32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been detained in Russia for one year, marking a grim milestone since his arrest on March 29, 2023, in Yekaterinburg on fabricated espionage charges. The arrest has drawn widespread condemnation from international media organizations, the U.S. government, and human rights advocates, all of whom have denounced the charges as baseless. Gershkovich's detention highlights the increasing dangers journalists face in Russia, especially under Moscow's stringent military censorship laws. In a show of solidarity and demand for his release, various entities, including The Wall Street Journal itself, have engaged in public demonstrations of support. The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation calling for his immediate release, reflecting the bipartisan concern for his wrongful imprisonment. The Wall Street Journal published a blank front page to mark the anniversary of his detention, symbolizing the loss of his voice and reporting. Gershkovich's case has become emblematic of the broader challenges to press freedom and the authoritarian measures employed by Putin's regime against dissenting voices.
Today marks one year since Russian authorities detained WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich.
A powerful front page from the Wall Street Journal as we mark one year of @evangershkovich being wrongfully detained in Russia. Ultimately he is being held hostage by a terrorist state. https://t.co/vkzTieX3bl
Evan Gershkovich has been wrongfully imprisoned for one year. Journalism is not a crime.
Today marks one year of Russia’s disgraceful and illegal detention of Evan Gershkovich. Journalism is not a crime. #FreeEvan https://t.co/nAY1TsjGPf
It’s been one year since @WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was arbitrarily imprisoned in Russia for doing his job. Why is Putin so afraid of the media? Evan should be released immediately. #JournalismIsNotACrime https://t.co/M1uFISEhYA
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has now been wrongfully detained in Russia for a year. His imprisonment is a continuing violation of press freedom and an affront to democracy. We can’t afford the costs of Putin's vicious authoritarianism. https://t.co/5nLsx6ylvn
One year ago, the Russian government unjustly detained @WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich. Today, we reiterate our demand for his release and the release of all wrongfully detained journalists across the globe. Journalism is not a crime. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/qcc5FZZMkJ
Today marks one year since Evan Gershkovich was jailed for doing his job as a journalist. Vladimir Putin’s tyranny knows no bounds, and Evan must be freed. #IStandWithEvan
Today marks one year since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained by Russia and falsely accused of espionage. The "espionage" charges against Evan are a sham, and Russia knows it. #FreeEvan, now! #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/5nINIsD9ci
Friday marks a year since Russia arrested Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter held on fabricated spying charges. https://t.co/AwzM3Pz2ZT
Evan Gershkovich has been detained in Russia for 1 full year – just for doing his job. We need #JusticeforJournalists, and Evan’s family needs him home.
For one year Evan Gershkovich has been illegally detained by the tyrant Putin — taken captive for being an effective and fearless journalist who exposed the truth in the face of Putin’s lies about his illegal war in Ukraine. Journalism and speaking truth to power are not a crime. https://t.co/1m24C3O6qe
One year ago today Evan Gershkovich was detained by war criminal Putin for reporting on the truth of Putins war of aggression in Ukraine. We will not stop until those unjustly jailed by Putin for speaking the truth are home. #IStandWithEvan
The Wall Street Journal, one of America's largest newspapers, published a blank front page, paying homage to its reporter Evan Gershkovich, who has spent a year behind bars in Russia after his arrest on suspicion of espionage. Read more: https://t.co/AtXuAU6WKg https://t.co/zh1ANXA6rP
Journalism is not a crime. It’s an essential part of democracy. Wall Street Journal correspondent, Evan Gershkovich, has been detained by Russia since March 29, 2023. The committee to protect journalists says 363 reporters were deprived of their freedom as of December 1, 2022. https://t.co/56GafZ2VTe
Today marks one year behind bars in #Russia for Wall Street Journal #reporter Evan Gershkovic. #FreeEvan #FreeEvanNow . https://t.co/vBuR0yHp88
One year ago today, #EvanGershkovich was detained in Russia for being a journalist and doing his job. #JournalismIsNotACrime and it is long past time Russian authorities release Evan, Paul Whelan, Alsu Kurmasheva and all other wrongfully detained Americans. #IStandWithEvan
It's been one year since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained and imprisoned in Russia. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/fSensGFmdB
