Griner, held in Russia since February, will reportedly remain in custody until at least July 2, <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/russian-court-extends-detention-wnba-star-brittney-griner\/story?id=85385157&#038;cid=social_twitter_abcn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">according to<\/a> Russian state media outlet TASS.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes just one day after State Department officials met with Griner\u2019s NBA team, the Phoenix Mercury.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a lot involved in getting her back home and safe, they\u2019re working relentlessly,\u201d Mercury star Diana Taurasi <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-sports-basketball-brittney-griner-9dc0d1c8d810ae9cb52da03f176f5f63\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> after the meeting. \u201cWe\u2019re here to do whatever we can to amplify and keep BG at the forefront, which is more important than any basketball game and anything else that\u2019s going on in our lives. We want BG to come home as soon as possible, it\u2019s number one on our list.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new report also comes after hopes that the State Department\u2019s efforts would lead to progress in bringing Griner home to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKnowing the State Department at the highest level, from U.S President Joe Biden to the team that is working on bringing back all Americans who are wrongfully detained, gives us a lot of confidence that they\u2019re working on it,\u201d Taurasi said.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, players from the NBA\u2019s Boston Celtics showed support for Griner. Several players wore shirts before Game 2 of the NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors with a QR code for an online petition on Griner\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FreeBrittneyGriner?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FreeBrittneyGriner<\/a> \ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NilQSP8giS\">https:\/\/t.co\/NilQSP8giS<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6tw5S3dwAL\">pic.twitter.com\/6tw5S3dwAL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boston Celtics (@celtics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/celtics\/status\/1533186092903477248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The petition has gathered more than 258,000 signatures that are being sent to the White House and State Department in Griner\u2019s support.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is imperative that the U.S. government immediately address this human rights issue and do whatever is necessary to return Brittney home quickly and safely,\u201d the petition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/secure-brittney-griner-s-swift-and-safe-return-to-the-u-s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a> in part.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/brittney-griners-wife-begs-biden-to-get-wnba-star-freed-from-russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that Griner, the 6-foot, 9-inch superstar for the Phoenix Mercury, was allegedly <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Sports\/cherelle-griner-wife-brittney-griner-president-joe-biden\/story?id=84962987\">caught<\/a> at a Moscow airport with vape cartridges containing hashish oil. She faces up to 10 years in prison under Russia\u2019s strict anti-drug laws. Her wife, Cherelle Griner, appeared on national television in May, asking President Joe Biden to intervene.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is one person that can go get her, and that\u2019s our president,\u201d Griner told ESPN\u2019s Angela Rye during the interview broadcast on ABC\u2019s \u201cGood Morning America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has that power. You know, I\u2019m just like, \u2018Why are we not using it? Like, urgently, use it.\u2019 We\u2019re expecting him to use his power to get it done,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ\">State Department spokesperson Ned Price <a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/10036431-state-department-brittney-griner-visited-by-consular-official-for-2nd-time-in-week\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> last month that a U.S. consular officer was able to meet with Griner on May 19.<\/p>\n<p class=\"fnmMv geuMB alqtB wqIGQ\">Price reported that the officer \u201cfound her continuing to do as well as could be expected under these exceedingly challenging circumstances.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added,\u00a0\u201cBut again, our message is a clear and simple one \u2014 we continue to insist that Russia allow consistent and timely consular access to all U.S. citizen detainees,\u201d he added. \u201cOne-off visits are not sufficient, and we will continue to call on Moscow to uphold its commitments under the Vienna Convention for consistent and timely access, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Russian court has extended WNBA star Brittney Griner\u2019s detention for at least 18 more days. Griner, held in Russia since February, will reportedly remain in custody until at least July 2, according to Russian state media outlet TASS. The announcement comes just one day after State Department officials met with Griner\u2019s NBA team, the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":1515583,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1515549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1515549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1515549\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1515583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1515549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1515549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1515549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}