'He's Being Punished Because... He's American': UN Ambassador Blasts Gershkovich Sentencing
UN Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield condemned the sentencing of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich in Russia.
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00:00Evan Gershkovich was sentenced to 16 years.
00:07He has committed no crime.
00:10He's being punished because he's a journalist and he's an American.
00:16Simple as that.
00:17Today, as I sit here, I am thinking about Evan and I'm thinking about his family who
00:24have had the honor of getting, who I've had the honor of getting to know over the past
00:29harrowing years, year.
00:33And I'm committed to continuing to work to get their son and their brother home.