Washington— President Biden addressed the nation Thursday aftersecuring the releaseof American citizens imprisoned in Russia, including Wall Street Journal reporterEvan Gershkovich, Marine veteranPaul Whelan, Russian-American radio journalistAlsu Kurmasheva, saying their "brutal ordeal is over." All three...
where their mother had taken them. His supporters say the woman made baseless claims of sexual abuse that already had been discredited by Texas investigators, but he was convicted in Russia anyway and sentenced to 21 years in prison.
Whelan and Gershkovich were imprisoned in Russia on spying allegations that their families and the U.S. have vehemently rejected. The U.S. considered both to be wrongfully detained. President Biden greets Paul Whelan, a prisoner freed by Russia, as he arrives on Aug. 1, 2024 at Joint...
DAVID BARNES — An engineer from Texas, Barnes was arrested while visiting his sons in Russia, where their mother had taken them. His supporters say the woman made baseless claims of sexual abuse that already had been discredited by Texas investigators but he ...
Gershkovich was held in Russia for almost 500 days while Paul Whelan was imprisoned in Russia for over five years They took selfies with family members and friends, shared hugs with Mr Biden and Ms Harris, and patted loved ones on the back and smothered them with kisses. ...
Venezuela on Saturday freed seven Americans imprisoned in the South American country in exchange for the release of two nephews of President Nicholas Maduro's wife who had been jailed for years by the United States on drug smuggling convictions, a senior U.S. official said.The swap of the A...
Swidan is one of three wrongfully detained American prisoners in China caught in the middle of what may be the single most consequential and complicated geopolitical relationship for the U.S. In addition to Swidan, 67-year-old David Lin, a pastor who has been imprisoned in China since 2006,...
Whelan and Gershkovich were imprisoned in Russia on spying allegations that their families and the U.S. have vehemently rejected. The U.S. considered both to be wrongfully detained. President Biden greets Paul Whelan, a prisoner freed by Russia, as he arrives on Aug. 1, 2024 at Joint...
“Today, five innocent Americans who were imprisoned in Iran are finally coming home,” the Democratic president said in a statement released as the plane carrying the group from Tehran initially landed in Doha, Qatar, on Monday. Iran’s hard-line President Ebrahim Raisi, on hand for th...
January 2013 -Abedini is sentenced to eight years in prison, on charges of attempting to undermine the Iranian government. January 16, 2016 -Iran releases four US prisoners including Abedini, Amir Mirzaei Hekmati, and Jason Rezaian, in exchange forclemency of seven Iranians imprisoned in the Uni...