One year ago today, @WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich was wrongly imprisoned by Vladimir Putin on baseless espionage charges for simply doing his job. Even after all this time, our request to Putin remains the same: free Evan and allow him to come home. https://t.co/OH5rKfffKt
Evan Gershkovich is an American journalist who was arrested in Russia one year ago solely for doing his job. Journalism is not a crime and we must fight to bring him home from Putin’s tyrannical Russia. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/AAemKHp4r7
It's been a year since Russia detained Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on spying allegations. The Journal — which vehemently rejects the charges — observed the somber anniversary with an #IStandWithEvan tribute. https://t.co/YUVjz4d392
#Russia: Today marks the one-year anniversary of Evan Gershkovich's imprisonment in Russia. We join journalists around the world in saying #IStandWithEvan. Earlier this week @paulwsj wrote for @IndexCensorship about his colleague: https://t.co/hq1z9HoYrG https://t.co/7Q2LFhqZy6
It has been one year since the baseless and illegal arrest of @WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich at the hands of Russian authorities. On this solemn anniversary, I reaffirm my call for the release of Evan, Paul Whelan, and all others wrongfully detained by the Kremlin.…
Evan Gershkovich has been wrongfully detained in Russia for one year as of today. We continue to call for his release on a bipartisan basis – journalism is NOT a crime. Today I am thinking of Evan and of other wrongfully detained Americans being held around the world.
Reporter Evan Gershkovich has spent a year in a Russian prison. His crime: independent journalism. Reporting is not a crime. Evan must be brought home. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/3aEGKt3mQc
Today marks the one year anniversary of American journalist Evan Gershkovich’s wrongful arrest by Putin's government. In the face of this clear act of intimidation toward journalists, I join many in standing firm for justice and calling for his immediate release.
Today marks one year since Russia wrongfully detained @WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich. A free press is critical to the survival of the free world and Evan’s continued imprisonment is a direct assault on these values. He must be released immediately. #IStandWithEvan
Friday marks one year since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on espionage charges. His newspaper, dozens of leading international media organizations, and the U.S. government have denounced these claims as false. https://t.co/ElUXd5E3A2 https://t.co/cLn7KQq9rT
It’s officially been one year since WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained by Putin’s regime. He continues to languish in captivity in Russia. Journalism is not a crime — both parties must stand united to bring Evan home.
Evan has been in jail for simply doing his job as a journalist. Russia should immediately release him. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/yc6wUBhJ12
WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia one year ago for the crime of reporting the news. Release him now! #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/HFZqsakrVz
For 1 year, Evan Gershkovich has been unjustly detained in a Russian prison. Putin will go to any and all lengths to suppress the truth, even imprisoning American journalists. Journalism is not a crime. Evan must be freed immediately. #IStandwithEvan
It's been a year since Russia's wrongful imprisonment of US reporter Evan Gershkovich. Journalism is not a crime & a free press is crucial to uncovering the truth. Putin's regime must release Evan and other wrongfully detained Americans like Paul Whelan. https://t.co/D2ZH9B3dSg
American journalist Evan Gershkovich hits grim one year milestone in Russian jail https://t.co/hFrNghFcj8 https://t.co/Gq52oW9CoY
Evan Gershkovich should be home with his family. Instead, he has spent a year wrongfully detained by Putin and his government of cronies. On the anniversary of his detainment, we reaffirm our commitment to the free press and continue to call on Russia to free Mr. Gershkovich. https://t.co/mr575g0MAK
Today marks one year since Putin’s regime wrongfully detained @WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich. He committed no crime, yet remains jailed by Putin on fabricated charges. He should be freed immediately. https://t.co/wxoc7c4W1m
🧵 Today marks 1 year that @WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich has been wrongfully detained in Russia. “We stand with Evan and call for his immediate release,” said @PSadovskaya2020. “His continued detention on bogus charges is a plain attempt to silence...” https://t.co/Zq9iF6CZag
I read the @WSJ every day, and Evan Gershkovich should be reporting for the WSJ instead of being wrongly imprisoned in Russia. Evan should be freed immediately. Putin and other autocrats may fear a free press, but journalism is not a crime. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/9X3ps6Ry45
Today marks one year since @WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained by Putin's regime. Russia must release Evan — and every American unjustly held behind bars. On this solemn anniversary, #IStandWithEvan.
