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Evan Gershkovich

Journalist

Jewish journalist Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, was detained by invading Russian forces in Ukraine in March 2023. The first American journalist since the Cold War to face fabricated charges of espionage from the Russian authorities, Gershkovich is presently incarcerated in the notorious Lefortovo Prison in Moscow. Gershkovich garnered international attention and bipartisan support in the US House of Representatives, which in June voted unanimously to approve a resolution calling on Russia to immediately free him and demanding that Moscow provide the reporter unconstrained access to US consular officials during his imprisonment. Over the recent Rosh Hashanah holiday, Gershkovich received more than 2,000 messages of support through an online campaign organized by the Jewish Federations of North America. (Photo: LinkedIn)