By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The family of U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich said on Wednesday that they had appealed to the United ...
STORY CONTINUES BELOW THESE SALTWIRE VIDEOSUNITED NATIONS - The family of U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich said on Wednesday that they had appealed to the United Nations for help in their bid to get him freed in Russia, where he was detained in March on spying charges that carry up to 20 years in prison.
"This petition explains that Evan's detention is a violation of his human rights and that Russia should release him immediately. We just want him home," Gershkovich's father, Mikhail, told reporters. The United States says Russia is using Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich to conduct"hostage diplomacy", at a time when Moscow's war in Ukraine has plunged relations with Washington to their lowest point in more than 60 years.
Washington says the case against him is bogus and has demanded the release of both Gershkovich and Paul Whelan, a U.S. citizen convicted of espionage in 2020 and serving 16 years in a Russian penal colony on spying charges that he too denies.
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