Today marks one year since WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia. Very hopeful his byline will soon return to Page One, where it belongs. Proud to stand with my colleagues earlier this week outside WSJ’s main newsroom on the Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan. https://t.co/5AUXeaYF0I
My colleague Evan Gershkovich has been in a Russian prison for ONE YEAR for the "crime" of doing his job as a journalist. It's not just an injustice, but an offense to the world's need for a free press. Beyond time for him to be released. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/t2fzVr8bT5
The Wall Street Journal on Friday dedicated its front page to reporter Evan Gershkovich, who remains detained in Russia one full year after he was arrested in Yekaterinburg on March 29, 2023. https://t.co/xuH5opB51Q
Today marks the one-year anniversary of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's wrongful detainment by Russian authorities. The 32-year-old was arrested on March 29, 2023 for espionage charges that both he and The Journal vehemently deny. https://t.co/KSEXbTCQNK
One year ago today @evangershkovich was arrested in Russia for seeking truth. One year in a Russian prison without trial. “Journalism is not a crime. Evan Gershkovich was doing his job and should not have been detained" @katie_robertson https://t.co/ycKwtT8L22
Today marks one year since Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained by Putin’s lawless regime for doing his job. As co-chair of the Hostage Task Force, I won’t stop fighting until all Americans wrongfully detained abroad, like Evan and my constituent, Paul Whelan, are home.
It's been one year since our fellow journalist, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, was detained in Russia and falsely accused of espionage. The Journal and the U.S. government vehemently deny the allegation and continue to call for his immediate release. The… https://t.co/5IpONfbDby
To mark one year since the detainment of journalist Evan Gershkovich in a Russian jail, the WSJ put out a remarkable front page today Colleague and friend @eliotwb wrote about what has been stolen from Evan over the past 12 months: https://t.co/YgFu4Kk9ol https://t.co/vRS4mFlfKW
A year ago, Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia for doing his job as a journalist. "A year of stolen stories, stolen joys, stolen memories," as today's @WSJ front page says. It's time to bring him home. #FreeEvan https://t.co/SLNN2gX6qc
Journalism is not a crime. Evan Gershkovich has had an entire year stolen from him: https://t.co/uGyuF6ZVhJ #IStandWithEvan
It's been *1 year* since @WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained by Russia for simply doing his job. That's a whole year of missed birthdays, holidays, family moments -- and his essential reporting silenced. #IStandWithEvan Learn more at https://t.co/rR8tOqo6B3. https://t.co/JyNerns0Re
It’s been one year and @WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich has spent it in a Russian jail. This is a sweet essay about the year he’s missed, from the perspective of a friend. https://t.co/2oQf8VY9mw https://t.co/tfxJa9OrKq
It has been one year since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained by Russia for simply doing his job. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/4dW3ZdUduZ
CHM @RepMcCaul: “Friday marks one year since Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully and arbitrarily detained by the Putin regime. Evan’s tragic case shows that American adversaries prey upon the innocent to execute their authoritarian foreign policy objectives. https://t.co/oVOro40Cym
.@WSJ on one-year anniversary of @evangershkovich arrest https://t.co/2xKHAkVAU4
Today marks one year since @WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained by Putin's regime. Last year, the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed legislation calling for Evan's immediate release. We remain united in that call. https://t.co/RvVumErjui
Journalist Evan Gershkovich marks 1 year in Russia as courts keep extending his time behind bars https://t.co/Ox0aGY2J4Y
Today marks one year since US journalist Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained by Putin's regime. His crime? Doing his job: reporting the truth. That Evan was detained in the first place is outrageous — that he's still behind bars is unconscionable. Putin must #FreeEvan NOW.
