{"id":2013939,"date":"2023-08-28T03:34:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T07:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wall-street-journal-reporter-evan-gershkovich-appeals-extension-of-pretrial-detention-in-russia\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T03:35:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T07:35:45","slug":"wall-street-journal-reporter-evan-gershkovich-appeals-extension-of-pretrial-detention-in-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wall-street-journal-reporter-evan-gershkovich-appeals-extension-of-pretrial-detention-in-russia\/","title":{"rendered":"Evan Gershkovich, Wall Street Journal reporter, challenges prolonged pretrial detention in Russia."},"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\">24<\/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%2Fwall-street-journal-reporter-evan-gershkovich-appeals-extension-of-pretrial-detention-in-russia%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=2013939&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--><h2>Journalist Evan Gershkovich Appeals Pretrial Detention in Russia<\/h2>\n<p>Wall \u2063Street\u2063 Journal reporter Evan\u200c Gershkovich has filed an appeal against a\u2062 Moscow court&#8217;s decision to extend \u2064his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-supreme-court-ends-cash-bail-for-some-who-cannot-pay\/\" title=\"California Supreme Court Ends Cash Bail For Some Who Cannot Pay\">pretrial detention<\/a> in Russia until the end \u2064of November, according to documents on\u2064 the court&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n<p>Gershkovich, an American\u2062 journalist, was arrested in\u200d March during a work trip to Yekaterinburg, located 1,200 miles east of Moscow. He is the first U.S. journalist since \u200bthe Soviet era to be held on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jailed-wsj-reporter-evan-gershkovichs-arrest-is-extended-by-a-moscow-court-state-news-agency-says\/\" title=\"Moscow court extends arrest of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, says state news agency.\">espionage\u200b charges<\/a> in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The custody order\u2064 that allowed\u200c Gershkovich to be held before trial was set to expire on August\u200c 30. However, the \u200dMoscow City Court extended the order by three months,\u2062 which drew objections from U.S. government officials\u200c and the Journal.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/jailed-wsj-reporter-evan-gershkovichs-arrest-is-extended-by-a-moscow-court-state-news-agency-says-5480115\">Jailed WSJ Reporter\u200d Evan Gershkovich\u2019s Arrest Is Extended by a Moscow Court, State News \u200dAgency Says<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">8\/25\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<li>\n      <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/kremlin-open-to-talks-over-potential-prisoner-swap-involving-detained-us-reporter-evan-gershkovich-5373443\">Kremlin\u200d Open to Talks Over Potential Prisoner Swap Involving Detained US Reporter Evan Gershkovich<\/a><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <span class=\"text-comp-caption\">7\/5\/2023<\/span>\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Saturday, the court&#8217;s\u2063 website revealed \u2064that Gershkovich&#8217;s defense team had submitted an appeal. In June, the court had previously rejected his \u2062appeal \u200cto be\u200c released from custody by the end of August.<\/p>\n<p>During \u200cthe proceedings on Thursday, journalists were\u2062 not permitted to \u2063witness the hearing, which was held behind closed \u200cdoors due to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-iran-envoy-to-give-classified-briefing-to-congress-after-gop-pressure\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Iran Envoy to Give Classified Briefing to Congress After GOP Pressure\">classified nature<\/a>\u200c of the criminal case, according to\u200d Russian state agency TASS.<\/p>\n<p>The Federal Security Service, Russia&#8217;s main internal\u200c security agency, has accused Gershkovich of collecting\u2063 classified information about a Russian \u200bmilitary-industrial complex enterprise\u2063 on behalf of the American side.\u200b However, both Gershkovich \u2063and his employer deny these allegations, and the U.S. government has declared his detention to be wrongful.<\/p>\n<p>The Wall Street Journal \u2063issued a \u200cstatement\u200d condemning Gershkovich&#8217;s &#8220;improper&#8221; \u200cdetention and asserting that \u2063the accusations against\u200b him are baseless. They continue to advocate \u200cfor his\u200d immediate release, emphasizing\u2064 that journalism is not a crime.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the challenging circumstances, \u200bU.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy \u2063reported that Gershkovich appeared to be in good health during her \u200brecent\u200d visit to him at Moscow&#8217;s Lefortovo prison, known for its harsh\u200b conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Gershkovich is the first American reporter to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wikileaks-founder-julian-assange-wins-right-to-appeal-u-s-extradition\/\" title=\"WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange Wins Right to Appeal U.S. Extradition\">face espionage charges<\/a> in Russia since 1986. Analysts suggest that Moscow may be \u200busing detained Americans as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wall-street-journal-reporter-evan-gershkovich-appeals-extension-of-pretrial-detention-in-russia\/\" title=\"Evan Gershkovich, Wall Street Journal reporter, challenges prolonged pretrial detention in Russia.\">bargaining chips amid heightened\u200d tensions<\/a> between the United States and Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has lodged an appeal against a Moscow court&#8217;s ruling to prolong his pretrial detention in Russia until November&#8217;s end. Gershkovich, an American journalist, was apprehended in March while on assignment in Yekaterinburg, located nearly 2,000 kilometers east of Moscow, as per court records.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":2013940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2013939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013939","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\/136"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2013939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2013939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2013940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2013939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2013939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2013939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}