Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been wrongfully detained in Russia for a year on espionage charges, a claim strongly denied by both the U.S. and the Journal. The upcoming one-year anniversary of his detention on March 29 has prompted calls for his immediate release from colleagues, family, and high-profile figures, including President Biden, who emphasized that journalism is not a crime and vowed to continue working for Gershkovich's release. The Wall Street Journal marked the anniversary with a significant gesture, leaving a large blank space on its front cover to symbolize the missing reporting of Gershkovich, accompanied by the headline "His Story Should Be Here." This act of protest highlights the absence of his contributions and the injustice of his detention. Statements from various individuals and entities have reiterated the demand for his freedom, underscoring the impact of his absence on his loved ones and the journalistic community.
Today marks one year of American journalist Evan Gershkovich’s wrongful detention in Russia. As I told Evan’s parents, we'll never give up hope. To Evan, to Paul, and all Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad: We will never stop working to bring you home.
#WATCH: One year on, family of jailed journalist Evan Gershkovich vows to ‘continue fighting’ #EvanGershkovich #USReporter #Journalist #Russia #GlobalNews #WorldNews https://t.co/yCtAGvL5w1
One year since reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested on espionage charges by Russian security forces, The Wall Street Journal is marking the day by featuring a large blank space on its front cover. https://t.co/LLWWiMXn3G
One year after Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia, President Biden vowed to “never give up hope.” “Journalism is not a crime,” he said. “…we will never stop working to bring you home.” https://t.co/1WjzDLnLyx https://t.co/zOMkFJEb2a
Biden: “Journalism is not a crime, and Evan went to Russia to do his job as a reporter — risking his safety to shine the light of truth on Russia’s brutal aggression against Ukraine. We will continue working every day to secure his release.” https://t.co/sQ8tbbGuno
The Wall Street Journal leaves a huge hole on its front page—in protest of the illegal imprisonment of its reporter Evan Gershkovich, still in a Russian jail after one year. https://t.co/de2RrgDJeI
On the one-year anniversary of Evan Gershkovich’s wrongful detention by Russia, we continue to condemn his baseless arrest and repeat our calls for his release. https://t.co/lEilDWgTvn
It has been one year since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained by Russia for simply doing his job. Bloomberg joins The Wall Street Journal in calling for his immediate release #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/7WWqdCZCaO
One year on from his arrest on obviously fabricated espionage charges, @WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich remains in Moscow’s Lefortovo jail, an infamous detention facility under the de facto control of the Russian security services. Novaya Gazeta Europe stands with Evan Gershkovich… https://t.co/DJ34Xl42s8
The Wall Street Journal left a hole on the front page of its Friday print edition to spotlight the one-year anniversary of its reporter Evan Gershkovich being detained in Russia. https://t.co/6cqS5gpudo
“Today marks an anniversary that I hoped would never come,” writes Linda Kinstler, a close personal friend of @WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich, who Russia arrested on bogus espionage charges a year ago today. https://t.co/eIPAiGUDmv
Evan Gershkovich has been wrongfully detained in Putin’s Russia for one year. Democracies do not detain journalists. Democracies do not detain people to use as bargaining chips. We will not stop fighting until Evan is home. https://t.co/JRbbdQoWyG
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia one year ago. He‘s been charged with espionage, the U.S. says the allegations are baseless and considers him unlawfully detained. We spoke to @polinaivanovva in Berlin. @CNN #FreeEvan https://t.co/ZuBE5pp3Rx
Today, on the one year anniversary of Evan Gershkovich’s wrongful detention by Russia, we repeat our call for the Russian government to release Evan, Paul Whelan, and others it has wrongfully detained without further delay. Full statement: https://t.co/m8szepVuhE
Evan Gershkovich should be home. Instead, he is still held captive at the hands of Vladimir Putin along with other Americans like Paul Whelan. Today, on the anniversary of Evan's captivity, we say loud and clear: #IStandWithEvan. https://t.co/CcrSlMheRh
The front page of the Wall Street Journal, left blank to represent the missing reporting from Evan Gershkovich. It's now been a year since he was arrested in Russia. He remains in Russian custody. Journalism is not a crime. #FreeEvan https://t.co/0tJyjUz3Y3
Our colleague @evangershkovich should have spent the last year reporting important stories. Instead he's been held unjustly in a Russian jail. We won't rest until he is free. #FreeEvanGershkovich #JournalismIsNotACrime
Evan Gershkovich Has Been Jailed In Russia For A Full Year. What Will It Take To Free Him? https://t.co/hwG7G8p3Bs
Evan Gershkovich has been wrongfully detained in Russia by the Putin regime for one year. My heart is with his loved ones, colleagues, & friends. I continue to urge the Biden administration to secure his release along with other Americans unjustly held around the world.
Evan Gershkovich, American citizen and reporter for The Wall Street Journal, has now spent a year wrongfully detained by Putin’s government. On the anniversary of his captivity, we continue to condemn his baseless arrest, fabricated charges, unjust imprisonment. Our statement: https://t.co/v3KAGTyUIi
One year after US journalist Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia on espionage charges, his family vowed Friday to continue fighting for his release, saying his innocence gives him courage in the face of the ordeal. https://t.co/iMc0Th1JZe https://t.co/pY1WQ4dOLq
Evan Gershkovich, a reporter who was only doing his job, has been wrongfully detained by Russia for a year. Russia should stop arbitrarily detaining individuals like him and Paul Whelan for political leverage. People are not bargaining chips. Evan, Paul – we will bring you home.
