Russian court rejects US journalist Evan Gershkovich’s detention appeal
Al Jazeera
No date has been set yet for trial of reporter whose detention was extended in March by three months to June 30.
A Moscow court has rejected the latest appeal by American journalist Evan Gershkovich against his pre-trial detention in an espionage case that he and United States authorities have rejected as false.
Gershkovich, 32, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal, has been in Moscow’s Lefortovo Prison for more than a year after he was arrested while on a reporting trip.
He, his newspaper and the US government all deny he is a spy.
No date has been set for his trial. His detention was extended last month by three months to June 30.
In the courtroom on Tuesday, Gershkovich stood in a glass dock wearing dark trousers, a white T-shirt and a dark shirt.
