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All you need to know about Evan Gershkovich's conviction for espionage in Russia

July 20, 2024 1:16 am

Gershkovich, the American-born son of immigrants from the former Soviet Union, is the first Western journalist arrested on espionage charges in post-Soviet Russia.

Journalism is not a crime: Biden after journalist Gershkovich's sentencing in Russia

July 19, 2024 10:20 pm

President Joe Biden in a statement after the conviction said that Gershkovich “was targeted by the Russian government because he is a journalist and an American.”

US journalist Gershkovich scheduled to appear in Russian court for the second hearing of spy charges

July 16, 2024 3:48 pm

Authorities arrested Gershkovich on March 29, 2023, and claimed without offering any evidence that he was gathering secret information for the US.

A US journalist goes on trial in Russia on espionage charges that he and his employer deny

June 26, 2024 6:47 pm

The American-born son of immigrants from the USSR, Evan Gershkovich is the first Western journalist arrested on espionage charges in post-Soviet Russia. He was arrested when he was on a reporting trip to Yekaterinburg, in the Ural Mountains, and claimed he was gathering secret information for the US

Chinese police deny use of force, detention of US reporter

September 09, 2020 5:11 pm

The journalist was covering protests and class boycotts that had broken out in Inner Mongolia over a move to increase the use of Chinese in schools where Mongolian has been the main language of instruction.

Trump as president-elect expressed support for H-1B system: Book

January 04, 2018 4:06 pm

The H1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows US companies to employ foreign workers in speciality occupations that require theoretical or technical expertise.

Slain journalist James Foley 'tried to see the good'

October 19, 2014 2:44 am

A video showing James Foley's killing at the hands of Islamic State extremists was posted on the Internet in August.

Slain US journalist Sotloff also had Israeli citizenship - official

September 03, 2014 4:43 pm

Steven Sotloff was #Israel citizen RIP," tweeted Paul Hirschson, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem.

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