Russia has arbitrarily detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich under unsubstantiated claims of espionage and should immediately release him from prison, a United Nations panel said.
The findings, released Tuesday but adopted in March, add to international condemnation of Gershkovich’s arrest and imprisonment in Russia, where he has been held since March of last year on an allegation of espionage that he, the Journal and the U.S. government strongly deny. The U.S. State Department determined Gershkovich was wrongfully detained weeks after his arrest and called for his release.
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