Press freedom: Top news stories of the week | VOA News

A court appearance in Russia for jailed American journalist Evan Gershkovich; journalist arrests in Turkey; free speech wars on U.S. college campuses; and efforts to rebuild Ukraine’s libraries after Russian occupation. Here are the top stories this week.

A Moscow court on Tuesday denied American journalist Evan Gershkovich’s appeal against the extension of his pretrial detention in the spying case that he and the U.S. government have rejected as bogus and politically motivated.

Gershkovich, a Russia correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, has been jailed since March 2023 on espionage charges that he, his employer and the U.S. government vehemently deny. The State Department has declared him wrongfully detained.

The Journal condemned the latest ruling, which will see Gershkovich held in pretrial detention until at least June 30.

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