The Wall Street Journal came out with an "unwritten article" by American journalist Evan Gershkovich on the anniversary of his detention. With most of the cover left blank, it is accompanied by the headline: "His Story Should Be Here" and the subheading "A Year in Russian… https://t.co/XTQaTfQ1MO https://t.co/0y2hmwkBhe
End a reporter’s year-long nightmare in Russia: Free Evan Gershkovich now https://t.co/AxOZciSSgB
“His Story Should Be Here” Today’s front page of The Wall Street Journal. One year stolen. We will not rest until Evan Gershkovich is free. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/SVsezqwzS7
I can't believe I'm writing these words: Our friend and colleague Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Moscow exactly a year ago today. A year in the life of a young, brilliant, kind man stolen by a criminal gang who treat people like "swap material". Today's WSJ frontpage: https://t.co/m8m36juApe
Here's the WSJ's front page today Evan Gershkovich has been a Russian captive for a year. He's a caring friend, a brilliant colleague and an innocent man. It's beyond time to let him go. Free Evan. https://t.co/0P4F8hjXN4
One year on, family of jailed journalist Evan Gershkovich vows to ‘continue fighting’ https://t.co/CXAJfPNzPT
Exactly one year ago, Evan Gershkovich was arrested on espionage charges while reporting in Russia. Here’s how a journalist’s passion for this country turned into a nightmare of prosecution and imprisonment. https://t.co/5va6QxyIVj
The Wall Street Journal’s front page today largely blank, to mark where reporter Evan Gershkovich story should be on the year anniversary of his detention by Putin. https://t.co/yofvKyIgDw
The @WSJ front page today. Evan Gershkovich’s stories have been missing in our pages for one year as of today. This is the journalism that Russia has taken from you. #FreeEvan #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/mTn185JRNo
Powerful @WSJ front page about their journalist @evangershkovich who still remains captive in a Russian prison. #FreeEvanNow https://t.co/gIMlLqZ4aB
A blank space on today’s WSJ A1 where Evan Gershkovich’s reporting should be, one year after his arrest on patently false charges. Russia should free him now https://t.co/8YWOiIpqaJ
One Year Later: Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich's family fights for his release one year after ‘unlawful detention' in Russia https://t.co/Cp7wSi7QEN
The front page of @WSJ today is devoted entirely to marking Evan Gershkovich’s one year in Russian captivity - a year of his life lost, 12 months without friends and family, 365 days of not doing the job he so loves #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/3TKgKOJc91
It is one year to the day since our friend and colleague Evan Gershkovich, reporter for the Wall Street Journal, was detained by the FSB in #Russia. There has been no hint of his case coming to trial. Today’s @WSJ front page is to remember. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/8o4eH47orf
What friends say about Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, who was detained in Russia one year ago today ⬇️ Read more from @DiMagnaySky 🔗 https://t.co/BlhRqLM0rz
“It is well past time for this talented reporter and innocent man to come home.” Read a letter from WSJ Editor in Chief Emma Tucker marking a year since reporter Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained in Russia. https://t.co/ql3YpHTSTL https://t.co/ql3YpHTSTL
My @wsj colleague @evangershkovich was detained in Russia a year ago. That’s 52 weeks of his life that he cannot get back—unlived moments he couldn’t experience and untold stories he couldn’t write. We call for his immediate release. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/OBdyl3dpQF https://t.co/dmHuLoDKIl
Today marks one year since Evan Gershkovich was wrongfully detained in Russia. Our hearts ache for his family and the anguish they endure every day. Let us all stand in solidarity to bring Evan home. #IstandWithEvan #FreeEvan https://t.co/zRHPlljAtL
It’s been a year since WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was seized by Russia’s security services and falsely accused of espionage. It’s time for this talented journalist and innocent man to come home. My letter on this grim anniversary #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/ltn1a3cjoI
Powerful statement. This is the @WSJ front page for tomorrow, March 29, to mark the one-year anniversary of #EvanGershkovich being arrested in Russia. Image from @oliverdarcy’s @ReliableSources newsletter. #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/dKh3iBUzt6
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has been in Russian detention for a year on espionage charges, an accusation both the U.S. and Journal strongly deny. @NickSchifrin spoke with Gershkovich's sister about the efforts to free him. https://t.co/ILGYjpzXLk
WSJ’s Evan Gershkovich has been a Russian hostage for a full year: Get him freed NOW https://t.co/tMgwwSv1Nt https://t.co/QpX17r724b
One year after WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested for “espionage” and imprisoned in Russia, his friends tell The Free Press’s @petersavodnik he feels “deep responsibility” for the country he loves. https://t.co/rgSwVCRJRR
In a few days it will be a year that my colleague Evan Gershkovich has been unjustly detained in Russia. Here is our editor Emma Tucker discussing his case on CBS https://t.co/lE2pp2jq5p #IStandWithEvan
I joined @DowJones colleagues in our newsroom today to mark the upcoming one-year anniversary of @WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich’s wrongful detention in Russia @MarketWatch @barronsonline @IBDinvestors #IStandWithEvan https://t.co/6XTqmsvb9y