Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich has appealed a Moscow court’s decision to extend his pretrial detention in Russia until the end of November, according to documents on the court’s website.
The American journalist was arrested in March during a work trip to the city of Yekaterinburg, almost 2,000 kilometers east of Moscow. He is the first U.S. journalist since the Soviet era to be held on espionage charges in Russia.
Journalists gathered outside the court Thursday were not allowed to witness the proceedings. Russian state agency Tass said the hearing hearing was held behind closed doors because details of the criminal case are classified. The Wall Street Journal released a statement Thursday referencing Gershkovich’s “improper” detention “for doing his job as a journalist.”
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