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich marks a year behind bars on Friday following his arrest by Russian authorities who accuse him of espionage but have offered no supporting evidence. https://t.co/lVrOMNPGiW https://t.co/lVrOMNPGiW
🧵One year ago today, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia for doing his job. He remains in a Moscow prison. We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/ll83UMXlp5 https://t.co/MCOXHbzXiX
It’s been one year since Russia arrested @WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich. We spoke with publisher Almar Latour about the fight to bring him home. “Until he’s out, not enough has been done by anyone,” he said. https://t.co/JazSJRvUij
Today is the one-year anniversary of Evan Gershkovich’s detainment in Russia. The U.S. government sees the 32-year-old Russian Jewish @WSJ reporter as “wrongfully detained” — a designation for citizens imprisoned abroad on apparently unfounded charges. https://t.co/3iCvdLOaZT
Journalist Evan Gershkovich has now been detained in Russia for one year https://t.co/SDhHAqM8o9
American journalist Evan Gershkovich hits grim one year milestone in Russian jail - as his paper Wall Street Journal runs powerful BLANK front page to mark anniversary https://t.co/W2qZBrrxQO https://t.co/AdKpkEGryf
For one year, @WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich has remained imprisoned on false charges by the tyrannical Russian regime only for pursuing the truth. Join me in demanding his freedom on today’s solemn anniversary. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/eu55tHXo81
American journalist Evan Gershkovich marks one year in Russian detention https://t.co/eoxWguQT29
For all the Putin apologists, today marks the one year anniversary of Evan Gershkovich’s imprisonment. His wrongful detainment is unacceptable.
Journalism is not a crime. #Russia must immediately release @WSJ reporter Evan #Gershkovich. His detention is unacceptable. Journalists must not become pawns in perfidious political maneuvers or the Kremlin’s political bargaining chips. https://t.co/T2WmTO0oHd
Our colleague Evan Gershkovich has been in a Russian jail for one year, simply for doing journalism. Journalism is not a crime. #FreeEvan #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/2XagCMIAJT
It’s Friday March 29, 2024. WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained by the FSB Mar 29, 2023. ONE YEAR AGO TODAY JOURNALISM IS NOT A CRIME https://t.co/13IJWvGOFB FREE EVAN NOW! #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/roAXXSLyhb
Evan Gershkovich has been wrongfully detained by Putin's regime for one year far too long. His case is another example of our foreign adversaries clearly believing they can hold an American with impunity. Russia must release Evan immediately. We will continue to fight for him…
American journalist Evan Gershkovich must be released. He’s spent one year in a Russian prison. Enough. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/3y4mJSpNDR
Wall Street Journal Marks One Year Since Evan Gershkovich Was Detained In Russia In Stunning Fashion https://t.co/NBOIjiUsS6
American journalist Evan Gershkovich was arrested a year ago in Russia while on a reporting trip for The Wall Street Journal. He’s been behind bars there since. https://t.co/W6RwJTWJYR
Today, marks one year since @WSJ reporter and Jersey native Evan Gershkovich was detained by Putin to suppress free speech and the press. We must continue to do everything we can to secure his freedom. Putin must be held accountable for his egregious actions. https://t.co/T3HlDUufLs
Evan Gershkovich has been jailed in Russia for a full year for the crime of journalism. Evan deserves to come home. https://t.co/XabSjS0zXW
Without a free press there is no free society. In Putin’s Russia, journalists are routinely intimidated and arrested. Evan Gershkovich has now been imprisoned for a whole year simply for doing his job. @Telegraph stands with @WSJ in demanding his release: https://t.co/1V8tWOoJkb
Evan Gershkovich's Stolen Year in a Russian Jail https://t.co/6BVOt4DZq4
Evan Gershkovich, U.S. journalist, marks year in Russian prison https://t.co/YjZjmU6QoT
Friday marks one year since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on espionage charges. Moscow's military censorship laws against journalists have made it increasingly dangerous to report from Russia. https://t.co/mNetL5gu17
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich marks one year in Russian prison. https://t.co/Cy7mJkLRqv
