The State Department had no immediate comment on the report that an American, identified as Robert Shonov, had been arrested and charged with conspiracy.
Tag: Political Prisoners
China Sentences a U.S. Citizen to Life in Prison for Espionage
A court in southeastern China handed down a guilty verdict to John Shing-Wan Leung, a Hong Kong resident, as the authorities ramp up a crackdown on spying.
Chinese Dissident Sentenced to 8 Years After He Tried to Fly to His Dying Wife
The activist Yang Maodong said he had only wanted China to “fully realize authentic freedom, democracy, human rights and rule of law.”
The U.S. Is ‘Intensely Engaged’ in Efforts to Free Evan Gershkovich, Blinken Says
The Wall Street Journal reporter has been held for more than a month on espionage charges that the United States considers bogus.
Belarus Opposition Activist Whose Flight Was Forced Down Is Sentenced to 8 Years
Roman Protasevich, who organized protests against the authoritarian leader of Belarus, was arrested after the authorities forced a commercial flight to land in the capital.
What to Know About Hunger Strikes
The actions are almost always political, and governments sometimes resort to force-feeding, a practice denounced as inhumane. Deaths like that of a Palestinian prisoner this week are uncommon.
U.S. Imposes Sanctions on Russia’s Intelligence Agency for Detaining Americans
The United States also announced sanctions on Iran’s intelligence services, seeking to punish foreign governments for detention of Americans by cutting off access to the international financial system.
Brittney Griner on Gershkovich Arrest: ‘No One Should Be in Those Conditions’
Griner, speaking to reporters as she prepares for her next basketball season in the W.N.B.A., said she would continue to fight for those considered wrongfully detained by Russia, like the journalist Evan Gershkovich.
Aleksei Navalny, Top Kremlin Critic, Says New Charge Carries Life Term
The jailed Russian opposition leader said he faced a terrorism case that he described as “absurd.”