I joined former colleagues and others to mark the one-year anniversary today of the unjust imprisonment of Evan Gershkovich by Putin’s regime. #istandwithevan https://t.co/uOGcsuv35d
Today marks one year since WSJ journalist Evan Gershkovich was detained by Russia on March 29, 2023. #istandwithevan https://t.co/hjQQWEW1eO
.@WSJ's front page one year after Russia unjustly detained our colleague, Evan Gershkovich, for doing his job as a journalist. A whole year stolen. Free Evan now. #JournalismIsNotACrime https://t.co/686nGATp4a
It has been a year since @wsj reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia for -- well, for committing journalism. Essentially, Vladimir Putin took Evan hostage in an attack not just on one man but on the institution of journalism. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/7TUBOrxqex
Jailed WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich marks one year detained in Russia https://t.co/raHH3CFCLu https://t.co/jnVbuyIj8O
US journalist Evan Gershkovich marks 1 year in Russia as courts keep extending his time behind bars https://t.co/4Lh132eXgo
Evan Gershkovich, an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal, remains in a Russian prison a year after he was detained in Russia on an espionage allegation that he, the newspaper he works for and the U.S. government have all vehemently denied. https://t.co/Jzt35SWmWl
Evan Gershkovich committed the crime of reporting on a regime that does not care for the free press or for reporters. The FP's @petersavodnik speaks to the imprisoned journalist’s friends as he marks one year in a Russian prison. https://t.co/rgSwVCRJRR https://t.co/IRIyT0up2e
Hundreds of us @WSJ are reading Evan Gershkovich’s stories today as part of a series of events to mark a year since his unjust arrest in Russia - telling his story until he’s able to tell it himself. Watch here: https://t.co/z0TpJnBPgP #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/DtGiqBnOME
U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich marks year in Russian prison as courts keep extending time behind bars https://t.co/IKzBaAopiI
WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich marks a year in Russian prison as courts keep extending his detention. https://t.co/40yrW2ClaG
📣 On March 29, @WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich will have been imprisoned for doing his job in Russia for one full year. Evan should not be in prison. Journalism is not a crime, and we continue to demand Evan’s immediate release. Graphic by @WSJ https://t.co/tMtjxJQzog
Friday marks one year since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained by Russia for simply doing his job. I joined my WSJ colleagues in the N.Y. newsroom this morning. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/FsBSUGl1sn
From @WSJopinion: A year after his arrest, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is coping as well as anyone can with unjust confinement in Russia and the uncertainty of when it will end https://t.co/PLrl0zG2Fu
Friday marks one year since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained by Russia for simply doing his job. That is one year of missed birthdays, holidays and family moments. It is also one year of his essential reporting silenced. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/V0OHEhlho5
WATCH: A 24-hour Read-A-Thon to mark one year of @wsj reporter Evan Gershkovich's wrongful detainment in Russia https://t.co/lVyOy6bp10 #IStandWithEvan
Dow Jones colleagues throughout the world stand with @WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich. This Friday will mark one year since his outrageous and wrongful detention by Russia. We’ll keep telling Evan’s story until he can tell his own. #IStandWithEvan New York: https://t.co/U7r3q72siG
This Friday marks one full year since my colleague Evan Gershkovich was unjustly detained in Russia, while on a reporting assignment. Every day he spends in jail is an outrage. We at the WSJ stand with Evan and demand his immediate release. #IStandWithEvan #FreeEvan https://t.co/vlDHMmfnvZ
🧵One year ago on Friday, Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was detained in Russia during a reporting trip. He remains in a Moscow prison. We’re offering resources for those who want to show their support for him. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/ll83UMXlp5 https://t.co/VMnEout44F
End a reporter’s year-long nightmare in Russia: Free Evan Gershkovich now. https://t.co/l7MQLhR6ab